damn, shakes head...
Posted on 11/15/2012 4:02:33 PM PST by Chode
Formula 1 Austin 2012
| Race Date: | 18 Nov 2012 | ||
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| Circuit Name: | Circuit of The Americas | ||
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| First Grand Prix: | 2012 | ||
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| Number of Laps: | 56 | ||
| Circuit Length: | 5.513 km | ||
| Race Distance: | 308.405 km |
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Fri Sunny 68F Sat Sunny 68F Sun Sunny 72F |
That is the calculation made using OptimumLap simulation software by OptimumG a vehicle dynamics consulting and data acquisition company based in Colorado and boasting a client list that reads like a who's who of international racing and automobile manufacturing.
http://blog.axisofoversteer.com/2012/11/pole-at-austin-gp-will-be-13753.html
damn, shakes head...
interesting... .188 off today's 2nd practice
T1 is an obvious one, being at the brow of a hill, but the track is so open (good for spectators) it is hard to learn the track quickly, but I guess that's why the drivers are called "professionals", huh?
I hope to see a good race Sunday. Vettel against Alonso. Would love to see a good battle to the finish between those two!
Watched Speed, track looks pretty sporty, but wish they would have made it downhill at the end of the straight instead of uphill (Road Atlanta-esque).
Angling for a shot at working the MotoGP depending on who they have as staffing agent for the grunts.
Some how I don't think that the estimate took into consideration Red Bull and Vettel.......
i think it's gonna be a great race also!
damn straight!!! it should run clockwise and downhill to the finish... that would be one hell of a rush coming out of the last turn and diving down that hillbest of luck with the Moto-GP
The main straight at Mid-Ohio goes sharply downhill at the end. After a couple of laps it was always a thrill pumping up the pedal down the straight and wondering how much brake there would be.
LOL!!! min peddle, max pucker... 8^)
Track is nice, but whoever is in charge of the race here is clueless. Nothing marked to get in/out, huge lines everywhere, GA sections are unseeded/unsoded. Not sure if the cash-only at all of the booths is just F1 or if they had satellite issues, but was not hearing many good things today - except for people saying it’ll get better because it’s the first day (but of course - also the day with the fewest people).
1:35.657... damn
2012 FORMULA 1 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX
Pos No Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Laps
1 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:36.558 1:35.796 1:35.657 20
2 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:37.058 1:36.795 1:35.766 20
3 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:37.215 1:36.298 1:36.174 20
4 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:37.486 1:36.906 1:36.587 28
5 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:38.051 1:37.404 1:36.708 26
6 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:37.927 1:37.102 1:36.794 22
7 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:37.667 1:36.549 1:36.937 24
8 12 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:37.756 1:37.066 1:37.141 20
9 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:37.968 1:37.123 1:37.300 24
10 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:37.537 1:37.011 1:37.842 26
11 19 Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1:37.520 1:37.604 20
12 3 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:37.565 1:37.616 12
13 11 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:38.104 1:37.665 15
14 17 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 1:38.434 1:37.879 17
15 15 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1:38.500 1:38.206 16
16 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:38.418 1:38.437 15
17 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:38.862 1:38.501 16
18 16 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 1:39.114 9
19 24 Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1:40.056 12
20 25 Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1:40.664 11
21 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1:40.809 7
22 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1:41.166 7
23 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1:42.011 12
24 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1:42.740 10
Q1 107% Time 1:43.317
I’m sure it’s a huge challenge to open up a built from scratch facility with your biggest event. All your working grunts are pretty much neophytes.
When they had F-1 at Indy it was small potatoes, relatively, 100k people vs 250k for the 500.
I know at Kentucky last year they had Sprint Cup for the first time, they had 10 yrs of experience with smaller crowds (30K for Indy and Nationwide) when the 100k showed up it was still a disaster.
so much for science......
it prolly won't be an easy birth but hopefully it'll get better as time goes bye
the drop in times sure surprised me... i really did think it would be closer to the projected time with the raw track and all
Local liberal rag says AT&T is “helping” with the credit card issues - http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/racing/entries/2012/11/17/circuit_officials_working_to_f.html/?cxntfid=blogs_formula_austin
Austin has been clueless about managing traffic for decades, no surprise there. Eventually they’ll figure it out. Hope you have a nice time while you’re here.
Wow. Ferrari in full strategy mode. Intentionally bumped Massa down 5 places so Alonso can start on the clean side of the grid.
Like they say...all’s fair in love and war...and F1.
yup, but it sure was a barn burner... hell of a race!!!
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