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WP:F1 Newsletter (September 2012)

The WikiProject Formula One Newsletter Year V · Issue 9 · September 3, 2012 – October 1, 2012 Previous month's issue
New users New members – Sas1998 (talk · contribs) (September 3) Eff Won (talk · contribs) (September 8) Badger80 (talk · contribs) (Sepetember 17) KHarber (talk · contribs) (September 22) New recipients – Badger80 (talk · contribs) (September 22) New editors – WikiProject news Check out Apterygial's My Insane Idea userproject, which aims to improve the 2008 Formula One season article and that season's Grands Prix to Featured Topic status. Newsletter news	Article developments Formula One articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 3 3 7 13 FL 2 3 1 6 A 2 2 GA 3 6 10 6 25 B 19 27 40 49 135 C 6 36 44 98 184 Start 15 101 185 692 993 Stub 18 130 1,540 1,688 List 1 7 18 4 30 Category 522 522 Disambig 8 8 File 2 2 Portal 35 35 Project 67 67 Redirect 20 20 Template 176 176 NA 40 40 Assessed 49 201 437 2,389 871 0 3,947 Unassessed 1 1 1 3 Total 49 202 437 2,390 871 1 3,950 See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Formula One/Article alerts
Editors' Comment Users are always welcome to help us with this newsletter. If you are interested, please leave a message on an existing editor's talkpage or sign up on the "Contributors" list of the central newsletter page, and we will tell you everything you need to know and answer your questions. Current contributors – Midgrid (talk · contribs) Cs-wolves (talk · contribs) Chubbennaitor (talk · contribs) How to help WPF1 – Expand the articles in Category:Formula One stubs. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Article requests: Daniele Coronna, Hans Fouche, Chris Radage, Steve Tarrant, Intertechnique, Elf Masters (fr) Copyedit: Bahrain Grand Prix, History of Formula One, Monaco Grand Prix, 2006 San Marino Grand Prix, Rob White (Formula One), Rob Smedley Expand: F1-X Dubai, Honda RA271, Paddy Lowe, Red Bull RB3, Spyker F1, Toyota TF107, BMW Sauber F1.07, Mario Theissen, Franz Tost, Chinese Grand Prix, Colin Kolles, Concorde Agreement, Formula One Constructors Association, McLaren MP4/1, Ove Andersson, Bob Bell, Korean International Circuit, Grand Prix Drivers' Association, Spyker F8-VII, Arai (company), Shoei, Schuberth Helme GmbH, Bell Racing Company, Jim Bamber, Nazir Hoosein, Formula One video games, Make Cars Green, Jonathan Legard, Michael Turner (illustrator) more Update: History of Formula One, 2011 Brazilian Grand Prix, Robert Doornbos, Formula One regulations, 2024 Formula One season, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Super Aguri F1, Divina Galica, Grand Prix World Championship Images needed: Max Mosley, Sakon Yamamoto, Jordan Grand Prix circa 1992-1997, Paddy Lowe, 2008 Turkish Grand Prix more For more work, see this generated list or the Auxiliary list
Images Below is the F1 Picture of the month (found here). The picture has to be one uploaded in the last month and only from the current season. It is exclusive to the Newsletter. REMEMBER, YOU CAN VOTE. Lewis Hamilton won the Italian Grand Prix for McLaren and then retired from the lead of the Singapore Grand Prix, before creating the off-track news story of the year by signing for the Mercedes team for 2013. New images 2012
Article of the month – 2012 Singapore Grand Prix The 2012 Singapore Grand Prix (formally known as the 2012 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix) is a Formula One motor race that took place at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Marina Bay, Singapore on 23 September 2012 as the fourteenth round of the 2012 season. The race was the thirteenth time that a Singapore Grand Prix has been held, and the fifth time it was a round of the Formula One World Championship. Lewis Hamilton started the race from pole. Sebastian Vettel won the race, his second of the season, after Hamilton's gearbox failed early in the race. (More...)
