#Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2012

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Driver Profiles: Max Verstappen

Hello, I will be starting a series where I focus on one driver on the current (as of Oct 2024) grid and give an overview over their career and driving styles. I will be going in championship points order. Enjoy!

Name: Max Emilian Verstappen

Age: 27

Nationality: Dutch (grew up in Belgium)

Years in F1: 9 (Toro Rosso 2015-May 2016, Red Bull May 2016-Present)

Number: 1 (as reigning champion) and 33

WDCs: 2021, 2022, and 2023

Driving Style: Aggressive, and fearless, Verstappen is known for his strong understanding and control of his car. Famously, drivers have stated that when Verstappen is behind them, its not about if he will overtake it is about when. He is also know for his late-braking on corners and the absolute trust he seems to have with the car to keep him safe, enabling him to take bold manuvers. Other drivers who have been in the same car as him have described his style of car as being highly reactive and 'sharp' in response to movement. This gives us a glimpse of how Verstappen races, as his preferred car shows he has precise handling and pushes to the limit. He does not drive well when he feels the car is not responding precisely to his instructions.

History: Son of F1 driver Jos Verstappen, Verstappen grew up in the public eye. He started karting when he was four and started competing when he was just seven years old. He dominated his national karting stages between 2005 and 2009, winning his home provinces championship, VAS championship, the Rotax Max Challenge, the Belgian Cadet Championship, and more. He was known to be a prodigy from a young age, and reportedly during races his father would tweak something about the cart to help him learn how changes feel. This helped develop a strong intuition for his future F1 cars.

(Verstappen, around 2010)

In 2010 he entered into the international karting scene, and finished second at his first KF3 World Cup after Alex Albon, but won the WSK World Series. In 2011, Verstappen won the WSK Euro Series. In the following year, Verstappen won the WSK Master Series in the KF2 class, and the South Garda Winter Cup in the KF2 class. He was the youngest driver taking part in the World Championship in KF1 class and finished eighth. In 2012 He finished second at the World Cup in the KF2 class. 2013 was his biggest year however, having progressed to the senior level KZ and KF categories. He was fifteen when he won three CIK-FIA championships in a single season: two European Championships and a World Championship, an unprecedented feat. He went only to only lose one of seven championships that year.

(Verstappen when he started single-seaters)

He debuted in single seaters in 2014, driving for the Florida Winter Series. He went on to drive in F3 that year for Van Amersfoort Racing, and at age 16 placed third in his first real single seater championship.

When he was seventeen, he drew the attention of F1, and drove his first F1 car during a practice session for Toro Rosso. In 2014 he officially joined the Red Bull Junior Program, and was signed for Toro Rosso's 2015 season. He became the youngest person to ever start an F1 Grand Prix at seventeen. He had an extremely successful first season, becoming the youngest person to score points, and regularly finishing in the top 10.

(Verstappen in his first year with Toro Rosso)

In 2016, Verstappen started out in Toro Rosso but by May he had been pulled up to replace Red Bull driver Daniil Kvyat due to Kvyats poor performance. His first race with Red Bull was the Spanish GP, and astoundingly it was Verstappen's first win as well. This would set the tone for Verstappen's career going forward.

He had increasingly successful seasons as time went on, already fighting for the championship by 2019. But it was in 2021 that he won his first WDC, in a controversial race held in Abu Dhabi. After that Verstappen dominated F1, winning both 2022 and 2023. In 2023 he had perhaps the most dominant season aa driver ever had, and amazingly won almost every single race. In 2024, he started the season strong but midway his car seemed to lose its pace. While Verstappen is still winning the championship, it is possible there could be a major title fight in the last few races.

