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F1 Austin 2016
Editor-in-chief Manuel Agüero Photo Manuel Agüero www.magracingphoto.com Texts Eduardo Galland Design Maraida González Advertising v12magracing@gmail.com V12mag #1 October 2017 www.v12mag.com
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spectators for the weekend.
almost
270,000
and the record of attendance for the
Circuit of the Americas:
Checo PerĂŠz
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COTA
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the most RECENT
ADDITIONS TO THE
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CALENDAR
IT BRINGS TOGETHER
FEATURES
THAT HAVE MADE IT A
FAVORITE
OF DRIVERS
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SUNRISE at the Paddock.
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THE CORK OF THE
celebration
OF LEWIS HAMILTON.
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KIMI
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LEW
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ST RS
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stripes
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Nico Rosberg, working to get
what would be his first World Championship.
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Mclaren promotes a UK campaign despite its poor results since signing with Honda as a supplier of the team’s engines.
IS GREAT
INNOVATION
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CHECO
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Kimi Raikkonen.
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Sharing the Champagne with Victoria Vowles, marketing operations director of the team.
“And the winner is...�
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Gerard Butler, another victim of Dan and his “shoeys� when he arrives on the podium.
Niki Lauda, celebrating with his drivers..
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VETTEL. When he arrived at F1 some referred to him as “Baby Schumi� because of his close relationship with Michael Schumacher.
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Coco Hamilton joins what cannot be joined on the racetrack.
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US Air Force
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Podium
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35 million dollars is given by Petronas as the main sponsor of the Mercedes team, in addition to developing and supplying them with fuel and lubricants.
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Intermediate tires that did not need to be used on the GP weekend in Austin.
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The Williams of Valtteri Bottas as if in the operating room: connected to braking fans (in black), external radiators (white), connections for obtaining data and some hoses for supply / extraction of fuel and lubricants.
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“Bull”
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Botas (no Bottas)
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“Men in red�
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state of the art FACILITIES
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Vettel
Hamilton
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Jean Todt president of FIA. On his left Bernie Ecclestone, director of FOM. Behind them Don JosĂŠ Abed, great promoter of this sport in Mexico and vice president of FIA.
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Gorgeous RED BULL
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Kimi
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LEWIS HAMILTON,
WINNER,
ALL-CAMERA TARGET
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The Frenchman Romain Grosjean, Haas driver.
Valtteri Bottas. Williams F1 Team.
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Kimi Raikkonen, 2007 world champion.
Jenson Button, 2009 world champion in his farewell season.
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Fans from around the world at each Grand Prix.
Neighbors in Monaco.
GUTIÉRREZ AND MASSA.
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Wheel gun to remove and put the wheel nut.
Williams in another pit stop practice with Felipe Massa’s car.
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The yellow fluorescent glove is used as visual aid to the driver to stop the front tires right where they are pointing.
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The safety and health care cars are provided by Mercedes Benz and travel to all the Grands Prix.
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SAFETY CAR.
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BOTTAS
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TORO ROSSO.
Equipo B
de Red Bull.
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Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
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Hamilton getting out of his car after winning.
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The surname of the owner of the equipment and the name of his company that manufactures equipment for machining.
HAAS.
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Pirelli uses a color scale to differentiate the type of rubber used in its tires as a reference for equipment, spectators and viewers. Purple- ultra soft Red- super soft Yellow-soft White- medium Orange- hard Green- intermediate (wet asphalt) Blue- intense rain conditions
Tires heat shed to keep them as close as possible to the ideal operating temperature.
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Cinturato tire for rain conditions.
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Checo PĂŠrez
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Silver Arrow
This is how the Mercedes Benz cars are known, which for more than 65 years compete using this color.
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Grid girl. These girls carry the posters with the name and number of each driver, placing their starting place on the final stretch during the preparation for the start of the Grand Prix.
Alfonso Celis piloto de pruebas de Alfonso Celis test driver of Force India, Force India, durante la prรกctica libre 1. during free practice 1.
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The “Media center�, site of operations for photographers and journalists during the weekend.
