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FIRST SECTOR: THE REGULARS

10 IGNITION SEB REVEALS HIS TRUE COLOURS 12 PARADES THE VERY BEST F1 PHOTOGRAPHY 18 PITPASS NEWS, OPINION AND ANALYSIS 26 PITPASS TECH IN-SEASON CAR DEVELOPMENT 28 SEPANG JUST WON‘T GO AWAY 31 DIETER RENCKEN WHO WILL BE THE NEXT BERNIE? 33 ON HIS VERY FIRST GRAND PRIX RACING 34 INBOX YOUR VIEWS ON ‘MULTI-21-GATE’ 36 THAT WAS A CAR THE BT20 106 SUBSCRIBE AND GET A FREE MCLAREN T-SHIRT

COVER STORIES SECOND SECTOR: THE FEATURES 100, 60 44 38 THE DARK SIDE OF VETTEL Flav‘s got plenty to say about 80 Sepang has been the talk of the season. After Sebastian 80 team ownership, ditching 92 Vettel‘s sunny side was suddenly eclipsed, Andrew Benson managers… and ‘Crashgate’ asks: do have only themselves to blame? 44 BULLETPROOF BUTTON While no one wants a car like this year‘s MP4-28, Teflon- 38 tough has endured far worse over the years 52 A CHAT WITH McLaren‘s head honcho on a difficult season ahead 54 WHEN TECH GOES BAD McLaren aren‘t the only ones: we investigate how teams can go from hero to zero over the course of a winter break

60 THE RETURN OF Putting that nightclub fracas far behind him, Sutil returns to his drive with a new perspective on life VETTEL It‘s a case of no more Mr 38 Guy as Seb asserts himself at Sepang 66 HÜLKENBURG STEPS SIDEWAYS Force India to Sauber wasn‘t an obvious promotion for young Nico. But his ultimate destination is Maranello

72 AT SAUBER, EVERY DETAIL COUNTS… …as we learn from their chief designer,

74 MONISHA: F1‘S FIRST LADY The sport‘s only female team principal on the pressures of leading a team from the midfield

BUTTON When the going gets tough 78 GO FIGURE 44 he always finds a way to pull through Spain‘s involvement in F1 – in

80 LUNCH WITH Maurice Hamilton enjoys a lively catch-up with one of the The highly rated Nico Hülkenberg most flamboyant and controversial figures ever to grace F1 66 is on a fast track to – with a detour by way of Sauber 88 YOU ASK THE QUESTIONS boss and Ricky-Gervais look-alike Paul Hembery tackles your questions about tyres… and calendars

FLAV Brace yourself as the 92 THE ORIGINAL ‘AUSSIE GRIT’ 80 outspoken Mr Briatore lets rip An exclusive interview with the only man ever to win the championship in his own car: Sir

100 PERFORMANCE DRIVING WITH PROST F1 Racing takes a few lessons from the sport‘s Mr Smooth

THIRD SECTOR: FINISHING STRAIGHT

PROST How making the best of 110 MALAYSIAN GP REPORT GO AWRY 100 your car makes you a better driver 114 CHINESE GP REPORT RUBBER RUNS THE SHOW 118 SPANISH GP PREVIEW A VERY FAMILIAR CIRCUIT 121 TOM CLARKSON IN TROUBLE AT THE AIRPORT 122 NOT AT ALL HAPPY ABOUT SEPANG Adrian Sutil‘s got his old drive 60 back at Force India. But what has he learned in his time away?

When Vettel put winning above The relentless Jenson Button on 38 team orders at Sepang, it opened 44 why even an underperforming car a can of worms at Red Bull can‘t blunt his competitive edge

WWe take a spin in ‘s We meet Jack Brabham: ferocious 100 bbrand-new hot hatch with the 92 competitor and, at 87, Formula 1‘s ffamously smooth oldest living world champion Ignition / Anthony Rowlinson / 05.13 Why Multi-21 could prove RACING to be a multi-catastrophe

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18 F1 Racing May 2013 Team orders furore at Red Bull post-Malaysia / F1 snakes and ladders

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F1 Racing May 2013 19 Test your knowledge / Rising stars / All change at Mercedes Answers: 6 FW17 ANALYSIS

7 F1 Mastermind 1 Your chosen specialised subject: the world’s greatest sport As departs Merc, is 8

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2 after ’s Williams chassis that was used next? engine blew up in 2004? during the 1995 season? 2 Who made his F1 debut at the 7 Which Dutch driver (below left)

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20 F1 Racing May 2013 / The unexplained mystery of McLaren’s sluggish MP4-28

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F1 Racing May 2013 21 / Could money woes see off Lotus title challenge?

