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CONTENTS / DECEMBER 2013

FIRST SECTOR: THE REGULARS

RACING COVER STORIES

73 68 58 42/46/52

10 12 18 28 30 33 35 36 38 107

IGNITION MCLAREN HAVE HAPPIER TIMES AHEAD PARADES THE VERY BEST F1 PHOTOGRAPHY PITPASS NEWS, OPINION AND ANALYSIS PITPASS TECH THE SCIENCE BEHIND WET RACES PETER WINDSOR WHO IS MCLAREN’S NEW SPONSOR? DIETER RENCKEN THE RETURN OF CUSTOMER CARS VALTTERI BOTTAS IS LOOKING FORWARD TO 2014 INBOX CLASSIC TRACKS NEED CLASSIC CORNERS NOW THAT WAS A CAR THE JORDAN 191 SUBSCRIBE AND GET A FREE CREDIT CARD CASE

82 The inner workings of one of the most exciting engines ever to grace F1

SECOND SECTOR: THE FEATURES 55

42 PATRICK GOSLING/ VODAFONE MCLAREN MERCEDES

JB: NO MORE MR NICE GUY The personable McLaren racer needs to show his teeth and take charge of his team, says Peter Windsor

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MCLAREN’S MAN AT THE TOP Team principal Martin Whitmarsh explains what went wrong in 2013 – and how they’ll put it right for 2014 LIFE AFTER LOWE When Paddy Lowe moved to Mercedes, McLaren began a radical shake-up of their technical department

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THE REAL PAUL DI RESTA

A taciturn manner earned Kimi a legion of fans – but not so this plainspoken Scot. Lee McKenzie provides a more charitable insight into a talented and honest racer

JENSON BUTTON Why the McLaren ace needs to take a tougher approach

66

HUNGRY LIKE A WOLFF Mercedes boss Toto Wolff explains why the team’s top-heavy management structure is key to their success

68

YOU ASK THE QUESTIONS A grilling from our readers reveals Marussia racer Max Chilton’s love of Reigate and dread of plate-sized spiders

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58

PAUL DI RESTA With talent like this, does he need media-friendly charm?

THE F1 POWER LIST Who are the movers and shakers with the most influence in the sport? After heated debate, we pick the top 21

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THE LAST OF THE V8S Say goodbye to the highest-revving engines F1 has ever seen, as the sport embraces a cleaner, greener future

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TOKYO DRIFT

Toto Wolff

We join Giedo van der Garde, for a jaunt around the Japanese capital in the retro Caterham Seven Superlight

outlines the

LUNCH WITH GARY ANDERSON

of a resurgent

The former technical brains of Jordan, who now makes complex F1 concepts digestible for BBC viewers

POWER LIST The top 21 men and 73 women who shape Formula 1

THIRD SECTOR: FINISHING STRAIGHT

GIEDO VAN DER GARDE Behind the 88 wheel of a very unusual Caterham

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JAPANESE GP REPORT WIN NINE FOR SEB INDIAN GP REPORT TITLE FOUR FOR SEB ABU DHABI GP REPORT WIN ELEVEN FOR SEB US GP PREVIEW CRACKING ATMOSPHERE STATESIDE BRAZILIAN GP PREVIEW F1 2013 DRAWS TO A CLOSE F1 BOOK REVIEW THREE MUST-HAVE RACING READS TOM CLARKSON WHY INDIA SHOULD KEEP ITS GP MURRAY WALKER ON THE LAST TIME F1 TRIED TURBO

future plans Mercedes

42/ 46/ 52 Jenson Button, Martin

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Whitmarsh

Max Chilton

McLaren

on the near-

technical team

invisible

discuss their

battle to

plans to make

prove himself

McLaren

from the back

great again

and the

of the grid

58 Lee McKenzie analyses the talent and personality of speedy Scot, Paul Di Resta

94 Maurice Hamilton meets BBC pundit and designer of the Jordan 191, Gary Anderson

88

Giedo van der Garde creates a stir on the streets of Tokyo in Caterham’s sporty new offering

Ignition / Anthony Rowlinson / 12.13

Follow Anthony on Twitter: @Rowlinson_F1R

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Seconds out Mark Webber threads his RB9 through the tricky final sector of the Yas Marina circuit, glimpsed here through the intricate glass-tiled roof of the Yas Viceroy hotel. Having topped the timesheets for much of the session, he’ll be pushed into second by Seb Vet at the end – although he’ll later snatch pole Where Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi When 2.42pm, Saturday 2 November 2013 Photographer Mark Thompson/Getty Images Details Canon EOS-1DX, 200mm lens, 1/640th at F7.1

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Cruising into the sunset It’s second practice in Abu Dhabi and Jenson Button’s day is about to get complicated as a failed tyre-pressure sensor interrupts his tyre-evaluation programme. He needs all the track time he can get to wring the most out of the recalcitrant MP4-28. Just three more races to go… Where Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi When 6.09pm, Friday 1 November 2013 Photographer Charles Coates/LAT Details Canon EOS-1DX, 600mm lens, 1/100th at F18

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The soft option Fernando Alonso races into his pit box for his final stop of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – and, with just nine laps left to run, there’s a set of quick but short-lived soft-compound tyres waiting. Having started outside the top ten, he’s about to claim fifth place – via a near-miss with Jean-Eric Vergne Where Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi When 6.23pm, Sunday 3 November 2013 Photographer Lorenzo Bellanca Details Canon EOS-5D MkII, 15mm lens, 1/10th at F5.6

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Vettel with Adrian Newey’s righthand man Peter Prodromou, who has signed to McLaren for 2015

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/ Red Bull look to the future / Formula 1 snakes and ladders

