Lewis Hamilton qualified in fourth place in Malaysia
Samstag, 23.März 2013Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg qualified in fourth and sixth places for the Malaysian Grand Prix this afternoon.
Both drivers completed one run on the hard compound tyre in Q1 and one run on the medium compound in Q2. With rain starting to fall during the second qualifying session, Q3 required the [...]
F1 Australia 2013 – Qualifying: Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg qualified in third and sixth places
Sonntag, 17.März 2013Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg qualified in third and sixth places during the delayed Qualifying session for the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park this morning.
Nico topped both Q1 on Saturday afternoon and Q2 this morning, with both fastest times set on intermediate tyres. In Q3, the drivers completed a ‘banker’ [...]
2012 Indian Grand Prix – Qualifying: Rosberg qualified in 10th place
Samstag, 27.Oktober 2012Nico Rosberg qualified in 10th place for the Indian Grand Prix, whilst Michael Schumacher will start from 14th position.
Nico used two sets of soft tyres and one set of hard tyres, setting his fastest time of 1:25.976 on used softs in Q2. Nico will take two new sets of hard and one new set of [...]
Gary Paffett starts from front row in DTM finale
Samstag, 20.Oktober 2012In Sunday’s closing race of the 2012 DTM season (shown live on ARD from 13:45 CET), current championship leader Gary Paffett (THOMAS SABO Mercedes AMG C-Coupé) will be starting from second place on the grid. In the Q4 shootout, Paffett set a time of 1:34,261 minutes. Starting from pole position will be Augusto Farfus (BMW [...]
F1 Korean Grand Prix: Qualifying – Webber on pole
Samstag, 13.Oktober 2012Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher qualified in ninth and tenth places today for the Korean Grand Prix.
Both Michael and Nico qualified in the top ten for the ninth time in the 2012 season. The main challenge of the session was optimising new tyre usage over the long lap. Nico progressed through [...]
F1 Japanese Grand Prix 2012: Qualifying
Samstag, 6.Oktober 2012Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg qualified in 13th and 15th positions today for the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka.
Knowing that he would take a ten-place grid penalty, Michael took an aggressive approach to qualifying. He made a single Q1 run on the prime tyre, and a single Q2 run on the option, to finish the [...]
DTM Oschersleben: Gary Paffett on front row and Jamie Green on row two
Samstag, 15.September 2012On Sunday in the eighth DTM race of the season at Oschersleben (live at 13.45pm on ARD television), Gary Paffett (THOMAS SABO Mercedes AMG C-Coupé) is in second place on the grid in the 140th race since 2000 of the ‘new’ DTM.
In the time trial at the end of the qualifying session, the British [...]
2012 Hungarian Grand Prix: Qualifying
Samstag, 28.Juli 2012Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher qualified in 17th and 13th places respectively today at the Hungaroring.
Both drivers progressed smoothly through Q1 using one set of primes and one set of option tyres each. Nico and Michael completed two runs on option tyres in Q2, however both were unable to progress to Q3. Michael did not [...]
F1 Hockenheim Grand Prix – Michael Schumacher will start from the second row of the grid
Samstag, 21.Juli 2012After an eventful and weather-affected qualifying hour, Michael Schumacher will start from the second row of the grid tomorrow for the German Grand Prix, with team-mate Nico Rosberg qualifying in 17th place.
The pole position time this afternoon was 24.9 seconds slower than the fastest time in Q1. Nico was third fastest in the dry first [...]
British Grand Prix 2012: Qualifying
Samstag, 7.Juli 2012Another dramatic and weather-affected day at Silverstone saw an extended qualifying session lasting just over two hours.
Michael qualified third for tomorrow’s British Grand Prix – his second top-three qualifying performance in four races. This was the team’s sixth top-six qualifying performance of the 2012 season so far. Nico qualified 13th but [...]
DTM Norisring 2012 – Gary Paffett scores 111th DTM pole for Mercedes
Samstag, 30.Juni 2012Gary Paffett (THOMAS SABO Mercedes AMG C-Coupé) will start Sunday’s fifth round of the DTM in Nuremberg from pole position.
The British driver set a time of 49.139 seconds in the individual time trial at the end of qualifying. It is his tenth DTM pole and his first at this track. Since 1988, Mercedes-Benz has [...]
2012 European Grand Prix: Qualifying
Samstag, 23.Juni 2012Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher qualified in sixth and 12th places today for the European Grand Prix in Valencia.
Nico’s final qualifying lap was slowed by traffic, leaving him P6 – although he was fastest after the first run. Q2 was the closest of the year, with the top 10 covered by [...]
F1 Canada Qualifying – Nico Rosberg in fifth position
Samstag, 9.Juni 2012Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher qualified in fifth and ninth positions for the Canadian Grand Prix today.
Nico missed third practice owing to a problem with a fuel connector, which was resolved quickly after the session. Just 0.493s separated the top 10 cars in Q2, but this was still only the fourth [...]
DTM Spielberg 2012 – Gary Paffett on front row again
Samstag, 2.Juni 2012Gary Paffett (THOMAS SABO Mercedes AMG C-Coupé) will start tomorrow’s race at Spielberg from second on the grid.
The Englishman posted a time of 1:26.292 minutes in the fourth and final segment of qualifying. Pole position went to Edoardo Mortara (Audi) with a time of 1:26.171.
Following the Mercedes-Benz one-two in qualifying at Brands Hatch a [...]
2012 Monaco Grand Prix: Qualifying
Samstag, 26.Mai 2012Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg qualified in first and third positions during this afternoon’s qualifying session for the 70th Monaco Grand Prix. Michael will start from sixth position on the grid tomorrow, while Nico will line up in second place.
Michael qualified on pole for the first time since the 2006 French Grand Prix but will [...]
Gary Paffett secures 110th DTM pole for Mercedes – 65th double pole through Christian Vietoris in second place
Samstag, 19.Mai 2012Gary Paffett (THOMAS SABO Mercedes AMG C-Coupé) is on pole position for his home race at Brands Hatch on Sunday. This is the third race of the 2012 DTM season.
The Brit drove a lap of 41.266 in the final shoot-out segment of qualifying. It is his ninth DTM pole position and his first at [...]
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