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RACING
84
64
Meet John
Barnard,
creator of F1’s
first semi-
automatic
gearbox
Mexican F1
fans could
soon get a
GP of their
own. We
investigate…
54Pastor
Maldonado on
why he’s still
positive about
his future
at Williams
SECOND SECTOR: THE FEATURES
42 MARK WEBBER ON LEAVING F1 The sport’s toughest competitor opens up to Peter
Windsor about the reasons behind his decision to quit
50 MARK’S FINEST F1 RACING MOMENTS He’s no stranger to the pages of this mag. We look back
at some of the more unusual shoots he’s obliged us with
54 YOU ASK THE QUESTIONS Pastor Maldonado on racing for a team who aren’t
performing, and why that point in Hungary meant so much
58 BACK IN THE RING We head to Austria, to check out the Red Bull Ring,
which looks set to join the F1 calendar for 2014
64 WHERE NEXT FOR F1? The classic old circuits that are about to make a comeback
70 MURRAY AT 90 Mr Walker lets other people do the talking, as they offer
up their personal tributes on the eve of his 90th birthday
76 MEET THE GAME CHANGERS Behind the scenes, the best brains in the business
generate fierce competition for their technical services
82 IN CONVERSATION WITH JOHN ILEY Caterham’s performance director on the challenges ahead
84 WHEN MAURICE MET JOHN BARNARD From carbon fibre monocoques to semi-automatic
gearboxes, technical ace John Barnard was a true
pioneering genius, as Maurice Hamilton discovers
93 STEVEN TEE: LIFE THROUGH A LENS As he celebrates his 500th GP at Singapore, we present
his most stunning photographs from the past 29 years
FIRST SECTOR: THE REGULARS
10 IGNITION OUR MARK WEBBER RETROSPECTIVE
12 PARADES THE BEST SHOTS FROM SPA AND MONZA
18 PITPASS NEWS, OPINION AND ANALYSIS
30 PITPASS TECH THE SCIENCE BEHIND F1 MATERIALS
32 PETER WINDSOR REMEMBERING FRANÇOIS CEVERT
35 DIETER RENCKEN THE STATE OF IN-RACE SECURITY
37 VALTTERI BOTTAS GETS SET FOR THE FLYAWAY RACES
38 INBOX FORGET THE GRAPHICS – GIVE US A SHOW!
40 NOW THAT WAS A CAR THE FERRARI 126C4
102 SUBSCRIBE AND GET A FREE CREDIT CARD CASE
THIRD SECTOR: FINISHING STRAIGHT
106 BELGIAN GP REPORT A DOMINANT WIN FOR VETTEL
110 ITALIAN GP PREVIEW VETTEL WINS; THE TIFOSI BOO
114 SINGAPORE GP PREVIEW FORMULA 1 RACES BY NIGHT
116 KOREAN GP PREVIEW THREE VERY DIFFERENT SECTORS
118 JAPANESE GP PREVIEW THE DRIVERS’ FAVOURITE
121 TOM CLARKSON ON AN AGE-OLD BATTLE
122 MURRAY WALKER MEMORIES OF GERHARD BERGER
MARK WEBBER On leaving F1 to lead the Porsche sportscar programme
MURRAY WALKER Friends, fans and colleagues do the talking – for once
GAME CHANGERS The in-demand technical brains who drive F1 forwards
STEVEN TEE Our ace lensman chooses his favourite photographs
70
76
93
42
CONTENTS / OCTOBER 2013
COVER STORIES
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Cover: Spencer Murphy/ Red Bull Content Pool
93
42All eyes are on
Mark Webber
following the
announcement
of his retirement
from Formula 1
Steven Tee
presents his
favourite
shots from
the past 500
grands prix
58 70Could
Austria’s
Red Bull Ring
see active
service
in 2014?
