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Bahrain GP Out-Qualifying Questions

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:36:42 -0600

Here is the form with the questions guys. Good luck! :)
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1F9XxsDj...form?pli=1

Bahrain GP

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 07:33:23 -0600

Results Free Practice 1 for China.
1 F Massa (BRA) Ferrari 1'34.487
2 F Alonso (ESP) Ferrari 1'34.564
3 N Rosberg (GER) Mercedes 1'34.621
4 S Vettel (GER) Red Bull 1'34.790
5 P di Resta (GBR) Force India 1'34.949
6 J Button (GBR) McLaren 1'35.069
7 M Webber (AUS) Red Bull 1'35.101
8 A Sutil (GER) Force India 1'35.119
9 KM Räikkönen (FIN) Lotus 1'35.345
10 R Grosjean (FRA) Lotus 1'35.611
11 S Perez (MEX) McLaren 1'35.640
12 V Bottas (FIN) Williams 1'35.783
13 LC Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes 1'35.792
14 JE Vergne (FRA) Toro Rosso 1'36.014
15 D Ricciardo (AUS) Toro Rosso 1'36.485
16 P Maldonado (VEN) Williams 1'36.498
17 N Hülkenberg (GER) Sauber 1'36.755
18 E Gutiérrez (MEX) Sauber 1'37.214
19 C Pic (FRA) Caterham 1'37.850
20 H Kovalainen (FIN) Caterham 1'38.401
21 M Chilton (GBR) Marussia 1'39.445
22 R Gonzalez (VEN) Marussia 1'40.215
Times are very close. But Ferrari is fast, along with Lotus and RBR. I think we are going good. :)

And free practice 2.
Driver Teams Time
1 KM Räikkönen (FIN) Lotus 1'34.154
2 M Webber (AUS) Red Bull 1'34.184
3 S Vettel (GER) Red Bull 1'34.282
4 F Alonso (ESP) Ferrari 1'34.310
5 P di Resta (GBR) Force India 1'34.543
6 F Massa (BRA) Ferrari 1'34.552
7 R Grosjean (FRA) Lotus 1'34.631
8 N Rosberg (GER) Mercedes 1'34.666
9 A Sutil (GER) Force India 1'34.932
10 LC Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes 1'34.976
11 J Button (GBR) McLaren 1'35.356
12 JE Vergne (FRA) Toro Rosso 1'35.506
13 S Perez (MEX) McLaren 1'35.589
14 D Ricciardo (AUS) Toro Rosso 1'35.761
15 N Hülkenberg (GER) Sauber 1'36.133
16 P Maldonado (VEN) Williams 1'36.279
17 V Bottas (FIN) Williams 1'36.579
18 E Gutiérrez (MEX) Sauber 1'36.616
19 C Pic (FRA) Caterham 1'37.061
20 M Chilton (GBR) Marussia 1'37.313
21 J Bianchi (FRA) Marussia 1'37.363
22 G van der Garde (NED) Caterham 1'37.970

Chinese GP Race

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 03:53:00 -0600

Drivers Teams Points
1 F Alonso (ESP) Ferrari 25
2 KM Räikkönen (FIN) Lotus 18
3 LC Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes 15
4 S Vettel (GER) Red Bull 12
5 J Button (GBR) McLaren 10
6 F Massa (BRA) Ferrari 8
7 D Ricciardo (AUS) Toro Rosso 6
8 P di Resta (GBR) Force India 4
9 R Grosjean (FRA) Lotus 2
10 N Hülkenberg (GER) Sauber 1
11 S Perez (MEX) McLaren -
12 JE Vergne (FRA) Toro Rosso -
13 V Bottas (FIN) Williams -
14 P Maldonado (VEN) Williams -
15 J Bianchi (FRA) Marussia -
16 C Pic (FRA) Caterham -
17 M Chilton (GBR) Marussia -
18 G van der Garde (NED) Caterham -

Seems like no one else posted it. Ok then. I loved the race! But I guess, who didn't right? ;))) Awesome result and I loved the pace of the car. I can't wait for Bahrain. Just a reminder that Webber has a three place penalty for this race as a result of the clash he had with Vergne.

