Rallying

Rallying is a sport that many Formula 1 drivers have tried and wanted to do one day, as it requires a lot of skill, talent, commitment and dedication.

All though Rallying does not have the same World attention like Formula 1 does, in some countries it has more than Formula 1 will ever have.

The following video will show you some pictures of rally cars that have been driven around the world but mainly in Kenya.

Vettel knocked off his perch by teammate Webber

Mark Webber secured pole position for 2011 Spanish Grand Prix. He piped teammate Vettel by 2 tenths, as he had struggled with KERS issues for the majority of the qualifying hour.

Lewis Hamilton bounced back to third after qualifying 4th in Turkey, while home favourite Fernando Alonso picked up a great 4th. Jenson Button will start 5th, as Michael Schumacher will start with 10th as he didn`t set a Q3 time as he tried to save tyres for the race tomorrow.

Standings:

Pos  Driver                Team                 Time            Gap   
 1.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault     1m20.981s
 2.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault     1m21.181s   + 0.200
 3.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes     1m21.961s   + 0.980
 4.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari              1m21.964s   + 0.983
 5.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes     1m21.996s   + 1.015
 6.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault              1m22.471s   + 1.490
 7.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes             1m22.599s   + 1.618
 8.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari              1m22.888s   + 1.907
 9.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth    1m22.952s   + 1.971
10.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes
Q3 cut-off time: 1m23.026s                                   Gap **
11.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m23.231s   + 1.691
12.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari       1m23.367s   + 1.827
13.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m23.694s   + 2.154
14.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari       1m23.702s   + 2.162
15.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault        1m25.403s   + 3.863
16.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercede  1m26.126s   + 4.586
17.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercede  1m26.571s   + 5.031
Q3 cut-off time: 1m25.874s                                    Gap *
18.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault        1m26.521s   + 3.561
19.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth    1m26.910s   + 3.950
20.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth      1m27.315s   + 4.355
21.  Tonio Liuzzi          HRT-Cosworth         1m27.809s   + 4.849
22.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth         1m27.908s   + 4.948
23.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth      1m28.556s   + 5.596
24.  Nick Heidfeld         Renault              No time

107% time: 1m28.767s

* Gap to quickest in Q1

** Gap to quickest in Q2

The race start will be at 1pm UK Time.

Vettel storms to Turkish Delight

Sebastian Vettel increased his lead in the 2011 World Drivers Championship by winning the Turkish Grand Prix ahead of his teammate Mark Webber, for the first one-two of the season and the first Red Bull one-two of the season.

Fernando Alonso took third in a much improved performance in his Ferrari, while Lewis Hamilton came fourth after starting there.Nico Rosberg will be very disappointed with only 5th, while yesterday he started 3rd and people where talking about maybe his first Grand Prix.

Jenson Button`s 4-stop strategy did not work as he only got 6th.

PROVISIONAL RACE RESULTS

The Turkish Grand Prix
Istanbul, Turkey;
58 laps; 309.396km;
Weather: Sunny.

Classified:

Pos  Driver        Team                       Time
 1.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault           1h30:17.558
 2.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault           +     8.807
 3.  Alonso        Ferrari                    +    10.075
 4.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes           +    40.232
 5.  Rosberg       Mercedes                   +    47.539
 6.  Button        McLaren-Mercedes           +    59.431
 7.  Heidfeld      Renault                    +  1:00.857
 8.  Petrov        Renault                    +  1:08.168
 9.  Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +  1:09.300
10.  Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari             +  1:18.000
11.  Massa         Ferrari                    +  1:19.800
12.  Schumacher    Mercedes                   +  1:25.400
13.  Sutil         Force India-Mercedes       +     1 lap
14.  Perez         Sauber-Ferrari             +     1 lap
15.  Barrichello   Williams-Cosworth          +     1 lap
16.  Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +     1 lap
17.  Maldonado     Williams-Cosworth          +     1 lap
18.  Trulli        Lotus-Renault              +     1 lap
19.  Kovalainen    Lotus-Renault              +    2 laps
20.  D'Ambrosio    Virgin-Cosworth            +    2 laps
21.  Karthikeyan   HRT-Cosworth               +    3 laps
22.  Liuzzi        HRT-Cosworth               +    5 laps

Fastest lap: Webber, 1:29.703

Not classified/retirements:

Driver        Team                         On lap
Di Resta      Force India-Mercedes         45
Glock         Virgin-Cosworth              1


World Championship standings, round 4:                

Drivers:                    Constructors:             
 1.  Vettel        93        1.  Red Bull-Renault          148
 2.  Hamilton      59        2.  McLaren-Mercedes          105
 3.  Webber        55        3.  Ferrari                    65
 4.  Button        46        4.  Renault                    42
 5.  Alonso        41        5.  Mercedes                   26
 6.  Massa         24        6.  Sauber-Ferrari              8
 7.  Petrov        21        7.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari          6
 8.  Heidfeld      21        8.  Force India-Mercedes        4
 9.  Rosberg       20       
10.  Kobayashi      8       
11.  Buemi          6       
12.  Schumacher     6       
13.  Sutil          2       
14.  Di Resta       2       

The next race is in Spain in 2 weeks time.

