The 2012 Formula One Season

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Official F1 2012 entry list

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Red Bull Racing
[www.redbullracing.com]



Chassis: RB8
Engine: Renault

1. Sebastian Vettel
2. Mark Webber

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Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
[www.mclaren.com]



Chassis: MP4-27
Engine: Mercedes-Benz

3. Jenson Button
4. Lewis Hamilton

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Scuderia Ferrari Santander
[www.ferrari.com]



Chassis: F2012
Engine: Ferrari

5. Fernando Alonso
6. Felipe Massa

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Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team
[www.mercedes-gp.com]



Chassis: W03
Engine: Mercedes-Benz

7. Michael Schumacher
8. Nico Rosberg

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Lotus F1 Team
[www.lotusrenaultgp.com]



Chassis: E20
Engine: Renault

9. Kimi Räikkönen
10. Romain Grosjean

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Sahara Force India F1 Team
[www.forceindiaf1.com]



Chassis: VJM05
Engine: Mercedes-Benz

11. Paul di Resta
12. Nico Hülkenberg

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Sauber F1 Team
[www.sauber-motorsport.com]



Chassis: C31
Engine: Ferrari

14. Kamui Kobayashi
15. Sergio Perez Mendoza

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Scuderia Toro Rosso
[www.tororosso.com]



Chassis: STR7
Engine: Ferrari

16. Daniel Ricciardo
17. Jean-Éric Vergne

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AT&T Williams
[www.williamsf1.com]



Chassis: FW34
Engine: Renault

18. Pastor Maldonado
19. Bruno Senna

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Team Caterham
[www.caterhamf1.com]



Chassis: CT01
Engine: Renault

20. Heikki Kovalainen
21. Vitaly Petrov

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HRT F1 Team
[www.hrtf1team.com]



Chassis: F112
Engine: Cosworth

22. Pedro de la Rosa
23. Narain Karthikeyan

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Marussia F1 team
[www.marussiaf1team.com]



Chassis: M03
Engine: Cosworth

24. Timo Glock
25. Charles Pic

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The 2012 Formula One Calender

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Round 1

2012 FORMULA 1 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX (Melbourne)
16th - 18th March.
[www.grandprix.com.au]



Circuit Length: 5.303kms
Circuit Turns: 16
Circuit Direction: Clockwise
Capacity: 80,000
Established: 1996

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Round 2

2012 FORMULA 1 PETRONAS MALAYSIA GRAND PRIX (Kuala Lumpur)
23rd - 25th March.
[www.malaysiangp.com.my]



Circuit Length: 5.543kms
Circuit Turns: 15
Circuit Direction: Clockwise
Capacity: 133,000
Established: 1999
Designer: Hermann Tilke

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Round 3

2012 FORMULA 1 UBS CHINESE GRAND PRIX (Shanghai)
13th - 15th April.



Circuit Length: 5.451kms
Circuit Turns: 16
Circuit Direction: Clockwise
Capacity: 200,000
Established: 2004
Designer: Hermann Tilke

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Round 4

2012 FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX (Sakhir)
20th - 22nd April.
[www.bahraingp.com]



Circuit Length: 5.412kms
Circuit Turns: 15
Circuit Direction: Clockwise
Capacity: 50,000
Established: 2004
Designer: Hermann Tilke

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Round 5

FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA 2012 (Catalunya)
11th - 13th May.
[www.circuitcat.com]



Circuit Length: 4.655kms
Circuit Turns: 16
Circuit Direction: Clockwise
Capacity: 107,000
Established: 1991

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Round 6

FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE MONACO 2012 (Monte Carlo)
24th - 27th May.
[www.yourmonaco.com]



Circuit Length: 3.340kms
Circuit Turns: 19
Circuit Direction: Clockwise
Capacity: 120,000
Established: 1929 (first race)

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Round 7

FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DU CANADA 2012 (Montreal)
8th - 10th June.
[www.grandprixmontreal.com]



Circuit Length: 4.361kms
Circuit Turns: 13
Circuit Direction: Clockwise
Capacity: 100,000
Established: 1978

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Round 8

2012 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE (Valencia)
22th - 24th June.
[www.valenciastreetcircuit.com]