Key Races:

2016 Spanish GP - His first win and first race with Red Bull.

2016 Brazilian GP - A race in the wet, it is considered one of the best drive sin modern F1. He dropped down the order after a pit mistake, but through intense rain and dangerous conditions was able to take a podium place. Hailed as one of the most masterful rain races anyone has ever seen

2019 Austrian GP - Famous for a late-race move on Charles Leclerc that is often seen as controversial, this was his first win in 2019. It highlighted his uncompromising attitude toward racing and pure aggression.

2021 Monaco GP - Considered the turn around in Verstappen's 2021 season, he drove a flawless race and took the championship lead

2021 Abu Dhabi - Another controversial race, with Verstappen finishing ahead of Lewis Hamilton and clinching his first WDC. Controversial due to safety car in last few laps.

Any 2023 Race but Singapore, Baku, and Jeddah - Verstappen won 19 out of 22 race this season, an excessively dominant display. he lost only to his teammate Sergio Perez and Ferrari's Carlos Sainz

Singapore 2024 GP- After winning the beginning of the season, and then not winning for the past seven races, a P2 finish at Singapore was needed. His highest finish since Spa, Verstappen had been struggling with the car but pulled out a lovely performance.

Alright that's it for Verstappen. Next post will be on Lando Norris.

Cheers,

-B

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At the 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Kimi Raikkonen can be heard saying "Just leave me alone, I know what to do" over the team radio. This is because it can be extremely irritating to be asked to do something that you know you have to do, and may have even started doing, in the workplace, even if it wasn't intended as such.

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Suzuka in April Feels Wrong

So, this weekend F1 will race at Suzuka. Suzuka is an amazing circuit, the esses at the beginning of the lap, trying to take Degner 1 as fast as possible but knowing the gravel trap is right there at the edge of the circuit, and then hard on the brakes for Degner 2, under the bridge, and up and to the right into the hairpin where Kamui Kobayashi seemed to overtake just about everyone in 2012. Spoon curve, the infamous 130R, and the Casio triangle at the end of the lap, Suzuka really is something special.

The only problem is, Raikkonen's 2005 charge (admittedly I was too young to properly enjoy that but it's literally the back to front challenge meme in real life), Kamui's 2012 podium as a Japanese driver, even Vettel's heartbreaking sparkplug failure in 2017, not to mention the historic Prost and Senna collisions...all of those happened at the end of the season, or close enough to it anyway. This year, Suzuka is in April, the fourth round of the 2024 Formula One season.

Now of course, there's a reason for this - the geography of an increasingly bloated F1 calendar - but first, let's just establish why the Japanese Grand Prix being at the end of the season is so important.

The first Japanese Grand Prix, held in 1976 and 1977, marked the first time a world championship race was held in Asia, and it was the finale too, the place where the championship would be decided. The 1976 race in particular, covered in the excellent 2013 movie Rush, saw Niki Lauda pull into the pits in dangerously wet conditions - this was the same year as his Nürburgring crash - which allowed James Hunt to charge up the field and seal his only world title.

The first Fuji trip would only last two years, but in 1987, F1 would find its home in Suzuka. It was the penultimate race - Adelaide, Australia was now the finale - but nevertheless, Suzuka was still the place where titles were decided. In 1988, Senna came from behind in the wet to beat Prost, in 1989 Prost would close the door on a charging Senna in the Casio triangle on lap 47, taking Prost out. Senna cut the chicane rejoining the track, got disqualified, and handed the title to Prost. In 1990, Prost now in a Ferrari, got a better start than Senna's polesitting McLaren, but Senna's wouldn't give an inch, and they didn't even make it past the first corner this time. Senna would seal the 1990 title. And it continued, Senna over Mansell in 1991, Hill over Villeneuve in 1996, Hakkinen over Schumacher in 1998...it was the track where history was made.

