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2012 Hungarian Grand Prix preview by Vodafone McLaren Mercedes ~ Grease n Gasoline

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2012 Hungarian Grand Prix preview
Incredibly, only seven of the 20 racetracks on this year’s Formula 1 calendar are older than the Hungaroring. It was built in just eight months ahead of staging its first grand prix in August 1986. And it’s been a regular fixture on the calendar ever since.

The 2.722-mile/4.381km track is the slowest permanent circuit of the season. It’s narrow and bumpy, and its five 180-degree hairpins place a great deal of emphasis on low-speed mechanical grip. Braking and traction are also crucial in order to set a competitive lap time.

The track isn’t used much during the year, so the asphalt is normally very dusty and slippery at the start of the race weekend. It takes most of FP1 on Friday for the cars to create a clean line, after which set-up work can begin in earnest. As was the case in Germany, the teams will be working with Pirelli’s medium and soft compounds.

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F1 2011™ is the sequel to the BAFTA winning FORMULA ONE™ videogame from Codemasters®, the developer and publisher of award-winning racing games.

The official game of the 2012 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP™ coming to HD consoles and PC in September – see how games can help the next generation of drivers in the first F1 2012 video now playing at www.youtube.com/codemastersgames
Ahead of the first race of the 2012 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP in Melbourne this weekend, Codemasters today announced that F1 2012 will launch worldwide in September for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft®, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and PC. F1 2012 is the next game in the award-winning, multi-million selling series from Codemasters as part of an exclusive multi-year deal with Formula One World Championship Limited.
To mark the announcement and introduce one of F1 2012’s new headline features, Codemasters has released a video following F1 2012 Creative Director, Stephen Hood, as he meets the next generation of drivers at the Young Driver Test. Filmed at the Yas Marina Circuit, home of the FORMULA 1 ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX, Stephen asks if their experience with Codemasters’ FORMULA ONE™ games has been of benefit as they prepare for a career in the world’s most exciting motorsport in real life. The video is now

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Ferrari F2012 Mirror Upgrade ~ Grease n Gasoline
Amidst a large number of updates brought to Valencia, Ferrari F1 changed the mirror supports to gain an aerodynamic effect from those as well. In the image, Massa is pictures on Friday with the old supports which is a neutral element with its length as short as possible to keep drag low.

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[ VIDEO ] Formula1 2012 London Grand Prix simulation Santander creates Formula One 2012 London Grand Prix Video simulation Of the Proposed Route - Daily Telegraph...

http://goo.gl/bH16a  Injured Marussia F1 driver Maria de Villota could leave Addenbrook’s hospital in Cambridge (UK) and return to her native Spain by the end of the week, 

http://bit.ly/LrqLI4  Ferrari F2012 Gets Exhaust Upgrade ~ Grease n Gasoline "Ferrari F2012 gets McLaren style exhaust upgrade
Ferrari F2012 has followed the same exhaust development path as McLaren after introducing a significant upgrade for the Canadian Grand Prix this weekend."

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Ferrari 2013 Massa Contract Options ~ Grease n Gasoline

 Ferrari lets 2013 Massa contract 'option' expire
Jul.27 (GMM) Ferrari has allowed a contract 'option' on Felipe Massa's services for the 2013 season to expire, according to Italy's Autosprint magazine.Amid the Brazilian's early struggles in 2012, it appeared a certainty that the Italian team was on the market for a new teammate for Fernando Alonso.But Massa sped up as the F2012 also improved, even though it emerges that in the past days Ferrari let a one-sided contract option - that would have seen Massa definitely stay next season - expire.It means that if the 31-year-old races a Ferrari for an eighth consecutive season in 2013, he will have agreed a brand new contract.Massa told reporters in Hungary on Thursday that if he cannot stay at Ferrari, he could leave formula one altogether.

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WHAT'S REALLY BEHIND AN F1 WIN ~ Grease n Gasoline

Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso became the first man this season to win three Grands Prix after another assured drive saw him take victory at the German Grand Prix .Although Jenson Button caught Alonso fairly quickly after passing Sebastian Vettel’s Red Bull in the second series of pit stops, he was unable to close the gap significantly to mount a challenge to pass. Indeed, it was Button who was passed himself by Vettel on the penultimate lap, albeit illegally as he gained an unfair advantage in going off the track to complete the maneuver and found himself demoted to fifth after receiving a 20-second penalty.

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F1 : McLaren's Upgrades Influenced By Ferrari
McLaren's car updates have pushed the car back up in between the front runners, and unsurprisingly, the improvement came once again from exhaust modifications. McLaren redesigned the sidepod to have the exhaust exit lower above the ground and further back, creating a more consistent flow onto the outer extremities of the diffuser.

http://goo.gl/tCnVF Formula One Standings
As of: German Grand Prix +/- Points Behind Wins
1
Fernando Alonso - Ferrari
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154
‒
3
2
Mark Webber - Red Bull
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120
34
2
3
Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull
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110
44
1
4
Kimi Raikkonen - Lotus
+1
98
56
0
5
Lewis Hamilton - McLaren
-1
92
62
1

http://goo.gl/bH16a  Formula 1 Nico Rosberg has lamented a weekend of "setbacks" at Silverstone and warned Mercedes they need to improve if they don't want to get left behind.

http://goo.gl/4s0lJ 2012 Canadian Grand Prix
The cars top 300km/h on four occasions around the lap, braking at the end of each straight for a tight corner.