Formula 1 2013
Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 11:32 pm
Hey Now everyone.
With the 2013 season of Formula 1 starting up soon (next week), I wanted to expand the coverage on the forums compared to last season. I am planning on having a post for each race of the season instead of very rarely.
To begin talking about this season a quick talk about last season. Everyone's least likeable German, Sebastian Vettel, won the Formula 1 Driver's Championship at the last race of the season over Fernando Alonzo and the rest of the Formula 1 grid. Vettel's team Red Bull Racing won the Constructor's championship easily . And a nice video montage to help with everything else:
Now to this season!!!
Too start off here is a list of the driver's competing this year:
Car # | Name | Brief description
Car #1 | Sebastian Vettel | A German driver who has won the Formula 1 Driver's championship for 3 years in a row now. He is also the youngest individual to win the driver's championship and a boring individual who no one likes. He also has been on The Late-Show with David Letterman:
Car #2 | Mark Webber | An Australian who is Vettel's teammate, he is like Vettel but slower...that's about it.
Car #3 | Fernando Alonso | A Spanish driver who has won 2 driver championships and races for some little team known as Ferrari. Currently everyone in Italy's hero and got second in the driver's championship in 2012 with a car so inferior that it would be like competing in NASCAR with a Prius.
Car #4 | Felipe Massa | A Brazilian driver who is Alonso's teammate at Ferrari. He lost the driver's championship in 2008 by 1 point. And had a very scary accident during the Hungary race in 2009 in which a spring from another car came loose and struck him in the head fracturing his skull. Ever since that incident he has not been the same driver and this season will most likely be his last in F1:
Car #5 | Jenson Button| A British driver for McLaren. He won the 2009 Driver's Championship and was the "second" driver for the team behind Lewis Hamilton. Now that Hamilton has switched teams, Button is the "Lead" driver for McLaren.
Car #6 | Sergio Perez| A Mexican driver who switched to McLaren from Sauber for the 2013 season. Until it was revealed that he was joining McLaren for the 2013 season it was rumored that he was going to replace Massa due to Sauber using Ferrari engines and McLaren using Mercedes-Benz engines.
Car #7 | Kimi Raikkonen| A Finnish driver that races for Lotus. He won the 2007 Drivers Championship. Americans might recognize him from his brief stint in NASCAR's Camping World Truck Series and Nationwide Series in 2011. He returned to Lotus last year and won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. He also knows what he is doing:
Car #8 | Romain Grosjean| A French driver who is Kimi's teammate at Lotus. In the 2012 season he pretty much crashed every single race and many jokes were made about him needing glasses. He crashes more often then driver's in NASCAR do....
Car #9 | Nico Rosberg| A German driver for the Mercedes-Benz AMG team. He won one race last year at the Chinese Grand Prix. Other than that, I do not know much about him.
Car #10 | Lewis Hamilton| A British driver who is Nico's teammate. He won the 2008 Drivers Championship (which at the time made him the youngest person ever to win the Drivers Championship). Until this season he races for McLaren and is currently the fastest Formula 1 driver on the Top Gear UK Formula 1 leaderboard by a lot. Why the heck he joined Mercedes is still unclear since they are an average team compared to the teams above and he is my current favorite F1 driver.
At this point these drivers most likely be nobodies in terms of trying to win races each week so I'll just put their car number, name, country and team
Car #11 | Nico Hulkenberg | German, Sauber
Car #12 | Esteban Gutierrez | Mexican, Sauber (Rookie)
Car #14 | Paul di Resta | British, Force India
Car #15 | Adrian Sutil | German, Force India
Car #16 | Pastor Maldonado | Venezuelan, Williams. He is the most famous Pay-Driver in the world right now which most of the money came from now deceased Hugo Chavez which could cause problems in the future.
Car #17 | Valtteri Bottas | Finnish, Williams (Rookie)
Car #18 | Jean-Eric Vergne | French, Toro Rosso
Car #19 | Daniel Ricciardo | Australian, Toro Rosso
Car #20 | Charles Pic | French, Caterham
Car #21 | Giedo van der Garde | Dutch, Caterham (Rookie)
Car #22 | Jules Bianchi | French, Marussia
Car #23 | Max Chilton | British, Marussia
With the 2013 season of Formula 1 starting up soon (next week), I wanted to expand the coverage on the forums compared to last season. I am planning on having a post for each race of the season instead of very rarely.