That being said, it's position in the calendar started to change as F1 expanded its Asia-Pacific presence from just Suzuka. From 1987-1995, it was paired with the Australian Grand Prix at Adelaide, in 1999 and 2000, it was paired with Malaysia, and from 2004-2008, it was paired with China. After that, the calendar more or less formed two flyaway blocks, with Australia-Malaysia-China-Bahrain at the beginning of the season, and a Singapore and Suzuka towards the end, paired with an everchanging host of flyaway races that included Abu Dhabi, Brazil, South Korea, and India. In 2009, Suzuka was the third to last race, come 2011, it was fifth to last.

The real blow to Suzuka as an end of season race, however, was the emergence of an American block of races late in the season. It started with Austin in 2012, and by 2015, we had Austin and Mexico back-to-back followed by Brazil, making for three western hemisphere races in a row. Las Vegas in 2023 made a fourth, with Abu Dhabi having long ago bought the season finale slot. All of this means that, in 2023, there were a whole two months of racing after Suzuka.

Thus, figuring that history is dead, F1 has decided to move Suzuka to April, so that, much like 2004-2008, it's back-to-back with the Chinese Grand Prix. Which means F1 will now have Baku and Singapore as a doubleheader in 2024...yeah.

For something meant to cut down on F1's travel related CO2 emissions, they really did just decide to make the entire circus fly over the entirety of the Asian continent in a week. Good job.

What the race does succeed in, however, is reminding us of the last time F1 raced in Japan in April, the 1994 and 1995 Pacific Grand Prix. A rare moment of two races in the same country for F1, when in addition to the end of season trip to Suzuka, there was an early season trip to the T1 Circuit in Okayama. It's a pretty neat track, I've raced it on Ride 4, probably better for bikes than cars though.

So yeah, not much for the environment, but it does remind us of an obscure race nobody has ever heard of, so there is that.

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02/11/12, Abu Dhabi - Daniel Ricciardo walks up the pitlane following free practice for the 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

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Sebastian Vettel holds his first Formula One race helmet during previews for the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix November 1, 2012 - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Source: Vladimir Rys/Getty Images

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Must Watch Formula 1 Races

In Formula 1 there is always a new race to watch, a thrill to have and a driver to cheer for. There are the highest highs and the lowest lows…so if you’re new here is a list of some of the best Grand Prix’s to rewatch.  Beware, there are some spoilers…but just enough to keep you interested! 

Italy 2019 

Perhaps the greatest one of the greatest and most iconic lines from one of Formula 1’s favourite pundits David Croft was born in this race. It’s a must watch…especially if you’re a Ferrari fan.

Italy 2008 

This one is special, and if you know your Formula 1 history or the people in it, it might bring a tear to your eye. One of the greatest got his first win here, definitely watch it for the nostalgia.

Spa 2019

This one is a sad one, if you don’t know F2 driver Anthoine Hubert tragically lost his life in a crash earlier that weekend, this race was for him with a lot of his friends racing in his honour.

 India 2013 

A race that made history, not only a brilliant track but an amazing drive from Sebastian Vettel. If you like history and to jump out of your seat with excitement this one is for you!

Canada 2007

This race was just a taste of what was to come from Lewis Hamilton, and one of the first I ever watched. If you weren’t a Hamilton fan before, you will be after.

China 2018

For my Aussies, this one is for you. A Daniel Ricciardo masterclass of overtakes.

Canada 2011

The longest Grand Prix in history clocking in at over 4 hours, thanks to heavy rain and a red flag. There were 6 DNFs in this race too, which made it very interesting.

No matter who you are a fan of these races are sure to ignite your love for Formula 1 even more, and because 7 is not nearly enough here are some runners up…

Abu Dhabi 2010 (Sebastian Vettel becomes youngest world champion)

 Brazil 2012 (Vettel gets his 3rd World Championship)

Spain 2012 (Pastor Maldonado…that’s all)

Monaco 2016 (Sad day for Daniel Ricciardo)

Monaco 2018 (It’s redemption day for Daniel Ricciardo)

Mexico 2018 (Lewis Hamilton wins his 5th World Championship)

Britain 2021 (I won’t explain, its pure brilliance, just watch it)

Turkey 2020 (Lewis Hamilton matches Schumacher

Hope you will take some time and watch some of these classics and let me know what your favourite race is!

