FORMULA 1

2013 FORMULA 1 SEASON

Sebastian Vettel, four times world champion.

The latest champion was Sebastian Vettel. He won the last four championships and in these four years no-one can win him. He is the youngest pilot in the world to have won four consecutive championships. He has won all the championships with a spectacular car. Sebastian was born, on July 3, 1987, in Heppenheim a town in south-western Germany. When he was a little boy his method of transport was a miniature kart, in his town the carpenter Nobert and nobert´s family support Sebastian to became a great pilot. He made his kart debut at the age of seven and immediately began winning championships. when he was 17 years old he won an unprecedented 18 of 20 race to dominate the German formula BMW championship. At 18 he distinguished himself testing a BMW William F1. At 19 he became the test driver for

the BMW Sauber F1 team. His Formula One race debut came in 2007 US Grand Prix at Indianapolis. He were in Toro Rosso for two years (2007 and 2008). In 2009 he was promoted to Red Bull where he was teamed with the veteran Webber, a decade older and presumably wiser than the newcomer, though not faster as it turned out. Vettel´s victory in the third race of season, in China, was Red Bull first Formula One win. He dominated the last half of the season, winning three more races and finishing second to Jenson Button in the championship. The longest ever season in 2010 was also one of the most closely contested. Ferrari, McLaren and Red Bull had the best cars and their drivers won all 19 races. Though former champions Alonso, Button and Hamilton, together with Webber, took turns leading the championship, Sebastian Vettel´s frontrunning pace (he started from pole 10 times) kept him in the title hunt. While their team´s policy of etting them fight it out on the track led to a strained relationship between Vettel and Webber, their combined results enabled Red Bull Racing to clinch a first constructor´s championship at the penultimate race, in Brazil, where Vettel led from start to finish. In the grand finale at Abu Dhabi Vettel earned his fifth victory of the

season with another flawless drive from pole. None of the rivals scored enough points to deprive Sebastian Vettel of the title he fully deserved. The 2010 world champion, aged 23 years and 133 days, was the youngest in the 61 year history of the sport. His 2011 title defence amounted to a season.

NEXT FORMULA 1 SEASON

2014 has just arrived, but for fans of Formula 1, the first day of the 'year is January 28, the day that will begin the first winter tests. As always at the beginning of each season there are many new features: new cars, new drivers, but this year 'there will be important changes in the regulation. Formula 1 in 2014 will adopt the new 1.6-liter engine with direct injection with turbo. It will be a revolution in a way that will allow the return of F1 at the forefront of technology thanks to the great challenge on the engines. Aesthetically, the engine is shorter than the current V8. The biggest challenge for engineers is to be able to build a powerful engine, but very environmentally because the regulations, each car will have only 100 kg of fuel to complete the GP compared to the current 150.

Engine 2006 - 2013 2.4-liter V8 with 750 hp of which 80 hp provided by Kers for 6 sec. lap 18,000 rev / min. 7 marches.

Engine 2014 - ....... 1.6-liter V6 with 600 hp of which 160 are CV data from the ERS for about 33 seconds. lap 15,000 rev / min. 8 marches

FORMULA 1 TEST

From the first winter tests carried these days, the teams that have most impressed certainly have been: Mercedes, Maclare, Ferrari and Red Bull. the first two, motorized by Mercedes are definitely the most reliable and fast, in fact Saturday 22, the last day of testing, Rosberg with mercedes and Button with maclaren crossed the line with the fastest laps in 1:33.283 and 1:34.957. Also the ferrari can be satisfied with the placement of Raikkonen, third to three seconds from mercedes. Red Bull is surprising in the negative, due to technical problems. The first evaluations show the Mercedes as favorite, Ferrari and Maclaren immediately behind and Red Bull in trouble.