NEWS Finance is key to Lotus’s title quest Lotus started 2013 with triumph, but could find they lack the budget to maintain season-long development

Kimi started the season well – but is it sustainable?

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22 F1 Racing May 2013 / Pirelli face criticism from teams / Pitstops on the increase since 2011

RUBBER Hembery: holding fast Pirelli withstand pressure from disgruntled teams There’s been a clamour for more durable rubber to help exploit cars’ advantages – and Red Bull are leading the charge

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STATS How pitstops have risen in the Pirelli era Since the two-compounds-per-race rule was introduced in Formula 1, the average number of pitstops in each grand prix and over the first three races of the year, has steadily increased

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F1 Racing May 2013 23 / The Williams name continues / Merc and Force India strike deal

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NEWS Mercedes were instrumental in securing Sutil’s Force India drive Force India strengthen their ties with Mercedes From 2014, Merc will supply Force India with a new powertrain, including engines and gearboxes

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After such a poor start to 2013, McLaren will be ramping up development of the underachieving MP4-28 PHOTOS: ANDREW FERRARO/LAT; GLENN DUNBAR/LAT; STEVEN TEE/LAT STEVEN DUNBAR/LAT; GLENN FERRARO/LAT; ANDREW PHOTOS:

26 F1 Racing May 2013 HOW MUCH SPEED CAN BE FOUND OVER A SEASON? The difference between a car's Because the rules have been Further back, there is much performance in the last race of relatively stable for a few years, more to find. At Marussia, the year in Brazil and the first the gains are hard to find up we found around two seconds one in Melbourne really depends front. Unless a big breakthrough from the different avenues we whereabouts you are on the grid. is found, I would expect the top explored over the year. It is a teams to find between half a shame we never get the chance Backmarkers like Marussia will find more speed over the course second and a second's worth of to really find out these days of a season than the frontrunners speed over the course of 2013. other than in the simulators.

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36 F1 Racing May 2013 BRABHAM BT20 TECH SPEC

Engine 3-litre 620 Layout V8 (90 degrees) Power 311bhp 5-speed Hewland Wheelbase 2,375mm Weight 560kg Fuel and oil Esso Fuel tank 145 litres/32 gallons Tyres Goodyear Notable drivers Jack Brabham

F1 Racing May 2013 37

THE DARK SIDE OF VETTEL

Rancour continues to brew at Red Bull and the happy-go-lucky image of triple world champion At the Red Bull launchLQ)HEUXDU\WKLV \HDU6HEDVWLDQ9HWWHO¶VTXLFNDQGGLVDUPLQJO\ Sebastian Vettel has FKDUPLQJVHQVHRIKXPRXUSURYLGHGDQDPXVLQJ given way to something GLVWUDFWLRQDVLWVRRIWHQGRHVLQVXFKVLWXDWLRQV ³:KDWDUH\RXUSODQVIRUZRUOGGRPLQDWLRQ rather less appealing. But WKLV\HDU"´KHZDVDVNHGLQWKHQHZVFRQIHUHQFH do the team have only ³,¶P*HUPDQEXW,GLGQ¶WVD\WKDW´KHUHSOLHG ZLWKDVPLOH³,KDYHQRPRXVWDFKH´ themselves to blame? $OLWWOHODWHUFRPSHUH0DUWLQ%UXQGOH WORDS ANDREW BENSON LQGLFDWHGWKDWLWZDVWLPHIRUWKHFRQIHUHQFHWRVZLWFK IMAGE ANDREW FERRARO/LAT RYHUWR*HUPDQIRUWKHEHQH¿WRIWKHWHOHYLVLRQFUHZV & PETER CROWTHER IURP9HWWHO¶VKRPHFRXQWU\ ³:HDUHPDNLQJRXUVHFUHWSODQV´9HWWHOVDLGTXLFNDV DÀDVKUDLVLQJKLVOLWWOH¿QJHUWRKLVPRXWKLQWKHPDQQHU RIWKH'U(YLOFKDUDFWHUIURPWKH$XVWLQ3RZHUV¿OPV ,W¶VLURQLFWKHQWKDWOHVVWKDQWZRPRQWKVODWHU9HWWHO ¿QGVKLPVHOIFDVWDVDUHDOOLIHYLOODLQZLWKODXJKVLQYHU\ VKRUWVXSSO\IROORZLQJKLVÀDJUDQWGLVUHJDUGRIWHDP RUGHUVQRWWRSDVV0DUN:HEEHUWRZLQWKH0DOD\VLDQ*3