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Wolff says Mick Schumacher close to our heart as he opens up on possibility of Mercedes reserve role

Mercedes would be keen to “look after” Mick Schumacher after his deaprture from Haas, according to team boss Toto Wolff, amid rumours linking the out-of-work German to the Silver Arrows as a potential reserve driver for the 2023 season. Mercedes are on the lookout for a new reserve after Nyck de Vries secured a full-time drive at AlphaTauri and Stoffel Vandoorne joined Aston Martin in a back-up capacity, while Schumacher is without a role after Haas axed him from a race seat following a two year spell with the American squad. With Daniel Ricciardo returning to Red Bull, following his own rumoured links to Mercedes, Wolff was asked at the recent Abu Dhabi Grand Prix if Schumacher would join the team his seven-time world champion father Michael raced for between 2010 and 2012. READ MORE: ‘I definitely want to stick around’ – Schumacher not giving up hope of F1 return after Haas exit “Mick is someone that has always been close to our heart because of Michael, or the whole Schumacher family. Ralf was in a DTM for a long time for us, his son races Mercedes [cars] in GTs. He’s an intelligent, well-mannered young man, [and] he’s been very successful in junior formulas,” said Wolff. Wolff feels that Schumacher “just fits” at Mercedes and “now we need to make it happen” “We believe that we can look after him if the situation were to happen and with someone that fits the team, but we haven’t really put pen to paper, we haven’t really come anywhere close to any terms. “I’m saying that openly because I think he just fits and now we need to make it happen, if he wants to, Sabine [Kehm, Schumacher’s manager] wants to, and then we see where that goes to.” With Mattia Binotto sitting alongside Wolff in the team bosses' press conference, the Ferrari chief was asked for an update on Schumacher’s position within the Italian squad’s dedicated Driver Academy. READ MORE: Schumacher looking forward to opening ‘a new chapter’ after collision with Latifi mars final race at Haas “Mick, first, is a great driver. I think he has always progressed through his career and I think he has as well progressed during the current season. If you look back how he started, where he is ending, I think he has shown that he’s capable of progressing,” Binotto commented. Binotto has been present for many of Schumacher’s career milestones, including is F2 title win in 2020 “We, as Ferrari and [the] Ferrari Driver Academy, believe he is a great driver now. After Haas has somehow decided for a different choice for the next season, we will need to sit down with Mick, trying to decide what’s the best for the future. “I think the decision is really what would be best for him. We do not have any seat to offer him right now and I think what’s most important when you’re so young in your career is to make sure that you get the best opportunity for you. “We’ll be fully open to different choices, but something that obviously now we need to [do is] sit down with him and to conclude.” ANALYSIS: Why Haas split with Schumacher, how Hulkenberg got the nod – and why Steiner isn’t worried about tension with Magnussen Schumacher ended his second F1 season 16th in the drivers’ standings on 12 points – all scored at the British and Austrian Grands Prix – three places and 13 points behind team mate Kevin Magnussen. via Formula 1 News https://www.formula1.com

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He might have been karting since the age of ten, but remarkably Kimi had only raced cars on 23 occasions (three in Formula Ford and 20 in Formula Renault) before he joined the grid for the 2001 Australian Grand Prix. Bearing in mind that in 2000 a Formula Renault car was powered by a 185 bhp engine from a Renault Clio, the step up to a 800bhp+ Sauber F1 car was a big one. However, Kimi took to F1 incredibly quickly, being on the pace of Sauber’s regular drivers on just his second day in testing. There were many who voiced concerns about granting an F1 Super Licence to a driver with so little experience, but Sauber signed him for the 2001 season regardless.