Murray’s all
ears and no
words as his
birthday
wishes come
flooding in
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RACING
Thanks to Charles Best, Matt Bishop, James Cartwright, Tim Clarke, Glenn Dunbar, Sophie Eden, Fiona Fallon, Kerry Fenwick, Andrew Ferraro, Bernd Fisa, Ross Gregory, Rob Halloway, Oliver Kraus, Bradley Lord, Mercedes-Benz UK, Anthony McDonald, Spencer Murphy, Ann Neal, Kat Osman, Mary Paslawski, Catherine Shaw, Steven Tee, Katie Tweedle, Ricky Sowten, Richard St Clair-Quentin, Alex Wurz, Tom Webb, Mark Webber, Kevin Wood, Tim Wright, Hannes Wuchterl
We celebrate a selection
of Formula 1 greats
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THE TEAM
Editor
Anthony Rowlinson
Managing Editor
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Contributors
Maurice Hamilton
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On La Source Mark Webber tiptoes around Spa on intermediates as rain
hits the track in the dying minutes of qualifying. Ahead of him is a lap into
the unknown as he discovers the lack of grip through Raidillon, Pouhon and
Blanchimont. These are the challenges he’ll miss when he departs F1...
Where Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium When 2.57pm, Saturday 24 August 2013
Photographer Steven Tee/LAT
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Parade
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Say cheese! When one of F1 Racing’s regular contributing photographers
asked Fernando Alonso to take his camera onto the Monza podium, he
refused. In parc fermé he gave Alonso his own iPhone and asked again. This
was the result. A cheesy ‘selfie’ in front of thousands of wild Italian tifosi
Where Monza, Italy When 3.41pm, Sunday 8 September 2013
Photographer Fernando Alonso / Lorenzo Bellanca
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Parade
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parkland wasn’t up to his usual exacting standards. After failing to make Q3
in qualifying, he said he’d driven like an “idiot”. But despite a problem with the
car’s floor, a spirited comeback on Sunday helped restore the faith
Where Monza, Italy When 2.24pm, Friday 6 September 2013
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18 F1 Racing October 2013
NEWS
Kimi to partner Alonso at new Ferrari super-teamRäikkönen will replace Massa at a revamped Scuderia, creating F1's strongest line-up of 2014
Räikkönen rejoins his old team on a one-year contract
with an option for 2015
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F1 Racing October 2013 19
WINNERS + SPINNERSUPS AND DOWNS ON THE F1 ROLLER COASTER
Robin Frijns
Sauber have just informed the talented Dutch driver Robin
Frijns that he will not continue as the team’s reserve driver
moving into 2014. With Sergey Sirotkin already lined up for
the role, it seems that money talks…
Shell
The fuel company were title sponsors of the recent Belgian
Grand Prix. Worryingly for the circuit owners, environmental
protesters from Greenpeace managed to evade security
and scale the main grandstand and sabotage the podium
to protest about Shell’s plans to drill for oil in the Artic.
Nervous flyers
A draft 2014 calendar was doing the rounds in the paddock
at the Italian GP. The schedule featured 21 races, with
the last seven of them taking place outside Europe. Flying
between Singapore, Japan, Russia, Abu Dhabi, Mexico,
USA and Brazil means 25,000 miles in the air.
Fans of two-wheeled sporting activity
Fernando Alonso will become a team owner in world
cycling after buying the Spanish Euskaltel Euskadi setup.
The team were set to close due to a lack of funding, but
Alonso’s move will now ensure they continue in events
such as the Tour de France.
British drivers in F1
James Calado will dovetail the remainder of his GP2
campaign with a new role at Force India. The 24-year-old
drove in Friday practice at Monza and is set to retain the
role as test and reserve drive into 2014.
Aficionados of sudden bursts of enormous activity
Lotus PR man Andy Stobart deserves recognition
after he gamely cycled – yes, cycled – between the
Belgian and Italian Grands Prix. Over nine days, he
covered nine countries and 750 miles between Spa
and Monza. Great effort.
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from Monaco, who competes in
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How good is he?Pre-Monza, he’d notched up
three wins to lead this year’s GP2
series. But he’s failed to score in
the last seven races and has now
dropped to third in the standings.
