2011 European Grand Prix (June 24 - 26)

[Wouter Melissen]

Practice 1:

Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m40.403s 22
2. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1m41.227s + 0.824 20
3. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m41.239s + 0.836 22
4. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m41.510s + 1.107 23
5. Nick Heidfeld Renault 1m41.580s + 1.177 24
6. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m41.758s + 1.355 23
7. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m41.926s + 1.523 14
8. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m41.955s + 1.552 20
9. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m42.043s + 1.640 22
10. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m42.216s + 1.813 29
11. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m42.270s + 1.867 26
12. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m42.412s + 2.009 27
13. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1m42.704s + 2.301 23
14. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m42.738s + 2.335 20
15. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1m42.841s + 2.438 28
16. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m42.941s + 2.538 21
17. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m43.201s + 2.798 18
18. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m43.769s + 3.366 7
19. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1m44.136s + 3.733 17
20. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1m45.026s + 4.623 17
21. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m45.221s + 4.818 19
22. Tonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1m45.494s + 5.091 24
23. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m46.926s + 6.523 27
24. Karun Chandhok Lotus-Renault 2

Webber sets pace in first practice - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com

[Wouter Melissen]

Practice 2:

Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m37.968s 35
2. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m38.195s + 0.227 26
3. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m38.265s + 0.297 31
4. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m38.315s + 0.347 30
5. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m38.443s + 0.475 32
6. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m38.483s + 0.515 30
7. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m38.531s + 0.563 26
8. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m38.981s + 1.013 33
9. Nick Heidfeld Renault 1m39.040s + 1.072 35
10. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1m39.586s + 1.618 27
11. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m39.626s + 1.658 31
12. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1m40.020s + 2.052 34
13. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1m40.301s + 2.333 34
14. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m40.363s + 2.395 7
15. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m40.454s + 2.486 32
16. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m40.531s + 2.563 37
17. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m42.083s + 4.115 34
18. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1m42.156s + 4.188 39
19. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1m42.239s + 4.271 25
20. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m42.273s + 4.305 21
21. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1m42.809s + 4.841 36
22. Tonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1m44.460s + 6.492 29
23. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m46.906s + 8.938 16

Alonso quickest in second practice - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com

[Wouter Melissen]

Practice 3:

Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap Laps
1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m37.258s 15
2. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m37.678s + 0.420s 16
3. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m37.840s + 0.582s 17
4. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m38.068s + 0.810s 13
5. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m38.326s + 1.068s 13
6. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m38.580s + 1.322s 15
7. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m38.741s + 1.483s 13
8. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m38.799s + 1.541s 14
9. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1m38.822s + 1.564s 17
10. Nick Heidfeld Renault 1m39.113s + 1.855s 15
11. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m39.411s + 2.153s 19
12. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m39.778s + 2.520s 18
13. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m39.823s + 2.565s 18
14. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m39.848s + 2.590s 18
15. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m39.888s + 2.630s 17
16. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1m39.987s + 2.729s 18
17. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1m40.004s + 2.746s 16
18. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m40.239s + 2.981s 20
19. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1m41.267s + 4.009s 15
20. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1m41.690s + 4.432s 18
21. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m42.557s + 5.299s 18
22. Tonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1m43.243s + 5.985s 17
23. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1m43.309s + 6.051s 18
24. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m44.630s + 7.372s 19

Sebastian Vettel leads final European Grand Prix practice in Valencia - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com

[Wouter Melissen]

Qualifying:

Pos Driver Team Time Gap
1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m36.975
2. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m37.163 + 0.188
3. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m37.380 + 0.405
4. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m37.454 + 0.479
5. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m37.535 + 0.560
6. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m37.645 + 0.670
7. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m38.231 + 1.256
8. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m38.240 + 1.265
9. Nick Heidfeld Renault No time
10. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes No time
Q2 cut-off time: 1m39.034s Gap **
11. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1m39.068s + 1.763
12. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m39.422s + 2.117
13. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1m39.489s + 2.184
14. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m39.525s + 2.220
15. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1m39.645s + 2.340
16. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m39.657s + 2.352
17. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m39.711s + 2.406
Q1 cut-off time: 1m40.131s Gap *
18. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m40.232 + 1.819
19. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1m41.664 + 3.251
20. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1m42.234 + 3.821
21. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m42.553 + 4.140
22. Tonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1m43.584 + 5.171
23. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1m43.735 + 5.322
24. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m44.363 + 5.950

107% time: 1m45.301s
* Gap to quickest in Q1
** Gap to quickest in Q2

Vettel secures yet another pole position ahead of European GP - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com

[RacingManiac]

Relatively processional race compare to the rest of the season....even if the winner seems to stay the same...

Valencia is just a crappy track....

[faksta]

Relatively? It was THE procession at its worst... F1 should be seriously thought over. I mean, ban KERS, DRS and give freedom for constructors and you'll get them racing again.

P.S. Forgot to mention the stupid 'use all types of tyres' rule.

[Badsight]

Relatively? It was THE procession at its worst... F1 should be seriously thought over. I mean, ban KERS, DRS and give freedom for constructors and you'll get them racing again.

P.S. Forgot to mention the stupid 'use all types of tyres' rule.

have you been watching this year at all - is been great!

F1 shouldnt have gone back to Valencia for the second time let alone 4 races there now

Bernie E worries that the I4's were not going to sound exicting enough - but is quite happy to have dead boring race tracks filling up the year. its madness

i mean when Monaco ends up having more overtaking you know its a really bad track . . . .

[RacingManiac]

i mean when Monaco ends up having more overtaking you know its a really bad track . . . .

This....

If with all the gizmo and tire worries(albeit Pirelli was playing safe with Medium-Soft combo, with the high expected temp there) and the racing is still that bad, they really need to go elsewhere....

[faksta]

have you been watching this year at all - is been great!

F1 shouldnt have gone back to Valencia for the second time let alone 4 races there now

Bernie E worries that the I4's were not going to sound exicting enough - but is quite happy to have dead boring race tracks filling up the year. its madness

i mean when Monaco ends up having more overtaking you know its a really bad track . . . .

I've seen every race. And Monaco, despite being often called 'bad track' has always been one of the most unpredictable races of the season, I don't think DRS or KERS had much to put in this year's intrigue. As far as I have noticed, KERS is used mostly to prevent overtaking, while DRS zone is most often not enough anyway... To me they seem to be just NFS-like childish gadgets.

Besides, Vettel has already won every race but two...

And.. I don't know am I the only one who thinks so, but there are too many penalties lately. Nearly every contact ends up with anyone being punished. And they still want someone to overtake? The strangest thing is that those penalties are imposed by stewards with ex-drivers among them...

Probably it's like discussing politics in the kitchen, of course, but when many people stop watcing F1 it's serious.

BTW, last week everyone agreed that there will be 1.6 V6's, not I4's.

[Badsight]

DRS wasnt meant to be an assured pass - just to make it more possible. & passing is definantly up this year

i agree on the penalties but your missing the point on the I4's

[csl177]

Valencia wasn't completely booring but it was pretty much a procession. Tires, DRS and KERS have given F1 what Bernie wanted, a more controllable show.

Curious if anyone here reads Peter Windsor's pages... Peter Windsor | F1 Journalist Broadcaster | TheRaceDriver.com

His analysis of F1 is always pointed especially since the fiasco of USF1 team and didn't return to SPEED (apparently for pissing Bernie off).
For US viewers Will Buxton's breathless interjections are a far cry from analysis.