Circuit Length: 5.419kms
Circuit Turns: 25
Circuit Direction: Clockwise
Capacity: 112,000
Established: 2008
Designer: Hermann Tilke

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Round 9

2012 FORMULA 1 SANTANDER BRITISH GRAND PRIX (Silverstone)
6th - 8th July.
[www.silverstone.co.uk]



Circuit Length: 5.141kms
Circuit Turns: 17
Circuit Direction: Clockwise
Capacity: 150,000
Established: 1950

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Round 10

FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS SANTANDER VON DEUTSCHLAND 2012 (Hockenheimring)
20nd - 22th July.
[www.nuerburgring.de]



Circuit Length: 4.574kms
Circuit Turns: 13
Circuit Direction: Clockwise
Capacity 130,000
Established: 19232

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Round 11

FORMULA 1 ENI MAGYAR NAGYDÍJ 2012 (Budapest)
27th - 29th July.
[www.hungaroinfo.com]



Circuit Length: 4.381kms
Circuit Turns: 14
Circuit Direction: Clockwise
Capacity: 120,000
Established: 1986

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Round 12

2012 FORMULA 1 BELGIAN GRAND PRIX (Spa-Francorchamps)
27th - 29th July.
[www.spa-francorchamps.be]



Circuit Length: 7.004kms
Circuit Turns: 19
Circuit Direction: Clockwise
Capacity: 90,000
Established: 1924

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Round 13

FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO SANTANDER D'ITALIA 2012 (Monza)
31th August - 2nd September.
[www.monzanet.it]



Circuit Length: 5.793kms
Circuit Turns: 11
Circuit Direction: Clockwise
Capacity: 115,000
Established: 1922

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Round 14

2012 FORMULA 1 SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX (Singapore)
21st - 23th September.
[www.singaporegp.sg]



Circuit Length: 5.073kms
Circuit Turns: 23
Circuit Direction: Anti-clockwise
Capacity: 110,000
Established: 2008

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Round 15

2012 FORMULA 1 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX (Suzuka)
5th - 7th October.
[www.mobilityland.co.jp]



Circuit Length: 5.807kms
Circuit Turns: 17
Circuit Direction: Clockwise
Capacity: 100,000
Established: 1962
Designer: John Hugenholtz

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Round 16

2012 FORMULA 1 KOREAN GRAND PRIX (Yeongam)
12th - 14th October.
[www.singaporegp.org]



Circuit Length: 5.450kms
Circuit Turns: 23
Circuit Direction: Anti-clockwise
Capacity: 135,000
Established: 2010
Designer: Hermann Tilke

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Round 17

2012 FORMULA 1 INDIAN GRAND PRIX (Delhi)
26th - 28th October.
[indiangrandprix.net]



Circuit Length: 5.141kms
Circuit Turns: 16
Circuit Direction: Clockwise
Established: 2011
Designer: Hermann Tilke

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Round 18

2012 FORMULA 1 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX (Yas Marina Circuit)
2nd - 4th November.
[www.yasmarinacircuit.com]



Circuit Length: 5.554kms
Circuit Turns: 21
Circuit Direction: Anti-clockwise
Capacity: 50,000
Established: 2009
Designer: Hermann Tilke

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Round 19

2012 United States Grand Prix (Circuit of the Americas)
16th - 18th November.
[en.wikipedia.org]



Circuit Length: 5.470kms
Circuit Direction: anti-clockwise
Designer: Hermann Tilke

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Round 20

FORMULA 1 GRANDE PRÊMIO DO BRASIL 2012 (Sao Paulo)
23rd - 25th November.
[www.gpbrasil.com]



Circuit Length: 4.309kms
Circuit Turns: 15
Circuit Direction: Anti-clockwise
Capacity: 119,000
Established: 1936

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2011/2012 Rule Changes

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The FIA’s World Motor Sport Council has agreed other changes to the F1 rules for 2011 and 2012.

Among the changes for next year is the requirement for gearboxes to last five races rather than four, With 20 races on the calendar next year that means a teams could complete a season using four gearboxes.

As announced in June, driver-adjustable rear wings will be introduced next year.

Tests for bodywork deflection – an area of much dispute in 2010 – will be revised and cockpits will be strengthened to reduce the chance of components puncturing them and injuring the driver.