Drivers' Championship Position Driver Team Points 1st Fernando Alonso Ferrari 194 2nd Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 165 3rd Kimi Räikkönen Lotus 149 4th Lewis Hamilton McLaren 142 5th Mark Webber Red Bull 132 6th Jenson Button McLaren 119 7th Nico Rosberg Mercedes 93 8th Romain Grosjean Lotus 82 9th Sergio Pérez Sauber 66 10th Felipe Massa Ferrari 51 11th Paul di Resta Force India 44 12th Michael Schumacher Mercedes 43 13th Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 35 14th Nico Hülkenberg Force India 31 15th Pastor Maldonado Williams 29 16th Bruno Senna Williams 25 17th Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso 8 18th Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 6 19th Timo Glock Marussia 0 20th Heikki Kovalainen Caterham 0 21st Vitaly Petrov Caterham 0 22nd Jérôme d'Ambrosio Lotus 0 23rd Charles Pic Marussia 0 24th Narain Karthikeyan HRT 0 25th Pedro de la Rosa HRT 0 Constructors' Championship Position Constructor Entered Chassis Points 1st Red Bull Racing RB8 297 2nd Vodafone McLaren Mercedes MP4-27 261 3rd Scuderia Ferrari F2012 245 4th Lotus F1 Team E20 231 5th Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team F1 W03 136 6th Sauber F1 Team C31 101 7th Sahara Force India F1 Team VJM05 75 8th Williams F1 Team FW34 54 9th Scuderia Toro Rosso STR7 14 10th Marussia F1 Team MR01 0 11th Caterham F1 Team CT01 0 12th HRT F1 Team F112 0 See 2012 Formula One season for more information
Italian Grand Prix Driver Constructor Race Time 1st Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:19:41.221 2nd Sergio Pérez Sauber + 4.356 3rd Fernando Alonso Ferrari + 20.594 4th Felipe Massa Ferrari + 29.667 5th Kimi Räikkönen Lotus + 30.881 6th Michael Schumacher Mercedes + 31.259 7th Nico Rosberg Mercedes + 33.550 8th Paul di Resta Force India + 41.057 9th Kamui Kobayashi Sauber + 43.898 10th Bruno Senna Williams + 48.144 Fastest Lap: Nico Rosberg 1:27.239, on lap 53 Italian Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Row one Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:24.010 Jenson Button McLaren 1:24.133 Row two Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:24.247 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:24.540 Row three Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:24.802 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:24.833 Row four Kimi Räikkönen Lotus 1:24.855 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 1:25.109 Row five Paul di Resta Force India 1:24.304* Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:25.678 * Di Resta originally qualified fourth, but was given a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change. Gearbox penalty for Di Resta at Force India Friday Practice 1 – Schumacher starts well at Monza Friday Practice 2 – Hamilton ahead as McLaren edge Ferrari Saturday Practice – Hamilton by a thousandth Qualifying – McLaren lock out front row with Hamilton pole Race – Hamilton supreme at Monza, as Perez shines again
Singapore Grand Prix Driver Constructor Race Time 1st Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 2:00:26.144 2nd Jenson Button McLaren + 8.959 3rd Fernando Alonso Ferrari + 15.227 4th Paul di Resta Force India + 19.063 5th Nico Rosberg Mercedes + 34.784 6th Kimi Räikkönen Lotus + 35.759 7th Romain Grosjean Lotus + 36.698 8th Felipe Massa Ferrari + 42.829 9th Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso + 45.820 10th Sergio Pérez Sauber + 50.619† Fastest Lap: Nico Hülkenberg (Force India) 1:51.033, on lap 52 Singapore Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Row one Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:46.362 Pastor Maldonado Williams 1:46.804 Row two Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:46.905 Jenson Button McLaren 1:46.939 Row three Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:47.216 Paul di Resta Force India 1:47.241 Row four Mark Webber Red Bull 1:47.475 Romain Grosjean Lotus 1:47.788 Row five Michael Schumacher Mercedes No time* Nico Rosberg Mercedes No time* Race reduced from 61 laps to 59 laps due to the two-hour time limit. * Both Mercedes cars failed to record a flying lap time during Q3. Thus, they were ranked in car number order. † Mark Webber (10th, + 47.175) was given a 20-second time penalty post-race for "gaining an advantage by going off the track" when passing Kamui Kobayashi. Webber loses point after post-race penalty Friday Practice 1 – Vettel off to a flyer in Singapore Friday Practice 2 – Vettel dominates day one in Singapore Saturday Practice – Vettel makes it three from three Qualifying – Hamilton blasts to Singapore pole Race – Resurgent Vettel wins action-packed Singapore round