WINNERS + SPINNERS UPS AND DOWNS ON THE F1 ROLLER COASTER GOOD MONTH FOR

Heart-warming comebacks Robert Kubica has won the second tier of the World Rally Championship (WRC2). The former F1 racer, who partially severed his arm in a rally crash in 2011, took five wins in seven events to secure his first championship. As his

The dream team: Newey,

reward, he will get to drive a top-level Citroën DS3 in

Vettel and Horner have now

November’s Wales Rally GB.

secured four title doubles Those in a rush to get the first round in After Sebastian Vettel won the world title in India, he

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spent Sunday evening helping his team pack up the garage so the party could start sooner. Team-mate Mark Webber left the circuit straight after retiring from the race. Fans of obscure historical jokes Fernando Alonso wore a special helmet in India to mark scoring more F1 points than any other driver. But one wag pondered if the number ‘1571’ on his lid was to celebrate the 442nd anniversary of the Battle of Lepanto…

Spontaneous expressions of joy Sebastian Vettel was given a reprimand and his Red Bull team fined €25,000 for his impromptu ‘donut’ at the end of

PHOTOS: GLENN DUNBAR/LAT; CHARLES COATES/LAT; ANDREW FERRARO/LAT; ANDY HONE/LAT; ALASTAIR STALEY/LAT; MCKLEIN/LAT

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the Indian GP, in celebration of his fourth world title. Many fans considered the reprimand heavy-handed. Spontaneous shedding of wheelnuts When Pastor Maldonado shed a wheelnut during a practice session at the Indian GP practice, the FIA fined his Williams team a whopping €60,000. That’s on top of another €60,000 fine for a similar offence in Suzuka. Asking nicely Lotus apologised for the radio message delivered to Kimi Räikkönen in the closing stages of the Indian GP. From the pitwall, Alan Permane radioed to Kimi: “Move out of the fucking way!” when Räikkönen got in the way of his faster team-mate Romain Grosjean. What do you reckon they’ll write in his leaving card…?


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/ Test your knowledge / Rising stars / Brawn to leave Mercedes

Answers: 1 Bruno Junqueira 2 Jordan 3 Jos Verstappen 4 Alain Prost and René Arnoux 5 Shadow 6 Chris Amon 7 Louis Chiron and Olivier Beretta 8 Tyrrell won their last F1 grand prix 9 Phoenix 10 Ligier

F1 Mastermind Your chosen specialised subject: the world’s greatest sport

1 Which Brazilian racer was beaten

6 Which famous under-achiever

by Jenson Button in a shoot-out

started his F1 career driving for

for the Williams seat in 2000?

Reg Parnell Racing?

2 Who were the last F1 team for

7 Who are the only two Monaco-

whom Jean Alesi (below left) drove?

born drivers to have started F1

3 Who replaced Jan Magnussen

world championship races?

(below right) at Stewart GP in 1998?

8 What happened on 5 June 1983?

4 Which two Frenchmen finished

9 Which former Formula 1 street

second and third in the 1983

circuit had a start/finish line on

drivers’ championship?

Jefferson Street?

5 Tony Southgate designed cars

10 For which team did Stefan

for which team from 1973 to 1979?

Johansson drive in 1988?

Brawn set to exit Mercedes A gradual departure was being planned, but team principal Ross Brawn will now leave on his own terms at the end of this season

THIS BOY CAN DRIVE Keeping an eye out for the stars of tomorrow

PHOTOS: STEVEN TEE/LAT; PETE SPINNEY/LAT; XPB/LAT; LAT ARCHIVE

NEWS

Raffaele Marciello Who is he?

Anything else we need to know about him?

Also known as ‘Lello’, he is an

He’s a member of Ferrari’s young

18-year-old Swiss driver racing

driver academy, having impressed

in the FIA European Formula 3

the Scuderia with his karting

championship for the Italian-

prowess. He also scored a debut

based Prema Powerteam.

win in the Formula Abarth singleseater series.

How good is he? In the highly rated European F3

F1 chances

series, Marciello has taken 13

Sergio Pérez and Jules Bianchi

wins, six podiums and 12 pole

have come through the academy

positions to clinch the title.

to land seats in F1. While Marciello

Even more impressively, he has

has yet to prove himself in higher

suffered only two retirements

categories, if his form continues

(and one disqualification for a

and he proves adept in more

technical infringement) during

powerful machinery, a Ferrari drive

the 30-round championship.

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We look at the numbers behind New Delhi’s three appearances on the F1 calendar

Drivers to enter Friday practice only: 2

3 1 drivers have led the race

Number of Indian GP winners (Vettel)

180 TOTAL NUMBER

OF RACE LAPS

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TOTAL RACE-DAY SPECTATOR ATTENDANCE

Total number of pitstops: 120 Fastest speed recorded J Alguersuari (2011)

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drivers have started the GP

201.448 mph 1m 24.119s Fastest lap time recorded S Vettel (2013)

4h 32m 57.933s Total time taken by Vettel to win all three races

LAPS LED BY SEBASTIAN VETTEL

TOTAL DISTANCE RACED

Most number of laps of circuit N Rosberg 498 laps

573 MILES

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When racing in the wet, water is thrown up in a ‘rooster tail’ behind the car, and can enter the engine air inlet of a closely following rival

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These days, if you knew it was going to be wet all weekend, would you still make these changes? ,I\RXNQHZIRUVXUHLWZRXOGEHZHWWKHQ SHUKDSV\RXZRXOG%XWZHDWKHUIRUHFDVWLQJLV D¿FNOHEXVLQHVVDQGWKHUHLVUDUHO\DQ\DEVROXWH