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“Brilliant though Vettel is, his talent is paired with overarching ruthlessness and determination to pursue success at all costs”

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42 F1 Racing May 2013 Hamstrung by Helmut The presence of a highly influential adviser means there are practical limits to team principal Christian Horner’s authority

It’s hard not to feel some Why so? Look no further racer’s instinct, but he’s the sympathy for Red Bull team than Dr . The product of a culture hard-wired boss Christian Horner post- former racer seen so often to promote his success. He Sepang. He ‘s led the team at the back of the garage on grew with Red Bull backing with enviable calm since ’05, Vettel’s side is the personal since his teens and now feels but Vettel’s harpooning of adviser, on motorsport, to Red empowered to act as he likes, Webber in Malaysia gave Bull owner safe in the knowledge that rise to accusations of ‘weak and thus Horner’s worst ultimate authority does not leadership’ as controversy nightmare: a hugely influential rest with Horner. clouded the success of the minister without portfolio So forget talk of disciplining past four seasons. placed where the team owner Vettel. His move at Sepang Consider Horner’s invidious wants him. While day-to-day was as much the product of position. While his team have running of the team is down to cool calculation as it was of a competitive budget and a Horner, the influence of Marko red mist. Back in , Red technical staff led by Adrian is beyond his control. Bull’s overlord will be loving it. Newey (lured from McLaren by It’s in this light that Vettel’s Mateschitz’s genius, after all, Horner himself, it should not be defiance of team orders, in is as a marketeer... And nothing forgotten), Horner’s position such an public manner, should sells cans like column inches. remains... nuanced. be seen: yes he followed his Anthony Rowlinson

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F1 Racing May 2013 43 44 F1 Racing May 2013 BULLETPROOF

F1 Racing May 2013 45 BUTTON The slings and arrows of F1 fortune have hit Jenson Button harder and sharper than almost any of his peers. Yet entering his 14th season, he’s standing stronger than ever. JB chatted to F1 Racing about life, lycra, and being McLaren’s out-and-out number one WORDS ANTHONY ROWLINSON PORTRAITS ANDREW FERRARO

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F1 Racing May 2013 47 “I’ve pushed myself through things that I never thought I would. And I’ve been through pain that I never thought I would”

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48 F1 Racing May 2013 Friends or rivals? How Jenson’s stacked up against his closest competition over the years – his team-mates

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F1 Racing May 2013 49 “I know how important my feedback is. I enjoy knowing that my comments about the car will really be listened to”

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McLAREN MP4-28 You wouldn’t expect to see a McLaren battling for position with a Marussia. But then 2013 hasn’t exactly been their greatest start to a season

54 F1 Racing May 2013 McLaren are by no means the first team to slide from the front of the grid to the midfield almost overnight. F1 Racing remembers other sorry examples of top-team tech-tastrophe

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F1 Racing May 2013 55 Lotus 63

BRM H16 March 721X

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BRM H16, 1966 Lotus 63, 1969 March 721X, 1972 Constructors’ championship: Constructors’ championship: Constructors’ championship: 4th (22 points) 3rd (47 points) 6th (15 points) Previous season: Previous season: Previous season: 2nd (45 points) 1st (62 points) 4th (33 points)

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56 F1 Racing May 2013 Lotus 80

Brabham BT55

Lotus 80, 1979 Brabham BT55, 1986 Constructors’ championship: Constructors’ championship: 5th (39 points) 9th (2 points) Previous season: Previous season: 1st (86 points) 5th (26 points)

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F1 Racing May 2013 57 Ferrari F92A

McLaren MP4-18

Ferrari F92A, 1992 McLaren MP4-18, 2003 Constructors’ championship: Constructors’ championship: 4th (21 points) 3rd (142 points) with the MP4-17D. Previous season: The MP4-18 never raced 3rd (55.5 points) Previous season: 3rd (65 points)

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60 F1 Racing May 2013 Adrian Sutil fell out of F1 after being convicted of GBH. Now back with Force India, he tells Peter Windsor how a year on the sidelines has changed his entire outlook on life

