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	Kimi Räikkönen – “I’m sure we can make that last step” Kobayashi confident of good result in Monaco Two podiums in a row for you now; do you feel a win is around the corner? Twice now we’ve come close and I’m sure we can make that last step. Unfortunately you’re not always going to be able to challenge for the win, and if you get the chance you have to take it because it’s not every race that you will have the opportunity to go for it. Hopefully we can keep doing what we’re doing now and eventually I’m sure things will go exactly right and we’ll be up there. So far we’ve made good progress and the car has been strong everywhere. The next race is a bit different – Monaco – and it’s hard to say how we’ll go there. The team has done a good job, but we still have work to do and things to improve. So far the season is going well; obviously we’re not 100% happy because we’re not winning just yet, but that’s normal and I’m pleased the team want to push even further. Kimi Räikkönen – “I’m sure we can make that last step” Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi is confident the team can get good results in next weekend's Monaco GP. The Japanese driver qualified 9th in Spain because of a hydraulic issue, but managed to finish fifth. The latest updates in Spain was a definite step forward according to Kobayashi. "I think our car will be better in Monaco than it was last year because it has improved in slow corners," said Kobayashi. Q&A Kamui Kobayashi - Sauber - Before Monaco GP > Pirelli: Cracking the barcode
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	Sebastian VETTEL: Well, I think if you are competitive here I think it means that you have been previously. It's a track that we usually know quite a lot from winter testing, we have some data to compare to, so it's very familiar. But it doesn't mean if you are competitive here you are competitive everywhere. Equally, if you are not competitive here it doesn't mean you will never be competitive. I think it's similar to other tracks. Really, if you think which sector you're talking about, which speed range of the cars. KR: The rules are different to a few years ago, and you don’t necessarily have to be on pole to win. We’ll try, but I can’t predict what will happen; it’s very difficult to say before the weekend starts. The teams are very close, so if everything goes smoothly then we can be right up there, but small difficulties in any area and you’re suddenly much further back. We will know for sure on Sunday. If we’re top that’s great; if we’re not then there’s still work to do. I think we have a good package and we have... More Mercedes AMG GP CEO Nick Fry: I believe we can be consistently successful going forward. More
	“I really enjoyed driving here at Mugello again as it is a sensational track,” said Felipe "I don't think we should have come here. It is not safe and wide enough. If you lose it, the walls are so close and you will smash into the tyres. It is not for Formula 1 and, if you lost the steering or the tyre pressure dropped or whatever, then it will be a big crash," Petrov said. Eric Boullier on the Spanish GP - "I like the fact our drivers weren’t fully happy on the podium; they knew we could have won” After a strong Bahrain Grand Prix with both drivers on the podium, Eric Boullier reflects on the result and looks ahead to what could be possible for the rest of the season&ldots; More...
