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Classified:
Pos Driver Team Time
1. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1h30:01.994
2. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes + 12.019
3. Webber Red Bull-Renault + 12.477
4. Button McLaren-Mercedes + 14.694
5. Alonso Ferrari + 15.689
6. Massa Ferrari + 25.133
7. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 49.538
8. Rosberg Mercedes + 54.053
9. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1:02.762
10. Di Resta Force India-Mercedes + 1:08.602
11. Sutil Force India-Mercedes + 1:11.229
12. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth + 1:33.068
13. Senna Renault + 1 lap
14. Kovalainen Lotus-Renault + 1 lap
15. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari + 1 lap
16. Perez Sauber-Ferrari + 1 lap
17. Trulli Lotus-Renault + 1 lap
18. Glock Virgin-Cosworth + 1 lap
19. Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth + 1 lap
20. D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth + 1 lap
21. Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth + 3 laps
Fastest lap: Vettel, 1:39.605
Not classified:
Driver Team On lap
Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 31
Petrov Renault 17
Schumacher Mercedes 16
World Championship standings, round 16:
Drivers: Constructors:
1. Vettel 349 1. Red Bull-Renault 558
2. Button 222 2. McLaren-Mercedes 418
3. Alonso 212 3. Ferrari 310
4. Webber 209 4. Mercedes 127
5. Hamilton 196 5. Renault 72
6. Massa 98 6. Force India-Mercedes 49
7. Rosberg 67 7. Sauber-Ferrari 40
8. Schumacher 60 8. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 37
9. Petrov 36 9. Williams-Cosworth 5
10. Heidfeld 34
11. Sutil 28
12. Kobayashi 27
13. Alguersuari 22
14. Di Resta 21
15. Buemi 15
16. Perez 13
17. Barrichello 4
18. Senna 2
19. Maldonado 1
Pos Driver Team Time Gap 1. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m35.820s 2. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m36.042s + 0.222 3. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m36.126s + 0.306 4. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m36.468s + 0.648 5. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m36.831s + 1.011 6. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m36.980s + 1.160 7. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m37.754s + 1.934 8. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1m38.124s + 2.304 9. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes no time 10. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes no time Q2 cut-off time: 1m38.254s Gap ** 11. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m38.315s + 1.789 12. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m38.354s + 1.828 13. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m38.508s + 1.982 14. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m38.775s + 2.249 15. Bruno Senna Renault 1m38.791s + 2.265 16. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1m39.189s + 2.663 17. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m39.443s + 2.917 Q1 cut-off time: 1m39.464s Gap * 18. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1m39.538s + 2.013 19. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1m40.522s + 2.997 20. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1m41.101s + 3.576 21. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m42.091s + 4.566 22. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1m43.483s + 5.958 23. Tonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1m43.758s + 6.233 24. Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth no time 107% time: 1m44.351s
* Gap to quickest in Q1
** Gap to quickest in Q2
(Vettel World Champion Formula 1 2011)
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Classified:
Pos Driver Team Time
1. Button McLaren-Mercedes 1h30:53.427
2. Alonso Ferrari + 1.160
3. Vettel Red Bull-Renault + 2.006
4. Webber Red Bull-Renault + 8.071
5. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes + 24.268
6. Schumacher Mercedes + 27.120
7. Massa Ferrari + 28.240
8. Perez Sauber-Ferrari + 39.377
9. Petrov Renault + 42.607
10. Rosberg Mercedes + 44.322
11. Sutil Force India-Mercedes + 54.447
12. Di Resta Force India-Mercedes + 1:02.326
13. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari + 1:03.705
14. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1:04.194
15. Maldonado Williams-Cosworth + 1:06.623
16. Senna Renault + 1:12.628
17. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth + 1:14.191
18. Kovalainen Lotus-Renault + 1:27.824
19. Trulli Lotus-Renault + 1:36.140
20. Glock Virgin-Cosworth + 2 laps
21. D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth + 2 laps
22. Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth + 2 laps
23. Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth + 2 laps
Fastest lap: Button, 1:36.568
Not classified:
Driver Team On lap
Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 35
World Championship standings, round 15:
Drivers: Constructors:
1. Vettel 324 1. Red Bull-Renault 518
2. Button 210 2. McLaren-Mercedes 388
3. Alonso 202 3. Ferrari 292
4. Webber 194 4. Mercedes 123
5. Hamilton 178 5. Renault 72
6. Massa 90 6. Force India-Mercedes 48
7. Rosberg 63 7. Sauber-Ferrari 40
8. Schumacher 60 8. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 29
9. Petrov 36 9. Williams-Cosworth 5
10. Heidfeld 34
11. Sutil 28
12. Kobayashi 27
13. Di Resta 20
14. Alguersuari 16
15. Buemi 13
16. Perez 13
17. Barrichello 4
18. Senna 2
19. Maldonado 1
Classified:
Pos Driver Team Time
1. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1h59:06.537