Anything else we need to know about him?It perhaps doesn’t quite fall into
the category of ‘need to know’,
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claims to have been conceived by
parents Armande and Gianluigi
while they were holidaying on
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autumn 1988. He caught the
racing bug when his father took
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champion Guido Mandracci, who
took Stefano under his wing.
F1 chancesHe’s has been competing in
GP2 since 2009 and despite
his recent poor form and a lack
of F1 running, he is still a title
contender. Much depends on
his recovering his lost form.
1 Which former grand prix circuit
had corners named Dry Sack and
Angel Nieto?
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the 1984 Monaco GP and the 1991
Australian GP have in common?
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(below, left) at Ferrari in 1973?
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Gachot drove for who in 1994?
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at the 1981 Las Vegas GP?
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(below, right) score his 91st and
final victory in Formula 1?
7 Whose autobiography is called
Beyond The Limit?
8 Which landmark was achieved
at the 1990 Australian GP?
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Coulthard or Jacques Villeneuve?
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Caterham driver Giedo van der
Garde race this year?
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Situation at
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Ferrari’s focus on 2014 could
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38 F1 Racing October 2013
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Now that was a car
No 20 The Ferrari 126C4A final hurrah for the Scuderia’s turbo-powered 126C series
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FERRARI 126C4
TECH SPEC
Engine 1.5-litre turbo
Ferrari 031
Layout V6 (120°)
Power 660bhp
Maximum revs 11,000rpm
Weight 540kg
Wheelbase 2,600mm
Transmission Ferrari 5-speed
manual
Fuel and oil Agip
Tyres Goodyear
Notable drivers Michele Alboreto
René Arnoux
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Advance, Australian Fair
F1 Racing October 2013 43
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On Paul Stoddart: “Stoddy was brave
and tried to take on a lot of people
with Minardi. He bankrolled me initially”
On Alonso: I’ve raced him since F3000,
so I’ve known him a long, long time. On
a Sunday afternoon, he’s incredible”
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I continued for as long as I did. He’s
an inspiring guy to work with”
Mark Webber: the F1 yearsJAMES ROBERTS
LOOKS BACK OVER
MARK WEBBER’S 12
SEASONS IN THE SPORT
2002
Webber finishes
fifth on his debut,
claiming Minardi’s
first points in three
years. They finish
ahead of Toyota in
the constructors’
championship.
2003
At Interlagos, in
his third race since
joining Jaguar,
Webber produces
a brilliant qualifying
lap to give the
team its highest
grid slot – third.
2004
In a season
dominated by
Ferrari, Webber
manages to split
the scarlet cars
in qualifying at
Sepang, earning his
first ever front row.
2005
The first podium comes at last but Webber
isn’t smiling. Having moved to Williams,
he is on course for a strong result at
Monaco. But then the team choose to pit
Nick Heidfeld before Webber, ‘Quick Nick’
finishes second to a fuming Webber’s third.
2006
One year later, Webber
is heading for another third-
place finish for Williams at
Monaco, when a spectacularly
fiery exhaust failure dashes
his hopes.
2007
Now at Red Bull, Webber’s best chance of a win comes
in torrential rain at Fuji. He’s sick in the cockpit due to
food-poisoning, and is doggedly chasing down Lewis
Hamilton for the lead when the Safety Car is deployed
and future team-mate Sebastian Vettel drives into the
back of him. It’s the start of an interesting relationship…
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On the best car he’s driven: “The RB6 at Budapest
2010. I won when Seb had a drive-through and I
had to get a lap over Fernando. That car, around
there, was just amazing. Turns 8 and 9 were what
I remember most. Just phenomenal”
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win in 2010: “I’m annoyed I lost
my boots. Probably got nicked
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Pre-season, Webber breaks a leg and shoulder
during his Tasmania Challenge charity event.
Red Bull underline their competitiveness with
their first victory as new team-mate Seb Vettel
leads Webber home in China. At the Nürburgring,
Webber scores his maiden pole and win.
