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Circuit de Catalunya

11, 12, 13 May 2012
Length of lap: 4.655 km
Total number of race laps: 65
Race length: 307.104 km
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3 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus
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Klien to look outside of F1 for 2008

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Christian Klien says he will now focus on securing a race drive outside of Formula 1 for next season after he lost out to Giancarlo Fisichella and Tonio Liuzzi in the race to seal a place at Force India.
The Austrian left his third driver role at Honda to go in search of a race seat for 2008 and was one of seven drivers to take part in a shootout for the second Force India seat.


However despite setting some impressive lap times, he lost out to Fisichella for the drive while his old friend Liuzzi was named the teams test and reserve driver.

Klien thanked the team for the opportunity of the two tests before Christmas.

"I would like to thank Force India F1 for providing me with the testing opportunities in Barcelona and Jerez," he said in a statement on his website

"It was a very satisfying experience and the team did a really good job.

"I was happy to be fastest in Jerez and feel I worked very well with the team.

"There was intense competition for the remaining race seat beside Adrian Sutil and that was my goal after a season as test and reserve driver for the Honda Racing F1 Team.”

Klien had initially hoped that his year in a test role at Honda would revive his F1 race career after splitting with long-time backers Red Bull in 2006, but the Brackley squad opted to retain its current driver line-up.

He says he hasnt given up on a return to the sport in future, but admits he now must ensure he lands a race role in another series.

"Obviously my first choice remains Formula 1,” he said.

“It is important to me, however, to keep my race skills fully exercised.

“Therefore, I have been considering other options for the 2008 season.

"There are good opportunities outside of Formula 1, that I want to explore and I am very much looking forward to developments in the coming weeks."

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2012 F1 Calendar

01 Australian GP, Melbourne  16 - 18 Mar
02 Malaysian GP, Kuala Lumpur 23 - 25 Mar
03 Chinese GP, Shanghai 13 - 15 Apr
04 Bahrain GP, Sakhir 20 - 22 Apr
05 Spanish GP, Catalunya 11 - 13 May
06 Monaco GP, Monte Carlo 24 - 27 May
07 Canadian GP, Montreal 8 - 10 Jun
08 European GP, Valencia 22 - 24 Jun
09 British GP, Silverstone, England 6 - 8 Jul
10 German GP, Hockenheim 20 - 22 Jul
11 Hungarian GP, Budapest 27 - 29 Jul
12 Belgian GP, Spa-Francorchamps 31 Aug - 2 Sep
13 Italian GP, Monza 07 - 09 Sep
14 Singapore GP, Marina Bay Street 21 - 23 Sep
15 Japanese GP, Suzuka 05 - 07 Oct
16 Korean GP, Yeongam 12 - 14 Oct
17 Indian GP, Buddh 26 - 28 Oct
18 Abu Dhabi GP, Yas Marina 02 - 04 Nov
19 United States GP, Austin 16 - 18 Nov
20 Brazilian GP, Sao Paulo 23 - 25 Nov

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2012 Race Drivers

Sebastian Vettel
Mark Webber
Lewis Hamilton
Jenson Button
Fernando Alonso
Felipe Massa
Michael Schumacher
Nico Rosberg
Kimi Räikkönen
Romain Grosjean
Paul di Resta
Nico Hulkenberg
Kamui Kobayashi
Sergio Perez
Daniel Ricciardo
Jean-Eric Vergne
Pastor Maldonado
Bruno Senna
Heikki Kovalainen
Vitaly Petrov
Pedro de la Rosa
Narain Karthikeyan
Timo Glock
Charles Pic

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