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So the most important thing in wet weather is still the tyres? $EVROXWHO\±VOLFNW\UHVZRXOGEHGLVDVWURXVLI XVHGLQZHWFRQGLWLRQV$W\UHDFKLHYHVJULSLQ WZRZD\V2QHZD\LVWKURXJKWKHDGKHVLRQRIWKH WDFN\W\UHVXUIDFHWRWKHWUDFNDQGWKHRWKHULV E\WKHGHIRUPDWLRQRIWKHW\UHDURXQGWKHHGJHV RIWKHVWRQHVWKDWIRUPWKHDJJUHJDWHRIWKH 7DUPDF7KLVSURYLGHVDORFNLQJHIIHFWZKLFK FUHDWHVWKHJULS,QZHWFRQGLWLRQVWKHIRUPHU LVQHYHUSUHVHQWGXHWRWKH¿OPRIZDWHUWKDWLV VHSDUDWLQJW\UHIURPWUDFNDQGLIWKHZDWHU

HOW DO A TEAM KNOW WHEN IT‘S TIME TO CHANGE THE TYRES?

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At any grand prix we visit, we are continually

tyres to intermediates at 117% of a dry time

calculating a ‘cross-over’ time. That is the

and from intermediate tyres to wet tyres at

lap time at which it becomes most favourable

125% of a dry time. But obviously this is

to change to a different type of tyre. As a rule

something that will tend to vary widely

of thumb, we would usually change from slick

from circuit to circuit.

Wet races are only halted if visibility is extremely poor or aquaplaning becomes inevitable

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Do you have to do anything to waterproof the cars? *HQHUDOO\VSHDNLQJQR\RXGRQ¶W7KHZLULQJ LVSURWHFWHGWRDFODVVL¿FDWLRQNQRZQDV,3 ZKLFKLVDQLQWHUQDWLRQDOVWDQGDUGWKDWHQVXUHV WKHLQJUHVVLRQRIZDWHUGRHVQRWKDUPWKH HOHFWULFDOV\VWHPV7KLVLVLQFUHGLEO\LPSRUWDQW ZKHQ\RXFRQVLGHUWKHKLJKYROWDJHHQHUJ\ UHFRYHU\V\VWHPVWKDWDUHXVHGWKHVHGD\VLQ )RUPXOD%XWHYHQZLWKWKLVKLJKOHYHORI SURWHFWLRQVHYHUDO.(56HTXLSSHGFDUVVXIIHUHG SUREOHPVRYHUWKHFRXUVHRIWKHH[WUHPHO\ZHW 0DOD\VLDQ*UDQG3UL[

What about the engines? :KHQUDFLQJLQWKHZHWKXJHDPRXQWVRIZDWHU DUHWKURZQXSLQWKHμURRVWHUWDLO¶WKDWIRUPV EHKLQGWKHFDUDQGDFRPSHWLWRUIROORZLQJWRR

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The 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix had to be stopped due to the extreme weather conditions. Should Formula 1 cars be allowed to race in the rain? 2IFRXUVHWKH\VKRXOG2QHRIWKHJUHDWHVW FKDOOHQJHVSUHVHQWHGE\PRWRUVSRUWFRPHVIURP WU\LQJWRGHDOZLWKZKDWHYHUFRQGLWLRQV\RX HQFRXQWHULQDPRUHVXFFHVVIXOPDQQHUWKDQ \RXUFRPSHWLWRUV7KDWVDLGWKHUHDUHFHUWDLQ FRQGLWLRQVXQGHUZKLFKLWLVLPSRVVLEOHWRFDUU\ RQ±VXFKDVZKHQYLVLELOLW\LVH[WUHPHO\SRRURU DTXDSODQLQJLVLQHYLWDEOH

Poor visibility and aquaplaning are obviously beyond a driver‘s control, but does he need to drive differently when racing in the rain?

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Peter Windsor

RACER’S EDGE Authority, wit and intelligence from the voice of F1 Racing

ALL EYES ARE ON MCLAREN AS WE AWAIT THE REVELATION OF THEIR NEW TITLE SPONSOR

It's difficult seasons like this one that have made McLaren the team they are today

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PHOTOS: ANDREW FERRARO/LAT; CHARLES COATES/LAT; STEVEN TEE/LAT

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POWERPLAY A RETURN TO CUSTOMER CARS COULD CHANGE THE VERY NATURE OF F1

“The plan is that teams at the sharp end will supply the lower grid with turnkey technology”

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VALTTERI BOTTAS

ROOKIE YEAR MY FIRST SEASON IS NEARLY OVER – AND I’M ALREADY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT ONE

“What I’ve learned from these races in Asia is to keep fighting for positions until the very last corner”

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The Williams racer reveals all about his first season in F1

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@F1Racing_mag facebook.com/f1racingmag [email protected] F1 Racing, Teddington Studios, Broom Road, Teddington Middlesex TW11 9BE

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Cut new drivers a bit of slack

STAR LETTER Mansell at the Peraltada in 1990. It’ll be very different when F1 returns in 2014

What’s Mexico without the Peraltada?