2010
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Red Bull drivers: while battling for the lead, Vettel hits Webber,
scuppering either driver’s chance of victory. Three races later,
at Silverstone, Vettel gets priority with a front-wing update
and Webber makes it clear he feels unsupported. “Not bad for
a number two driver,” he quips after winning the race.
On [his manager] Briatore: “I can’t say a
bad word about what Flavio’s done with
me. He’s always boxed my corner”
On Haug: “I had a really good time
with Mercedes [in sportscars] and
Norbert was always a supporter”
2008
A second year with Red Bull gets
off to an inauspicious start for
Webber when he qualifies 14th at
his home race then crashes out.
It is a disappointing season, with
fourth in Monaco the only highlight.
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The metal rod that held
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following his cycling
accident in 2008
2011
Webber takes his only win of the year
at the season-ending Brazilian GP.
He finishes third in the drivers’ world
championship, having clocked up
seven fastest laps – more than any
other driver that year.
2012
More rancour at the Brazilian GP as Vettel
homes in on his third world title. He needs a
good result to acquire it, but Webber subtly
impedes his progress by squeezing him at
the first corner. A spin later in the lap forces
Vettel to charge back through from 22nd.
2013
Animosity spills out in public again as Vettel refuses
to obey the team’s coded ‘multi-21’ order to remain
in formation, bullying his way past Webber to win
the race. The TV broadcast from the drivers’
pre-podium ‘green room’, mercilessly exposes the
frosty atmosphere between the team-mates.
WORDS STEWART WILLIAMS
Mark Webber made his presence felt in this magazine even before his F1 debut, and he’s
indulged us with some of our most off-the-wall ideas ever since. Here are a
selection of our favourite Webber moments – and, yes, he really
did stand on his head…
“I’d stand on my head for F1 Racing…”
50 F1 Racing October 2013
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WORDS ANTHONY ROWLINSON PORTRAITS ANDREW FERRARO/LAT
It’s not been the easiest season for Williams’
most recent winner, but he’s happy to open up
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THE A1-RING’S MOST
MEMORABLE MOMENTSWhen the Österreichring re-opened for F1 business as the A1-Ring in 1997, critics ho-hummed at the truncated layout. But that didn’t stop it from playing host to some pretty remarkable events…
‘PROST-GATE’ 1997Alain Prost bought the Ligier team at the
beginning of 1997, changing the name to
Prost GP, and this first season would prove to
be their most competitive. Olivier Panis shone
brightly until breaking his legs in Canada,
and his stand-in, Jarno Trulli, announced his
arrival on the world stage by leading the
Austrian Grand Prix commandingly until his
Mugen engine began to tighten up. It finally
blew 12 laps from home while he was running
in second place.
‘BIFF-GATE’1999With Michael Schumacher out of the picture
– after breaking his leg at Silverstone two
weeks earlier – this race was McLaren’s to
lose. And lose it they did, despite both cars
being a second faster than new Ferrari team
leader Eddie Irvine in qualifying. At Turn 2,
David Coulthard biffed a bemused Mika
Häkkinen off the track, leaving the way open
for Irvine to claim victory.
‘VENISON-GATE’ 2002A classic sense of humour failure on the
pitwall after Juan Pablo Montoya’s engineer
radioed him to warn of a deer on track.
“Oh deer!” laughed Juan.
“A deer,” came the emphatic response. “Er,
like a horse with horns.”
“I know, I know… Oh deer! Ha ha ha!”
‘BRAKE-GATE’ 2002The action had only just begun again
following a Safety Car intervention when
Nick Heidfeld got his braking very wrong
for the Remus Kurve, arriving at the
corner backwards and at largely unabated
speed before slamming into the side of an
unsuspecting Takuma Sato’s Jordan.
‘BOO-GATE’ 2002In 2001, Ferrari ordered Rubens Barrichello to
hand second place to Michael Schumacher as
McLaren’s David Coulthard claimed the win.
