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F1 2012 Driver Standings after German GP

Jul

22

2012

Position Driver Team Pts Last updated: Sunday, 22 July 2012 19:31 UK 1 Spain F Alonso Ferrari 154 2 Australia M Webber Red Bull 120 3 Germany S Vettel Red Bull 110 4 Finland K Raikkonen Lotus 98 5 Great Britain L Hamilton McLaren 92 6 Germany N Rosberg Mercedes 76 7 Great Britain J ...

Mercedes admits that car is too slow

Jul

22

2012

Mercedes leave Hockenheim braced for another tough weekend in Hungary, hoping to gain more speed for when Formula 1 regroups at Spa in September. Attempting a different strategy in Germany, Michael Schumacher managed only seventh position. Schumacher’s race was a strong one, not least as he pulled a pass on Nico Hülkenberg in front of ...

Vettel docked 20 seconds, drops to fifth

Jul

22

2012

Sebastian Vettel has been demoted to fifth place by the Hockenheim race stewards. This happens as a 20-second time penalty is applied after the German overtook Jenson Button for second position outside the confines of the race track. The incident occurred on the penultimate lap of the race, with Vettel having previously been overhauled by ...

Vettel: The move showed respect for Button

Jul

22

2012

Sebastian Vettel’s home Grand Prix was ultimately a disappointing one. The Red Bull driver was handed a time penalty of 20 seconds for illegally passing Jenson Button while outside the confines of the rack track on the penultimate lap. He dropped from second to fifth position and is now 44 points off Fernando Alonso’s championship ...

Schumacher rejects six-week deadline for 2013 decision

Jul

12

2012

Michael Schumacher appears to have rejected the new six-week deadline over his plans for 2013. Earlier this week, Mercedes team boss Ross Brawn indicated that the issue of Nico Rosberg’s teammate next year will be decided “this summer”. But it was then reported that, in fact, it is seven time world champion Schumacher who possesses ...

Webber admits 2012 title challenge influenced Ferrari snub

Jul

12

2012

Mark Webber has revealed that the fact he wants to charge for this year’s title influenced his decision to stay at Red Bull in 2013. Until Red Bull announced he is staying alongside Sebastian Vettel next season, the Australian was strongly linked with a move to Ferrari. The contract is just for one year, but ...

Jenson: Williams and Sauber are faster

Jul

8

2012

Jenson Button suggesting maybe even Williams and Sauber have more pace than McLaren at the moment let alone Red Bull Ferrari and Lotus

Sam Michael on McLaren Problems

Jul

8

2012

Sam Michael of McLaren says that McLaren have to go home and do some homework and come back better. Other teams are bringing development quicker than us. The strategy did not work in the middle stint with the Option Tyre. We should not have been making covering moves. We should have been fighting. Our focus ...

Vettel Pissed about loosing to Webber

Jul

8

2012

Vettel in the press conference was really miffed with loosing out to Mark Webber, Vettel went on to ask “What is the score at Wimbledon”.

Red Bull Hunts down Ferrari

Jul

8

2012

Mark Webber chose the perfect strategy and paced his race to perfection to catch and pass Fernando Alonso in the closing stages and clinch his second British Grand Prix victory. It was the ninth win of Webber’s career and his second of 2012. It was also his second British Grand Prix win to go with ...