2. Button McLaren-Mercedes + 1.737
3. Webber Red Bull-Renault + 29.279
4. Alonso Ferrari + 55.449
5. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes + 1:07.766
6. Di Resta Force India-Mercedes + 1:51.067
7. Rosberg Mercedes + 1 lap
8. Sutil Force India-Mercedes + 1 lap
9. Massa Ferrari + 1 lap
10. Perez Sauber-Ferrari + 1 lap
11. Maldonado Williams-Cosworth + 1 lap
12. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1 lap
13. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth + 1 lap
14. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari + 2 laps
15. Senna Renault + 2 laps
16. Kovalainen Lotus-Renault + 2 laps
17. Petrov Renault + 2 laps
18. D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth + 2 laps
19. Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth + 4 laps
20. Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth + 4 laps
21. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 5 laps
Fastest lap: Button, 1:48.454
Not classified:
Driver Team On lap
Trulli Lotus-Renault 48
Schumacher Mercedes 29
Glock Virgin-Cosworth 10
World Championship standings, round 14:
Drivers: Constructors:
1. Vettel 309 1. Red Bull-Renault 491
2. Button 185 2. McLaren-Mercedes 353
3. Alonso 184 3. Ferrari 268
4. Webber 182 4. Mercedes 114
5. Hamilton 168 5. Renault 70
6. Massa 84 6. Force India-Mercedes 48
7. Rosberg 62 7. Sauber-Ferrari 36
8. Schumacher 52 8. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 29
9. Heidfeld 34 9. Williams-Cosworth 5
10. Petrov 34
11. Sutil 28
12. Kobayashi 27
13. Di Resta 20
14. Alguersuari 16
15. Buemi 13
16. Perez 9
17. Barrichello 4
18. Senna 2
19. Maldonado 1
Classified:
Pos Driver Team Time
1. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1h26.44.893
2. Webber Red Bull-Renault + 3.741
3. Button McLaren-Mercedes + 9.669
4. Alonso Ferrari + 13.022
5. Schumacher Mercedes + 47.464
6. Rosberg Mercedes + 48.674
7. Sutil Force India-Mercedes + 59.713
8. Massa Ferrari + 1m06.076
9. Petrov Renault + 1m11.917
10. Maldonado Williams-Cosworth + 1m17.615
11. Di Resta Force India-Mercedes + 1m23.994
12. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari + 1m31.976
13. Senna Renault + 1m32.985
14. Trulli Lotus-Renault + 1 lap
15. Kovalainen Lotus-Renault + 1 lap
16. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth + 1 lap
17. D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth + 1 lap
18. Glock Virgin-Cosworth + 1 lap
19. Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth + 1 lap
Fastest lap: Massa, 1:23.415
Not classified:
Driver Team On lap
Perez Sauber-Ferrari 27
Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 13
Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 12
Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 6
Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1
World Championship standings, round 11:
Drivers: Constructors:
1. Vettel 259 1. Red Bull-Renault 426
2. Webber 167 2. McLaren-Mercedes 295
3. Alonso 157 3. Ferrari 231
4. Button 149 4. Mercedes 88
5. Hamilton 146 5. Renault 68
6. Massa 74 6. Sauber-Ferrari 35
7. Rosberg 56 7. Force India-Mercedes 32
8. Schumacher 42 8. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 22
9. Petrov 34 9. Williams-Cosworth 5
10. Heidfeld 34
11. Kobayashi 27
12. Sutil 24
13. Buemi 12
14. Alguersuari 10
15. Di Resta 8
16. Perez 8
17. Barrichello 4
18. Maldonado 1
Pos Driver Team Time Gap 1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m48.298s 2. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m48.730s + 0.432 3. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m49.376s + 1.078 4. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m50.256s + 1.958 5. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m50.552s + 2.254 6. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m50.773s + 2.475 7. Bruno Senna Renault 1m51.121s + 2.823 8. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m51.251s + 2.953 9. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m51.374s + 3.076 10. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1m52.303s + 4.005 Q2 cut-off time: 2m04.625s Gap ** 11. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 2m04.692s + 1.924 12. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 2m04.757s + 1.989 13. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 2m05.150s + 2.382 14. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 2m07.349s + 4.581 15. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 2m07.777s + 5.009 16. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 2m08.106s + 5.338 17. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 2m08.354s + 5.586 Q1 cut-off time: 2m07.194s Gap * 18. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 2m07.758s + 5.945 19. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 2m07.773s + 5.960 20. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 2m09.566s + 7.753 21. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 2m11.601s + 9.788 22. Tonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 2m11.616s + 9.803 23. Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 2m13.077s + 11.264 24. Michael Schumacher Mercedes no time 107% time: 2m10.339s
* Gap to quickest in Q1
** Gap to quickest in Q2
For a guy who was a ski instructor turned F1 driver agent to team boss to engine manufacturer, you have to hand it to Craig Pollock…he’s living the dream. Once a manager for world champion Jacques Villeneuve, the man has certainly moved beyond his station in life to become the head of Propulsion Universelle et Recuperation d’Energie (PURE) which will create engines for the F1 series.
