2012 Italian Grand Prix (Sept 7 - 9)

Amidst rumours of Hamilton replacing Schumacher at Mercedes GP next season grow stronger, the Schumacher goes fastest in the first practice session at Monza:

[QUOTE]Pos Driver Car Time Gap Laps
1. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m25.422s 26
2. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m25.723s + 0.301s 29
3. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m25.762s + 0.340s 26
4. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m25.800s + 0.378s 22
5. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m25.861s + 0.439s 27
6. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m25.944s + 0.522s 30
7. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m26.046s + 0.624s 25
8. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m26.323s + 0.901s 26
9. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m26.390s + 0.968s 24
10. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m26.504s + 1.082s 19
11. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m26.508s + 1.086s 18
12. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m26.518s + 1.096s 21
13. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1m26.641s + 1.219s 26
14. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m26.746s + 1.324s 23
15. Jerome d'Ambrosio Lotus-Renault 1m27.180s + 1.758s 29
16. Jules Bianchi Force India-Mercedes 1m27.192s + 1.770s 22
17. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m27.373s + 1.951s 25
18. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m27.789s + 2.367s 24
19. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m27.855s + 2.433s 27
20. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m28.578s + 3.156s 20
21. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m28.751s + 3.329s 26
22. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m29.207s + 3.785s 21
23. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m29.331s + 3.909s 21
24. Ma Qing Hua HRT-Cosworth 1m31.239s + 5.817s 26

[url="http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/102299"]Italian GP: Michael Schumacher leads first practice for Mercedes - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com[/url][/QUOTE]

As fate would have it, Hamilton was quickest in second practice:

[quote]Pos Driver Car Time Gap Laps
1. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m25.290s 32
2. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m25.328s + 0.038s 35
3. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m25.348s + 0.058s 17
4. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m25.430s + 0.140s 43
5. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m25.446s + 0.156s 41
6. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m25.504s + 0.214s 42
7. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m25.546s + 0.256s 40
8. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m25.547s + 0.257s 36
9. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m26.068s + 0.778s 32
10. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m26.094s + 0.804s 38
11. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m26.104s + 0.814s 35
12. Jerome d'Ambrosio Lotus-Renault 1m26.157s + 0.867s 36
13. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m26.394s + 1.104s 31
14. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m26.404s + 1.114s 42
15. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m26.724s + 1.434s 33
16. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m26.730s + 1.440s 17
17. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1m26.783s + 1.493s 39
18. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m26.841s + 1.551s 39
19. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m26.864s + 1.574s 36
20. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m27.222s + 1.932s 36
21. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m27.944s + 2.654s 36
22. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m27.968s + 2.678s 36
23. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m28.575s + 3.285s 34
24. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m28.779s + 3.489s 21

[url="http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/102309"]Italian GP: Hamilton fastest in Monza second practice - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com[/url][/quote]

Hamilton is fastest again in final practice:

[quote]Pos Driver Car Time Gap Laps
1. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m24.578s 18
2. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m24.579s + 0.001s 15
3. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m24.849s + 0.271s 20
4. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m24.909s + 0.331s 16
5. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m24.994s + 0.416s 17
6. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m25.036s + 0.458s 22
7. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m25.160s + 0.582s 23
8. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m25.255s + 0.677s 19
9. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m25.289s + 0.711s 20
10. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m25.383s + 0.805s 18
11. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m25.389s + 0.811s 21
12. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m25.406s + 0.828s 17
13. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1m25.461s + 0.883s 21
14. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m25.563s + 0.985s 23
15. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m25.689s + 1.111s 22
16. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m25.706s + 1.128s 16
17. Jerome d'Ambrosio Lotus-Renault 1m25.973s + 1.395s 20
18. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m26.003s + 1.425s 19
19. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m26.657s + 2.079s 18
20. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m27.267s + 2.689s 16
21. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m27.454s + 2.876s 20
22. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m27.728s + 3.150s 19
23. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m28.035s + 3.457s 23
24. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m28.384s + 3.806s 17

[url="http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/102347"]Italian GP: Lewis Hamilton pips Fernando Alonso by 0.001s in final Monza practice - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com[/url][/quote]

Lewis just tweeted. 'To Ron, McLaren, all my fans and my girlfriend....you all suck, I hate you....oh, here's another diagram of our new wing.'

Nice race, impressive Perez, Vettel getting a bit childish.

[quote=Dino Scuderia;988414]Lewis just tweeted. 'To Ron, McLaren, all my fans and my girlfriend....you all suck, I hate you....oh, here's another diagram of our new wing.'[/quote]

I haven't been paying attention to F1 lately. What caused this?

[quote=f6fhellcat13;988739]I haven't been paying attention to F1 lately. What caused this?[/quote]

That was just a joke I made because the week before, at Spa, Jensen got a revised aero package which was quite a big improvement and Hami didn't get it. He was very open about his anger over it and went to tweeting some info about the wing. The following race(week) there were a lot of cold shoulders in the garage...that's why I made the joke.

[quote=Dino Scuderia;988741]That was just a joke I made because the week before, at Spa, Jensen got a revised aero package which was quite a big improvement and Hami didn't get it. He was very open about his anger over it and went to tweeting some info about the wing. The following race(week) there were a lot of cold shoulders in the garage...that's why I made the joke.[/quote]

So he was being his usual immature self... just not in that specific way? ;)

did he win with the old wing?

Didn't Hamilton have the option of the wing and not use it?

[quote=henk4;988758]did he win with the old wing?[/quote]

No, both car are running newer aero in Italy...