GP da Grã-Bretanha 2011 (3)

ÚLTIMOS VENCEDORES DO GP DA GRÃ-BRETANHA E NO CIRCUITO DE SILVERSTONE:
2010: Mark Webber (Red Bull / Renault)
2009: Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull / Renault)
2008: Lewis Hamilton (McLaren / Mercedes)
2007: Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)
2006: Fernando Alonso (Renault)

ÚLTIMOS POLES DO GP DA GRÃ-BRETANHA E NO CIRCUITO DE SILVERSTONE:
2010: Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull / Renault)
2009: Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull / Renault)
2008: Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren / Mercedes)
2007: Lewis Hamilton (McLaren / Mercedes)
2006: Fernando Alonso (Renault)

The British Grand Prix from a Tyre Point of View

Silverstone is one of the fastest and most demanding tracks of the year on the tyres, due to its abrasive surface and a lap length that is second only to that of Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium on this year’s calendar. The PZero Silver hard tyres and PZero Yellow soft tyres have been nominated for the British Grand Prix, but with cool temperatures, cloudy skies and an uncertain weather forecast, there is a strong chance of the PZero Blue intermediate and PZero Orange wet tyre seeing some action as well this weekend. Silverstone has undergone a number of changes over the years, and the most noticeable addition this season is a brand-new pit and paddock complex after Club corner – which means that all the corner numbers have changed. We take a look at a few of the most demanding ones…
 
THE TRACK
The first part of the circuit is very fast, with several rapid direction changes, which puts the emphasis on the front tyres to find the best possible grip.

Turn three is a slow corner, which relies more on mechanical rather than aerodynamic grip. The rear tyres have to find the best possible contact with the track surface, in order to gain maximum traction. The turn-in of the car is particularly important here too, with the soft tyres in particular giving the driver the most precision and feedback at this very tricky part of the circuit.

The best grip at Luffield corner is found close to the apex. Then the drivers gradually move to the outside of the circuit in order to put all the power down for what used to be the short start-finish straight.

Copse is well-known for having a bump right in the middle of the corner, which is absorbed by the shoulders of the tyre in order to keep the car settled and still guarantee the optimal contact patch.

Becketts is an extremely demanding series of corners with an average speed of over 200kph. The aerodynamic downforce and sideways acceleration of 4G causes the tyre to progressively heat up, eventually reaching more than 120 degrees centigrade.

After Vale curve there is a fast left to right direction change, and then the drivers reach Club corner again. They hug the apex closely before getting back on the power and starting another lap…

DIDCOT
The British Grand Prix is actually Pirelli’s second ‘home’ race, as the Italian company has a logistics and distribution facility at Didcot, 45 minutes from Silverstone by car. Around 40 people are based there, including the 12 engineers assigned to the teams and the 19 tyre fitters whose job it is to put the tyres on the rims. Pirelli’s 12 distinctive carbon black trucks live in Didcot as well: two service trucks, seven tyre transporters, and three trucks for the hospitality unit.

As Pirelli’s Motorsport Director Paul Hembery points out: “It was important for us to have a base in the United Kingdom, as eight of the 12 Formula One teams are there and this enables us to provide them with the most prompt and efficient service. We also wanted to establish a centre of competence in Britain, in order to benefit from the know-how in this country and attract some of the best engineers and other personnel, who are used to working in England.”

Nonetheless it is an international community: there are eight nationalities represented among the people who work at Didcot, speaking a total of 10 different languages.

Pirelli looked at more than 50 potential sites within the UK at the start of the year before settling on Didcot in Oxfordshire, which contained the right combination of indoor and outdoor space, together with convenient transport links by road and air.

Pirelli’s 50,000 Formula One tyres are produced at Izmit in Turkey and then transported by road to Didcot one to two weeks before each European race. At Didcot, the bar codes are confirmed and the tyres are allocated to each team, following the random assignation of the codes by the FIA, the sport’s governing body.

Following each race, the used tyres are taken back to Didcot as well for recycling at a specialised plant nearby.

Didcot does not just deal with the Formula One, GP2 and GP3 race tyres but also the other non-race tyres that the teams require on a regular basis, such as wind tunnel tyres, show tyres and test rig tyres

For Pirelli’s truck drivers, Silverstone is the shortest journey of the year, consisting of just 70 kilometres. By contrast, the longest journey for the hospitality unit is Istanbul in Turkey, 3100 kilometres away by road.

