Get a glimpse behind the scenes of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with @WillWood’s round-up of the best Tweets from the race weekend.
Thursday
With both world championships having been decided in India, drivers could afford to have a bit of fun before hitting the Yas Marina circuit.
Please Note: you can take your SLR cameras with you to the Pit Lane Walk but you cannot use it. You can still take photos with your mobile.
— Yas Marina Circuit (@ymcofficial) October 31, 2013
My new friend Lisa, loved it! #F1 #ABUGP #AbuDhabiGP pic.twitter.com/3HvhfGlcfn
— Jean-Eric Vergne (@JeanEricVergne) October 31, 2013
Karting race this morning..! ;) pic.twitter.com/aaiLqNecpV
— Fernando Alonso (@alo_oficial) October 31, 2013
Awful line from the track cleaner there; wide in, apex, wide out… got it? #F1 #AbuDhabiGP pic.twitter.com/X7m5ZbPDyr
— Lotus F1 Team (@Lotus_F1Team) October 31, 2013
Great day on dune buggies at the Blackberry event yesterday! #TeamLH #BlackBerry #blessed http://t.co/SDjKVBVrzl pic.twitter.com/cIXQYHxQRf
— Lewis Hamilton (@LewisHamilton) October 31, 2013
Mark always makes new friends wherever he goes… Abu Dhabi is no exception. #tbt #AbuDhabiGP pic.twitter.com/vIUBXMoKUu
— Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) October 31, 2013
.@xevipujolar talks to Bob Constanduros out on track this very hot morning! #AbuDhabiGP pic.twitter.com/87X8udjSra
— WILLIAMS RACING (@WilliamsRacing) October 31, 2013
Yas Marina Circuit by night, as seen from our hospitality unit. Pure #AbuDhabiGlam. Bring on tomorrow. #AbuDhabiGP pic.twitter.com/6hbi4YLZX4
— McLaren (@McLarenF1) October 31, 2013
Yas #F1 is crawling in media that couldn't be bothered to attend champ decider last week, but now fancy a holiday in the sun. #AllOrNone
— James Moy (@jamesmoy) October 31, 2013
Friday
As the teams got reacquainted with the billion dollar facility, all the off-track talk was about Kimi Raikkonen’s contract.
Notice anything different about me today? #MOcLaren #Movember http://t.co/w6UnYD9RHG pic.twitter.com/p6XD7Jj6It
— McLaren (@McLarenF1) November 1, 2013
Our man @maxchilton seeing how many sets of radio cans he can wear in a single session @BBC5LiveF1 pic.twitter.com/2dvQvKBtCY
— Manor F1 Team (@ManorF1Team) November 1, 2013
Ricciardo: "Car's very disconnected. As soon as I turn in and brake the rear starts to move so it's very unstable on set-up." #F1
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) November 1, 2013
Charles has a very special crash helmet here, just for the Abu Dhabi GP #F1AD #AbuDhabiGP @Charles_Pic1 pic.twitter.com/NTNe6zgIPg
— Caterham F1 Team (@CaterhamF1) November 1, 2013
Top of the pops for @RGrosjean! Stonking lap, nice work! Just time for 1 more from #Kimi too… where will he end #FP1? #AbuDhabiGP #F1
— Lotus F1 Team (@Lotus_F1Team) November 1, 2013
Raikkonen: "Do I have a flat?" Slade: "No puncture, we can see nothing wrong with the car at the moment, Kimi, we'll keep looking." #F1
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) November 1, 2013
.@jensonbutton – Now you see him… Now you don't! #FP2 #AbuDhabiGP pic.twitter.com/nj5eVPzHs4
— McLaren (@McLarenF1) November 1, 2013
Di Resta: "Something just broke on the front. Coming back to the pits. I think it's a front puncture." He went straight at turn eight. #F1
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) November 1, 2013
Latest from the team – our crew confirm that Paul's car issue in FP2 has been caused by naughty brakes #F1AD
— Sahara Force India (@ForceIndiaF1) November 1, 2013
Quick fondle of the undercarriage for #Kimi upon his return;thumbs up! He's all good down there #F1 #AbuDhabiGP #FP2 pic.twitter.com/zw6OcCyC5E
— Lotus F1 Team (@Lotus_F1Team) November 1, 2013
Quite a few changes to the set up for tomorrow. We have (and we will) to do maximize our performance. Important GP for us! Maximum push
— Fernando Alonso (@alo_oficial) November 1, 2013
Saturday
Qualifying brought a surprise as Mark Webber knocked Sebastian Vettel off pole position.