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Goodyear

Notable drivers

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McLAREN One of F1’s most fabled teams are having a torrid 2013, performing way below their potential. But as this 13-page special explains, that’s all about to change…

P42 JENSON BUTTON As smooth off track as he is on it, JB is vital to McLaren’s hopes. But maybe, argues Peter Windsor, it’s time for him to show his teeth

P46 MARTIN WHITMARSH When things go wrong at McLaren, this man answers the tough PHOTO: PATRICK GOSLING/VODAFONE MCLAREN MERCEDES

questions. He tells us how he plans to put his team’s house in order

P52 SAM MICHAEL AND JONATHAN NEALE After a very successful 2012, McLaren scrapped a great car, the MP4-27, and built the suboptimal MP4-28. Their tech chiefs explain the tough lessons learned


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“Be a Michael. Be a Fernando. There’s no Adrian at corporate McLaren, so someone needs to be The Rock”

Alonso back to McLaren? Don’t bet against it… Let’s start with what we know. McLaren want to re-sign Fernando Alonso as soon as possible. If they can get him as a partner to Jenson Button for 2014, they will. If not, they will go all-out to get him for 2015 when their engine partnership with Honda begins. Their pursuit of Alonso is all about wanting to become a major force again. Honda are not providing free engines and a substantial financial input to fight for points. They want to win championships. McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh has made no secret of his admiration for Alonso. He described him as “the best driver out there” to the BBC in Singapore, and in Japan added that if you were to name the two drivers on the grid you would want above anyone else, they would be Alonso and Sebastian Vettel. Alonso has said it is nice to hear other team bosses appreciate his work, but has publicly reiterated that he is contracted to Ferrari until the end of 2016 – when he will be 35 – and ideally would like to extend that contract. Whitmarsh, for his part, says Alonso is “contracted to Ferrari next year and may be after that”. An interesting difference of interpretation that suggests Alonso has ways of getting out of his Ferrari contract if he wants. Red Bull sources say the same – that Alonso told them in the summer he was potentially available for 2014 and would like to drive for them. Which suggests he is not as locked in – or as committed – to Ferrari as he and they might like people to think. Can McLaren get him? Clearly Alonso has grown frustrated with Ferrari’s lack of competitiveness this year. There are also question marks over Ferrari’s progress with the new engine rules – the word on the street is that they are behind Mercedes and Renault. And McLaren are using Mercedes next year. Can McLaren convince him that they are a better bet? That might be hard now, but if Alonso stays at Ferrari in 2014 and they struggle again, it would suddenly seem much easier. A lot will depend on what Honda can tell him about their engine. Andrew Benson

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How McLaren’s car division shapes up Reaching profitability with a start-up supercar company in just four years, as McLaren have done, may not have quite the headline-grab of an F1 world championship victory, but it requires just the same ingredients: ground-breaking Team principal Martin Whitmarsh takes responsibility for the failures of 2013 and has no interest in pointing the finger of blame. For 2014, McLaren are looking forwards… not back

technology, bold planning, aggressive targets, talented staff and a never-say-die spirit. This is the belief of group chairman Ron Dennis, who launched the car-making company, McLaren Automotive, after a plan to continue making road cars in partnership with MercedesBenz dissolved when the German multinational sold their McLaren stake in 2009. The latest success, achieved against a background of worldwide financial stringency, is impressive because McLaren have only made real money from the first car in a proposed three-model range, the £170,000, 200mph 12C, launched in 2011. A McLaren ‘hypercar’, the £860,000 P1, of which only 375 will ever be built and whose special appeal is that its driver can change from road- to race-car configuration by pressing a button, is just starting production. The biggest earner is likely to be a new £120,000 model, the P13 – a challenger to the upper-crust Porsche 911s. It will eventually push production at the Woking plant beyond 4000 units per year. McLaren’s profitability confounds pundits, who believe making money from supercars is hugely difficult. Enzo Ferrari may have sold road cars to pay for racing, but now sponsors take that role. Ferrari draw support from their link with the Fiat group, and adopt a broad-brush approach when discussing the source of their earnings. Even Porsche make saloons and SUVs to reinforce their fast-car range. For now, Ron Dennis insists McLaren will build only supercars — but even he doesn’t rule out other vehicles in the longer term. Steve Cropley

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McLaren’s future driver line-up The last time McLaren plucked a highly rated driver called ‘Magnussen’ from the junior formulae, it didn’t quite work out. In 1994, Jan Magnussen broke Ayrton Senna’s British F3 record, winning 14 of 18 races, and then obtained a one-off drive with McLaren in 1995. But Jan lacked commitment and soon sloped off to a career in sportscars. Now his son, Kevin Magnussen, has set the junior racing categories alight and isn’t making the same mistakes as his father. ‘Kev’ decided that World Series by Renault was a more competitive series than GP2 in 2013, and therefore a better career platform. He duly claimed the championship with a race in hand. The Dane’s primary sponsor, Jack & Jones, is a clothing store owned by Andreas Povlsen, Denmark’s third richest man. Despite interest from Red Bull, 21-year-old Magnussen has committed to McLaren, who will most likely advise his sponsors to run him in another team to gain experience until a McLaren drive is available, or take him on as a test driver in 2014. A year behind Magnussen in experience is Stoffel Vandoorne, a Belgian racer, also 21, who is another McLaren young driver. It’s his rookie year in World Series, but he’s pushed Magnussen all the way to the title. A former FIA Institute Academy winner, he has backing from Renault and the Belgian automobile association. Both he and Magnussen are great future F1 prospects. James Roberts

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They’ve learned from their mistakes of 2013 and the playing field has been levelled by new regulations for 2014. Now, with a consolidated technical team in place, McLaren should be strongly placed to give Jenson a winning car