BY PIRELLI

GP da Grã-Bretanha 2011 (2)

Volta virtual em Silverstone:

Programação automobilística (13)

O final de semana do automobilismo começa já nesta quinta-feira, com a realização da Camping World, uma divisão da Nascar, em Kentucky. A prova contará com a presença dos brasileiros Nelsinho Piquet e Miguel Paludo. No domingo tem Fórmula 1 e Fórmula Indy.

Abaixo relaciono as próximas corridas de várias categorias do automobilismo mundial, com data e horário de Brasília:

Fórmula 1 - Grã-Bretanha (Silverstone, Inglaterra)
10/07/2011 - 09h00min

Fórmula Indy - Toronto (circuito de rua)
10/07/2011 - 15h00min

Nascar - Kentucky (Kentucky Speedway)
Sprint Cup - 09/07/2011 - 20h30min
Nationwide - 08/07/2011 - 20h30min
Camping World - 07/07/2011 - 21h00min

WTCC (Campeonato Mundial de Turismo)
Grã-Bretanha (Donington Park, Inglaterra)
1ª corrida - 17/07/2011 - 07h50min
2ª corrida - 17/07/2011 - 10h15min

WRC (Campeonato Mundial de Rali) - Finlândia (Jyvaskyla)
28/07/2011 a 30/07/2011

DTM (Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft)
Munique (Olympiastadion München)
17/07/2011 - 09h00min

GP2 - Grã-Bretanha (Silverstone, Inglaterra)
1ª corrida - 09/07/2011 - 10h40min
2ª corrida - 10/07/2011 - 05h30min

GP3 - Grã-Bretanha (Silverstone, Inglaterra)
1ª corrida - 09/07/2011 - 12h20min
2ª corrida - 10/07/2011 - 04h20min

Porsche SuperCup - Grã-Bretanha (Silverstone, Inglaterra)
10/07/2011 - 06h45min

Fórmula 3 Britânica - França (Paul Ricard)
16/07/2011 e 17/07/2011

Stock Car Brasil - São Paulo (Interlagos)
Copa Caixa (Corrida do Milhão) - 07/08/2011 - 11h30min
Copa Montana - 07/08/2011 - 13h00min
Mini Challenge - 07/08/2011 - 10h00min

GT3 Brasil - Campo Grande (Orlando Moura)
24/07/2011

Classic Cup Brasil - São Paulo (Interlagos)
16/07/2011 - 11h30min

Brasil Endurance Series - São Paulo (Interlagos)
21/08/2011 (Interlagos 500)

Troféu Linea - Londrina (Ayrton Senna)
1ª corrida - 17/07/2011 - 10h00min
2ª corrida - 17/07/2011 - 13h15min

Campeonato Brasileiro de Marcas - São Paulo (Interlagos)
17/07/2011

Campeonato Brasileiro de Rally de Velocidade - Rio Grande do Sul (Gramado)
09 e 10/07/2011

Campeonato Catarinense de Velocidade - Lontras (Alceu Feldmann)
Marcas A e B - 10/07/2011 - 10h45min
Stock Car Opala A e B / Stock Car Omega - 10/07/2011 - 14h00min
Marcas N - 10/07/2011 - 14h45min

American Le Mans Series - Lakeville
08 e 09/07/2011

18º Festival Brasileiro de Arrancada (local indefinido)
08/12/2011 a 11/12/2011

Rally Transcatarina (local indefinido)
13/07/2011 a 16/07/2011

Destaco ainda as principais categorias do motociclismo mundial:

Moto GP - Alemanha (Sachsenring)
Moto GP - 17/07/2011 - 09h00min
Moto 2 - 17/07/2011 - 07h15min
125 cc - 17/07/2011 - 06h00min

Superbike - República Tcheca (Brno)
1ª corrida - 10/07/2011 - 07h00min
2ª corrida - 10/07/2011 - 10h30min

GP da Grã-Bretanha 2011 (1)