Seb testing out his new lid design for this race. 4 stars for his 4 titles and with a classic Roman IV on top #V4TTEL pic.twitter.com/55XKGLmIu7
— Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) November 2, 2013
'Grosjean is the dark horse,' Christian Horner tells @CroftyF1
— Adam Cooper (@adamcooperF1) November 2, 2013
I dislike this track because it's a terrible, insipid layout. If i'd spent $1.5bn on this i'd ask for a refund.
— Sean Kelly (@virtualstatman) November 2, 2013
Judging from GP3 quali session, FIA stewards are going to hammer drivers for not staying inside track limits for #f1 quali later – be warned
— James Allen (@Jamesallenonf1) November 2, 2013
Mr E is back in the paddock. First time since Singapore. Seems pretty relaxed.
— Alan Baldwin (@alanbaldwinf1) November 2, 2013
Sutil: "The rear tyre is oversteering like hell." Joyce: "Temperatures look good to start the lap, maybe surface is high already." #F1
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) November 2, 2013
You asked for it, so we… err… acquired it! Owl's eye view from #Kimi's car in #FP3; pretty cool huh? #F1 pic.twitter.com/OF3dfKz1Ex
— Lotus F1 Team (@Lotus_F1Team) November 2, 2013
Bianchi spins at the exit of turn one, as Chilton did yesterday, but he's touched the barrier. #F1
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) November 2, 2013
Interesting vibration issue: @RGrosjean's rear Pirellis are so sticky they took some of the garage floor with them.. pic.twitter.com/IGd8PYzdMh
— Lotus F1 Team (@Lotus_F1Team) November 2, 2013
Hamilton: "Check my floor when I come in." He goes quickest, 1'40.501, 0.03s slower than he was in Q2. #F1
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) November 2, 2013
https://twitter.com/_MarkGallagher/status/396601704851836928
Jules is back and in a judgely huddle discussing what happened pic.twitter.com/tR4F2IArhO
— Manor F1 Team (@ManorF1Team) November 2, 2013
Sunday
Normal service was resumed on race day: Vettel won easily, while Alonso had to have his back checked after the medical alarm in his car went off during the race. He was subsequently given the all-clear.
Great facility at @ymcofficial who refuse to give out the wifi code as it'd slowdown the bandwidth. #useful
— Ben Hunt (@benjhunt) November 3, 2013
BTW, Kimi has jumped in the car to set off for home. See you in Texas, Kimi …..
— Kevin Eason (@easonF1) November 3, 2013
Close shave in the pits, Checo did well to avoid contact. #AbuDhabiGP
— McLaren (@McLarenF1) November 3, 2013
"Charlie needs to know he's moving more than once" says @LewisHamilton on the radio #SheikhnBake
— MERCEDES AMG F1 (@MercedesAMGF1) November 3, 2013
Van der Garde: "He's holding me up a lot." Pic told: "Charles, let Giedo past." #F1
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) November 3, 2013
FOM's graphics set appears to have crashed again. Too often and too frequent, seems at least once every race or two.
— F1 Broadcasting (@f1broadcasting) November 3, 2013
Rocquelin: "Sorry to be on your case but you do need to bring the car back." Vettel: "Let me quote: Yeah, yeah, yeah I know what I'm doing!"
— F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) November 3, 2013
Appropriately, after artificial overtaking on an artificial track, the drivers spray artificial champagne. #F1
— F1 Fanatic (@f1fanatic_co_uk) November 3, 2013
Ballsy strategy from @clubforce today, only team to successfully one stop. Pretty impressive given the lack of Friday data. #gobigorgohome
— GianPiero Lambiase (@GPLambiase) November 3, 2013
For the #ArmchairEngineers, straightline speeds were 316.7 for HAM (P9) and 316.3 for ROS (P11) #SheikhnBake
— MERCEDES AMG F1 (@MercedesAMGF1) November 3, 2013
We clearly need to have a think about why the car is struggling to pass in traffic but it's not a simple diagnosis, as those numbers show.