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F1’s comeback kings When Niki Lauda returned to the fray with McLaren in ’82 he was quick enough to add (and clowns) another title (’84) to his portfolio. Alain Prost, Formula 1’s first world champion set the whose speed hastened Lauda’s second retirement, benchmark for successful comebacks at claimed the title in 1993 with Williams after a year’s motorsport’s top level: had (L-R) Returners Farina, Andretti, Jones and Lauda sabbatical, albeit with a demonstrably superior car been number two to Tazio Nuvolari in the 1930s Since then it’s been rare for a returning driver to everyone else bar his team-mate. and then, like many drivers of his generation, lost to recreate their peak after time out. In the 1980s, Not all drivers get to come back to a winning the golden years of his career to World War II. and Alan Jones, champions both, car – and some didn’t have competitive machinery He won three world championship races in 1950 made brief returns with mixed results: after a before entering the wilderness: the likes of Bruno with Alfa Romeo (whose cars were making a one-off drive with Williams at Long Beach in 1982, Giacomelli, and Yannick Dalmas were comeback of their own, having escaped being Andretti drove the last two races of the season for on a hiding to nothing. And of the second comings melted down for munitions during the war) to Ferrari and started from pole at Monza, finishing of (1995) and claim the very first drivers’ title shortly before third. Jones retired at the end of 1981 but returned (2010-2012), let us not utter another word. his 44th birthday. full-time in 1985 for two unproductive seasons. Stuart Codling

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Wondering why Nico Hülkenberg really transferred from Force India to Sauber for 2013? The answer is written in red…

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After some 21 years in Formula 1, team owner Peter Sauber announced at the 2012 Korean GP that he was handing over the reins as team principal to his trusted CEO Monisha Kaltenborn

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F1 Racing May 2013 77 Circuit de Catalunya Jarama Jerez

The number of Spanish circuits to have hosted GO 6 championship F1 races FIGURE Montjuïc Pedralbes Valencia As F1 returns to Europe, we’ve got Spain’s F1 number…

The total 1992 100 number The year the Circuit de Catalunya acted as an Olympic venue, serving as start and finish for the road team time trial event, which was won by Germany The percentage of GP of Spanish laps… F1 wins (30) achieved by …raced on the the same man: Valencia Street Fernando Circuit to date, over Alonso the five F1 grands prix it has hosted so far 15 YEARS Jacques Pastor Villeneuve between Williams’ past two Maldonado 1997 victories 2012

78 F1 Racing May 2013 Attempts at the Grand National horse race by Spanish F1 driver Alfonso x 107,000 de Portago. He was also a 2 is the capacity of the Circuit de Catalunya, bobsleigh runner which is just over at the 1956 Winter Olympics x 8000

more than that of Barcelona’s other sporting shrine, the Camp Nou 27 A Spanish driver has started a race in only 27 of the 64 F1 Jaime Fernando Adrian Antonio Marc Francisco seasons. Fifteen Alguersuari Alonso Campos Creus Gené Godia of those have been the past 15

Luis Alfonso de Pedro de Alejandro Emilio de Pérez-Sala Portago la Rosa Soler-Roig Villota 11 Spaniards have raced in F1

Fernando Alonso has won the Spanish GP only once, in 2006. 13 But he also won F1 wins for the European Ferrari in Spain: Grand Prix in Valencia last year 11 0 Spanish and wet Spanish GPs over the past ten Names for Spain’s only (and now seasons defunct) F1 team: Campos Meta 1, 2 Hispania Racing and HRT European GPs

F1 Racing May 2013 79 7+(0$85,&( +$0,/721 ,17(59,(: Flavio Briatore “If what people claimed about Singapore was true, why did I fire Piquet? I had Fernando back and, for me, the second driver was not important”

Flamboyant marketer of knitwear, coach-firing owner of QPR and team principal of two title-winning F1 teams, Flavio Briatore, Italy’s answer to Alan Sugar, fails to mince his words on a variety of subjects including pay drivers, Schumi’s ‘comeback’, budget capping… and ‘Crashgate’

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INSETS: GLENN DUNBAR/LAT; GETTY IMAGES Original Aussie grit At 87, Sir Jack Brabham is the oldest living F1 world champion. Not only that, but he won the title three times and remains the only man do so in his own car. We relish a rare chance to interview a grand prix great