Neste final de semana tem Fórmula 1. Será o GP da Grã-Bretanha, nona etapa do campeonato. Sim, a denominação correta é GP da Grã-Bretanha, e não GP da Inglaterra, como muitos dizem. É só verificar o nome oficial do GP: "2011 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix". Abaixo, os horários (de Brasília) para o GP da Grã-Bretanha:
1º treino: sexta-feira (8) - 05h00min às 06h30min
2º treino: sexta-feira (8) - 09h00min às 10h30min
3º treino: sábado (9) - 06h00min às 07h00min
Qualificação: sábado (9) - 09h00min às 10h00min
Corrida: domingo (10) - 09h00min às 11h00min

A previsão do tempo indica as seguintes condições para Silverstone:
1º treino: nublado, com 80% de possibilidade de chuva.
2º treino: nublado, com 70% de possibilidade de chuva.
3º treino: parcialmente nublado, com 20% de possibilidade de chuva.
Qualificação: parcialmente nublado, com 30% de possibilidade de chuva.
Corrida: ensolarado, sem possibilidade de chuva.

BUTTON WISH WET SILVERTONE

Jenson Button has said that a wet weekend at the British Grand Prix could enhance McLaren's chances of beating Red Bull.

"Sorry guys but if it rains it is not so good for fans sitting out in it, but for us in terms of our pace in the wet and in terms of a result, wet weather could be good. It definitely does mix it up a bit. Our car seems to work well in the wet. We've proved that on a couple of occasions and if you look at the pace in Valencia you would say we were nowhere near close enough to the Red Bulls."

"Whether that is going to be the same when we arrive at Silverstone, as we do have changes to the car and there is a regulation change, I don't know. I hope not. I hope we have made some good improvements. It is going to be tough to beat the Red Bulls. We always knew that but we won't know how difficult it is until Friday and the practice sessions."

Histórico de Criciúma x Goiás

Na noite que promete ser gelada nesta terça-feira, o tricolor mais querido de Santa Catarina disputa sua décima partida no Campeonato Brasileiro da Série B, contra o Goiás, no Estádio Heriberto Hülse. A partida terá transmissão ao vivo pelo Sportv, menos para Santa Catarina.

O jogo de hoje será o 16º jogo na história do confronto entre as duas equipes. Nos 15 jogos já disputados, ampla vantagem tricolor: nove vitórias do Criciúma, dois empates e quatro vitórias do Goiás. Nesses 15 jogos, o Criciúma marcou 28 gols e o Goiás marcou apenas 11 gols.

Abaixo, os resultados dos quinze jogos entre Criciúma x Goiás:
Goiás 2x1 Criciúma - 08/09/2004 - Campeonato Brasileiro - Goiânia (Serra Dourada)
Criciúma 7x2 Goiás - 16/05/2004 - Campeonato Brasileiro - Criciúma (Heriberto Hülse)
Criciúma 1x0 Goiás - 28/09/2003 - Campeonato Brasileiro - Criciúma (Heriberto Hülse)
Goiás 2x0 Criciúma - 25/05/2003 - Campeonato Brasileiro - Goiânia (Serra Dourada)
Criciúma 1x0 Goiás - 21/10/1999 - Campeonato Brasileiro Série 'B' - Criciúma (Heriberto Hülse)
Goiás 3x2 Criciúma - 14/09/1997 - Campeonato Brasileiro - Goiânia (Serra Dourada)
Criciúma 3x0 Goiás - 06/11/1996 - Campeonato Brasileiro - Criciúma (Heriberto Hülse)
Criciúma 3x0 Goiás - 13/03/1996 - Copa do Brasil - Criciúma (Heriberto Hülse)
Goiás 2x1 Criciúma - 05/03/1996 - Copa do Brasil - Goiânia (Serra Dourada)
Goiás 0x2 Criciúma - 27/09/1995 - Campeonato Brasileiro - Goiânia (Serra Dourada)
Criciúma 3x0 Goiás - 25/04/1991 - Copa do Brasil - Criciúma (Heriberto Hülse)
Goiás 0x0 Criciúma - 18/04/1991 - Copa do Brasil - Goiânia (Serra Dourada)
Goiás 1x0 Criciúma - 26/09/1990 - Copa do Brasil - Goiânia (Serra Dourada)
   * Nos pênaltis: Goiás 3x1 Criciúma
Criciúma 1x0 Goiás - 12/09/1990 - Copa do Brasil - Criciúma (Heriberto Hülse)
Criciúma 1x1 Goiás - 02/10/1988 - Campeonato Brasileiro - Criciúma (Heriberto Hülse)
   * Nos pênaltis: Goiás 4x2 Criciúma