McLaren Is Looking Strong After Two F1 Races

After two races in the F1 Championship these are the current standings:

Alonso (Ferrari) 35 points
Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) 30 points
Button (McLaren-Mercedes) 25 points
Webber (Red Bull-Renault) 24 points
Perez (Sauber) 22 points

McLaren-Mercedes 55 points
Red Bull-Renault 42 points
Ferrari 35 points
Sauber 30 points
Lotus-Renault 16 points

Top 3 in the Australian Grand Prix:

Button (McLaren-Mercedes)
Vettel (Red Bull-Renault)
Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes)

Top 3 in the Malaysian Grand Prix:

Alonso (Ferrari)
Perez (Sauber)
Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes)

The next race is the Chinese Gran Prix in Shangai on April 15th.

It looks like it is going to be a fun F1 championship, Button and Hamilton are the favourites to win it.

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Lotus Is Back With Kimi

Kimi Raikkonen got the fastest time with his Lotus in the F1 pre-season testing in Spain.

These are the fastest times from Barcelona:

1 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Lotus-Renault 1:22.030

2 Fernando Alonso (Spa) Ferrari 1:22.250

3 Bruno Senna (Brz) Williams-Renault 1:22.296

4 Nico Hulkenberg (Ger) Force India-Mercedes 1:22.312

5 Kamui Kobayashi (Jpn) Sauber-Ferrari 1:22.386

6 Lewis Hamilton (GB) McLaren-Mercedes 1:22.430

7 Vitaly Petrov (Rus) Caterham-Renault 1:22.795

8 Michael Schumacher (Ger) Mercedes 1:22.939

9 Pastor Maldonado (Ven) Williams-Renault 1:23.347

10 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:23.393

11 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Red Bull-Renault 1:23.608

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New F1 Season. These Are The Fastest Times So Far

The new F1 season is going to begin in Melbourne Australia on March 18, and the teams are getting ready in Barcelona.  These are the fastest times of today's morning sessions (March 2):

ean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 1:23.126 31 laps

Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:23.447 35

Romain Grosjean Lotus 1:23.528 34

Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:23.53638

Heikki Kovalainen Caterham 1:23.828 34

Nico Hulkenberg Force India 1:23.893 33

Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:24.111 30

Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:24.663 19

Pastor Maldonado Williams 1:25.801 20

Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 1:26.111 35

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These are the fastest times of yesterday's sessions (March 1):

Romain Grosjean Lotus 1:23.252 73 laps

Jenson Button McLaren 1:23.510 64

Sergio Perez Sauber 1:23.820 118

Mark Webber Red Bull 1:23.830 102

Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:23.992 128

Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 1:24.216 113

Paul di Resta Force India 1:24.305 98

Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:24.318 105

Vitaly Petrov Caterham 1:24.876 123

Pastor Maldonado Williams 1:25.587 58

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You can follow the 2012 F1 season here.  We will keep you informed.

New Red Bull 2012 car

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