2011 Formula 1 Teams & Drivers
Due to war in Bahrain, the first race of 2011 was postponed. That left the season opener in Melbourne – The Australian Grand Prix. The race took place last weekend, introducing several new rules as well as technological advances.
Conversely, Hispania Racing Team did not qualify and ultimately was not allowed to race in the Aus GP as neither driver lapped within 107% of the pole in qualifying. This has left a sour taste in the mouth of everyone surrounding the sport. The rule was brought back from the dead this year (’96-’02) in what I believe is Bernie Ecclestone’s function of survival of the fittest.
The list of teams and drivers is as follows:
Red Bull Racing (Horner & Newey) – Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber
McLaren (Whitmarsh & Lowe) – Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button
Ferrari (Domenicali & Costa) – Fernando Alonso, Felipe Massa
Renault (Boullier & Allison) – Nick Heidfeld, Vitaly Petrov
Scuderia Toro Rosso (Tost & Ascanelli) – Sebastien Buemi, Jaime Alguersuari
Force India (Mallya & Green) – Adrian Sutil, Paul Di Resta
Team Lotus (Fernandes & Gascoyne) – Heikki Kovalainen, Jarno Trulli
Virgin (Booth & Wirth) – Timo Glock, Jerome d’Ambrosio
Sauber (Sauber & Key) – Kamui Kobayashi, Sergio Perez
Williams (Williams & Michael) – Rubens Barrichello, Pastor Maldonado
Mercedes (Brawn) – Michael Schumacher, Nico Rosberg
HRT (Kolles & Cuquerella) – Narain Karthikeyan, Vitantonio Liuzzi
Read more at formula1.com
Alonso Takes First in Bahrain Season Opener
(Source: Formula1.com, via FIA)
1st Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), 1h39m20.396s; 2nd Felipe Massa (Ferrari), 1h39m36.495s; 3rd Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), 1h39m43.578s.
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Should be a great season…One of the
most anticipated in years. Schumacher comes out of retirement with Mercedes GP and finishes 6th, behind Rosberg, Vettel, Hamilton, Massa and Alonso.
The race was rather smooth, not much overtaking, a few engine problems, one stop per driver.
The new rules require carrying a full fuel load the entire race, so we will see how teams strategize using their soft and hard sets of tires throughout the season.
FIA Publishes Revised Full Entry List of Constructors
The full entry list of constructors and drivers as published by the FIA is as follows (via formula1.com):
McLaren Mercedes
1 Jenson Button (GB)
2 Lewis Hamilton (GB)
Mercedes Benz GP Limited
3 Michael Schumacher (D)
4 Nico Rosberg (D)
Red Bull Racing Renault
5 Sebastian Vettel (D)
6 Mark Webber (AUS)
Ferrari
7 Felipe Massa (BR)
8 Fernando Alonso (E)
Williams Cosworth
9 Rubens Barrichello (BR)
10 Nico Hulkenberg (D)
Renault
11 Robert Kubica (PL)
12 Vitaly Petrov (RUS)
Force India Mercedes
14 Adrian Sutil (D)
15 Vitantonio Liuzzi (I)
STR Ferrari
16 Sebastien Buemi (CH)
17 Jaime Alguersuari (E)
Lotus Cosworth
18 Jarno Trulli (I)
19 Heikki Kovalainen (FIN)
HRT Cosworth
20 TBA
21 Bruno Senna (BR)
BMW Sauber Ferrari
22 Pedro de la Rosa (E)
23 Kamui Kobayashi (J)
Virgin Cosworth
24 Timo Glock (D)
25 Lucas di Grassi (BR)
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Using the Patch Tool
Using the ‘Patch Tool’ can be very time-effective…
Today I used the patch tool to remove some numbers in a photo that would be impossible to remove without Photoshop.
The ‘Patch Tool’ plays a similar role to the ‘Clone Tool’ – in that the goal is to overwrite an area with a pattern contiguous with another area…The difference is that you are able to work on areas that have too difficult of patterns to emulate with the Clone Tool. It is also similar to the healing tool, but more efficient…
Yanik (below) describes a way of using the tool… I chose this video because of how specific the instructor is; and because skin is the most difficult thing to edit. If you can edit skin successfully – you can edit/blend anything…
Check out the video below.
