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.

Picture courtesy of http://www.bbc.co.uk

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

Courtesy of http://www.bbc.co.uk

Picture courtesy of http://deportespe.terra.com.pe

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

Courtesy of http://www.bbc.co.uk

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

Courtesy of http://www.bbc.co.uk

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

New Red Bull 2012 car

Picture courtesy of http://www.thesun.co.uk

Excellent Driving Maneuver In Cuzco

We were in Cuzco (Peru) and We took a taxi to visit the Urubamba Valley, and when We were arriving to Maras, the taxi driver found traffic from behind and in front of Us.  It is a narrow dirt road at a very high altitude in the Urubamba valley.  Our taxi driver did an excellent maneuver, watch this video:

In the following video you can see the road and our great taxi driver:

This Is What Happens After The Dakar's Rally

When the rally finished in Lima, there was a big party for all the competitors and organisers.  After that probably all the competitors took a big rest in the best hotels in Lima.
     Yesterday when I was walking in Asia which is the newest seaside resort 100 Km. south of Lima, I saw the car (Volkswagen Amarok) that was driven by the Peruvian drivers Ferrand Del Busto and Ferrand Malatesta which finished in the 46th.place (best place in cars for Peruvian drivers) in the Dakar 2012.  Volkswagen was promoting the Amarok by showing Ferrand's car to potential buyers.  I think It was selling for around US$. 36,000 dollars.

Dakar's 2012 was a huge success in Peru, I hope that next year's Dakar starts in Lima.

Dakar's 2012 Stage 14 (Pisco-Lima). Big Party In Lima!

This is a video of the cars arriving to Pisco.  You can see Roma's Mini who finished 2nd. in this Dakar 2012.

The Dakar's 2012 ended in Lima with a big party.  These are the results:

Depress is the winner with his  KTM in motorcycles (19:28:11), followed by Coma (53:20 minutes behind), and Rodrigues came in third place (1:11:17 hours behind).  Patronelli won with his Yamaha in quads (5:01:51), followed by Patronelli (1:20:17 hours behind) and Maffei (2:14:21 hours behind).  Peterhansel with his Mini won in cars (14:54:46) followed by Roma (41:56 minutes behind) and De Villiers (1:13:25 hours behind).  De Rooy with his Iveco won in trucks (21:20:47), followed by Stacy (51:19 minutes behind), and Ardavichus (1:47:45 hours behind).

These are the results for the best Peruvian drivers:

Rios finished in 49th. place with his Ktm in motorcycles (14:27:43 hours behind Depress).
Ferrand Del Busto and Ferrand Malatesta finished in the 46th. place with their Volkswagen in cars (11:16:32 hours behind Peterhansel).

Peruvian President Humala with Peterhansel

Picture courtesy of El Peruano.

Dakar's 2012 Stage 13. Follow The Peruvian Drivers. We Were There!

This is the video of the rally's stage 13 (Nazca-Pisco):

Video courtesy of www.dakar.com

These are the best ranked Peruvian drivers overall:

Rios is in the 49th. place driving his KTM in motorcycles.
Ferrand Del Busto and Ferrand Malatesta are in the 46th. place driving their Volkswagen in cars.

Ferrand Del Busto/Ferrand Malatesta-Volkswagen Amarok/Team Peru Dakar Amarok

Picture courtesy of www.dakar.com

This is the video of the first two cars that arrived to Pozo Santo (Pisco):

These are some pictures taken at the stage's arrival at Pozo Santo (Pisco):

Robby Gordon with his Hummer H3.

Leal Dos Santos with his Mini.

Stacey's Truck