AUSTRALIA

FINAL RESULTS Nico Rosberg 10: He started like a rocket exceeds Hamilton and Ricciardo and he didn't give up. The pace of the Mercedes is awesome, he brought home the victory with an ease disarmed. Ricciardo 9: Despite the ban, he finished second and he brought a smile to the red bull. Magnussen 10: The new face of F1, calm and quiet, but damn fast on the track. He reported the McLaren on the podium after over a year of absence, with the first F1 podium in the history of Denmark. Button 8: We expected something more from him during this weekend. He tenth started, but recovered well thanks to an early pit stop, and he came just a few seconds by Magnussen, however, couldn't maintain the pace of Danish. Alonso 7: More than this could not be done. On the eve of the Spanish Ferrari driver had the objective to finishing the race: he had done it, but that suffering! Bottas 8: After a qualification below what was expected on the eve, the Finnish driver is redeemed in part, in the race. The first part of the race has been very good: two good overtaking (one beautiful on the outside of Vergne and the other on Raikkonen) and a very consistent race pace. When, now, was in the discharges of Alonso, lightly touches the wall, and drill the left rear tire, losing a lot of time to get back to the pits and replace the tire.

Hulkenberg 6.5: a race of ups and downs: good the first part, he seemed to be able to easily keep the fourth position, but at the pit stop, lost his position on Button and then on Alonso. Raikkonen 5: The excuses were all there, but this Kimi was a distant relative of the warrior on the track last year. Vergne 7: A good weekend for the French pilot of Toro Rosso. After the sixth-place finished in the rain in qualifying, he lost positions in the race, but saw the potential of the car and what was predicted on the eve. Maldonado, Grosjean, Hamilton, Vettel ??: With the new regulation is impossible to judge who has not arrived at the finish line because of the machines.

MALAYSIA GRAND PRIX

Race date: 30/03/14 Circuit name: Sepang International Circuit First Grand Prix: 1999 Number of laps: 56 Circuit length: 5.543 km Race distance: 310.408 km Lap record: Juan Pablo Montoya (1:34"223 with Williams in 2004) Number of curves: 15 2013 podium: 1º-Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) 2º-Mark Webber (Red Bull) 3º-Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

The race will be very interesting because all the pilots will drive with equals cars. In my opinion the Mercerdes Team will lead the championship this year because the cars are better than the others teams cars so i think one of the pilots in the Mercedes Team (Lewis Hamilton or Nico Rosberg) will be the champion this year. But can be difficult others pilots will fight too.

FINAL RESULTS

Hamilton 10: he didn't make mistakes and he won the race. Rosberg 8: he arrived second but with a Mercedes it isn't a great race. Vettel 9: he did a fantastic race with a Red Bull that wasn't on top.

BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX

Race Date: 06 Apr 2014 Circuit Name: Bahrain International Circuit First Grand Prix: 2004 Number of Laps: 57 Circuit Length: 5.412 km Race Distance: 308.238 km Lap Record: 1:31.447 - P De la Rosa (2005) 2013 podium: 1º) Sebastian Vettel 2º) Kimi Raikkonen 3º) Romain Grosjean Circuit

This race will be really exciting and interesting. The Mercedes team i think they will win the race again, their cars are better than the others pilots cars and we aready see that . The Red Bull team maybe the can´t win the next races becausse they have normals cars so i think they can´t win, but this is an opinion.

FINAL RESULTS

LEWIS HAMILTON - 10 - Win number 24 for the British driver, as Jaun Manuel Fangio. At the start, Lewis has passed Rosberg, then he only had to defend himself . NICO ROSBERG - 9 - Rosberg at the start has failed to keep the lead, but finished second and has gained 19 important points for the championship. SERGIO PEREZ - 8 - Pilot not particularly skilled with a great Force India in my opinion, however, he came to the podium. DANIEL RICCIARDO - 9.5 - Ricciardo is the true revelation of this season. He does not have a very competitive car but he always comes ahead of Vettel. FERRARI – 2 - Race embarrassing for Ferrari. Simply slow, too slow for a sport where speed is everything. Pilots can only try to bring the car to the finish line in front of the Marussia.

CHINA GRAND PRIX

Race Date: 20 Apr 2014

Circuit Name: Shanghai International Circuit

First Grand Prix: 2004

Number of Laps: 56

Circuit Length: 5.451 km

Race Distance: 305.066 km

Lap Record: 1:32.238 - M Schumacher (2004)

2013 PODIUM 1º) Fernando Alonso 2º)Kimi Raikkonen 3º)Lewis Hamilton I think this race will be a litle boring because all the people who watch F1 know that the Mercedes Team will win this race.

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