ilitig8

First Practice results, second parctice on Speed 2 AM Eastern tonight.

Times
01 F. Massa Ferrari 1:34.972 17 laps
02 F. Alonso McLaren 1:35.220 24 laps
03 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:35.712 22 laps
04 K. Räikkönen Ferrari 1:35.779 20 laps
05 N. Rosberg Williams 1:36.308 21 laps
06 M. Webber Red Bull 1:36.522 20 laps
07 J. Trulli Toyota 1:36.597 25 laps
08 K. Nakajima Williams 1:36.885 15 laps
09 R. Schumacher Toyota 1:37.052 22 laps
10 R. Kubica BMW 1:37.121 12 laps
11 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:37.484 7 laps
12 S. Vettel BMW 1:37.837 39 laps
13 V. Liuzzi Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:37.882 20 laps
14 H. Kovalainen Renault 1:38.143 24 laps
15 G. Fisichella Renault 1:38.300 26 laps
16 A. Sutil Spyker F1 1:38.720 29 laps
17 T. Sato Super Aguri 1:38.966 10 laps
18 S. Speed Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:39.130 9 laps
19 R. Barrichello Honda 1:39.234 21 laps
20 J. Button Honda 1:39.331 17 laps
21 A. Davidson Super Aguri 1:39.357 9 laps
22 C. Albers Spyker F1 1:40.074 25 laps

Ferrari and Macca on top, BMW is a head scratcher (maybe their floor was REALLY flexy) Renault still looking sad and I won't even mention Honda, but it is just practice.

F-C

FRIDAY PRACTICE TIMES


Free practice session 2 results

1. MASSA Ferrari 1m35.780s
2. FISICHELLA Renault 1m35.910s
3. KOVALAINEN Renault 1m36.106s
4. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1m36.160s
5. ROSBERG Williams 1m36.523s
6. WURZ Williams 1m36.621s
7. KUBICA BMW 1m36.717s
8. SCHUMACHER Toyota 1m36.760s
9. HAMILTON McLaren 1m36.797s
10. HEIDFELD BMW 1m36.862s
11. WEBBER Red Bull 1m36.906s
12. ALONSO McLaren 1m37.041s
13. COULTHARD Red Bull 1m37.203s
14. SATO Super Aguri 1m37.282s
15. BUTTON Honda 1m37.578s
16. TRULLI Toyota 1m37.712s
17. LIUZZI Toro Rosso 1m37.855s
18. DAVIDSON Super Aguri 1m38.334s
19. SUTIL Spyker 1m38.419s
20. SPEED Toro Rosso 1m38.650s
21. BARRICHELLO Honda 1m38.713s
22. ALBERS Spyker 1m39.807s

ilitig8

Honda:
Jenson Button: "Well, a tough day really trying to find a balance. Initially the circuit was very dusty but as the track improved through the day we were able to work on the car more. The fact remains however that we are still a long way from where we want to be."


Rubens Barrichello: "It's simply the case that we have had a very bad day. To end the day where I am is obviously extremely frustrating. We were not able to improve the braking stability issues that we have, so all I can say is that we need to look at what we have learned today and try to find a solution that can get us back to where we were during the test last week."

http://www.planet-f1.com/story/0,189...041723,00.html


Kimi apparently will not change his engine, Todt says they never planned to...


Looks like we may have an interesting race for second third and fourth in the constructors battle this year. Unless something changes the Scuderia will be first but second may be more open with Macca, BMW and Renault having a go at it.

West6MT

I am staying up LATE tonight that's for sure.

ilitig8

Qualy results:

Times


01 F. Massa Ferrari 1:35.043
02 F. Alonso McLaren 1:35.310
03 K. Räikkönen Ferrari 1:35.479
04 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:36.045
05 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:36.543
06 N. Rosberg Williams 1:36.829
07 R. Kubica BMW 1:36.896
08 J. Trulli Toyota 1:36.902
09 R. Schumacher Toyota 1:37.078
10 M. Webber Red Bull 1:37.345
11 H. Kovalainen Renault 1:35.630
12 G. Fisichella Renault 1:35.706
13 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:35.766
14 T. Sato Super Aguri 1:35.945
15 J. Button Honda 1:36.088
16 V. Liuzzi Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:36.145
17 S. Speed Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:36.578
18 A. Davidson Super Aguri 1:36.816
19 R. Barrichello Honda 1:36.827
20 A. Wurz Williams 1:37.326
21 C. Albers Spyker F1 1:38.279
22 A. Sutil Spyker F1 1:38.415

Note the top 10 may have slower times than some in the bottom 12 as a result of knock out format that require the last ten in the thrid round to use race fuel loads.

stangg172004

who watched the qualifying last night? it was a pretty good finish, they qualified pole one after the other. First kimi got pole then alonso then massa, it was great...

