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opening qualifying seems to indicate that hamilton is well placed to win the 2008 championship as repayment for the championship he lost last year.
ferraris look a little disappointing, but the BMW of kubica is surprisingly quick. nice one.
[table Pos|No|Driver|Team|Q1|Q2|Q3|Laps
1|22|Lewis Hamilton|McLaren-Mercedes|1:26.572|1:25.187|1:26.714|14
2|4|Robert Kubica|BMW|1:26.103|1:25.315|1:26.869|15
3|23|Heikki Kovalainen|McLaren-Mercedes|1:25.664|1:25.452|1:27.079|13
4|2|Felipe Massa|Ferrari|1:25.994|1:25.691|1:27.178|12
5|3|Nick Heidfeld|BMW|1:25.960|1:25.518|1:27.236|16
6|11|Jarno Trulli|Toyota|1:26.427|1:26.101|1:28.527|17
7|7|Nico Rosberg|Williams-Toyota|1:26.295|1:26.059|1:28.687|21
8|9|David Coulthard|Red Bull-Renault|1:26.381|1:26.063|1:29.041|18
9|12|Timo Glock|Toyota|1:26.919|1:26.164|1:29.593|17
10|15|Sebastian Vettel|STR-Ferrari|1:26.702|1:25.842|No time|18
11|17|Rubens Barrichello|Honda|1:26.369|1:26.173||13
12|5|Fernando Alonso|Renault|1:26.907|1:26.188||10
13|16|Jenson Button|Honda|1:26.712|1:26.259||13
14|8|Kazuki Nakajima|Williams-Toyota|1:26.891|1:26.413||13
15|10|Mark Webber|Red Bull-Renault|1:26.914|No time||8
16|1|Kimi Räikkönen|Ferrari|1:26.140|||3
17|21|Giancarlo Fisichella|Force India-Ferrari|1:27.207|||9
18|14|Sebastien Bourdais|STR-Ferrari|1:27.446|||10
19|20|Adrian Sutil|Force India-Ferrari|1:27.859|||9
20|18|Takuma Sato|Super Aguri-Honda|1:28.208|||9
21|6|Nelsinho Piquet|Renault|1:28.330|||6
22|19|Anthony Davidson|Super Aguri-Honda|1:29.059|||9]Looks like our Kimirudin is not doing too good with the car having problem in Q1. Mulonso is doing alright with a slower car this year. But what happen to the son Tarkuma, not overtaking the dad. And our Luenson is also doing fine with his horse. Anyway, it’s qualifying, and first corner in Melbourne is always a dangerous one. So let’s see if all the cars are safe through the 1st corner..
[quote=edwynlow]Looks like our Kimirudin is not doing too good with the car having problem in Q1. Mulonso is doing alright with a slower car this year. But what happen to the son Tarkuma, not overtaking the dad. And our Luenson is also doing fine with his horse. Anyway, it’s qualifying, and first corner in Melbourne is always a dangerous one. So let’s see if all the cars are safe through the 1st corner..[/quote]
Woi!…hahahahahaha!
…3 cornered fight tomorrow between drivers of McLaren, BMW and Ferrari for round 1, Melbourne. This is turning out to be a very interesting 2008 GP! 😎
[table Pos|No|Driver|Team|Laps|Time/Retired|Grid|Pts
1|22|Lewis Hamilton|McLaren-Mercedes|58|1:34:50.616|1|10
2|3|Nick Heidfeld|BMW|58|+5.4 secs|5|8
3|7|Nico Rosberg|Williams-Toyota|58|+8.1 secs|7|6
4|5|Fernando Alonso|Renault|58|+17.1 secs|11|5
5|23|Heikki Kovalainen|McLaren-Mercedes|58|+18.0 secs|3|4
6|8|Kazuki Nakajima|Williams-Toyota|57|+1 Lap|13|3
7|14|Sebastien Bourdais|STR-Ferrari|55|+3 Laps|17|2
8|1|Kimi Räikkönen|Ferrari|53|Engine|15|1
Ret|4|Robert Kubica|BMW|47|Accident|2|
Ret|12|Timo Glock|Toyota|43|Accident|18|
Ret|18|Takuma Sato|Super Aguri-Honda|32|Transmission|19|
Ret|6|Nelsinho Piquet|Renault|30|Accident damage|20|
Ret|2|Felipe Massa|Ferrari|29|Engine|4|
Ret|9|David Coulthard|Red Bull-Renault|25|Accident|8|
Ret|11|Jarno Trulli|Toyota|19|Electrical|6|
Ret|20|Adrian Sutil|Force India-Ferrari|8|Hydraulics|22|
Ret|10|Mark Webber|Red Bull-Renault|0|Accident|14|
Ret|16|Jenson Button|Honda|0|Accident|12|
Ret|19|Anthony Davidson|Super Aguri-Honda|0|Accident|21|
Ret|15|Sebastian Vettel|STR-Ferrari|0|Accident|9|
Ret|21|Giancarlo Fisichella|Force India-Ferrari|0|Accident|16|
DSQ|17|Rubens Barrichello|Honda|58|+52.4 secs|10]amazing season opener for 2008. ok, hamilton had a comfortable win. but the battle behind was incredible. :up:
alonso was the star managing to put the uncompetitive renault in 4th. :up: alonso really manhandled the car throughout, and the opportunistic pass on kovalainen and raikkonen was classic. lucky for him too that kovalainen had a slight problem on the last lap, that allowed alonso to repass the mclaren on the pit straight.