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Paul Di Racer What he lacks in marketable charm, he’s made up for in performance – at every level Henry Ford famously observed that “history is bunk”. A significant piece of Paul Di Resta’s racing history, though one so increasingly distant that it is approaching bunk status, is the 2006 F3 Euro Series, in which he beat teammate Sebastian Vettel in equal machinery. The timing was unfortunate because McLaren and Mercedes already had a hotly tipped protégé further up the queue for the vacant F1 seat alongside Fernando Alonso in 2007: Lewis Hamilton. And not only was Lewis quick and gifted, he was hugely more marketable than the press-shy Scot. The problem for Di Resta and his generation was not that they lacked backing, but that they lacked targeted backing. The McLaren-Mercedes Champions Of The Future karting programme, established in the mid-1990s, was a laudable attempt to assist young talent, but its approach was too scattergun. Sources close to the project told F1 Racing that too many drivers were brought forward with too little rigorous analysis of their potential; and even when they did prove themselves, there wasn’t enough money in the kitty to take them beyond junior single-seaters. Mercedes, with a loyalty that deserves great credit, created a side exit to the DTM for some of these drivers, of which Di Resta was one. Here’s where it gets interesting. Moving from singleseaters to tin-tops is usually the kiss of death for an F1 career, because the discipline is fundamentally less aerodependent. After a few seasons of focusing on the nuances of managing the dynamics of weight transfer in a heavy car with very little aero and a high centre of gravity, even the keenest karting prodigies make like Marlon Brando in Apocalypse Now. Without realising it, they go native. Granted, the DTM is distinct among closed-roof series in that it retains a strong aero element, but what sets Di Resta apart from his peers is that while he acquired the knowledge to succeed in that series, he never lost his fingertip-touch for an aero car or his rage to succeed in F1. Former Mercedes motorsport chief Norbert Haug was among those who kept the faith, and helped secure him a seat at Force India. “The exciting thing about Paul is that he’s extremely focused,” says Force India’s deputy team principal, Bob Fernley. “His mental strength is among the best I’ve come across, and I think he demands a great deal from himself and the team. He pushes both elements of that to the limit. So he’s a very exciting driver to work with. There’s no respite. He’s constantly looking for optimum performance.”

performance since his arrival, on account of recent technical input from McLaren. But what awaits him now Haug has retired and Force India are locked in combat with McLaren? You can read into his recent performances that Paul Di Resta is now looking to control his own destiny – his own history. Stuart Codling

PHOTO: CHARLES COATES/LAT

His technical feedback, it’s said, is excellent, although our sources won’t give him sole credit for Force India’s upswing in

PHOTOS: CHARLES COATES/LAT; ANDY HONE/LAT; SAM BLOXHAM/LAT

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This season, Di Resta’s performance has exceeded that of his F1 team-mate for the first time. He came close to setting pole at Spa (above and left) and outraced Adrian Sutil to finish 11th at Suzuka (top)

Paul Di Resta vs his team-mates Race

Top 10s

Rtd

Qualifying

Q1

Q2

Q3

Pts

2011 Di Resta

6

8

1

9

1

13

5

27

Sutil

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0

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42

2012 Di Resta

10

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1

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46

Hülkenberg

11

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1

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63

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7

4

8

4

5

5

36

Sutil

7

6

3

7

0

9

5

26

2013*

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Sir Jackie Stewart: Scot on Scot “I have to say

Management, which he represents

that Paul has

well, and when he speaks it’s always

demonstrated

succinct and with clarity. “And if you know the Scots, you’ll

potential as

know that they’re fairly straightforward

a top-line driver

and sometimes quite blunt. Ken

in Formula 1,

Tyrrell used to say the same about

even though he’s had a number

me sometimes… but you’ve got to

of poor races this year that have

be able to get your point across and

overshadowed that talent. I think it

create leadership through confidence.

would be a loss for Force India not to

If something is wrong, you need to be

retain him for another year: worse still

able to convince people and tell them

if he was lost to Formula 1 completely.

what the contributing factor is. If you’re

“I’ve spoken to Paul a number of

not being listened to, then there is a

times this year, and he’s got a good

determination in a Scot to try to make

head on his shoulders. He’s very

that point clear – and sometimes it can

rational, very committed and I’ve

be pretty straightforward.

always thought he’s been very good

“I’ve not heard any negativity

on the presentation side. He’s always

against Paul, but I have been

well dressed and certainly looks a

disappointed for him that things

lot better than a good many drivers

haven’t quite worked out right,

racing in Formula 1 today. He has a

for various reasons, this year.”

personal sponsor in Aberdeen Asset

Interview by James Roberts

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“What would give Paul a reason to smile more would be to find a seat in a more consistently competitive car”


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seriously good

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Wolff

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PORTRAIT ANDREW FERRARO/LAT

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MERC’S TOP TABLE Is it broad, long or top heavy? Well, here’s who does what…

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20 DAVID WARD FIA presidential contender

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11= CARLOS SLIM JR Multi-billionaire, FIA Senate member and head of Mexico’s young driver programme

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11= HERMANN TILKE & PETER WAHL Managing partners,

11= CHRISTIAN HORNER

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Red Bull team principal

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08= JEAN TODT President of the FIA

06= FERNANDO ALONSO Ferrari racer

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Gerard Lopez,

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Pirelli motorsport director

Lotus F1 chairman

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06= LEWIS HAMILTON

03= DIETRICH MATESCHITZ

Mercedes GP racer

03= ADRIAN NEWEY

Red Bull founder and CEO

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IPIC chairman and UAE deputy PM

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Casting Linerless aluminium block

Engine Cosworth CA

and cylinder heads

Layout 90° V8

Cylinder head Gear-driven double overhead

Induction Naturally aspirated

camshafts, four valves per cylinder, 41.3mm intake

Displacement 2.4-litres (2399.875cc)

valve, 35mm exhaust

Bore 3.858in (98.00mm)

Compression ratio 13:3:1

Stroke 1.566in (39.77mm) Maximum rpm 18,000 (by regulation)

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Reports Previews

There’s no stopping him Not content with collecting a fourth consecutive world championship in India, Sebastian Vettel cruises to his eleventh grand prix victory of 2013 in Abu Dhabi REPORTS