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F1 Racing May 2013 93 Brabham takes on and conquers the world for the second year in a row, this time piloting the tiny Cooper T53 of 1960

Black Jack’s wins Round 4 Round 1 Round 5 1960 1959 Dutch GP, Zandvoort, 6 June. Monaco GP, , 10 May. Constructor: Cooper-Climax Constructor: Cooper-Climax

British GP, Aintree, 18 July. . Constructor: Cooper-Climax

94 F1 Racing May 2013 F1 Racing meets Sir Jack Brabham at his home on Australia’s Gold Coast

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French GP, Reims, 3 July. Pole position. Fastest lap. Constructor: Cooper-Climax

Belgian GP, Spa-Francorchamps, 19 June. British GP, Silverstone, 16 July. Pole position. Fastest lap (shared with Pole position. and Innes Ireland). Constructor: Cooper-Climax Constructor: Cooper-Climax

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Round 3 Round 4

1966 British GP, , 16 July. Round 8 French GP, Reims, 3 July. Pole position. Fastest lap. 1960 Constructor: Brabham-Repco Constructor: Brabham-Repco Portuguese GP, Oporto, 14 August. Constructor: Cooper-Climax

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Round 5 Round 6

German GP, Nürburgring, 7 August. Constructor: Brabham-Repco

Dutch GP, Zandvoort, 24 July. Pole position. Constructor: Brabham-Repco PDNHUV5HSFRZLWKZKRP%UDEKDPZDVVWLOOLQ FRQWDFWIURPKLVDLUIRUFHGD\VZKHQWKH\¶GEHHQ KLV¿UVWFKRLFHVXSSOLHUIRUYDOYHVVSULQJVDQG SLVWRQV5HSFR¶VPHWLFXORXVPHWKRGVKDGDOZD\V LPSUHVVHG%UDEKDP±WKH\¶GQHHGWRDJDLQIRU KLVODWHVWUHTXHVW³%XLOGPHDQ)HQJLQH´ $OLWUHDOXPLQLXP9GHYHORSHGIURPD VWRFN862OGVPRELOHEORFNZDVUHDG\LQWLPHIRU WKHVWDUWRI¶DQGLWSURYHGUREXVWDQGSRZHUIXO HQRXJKWRVKRYH¿UVW6LU-DFNWKHQWHDPPDWH 'HQQ\+XOPHWRFRQVHFXWLYHWLWOHVHDFKWLPH ZLWKDFRQVWUXFWRUV¶WLWOHWRERRWIRUWKH5RQ 7DXUDQDFGHVLJQHG%7DQG1RWWKDWUDFLQJ FDUVZLWKHQJLQHVEXLOWLQDQGVKLSSHGIURP 0HOERXUQHZDVVWUDLJKWIRUZDUG0RUHWKDQRQFH 5HSFRVZRXOGMXVWGLVDSSHDUHQURXWHWRWKH8. ³2K\HDK«WKDWPDGHUDFLQJGLI¿FXOW7ZLFH ZHORVWHQJLQHVRQSODQHV7KH¿UVWWLPHZHKDG DQHQJLQHRQDQDHURSODQHWKDWZHGHVSHUDWHO\ QHHGHGEXWWKHSODQHGHYHORSHGPHFKDQLFDO WURXEOHDQGRQO\JRWDVIDUDV&DLUREHIRUH WXUQLQJEDFN:HHYHQWXDOO\JRWLWWKUHHZHHNV ODWHU$QRWKHUWLPHZHJRWRXURZQSHRSOHLQ $XVWUDOLDWRPDNHVXUHWKDWWKHHQJLQHSK\VLFDOO\ JRWRQWKHSODQHDQG,JRWFRQ¿UPDWLRQRIWKDW %XWZKHQLWJRWWR(QJODQGWKH\FRXOGQ¶W¿QGLW 8QEHOLHYDEOH+RZFRXOG\RXORVHDQHQJLQHMXVW OLNHWKDW"7XUQVRXWWKDWZKHQWKHSODQHDUULYHG ZLWKWKHHQJLQHRQLWWKDWZDVWKH¿UVWWKLQJRII Brabham on crutches following DQGWKHIRUNOLIWGULYHUWRRNLWURXQGWKHVLGHRI a serious testing accident at WKHKDQJDURXWRIWKHZD\,WZDVVWLOOWKHUHWKUHH Silverstone in 1969, chats with ZHHNVODWHUJHWWLQJQLFHDQGZHWLQWKHUDLQ«´ his rescuer – a young mechanic 0LVKDSVOLNHWKLVVHHPVFDUFHO\LPDJLQDEOH by the name of Ron Dennis IURPWKHSHUVSHFWLYHRISUHFLVLRQIRFXVHG FRQWHPSRUDU\)RUPXOD\HWWKH\ZHUHQ¶W