Turkish Grand Prix - Qualifying Report

Top three drivers in qualifying in Turkey

Sebastian Vettel took another pole position ahead of his teammate Mark Webber.

It was his fourth of the season and he saved a set of fresh options for the race tomorrow. Mark did the same thing and so did much improved Nico Rosberg in his Mercedes.

Lewis Hamilton took fourth ahead of fifth for the fourth time man Fernando Alonso.Jenson Button will start sixth, as both McLarens and Alonso used all their sets of options during qualifying.

Micael Schumacher in the other Mercedes will be very disappionted as he will start eighth as he struggled in Q3. Also in Q1 he got as bit punchy as he appeared to block Lewis Hamilton`s flying lap. So far no action taken by the stewards.

Full Qualifying Results :

Pos  Driver                Team                 Time         Gap   
 1.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault     1m25.049s
 2.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault     1m25.454s  + 0.405
 3.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes             1m25.574s  + 0.525
 4.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes     1m25.595s  + 0.546
 5.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari              1m25.851s  + 0.802
 6.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes     1m25.982s  + 0.933
 7.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault              1m26.296s  + 1.247
 8.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes             1m26.646s  + 1.597
 9.  Nick Heidfeld         Renault              1m26.659s  + 1.610
10.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari              No time
Q3 cut-off time: 1m26.740s                                   Gap **
11.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth    1m26.764s  + 1.154
12.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes 1m27.027s  + 1.417
13.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes 1m27.145s  + 1.535
14.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth    1m27.236s  + 1.626
15.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari       1m27.244s  + 1.634
16.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m27.255s  + 1.645
17.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m27.572s  + 1.962
Q3 cut-off time: 1m28.321s                                    Gap *
18.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault        1m28.780s  + 1.767
19.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault        1m31.119s  + 2.106
20.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth      1m30.445s  + 3.432
21.  Tonio Liuzzi          HRT-Cosworth         1m30.692s  + 3.679
22.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth      1m30.813s  + 3.800
23.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth         1m31.564s  + 4.551
24.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari       No time

107% time: 1m33.103s

* Gap to quickest in Q1

** Gap to quickest in Q2

The strategy will be crucial going into tomorrow. Race start will be at 1:00pm UK Time and it will be 58 laps.

Hamilton Stops Vettel Dominance - China Report

Lewis Hamilton put all thoughts of last weekend behind him to take the victory at Shanghai, in a thrilling race.

Sebastian Vettel came second despite having tyre problems at the end hence Hamilton ovetaking him with 4 laps to go.

Jenson Button drives into the Red Bull Pit Box.

Mark Webber stormed to come home 3rd, a great result and drive considering he started 18th and had a poor first stint on the Prime tyres, but had 3 fresh sets of options which enabled him to come to the leaders towards the end of the race.

Jenson Button finished 4th as he made a terrible error when coming in for his first stop ahead of Sebastian Vettel but he came into the wrong pitbox as he stopped at the Red Bull box.This lead to Sebastian getting ahead and taking the position onto the track

Nico Rosberg came 5th,Felipe Massa came 6th the pair of them with solid drives and both of them at one point on course for a podium finish.

Fernando Alonso came home a frustrated 7th as his Ferrari just lacked pace. He also had DRS problems as his DRS opened when he was trying to get past Michael Schumacher.It was in a Non DRS Zone and it luckily closed a moment later.

Lewis and McLaren celebrate the victory in Shanghai

Michael Schumacher crossed the line right behind Fernando in 8th place.

Vitaly Petrov put aside his horrible qualifying and came 9th for Renault and Kobayashi for Sauber closed off the points positions with a solid 10th place.

Full Race Results:

Pos  Driver        Team                       Time
 1.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes           1h36:58.226
 2.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault           +     5.198
 3.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault           +     7.555
 4.  Button        McLaren-Mercedes           +    10.000
 5.  Rosberg       Mercedes                   +    13.448
 6.  Massa         Ferrari                    +    15.840
 7.  Alonso        Ferrari                    +    30.622
 8.  Schumacher    Mercedes                   +    31.206
 9.  Petrov        Renault                    +    57.404
10.  Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari             +  1:03.273
11.  Di Resta      Force India-Mercedes       +  1:08.757
12.  Heidfeld      Renault                    +  1:12.739
13.  Barrichello   Williams-Cosworth          +  1:30.189
14.  Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +  1:30.671
15.  Sutil         Force India-Mercedes       +     1 lap
16.  Kovalainen    Lotus-Renault              +     1 lap
17.  Perez         Sauber-Ferrari             +     1 lap
18.  Maldonado     Williams-Cosworth          +     1 lap
19.  Trulli        Lotus-Renault              +     1 lap
20.  D'Ambrosio    Virgin-Cosworth            +    2 laps
21.  Glock         Virgin-Cosworth            +    2 laps
22.  Karthikeyan   HRT-Cosworth               +    2 laps
23.  Liuzzi        HRT-Cosworth               +    2 laps