In 2002, Rubens was leading when the call
came to swap. Bad move. Rubens dropped
back on the last lap, and an enraged crowd
booed Schumacher off the top of the podium.
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give an uninterrupted view of the entire circuit
The podium is at the pit building’s centre. It’s
hosted various ceremonies – but no F1 action yet
Mid-’80s turbo cars, running four-bar boost, were the wildest F1 has seen. Austrian ace Gerhard Berger recalls the thrill of driving the Benetton-BMW B186 on home turf
They sat one-two on the grid: the garishly
purposeful Benetton-BMWs of Teo Fabi
(on pole) and team-mate Gerhard Berger.
With more than 1,000bhp – maybe more
than 1,400bhp for a qualifying ‘grenade’
engine – and one-lap super-sticky Pirelli
qualifying tyres, these cars were the fastest
way of lapping the high-speed Österreichring.
And boy oh boy, for all the dangers
inherent in driving cars designed to be OTT,
did the drivers ever love them at a circuit
so speedsome.“Yeah, it was the best time,”
Berger recalls, eyes glinting. “It was a time
when the driver could make the difference.
If you were really brave you could be a second
ahead of your team-mate in quali… if not,
you’d be two seconds off.”
Berger explains the extreme performance
of cars like the B186 through the conflicting
demands of high-boost turbos – turned up
to the max for qualifying – combined with
qualifying tyres: “You wanted to brake much
earlier because you were arriving at the
corners so much faster, but you knew the
tyres were giving you the grip to brake much
later. Yet you only had one lap from tyres and
engine to get it right.
“Everything was so squeezed it was mad.
The engines would literally melt after one
lap of putting out 1,400bhp, and the tyres
were completely finished. There’s never been
anything like it in Formula 1. On full boost it
was madness really…”
Interview by Anthony Rowlinson
TURN IT UP!
The flag cupboard does what it says on the tin:
flags are stored here for use in podium ceremonies
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The pit building now consists of 24 pit garages,
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Formula 1’s era of rampant expansion may be coming to an end as unloved grands prix drop off the calendar, and some familiar territories gear up to makea popular return…
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Chances of a return 9/10
Stands need redevelopment Only in Mexico…
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Victory for Massa, 2008
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68 F1 Racing October 2013
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home of the Italian GP, could become a victim of
F1’s continued push into emerging markets and
the multi-millions that some governments are
willing to pay in the name of tourism.
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yet. Some of those recently emerged F1 markets
seem to be sinking as quickly as they started to
swim. Turkey is gone and forgotten. India is gone
for next season but has hopes of a return in 2015.
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schedule it’s far from easy to get back on again.
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India in exile. Since the teams are determined to
have no more than 20 races on the calendar – and
a number of venues are joining the queue – then
something’s got to give. And those markets that
have struggled to attract fans to cover the larger
part of their race fee may be the first to go.
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Clay Regazzoni, 1976
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recount their most special memories of the inimitable Murray Walker
And look at that!
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PORTRAIT CHARLES BEST
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MURRAY WALKER AT 90
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F1 Racing October 2013 75
MURRAY WALKER AT 90
76 F1 Racing October 2013
WORDS ANDREW BENSON
F1’s tech geniuses can command higher salaries than the drivers, although they swap teams less
often. As three big names change allegiances, we ask: can one man
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“Symonds brings
practical engineering
nous of the highest
order, gravitas, clear
thinking and title-
winning pedigree”
F1 Racing October 2013 81
Williams seemed to be turning
the corner in 2012, but a dismal
start to 2013 has seen them
go backwards again
On the hopes
for Caterham
and the
headaches
of 2014
INTERVIEW
JAMES ROBERTS
PORTRAIT
CHARLES COATES/LAT
In conversation with
JohnIIey
1990 After
graduating
with a degree
in automotive
engineering
from Lanchester
Polytechnic,
Iley is hired by
Brun Technics
to work on their
Judd-powered
sportscar
1993 Spends
five years
working on
aerodynamics
for the Lola and
Swift Indycars
1997 Joins
Jordan as senior
aerodynamicist
2001 Follows
Mike Gascoyne
from Jordan
to Renault.