Round 1 1970 Round 5 Round 8 South African GP, , 7 March. Fastest lap (shared 1967 with ). Constructor: Brabham-Ford

Canadian GP, Mosport Park, 27 August. Constructor: Brabham-Repco

French GP, Le Mans, 2 July. Constructor: Brabham-Repco

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REPORTS PREVIEWS OPINION

121 TOM CLARKSON TC finds himself in a spot of bother at Bahrain International Airport. Is this your bag, sir…?

110 MALAYSIAN 114 CHINESE 118 SPANISH 122 GP REPORT GP REPORT GP PREVIEW MURRAY WALKER The team orders debate Fast-degrading tyres All the drivers know Seb’s let Webber down, rages on, as Red Bull take dominate the weekend, Barcelona from winter he’s let Red Bull down… a one-two of the most while testing, but the track can but most of all he’s let controversial variety dominates the race still dish out a few surprises Murray down

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RACE DEBRIEF by James Roberts 24.03.2013 / Sepang, Kuala Lumpur

A bruising victory There were no celebrations on the podium as the latest intra-team bust-up between winner Sebastian Vettel and second-placed team-mate Webber overshadowed all other talk at Sepang

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F1 Racing May 2013 111

FINISHING STRAIGHT Malaysian Grand Prix stats The lowdown on everything you need to know from the weekend at Sepang…

THE GRID THE RACE

1. VETTEL RED BULL 1min 49.674secs Q3

2. MASSA FERRARI 1min 50.587secs Q3 3. ALONSO FASTEST LAP FERRARI 1min 50.727secs Q3 Sergio Pérez, lap 56, 1min 39.199secs

4. HAMILTON MERCEDES THE RESULTS (56 LAPS) 1min 51.699secs Q3 1st Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1h38m56.681s 5. WEBBER RED BULL 2nd Mark Webber Red Bull +4.298s 1min 52.244secs Q3 3rd Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +12.181s 4th Nico Rosberg Mercedes +12.640s 6. ROSBERG MERCEDES 5th Felipe Massa Ferrari +25.648s 1min 52.519secs Q3 6th Lotus +35.564s 7. BUTTON 7th Kimi Räikkönen Lotus +48.479s MCLAREN FASTEST PITSTOP 1min 53.175secs Q3 8th Nico Hülkenberg Sauber +53.044s

8. SUTIL 9th Sergio Pérez McLaren +72.357s Mark Webber, 20.736secs (entry to exit) FORCE INDIA 10th Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso +87.124s 1min 53.439secs Q3 11th Valtteri Bottas Williams +88.610s 9. PÉREZ DRIVERS’ STANDINGS 12th Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber +1 lap MCLAREN 1min 54.136secs Q3 13th Marussia +1 lap 1st Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 40pts 10. RÄRÄIKKÖNEN*ÄIKKÖNE 14th Caterham +1 lap 2nd Kimi Räikkönen Lotus 31pts LOTUS 15th Caterham +1 lap 3rd Mark Webber Red Bull 26pts 1min 52.970secs Q3 11. GROSJEAN 16th Marussia +2 laps 4th Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 25pts LOTUS 17th Jenson Button McLaren 53 laps – vibration 5th Felipe Massa Ferrari 22pts 1min 37.636secs Q2 18th Toro Rosso 51 laps – exhaust 6th Fernando Alonso Ferrari 18pts 12. HÜLKENBERG 7th Nico Rosberg Mercedes 12pts SAUBER Retirements 8th Romain Grosjean Lotus 9pts 1min 38.125secs Q2 13. RICCIARDO Williams 45 laps – KERS 9th Adrian Sutil Force India 6pts TORO ROSSO Adrian Sutil Force India 27 laps – wheelnuts 10th Nico Hülkenberg Sauber 4pts 1min 38.822secs Q2 Force India 22 laps – wheelnuts 11th Paul Di Resta Force India 4pts 14. GUTIÉRREZ Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1 lap – accident damage 12th Sergio Pérez McLaren 2pts SAUBER 1min 39.221secs Q2 13th Jenson Button McLaren 2pts 15. DI RESTA 14th Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 1pt THROUGH SPEED TRAP FORCE INDIA 15th Valtteri Bottas Williams 0pts 1min 44.509secs Q2 16th Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber 0pts 16. MALDONADO WILLIAMS 17th Jules Bianchi Marussia 0pts NO TIME IN Q2 18th Charles Pic Caterham 0pts 17. VERGNE 19th Giedo van der Garde Caterham 0pts TORO ROSSO 20th Max Chilton Marussia 0pts 1min 38.157secs Q1 Fastest: Esteban Slowest: Fernando 18.18 BOTTASBOTTAS 21st Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 0pts WILLIAMS Gutiérrez, 191.42mph Alonso, 171.91mph 22nd Pastor Maldonado Williams 0pts 1min 38.207secs Q1