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WP:F1 Newsletter (September 2012)

The WikiProject Formula One Newsletter Year V · Issue 9 · September 3, 2012 – October 1, 2012 Previous month's issue
New users New members – Sas1998 (talk · contribs) (September 3) Eff Won (talk · contribs) (September 8) Badger80 (talk · contribs) (Sepetember 17) KHarber (talk · contribs) (September 22) New recipients – Badger80 (talk · contribs) (September 22) New editors – WikiProject news Check out Apterygial's My Insane Idea userproject, which aims to improve the 2008 Formula One season article and that season's Grands Prix to Featured Topic status. Newsletter news	Article developments Formula One articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 3 3 7 13 FL 2 3 1 6 A 2 2 GA 3 6 10 6 25 B 19 27 40 49 135 C 6 36 44 98 184 Start 15 101 185 692 993 Stub 18 130 1,540 1,688 List 1 7 18 4 30 Category 522 522 Disambig 8 8 File 2 2 Portal 35 35 Project 67 67 Redirect 20 20 Template 176 176 NA 40 40 Assessed 49 201 437 2,389 871 0 3,947 Unassessed 1 1 1 3 Total 49 202 437 2,390 871 1 3,950 See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Formula One/Article alerts
Editors' Comment Users are always welcome to help us with this newsletter. If you are interested, please leave a message on an existing editor's talkpage or sign up on the "Contributors" list of the central newsletter page, and we will tell you everything you need to know and answer your questions. Current contributors – Midgrid (talk · contribs) Cs-wolves (talk · contribs) Chubbennaitor (talk · contribs) How to help WPF1 – Expand the articles in Category:Formula One stubs. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Article requests: Daniele Coronna, Hans Fouche, Chris Radage, Steve Tarrant, Intertechnique, Elf Masters (fr) Copyedit: Bahrain Grand Prix, History of Formula One, Monaco Grand Prix, 2006 San Marino Grand Prix, Rob White (Formula One), Rob Smedley Expand: F1-X Dubai, Honda RA271, Paddy Lowe, Red Bull RB3, Spyker F1, Toyota TF107, BMW Sauber F1.07, Mario Theissen, Franz Tost, Chinese Grand Prix, Colin Kolles, Concorde Agreement, Formula One Constructors Association, McLaren MP4/1, Ove Andersson, Bob Bell, Korean International Circuit, Grand Prix Drivers' Association, Spyker F8-VII, Arai (company), Shoei, Schuberth Helme GmbH, Bell Racing Company, Jim Bamber, Nazir Hoosein, Formula One video games, Make Cars Green, Jonathan Legard, Michael Turner (illustrator) more Update: History of Formula One, 2011 Brazilian Grand Prix, Robert Doornbos, Formula One regulations, 2024 Formula One season, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Super Aguri F1, Divina Galica, Grand Prix World Championship Images needed: Max Mosley, Sakon Yamamoto, Jordan Grand Prix circa 1992-1997, Paddy Lowe, 2008 Turkish Grand Prix more For more work, see this generated list or the Auxiliary list
Images Below is the F1 Picture of the month (found here). The picture has to be one uploaded in the last month and only from the current season. It is exclusive to the Newsletter. REMEMBER, YOU CAN VOTE. Lewis Hamilton won the Italian Grand Prix for McLaren and then retired from the lead of the Singapore Grand Prix, before creating the off-track news story of the year by signing for the Mercedes team for 2013. New images 2012
Article of the month – 2012 Singapore Grand Prix The 2012 Singapore Grand Prix (formally known as the 2012 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix) is a Formula One motor race that took place at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Marina Bay, Singapore on 23 September 2012 as the fourteenth round of the 2012 season. The race was the thirteenth time that a Singapore Grand Prix has been held, and the fifth time it was a round of the Formula One World Championship. Lewis Hamilton started the race from pole. Sebastian Vettel won the race, his second of the season, after Hamilton's gearbox failed early in the race. (More...)