Part of making engines is having people who can actually design them and who better than FIA’s director of power train and electronics Gilles Simon? You may have caught the announcement last week on AUTOSPORT but the magazine caught up with a team bosses this weekend and they are none too happy about the appointment. According to Lotus Renault GP boss Eric Boullier, Simon saw a lot of information that is sensitive. AUTOSPORT has the story:
“For me it is an issue. He had access to a lot of IP and a lot of information, as he was talking to a lot of engine people. The FIA should release people at least with a gardening leave period long enough to make sure there is no transfer of technology.”
Equally vocal about the situation was Renault’s Rob White and Pollock told AUTOSPORT that he had a sit-down with the White in order to discuss the situation:
“I had a long chat with Rob White, and I purposefully pulled him out because he had made a statement in the FIA press conference.
“I can understand what he is saying, and I suggested Rob also discusses that directly with Gilles Simon. Rob has made it clear, however, that the problem does not lie with myself and PURE, the problem actually lies within the system and the FIA.
“If somebody wants to leave a position, then there are certain ways they can do that – and it depends on the contract. Gilles was free to leave the FIA without any blockages, without any gardening leave and it was done all above board.”
So here is the crux, if the FIA hires talent from the F1 community to help develop regulations and technical parameters that are applicable to the teams, then perhaps there is an issue with the FIA’s contractual verbiage that would secure the intellectual property of the teams in just such a case. On the other hand, you cannot suggest that this doesn’t happen within the teams themselves as an event like Pat Fry leaving McLaren for Ferrari may prove. Surely you cannot pretend that an engineer will forget everything he knows. They apply their craft at whatever employer they happen to be with.
Flavio Briatore once suggested that this is the best way to progress, hire engineers and the IP comes with them. The 2007 saga known as spygate revealed a deeper, more insidious situation where technical manuals were stolen from Ferrari but can one be expected to not apply their life’s work on a new project? Surely Pat Fry has started to benefit Ferrari and few could argue that Red Bull technical boss Adrian Newey hasn’t had a major impact no matter where he goes and the team he leaves suffers the loss.
In the end, Simon may have seen technical details of the teams but I am unclear what Pollock is leveraging when he told AUTOSPORT that it is really an FIA problem due to their weak employment contract verbiage. The teams surely know that Simon knows their secret sauce and this is concerning but then Williams F1′s newest employee, Mike Coughlan, certainly knows Ferrari’s secret sauce as well. Not sure how you can prevent PURE from benefiting from the data in Simon’s melon but I guess the FIA could and should have a gardening leave clause for their employees as the IP they are exposed to is of a highly secretive nature and PURE seems the better for it.
A legal adviser of Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday distanced the former prime minister from a cash-for-influence scandal involving an international liquor company and a Thai politician.
Noppadon Pattama denied a "Thai official" implicated by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the case was a close aide of Thaksin.
On Wednesday, the SEC fined London-based Diageo Plc for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act after making improper payments to state officials in Thailand, India and South Korea.
"From 2004 to mid-2008, Diageo paid approximately $12,000 per month _ totalling nearly $600,000 _ to retain the consulting services of a Thai government and political party official," the SEC said.
"This official lobbied other high-ranking Thai government officials extensively on Diageo's behalf in connection with pending multi-million-dollar tax and customs disputes, contributing to Diageo's receipt of favourable decisions by the Thai government."
In the SEC complaint, the Thai official was identified as a committee member of the Thai Rak Thai Party, a former deputy secretary to the prime minister and adviser to a deputy prime minister and agriculture minister.