Iley spends
two years at
Enstone as head
of aerodynamics
2003 Moves
to Italy, where
he spends the
next six years
in Maranello as
Ferrari’s head of
aerodynamics
2009 Returns
home to the
UK as head of
aerodynamics
at McLaren
2012 Takes on
his current role
as performance
director at
Caterham,
in Leafield,
Oxfordshire
F1 Racing October 2013 83
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Factfile
Date of birth
29 September
1967Birthplace
Stratford-upon-Avon, UKTeam
CaterhamRole
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84 F1 Racing October 2013
From designing an Indy 500 winner in his father’s front room to launching the semi-automatic gearbox on an unsuspecting world, pioneering designer John Barnard has had an immense impact on motor racing. Nowadays he’s just as happy designing furniture – in carbon fibre, of course…
PORTRAITS DREW GIBSON/LAT
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FINISHING STRAIGHT
Red Bull rack ’em up
F1 Racing October 2013 105
With wins for Vettel at Spa and Monza, Webber’s solid support and a 102-point lead over closest rivals Ferrari, Red Bull seem set for a fourth consecutive title double
REPORTS
106 BELGIAN GP REPORTSeb is simply sublime over
Formula 1’s longest lap
110 ITALIAN GP REPORTThe tifosi aren’t happy as
Seb does it again at Monza
PREVIEWS
114 SINGAPORE GPPREVIEWGet set for a challenging
series of turns – by night
116 KOREAN GPPREVIEWThree very different sectors
put teams through their paces
118 JAPANESE GPPREVIEWThe fast, flowing figure-of-
eight that’s loved by all
122 MURRAY WALKER… When Gerhard Berger happened to ponder
whether Murray still remembered him, the
recollections came thick and fast…
106 F1 Racing October 2013
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FINISHING STRAIGHT
THE RESULTS (44 LAPS)
CLIMATE TRACK TEMP
THE RACETHE GRID
FASTEST PITSTOP
THROUGH SPEED TRAP
Fastest: Felipe Massa,
190.86mph
1st Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1h23m42.196s
2nd Fernando Alonso Ferrari +16.869s
3rd Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +27.734s
4th Nico Rosberg Mercedes +29.872s
5th Mark Webber Red Bull +33.845s
6th Jenson Button McLaren +40.794s
7th Felipe Massa Ferrari +53.922s
8th Romain Grosjean Lotus +55.846s
9th Adrian Sutil Force India +69.547s
10th Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso +73.470s
11th Sergio Pérez McLaren +81.936s
12th Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso +86.740s
13th Nico Hülkenberg Sauber +88.258s
14th Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber +100.436s
15th Valtteri Bottas Williams +107.456s
16th Giedo van der Garde Caterham +1 lap
17th Pastor Maldonado Williams +1 lap
18th Jules Bianchi Marussia +1 lap
19th Max Chilton Marussia +2 laps
Retirements
Paul Di Resta Force India 26 laps – accident
Kimi Räikkönen Lotus 25 laps – brakes
Charles Pic Caterham 8 laps – oil leak
Fernando Alonso, 22.444secs (entry to exit)
Sebastian Vettel, lap 40, 1min 50.756secs
FASTEST LAP
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1st Red Bull 312pts
2nd Mercedes 235pts
3rd Ferrari 218pts
4th Lotus 187pts
5th McLaren 65pts
6th Force India 61pts
7th Toro Rosso 25pts
8th Sauber 7pts
9th Williams 1pt
10th Marussia 0pts
11th Caterham 0pts
CONSTRUCTORS’ STANDINGS
1st Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 197pts
2nd Fernando Alonso Ferrari 151pts
3rd Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 139pts
4th Kimi Räikkönen Lotus 134pts
5th Mark Webber Red Bull 115pts
6th Nico Rosberg Mercedes 96pts
7th Felipe Massa Ferrari 67pts
8th Romain Grosjean Lotus 53pts
9th Jenson Button McLaren 47pts
10th Paul Di Resta Force India 36pts
11th Adrian Sutil Force India 25pts
12th Sergio Pérez McLaren 18pts
13th Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 13pts
14th Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 12pts
15th Nico Hülkenberg Sauber 7pts
16th Pastor Maldonado Williams 1pt
17th Valtteri Bottas Williams 0pts
