The 2010 season is nearly over, or is now over, depending when you first read this thread and the new Champion is...of course Vettel

Any new info for the new season will be placed here.

So the first bit of news for the 2011 season is....

The FIA have just announced the official 2011 F1 calendar. 20 races!!

2011 Calendar
13/03 Bahrain
27/03 Australia
10/04 Malaysia
17/04 China*
08/05 Turkey
22/05 Spain
29/05 Monaco
12/06 Canada
26/06 Europe
10/07 Great Britain
24/07 Germany
31/07 Hungary
28/08 Belgium
11/09 Italy
25/09 Singapore
09/10 Japan
16/10 Korea
30/10 India*
13/11 Abu Dhabi
27/11 Brazil

*Subject to the homologation of the circuit

Just what I needed, a 2011 F1 thread...


The Winter Testing Schedule is:

Young Driver Test: November 16-17, 2010 Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi
Pirelli Tyre Test: November 19-20, 2010 Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi
February 1-3, 2011 Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia, Spain
February 10-13, 2011 Jerez, Spain
February 18-21, 2011 Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
March 3-6, 2011 Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain

Thinking of booking this for myself and possibly my brother for next year at Silverstone http://www.silverstone.co.uk/corpora...drivers-lounge

10th July next year will be my 50th birthday so want to do something special.

Anyone booked similar?

This does not look like it covers a paddock walk but guess I can ask them about that too.

What did everybody think of the BBC Coverage?

My opinion:
Generally, streets ahead of ITV and RTL, I canceled my Teleclub subscription.
Negatives:
Johnathan Legard, doesn't know basic stuff and kept making mistakes.
Eddie Jordan: Hypocritical sensationalist claptrap

Now I need to see if we can get GGAMaur to provide the Red Button Channel, which I understand was top notch.

I think EJ is a good addition to the team. Yes some things he says are...different but at least he asks people the questions others wouldnt.

And don't be suprised if JL is not there next year.

Think you're absolutely on the button there (no pun intended!) Legard is like an old embarrassing dad having a go on the mike, you can feel Brundle cringing at some of the comments. I used to dislike JA immensley but Legard almost matches him for sh't comments and observations. Still nothing as bad as "leeets go raaaacinnng!!" what a bellend.

Who's that chap who they tried on BBC free practice coverage the other day he was good, i always used to enjoy Ben and John Watson. Murray and James Hunt were awesome together.

Anyway yes leagues ahead of ITV in every way. Bring it back for 2011 on BBC HD and ill be spot welding my pants.

Poor old Nico Hulkenberg is out but Rubens gets another year at Williams.

http://www.planetf1.com/news/3213/65...ico-Hulkenberg

autosport have a slightly different version, sounds like he told them where to go when they tried to farm him off to hrt for a year as part of the deal.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88301

Did the issue with Australia get resolved?

Interesting that the first race in Bahrain follows straight on from the last testing weekend. Guess this makes some sense with regards to costs, but does not give any time to introduce changes or develop futher before the first race, especially as it's so far away. Guess they will all have big upgrades come Turkey.

http://www.planetf1.com/news/3213/65...p-in-Abu-Dhabi

Times
1. Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RB6 1:40.803 46 laps
2. Paul di Resta Force India VJM-03 1:42.736 28 laps
3. Oliver Turvey McLaren MP4-25 1:42.933 47 laps
4. Sam Bird Mercedes GP W01 1:43.201 38 laps
5. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso STR5 1:43.392 42 laps
6. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber C29 1:43.410 37 laps
7. Mikhail Aleshin Renault R30 1:43.661 37 laps
8. Jules Bianchi Ferrari F10 1:43.894 28 laps
9. Dean Stoneman Williams FW32 1:44.051 30 laps
10. Antonio Félix da Costa Force India VJM-03 1:44.704 20 laps
11. Pastor Maldonado Hispania F110 1:46.278 59 laps
12. Rodolfo Gonzalez Lotus T127 1:46.910 48 laps
13. Rio Haryanto Virgin VR-01 1:49.439 21 laps

So even a Rookie can post the fastest time in the RB6

Edit: This would have put him 6th on the grid ahead of Massa and just behind Mark Webber!!

Pos Driver Car Q1 Q2 Q3 1. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m40.318s 1m39.874s 1m39.394s 2. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m40.335s 1m40.119s 1m39.425s 3. Alonso Ferrari 1m40.170s 1m40.311s 1m39.792s 4. Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m40.877s 1m40.014s 1m39.823s 5. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m40.690s 1m40.074s 1m39.925s 6. Massa Ferrari 1m40.942s 1m40.323s 1m40.202s

Who is up for a meat up in Monza? I'd prefer spa but that's a bit far

A friend is trying to get me tickets to Barhain (borain) if this fails then might try and get to one of the European GP's instead.

That guy actually went to my school. A few years younger than me though

Btw: I could be down for monza for a weekend next season. Spa would be sweet though

Actually Germany is at: Nürburgring next year (alternates)

http://maps.google.ch/maps?hl=en&q=N...-8&sa=N&tab=wl

Valencia would also be an option as I would not have to pay for accomadation (but would probably have to hire a car).

But Monza is very convenient for the Zurichers is it not? Direct train to Milan

Yeah but its in Italy

Good point. When I laugh at failonso I may get killed

Come over from the dark side and watch some real racing!
www.motogp.com

One Mr Valentino Rossi will be riding a big red Ducati Desmosedici next year - even the Pope is going to watch!

F1 = boring
MotoGP = everything F1 lacks!

How about you make your own thread for this? If we wanted to discuss motoGP then we'd make a thread about it.

Or we could just say that motorGP is crap and be done with it