He really is the ‘Iceman’

It was Ron Dennis that gave Kimi the nickname of ‘Iceman’ when he was driving for McLaren but his laid-back approach and ability to remain unfazed by anything F1 could throw at him were never more evident than on the day of his F1 debut in Australia 2001. You might have expected a 21-year-old with so little experience to be anxiously pacing up and down the garage 30 minutes before the start of his first race. Not Kimi though – he was fast asleep in the Sauber motorhome. Having qualified just three tenths of a second slower than his much more experienced team-mate ‘Quick Nick’ Heidfeld, he scored a point with a sixth-place finish in his very first F1 race.

Except when he’s not the Iceman

Speaking recently on the ‘F1: Beyond the Grid’ podcast, Fernando Alonso had this to say about Kimi: “He’s a very good character in Formula 1 and we will miss him… he’s very honest, he’s not playing any games, he’s what you see. A part of this may be a mask that we see from him, of being very cold and not talking too much. There is a different person I think inside… not the Iceman. I think he’s quite warm inside, even if you need to meet him outside of racing, it’s when you see the real Kimi”.

He tells it like it is and always makes us smile

Kimi might not be known as F1’s chattiest driver, but when he does speak, he comes out with some real corkers. In an era when most drivers are terrified of upsetting their bosses and sponsors, Kimi doesn’t seem to care. Here are a few of his most famous quotes:

- On the grid prior to the 2006 Brazilian GP, Kimi was approached by Martin Brundle on live TV. "You missed the presentation by Pele, will you get over it?" asked Brundle. "Yeah. I was having a sh*t," replied Kimi.

- Whilst leading the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in 2012 Kimi was clearly becoming irritated by the instructions coming over the radio from his Race Engineer. "Just leave me alone, I know what I’m doing," he said. Then later in the race when told to look after his tyres, he replied, "yes, yes, yes, I’m doing that all the time – you don’t have to remind me every 10 seconds…" Apparently, he did know what he was doing because he went on to win the race.

- When asked how he found the new McLaren in testing in January 2004, Kimi didn’t mince his words. "It’s complete sh*t," he replied in Finnish.

- Interviewer: What is the most exciting part of the race?

- Kimi: I think it’s the start, always

- Interviewer: And the most boring?

- Kimi: Now

He’s monumentally smart when it comes to money

His manager will probably want to take some credit here, but despite winning just the one championship, Kimi has become phenomenally wealthy. His net worth has been estimated at between $200-250m. Only Alonso, Hamilton and Schumacher have earned more from the sport and in 2009 he was said to be the second highest paid sportsperson in the world after Tiger Woods.

One of his most impressive deals was the one with Ferrari for the 2010 season. The team had both Massa and Raikkonen under contract but desperately wanted Fernando Alonso in the car. The solution was to offer Kimi a reputed £20m not to drive that year.

Then there was the time that he nearly bankrupted the Lotus team. When Kimi signed his two-year deal with Lotus he was to receive both a salary and a points bonus. The team clearly weren’t confident that they would do particularly well because they apparently agreed to pay €50,000 per point scored. Kimi went on to finish on the podium 13 times and win twice, scoring 390 points over the two years. That would have meant a bonus of €19.5m!

Series 18, episode 7 in March 2012 saw Kimi join Jeremy Clarkson as the ‘star in a reasonably priced car’. He wasn’t particularly quick in the Suzuki Liana but to be fair, it was ‘extremely wet’ that day. Regardless, for a man who has talked about hating giving interviews, he entered into the spirit of things and gave us a lot of laughs.

He’s a proper F1 driver

But the main reason why we love Kimi, is that he’s a proper F1 driver. As the 2007 World Champion, his name will forever feature on a list that includes the likes of Fangio, Clark, Stewart, Senna, Schumacher and Hamilton. Kimi deserves his place amongst the greats - he’s fast, committed and supremely talented, but most of all, he clearly loves F1. With the exception of Schumacher and Alonso, no other driver has still been competing at this level fourteen years after winning their first championship.