Chinese GP Out-Qualifying Questions

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:51:36 -0600

Here is the form with the questions for the Chinese GP. REMEMBER YOU MUST SEND THEM UNTIL ONE HOUR BEFORE THE QUALIFYING!!!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1f3c4Jy5...Y/viewform

Opinions on team order-gate

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:59:36 -0600

Vettel ignoring team orders in Malaysia still dominates F1 news. Here are a couple of interesting articles:

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/106392

I've always been in favour of team orders (when applied correctly). This article says it better than I ever could. It also says why Ferrari was forced to do what they did in Germany '10

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/106389

Six years after the hypocrites from McCopy still deny they favoured Hamilton.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/106391

Can you believe the little twerp claiming he doesn't want no 1 status just two days after finishing third because of a team order?

Malaysian GP Free Practices, Qualifying, Race

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 06:22:22 -0600

FREE PRACTICE 1 results:
Driver Teams Time
1 M Webber (AUS) Red Bull 1'36.935
2 KM Räikkönen (FIN) Lotus 1'37.003
3 S Vettel (GER) Red Bull 1'37.104
4 F Alonso (ESP) Ferrari 1'37.319
5 N Rosberg (GER) Mercedes 1'37.588
6 A Sutil (GER) Force India 1'37.769
7 F Massa (BRA) Ferrari 1'37.771
8 P di Resta (GBR) Force India 1'37.773
9 LC Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes 1'37.840
10 R Grosjean (FRA) Lotus 1'37.915
11 J Button (GBR) McLaren 1'38.173
12 P Maldonado (VEN) Williams 1'38.673
13 S Perez (MEX) McLaren 1'38.830
14 N Hülkenberg (GER) Sauber 1'39.054
15 E Gutiérrez (MEX) Sauber 1'39.204
16 V Bottas (FIN) Williams 1'39.208
17 JE Vergne (FRA) Toro Rosso 1'39.284
18 D Ricciardo (AUS) Toro Rosso 1'39.567
19 G van der Garde (NED) Caterham 1'40.728
20 J Bianchi (FRA) Marussia 1'40.996
21 C Pic (FRA) Caterham 1'41.163
22 M Chilton (GBR) Marussia 1'41.513

And Free Practice 2 results:
Driver Teams Time
1 KM Räikkönen (FIN) Lotus 1'36.569
2 S Vettel (GER) Red Bull 1'36.588
3 F Massa (BRA) Ferrari 1'36.661
4 F Alonso (ESP) Ferrari 1'36.985
5 M Webber (AUS) Red Bull 1'37.026
6 R Grosjean (FRA) Lotus 1'37.206
7 N Rosberg (GER) Mercedes 1'37.448
8 P di Resta (GBR) Force India 1'37.571
9 LC Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes 1'37.574
10 A Sutil (GER) Force India 1'37.788
11 S Perez (MEX) McLaren 1'37.838
12 J Button (GBR) McLaren 1'37.865
13 N Hülkenberg (GER) Sauber 1'38.068
14 E Gutiérrez (MEX) Sauber 1'38.645
15 JE Vergne (FRA) Toro Rosso 1'38.738
16 P Maldonado (VEN) Williams 1'38.801
17 D Ricciardo (AUS) Toro Rosso 1'38.904
18 J Bianchi (FRA) Marussia 1'39.508
19 V Bottas (FIN) Williams 1'39.660
20 C Pic (FRA) Caterham 1'40.757
21 G van der Garde (NED) Caterham 1'40.768
22 M Chilton (GBR) Marussia 1'41.438

Button takes hope from Alonso

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 08:51:52 -0600

Following McLaren's poor start to the season, Jenson Button admits he can take some encouragement out of Fernando Alonso's performance in 2012.

Alonso started last season in a Ferrari which was well off the pace but still managed to secure consistent results as the car improved to ensure he was in the title battle right up to the last race of the season. With Button struggling to cling on to ninth place in McLaren's new MP4-28 in Melbourne he admits there are similarities between the two situations that he will take hope from.