Some drivers usually get into and out of the same side of the car.
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CHECO PÉREZ,
waiting to get back on track.
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Toto Wolff, director and shareholder of the Mercedes Benz
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Sebastian Vettel taking advantage of the whole width of the track and a little more. This gets a less closed angle when leaving the curve, achieving better traction of the tires when accelerating.
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The advanced paint of the Red Bull equipment that in spite of having a matte finish does not increase the friction of the air with respect to a shiny finish. PĂĄg.
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The Haas of Esteban GutiĂŠrrez, with a shiny finish paint.
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The 2007 World Champion Ferrari.
El Mercedes Benz of Lewis Hamilton, unlike other designs, meets the rules of design and safety of the nose of the car, without resorting to a protuberance at the end as in the case of Red Bull and Ferrari.
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Ferrari proud of his 16 titles as Constructor´s World Champions and his 15 titles as Drivers´ World Champions framing the entrance to his work area.
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Gene Haas, owner of Formula 1 team and Nascar, giving an autograph that will probably become a tattoo later.
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seat adjustment, seat belts and mirrors.
Lewis Hamilton “in his office� probably checking
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NICO
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Drivers heading to the “Drivers parade�. Before each race the drivers are presented to the attending public on Sunday, touring the whole track in historic cars or special trucks.
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The sign sponsored by UBS in this case, indicates the distance that the driver lacks to reach the next curve and mainly serves so that he can establish references of the place where he has to start to brake. Generally references are made to the 150, 100 and 50 meters.
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In addition to preparing for an excellent physical condition, drivers exercise the muscles necessary to handle and resist the G forces they undergo during racing. In this photo you can see the work done on Esteban’s neck.
Esteban GutiĂŠrrez enjoying the Grand Prix of the Haas Team.
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Boots with very thin soles to improve the sensitivity of the pedals in the feet of the drivers and like the suit made of cloth treated with retardant to the fire.
The helmet of Esteban GutiĂŠrrez prepared with visor for sunny day and “tear offsâ€? or disposable micas that overlap the visor so that the driver releases them during the race as they get dirty to maintain the best visibility possible.
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Magnussen, with a predominantly yellow design.
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Marcus Ericsson. He has failed to prove that he has the skills to be considered by more competitive teams.
Max Versttappen. The youngest driver in Formula 1 history to win a Grand Prix.
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Sebastian Vettel, four-time world champion talks to Pascal Wehrlein, one of the youngest drivers in the championship.
Kevin Magnussen
Although it may not always seem so, drivers are under tremendous pressure to maximize results. Finally they have in their hands to achieve the results for which each team invests hundreds of millions of dollars a year.
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Small holes are left to be able to have reference of how much rubber is still available.
The Williams of Valtteri Bottas mounted on a “cart� that is used to maneuver more easily the cars in the garages and to avoid that they roll unnecessarily
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Daniel Ricciardo
The Russian Kvyat
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The garages of all teams at all times achieve the highest standards of care, cleanliness and attention to detail.
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“Fuel in�, simple system of visual cards to avoid being mistakenly loaded with more fuel needed for the next session on track.
champion, Mercedes Benz F1 board.
Niki Lauda, tthree-time world
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Kingfisher, a Hindu airline belonging to the Vijay Mallya business consortium, owner of the Force India team.
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Tired of practicing tire change, Williams is consistently one of the fastest to perform it during the races.
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New talents in F1, Verstappen and Ocรณn. In the future we will surely see many battles between these drivers.
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Details. Tool work trays are shaped to fit over the Williams chassis and prevent them from falling or damaging the car.
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Mclaren taken to the mandatory inspection of the FIA. On Thursdays all teams must submit their cars for review. During Friday and Saturday can also be checked randomly and at the end of the race all cars are re-inspected.
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Esteban Ocรณn in the Manor, in what would be one of the last participations of the team in F1.
Daniel Ricciardo on the podium.
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“Graining� or degradation of the tires by the formation of granular marks, clearly visible in Lewis front tires.
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