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[1] 16th November 2010 Red Bull Post-season Press Conference

[2] 12th November 2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Post-qualifying Top 3 Photo

[3] 20th November 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Pre-race Starting Grid

[4] 22nd April 2012 Bahrain Grand Prix Podium

[5] 16th April 2017 Bahrain Grand Prix Podium

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Aaron Vale and Carissimo 25 Best the Rest in the $62,500 LeMieux Grand Prix Qualifier CSI4* at World Equestrian Center – Ocala

Ocala, FL – It was an evening of excitement at World Equestrian Center – Ocala (WEC) on Thursday, March 7, 2024, for the $62,500 LeMieux Grand Prix Qualifier CSI4*. From the impressive field of thirty horse-and-rider combinations representing 10 nations, it was hometown hero Aaron Vale (USA) who galloped to victory aboard Carissimo 25.

Gregory Bodo (FRA) and Pieter Vitse (BEL) designed the challenging course in the WEC Grand Arena, which saw 10 talented duos jump fault-free and advance to the jump-off. Fourth to return, Vale guided Carissimo 25, an 11-year-old Holsteiner gelding (Cascadello x Clinton) owned by Debbie Smith, to a lightning-fast clear performance in 38.84 seconds. Ultimately, Vale could not be caught, claiming his second international win in as many weeks, having also won the $100,000 MARS Equestrian Grand Prix CSI3* during the 2024 Winter Spectacular Show Series Week IX.

Callie Schott (USA) and Garant came the closest to matching Vale’s time, stopping the clock in 39.87 seconds for second place. Photo by Andrew Ryback Photography

Callie Schott (USA) and Garant, a 13-year-old KWPN gelding (Warrant x Verdi TN) owned by Southern Arches, LLC, came the closest to matching Vale’s time, stopping the clock in 39.87 seconds for second place. Canadian rider Sean Jobin completed the top three with Coquelicot vh Heuvelland Z, a 12-year-old Zangersheide gelding (Catoki x Cassini II), in 40.50 seconds.

“Down the road, to be number one in the world, I think I am going to have to find a few more strides to take out,” laughed Vale. “Tonight was about the plan; we stuck to it, and I couldn’t be more thrilled.” Vale has been selected to represent the U.S. as part of the team for the Longines League of Nations™ taking place at WEC – Ocala on March 20-24, 2024, where he will compete for his nation on home turf.“I am really looking forward to it,” he expressed. “It was a lot of fun to compete in Abu Dhabi, and I think it will be even more fun here.” 

Aaron Vale and Carissimo 25 accepted their first-place award presented by Marley Jordan, Marketing and Sales Coordinator at LeMieux. Photo by Andrew Ryback Photography

$62,500 LeMieux Grand Prix Qualifier CSI4* Final Results:

1 CARISSIMO 25: 2013 Holsteiner gelding by Cascadello x Clinton

Aaron Vale (USA), Debbie Smith: 0/0/38.84

2 GARANT: 2011 KWPN gelding by Warrant x Verdi TN

Callie Schott (USA), Southern Arches, LLC: 0/0/39.87

3 COQUELICOT VH HEUVELLAND Z: 2012 Zangersheide gelding by Catoki x Cassini II

Sean Jobin (CAN), Foxridge Farms Stables: 0/0/40.50

4 CASTLE OJ: 2013 Irish Sport Horse gelding by Sligo Candy Boy x High Roller

Gabriela Reutter (CHI), Lumiere Horses Inc.: 0/0/40.68

5 DHALIDA: 2014 Zangersheide mare by Diamant De Semilly x Calvaro Z

Rodrigo Pessoa (BRA), Artemis Equestrian Farm LLC: 0/4/39.79

6 TRUMAN: 2009 Selle Français gelding by Mylord Carthago*HN x Kolibri

Amy Millar (CAN), Millar Brooke Farm: 0/4/41.81

7 FARREL: 2010 KPWN gelding by Cardento 933 x Stakkato

Daniel Coyle (IRL), Ariel Grange: 0/4/42.32

8 ELECTRIQUE: 2014 Zangersheide mare by Emerald x Voltaire

Tiffany Foster (CAN), 5 Roosters: 0/9/56.37

9 PAULE S: 2014 Oldenburg gelding by Perigueux x Sir Shutterfly

Andre Thieme (GER), Andre Thieme: 0/RT

10 DSP CHAKARIA: 2010 German Sport Horse mare by Chap 47 x Askari 173

Andre Thieme (GER), Andre Thieme: 0/WD

11 BEN 431: 2011 Westphalian gelding by Sylvain x Quincy Jones

Lucy Davis (USA), Old Oak Group: 4/71.01

12 HH MEDARCO PS: 2014 Oldenburg gelding by Messenger x Darco

Quentin Judge (USA), Double H Farm + The Creel Family: 4/71.86

Aaron Vale (USA) won the $62,500 LeMieux Grand Prix Qualifier CSI4* at World Equestrian Center – Ocala. Photo by Andrew Ryback Photography

Press release WEC Ocala

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Events 12.12

627 – Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II's Persian forces, commanded by General Rhahzadh. 1388 – Maria of Enghien sells the lordship of Argos and Nauplia to the Republic of Venice. 1787 – Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the US Constitution. 1862 – American Civil War: USS Cairo sinks on the Yazoo River. 1866 – Oaks explosion: The worst mining disaster in England kills 361 miners and rescuers. 1870 – Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman. 1901 – Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" [•••] in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland. 1915 – Yuan Shikai declares the establishment of the Empire of China and proclaims himself Emperor. 1917 – Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys. 1935 – The Lebensborn Project, a Nazi reproduction program, is founded by Heinrich Himmler. 1937 – Second Sino-Japanese War: USS Panay incident: Japanese aircraft bomb and sink U.S. gunboat USS Panay on the Yangtze river in China. 1939 – HMS Duchess sinks after a collision with HMS Barham off the coast of Scotland with the loss of 124 men. 1939 – Winter War: The Battle of Tolvajärvi, also known as the first major Finnish victory in the Winter War, begins. 1941 – World War II: Fifty-four Japanese A6M Zero fighters raid Batangas Field, Philippines. Jesús Villamor and four Filipino fighter pilots fend them off; César Basa is killed. 1941 – The Holocaust: Adolf Hitler declares the imminent extermination of the Jews at a meeting in the Reich Chancellery. 1945 – The People's Republic of Korea is outlawed in the South, by order of the United States Army Military Government in Korea. 1946 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 13 relating to acceptance of Siam (now Thailand) to the United Nations is adopted. 1956 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 121 relating to acceptance of Japan to the United Nations is adopted. 1963 – Kenya declares independence from Great Britain. 1969 – The Piazza Fontana bombing; a bomb explodes at the headquarters of Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura (the National Agricultural Bank) in Piazza Fontana in Milan, Italy, killing 17 people and wounding 88. The same afternoon, three more bombs are detonated in Rome and Milan, and another is found unexploded. 1979 – The 8.2 Mw  Tumaco earthquake shakes Colombia and Ecuador with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 300–600, and generating a large tsunami. 1979 – Coup d'état of December Twelfth occurs in South Korea. 1985 – Arrow Air Flight 1285R, a McDonnell Douglas DC-8, crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland, killing all 256 people on board, including 236 members of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division. 1988 – The Clapham Junction rail crash kills thirty-five and injures hundreds after two collisions of three commuter trains—one of the worst train crashes in the United Kingdom. 1999 – A magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits the Philippines's main island of Luzon, killing six people, injuring 40, and causing power outages that affected the capital Manila. 2000 – The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore. 2001 – Prime Minister of Vietnam Phan Văn Khải announces the decision on upgrading the Phong Nha–Kẻ Bàng nature reserve to a national park, providing information on projects for the conservation and development of the park and revised maps. 2012 – North Korea successfully launches its first satellite, Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2. 2015 – The Paris Agreement relating to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is adopted. 2021 – Dutch Formula One racing driver Max Verstappen wins the controversial 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, beating seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton to become the first Formula One World Champion to come from the Netherlands.