"There is that side of it, which is very positive," Button is quoted by Sporting Life. "Fernando was one and a half seconds off the pace - of us at the start of the season - and almost won the title. So yes, it is possible for a front-running team to make up the deficit. If it's the same as their situation, I don't know."

While Button has been largely downbeat about the chances of McLaren showing improvement in Malaysia, he is more optimistic looking long-term.

"There are always strengths and weaknesses, and then it's about how many of each, but it's not the place we'd like to be at the start of a year. For us, a lot has changed over the winter with the car, and for most of the teams that's not been the case. They have developed what they had last season. We just took a very different approach.

"At this moment in time, obviously we're not as happy as we were hoping to be, but it's only the first race and there's so much we can achieve."

The nerve of this guy thinking he can pull off an Alonso

Alonso is faster than Button
Alonso is smarter than Button
Alonso is technically better than Button
Alonso makes better starts than Button
Alonso has better spatial awareness than Button
Alonso is better at overtaking and is far superior at defending a position than Button
Alonso has superior 1 lap pace and is a better qualifier than Button
Alonso is better in weather infected races than Button
Alonso is better at minimising the damage and salvaging better results from an inferior car than Button
Alonso can adapt better to difficult situations than Button
Alonso can without doubt handle pressure better than Button

Perhaps Button can claim to have a smoother driving style and being easier on tires or maybe he thinks he has a better beard but that's about it really.

Malaysian GP Out-Qualifying Questions

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 04:44:07 -0600

Malaysian GP form is out now, check out the questions today!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10PuM2EO...w/viewform

Good luck.

Australian Grand Prix 2013 Prediction Results

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 03:57:15 -0600

The answer for Australian GP prediction:

Question 1: KR, FA, SV, FM, LH, MW, AS, PDR, JB, RG

Question 2: SV, MW, LH, FM, FA

Question 3: 1.27.407
Team ARR won the closest time while Team Witch won the runner up.

Question 4: 1.29.274 set by KR
Team MCD won the closest time while Team Xtreme GP won the runner up.

Question 5: LAP4

Question 6: SV, NR, PDR, MW

This is the result for first round prediction:

Teams can now find their answer here:

Team ARR

Team Aurora

Team Loba

Team MCD

Team Witch

Team Xtreme GP

Check out the calculation and contact the admins if you spot the mistake. We will correcting it upon the request being sent.

See you all next week.

2013 team battles?

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 16:07:33 -0600

So there was 2 major changes in for the new F1 season with Hamilton joining Mercedes and Perez joining McLaren. Since 2010 the top 4 teams driver line ups have been unchanged so my question is who do you think will come out on the top against their new team mates?

I actually think Rosberg will give Hamilton a much harder challenge than Button ever did and with this being Hamilton's first year at Mercedes I think Nico should finish ahead. Rosberg never really got the credit he deserved for outperforming Schumacher 3 years in a row. As for Perez I honestly don't believe he deserves a Mclaren drive and is easily the worst driver I have seen drive for Mclaren during my time. Not a fan of Button but I expect him show up Perez for the average racer he is.

