Wikipedia:WikiProject Formula One/Newsletter/201110

The WikiProject Formula One Newsletter Year IV · Issue 10 · October 3, 2011 – November 9, 2011 Previous month's issue
New users New members – Bigdon128 (talk · contribs) (October 7) Prasannatb (talk · contribs) (October 22) New recipients – Junkcops (talk · contribs) (November 3) 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 3 7 13 FL 1 2 1 4 A 2 2 GA 3 6 10 6 25 B 18 30 35 47 130 C 6 28 39 81 154 Start 16 98 188 625 927 Stub 21 131 1,529 1,681 List 3 8 12 5 28 Category 380 380 Disambig 7 7 Portal 35 35 Project 67 67 Redirect 15 15 Template 149 149 NA 29 29 Assessed 50 196 425 2,293 683 3,647 Total 50 196 425 2,293 683 3,647 See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Formula One/Article alerts New articles – Grand Prix of America Jacky Eeckelaert Port Imperial Street Circuit Deletions – Castrol Driver Rankings
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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. Sebastian Vettel took his eleventh victory of the season in the inaugural Indian Grand Prix. He also broke Nigel Mansell's 1992 record of most laps led during a season. Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso consolidated their championship positions with second and third-placed finishes respectively. New images 1989 2011
Article of the month – 2011 Indian Grand Prix The 2011 Indian Grand Prix, formally the 2011 Formula 1 Airtel Grand Prix of India, was a Formula One motor race that was held on 30 October 2011 at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was the seventeenth round of the 2011 Formula One season, and the first Formula One Grand Prix to take place on the Indian subcontinent. The race, contested over 60 laps, was won by Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, after leading every lap of the race from pole position. Jenson Button finished in second place for McLaren, and Fernando Alonso completed the podium for Ferrari, in third position. (More...)
Drivers' Championship Position Driver Team Points 1st Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 374 2nd Jenson Button McLaren 240 3rd Fernando Alonso Ferrari 227 4th Mark Webber Red Bull 221 5th Lewis Hamilton McLaren 202 6th Felipe Massa Ferrari 98 7th Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 75 8th Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 70 9th Vitaly Petrov Renault 36 10th Nick Heidfeld Renault 34 11th Adrian Sutil Force India 30 12th Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 27 13th Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso 26 14th Paul di Resta Force India 21 15th Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso 15 16th Sergio Pérez Sauber 14 17th Rubens Barrichello Williams 4 18th Bruno Senna Renault 2 19th Pastor Maldonado Williams 1 20th Pedro de la Rosa Sauber 0 21st Jarno Trulli Lotus 0 22nd Heikki Kovalainen Lotus 0 23rd Vitantonio Liuzzi Hispania 0 24th Jérôme d'Ambrosio Virgin 0 25th Timo Glock Virgin 0 26th Narain Karthikeyan Hispania 0 27th Daniel Ricciardo Hispania 0 28th Karun Chandhok Lotus 0 Constructors' Championship Position Constructor Entered Chassis Points 1st Red Bull Racing RB7 595 2nd Vodafone McLaren Mercedes MP4-26 442 3rd Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 150° Italia 325 4th Mercedes GP Petronas MGP W02 145 5th Lotus Renault GP R31 72 6th Force India F1 Team VJM04 51 7th Sauber F1 Team C30 41 8th Scuderia Toro Rosso STR6 41 9th AT&T Williams FW33 5 10th Team Lotus T128 0 11th Hispania Racing F1 Team F111 0 12th Marussia Virgin Racing MVR-02 0 See 2011 Formula One season for more information
Japanese Grand Prix Driver Constructor Race Time 1st Jenson Button McLaren 1:30:53.427 2nd Fernando Alonso Ferrari + 1.160 3rd Sebastian Vettel Red Bull + 2.006 4th Mark Webber Red Bull + 8.071 5th Lewis Hamilton McLaren + 24.268 6th Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP + 27.120 7th Felipe Massa Ferrari + 28.240 8th Sergio Pérez Sauber + 39.377 9th Vitaly Petrov Renault + 42.607 10th Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP + 44.322 Fastest Lap: Jenson Button 1:36.568, on lap 52 Japanese Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Row one Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:30.466 Jenson Button McLaren 1:30.475 Row two Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:30.617 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:30.804 Row three Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:30.886 Mark Webber Red Bull 1:31.156 Row four Kamui Kobayashi Sauber No time* Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP No time‡ Row five Bruno Senna Renault No time‡ Vitaly Petrov Renault No time‡ * Kobayashi recorded no time as he did not complete a flying lap in Q3. ‡ Schumacher, Senna and Petrov did not start a flying lap during Q3, and were ranked in car number order. Friday Practice 1 – McLarens lead the way as Vettel crashes Friday Practice 2 – Button keeps McLaren ahead in Japan Saturday Practice – Button makes it three from three Qualifying – Vettel snatches pole from Button by a whisker Race – Vettel crowned champion as Button wins in Japan
Korean Grand Prix Driver Constructor Race Time 1st Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:38:01.994 2nd Lewis Hamilton McLaren + 12.019 3rd Mark Webber Red Bull + 12.477 4th Jenson Button McLaren + 14.694 5th Fernando Alonso Ferrari + 15.689 6th Felipe Massa Ferrari + 25.133 7th Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso + 49.538 8th Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP + 54.053 9th Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso + 1:02.762 10th Paul di Resta Force India + 1:08.602 Fastest Lap: Sebastian Vettel 1:39.605, on lap 55 Korean Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Row one Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:35.820 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:36.042 Row two Jenson Button McLaren 1:36.126 Mark Webber Red Bull 1:36.468 Row three Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:36.831 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:36.980 Row four Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 1:37.754 Vitaly Petrov Renault 1:38.124 Row five Paul di Resta Force India No time* Adrian Sutil Force India No time‡ * Di Resta recorded no time as he did not complete a flying lap in Q3. ‡ Sutil did not start a flying lap during Q3. Friday Practice 1 – Schumacher tops rain-hit session Friday Practice 2 – Hamilton leads McLaren one-two Saturday Practice – McLaren dominate in the dry too Qualifying – Hamilton halts Red Bull's pole run Race – Vettel win seals Red Bull title in Korea
Indian Grand Prix Driver Constructor Race Time 1st Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:30:35.002 2nd Jenson Button McLaren + 8.433 3rd Fernando Alonso Ferrari + 24.301 4th Mark Webber Red Bull + 25.529 5th Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP + 1:05.421 6th Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP + 1:06.851 7th Lewis Hamilton McLaren + 1:24.183 8th Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso + 1 lap 9th Adrian Sutil Force India + 1 lap 10th Sergio Pérez Sauber + 1 lap Fastest Lap: Sebastian Vettel 1:27.249, on lap 60 Indian Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Row one Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:24.178 Mark Webber Red Bull 1:24.508 Row two Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:24.519 Jenson Button McLaren 1:24.950 Row three Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:24.474* Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:25.122 Row four Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 1:25.451 Adrian Sutil Force India No time‡ Row five Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso No time‡ Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso No time‡ * Hamilton received a three-place grid penalty for ignoring yellow flags during free practice – Hamilton and Perez penalised for ignoring yellow flags ‡ Sutil, Buemi and Alguersuari did not complete a flying lap during Q3, and were ranked in car number order. Friday Practice 1 – Hamilton leads the way in India Friday Practice 2 – Massa edges out Vettel in India Saturday Practice – Red Bull versus McLaren at Buddh Qualifying – Vettel on pole for inaugural Indian race Race – Vettel eases to inaugural Indian victory

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