Formula One Season Starts This Weekend

[SteveB]

Hope he will be ok.

Fortunately he is OK.
Question mark over whether he will race tomorrow however.

[SteveB]

Russian Grand Prix. How they finished


1. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes-Mercedes 53 laps 1hr 37m 11.024s
2. Sebastian Vettel Ferrari-Ferrari +05.9s
3. Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes +28.9s
4. Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes +38.8s
5. Daniil Kvyat Red Bull-Renault +47.5s
6. Felipe Nasr Sauber-Ferrari +56.5s
7. Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Mercedes +1m 01.0s
8. Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari-Ferrari +1m 12.3s (includes 30secs penalty for causing a collision)
9. Jenson Button McLaren-Honda +1m 19.4s
10. Max Verstappen Toro Rosso-Renault +1m 28.4s
11. Fernando Alonso McLaren-Honda +1m 31.2s** (includes 5secs penalty for exceeding track limits)
12. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes +1 lap
13. Roberto Merhi Manor-Ferrari +1 lap
14. Will Stevens Manor-Ferrari +1 lap

Retired Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault 48 laps completed
Retired Carlos Sainz Jr Toro Rosso-Renault 47 laps completed
Retired Romain Grosjean Lotus-Mercedes 12 laps completed
Retired Nico Rosberg Mercedes-Mercedes 7 laps completed
Retired Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 0 laps completed
Retired Marcus Ericsson Sauber-Ferrari 0 laps completed

[SteveB]

Drivers and Team Standings


1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 302
2 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 236
3 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 229
4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 123
5 Valtteri Bottas Williams 111
6 Felipe Massa Williams 109
7 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull 76
8 Daniel Riccardo Red Bull 73
9 Sergio Perez Force India 54
10 Romain Grosjean Lotus 44
11 Nico Hulkenberg Force India 38
12 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso 33
13 Felipe Nasr Sauber 25
14 Pastor Maldonado Lotus 22
15 Carlos Sainz Jr Toro Rosso 12
16 Fernando Alonso McLaren 11
17 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 9
18 Jenson Button McLaren 8
19 Will Stevens Manor Marussia 0
20 Roberto Merhi Manor Marussia 0


1 Mercedes 531
2 Ferrari 359
3 Williams 220
4 Red Bull 149
5 Force India 92
6 Lotus 66
7 Toro Rosso 45
8 Sauber 34
9 McLaren 19
10 Manor Marussia 0

[SteveB]

United States GP qualifying to be run today (Sunday) after heavy rain postponed qualifying yesterday.
Race officials scheduled qualifying for 09:00 local time on Sunday (14:00 GMT (Irish Time), with the race due to start at 19:00 GMT.
Lewis Hamilton needs to beat Nico Rosberg by two points and Sebastian Vettel by nine to seal his third title this weekend.

Permutations.
• If Hamilton wins, Vettel must finish second to prevent Hamilton winning the title at the US GP
• If Hamilton finishes second, Vettel must finish fifth or Nico Rosberg must win the race to prevent Hamilton winning the title
• If Hamilton finishes third, Vettel must finish sixth or Rosberg must finish second
• If Hamilton finishes fourth, Vettel must finish eighth or Rosberg must finish third
• If Hamilton finishes fifth, Vettel must finish ninth or Rosberg must finish fourth
• If Hamilton finishes sixth, the title battle will continue to the next race in Mexico, even if Vettel does not finish or collects no points. Rosberg would need to come fifth to still be in contention.

Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen will be demoted 10 places on the grid from their qualifying positions because of penalties for using more than the permitted number of engines this season. So it is very likely Lewis will succeed in securing the championship in Austin.
Lewis Hamilton would become only the second Briton to win three Formula 1 World Championships, matching the achievements of Sir Jackie Stewart 42 years ago.
By coincidence, Jackie Stewart won his third and final world title in America, the 1973 US Grand Prix.

Mercedes have already won the Constructors’ Championship.

[SteveB]

The storms from Hurricane Patricia are still causing havoc in Austin.
Qualifying 3 delayed until 15:05 GMT.

[SteveB]

Qualifying stage three will now not take place because of the weather; therefore times taken from Q2 produce the grid. Nico Rosberg takes pole position with Lewis Hamilton second.

[SteveB]

United States Grand Prix Qualifying. How they will line up (weather permitting)

1. Nico Rosberg Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 56.824s
2. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 56.929s
3. Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault 1m 57.969s
4. Daniil Kvyat Red Bull-Renault 1m 58.434s
5. Sebastian Vettel Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 58.596s
6. Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 1m 59.210s
7. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m 59.333s
8. Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 59.703s
9. Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1m 59.999s
10. Max Verstappen Toro Rosso-Renault 2m 00.199s
11. Fernando Alonso McLaren-Honda 2m 00.265s
12. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 2m 00.334s
13. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Mercedes 2m 00.595s
14. Jenson Button McLaren-Honda 2m 01.193s
15. Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Mercedes 2m 01.604s
16. Marcus Ericsson Sauber-Ferrari 2m 02.212s
17. Felipe Nasr Sauber-Ferrari 2m 03.194s
18. Alexander Rossi Manor Marussia-Ferrari 2m 04.176s
19. Will Stevens Manor Marussia-Ferrari 2m 04.526s
20. Carlos Sainz Jr Toro Rosso-Renault 2m 07.304s

Vettel ended qualifying fifth, but will drop 10 places with his engine penalty to 15th. It means Perez and Hulkenberg move to the third row of the grid.

Raikkonen also got a 10-place grid penalty, Massa moves up to seventh with Verstappen eighth and Alonso in ninth.

[Rachel Divine]

What a race! I'm enjoying it.

Can't believe Fernando running on the 5th place

[Rachel Divine]

Congrats to Lewis

[Dick]

Congrats to Lewis

yep love him! true talent, only mistake is not marrying the pussy cat doll

great last review btw Rachel, what they hell did you do to the poor man?
And please do the same to me