Fastest lap: Webber, 1:38.993

World Championship standings, round 3:                

Drivers:                    Constructors:             
 1.  Vettel        68        1.  Red Bull-Renault          105
 2.  Hamilton      47        2.  McLaren-Mercedes           85
 3.  Button        38        3.  Ferrari                    50
 4.  Webber        37        4.  Renault                    32
 5.  Alonso        26        5.  Mercedes                   16
 6.  Massa         24        6.  Sauber-Ferrari              7
 7.  Petrov        17        7.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari          4
 8.  Heidfeld      15        8.  Force India-Mercedes        4
 9.  Rosberg       10       
10.  Kobayashi      7       
11.  Schumacher     6       
12.  Buemi          4       
13.  Di Resta       2       
14.  Sutil          2       

Race Highlights:

The teams will have a three week break before they start their engines again in

the Turkish Grand Prix.

Qualifying Report - China

Sebastian Vettel took Pole Position for the Chinese Grand Prix tomorrow.

The Red Bull driver set an unbeatable time of a 1:33:706, while his teammate, Mark Webber, was knocked out of Q1 due to lack of pace on the hard tyre and a Kers Issue.He will start 18th tomorrow

The British Pair of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button were 2nd and 3rd respectively, Jenson having the upper hand on Lewis in China this weekend, although Lewis only had one run to save a set of Option Tyres for the race.

Full Qualification Results

 Pos Driver Team Time Gap

1.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault     1m33.706s
 2.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes     1m34.421s  + 0.715
 3.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes     1m34.463s  + 0.757
 4.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes             1m34.670s  + 0.964
 5.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari              1m35.119s  + 1.413
 6.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari              1m35.145s  + 1.439
 7.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m36.158s  + 2.452
 8.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes 1m36.190s  + 2.484
 9.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m36.203s  + 2.497
10.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault              No time
Q3 cut-off time: 1m35.858s                                   Gap **
11.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes 1m35.874s  + 1.388
12.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari       1m36.053s  + 1.567
13.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari       1m36.236s  + 1.750
14.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes             1m36.457s  + 1.971
15.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth    1m36.465s  + 1.979
16.  Nick Heidfeld         Renault              1m36.611s  + 2.125
17.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth    1m36.956s  + 2.470
Q3 cut-off time: 1m36.147s                                    Gap *
18. Mark Webber            Red Bull-Renault     1m36.468s  + 1.196
19. Heikki Kovalainen      Lotus-Renault        1m37.894s  + 2.622
20. Jarno Trulli           Lotus-Renault        1m38.318s  + 3.046
21. Jerome D'Ambrosio      Virgin-Cosworth      1m39.119s  + 3.847
22. Timo Glock             Virgin-Cosworth      1m39.708s  + 4.436
23. Tonio Liuzzi           HRT-Cosworth         1m40.212s  + 4.940
24. Narain Karthikeyan     HRT-Cosworth         1m40.445s  + 5.173

107% time: 1m41.941s

* Gap to quickest in Q1

** Gap to quickest in Q2

Free Practice One Report - China

Practice got underway in Shanghai and it saw familiar faces leading the way.

Sebastian Vettel was fastest in practice half a second faster than teammate Mark Webber who was about 1.5 secs quicker than Lewis Hamilton.

Jenson Button was fourth, while Heidfeld came 5th even though he had a crash which damaged his front wing which forced him to miss the last 25 mins of the session.

 The Ferraris came 7th(Felipe) and 12th(Fernando).

Pastor Maldonado had a spin which put him 8th.

Full Free Practice One Results

1.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault       1m38.739s  23
 2.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault       1m39.354s   + 0.615   27
 3.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes       1m40.845s   + 2.106   21
 4.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1m40.940s   + 2.201   22
 5.  Nick Heidfeld         Renault                1m40.987s   + 2.248   5
 6.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                1m41.046s   + 2.307   25
 7.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari         1m41.189s   + 2.450   20
 8.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth      1m41.222s   + 2.483   20
 9.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault                1m41.231s   + 2.492   16
10.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m41.328s   + 2.589   21
11.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes               1m41.361s   + 2.622   23
12.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                1m41.434s   + 2.695   15
13.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes   1m41.494s   + 2.755   20
14.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault          1m41.579s   + 2.840   13
15.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes   1m41.610s   + 2.871   18
16.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m41.752s   + 3.013   20
17.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth      1m41.939s   + 3.200   25
18.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes               1m42.301s   + 3.562   23
19.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari         1m43.792s   + 5.053   20
20.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth        1m44.089s   + 5.350   20
21.  Tonio Liuzzi          HRT-Cosworth           1m44.359s   + 5.620   18
22.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth        1m44.438s   + 5.699   11
23.  Luiz Razia            Lotus-Renault          1m44.542s   + 5.803    9
24.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth           1m45.019s   + 6.280   23

The Teams will be back on track at 7 am.