19. BIANCHI TYRE COMPOUNDS USED MARUSSIA CONSTRUCTORS’ STANDINGS 1min 38.434secs Q1 20. PIC 1 Red Bull 66pts 9 Williams 0pts CATERHAM 2 Lotus 40pts 10 Marussia 0pts 1min 39.314secs Q1 3 Ferrari 40pts 11 Caterham 0pts Medium Hard Intermediate Wet 21. CHILTON 4 Mercedes 37pts MARUSSIA 5 Force India 10pts 1min 39.672secs Q1 CLIMATE TRACK TEMP 22. VAN DER GARDE 6 Sauber 4pts For comprehensive CATERHAM 7 McLaren 4pts 1min 39.932secs Q1 ° ° F1 statistics visit Rain/sun 8 Toro Rosso 1pt 24 C 27 C www.forix.com

*Three-place grid penalty for impeding another driver IMAGES SUTTON IMAGES; THOMPSON/GETTY MARK STALEY/LAT; ALASTAIR HONE/LAT; ANDY FERRARO/LAT; ANDREW PHOTOS:

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RACE DEBRIEF by Stuart Codling 14.04.2013 / Shanghai

Man vs rubber Tyres were the talk of the town at the weekend in Shanghai as the increasingly fragile compounds dictated the race strategy. But Fernando Alonso got it just right to take Ferrari’s first win of 2013

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FINISHING STRAIGHT Chinese Grand Prix stats The lowdown on everything you need to know from the weekend at Shanghai…

THE GRID THE RACE

1. HAMILTON MERCEDES 1min 34.484secs Q3

2. RÄIKKÖNENÄ Ö LOTUS 1min 34.761secs Q3 3. ALONSO FASTEST LAP FERRARI 1min 34.788secs Q3 Sebastian Vettel, lap 53, 1min 36.808secs

4. ROSBERG MERCEDES THE RESULTS (56 LAPS) 1min 34.861secs Q3 1st Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1h36m26.945s 5. MASSA FERRARI 2nd Kimi Räikkönen Lotus +10.168s 1min 34.933secs Q3 3rd Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +12.322s 4th Sebastian Vettel Red Bull +12.525s 6. GROSJEAN LOTUS 5th Jenson Button McLaren +35.285s 1min 35.364secs Q3 6th Felipe Massa Ferrari +40.827s 7. RICCIARDO 7th Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso +42.691s TORO ROSSO FASTEST PITSTOP 1min 35.998secs Q3 8th Paul Di Resta Force India +51.084s