PREVIEWS

116 US GP PREVIEW

104 JAPANESE GP REPORT

108

112

A newer track with a great atmosphere and exciting racing

INDIAN GP REPORT

ABU DHABI GP REPORT

Strategy at its finest helps Vettel

Seb does it again: his tenth win of

Webber nabs pole, but the win goes

another step closer to the title

the year becomes his fourth title

to his rather successful team-mate

OPINION

121 TOM CLARKSON

122 MURRAY WALKER

From the refined elegance of the

In which Murray is pursued by very

RAC in London, to the colourful

tall women on roller-skates. And

chaos of the Indian Grand Prix

muses on the turbo era…

118 BRAZILIAN GP PREVIEW F1 returns to a classic venue for the close of the 2013 championship

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RACE DEBRIEFby Stuart Codling Japanese Grand Prix 13.10.2013 / Suzuka

Romain gladiator loses Bull fight Despite Grosjean’s valiant efforts, a perfectly planned Vettel/Red Bull effort brings the title ever closer

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MAIN PHOTO: STEVEN TEE/LAT. ILLUSTRATION: ALAN ELDRIDGE. INSETS: CHARLES COATES/LAT; GLENN DUNBAR/LAT; STEVE ETHERINGTON/LAT; ANDY HONE/LAT

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> Red Bull make the decision to swap Webber to a threestop strategy

> Vettel makes his final pitstop and soon passes Grosjean, whose tyres are eight laps older

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Webber pits from the

Vettel wins the

lead, drops to third,

Japanese Grand Prix

and takes another

from Webber and

nine laps to pass

Grosjean, with Alonso

Grosjean for second

a distant fourth


105

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Japanese Grand Prix stats The lowdown on everything you need to know from the weekend at Suzuka… THE GRID

THE RACE

1. WEBBER RED BULL 1min 30.915secs Q3 2. VETTEL RED BULL 1min 31.089secs Q3 3. HAMILTON MERCEDES 1min 31.253secs Q3

FASTEST LAP

5. MASSA FERRARI 1min 31.378secs Q3 6. ROSBERG MERCEDES 1min 31.397secs Q3 7. HÜLKENBERG SAUBER 1min 31.644secs Q3 8. ALONSO FERRARI 1min 31.665secs Q3 9. RÄIKKÖNEN LOTUS 1min 31.684secs Q3 10. BUTTON MCLAREN 1min 31.827secs Q3 11. PÉREZ MCLAREN 1min 31.989secs Q2 12. DI RESTA FORCE INDIA 1min 31.992secs Q2 13. BOTTAS WILLIAMS 1min 32.013secs Q2 14. GUTIÉRREZ SAUBER 1min 32.063secs Q2

Mark Webber, lap 44, 1min 34.587secs

THE RESULTS (53 LAPS) 1st

Sebastian Vettel Red Bull

2nd

Mark Webber Red Bull

+7.129s

3rd

Romain Grosjean Lotus

+9.910s

1h26m49.301s

4th

Fernando Alonso Ferrari

+45.605s

5th

Kimi Räikkönen Lotus

+47.325s

6th

Nico Hülkenberg Sauber

+51.615s

7th

Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber

+71.630s

8th

Nico Rosberg Mercedes

+72.023s

9th

Jenson Button McLaren

+80.821s

10th

Felipe Massa Ferrari

+89.263s

11th

Paul Di Resta Force India

+98.572s

12th

Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso

+1 lap

18. CHILTON MARUSSIA 1min 34.320secs Q1

Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso

+1 lap

1st


297pts

Adrian Sutil Force India

+1 lap

2nd


207pts 177pts

15th

Sergio Pérez McLaren

+1 lap

3rd


16th

Pastor Maldonado Williams

+1 lap

4th

Lewis Hamilton Mercedes

161pts

17th

Valtteri Bottas Williams

+1 lap

5th


148pts 126pts

18th

Charles Pic Caterham

+1 lap

6th


19th

Max Chilton Marussia

+1 lap

7th


90pts

8th


87pts

9th


60pts

Retirements Lewis Hamilton Mercedes

7 laps – damage

10th


39pts

Giedo van der Garde Caterham

0 laps – accident

11th


36pts

Jules Bianchi Marussia

0 laps – accident

12th


26pts

13th


23pts

14th


18pts

15th


13pts

16th


17th


18th


1pt 0pts

19th


0pts

20th


0pts

Fastest: Mark Webber

Slowest: Lewis

21st


0pts

191.73mph

Hamilton, 176.95mph

22nd


0pts

CONSTRUCTORS’ STANDINGS 20. PIC* CATERHAM 1min 34.556secs Q1

22. SUTIL** FORCE INDIA 1min 32.890secs Q1

* Ten-place penalty for three reprimands ** Five-place penalty for replacement gearbox

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TYRE COMPOUNDS USED

19. VAN DER GARDE CATERHAM 1min 34.879secs Q1

21. BIANCHI* MARUSSIA 1min 34.958secs Q1

DRIVERS’ STANDINGS

13th

16. RICCIARDO TORO ROSSO 1min 32.485secs Q2 17. VERGNE TORO ROSSO 1min 33.357secs Q1

Nico Rosberg 22.551secs (entry to exit)

14th

THROUGH SPEED TRAP

15. MALDONADO WILLIAMS 1min 32.093secs Q2

FASTEST PITSTOP


Medium

Hard

CLIMATE

Sunny

Intermediate Wet

TRACK TEMP

23°C

32°C

1st Red Bull

445pts

2nd Ferrari

297pts 10th Marussia

0pts

3rd Mercedes

287pts 11th Caterham

0pts

4th Lotus

264pts

5th McLaren

9th

Williams

1pt

83pts

6th Force India

62pts

7th Sauber

45pts

8th Toro Rosso 31pts

For comprehensive F1 statistics visit www.forix.com

PHOTOS: ANDY HONE/LAT; GLENN DUNBAR/LAT; SAM BLOXHAM/LAT

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RACE DEBRIEFby James Roberts Indian Grand Prix 27.10.2013 / Buddh International Circuit

