2013 German GP Thread

[steveaki13]

I forgot to open the thread earlier.

So after Pirelli had one of the worst races in tyre manufacturing history we move on to Germany.

2013 German GP

Nurburgring, Germany

60 Laps

5th-7th July

Drivers Championship after 8 Rounds

1. Sebastian Vettel - 132 pts[/*:m:3lkzsfr3]
2. Fernando Alonso - 111 pts[/*:m:3lkzsfr3]
3. Kimi Raikkonen - 98 pts[/*:m:3lkzsfr3]
4. Lewis Hamilton - 89 pts[/*:m:3lkzsfr3]
5. Mark Webber - 87 pts[/*:m:3lkzsfr3]
6. Nico Rosberg - 82 pts[/*:m:3lkzsfr3]
7. Felipe Massa - 57 pts[/*:m:3lkzsfr3]
8. Paul di Resta - 36 pts[/*:m:3lkzsfr3]
9. Romain Grosjean - 26 pts[/*:m:3lkzsfr3]
10. Jenson Button - 25 pts[/*:m:3lkzsfr3]
11. Adrian Sutil - 23 pts[/*:m:3lkzsfr3]
12. Jean Eric Vergne - 13 pts[/*:m:3lkzsfr3]
13. Sergio Perez - 12 pts[/*:m:3lkzsfr3]
14. Daniel Ricciardo - 11 pts[/*:m:3lkzsfr3]
15. Nico Hulkenberg - 6 pts[/*:m:3lkzsfr3]

Constructors Championship after 8 Rounds

1. Red Bull - 219 pts[/*:m:3lkzsfr3]
2. Mercedes - 171 pts[/*:m:3lkzsfr3]
3. Ferrari - 168 pts[/*:m:3lkzsfr3]
4. Lotus - 124 pts[/*:m:3lkzsfr3]
5. Force India - 59 pts[/*:m:3lkzsfr3]
6. Mclaren - 37 pts[/*:m:3lkzsfr3]
7. Toro Rosso - 24 pts[/*:m:3lkzsfr3]
8. Sauber - 6 pts[/*:m:3lkzsfr3]

Previous Winners (Nurburgring)
2011: Lewis Hamilton
2009: Mark Webber
2007: Fernando Alons
2006: Michael Schumacher
2005: Fernando Alonso
2004: Michael Schumacher
2003: Ralf Schumacher
2002: Rubens Barrichello
2001: Michael Schumacher
2000: Michael Schumacher
1999: Johnny Herbert
1998: Mika Hakkinen
1997: Jacques Villeneuve
1996: Jacques Villeneuve
1995: Michael Schumacher

Multiple Winners ( German GP)
Rudolf Caracciola - 6 wins (Non F1)
Michael Schumacher - 4 wins
Ascari/Fangio/Stewart/Piquet/Senna/Alonso - 3 wins
Brooks/Surtees/Ickx/Mansell/Prost/Berger/Hamilton -2 wins

*A win for Alonso this year would put him on a legendary 4 wins in Germany.

Multiple Constructors Wins (German GP)
Ferrari - 22 wins
Williams - 9 wins
Mercedes - 8 wins (7 Pre F1)
Mclaren - 8 wins
Brabham/Lotus - 4 wins
Alfa Romeo/Tyrell/Benetton - 2 wins
Auto Union -2 wins (Pre F1)

So a Mercedes win here would level them with Williams in overall German GP Wins.

So there we go.
Looking forward to this race. I always enjoy Nurburgring.

Weather is usually unsettled so could be interesting.

[steveaki13]

It was hard working out previous winners and multiple winners due to the changes in venues.

So I went for previous winners at Nurburgring, but Multiple winners for the German GP at whatever venue. Including pre F1.

[steveaki13]

BBC Sport - German Grand Prix: Drivers' Association threatens to withdraw

Hard to see it happening but the threats there

[AndyL]

Free practice 1: the Mercs are top with a huge margin over the rest of the field. Maybe they were running light but nevertheless they are looking fast. McLaren in 7th and 10th, in amongst the Lotuses, Red Bulls and Force Indias, so they could be looking forward to a less embarassing weekend this time round. It's a tight pack though, Webber 3rd to DiResta 11th are covered by 0.7s.

No time for Alonso, unusually for an Italian car his Ferrari had persistent electrical problems.

[RedBullian1]

Vettel P1 for FP2 with a time of 1:30.416

[tjoepie]

Kimi is always so boring:
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[Brown, Jon Brow]

Lets hope for a race as good as we had here in 2011, which was one of the best dry races I remember seeing.

[Tazio]

After looking at the wear on the optons which was high for RB and Merc, I think that Lotus will fare well in the race. I'm not sure what to make of Ferrari, as I think it could go either way. Their seems to be genuine posativity in that camp.
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[vhatever]

I just hope it's a safe race, at this juncture. Spent the majority of the last GP just hoping no one got caught with a face full of rubber shrapnel at 150 miles per hour. Kimi, alonso, and vettel all had close brushes with such an outcome. Could you imagine if any of those guys end up with a serious injury/death? Wow. anyway. let's hope it was just a one-off.

[longisland]

It's a two horse race between the Mercs & Bulls.