Australian GP Free Practice 1,2,3/Qualifying/Race

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 05:45:49 -0600

Ok. So F1 is back!!!!! ::bow down:How cool is that? Anyway. I decided to make one thread for every race. We will post there the results for all three days, free practices, qualifying and races.
Here we go!
Free practice 1 results.
Australian Grand Prix 2013
Free practice 1
Driver Teams Time
1 S Vettel (GER) Red Bull 1'27.211
2 F Massa (BRA) Ferrari 1'27.289
3 F Alonso (ESP) Ferrari 1'27.547
4 LC Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes 1'27.552
5 M Webber (AUS) Red Bull 1'27.668
6 KM Räikkönen (FIN) Lotus 1'27.877
7 N Rosberg (GER) Mercedes 1'28.013
8 A Sutil (GER) Force India 1'28.426
9 J Button (GBR) McLaren 1'28.440
10 R Grosjean (FRA) Lotus 1'28.520
11 S Perez (MEX) McLaren 1'28.597
12 N Hülkenberg (GER) Sauber 1'28.786
13 P di Resta (GBR) Force India 1'28.910
14 P Maldonado (VEN) Williams 1'29.443
15 V Bottas (FIN) Williams 1'29.928
16 E Gutiérrez (MEX) Sauber 1'30.203
17 JE Vergne (FRA) Toro Rosso 1'30.729
18 D Ricciardo (AUS) Toro Rosso 1'30.969
19 J Bianchi (FRA) Marussia 1'31.263
20 M Chilton (GBR) Marussia 1'32.176
21 C Pic (FRA) Caterham 1'32.274
22 G van der Garde (NED) Caterham 1'32.388

Free practice 2 for Australian GP. Results.
Australian Grand Prix 2013
Free practice 2
Driver Teams Time
1 S Vettel (GER) Red Bull 1'25.908
2 M Webber (AUS) Red Bull 1'26.172
3 N Rosberg (GER) Mercedes 1'26.322
4 KM Räikkönen (FIN) Lotus 1'26.361
5 R Grosjean (FRA) Lotus 1'26.680
6 F Alonso (ESP) Ferrari 1'26.748
7 LC Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes 1'26.772
8 F Massa (BRA) Ferrari 1'26.855
9 A Sutil (GER) Force India 1'27.435
10 N Hülkenberg (GER) Sauber 1'28.187
11 J Button (GBR) McLaren 1'28.294
12 P di Resta (GBR) Force India 1'28.311
13 S Perez (MEX) McLaren 1'28.566
14 D Ricciardo (AUS) Toro Rosso 1'28.627
15 E Gutiérrez (MEX) Sauber 1'28.772
16 P Maldonado (VEN) Williams 1'28.852
17 JE Vergne (FRA) Toro Rosso 1'28.968
18 V Bottas (FIN) Williams 1'29.386
19 J Bianchi (FRA) Marussia 1'29.696
20 C Pic (FRA) Caterham 1'30.165
21 M Chilton (GBR) Marussia 1'30.600
22 G van der Garde (NED) Caterham 1'32.450

To be honest seems like Ferrari are back again. (at least that is what I think) Red Bulls seem fast and ahead again. Mercedes had issues with their car. Lewis Hamilton's in the gravel after running straight on at turn six and Rosberg's at the side of the track around the next corner after a gearbox issue. It seemed like two sessions with no problems for Ferrari, although I read somewhere that Ferrari was on heavy fuel and RBR on low fuel. Massa seems his old good self. Let's see what happens.

Both McLaren drivers had played down expectations on Thursday, admitting the car was not exactly where they had hoped it to be going into the first race. And also Fernando admits that Ferrari is not the quickest. http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/103039.html

Australian GP Out-Qualifying Questions

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 03:56:39 -0600

OK everybody, not long to go now... here's the link for the first round of TCC in 2013. If you've any questions or problems don't hesitate to let one of the mods know (either me or WiTcH should be able to help)

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12YLOgsH...form?pli=1

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!

2013 TCC Rules And Regulations

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 03:29:47 -0700

Here is the Rules and regulations for TCC 2013

Q1) Predict the Top 10 Race finishing Drivers.

For each prediction, if your Predicted driver name comes in the top 10, you get 1 point each, and if you predicted the exact position as well, then you get 2 point.

Example: You predict Fisi finishes 3rd Place

And in the race Fisi finishes 4th, so Fisi is in the top 10 but the position was wrong, so you get 0.5 point. But if you predicted Fisi to Finish 3rd then you get 1 Point.

* If you predicted the first 3 positions correctly you will get bonus 5 points.

Q2) Predict the Top 3 Qualifying Order.

The Correct Driver name in top 5 gets 1 point each.

If the Correct Qualifying position is predicted as well, then you get 2 point.

* If you predicted the first 3 positions correctly you will get bonus 5 points.

Q3) Predict Pole Time.