18th Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber 0pts
19th Jules Bianchi Marussia 0pts
20th Charles Pic Caterham 0pts
21st Giedo van der Garde Caterham 0pts
22nd Max Chilton Marussia 0pts
DRIVERS’ STANDINGS
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14. VAN DER GARDE
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110 F1 Racing October 2013
FINISHING STRAIGHT
Italian Grand Prix 08.09.2013 / Monza
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FINISHING STRAIGHT
THE RESULTS (53 LAPS)
CLIMATE TRACK TEMP
THE RACETHE GRID
FASTEST PITSTOP
THROUGH SPEED TRAP
Fastest: Esteban
Gutiérrez, 211.92mph
1st Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1h18m33.352s
2nd Fernando Alonso Ferrari +5.467s
3rd Mark Webber Red Bull +6.350s
4th Felipe Massa Ferrari +9.361s
5th Nico Hülkenberg Sauber +10.355s
6th Nico Rosberg Mercedes +10.999s
7th Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso +32.329s
8th Romain Grosjean Lotus +33.130s
9th Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +33.527s
10th Jenson Button McLaren +38.327s
11th Kimi Räikkönen Lotus +38.695s
12th Sergio Pérez McLaren +39.765s
13th Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber +40.880s
14th Pastor Maldonado Williams +49.085s
15th Valtteri Bottas Williams +56.827s
16th Adrian Sutil Force India +1 lap– brakes
17th Charles Pic Caterham +1 lap
18th Giedo van der Garde Caterham +1 lap
19th Jules Bianchi Marussia +1 lap
20th Max Chilton Marussia +1 lap
Retirements
Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 14 laps – transmission
Paul Di Resta Force India 0 laps – accident
Nico Rosberg, 22.079secs (entry to exit)
Lewis Hamilton, lap 51, 1min 25.849secs
FASTEST LAP
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TYRE COMPOUNDS USED
Intermediate Hard Wet
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F1 statistics visit
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1st Red Bull 352pts
2nd Ferrari 248pts
3rd Mercedes 245pts
4th Lotus 191pts
5th McLaren 66pts
6th Force India 61pts
7th Toro Rosso 31pts
8th Sauber 17pts
9th Williams 1pt
10th Marussia 0pts
11th Caterham 0pts
CONSTRUCTORS’ STANDINGS
1st Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 222pts
2nd Fernando Alonso Ferrari 169pts
3rd Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 141pts
4th Kimi Räikkönen Lotus 134pts
5th Mark Webber Red Bull 130pts
6th Nico Rosberg Mercedes 104pts
7th Felipe Massa Ferrari 79pts
8th Romain Grosjean Lotus 57pts
9th Jenson Button McLaren 48pts
10th Paul Di Resta Force India 36pts
11th Adrian Sutil Force India 25pts
12th Sergio Pérez McLaren 18pts
13th Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 18pts
14th Nico Hülkenberg Sauber 17pts
15th Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 13pts
16th Pastor Maldonado Williams 1pt
17th Valtteri Bottas Williams 0pts
18th Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber 0pts
19th Jules Bianchi Marussia 0pts
20th Charles Pic Caterham 0pts
21st Giedo van der Garde Caterham 0pts
22nd Max Chilton Marussia 0pts
DRIVERS’ STANDINGS
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The lowdown on everything you need to know from the weekend at Monza…
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F1’s only night-time race takes place under floodlights, and combines high humidity with a bumpy track and an epic series of slow, tight corners
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TV TIMETABLE
(UK TIME)
Friday 20 September
Practice 1 11:00-12:30
Practice 2 14:30-1600
Saturday 21 September
Practice 3 11:00-12:00
Qualifying 14:00
Sunday 22 September
Race 13:00
Live coverage
Sky Sports F1 (available in HD)
Highlights BBC One (available in HD)
DO YOU REMEMBER…
…when Nelson Piquet Jr lost control here at Turn 17 and crashed on the
14th lap in 2008? The Safety Car was deployed, handing victory to his
Renault team-mate Fernando Alonso. It later emerged that Piquet had
crashed deliberately, setting off the ‘Crashgate’ controversy.