The official was also the brother of a senior official of Diageo Moet Hennessy Thailand (DT) and had served on several state-enterprise boards.
Mr Noppadon said Thai Rak Thai's successor, the Pheu Thai Party, would provide full cooperation if any party member is found to be involved.
According to the SEC document, Diageo, through DT, paid $599,322 to a consulting firm for services of the official between April 2004 and July 2008.
Diageo, which makes Johnnie Walker whisky, Smirnoff vodka and Guinness beer, agreed to pay fines of US$16 million (475.5 million baht) to settle the case.
Pongpanu Svetarundra, director-general of the Excise Department, said an initial inquiry found no irregularities on the part of the department, but a fuller investigation would be launched.
The SEC complaint said Diageo paid the Thai official to provide "extensive lobbying services" on its behalf in a number of tax and customs disputes.
One Excise Department official dismissed any allegations that tax practices had been changed to benefit Diageo, and said the department used whichever method resulted in the highest gain for the state.
Under the tax code, the Excise Department calculates taxes on whisky either based on 50% of the value or 300 baht per litre of 100% alcohol content, whichever is higher. The SEC said Diageo carried out extensive lobbying to clear a pricing dispute on customs claims.Wisan Wuthisaksilp, a principal adviser for the Customs Department, said an out-of-court settlement was reached with Diageo this year.
The department accused DT of under-declaring its CIF (cost, insurance and freight) prices for imports, which as a result resulted in lower customs duty paid than required. Diageo ultimately agreed to pay a hefty fine of 1 billion baht for the CIF transgressions.
Classified:
Pos Driver Team Time
1. Button McLaren-Mercedes 1h43:42.337
2. Vettel Red Bull-Renault + 3.588
3. Alonso Ferrari + 19.819
4. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes + 48.338
5. Webber Red Bull-Renault + 49.742
6. Massa Ferrari + 1:17.176
7. Di Resta Force India-Mercedes + 1 lap
8. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1 lap
9. Rosberg Mercedes + 1 lap
10. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1 lap
11. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari + 1 lap
12. Petrov Renault + 1 lap
13. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth + 2 laps
14. Sutil Force India-Mercedes + 2 laps
15. Perez Sauber-Ferrari + 2 laps
16. Maldonado Williams-Cosworth + 2 laps
17. Glock Virgin-Cosworth + 4 laps
18. Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth + 4 laps
19. D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth + 5 laps
20. Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth + 5 laps
Fastest lap: Massa, 1:23.415
Not classified:
Driver Team On lap
Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 56
Schumacher Mercedes 27
Heidfeld Renault 24
Trulli Lotus-Renault 18
World Championship standings, round 11:
Drivers: Constructors:
1. Vettel 234 1. Red Bull-Renault 383
2. Webber 149 2. McLaren-Mercedes 280
3. Hamilton 146 3. Ferrari 215
4. Alonso 145 4. Mercedes 80
5. Button 134 5. Renault 66
6. Massa 70 6. Sauber-Ferrari 35
7. Rosberg 48 7. Force India-Mercedes 26
8. Heidfeld 34 8. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 22
9. Schumacher 32 9. Williams-Cosworth 4
10. Petrov 32
11. Kobayashi 27
12. Sutil 18
13. Buemi 12
14. Alguersuari 10
15. Di Resta 8
16. Perez 8
17. Barrichello 4
Pos Driver Team Time Gap 1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m19.815s 2. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m19.978s + 0.163 3. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m20.024s + 0.209 4. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m20.350s + 0.535 5. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m20.365s + 0.550 6. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m20.474s + 0.659 7. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m21.098s + 1.283 8. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m21.445s + 1.630 9. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m21.907s + 2.092 10. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari No time Q2 cut-off time: 1m23.067s Gap ** 11. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m22.256s + 1.994 12. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1m22.284s + 2.022 13. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m22.435s + 2.173 14. Nick Heidfeld Renault 1m22.470s + 2.208 15. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1m22.684s + 2.422 16. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m22.979s + 2.717 17. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth No time Q1 cut-off time: 1m23.285s Gap * 18. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m24.070s + 2.492 19. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1m24.362s + 2.784 20. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1m24.534s + 2.956 21. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m26.294s + 4.716 22. Tonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1m26.323s + 4.745 23. Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 1m26.479s + 4.901 24. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1m26.510s + 4.932 107% time: 1m27.288s
* Gap to quickest in Q1
** Gap to quickest in Q2
