BIG SORRY!

A BIG SORRY TO ALL MY READERS FOR NOT UPDATING THE BLOG

HAS BEEN A CRAZY WEEK AND A HALF:

• I had my exams the whole of last week.
  [Blog About Papers and Preparation en-route!]
  
  
• I went partying last night with Malvika,Reema,Neha,Priya and Co...
  [Blog and Pics Coming up!!!]
  
  
• Kimi Raikonnen won the Formula One Driver's World Championship in a fantastic season finale at the Brazilian Interlagos Circuit, Sao Paolo, this Sunday. What a race!
  [Will Blog about this turbulent season!]
  
  
• Happy Dussehra to all my readers, and Shubho Bijoyo to all the bengalis out there!

[Blog Updates are on their way as I type! :) Thanks for sticking around! Hugs!]

The Formula One Turkish Grand Prix - Live Updates

The Formula One Turkish Grand Prix Qualifying has begun.
This is the third time the F-1 Grand Prix is being held in Turkey.

16:32PM - Takuma Sato, is the first of the runners to start his Q1 Session Qualifying Lap.

16:34PM - Sato aborts his lap. Yamamoto and Sutil spin at the same corner.
- Sebastian Vettel is on his qualfying lap.
- Alex Wurz gets provisional pole. 1:28:550

16:35PM - Rosberg on his qualifying lap.
- Schumacher takes 2nd, demoted by Rosberg

16:37PM - The order presently:
Rosberg, Kovaleinen, Coulthard, Wurz, Trulli, Fisichella, Button, Webber

16:40PM- Kimi Raikonnen takes provincial pole (1:27:294), followed by Hamilton.

16:41PM- Alonso demotes Hamilton to take 2nd.

3mins remain of Q1 Qualifying.

16:43PM- Cars headed back to the pits, Fisichella heads back out for another lap.
The order presently:
Raikonnen,Alonso,Massa,Hamilton,Kubica,Heidfeld,Rosberg,Kovaleinen,Wurz.

Q1 Session is officially over, only cars on track now times will count.

16:45 PM - Davidson, takes 8th..superb stuff.

THE ORDER FOR Q2:
Raikonnen,Alonso,Massa,Hamilton,Kubica,Heidfeld,Rosberg,Davidson,Fisichella,Trulli,Wurz,
Button,Coulthard,Webber.

-------A Break Now.. phew-----------

Q2 Begins, but no cars on track yet.
Track Temp is ^ - 52'C

16:54PM - Alex Wurz is the first man out.

16:56PM - Wurz takes provisional pole.
- Webber and Davidson are out on track.

16:58PM - Trulli, Coulthard,Webber, Rosberg.. the order till now.

17:00PM -Raikonnen takes pro pole(1:26:902), Hamilton out on track as well.
- Raikonnen,Hamilton,Massa the top 3 now, and Alonso is on his warmup.

17:02PM - P1 for Alonso till now, and Kubica, takes 5th fastest.

3 Mins more in Q2 Session.

17:09 - Davidson gets into the top 10 in 8th, but gets bumped out by Trulli and Fisichella.
The order at the end of Q2:
Alonso, Raikonnen, Hamilton, Massa and the rest.
-----------A BREAK AGAIN-----------

Q3 Starts.

17:15PM- Raikonnen leads the cars out to start Q3.

17:20PM -Raikonnen sets the fastest lap(1:28:501), followed by Hamilton.

17:23PM - The order presently: Raikonnen,Hamilton,Heidfeld,Massa, Kubica, Alonso, Kovaleinen, Trulli, Rosberg, Fisichella.

17:27PM - Kimi takes pole by .95 of a second, followed by Hamilton, Massa takes the pole by .0026 of a second, Alonso goes 3rd.

Last 3 Mins of Qualifying in Q3

17:31PM - Massa takes pole in Qualifying. Hamilton 2nd, Raikonnen 3rd, Alonso 4th.

The order at the end of Q3 is:
Massa, Hamilton, Raikonnen, Alonso, Kubica ,Heidfeld, Kovaleinen,Rosberg, Trulli and Fisichella.

So the order on track is:
Ferrari, McLaren,Ferrari, Mclaren, BMW&BMW,Renault,Williams,Toyota,Renault.

So that's all for today.. catch you tomorrow at 5:30PM.

Promising Rookie's Crash in Nurburgring Qualifying

Whoa!

I was just watching the F-1 live telecast on Star Sports, of the European Grand Prix Qualifying Session. It's Q3 now and the red lights are on.

The reason is that rookie, f-1 favorite, Lewis Hamilton, was involved in a major crash.

The reason is speculated to have been tire-failure due to picking up debris.

Hamilton was on a flying lap, great times, and pursuing Felipe Massa, and the previous sector time, was faster than Massa.

The next shot, we see a McLaren in the tire-wall.

It's Lewis Hamilton. His legs are quivering. He cant get out of the car.

The RED LIGHTS ARE ON.

QUALIFYING HAS BEEN STOPPED.

The replay shows, that Hamilton,at around 200 kms/hr,had a right tire failure, the Bridgestone tire deflates, and the McLaren, slides over the sand-trap, and hits the tire-wall, at approximately 140 kms/hr narrowly missing the cement barrier.

The medics arrive. Hamilton, is seated by the side of his car on the ground.

The medical van arrives.

Hamilton is ushered in on a stretcher, on saline-drip(standard procedure for shock/trauma incidents). He will be taken to the Circuit Medical Centre, which is a state of the art facility, where Hamilton will be monitored.

Ron Dennis,team boss of Vodafone McLaren Mercedes, is quite nervous, and flustered, and Alonso seems worried.

Checks are conducted on the car of Fernando Alonso to locate cause of tire failure.

The reason has been confirmed by the McLaren team, to be a "not securely fastened right wheel,due to a malfunctioning wheel gun". Basically, loose wheel nut.

"No serious injuries, no broken bones, but he will be kept under observation for a while" confirms Ron Dennis.




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UPDATES - 1:36am IST

Following a thorough examination at the on-track medical centre, he was flown to the Koblenz Bundeswehr Hospital where he underwent a full precautionary CT scan which proved to be entirely normal.

Lewis has no bruises and is highly motivated to race tomorrow.

As is normal, a final sign-off by the FIA Medical Delegate Gary Hartstein will take place tomorrow morning which the team believes will be positive.

If cleared to race, he will start from 10th position with the same fuel load as he started qualifying with.

Courtesy: F1Complete.com
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