SINGAPORE GP RACE DATA
Circuit Marina Bay
F1 debut 2008
Length 3.152 miles
Distance 192.2 miles
Laps 61
Direction Anticlockwise
Lap record 1min 45.599secs,
K Räikkönen, 2008
Full throttle 70%
Gear changes per lap 71
Winners from pole 3
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LAST YEAR
Winner Sebastian Vettel
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Overtaking moves 24
DRS overtakes 10
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TV TIMETABLE
(UK TIME)
Friday 4 October
Practice 1 02:00-03:00
Practice 2 06:00-07:30
Saturday 5 October
Practice 3 03:00-04:00
Qualifying 06:00
Sunday 6 October
Race 07:00
Live coverage Sky Sports F1 (available in HD)
Highlights BBC One (available in HD)
DO YOU REMEMBER…
…Mark Webber crashing out of championship contention? At the
inaugural Korean GP in 2010, Webber spun out of second place
and lost his championship lead, dropping from points leader to
third. His team-mate Sebastian Vettel went onto win the title.
KOREAN GP RACE DATA
Circuit Korea International Circuit
F1 debut 2010
Length 3.489 miles
Distance 191.774 miles
Laps 55
Direction Anticlockwise
Lap record 1min 39.605secs,
S Vettel, 2011
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Gear changes per lap 51
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LAST YEAR
Winner Sebastian Vettel
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DRS overtakes 17
Weather Overcast, 21°C
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Turn 11
Ten per cent of the lap is
spent braking, including
for the slowest corner
Turns 14 to 16
The longest time spent on
full throttle on the lap – over
a distance of 1,200 metres
Turns 2 to 7
High-speed switchback that
builds up grip over the course
of the weekend
TV TIMETABLE
(UK TIME)
Friday 11 October
Practice 1 02:00-03:30
Practice 2 06:00-07:30
Saturday 12 October
Practice 3 03:00-04:00
Qualifying 06:00
Sunday 13 October
Race 07:00
Live coverage
On both Sky Sports F1 and
BBC One (available in HD)
DO YOU REMEMBER…
JAPANESE GP RACE DATA
Circuit Suzuka
F1 debut 1987
Length 3.608 miles
Distance 191.054 miles
Laps 53
Direction Clockwise &
anticlockwise
Lap record 1min 31.540secs,
K Räikkönen, 2005
Full throttle 71%
Gear changes per lap 45
Winners from pole 12
Tyre compounds TBA
LAST YEAR
Winner Sebastian Vettel
Retirements 5
Overtaking moves 15
DRS overtakes 5
Weather Sunny, 24°C
SUZUKA TELEMETRY QUALIFYING RACE
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…when Typhoon Ma-on cancelled
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heading straight for Suzuka. Everyone
stayed away from the circuit on
Saturday and qualifying was held on
the Sunday morning instead.
FINISHING STRAIGHT
“Fans of all ages can relate to
the story of Ferrari versus
McLaren; it’s one of the oldest
rivalries in sport. Real box office”
F1’s greatest rivalry
TOM CLARKSONInside the paddock from our man on the road
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where Gerhard won his and Benetton’s first grand prix”
“Do I still remember
Gerhard Berger?
How could I possibly
ever forget!”
UNLESS I’M VERY MUCH MISTAKEN…
MURRAY WALKER
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