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Sebastian Vettel leads from pole,

T3

ahead of Nico Rosberg and

T2 T4

Lewis Hamilton

T1

T16 T15 T5 T7 T6 T14

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T10 T12 T11

Massa leads as Vettel

Alonso pits for

pits. The Brazilian

a new front wing

made a great start,

after it’s damaged

passing both Mercs

as a result of contact

on the opening lap

with Webber

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Alonso struggles

lead after both the

with handling

Mercs and Massa pit

problems and finds

for fresh rubber

himself fighting with Gutiérrez in 13th place

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Mark Webber pulls

Lotus drivers Romain

to the side of the

Grosjean and Kimi

track to retire with

Räikkönen fight over

alternator failure

third place

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After his final pitstop,

Sebastian Vettel

Kimi rejoins the race

completes the final

to set the fastest lap

lap in the lead and is duly crowned world champion


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FINISHING STRAIGHT

Indian Grand Prix stats The lowdown on everything you need to know from the weekend at New Delhi… THE GRID

THE RACE

1. VETTEL RED BULL 1min 24.119secs Q3 2. ROSBERG MERCEDES 1min 24.871secs Q3 3. HAMILTON MERCEDES 1min 24.941secs Q3

FASTEST LAP 4. WEBBER RED BULL 1min 25.047secs Q3

5. MASSA FERRARI 1min 25.201secs Q3 6. RÄIKKÖNEN LOTUS 1min 25.248secs Q3 7. HÜLKENBERG SAUBER 1min 25.334secs Q3 8. ALONSO FERRARI 1min 25.826secs Q3 9. PÉREZ MCLAREN 1min 26.153secs Q3 10. BUTTON MCLAREN 1min 26.487secs Q3 11. RICCIARDO TORO ROSSO 1min 25.519secs Q2 12. DI RESTA FORCE INDIA 1min 25.711secs Q2 13. SUTIL FORCE INDIA 1min 25.740secs Q2 14. VERGNE TORO ROSSO 1min 25.798secs Q2

Kimi Räikkönen, lap 60, 1min 27.679secs

THE RESULTS (60 LAPS) 1st


2nd


+29.823s

3rd


+39.892s

1h31m12.187s

4th


+41.692s

5th


+43.829s

6th


+52.475s

7th


+67.988s

8th


+72.868s

9th


+74.734s

10th


+76.237s

11th


+78.297s

12th


+78.951s

18. MALDONADO WILLIAMS 1min 26.842secs Q1


+1 lap

1st


322pts


+1 lap

2nd


207pts 183pts

15th


+1 lap

3rd


16th


+1 lap

4th


169pts

17th


+2 laps

5th


148pts

+2 laps

6th


144pts

+6 laps – brakes

7th


102pts

8th


102pts

9th


60pts

18th


19th


Retirements Mark Webber Red Bull

39 laps – alternator

10th


40pts


35 laps – hydraulics

11th


39pts

12th


33pts

13th


28pts

14th


19pts

15th


13pts

16th


17th


18th


0pts

19th


0pts

20th


0pts

Giedo van der Garde Caterham 1 lap – accident damage

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1pt

Fastest: Esteban

Slowest: Giedo van der

21st


0pts

Gutierréz 199.94mph

Garde, 117.36mph

22nd


0pts

TYRE COMPOUNDS USED CONSTRUCTORS’ STANDINGS 20. VAN DER GARDE CATERHAM 1min 27.105secs Q1 Soft

21. PIC CATERHAM 1min 27.487secs Q1

6pts

22. CHILTON MARUSSIA 1min 28.138secs Q1


Medium

CLIMATE

Hazy

Intermediate Wet

TRACK TEMP

30°C

33°C

1st Red Bull

470pts

2nd Mercedes


0pts

3rd Ferrari


0pts

4th Lotus

285pts

5th McLaren

9th

Williams

1pt

93pts

6th Force India

68pts

7th Sauber

45pts



PHOTOS: STEVEN TEE/LAT; ANDY HONE/LAT

19. BIANCHI MARUSSIA 1min 26.970secs Q1


13th

16. GUTIÉRREZ SAUBER 1min 26.336secs Q2 17. GROSJEAN LOTUS 1min 26.577secs Q1

Felipe Massa 23.332secs (entry to exit)

14th

THROUGH SPEED TRAP

15. BOTTAS WILLIAMS 1min 26.134secs Q2

FASTEST PITSTOP

FINISHING STRAIGHT

RACE DEBRIEFby Anthony Rowlinson Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 03.11.2013 / Yas Marina

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YAS MARINA

Vettel takes an T7

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Nico Rosberg and

T5

polesitter Mark Webber at the start

T4

T3 T8

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T10

T1

T19

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T18

T14

T12 T13

T11

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Rosberg pits on lap 11 for fresh tyres; Vettel holds out until lap 15 and resumes in the lead

< By virtue of not making his first stop until lap 21, Di Resta spends four laps in second place

MAIN PHOTO: ANDY HONE/LAT. ILLUSTRATION: ALAN ELDRIDGE. INSETS: STEVE ETHERINGTON/LAT; ALASTAIR STALEY/LAT; ANDY HONE/LAT; ANDREW FERRARO/LAT; STEVEN TEE/LAT; GLENN DUNBAR/LAT

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Vettel performs

Alonso leaving the

celebratory donuts

pits and the Ferrari

after winning the

driver injures his back

race – but escapes

as he hits the kerb

penalty this time


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FINISHING STRAIGHT

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix stats The lowdown on everything you need to know from the weekend at Yas Marina… THE RACE