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	Drivers - After Bahrain 1 Sebastian Vettel 53 2 Lewis Hamilton 49 3 Mark Webber 48 4 Jenson Button 43 5 Fernando Alonso 43 6 Nico Rosberg 35 7 Kimi Räikkönen 34 8 Romain Grosjean 23 9 Sergio Pérez 22 10 Paul Di Resta 15 11 Bruno Senna 14 12 Kamui Kobayashi 9 13 Jean-Eric Vergne 4 14 Pastor Maldonado 4 15 Daniel Ricciardo 2 16 Nico Hülkenberg 2 17 Felipe Massa 2 18 Michael Schumacher 2 19 Timo Glock 0 20 Charles Pic 0 21 Vitaly Petrov 0 22 Heikki Kovalainen 0 23 Pedro de la Rosa 0 23 Narain Karthikeyan 0 Teams - After Bahrain 1 Red Bull/Renault 101 2 McLaren/Mercedes 92 3 Lotus/Renault 57 4 Ferrari 45 5 Mercedes 37 6 Sauber/Ferrari 31 7 Williams/Renault 18 8 Force India/Mercedes 17 9 Toro Rosso/Ferrari 6 10 Marussia/Cosworth 0 11 Caterham/Renault 0 12 HRT/Cosworth 0
	PRE-SEASON TESTING 1-4 MARCH 2012 - TEST 3 TEST 2 - BARCELONA 21-24 FEB | TEST 3 - BARCELONA 1-4 MARCH | TEST 4 - MUGELLO 1-3 MAY | BAHRAIN TICKETS Test 3 Day 4 1 Raikkonen 1m22.030s 2 Alonso 1m22.250s 3 Senna 1m22.296s 4 Hulkenberg 1m22.312s 5 Kobayashi 1m22.386s 6 Hamilton 1m22.430s 7 Petrov 1m22.795s 8 Schumacher 1m22.939s 9 Ricciardo 1m23.393s 10 Vettel 1m23.608s Test 3 Day 3  1 Perez 1m22.094s 2 Button 1m22.103s 3 Ricciardo 1m22.155s 4 Massa 1m22.413s 5 Di Resta 1m22.446s 6 Senna 1m22.480s 7 Kovalainen 1m22.630s 8 Webber 1m22.662s 9 Rosberg 1m22.932s 10 Raikkonen 1m25.379s TEST 3: Day 2 1 Grosjean 1m22.614s 2 Vergne 1m23.126s 3 Vettel 1m23.361s 4 Alonso Ferrari 1m23.447s 5 Kovalainen 1m23.828s 6 Kobayashi 1m23.836s 7 Hulkenberg 1m23.893s 8 Schumacher 1m23.978s 9 Hamilton 1m24.111s 10 Senna 1m24.925s 11 Maldonado 1m TEST 3: Day 2 - Mid day 1 Vergne 1m23.126s 2 Alonso 1m23.447s 3 Grosjean 1m23.528s 4 Vettel 1m23.536s 5 Kovalainen 1m23.828s 6 Hulkenberg 1m23.893s 7 Hamilton 1m24.111s 8 Schumacher 1m24.663s 9 Maldonado 1m25.801s 10 Kobayashi 1m26.111s TEST 3: Day 1 1 Grosjean 1m23.252s 2 Button 1m23.510s 3 Perez 1m23.820s 4 Webber 1m23.830s 5 Rosberg 1m23.992s 6 Vergne 1m24.216s 7 Di Resta 1m24.305s 8 Massa 1m24.318s 9 Petrov 1m24.876s 10 Maldonado 1m25.587s TEST 3: Day 1 - Mid day 1 Button 1m23.510 2 Perez 1m23.820 3 Grosjean 1m23.959 4 Rosberg 1m23.992 5 Webber 1m23.993 6 Vergne 1m24.216 7 Di Resta 1m24.305s 8 Massa 1m24.318s 9 Petrov 1m24.876s 10 Maldonado 1m25.587s 21-24 FEBRUARY 2012 Test 2 - Barcelona - 21-24 Feb - Top times from each day Day 1 Day 2: Day 3 Day 4: 1 Vettel 1m23.2 2 1 Hulk 1m22.6 1 Maldonado 1m22.391 1. Kobayashi 1m22.312s Barcelona day 1: 1 Vettel 1m23.2 2 Hulk 1m23.4 3 Hamilton 1m23.5 4 Ricci 1m23.6 5 Alonso 1m24.1 6 Sch 1m24.1 7 Perez 1m24.2 Barcelona Day 2: 1 Hulk 1m22.6 2 Perez 1m22.6 3 Vettel 1m22.8 4 Alonso 1m23.1 5 Ricc 1m23.6 6 Ham 1m23.8 Barcelona Day 3: Mid day - 1 Maldonado 1m22.391 2 Schumacher 1m23.384 3 Kobayashi 1m23.582 4 Button 1m23.918 5 Vergne 1m24.433s 6 Massa 1m24.771 7 Webber 1m24.835 8 Glock 1m26.173 Barcelona Day 3: 1 Maldonado 1m22.391 2 Schumacher 1m23.384 3 Kobayashi 1m23.582 4 Button 1m23.918 5 Vergne 1m24.433 6 Webber 1m24.771 7 Massa 1m24.771 8 Di Resta 1m25.646 9 Glock 1m26.173 10 Petrov 1m26.448 Barcelona Day 4: - Mid day -1 Kobayashi 1m22.312 2 Maldonado 1m22.561 3 Button 1m23.200 4 Di Resta 1m23.304 5 Massa 1m23.563 6 Webber 1m23.774 7 Vergne 1m23.792 8 Rosberg 1m24.092 9 Kovalainen 1m27.047 Barcelona day 4: 1. Kobayashi 1m22.312s (145) 2. Maldonado 1m22.561s (134) 3. Di Resta 1m23.119s (101) 4. Button 1m23.200s (115) 5. Massa 1m23.563s (103) 6. Webber Red Bull 1m23.774s (85) 7. Vergne 1m23.792s (92) 8. Rosberg 1m23.843s (139) 9. Kovalainen 1m26.968s (70) We are passionate about ** FORMULA ONE ** Spain RACE 5 13 May MUGELLO TEST 1-3 MAY FIA 2012 Regulations 2012 Technical Regulations 2011 FIA Prize giving Vide NEW CARS CLICK HERE MORE NEWS Visit the archive 2012/02/22 2012/02/16 | 2012/02/24 | Visit old site |
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