Wikipedia:WikiProject Formula One/Newsletter/201006

The WikiProject Formula One Newsletter Year III · Issue 6 · June 7, 2010 – July 5, 2010 Previous month's issue
New users New members – Carloseduardo (talk · contribs) (June 7) New recipients – Carloseduardo (talk · contribs) (June 7) New editors – WikiProject news Check out Apterygial's My Insane Idea userproject, which aims to improve the 2008 Formula One season article and that season's Grands Prix to Featured Topic status. Newsletter news	Article developments Formula One articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 3 4 5 12 FL 1 2 1 4 A 2 2 GA 3 5 10 5 23 B 17 28 37 47 4 133 C 6 28 31 44 1 110 Start 15 101 156 348 181 801 Stub 38 104 1,130 349 1,621 List 3 9 12 2 26 Category 32 32 Disambig 5 1 6 Portal 35 35 Project 52 52 Redirect 2 1 5 1 9 Template 136 9 145 NA 14 2 16 Assessed 48 215 360 1,577 279 548 3,027 Unassessed 107 107 Total 48 215 360 1,577 279 655 3,134 See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Formula One/Article alerts New Good Articles -- McLaren M2B
Editors' Comment Users are always welcome to help us with this newsletter. If you are interested, please leave a message on an existing editor's talkpage or sign up on the "Contributors" list of the central newsletter page, and we will tell you everything you need to know and answer your questions. Current contributors – Midgrid (talk · contribs) Cs-wolves (talk · contribs) Chubbennaitor (talk · contribs) How to help WPF1 – Expand the articles in Category:Formula One stubs. Read the project to-do list and help to complete the tasks: Article requests: Erich Zakowski, Daniele Coronna, Hans Fouche, Chris Radage, Giorgio Stirano, Steve Tarrant, Intertechnique, 10 Tenths, Elf Masters, Toyota TF110 Copyedit: Bahrain Grand Prix, History of Formula One, Monaco Grand Prix, 2006 San Marino Grand Prix, Rob White (Formula One), Rob Smedley Expand: F1-X Dubai, Honda RA271, Paddy Lowe, Red Bull RB3, Spyker F1, Toyota TF107, BMW Sauber F1.07, Mario Theissen, Franz Tost, Chinese Grand Prix, Colin Kolles, Concorde Agreement, Formula One Constructors Association, McLaren MP4/1, Ove Andersson, Bob Bell, Korean International Circuit, Grand Prix Drivers' Association, Spyker F8-VII, Arai (company), Shoei, Schuberth Helme GmbH, Bell Racing Company, Jim Bamber, Nazir Hoosein, Formula One video games, Make Cars Green, Jonathan Legard, Michael Turner (illustrator) more Update: History of Formula One, Toyota, Robert Doornbos, Formula One regulations, 2024 Formula One season, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Super Aguri F1, Divina Galica, Grand Prix World Championship Images needed: Max Mosley, Sakon Yamamoto, Jordan Grand Prix circa 1992-1997, Paddy Lowe, 2008 Turkish Grand Prix more For more work, see this generated list or the Auxiliary list
Images Below is the F1 Picture of the month (found here). The picture has to be one uploaded in the last month and only from the current season. It is exclusive to the Newsletter. REMEMBER, YOU CAN VOTE. McLaren drivers Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button achieved their third 1-2 finish of the season at the Canadian Grand Prix. Hamilton leads the championship standings by six points from Button. New images 2010
Article of the month – McLaren M2B, new Good Article. The McLaren M2B was the McLaren team's first Formula One racing car, used during the 1966 season. It was conceived in 1965 and preceded by the M2A development car. Designed by Robin Herd, the innovative but problematic Mallite material was used in its construction. The car was powered by Ford and Serenissima engines but both lacked power and suffered from reliability issues. Driven by team founder Bruce McLaren, the M2B had a short Grand Prix career, entering six races and starting only four. It scored the team's first point at the British Grand Prix and two more points at the United States Grand Prix. (More...)