Drivers' Championship Position Driver Team Points 1st Fernando Alonso Ferrari 194 2nd Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 165 3rd Kimi Räikkönen Lotus 149 4th Lewis Hamilton McLaren 142 5th Mark Webber Red Bull 132 6th Jenson Button McLaren 119 7th Nico Rosberg Mercedes 93 8th Romain Grosjean Lotus 82 9th Sergio Pérez Sauber 66 10th Felipe Massa Ferrari 51 11th Paul di Resta Force India 44 12th Michael Schumacher Mercedes 43 13th Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 35 14th Nico Hülkenberg Force India 31 15th Pastor Maldonado Williams 29 16th Bruno Senna Williams 25 17th Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso 8 18th Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 6 19th Timo Glock Marussia 0 20th Heikki Kovalainen Caterham 0 21st Vitaly Petrov Caterham 0 22nd Jérôme d'Ambrosio Lotus 0 23rd Charles Pic Marussia 0 24th Narain Karthikeyan HRT 0 25th Pedro de la Rosa HRT 0 Constructors' Championship Position Constructor Entered Chassis Points 1st Red Bull Racing RB8 297 2nd Vodafone McLaren Mercedes MP4-27 261 3rd Scuderia Ferrari F2012 245 4th Lotus F1 Team E20 231 5th Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team F1 W03 136 6th Sauber F1 Team C31 101 7th Sahara Force India F1 Team VJM05 75 8th Williams F1 Team FW34 54 9th Scuderia Toro Rosso STR7 14 10th Marussia F1 Team MR01 0 11th Caterham F1 Team CT01 0 12th HRT F1 Team F112 0 See 2012 Formula One season for more information
Italian Grand Prix Driver Constructor Race Time 1st Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:19:41.221 2nd Sergio Pérez Sauber + 4.356 3rd Fernando Alonso Ferrari + 20.594 4th Felipe Massa Ferrari + 29.667 5th Kimi Räikkönen Lotus + 30.881 6th Michael Schumacher Mercedes + 31.259 7th Nico Rosberg Mercedes + 33.550 8th Paul di Resta Force India + 41.057 9th Kamui Kobayashi Sauber + 43.898 10th Bruno Senna Williams + 48.144 Fastest Lap: Nico Rosberg 1:27.239, on lap 53 Italian Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Row one Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:24.010 Jenson Button McLaren 1:24.133 Row two Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:24.247 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:24.540 Row three Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:24.802 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:24.833 Row four Kimi Räikkönen Lotus 1:24.855 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 1:25.109 Row five Paul di Resta Force India 1:24.304* Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:25.678 * Di Resta originally qualified fourth, but was given a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change. Gearbox penalty for Di Resta at Force India Friday Practice 1 – Schumacher starts well at Monza Friday Practice 2 – Hamilton ahead as McLaren edge Ferrari Saturday Practice – Hamilton by a thousandth Qualifying – McLaren lock out front row with Hamilton pole Race – Hamilton supreme at Monza, as Perez shines again
Singapore Grand Prix Driver Constructor Race Time 1st Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 2:00:26.144 2nd Jenson Button McLaren + 8.959 3rd Fernando Alonso Ferrari + 15.227 4th Paul di Resta Force India + 19.063 5th Nico Rosberg Mercedes + 34.784 6th Kimi Räikkönen Lotus + 35.759 7th Romain Grosjean Lotus + 36.698 8th Felipe Massa Ferrari + 42.829 9th Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso + 45.820 10th Sergio Pérez Sauber + 50.619† Fastest Lap: Nico Hülkenberg (Force India) 1:51.033, on lap 52 Singapore Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Row one Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:46.362 Pastor Maldonado Williams 1:46.804 Row two Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:46.905 Jenson Button McLaren 1:46.939 Row three Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:47.216 Paul di Resta Force India 1:47.241 Row four Mark Webber Red Bull 1:47.475 Romain Grosjean Lotus 1:47.788 Row five Michael Schumacher Mercedes No time* Nico Rosberg Mercedes No time* Race reduced from 61 laps to 59 laps due to the two-hour time limit. * Both Mercedes cars failed to record a flying lap time during Q3. Thus, they were ranked in car number order. † Mark Webber (10th, + 47.175) was given a 20-second time penalty post-race for "gaining an advantage by going off the track" when passing Kamui Kobayashi. Webber loses point after post-race penalty Friday Practice 1 – Vettel off to a flyer in Singapore Friday Practice 2 – Vettel dominates day one in Singapore Saturday Practice – Vettel makes it three from three Qualifying – Hamilton blasts to Singapore pole Race – Resurgent Vettel wins action-packed Singapore round

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