Hamilton: Masih Ada Kesempatan Untuk Gelar Juara

Budapest - Kemenangan di GP Hongaria melahirkan optimisme untuk Lewis Hamilton. Gelar juara dunia musim ini diyakini Hamilton masih berpeluang ia raih, jika mampu meneruskan performa yang sama di balapan-balapan berikutnya.

Setelah meraih hasil mengecewakan dalam dua dari tiga seri sebelumnya, Hamilton berhasil memenangi GP Hongaria, Minggu (29/7/2012) malam WIB.

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Grand Prix Of America Takes Test Run

Sebastian Vettel took several spins Monday around the roads that will serve as next year's Grand Prix of America course... 

 

Sebastian Vettel poses on a Red Bull F1 car Monday after taking a preview lap around the Grand Prix of America Port Imperial track in Weehawken, New Jersey. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

It isn't often that you get to speed through northern New Jersey at 100 mph and stop to pull a few screeching doughnuts in the middle of the street, all while a police escort hovers nearby to make sure no one interrupts your fun.

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GP Of America Making ‘Significant Progress,’ Spokesman Says

The Grand Prix of America coming to New Jersey remains on track for next summer...

With the New York City skyline as its backdrop, the car of Sebastian Vettel sits on stage at a recent event promoting the Grand Prix of America coming to Weehawken, N.J. (Photo: Grand Prix of America)

A spokesman for the Formula One Grand Prix of America set for June 2013 has downplayed F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone's latest remarks questioning whether the event will take place as scheduled next summer in Weehawken, N.J.


Ecclestone, when asked by British broadcaster BBC last Saturday if the race will go ahead next year, said: "No. Definitely, no."

Confusingly, the 81-year-old then added: "If they can get it (the circuit) completed and confirm to us it will be done, for sure, they'll be on the calendar."

In response to Ecclestone's latest comments casting doubt on whether the track will be ready in time for its tentative date, a GP of America spokesman on Tuesday backed up recent comments from event organizers that all plans are moving ahead as expected.

As recently as June 11, reigning F1 champion Sebastian Vettel and former Grand Prix driver David Coulthard attended a promotional event where they drove in road cars around the proposed circuit layout on the streets of Weehawken and West New York.

"Nothing has changed in the last two weeks, since we hosted Sebastian Vettel and David Coulthard as the first drivers from F1 to try out the new circuit," said GP of America spokesman Alex Howe. "We continue to make significant progress toward the first race in June 2013, in all aspects."

Though construction has begun on a welcome center across from the Port Imperial ferry terminal and other preparations are ongoing, the race is awaiting official confirmation that it has been added to the Formula One schedule for next June.

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Schumacher Secures First Comeback Podium

Mercedes driver earns third place in European Grand Prix...

Mercedes' German driver Michael Schumacher celebrates in the parc ferme at the Valencia Street Circuit on June 24, 2012 in Valencia after taking third place of the European Formula One Grand Prix. (Photo: Getty Images)

Michael Schumacher secured the first podium of his comeback with a hard won third place in Valencia.

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Italian Television Claims Vettel To Ferrari In 2014

An Italian television station is the latest source to suggest that Sebastian Vettel is Ferrari bound...

Sebastian Vettel's last year at Red Bull could be 2013. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

Reports that Sebastian Vettel is headed to Ferrari are back in the headlines.

Italian television Mediaset's Italia1 channel, and the authoritative journalist Giorgio Terruzzi, claim the Red Bull driver will be Fernando Alonso's teammate in 2014.

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Balapan Sulit Diprediksi, Alonso Tetap Optimistis

 

Montreal - Dengan enam pemenang dalam enam balapan, F1 musim ini disebut Fernando Alonso sulit untuk diprediksi. Kendati demikian, pebalap asal Spanyol itu tetap optimistis.

Alonso bakal memulai balapan GP Kanada hari Minggu (10/6/2012) ini dari posisi ketiga setelah menorehkan catatan waktu 1:14,151 detik pada sesi kualifikasi. Di depannya, ada Sebastian Vettel dan Lewis Hamilton.

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Kualifikasi GP Kanada - Vettel Start Terdepan

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Montreal - Sebastian Vettel meneruskan performa gemilangnya di sesi latihan bebas terakhir, ketika meraih posisi pole position usai merampungkan sesi kualifikasi GP Kanada.

Dalam sesi yang dihelat di Sirkuit Gilles Villeneuve, Minggu (10/6/2012) dinihari WIB, Vettel sukses mencatatkan waktu terbaik di Q3 yakni 1 menit 13,784 detik. Pebalap Red Bull Racing itu unggul 0,303 detik dari Lewis Hamilton yang start di posisi kedua.

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Hamilton Tak Pernah Ragukan Kans Menang

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Montreal - Dengan strategi berbeda dari para rivalnya, Lewis Hamilton sempat tercecer di posisi tiga. Tetapi ia mengaku tak pernah ragu dengan peluangnya memenangi GP Kanada.

Di GP Kanada, Senin (11/6/2012) dinihari WIB, Hamilton menerapkan strategi dua pit stop sedangkan dua rivalnya, Fernando Alonso dan Sebastian Vettel, berusaha menggunakan strategi satu pit stop--Vettel akhirnya menggunakan dua pit stop.

"Tak pernah sekalipun terbersit dalam benakku keraguan untuk bisa meraih kemenangan," kata Hamilton di ESPN F1.

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Alonso Senang Ferrari Tak 'Main Aman'

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Montreal - Fernando Alonso harus puas finis di posisi lima dengan mengusung strategi satu pit stop yang kemudian terbukti tak berjalan dengan baik. Namun, ia tak menyesal.

Dengan niat menerapkan strategi satu pit stop di dalam balapan GP Kanada, Senin (11/6/2012) dinihari WIB, Alonso harus puas finis di posisi lima.

"Kami sudah berusaha. Kami berusaha untuk menang," kata Prinsipal Tim Ferrari Stefano Domenicali seperti dilansir Crash.

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