Drivers' Championship Position Driver Team Points 1st Lewis Hamilton McLaren 127 2nd Jenson Button McLaren 121 3rd Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 115 4th Mark Webber Red Bull 103 5th Fernando Alonso Ferrari 98 6th Robert Kubica Renault 83 7th Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 75 8th Felipe Massa Ferrari 67 9th Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 34 10th Adrian Sutil Force India 31 11th Rubens Barrichello Williams 19 12th Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India 12 13th Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber 7 14th Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso 7 15th Vitaly Petrov Renault 6 16th Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso 3 17th Nico Hülkenberg Williams 1 18th Pedro de la Rosa BMW Sauber 0 19th Heikki Kovalainen Lotus 0 20th Karun Chandhok Hispania 0 21st Lucas di Grassi Virgin 0 22nd Jarno Trulli Lotus 0 23rd Bruno Senna Hispania 0 24th Timo Glock Virgin 0 Constructors' Championship Position Constructor Entered Chassis Points 1st Vodafone McLaren Mercedes MP4-25 248 2nd Red Bull Racing RB6 218 3rd Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro F10 165 4th Mercedes GP Petronas MGP W01 109 5th Renault F1 Team R30 89 6th Force India F1 Team VJM03 43 7th AT&T Williams FW32 20 8th Scuderia Toro Rosso STR5 10 9th BMW Sauber F1 Team C29 7 10th Lotus Racing T127 0 11th Hispania Racing F1 Team F110 0 12th Virgin Racing VR-01 0 See 2010 Formula One season for more information
Canadian Grand Prix Driver Constructor Race Time 1st Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:33:53.456 2nd Jenson Button McLaren + 2.254 3rd Fernando Alonso Ferrari + 9.214 4th Sebastian Vettel Red Bull + 37.817 5th Mark Webber Red Bull + 39.291 6th Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP + 56.084 7th Robert Kubica Renault + 57.300 8th Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso + 1 lap 9th Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India + 1 lap 10th Adrian Sutil Force India + 1 lap Fastest Lap: Robert Kubica 1:16.972 on lap 67 Canadian Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Row one Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:15.105 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:15.420 Row two Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:15.435 Jenson Button McLaren 1:15.520 Row three Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India 1:15.648 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:15.688 Row four Mark Webber Red Bull 1:15.3731 Robert Kubica Renault 1:15.715 Row five Adrian Sutil Force India 1:15.881 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 1:16.071 1 - Webber was due to start second but was demoted five places due to a gearbox change. FriP1: McLarens split by Schumacher FriP2: Vettel pips Alonso in Montreal SatP: Four teams in the top four Qualifying: Hamilton storms to Montreal pole Race: McLaren one-two in Montreal thriller European Grand Prix Driver Constructor Race Time 1st Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:40:29.571 2nd Lewis Hamilton McLaren + 5.042 3rd Jenson Button McLaren + 12.6582 4th Rubens Barrichello Williams + 25.6272 5th Robert Kubica Renault + 27.1222 6th Adrian Sutil Force India + 30.1682 7th Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber + 30.965 8th Fernando Alonso Ferrari + 32.809 9th Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso + 36.2992 10th Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP + 44.382 Fastest Lap: Jenson Button 1:38.766 on lap 54 European Grid Line up Driver Constructor Time Row one Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:37.587 Mark Webber Red Bull 1:37.662 Row two Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:37.969 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:38.075 Row three Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:38.127 Robert Kubica Renault 1:38.137 Row four Jenson Button McLaren 1:38.210 Nico Hülkenberg Williams 1:38.4281 Row five Rubens Barrichello Williams 1:38.428 Vitaly Petrov Renault 1:38.523 1 - Hülkenberg recorded the lap time first. 2 - Nine drivers were given five-second time penalties post-race for for exceeding the safety car-in lap time. Apart from the drivers listed, Pedro de la Rosa (10th, + 42.414), Vitaly Petrov (11th, + 43.287), Vitantonio Liuzzi (13th, + 45.890) and Nico Hülkenberg (retired) were also given penalties. FriP1: Rosberg and Mercedes in front FriP2: Alonso pips Vettel in Valencia SatP: Red Bulls split by Renault Qualifying: Vettel beats Webber to pole in Valencia Race: Vettel wins amid drama in Valencia