8. BUTTON 9th Romain Grosjean Lotus +53.423s Sebastian Vettel, 19.323secs (entry to exit) MCLAREN 10th Nico Hülkenberg Sauber +56.598s 2min 05.673secs Q3 11th Sergio Pérez McLaren +63.860s 9. VETTEL DRIVERS’ STANDINGS RED BULL 12th Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso +72.604s NO TIME IN Q3 13th Valtteri Bottas Williams +93.861s 1st Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 52pts 10. HÜHÜLKENBERGÜLKENBE 14th Pastor Maldonado Williams +95.453s 2nd Kimi Räikkönen Lotus 49pts SAUBER 15th Jules Bianchi Marussia +1 lap 3rd Fernando Alonso Ferrari 43pts NO TIME IN Q3 11. DI RESTA 16th Charles Pic Caterham +1 lap 4th Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 40pts FORCE INDIA 17th Max Chilton Marussia +1 lap 5th Felipe Massa Ferrari 30pts 1min 36.287secs Q2 18th Giedo van der Garde Caterham +1 lap 6th Mark Webber Red Bull 26pts 12. PÉREZ 7th Nico Rosberg Mercedes 12pts MCLAREN Retirements 8th Jenson Button McLaren 12pts 1min 36.314secs Q2 13. SUTIL Nico Rosberg Mercedes 21 laps – anti-roll bar 9th Romain Grosjean Lotus 11pts FORCE INDIA Mark Webber Red Bull 15 laps – loose wheel 10th Paul Di Resta Force India 8pts 1min 36.405secs Q2 Adrian Sutil Force India 5 laps – accident 11th Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 6pts 14. MALDONADO Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber 4 laps – accident 12th Adrian Sutil Force India 6pts WILLIAMS 1min 37.139secs Q2 13th Nico Hülkenberg Sauber 5pts 15. VERGNE 14th Sergio Pérez McLaren 2pts THROUGH SPEED TRAP TORO ROSSO 15th Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 1pt 1min 37.199secs Q2 16th Valtteri Bottas Williams 0pts 16.16 BOTTAS WILLIAMS 17th Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber 0pts 1min 37.796secs Q1 18th Jules Bianchi Marussia 0pts 17. GUTIÉRREZ 19th Charles Pic Caterham 0pts SAUBER 20th Pastor Maldonado Williams 0pts 1min 37.990secs Q1 Fastest: Daniel Slowest: Pastor 18. BIANCHI 21st Giedo van der Garde Caterham 0pts MARUSSIA Ricciardo, 199.38mph Maldonado, 189.68mph 22nd Max Chilton Marussia 0pts 1min 38.780secs Q1

19. CHILTON TYRE COMPOUNDS USED MARUSSIA CONSTRUCTORS’ STANDINGS 1min 39.537secs Q1 20. PIC 1 Red Bull 78pts 9 Williams 0pts CATERHAM 2 Ferrari 73pts 10 Marussia 0pts 1min 39.614secs Q1 3 Lotus 60pts 11 Caterham 0pts Soft Medium Intermediate Wet 21. VAN DER GARDE 4 Mercedes 52pts CATERHAM 5 McLaren 14pts 1min 39.660secs Q1 CLIMATE TRACK TEMP 22. WEBBER*‡ 6 Force India 14pts For comprehensive RED BULL 7 Toro Rosso 7pts 1min 36.679secs Q2 ° ° F1 statistics visit Dry 28 C 40 C 8 Sauber 5pts * Excluded from qualifying for having insufficient fuel for sample www.forix.com

‡ Started from pitlane IMAGES MASON/GETTY CLIVE HONE/LAT; ANDY COATES/LAT; CHARLES PHOTOS:

F1 Racing May 2013 117 FINISHING STRAIGHT The Spanish GP preview

10-12.05.2013 / Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona Drivers might be very familiar with a track so well used in winter testing, but the Circuit de Catalunya can still throw up surprises – particularly in the final sector

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Circuit Circuit de Catalunya TV TIMETABLE 8 F1 debut 1991 (UK TIME) 12 Length 2.892 miles Friday 10 May Distance 190.826 miles Practice 1 09:00-10:30 Laps 66 Practice 2 13:00-14:30 Sector 3 Direction Clockwise Saturday 11 May 13 Lap record 1min 21.670secs, Practice 3 10:00-11:00 Sector 1 11 K Räikkönen, 2008 Qualifying 13:00 14 Full throttle 58% Sunday 12 May 10 Gear changes per lap 44 Race 13:00 15 Winners from pole 17 Live coverage Tyre compounds TBA F1 (available in HD) BBC One (available in HD) 16 LAST YEAR Winner Pastor Maldonado DO YOU REMEMBER… Retirements 5 Overtaking moves 30 …when and Giancarlo Fisichella came to blows after colliding DRS overtakes 15 at the 1998 Spanish GP? Irvine tried to pass the Italian’s Benetton and Weather Sunny, 22°C the pair touched then spun simultaneously into the Turn 1 gravel trap.

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Turn 3 Turn 9 Turn 13 This is fast, but because it’s a very long This is a high-speed corner, You can take a corner, drivers are building up speed and although drivers do need to number of lines here. they need to lift as it tightens mid-corner. brake a little before turn-in. Some drivers opt for The more fuel they have on board, the You can see how the speed a wide exit; others more speed they lose reduces on the telemetry stay in the middle

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