Wikipedia:WikiProject Formula One/Newsletter/201004

The WikiProject Formula One Newsletter Year III · Issue 4 · April 6, 2010 – May 3, 2010 Previous month's issue
New users New members – QueenCake (talk · contribs) (April 6) Orphan Wiki (talk · contribs) (May 1) New recipients – John Anderson (talk · contribs) (April 11) Bduddy (talk · contribs) (April 27) New editors – WikiProject news Check out Apterygial's My Insane Idea userproject, which aims to improve the 2008 Formula One season article and that season's Grands Prix to Featured Topic status. Newsletter news	Article developments Formula One articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 3 4 5 12 FL 1 3 1 5 A 2 2 GA 3 5 9 5 22 B 17 28 39 52 4 140 C 6 25 30 44 1 106 Start 15 102 157 336 181 791 Stub 38 104 1,123 349 1,614 List 3 8 12 2 25 Category 32 32 Disambig 5 5 Portal 35 35 Project 52 52 Redirect 2 1 5 1 9 Template 138 9 147 NA 14 14 Assessed 48 213 361 1,563 281 545 3,011 Unassessed 102 102 Total 48 213 361 1,563 281 647 3,113 See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Formula One/Article alerts Failed Featured Article Candidates – 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix Featured List Reviews – List of Formula One fatal accidents New articles – Maserati in Formula One Xtrac Limited BMW in Formula One BMW Grand Prix results Deletions – List of Formula One fastlappers Ayrton Senna versus Alain Prost
Editors' Comment Users are always welcome to help us with this newsletter. If you are interested, please leave a message on an existing editor's talkpage or sign up on the "Contributors" list of the central newsletter page, and we will tell you everything you need to know and answer your questions. Current contributors – Midgrid (talk · contribs) Cs-wolves (talk · contribs) Chubbennaitor (talk · contribs) How to help WPF1 – Expand the articles in Category:Formula One stubs. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Article requests: Erich Zakowski, Daniele Coronna, Hans Fouche, Chris Radage, Giorgio Stirano, Steve Tarrant, Intertechnique, 10 Tenths, Elf Masters Copyedit: Bahrain Grand Prix, History of Formula One, Monaco Grand Prix, 2006 San Marino Grand Prix, Rob White (Formula One), Rob Smedley Expand: F1-X Dubai, Honda RA271, Paddy Lowe, Red Bull RB3, Spyker F1, Toyota TF107, BMW Sauber F1.07, Mario Theissen, Franz Tost, Chinese Grand Prix, Colin Kolles, Concorde Agreement, Formula One Constructors Association, McLaren MP4/1, Ove Andersson, Bob Bell, Korean International Circuit, Grand Prix Drivers' Association, Spyker F8-VII, Arai (company), Shoei, Schuberth Helme GmbH, Bell Racing Company, Jim Bamber, Nazir Hoosein, Formula One video games, Make Cars Green, Jonathan Legard, Michael Turner (illustrator) more Update: History of Formula One, Toyota, Robert Doornbos, Formula One regulations, 2024 Formula One season, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Super Aguri F1, Divina Galica, Grand Prix World Championship Images needed: Max Mosley, Sakon Yamamoto, Jordan Grand Prix circa 1992–1997, Paddy Lowe, 2008 Turkish Grand Prix more For more work, see this generated list or the Auxiliary list
Images Below is the F1 Picture of the month (found here). The picture has to be one uploaded in the last month and only from the current season. It is exclusive to the Newsletter. REMEMBER, YOU CAN VOTE. Having won the 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix, Sebastian Vettel leads fellow podium finishers Mark Webber and Nico Rosberg on his victory lap. New images 1980 1981 1984 1987 1990 1991 1992 1998 2006 2008 2010
Article of the month – Ayrton Senna, current B-Class article. Ayrton Senna da Silva, (pronounced [aˈiɾtõ ˈsenɐ da ˈsiwvɐ] ; São Paulo, March 21, 1960, – Bologna Italy May 1, 1994) was a Brazilian racing driver and three-time Formula One world champion. He was killed in a crash while leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, and remains the most recent Grand Prix driver to die at the wheel of a Formula One car. Senna began his motorsport career in karting and moved up the ranks to win the British Formula 3 championship in 1983. Making his Formula One debut with Toleman in 1984, he moved to Lotus-Renault the following year, and won six Grands Prix over the next three seasons. In 1988 he joined Frenchman Alain Prost