THE GRID 1. WEBBER RED BULL 1min 39.957secs Q3 2. VETTEL RED BULL 1min 40.075secs Q3 3. ROSBERG MERCEDES 1min 40.419secs Q3

FASTEST LAP Fernando Alonso, lap 55, 1min 43.434secs

4. HAMILTON MERCEDES 1min 40.501secs Q3

THE RESULTS (55 LAPS)

6. GROSJEAN LOTUS 1min 40.997secs Q3 7. MASSA FERRARI 1min 41.015secs Q3 8. PÉREZ MCLAREN 1min 41.068secs Q3 9. RICCIARDO TORO ROSSO 1min 41.111secs Q3 10. ALONSO FERRARI 1min 41.093secs Q2 11. DI RESTA FORCE INDIA 1min 41.133secs Q2 12. BUTTON MCLAREN 1min 41.200secs Q2 13. VERGNE TORO ROSSO 1min 41.279secs Q2 14. MALDONADO WILLIAMS 1min 41.395secs Q2

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+33.650s

4th


+34.802s

5th


+67.181s

6th


+78.174s

7th


+79.267s

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+82.886s

9th


+91.198s

10th


+93.257s

18. VAN DER GARDE CATERHAM 1min 43.252secs Q1 19. PIC CATERHAM 1min 43.528secs Q1 20. CHILTON MARUSSIA 1min 44.198secs Q1

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+103.767s

13th


+104.295s

1st


347pts

14th


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2nd


217pts 183pts

+95.989s

22. RÄIKKÖNEN** LOTUS DSQ

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+1 lap

3rd


16th


+1 lap

4th


169pts

17th


+1 lap

5th


166pts

18th


+1 lap

6th


159pts

19th


+1 lap

7th


114pts 106pts

20th


+2 laps

8th


21st


+2 laps

9th


60pts

10th


48pts

11th


39pts

12th


35pts

13th


29pts

14th


19pts

15th


13pts

16th


17th


18th


0pts

19th


0pts

20th


0pts

Retirements 0 laps – damage

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6pts 1pt

Fastest: Felipe Massa

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21st


0pts

199.06mph

Vettel, 192.29mph

22nd


0pts

TYRE COMPOUNDS USED CONSTRUCTORS’ STANDINGS

Soft 21. BIANCHI* MARUSSIA 1min 43.398secs Q1

Mark Webber 21.175secs (entry to exit)

11th

16. GUTIÉRREZ SAUBER 1min 41.999secs Q1 17. SUTIL FORCE INDIA 1min 42.051secs Q1

FASTEST PITSTOP

12th


15. BOTTAS WILLIAMS 1min 41.447secs Q2

1h38m 06.106s

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CLIMATE

Sunny

Intermediate Wet

TRACK TEMP

35°C

44°C

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513pts

2nd Mercedes


0pts

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0pts

4th Lotus

297pts

5th McLaren

9th

Williams

1pt

95pts

6th Force India

77pts

7th Sauber

45pts



PHOTOS: STEVEN TEE/LAT; ANDREW FERRARO/LAT; STEVE ETHERINGTON/LAT

5. HÜLKENBERG SAUBER 1min 40.576secs Q3

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The US GP preview

15-17 November 2013 / Circuit of The Americas, Austin Drawing inspiration from the best bits of other venues, the Circuit of The Americas is rare among newer tracks in the enthusiasm it has generated

THE ENGINEER’S VIEW Xevi Pujolar, Williams’ chief race engineer

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F1 debut 2012

TV TIMETABLE (UK TIME)

Length 3.426 miles

Friday 15 November

Distance 191.939 miles

Practice 1 15:00-16:30

Laps 56

Practice 2 19:00-20:30

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Saturday 16 November

Lap record 1min 39.347secs,

Practice 3 15:00-16:00

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Qualifying 18:00

Full throttle 63%

Sunday 17 November

Gear changes per lap 59

Race 19:00

Winners from pole 0

Live coverage Sky Sports F1 (available in HD)

Tyre compounds

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LAST YEAR

DO YOU REMEMBER…

Winner Lewis Hamilton Retirements 2

…when F1 broke with tradition? At the inaugural GP at Austin last year,

Overtaking moves 51

podium protocol was broken when Pirelli chose not to hand out caps.

DRS overtakes 23

Instead, they chose to present each of the top-three finishers (Lewis

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Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso) with Stetson-style hats.

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The Brazilian GP preview

22-24 November 2013 / Interlagos, São Paulo A naturally undulating track that’s frequently deluged. And the introduction of drainage channels hasn’t stopped the build-up of surface water

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2

F1 debut 1973

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Length 2.677 miles

Friday 22 November

Distance 190.083 miles

Practice 1 12:00-13:30

Laps 71

Practice 2 16:00-17:30

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Saturday 23 November

Lap record 1min 11.473secs,

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Winner Jenson Button Retirements 5

…Jaguar’s last race in Formula 1? The 2004 Brazilian GP was their final

Overtaking moves 100

grand prix as Ford pulled the plug on their F1 operation. During the race,

DRS overtakes 23

Mark Webber was battling for tenth place with team-mate Christian Klien,

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when they collided at the first corner.

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INTERLAGOS TELEMETRY

BOOKS FOR THE COLLECTOR

Three new F1-themed books – two available in strictly limited numbers – are a must for fans of the sport this festive season

F1 Retro 1970 By Mark Hughes 256pp, limited edition hardback numbered and signed by author, £49.99

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“A country with a first-rate circuit close to its second largest city, deserves a place at motorsport’s high table”


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