To begin talking about this season a quick talk about last season. Everyone's least likeable German, Sebastian Vettel, won the Formula 1 Driver's Championship at the last race of the season over Fernando Alonzo and the rest of the Formula 1 grid. Vettel's team Red Bull Racing won the Constructor's championship easily . And a nice video montage to help with everything else:
Now to this season!!!
Too start off here is a list of the driver's competing this year:
Car # | Name | Brief description
Car #1 | Sebastian Vettel | A German driver who has won the Formula 1 Driver's championship for 3 years in a row now. He is also the youngest individual to win the driver's championship and a boring individual who no one likes. He also has been on The Late-Show with David Letterman:
Car #2 | Mark Webber | An Australian who is Vettel's teammate, he is like Vettel but slower...that's about it.
Car #3 | Fernando Alonso | A Spanish driver who has won 2 driver championships and races for some little team known as Ferrari. Currently everyone in Italy's hero and got second in the driver's championship in 2012 with a car so inferior that it would be like competing in NASCAR with a Prius.
Car #4 | Felipe Massa | A Brazilian driver who is Alonso's teammate at Ferrari. He lost the driver's championship in 2008 by 1 point. And had a very scary accident during the Hungary race in 2009 in which a spring from another car came loose and struck him in the head fracturing his skull. Ever since that incident he has not been the same driver and this season will most likely be his last in F1:
Car #5 | Jenson Button| A British driver for McLaren. He won the 2009 Driver's Championship and was the "second" driver for the team behind Lewis Hamilton. Now that Hamilton has switched teams, Button is the "Lead" driver for McLaren.
Car #6 | Sergio Perez| A Mexican driver who switched to McLaren from Sauber for the 2013 season. Until it was revealed that he was joining McLaren for the 2013 season it was rumored that he was going to replace Massa due to Sauber using Ferrari engines and McLaren using Mercedes-Benz engines.
Car #7 | Kimi Raikkonen| A Finnish driver that races for Lotus. He won the 2007 Drivers Championship. Americans might recognize him from his brief stint in NASCAR's Camping World Truck Series and Nationwide Series in 2011. He returned to Lotus last year and won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. He also knows what he is doing:
Car #8 | Romain Grosjean| A French driver who is Kimi's teammate at Lotus. In the 2012 season he pretty much crashed every single race and many jokes were made about him needing glasses. He crashes more often then driver's in NASCAR do....
Car #9 | Nico Rosberg| A German driver for the Mercedes-Benz AMG team. He won one race last year at the Chinese Grand Prix. Other than that, I do not know much about him.
Car #10 | Lewis Hamilton| A British driver who is Nico's teammate. He won the 2008 Drivers Championship (which at the time made him the youngest person ever to win the Drivers Championship). Until this season he races for McLaren and is currently the fastest Formula 1 driver on the Top Gear UK Formula 1 leaderboard by a lot. Why the heck he joined Mercedes is still unclear since they are an average team compared to the teams above and he is my current favorite F1 driver.
At this point these drivers most likely be nobodies in terms of trying to win races each week so I'll just put their car number, name, country and team
Car #11 | Nico Hulkenberg | German, Sauber
Car #12 | Esteban Gutierrez | Mexican, Sauber (Rookie)
Car #14 | Paul di Resta | British, Force India
Car #15 | Adrian Sutil | German, Force India
Car #16 | Pastor Maldonado | Venezuelan, Williams. He is the most famous Pay-Driver in the world right now which most of the money came from now deceased Hugo Chavez which could cause problems in the future.
Car #17 | Valtteri Bottas | Finnish, Williams (Rookie)
Car #18 | Jean-Eric Vergne | French, Toro Rosso
Car #19 | Daniel Ricciardo | Australian, Toro Rosso
Car #20 | Charles Pic | French, Caterham
Car #21 | Giedo van der Garde | Dutch, Caterham (Rookie)
Car #22 | Jules Bianchi | French, Marussia
Car #23 | Max Chilton | British, Marussia