The FIA has also promised changes to the rules on “driving and driver conduct”. There will be revisions to the list of penalties available to stewards including penalties for drivers who do not use both types of tyre compound during the race.

The race director will be able to close the pit lane “for safety reasons” and the width of the fast lane in the pits will be limited. The FIA will clarify when cars may overtake the safety car, following the contentious circumstances in this year’s European Grand Prix.

Shallow-groove wet weather tyres will be officially referred to as “intermediate” tyres in the rules.

For 2012 the FIA say that “team communications will be made available to broadcasters”.

Biomass will be introduced into fuel compounds and a new limit on suspension compounds will be added.

Changes to the 2012 Technical Regulations

• All engine standard ECU set up and control parameters, which were formerly contained only within a Technical Directive, are now contained within the relevant parts of the Technical Regulations.
• The exhaust tailpipes are now strictly regulated in order to ensure that the aerodynamic effect exhaust gases have on the car is kept to an absolute minimum.
• Better marking of in-car emergency switches operated by marshals are now stipulated.
• The side impact structures will now have to be subjected to a further (upward) push-off test.

Changes to the 2012 Sporting Regulations

• Cars may no longer take part in pre-season testing without having passed all crash tests.
• There will now be a maximum race time of four hours to ensure that a lengthy suspension of a race does not result in a race that could run up to eight hours if left unregulated.
• Before the safety car returns to the pits all lapped cars will be allowed to unlap themselves and then join the back of the pack, ensuring a clean re-start without slower cars impeding those racing for the leading positions.
•Cars which were in the pit lane when a race is suspended will now be allowed to re-join the cars on the grid in the position they were in when the race was suspended.
•Drivers may no longer leave the track without a justifiable reason, i.e. cutting a chicane on reconnaissance laps or 'in' laps to save time and fuel.
•Drivers may no longer move back onto the racing line having moved off it to defend a position.
•One three-day test will be carried out during the season, formerly there were none.
•All stewards' decisions which are not subject to appeal are now in one place instead of being in various places within the regulations.
•All tyres allocated to a driver may now be used on the first day of practice; formerly only three sets were permitted.



Edited 29 time(s). Last edit at 11/04/2012 07:04PM by madotter.

Very nice. Only things I can see are that Team Lotus will be Caterham and Kobayashi and Perez are both confirmed at Sauber

Done

Kimi confirmed at Lotus as well.

Lotus (Caterham) have confirmed both drivers for next year, Marussia or whatever it's called has signed Pic, HRT has signed de la Rosa.

And Lotus have found some guy called Kimi Raikkonen lying in a gutter stinking of booze and given him a drive, too.

Also, that's the endurance layout for Bahrain. They're reverting to the old one methinks.

Source: [en.wikipedia.org]

Williams have the Renault engine, not cosworths as well.

Thank you all

Up to date now with all confirmed 2012 contracts. The Bahrain track map is the old version but they haven't made the classic one in that style atm.

Cheers,
Iain.

India's track map is catalunya, they probably dont have the right style map but just so you know

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> India's track map is catalunya, they probably dont
> have the right style map but just so you know


Whoops! Lol, sorted now

so.. up to the drivers. The first thing that comes to my mind is: Sutil is underrated. the guy did a great great job. di resta did a Very good job, but not as good. true it is his first season, still, i cant bealieve that sutil might get no drive for 20 12

Yes, Sutil put in some amazing drives in the second half of the season.

If Trulli stays in F1, it will be quite unfair - that seat really should go to Sutil or Senna if they are on the market.

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X (@ed24f1)

Maldonado is confirmed by Williams.

Bottas also the third driver.

Looks like Sutil will be shoehorned into the second Williams.

Poor Rubens, Renault really should take him on!


Jenson drives it like he owns it; Lewis drives it like he stole it

Rubens has been a good driver over the years and a nice guy, but I really think his time is up, I don't know why Renault would pick him over Senna, Grosjean, Petrov, Sutil etc.

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X (@ed24f1)

Perhaps.

Yet, for Williams.. They may as well keep him on for 2012.

Haha!

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X (@ed24f1)

Mercedes team name updated!

That picture is epic.

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