— MERCEDES AMG F1 (@MercedesAMGF1) November 3, 2013
28 G pic.twitter.com/sw18Aeexry
— Luis Garcia Abad (@lsgrcbd) November 3, 2013
Hello! Thanks for all the support messages! The night was so so, I will do more tests this afternoon and try to be 100% as soon as possible!
— Fernando Alonso (@alo_oficial) November 4, 2013
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Sherlock
5th November 2013, 13:53
Very un-samurai picture there.
P.S. Sarcastic jokes about artifical champagne in muslim country are tasteless if not ignorant.
eskopeso
5th November 2013, 14:20
…Says the man who joked about a guy strapped to a stretcher. :D
Sherlock
5th November 2013, 21:32
Well Alonso has perfect eyesight (he drives really fast cars), he could’ve checked the position of cars when exiting the pits and not put himself under unnecessary risk.
Besides for such self-proclaimed master as Alonso passing Vergne on this track wouldn’t be a problem, right?
xbx-117 (@xbx-117)
5th November 2013, 15:29
As tasteless as the champagne?
Aficionado
5th November 2013, 15:52
How exactly is it tasteless? It WAS fake champagne. It was carbonated juice put into a champagne bottle, meant to look like champagne. Are the Muslims of the country not aware that it is usually champagne? No one is making fun of their beliefs or customs. Let’s not get to the point where we become so over-sensitive about culture/religion that we can’t say anything at all.
dodge5847 (@)
5th November 2013, 16:25
I think that Keith’s comment was very funny
FullSpe3d (@dryyoshi)
5th November 2013, 18:14
Agreed, it was brilliant!
Sherlock
5th November 2013, 21:33
Hope he makes some vitiriolic comments during races in China too.
Wesley (@)
5th November 2013, 23:04
Great comment from Keith!…this race deserves sarcastic comments.It is a farce!…flat track,stupid pitlane,NO FANS in the stands.I will be so happy when this ARTIFICIAL race is no longer a part of the calendar.
Bring it to the USA for the next race F1.Racing fans are here waiting for you!As far as I’m concerned,keep the racing where it is appreciated.
GeeMac (@geemac)
6th November 2013, 8:23
I live in the UAE and I assure you that if you go to any hotel in the country on any night of the week you’ll see an awful lot of drinking going on. It is not unusual to see people in traditional dress sinking a fair few either, even though it is illegal to wear traditional dress in any place which sells alcohol.
GeorgeTuk (@georgetuk)
6th November 2013, 15:01
Not at all. Maybe in your opinion but I was not offended.
Fer no.65 (@fer-no65)
5th November 2013, 15:52
Vettel’s helmet this time was horrible. ! I thought it was just the shot from the top that made it look bad, but it really is shocking !
He’s done better…
Yoshisune (@yobo01)
5th November 2013, 18:25
@fer-no65 I agree. I usually like Vettel’s helmets, but not this one. After all, he had only one week to come up with the design.
celeste (@celeste)
5th November 2013, 20:17
I liked… and it was cover in gold!
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
5th November 2013, 20:22
Yea the colours are a bit nasty: gold doesn’t blend with bright red and that kind of tonal blue!
oliveiraz33 (@oliveiraz33)
6th November 2013, 0:19
Brilliant tweet keith :p
AldoG
6th November 2013, 14:11
Attention engineers at this blog: can please someone explain to me the 28G story?
In the video it is possible to see that Alonso’s Ferrari jumps a bit at the zebra, the underneath of the car release some sparks at contact, but the car doesn’t seems to loose speed. As an “accident”, seems almost trivial compared to other jumps provoked by high zebras (I remember Massa destroying a suspension arm at a zebra…).
My question is: if I slam my hand against the table, there will be also several G involved, but in this case the car didn’t fall from a third floor, but moving in a plane parallel (well, almost) to the tarmac.
So, how does the now famous 28G plays here?
(I am sorry if this is a silly question, but to me the picture and the whole 28G story seems completely out of hand compared to what happened on the track).
AldoG
6th November 2013, 14:13
QOTS, hands down.
Quote Of The Season.