at McLaren-Honda. Between them, Senna and Prost won fifteen out of the sixteen Grands Prix which took place that season, with Senna winning his first World Championship, a title he would go on to win again in 1990 and 1991. McLaren's performance declined in 1992, as the Williams-Renault combination began to dominate the sport, although Senna won five races to finish as runner-up in 1993. He moved to Williams in 1994, but suffered a fatal accident at the third race of the season at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Italy. Senna is regarded as one of the greatest drivers in the history of Formula One. In 2009, a poll of 217 current and former Formula One drivers chose Senna as their greatest Formula One driver, in a survey conducted by British magazine Autosport. He was recognised for his qualifying speed over one lap and from 1989 until 2006 held the record for most pole positions. He was among the most talented drivers in extremely rain-affected conditions, as shown by his performances in the 1984 Monaco Grand Prix, the 1985 Portuguese Grand Prix, and the 1993 European Grand Prix. He also holds the record for most victories at the prestigious Monaco Grand Prix (6) and is the third most successful driver of all time in terms of race wins. However, Senna courted controversy throughout his career, particularly during his turbulent rivalry with Alain Prost, which was marked by two championship-deciding collisions at the 1989 and 1990 Japanese Grands Prix. (More...)
Drivers' Championship Position Driver Team Points 1st Jenson Button McLaren 60 2nd Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 50 3rd Fernando Alonso Ferrari 49 4th Lewis Hamilton McLaren 49 5th Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 45 6th Felipe Massa Ferrari 41 7th Robert Kubica Renault 40 8th Mark Webber Red Bull 28 9th Adrian Sutil Force India 10 10th Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 10 11th Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India 8 12th Vitaly Petrov Renault 6 13th Rubens Barrichello Williams 5 14th Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso 2 15th Nico Hülkenberg Williams 1 16th Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso 0 17th Pedro de la Rosa BMW Sauber 0 18th Heikki Kovalainen Lotus 0 19th Karun Chandhok Hispania 0 20th Lucas di Grassi Virgin 0 21st Bruno Senna Hispania 0 22nd Jarno Trulli Lotus 0 Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber 0 Timo Glock Virgin 0 Constructors' Championship Position Constructor Entered Chassis Points 1st Vodafone McLaren Mercedes MP4-25 109 2nd Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro F10 90 3rd Red Bull Racing RB6 73 4th Mercedes GP Petronas MGP W01 60 5th Renault F1 Team R30 46 6th Force India F1 Team VJM03 18 7th AT&T Williams FW32 6 8th Scuderia Toro Rosso STR5 2 9th BMW Sauber F1 Team C29 0 10th Lotus Racing T127 0 11th Hispania Racing F1 Team F110 0 12th Virgin Racing VR-01 0 See 2010 Formula One season for more information
Chinese Grand Prix Driver Constructor Race Time 1st Jenson Button McLaren 1:46:42.163 2nd Lewis Hamilton McLaren + 1.530 3rd Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP + 9.484 4th Fernando Alonso Ferrari + 11.869 5th Robert Kubica Renault + 22.213 6th Sebastian Vettel Red Bull + 33.310 7th Vitaly Petrov Renault + 47.600 8th Mark Webber Red Bull + 52.172 9th Felipe Massa Ferrari + 57.796 10th Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP + 1:01.749 Fastest Lap: Lewis Hamilton 1:42.061 on lap 13 Chinese Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Row one Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:34.558 Mark Webber Red Bull 1:34.808 Row two Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:34.913 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 1:34.923 Row three Jenson Button McLaren 1:34.979 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:35.034 Row four Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:35.180 Robert Kubica Renault 1:35.364 Row five Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 1:35.646 Adrian Sutil Force India 1:35.963 FriP1: Button on top after Buemi scare FriP2: Hamilton leads McLaren-Mercedes scrap SatP: Webber puts Red Bull ahead in China Qualifying: Vettel leads a Red Bull one-two Race: Button and McLaren spring Shanghai surprise