Webber edges Button in first practice session

23 comments on “Webber edges Button in first practice session”

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   damonsmedley (@damonsmedley)
   25th November 2011, 13:38

   I wonder if the new wing Sebastian is running isn’t actually working… I know it’s only FP1, but it will be interesting to see if Red Bull keep him on it all weekend.
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      BasCB (@bascb)
      25th November 2011, 13:57

      It might have been just something they are testing to find out its effect for designing next years aero package.
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         damonsmedley (@damonsmedley)
         25th November 2011, 14:04

         I suppose they can afford to play around with Sebastian’s car, can’t they? I guess Red Bull have let FOM experiment with all of these cameras because they’ve nothing to lose now.
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   Joey-Poey (@joey-poey)
   25th November 2011, 13:54

   Sadly, this is all I’ll have to go on for predictions. Gonna be off visiting relatives for the holiday in the states :/. Go figure that one of the few times they’re close to my time zone is the one time I need them to be finishing FP2 at like 8 am my time instead.
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   Infi24r (@infi24r)
   25th November 2011, 13:56

   Great to see Webber back on top. Lets hope it stays this way all weekend.
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   STSCM (@stscm)
   25th November 2011, 13:59

   Curious if FA is going to need a new engine? Starting from 15th wouldn’t do his #2 goal much good.
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      AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
      26th November 2011, 9:10

      @STSCM I imagine they will just use another of their allowed 8.
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         STSCM (@stscm)
         26th November 2011, 12:57

         You’re right, just read about that. Thanks!
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   Shomir (@shomir)
   25th November 2011, 14:00

   Amazed that Grosjean still beat Senna after completing so much fewer laps.

   Then again Senna might be on Race Simulation
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      BasCB (@bascb)
      25th November 2011, 14:02

      Or on testing whatever new bits they might have. But the big grin on Grosjeans face tells us he feels pretty good about that race deal for next year, I guess.
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         Infi24r (@infi24r)
         25th November 2011, 14:19

         He has looked very fast. He never really got the chance or the car to impress on his F1 debut and since then he has improved beyond recognition as a race driver. I think he is very talented and may perform to a Kubica level.
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   Girts (@girts)
   25th November 2011, 14:02

   So these are the drivers who have headed the FP1 sessions in 2011:

   Webber 6
   Hamilton 4
   Schumacher 2
   Alonso 2
   Vettel 2
   Button 2
   Rosberg 1
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      aka_robyn (@)
      25th November 2011, 14:16

      Hahaha – thank you for posting this. It never ceases to amaze me, the amount of stock some people put into FP1 times, apparently thinking they will be representative of the rest of the weekend!
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   Becken Lima (@becken-lima)
   25th November 2011, 14:06

   Lewis’s new helmet design inspired in Senna’s:

   http://papayaorange.com.br/2011/11/sessao-livre-1-button-p2-lewis-p3/
8. 

   Victor. (@victor)
   25th November 2011, 14:11

   Way to go Hulkenberg and Grosjean.
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   David-A (@david-a)
   25th November 2011, 14:23

   Maybe Vergne ought to concentrate on beating Alguersuari first.

   (And before you tell me that practice doesn’t mean anything, a young drivers test using different tyres, possibly different parts, and with a significantly warmer daytime track didn’t mean anything either).
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      aka_robyn (@)
      25th November 2011, 14:34

      I’m interested to see what kind of big talk we’ll be getting from him after this session…
10. 

    Fixy (@)
    25th November 2011, 15:08

    If Massa had beat Alonso by a second, I’d know Alonso had problems. But as he’s narrowly ahead I have hopes he can be in for a great race!
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       BasCB (@bascb)
       25th November 2011, 15:35

       But if Felipe had Alonso beaten by a second, it would mean there would be pace to spare in the car!
11. 

    Richard F150 - I am not a truck
    25th November 2011, 15:37

    So next year based on this result I would bet on…

    Romain Grosjean > Senna = (Petrov, Grosjean – Renult)
    Nico Hulkenberg > Paul di Resta = (Hulkenberg, Sutil – FI)
    Jaime Alguersuari > Jean-Eric Vergne = (Alguersuari, Buemi – TR)
    Rubens Barrichello > M$ldon$do = (M$ldon$do, Bottas – Williams)

    Any takers?
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       mike-e (@mike-e)
       25th November 2011, 18:32

       yeah i’ll take you on that Force india one. There is no way they’ll be giving Di Resta the boot. How much do you want to ride on it?
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          xxiinophobia (@xxiinophobia)
          25th November 2011, 22:38

          @mike-e Was going to say just this. Given that there’s less than a tenth of a second between Hülkenberg and Di Resta, I’d say there’s not much in it between them. If the gap were three-tenths, however, it would be a different story.
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    AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
    26th November 2011, 9:12

    Vettel’s helmet cam was so disorientating. Great though!

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