The Closest Pole Time prediction Gets 3 points.

The runner up gets 1 point.

Q4) Predict Fastest Lap of the Race and Driver Name.

The Correct Driver name gets 1 point.

The Closest Fastest Lap Time prediction Gets 3 points

The runner up gets 1 point.

Q5) Question of the week.

Each correct answer will get 5 point.

This question will be given every race weekend.

Q6) Predict Who out qualifies who.

These are a set of 4 questions that the Game Admins decide for every GP race, separately in the Traction Control Prediction games section of the forums.

Example 1) Jarno Trulli Vs Heikki Kovalainen

And you predict which the driver will be the one amongst the two.

So if for the qualifying you predicted [Trulli], and Trulli beats Heikkie then you get points. If not then no points.

Each Correct Prediction gets 2 point.

It can be any random choices of drivers, Game Admins will decide that.

SO please check the question on the answer sheet that we will attach every race weekend to get to know the Q5 and Q6.

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How to send your answer :-

1) Every race weekend, we will post a link on our APF FB page. You will click on the link to answer all of the questions above by providing your name and your desire team name that you have set before joining.

2) You are not allowed to edit your answer and therefore please make up your mind before submit your entry. However, if you really want to make a major change, you may submit a new entry and notify the admins by message. We accept only 1 time of change for each race weekend.

3) If you make a wrong entry. You may resubmit a new entry but do send us a message to alert us, so the admins will discard the previous answer of yours.

4) I do believe not everything is perfect, even Google might face error sometimes. So if the link doesn't works during the time you are about to submit your entry, please forward your answer by sending a message to APF FB page.

Remember to state your name and team name along with the answer.

Remember!

You must submit your answer an hour before the qualifying start for each race weekend.

After the deadline, the link to submit your answer will be inactive and any answer sends via message will not be count.

You will have at least 4 or 5 days in advance to submit your answer and therefore please don’t be late. You can always submit your answer early if you can’t follow the 3rd free practice which fall under an odd time.

Thank you and have fun playing our TCC prediction game.

Alternative way to read the Rules and Regulations => ~ Click here ~

2013 TCC Open for Registration!!!

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 05:53:14 -0700

OK guys, here we go again...three weeks to count down to the start of the season, so let's start taking names for the 2013 Traction Control Games!!!!!

You can register just by posting your team name in this thread or at the FB page (click on the link for the FB page up at the top of the page). For this year, you can submit your results either by PMing me here or by PMing us on Facebook (again in the link above), whichever is more convenient for you Don't post your predictions on the timeline in Facebook though, that kind of thing can lead to cheating and we want it to be as fair as possible

Rules and regs are still being sorted out but will be posted as soon as they're done.

So I'll be the first to throw my hat into the ring here....here comes Team Loba...

AAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!

Brazilian Grand Prix 2012 Prediction Results

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:36:50 -0700

All the hard work were done by icegirljenni. I merely posting on her behalf.

How to navigate with this new e-book type? Just click next for next page to view the overall presentation.

If you hover your mouse around the document you will notice some image or banner were filled with clickable link.

Have fun explore the document.

Thank you icegirljenni for your wonderful work.

There is a 'download' button where you can click to save a copy of the lovely newsletter type of document in your hard copy.

Tcc Brazilian Result by icegirljenni

USA Grand Prix 2012 Prediction Results

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:36:19 -0700

Tcc USA GP Result by icegirljenni

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2012 Prediction Results

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:34:48 -0700

TCC Abu Dhabi GP Result by icegirljenni

Indian Grand Prix 2012 Prediction Results

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:22:06 -0700

TCC Indian GP Result by icegirljenni

Car launches 2013

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:39:50 -0700

So far we have:

McLaren - January 31
Force India - February 1
Sauber - February 2

I suspect the rest should confirm their dates sooner rather than later....oh yay, I can't wait to see them all...especially without those awful stepped noses!!!

Fernando news 2013

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:27:20 -0700

So I'm opening this thread for any Fernando related news in 2013...I don't actually have any news to post in this thread at the moment though but you get the idea