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‘In 30 years we’ll still be friends'

‘In 30 years we’ll still be friends’

Vettel retired from F1 after the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, bringing to a close an illustrious career that saw him win four world championships (2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013), 53 victories, 57 pole positions and 122 podium finishes.  Hamilton and Vettel both made their F1 debuts in 2007 and shared 10 of the next 13 world championships from 2008 onwards, including directly battling each…

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[1] 20th March 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix Podium

[2] 25th October 2015 United States Grand Prix Post-race Conference

[3] 13th November 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Post-qualifying Top 3 Photo

[4] 31st October 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Post-qualifying Top 3 Photo

[5] 3rd July 2022 British Grand Prix Podium

[6] 25th November 2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Post-qualifying Top 3 Photo

[7] 10th September 2011 Italian Grand Prix Post-qualifying Top 3 Photo

[8] 25th August 2018 Belgian Grand Prix Post-qualifying Top 3 Photo

[9] 27th June 2010 European Grand Prix Podium Champagne Celebrations

[10] 27th October 2012 Indian Grand Prix Post-qualifying Top 3 Photo

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Sayılarla Yas Marina

Abu Dabi hakkında bilmeniz gereken her şey, kolayca sindirilebilir bir sayısal formatta!

Abu Dabi yılın son yarışı ve harika bir eğlence sağladı. İşte Emirlik pisti hakkında bilmeniz gereken her şey... 1 – Max'in ilk Dünya Şampiyonluğunu ilan ettiği yer. Aynı zamanda Sebastian Vettel'in 2010 yılında takım için ilk şampiyonluğunu kazandığı yer. 1 – Yarış, gridin ön sıralarında oturmayan bir sürücü tarafından sadece bir kez kazanılmıştır. Bu 2012'de Kimi Raikkonen'di. 1 – Abu Dabi Grand Prix, takvimdeki tek 'alacakaranlık' yarışıdır. 1.2 – düzlüğün uzunluğu (km cinsinden). 1.82 – Tur başına kullanılacağı tahmin edilen yakıt miktarı (kg cinsinden). 2 – In 2020 Abu Dhabi was one of only two wins for Max – but we all know how the 2021 season went! 4 – It’s one of four races this season named after the city it’s in, rather than the country. The other three are: Miami, Sao Paulo and Mexico City. 6 – The Yas Marina circuit has six different configurations. 7 – The last seven outings have seen the polesitter winning.

Abu Dabi'de Gün Batımı Oturumu© Getty Images 14 – Sürücülerin arka düzlükte tam gaz oldukları saniye cinsinden süre. 16 – Yas Marina Pisti'ndeki dönüş sayısı. 1:26.103 - Max'in 2021'de kırdığı tur rekoru. 5.281 - Km cinsinden tur uzunluğu.

Bir Alacakaranlık Meselesi© Getty Images 40 – Milyarlar cinsinden miktar - evet bir 'b' ile milyarlarca - Yas Adası'nı devreyi içeren turistik bir cazibe merkezi olarak kurmak pahalıya mal oldu. Devre için tahmini maliyet 1 milyar dolardı. 58 – Tur açısından yarış uzunluğu. 69 – Sürücülerin tam gaz attığı tur yüzdesi. 3.740 – Sürücülerin yarış sırasında yaptıkları tahmini vites değişikliği miktarı.

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Honorable mentions:

Brazil 2012

Hungary 2013

Spain 2016