Michael Schumacher, Mercedes, Monza, 2012

2012 Italian Grand Prix practice in pictures

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Pictures from the first two practice sessions for the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.

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17 comments on “2012 Italian Grand Prix practice in pictures”

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    Journeyer (@journeyer)
    7th September 2012, 17:05

    I know Lewis was linked to Mercedes. But I don’t think they meant Force India-Mercedes. ;)

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      Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
      7th September 2012, 17:30

      @journeyer Have corrected the captioning error.

  2. Vis
    7th September 2012, 17:07

    why most of the pics are dark? It’s the same on official F1 website…

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      Jake (@jleigh)
      7th September 2012, 21:36

      lots of trees and shadows

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    Alexander Jansson (@)
    7th September 2012, 17:15

    Again no pictures of the Lotuses :/

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      Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
      7th September 2012, 17:33

      @alexanderfin

      I don’t know why you say “again”, there’s pictures of the Lotuses in the last few galleries, e.g.:

      2012 Belgian Grand Prix in pictures
      2012 Belgian Grand Prix qualifying in pictures

      This gallery is still being updated, which is why it says “More images will be added here” right at the top.

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    Guilherme (@guilherme)
    7th September 2012, 18:47

    I guess HRT didn’t trust Qing Hua to run on low downforce? Could explain a fair bit of his deficit to de la Rosa.

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      AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
      7th September 2012, 22:16

      @guilherme Well spotted. Could be, or split strategies for them all weekend? There are no pictures of Narain. If it it just for Ma then I think his time is even more so quite impressive.

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    Novotny (@novotny)
    7th September 2012, 18:50

    Does Maldonado’s hat really say ‘less trouble, more speed’?

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      Jeanrien (@jeanrien)
      7th September 2012, 21:15

      @novotny As he can’t keep it into his head, he has it around

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    BrawnGP (@brawngp)
    7th September 2012, 18:51

    Maldonado’s helmet is quite funny, but Id like him to take the complaints about him seriously.

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    AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
    7th September 2012, 22:17

    I like the look of Maldonado’s helmet. Let’s see if it works for him, he seems to be coming round to the idea that he can be his own worst enemy at times.

  8. StephenH
    7th September 2012, 23:05

    HUGE amount of rear wing on the HRT …. are they tryng to go slower on purpose or what ??

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    ScuderiaVincero (@scuderiavincero)
    7th September 2012, 23:24

    If you ask me, I think Caterham should switch the location of their GE and Airbus logos. The Airbus logo would look better on a sidepod :)

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      ScuderiaVincero (@scuderiavincero)
      8th September 2012, 7:01

      What’s the significance of Vettel’s helmet design? Counting the days since his last win?

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        goofy (@goofy)
        8th September 2012, 12:08

        @scuderiavincero
        No, it’s his 50th different helmet design :-D

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          ScuderiaVincero (@scuderiavincero)
          8th September 2012, 12:33

          Ah, thank you @goofy. I was pretty confused till you clarified this :)

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