F-C

That was a great end to qualifying last night. I love these late night races. I used to stay up late on Sunday evenings back in the 90's to watch the tape delay of BBC broadcasts on CBC. Can't wait to wake up tonight at 2:30am.

West6MT

Quali was good last night. Ugh,.....it's 1:48 right now,.....waiting for the race to start. I am REALLY tired,...but I know I will wake up once the race starts.

stangg172004

good thing i cant sleep Alonso is owning! and the battle for 2nd 3rd and 4th is so good!

derrick

In case you are too lazy to find it:

RANK CAR #
1 1 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 1:32:14.930
2 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes +17.5 secs
3 6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari +18.3 secs
4 9 Nick Heidfeld BMW
5 5 Felipe Massa Ferrari
6 3 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault
7 12 Jarno Trulli Toyota
8 4 Heikki Kovalainen Renault
9 17 Alexander Wurz Williams-Toyota
10 15 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault
11 8 Rubens Barrichello Honda
12 7 Jenson Button Honda
13 22 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda
14 19 Scott Speed STR-Ferrari
15 11 Ralf Schumacher Toyota
16 23 Anthony Davidson Super Aguri-Honda
17 18 Vitantonio Liuzzi STR-Ferrari
18 10 Robert Kubica BMW 55
Ret 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota
Ret 14 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault
Ret 21 Christijan Albers Spyker-Ferrari
Ret 20 Adrian Sutil Spyker-Ferrari

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The crappy thing is that I have family in Kuala Lumpur so all I needed was a plane ticket and I would be all set! DAMMIT! Missed another one!

derrick

Where's Honda? Even Toyota is on the points board! And Super Aguri is 1 spot behind the factory sponsored team! What's going on?!

Chief F1 Fan

Honda = the suckage BAAAAAAAAAAAD. So disappointing but to watch Hamilton dupe Massa into a mistake was awesome. That kid is unfuckinbelievable.

mg7726

^^ hamilton is not THAT good. massa is just a bad driver, on/off in dry, way off in wet.

we'll see this weekend when kimi has fresh engine and his engineers let him loose. sad times for a honda fan, i'm about to cry. the spec B car can't come soon enough!!!

stangg172004

i disagree, i think Massa is a pretty good driver and i think Hamilton is an even better driver! And the fact that as a rookie he was able to force someone like Massa into a mistake and keep Räikkönen at bay only speaks to his potential.

stangg172004

Chief F1 Fan

Let's see: Hamilton had more fuel at the start as did Alonso (slightly less than his team mate actually); he passes Raikkonen into Turn 1; and then passes Massa on the outside of the next two turns for second. Then under intense pressure he keeps the Ferraris behind him for the remainder of the race--his SECOND race ever. Now in my mind, after having watched F1 since the 60's, there has not been a driver who has made a debut like that, even Schumacher.

Chief F1 Fan

Oh yeah, Hamilton also had fastest lap of the race. That counts for somethin' too doesn't it?

West6MT

WTF kind of drive was that from Massa??????? He had a bad race, but will bounce back I'm sure. I think you guys are giving Hamilton a bit too much credit though. I think it was more Massa outdriving himself rather than Hamilton really doing much. Massa would have done the same thing had Webber been driving that Merc. Seems to be more Massa caved under pressure IMO.

I also dont like Hamilton's comments in the post race interview,..........ya, I tricked massa into outbreaking himself blah blah,........came off sounding pretty bad in my eyes considering it's only his second race. That's just my opinion, but I am already starting to not like him.

Honda,.......just sad,.........WTF is going on.

Anyway,..I hope Ferrari wins everything this year,.......I hate the whole Merc team including Retarded Ron Dennis. He was STILL going on about how BMW had a plan to show off and ruin his race plans etc before the race started when Peter Windsor was doign his usual grid stuff.

Chief F1 Fan

I agree w/ you on this point Steve. I thought it was great BMW got 4th in spite of running w/ heavier tanks than anyone at the beginning of the race. It's racing Ronster, someone is always gonna try and piss on yer parade.

F-C

What happened to Massa? My wife woke up sick and I had to take care of her for half an hour. Did he run off the road?

West6MT

I think it is fantastic to see some new "faces" up at the front. Too bad one of them is not HONDA.

Im hoping BMW grabs a race win this year.

I feel bad for Spyker,.......both cars,.......geez.

West6MT

He was trying to get around Hamilton on the inside,.....locked up the wheels a bit and went onto the grass. Kimi and BMW (kubica was it?) got around him,........and thats all she wrote.

Chief F1 Fan

^^ No, Kimi and Nick Heidfeld went around Massa after he went off. As Hobbes said "Massa must be thinking What the Hell happened?" Massa has always been prone to these kinds of mistakes, thankfully he didn't do that in Brazil last year allowing him to be the first Brazilian since Senna to win this race.

West6MT

Hobbes cracks me up with some of his comments.
Heidfeld,..whatever,..same shit hahaha.