strong solid race from heidfeld.. bmw looking good. :up:
excellent race by rosberg. :up:
sebastien bourdais did well to bring the toro rosso up to 4th before it blew up. :up:
i am puzzled by kubica’s form, as he never showed the speed he had in qualifying. another trulli / webber?
raikkonen made the race exciting, but made far too many errors. :down:
the removal of the driver aids is a great plus. they should have done this long ago.
and, after a long time: many retirements!
well the kimi on the F1 track, seems like he is not doing very well.. but the kimirudin on the karting track doing very well 😉
[quote=edwynlow]well the kimi on the F1 track, seems like he is not doing very well.. but the kimirudin on the karting track doing very well 😉 [/quote]
…Woi!…hehehe! (awesome tyres laaa!)[table Pos|No|Driver|Team|Q1|Q2|Q3|Laps
1|2|Felipe Massa|Ferrari|1:35.347|1:34.412|1:35.748|17
2|1|Kimi Räikkönen|Ferrari|1:35.645|1:34.188|1:36.230|13
3|23|Heikki Kovalainen|McLaren-Mercedes|1:35.227|1:34.759|1:36.613|12
4|22|Lewis Hamilton|McLaren-Mercedes|1:35.392|1:34.627|1:36.709|18
5|11|Jarno Trulli|Toyota|1:35.205|1:34.825|1:36.711|18
6|4|Robert Kubica|BMW|1:35.794|1:34.811|1:36.727|13
7|3|Nick Heidfeld|BMW|1:35.729|1:34.648|1:36.753|13
8|10|Mark Webber|Red Bull-Renault|1:35.440|1:34.967|1:37.009|18
9|5|Fernando Alonso|Renault|1:35.983|1:35.140|1:38.450|18
10|12|Timo Glock|Toyota|1:35.891|1:35.000|1:39.656|20
11|16|Jenson Button|Honda|1:35.847|1:35.208||15
12|9|David Coulthard|Red Bull-Renault|1:36.058|1:35.408||12
13|6|Nelsinho Piquet|Renault|1:36.074|1:35.562||12
14|17|Rubens Barrichello|Honda|1:36.198|1:35.622||15
15|15|Sebastian Vettel|STR-Ferrari|1:36.111|1:35.648||15
16|7|Nico Rosberg|Williams-Toyota|1:35.843|1:35.670||13
17|21|Giancarlo Fisichella|Force India-Ferrari|1:36.240|||9
18|8|Kazuki Nakajima|Williams-Toyota|1:36.388|||9
19|14|Sebastien Bourdais|STR-Ferrari|1:36.677|||8
20|18|Takuma Sato|Super Aguri-Honda|1:37.087|||9
21|20|Adrian Sutil|Force India-Ferrari|1:37.101|||10
22|19|Anthony Davidson|Super Aguri-Honda|1:37.481|||9]well done to massa for the sepang pole. :up:
the ferraris looking strong for sunday, but perhaps running a little light. :up:
good to see heikki kovalainen matching hamilton and faster than the englishman throughout qualifying. :up:
trulli’s quailfying is truly magnificent. he really had pace today. :up: :up:
the bmw’s appear to be off the pace this weekend, but perhaps their qualifying was run on a slightly heavier fuel load.
alonso really had to manhandle the renault, but so far so good for both reggie drivers.
and was muhaymin at the track today? held the rain long enough for qualifying to end methinks. tomorrow will be interesting.
[b]Provisional grid (www.formula1.com)[/b]
At least three drivers will drop from their original qualifying positions on the grid for Sunday’s Malaysian Grand Prix. McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen and Lewis Hamilton both lose five places for impeding rival drivers in Q3, while Williams’ Kazuki Nakajima starts from the back after his ten-place penalty for a collision with BMW Sauber’s Robert Kubica at the last round in Australia.The full provisional grid is as follows (the final grid will be published as usual by the FIA on Sunday morning – we will bring you details of any additional changes):
[table Pos|Driver|Team
1|Felipe Massa| Ferrari
2|Kimi Raikkonen| Ferrari
3|Jarno Trulli| Toyota
4|Robert Kubica| BMW Sauber
5|Nick Heidfeld| BMW Sauber
6|Mark Webber| Red Bull
7|Fernando Alonso| Renault
8|Heikki Kovalainen| McLaren
9|Lewis Hamilton| McLaren
10|Timo Glock| Toyota
11|Jenson Button| Honda
12|David Coulthard| Red Bull
13|Nelson Piquet| Renault
14|Rubens Barrichello| Honda
15|Sebastian Vettel| Toro Rosso
16|Nico Rosberg| Williams
17|Giancarlo Fisichella| Force India
18|Sebastien Bourdais| Toro Rosso
19|Takuma Sato| Super Aguri
20|Adrian Sutil| Force India
21|Anthony Davidson| Super Aguri
22|Kazuki Nakajima| Williams][quote=bosozoku][b]Provisional grid (www.formula1.com)[/b]
At least three drivers will drop from their original qualifying positions on the grid for Sunday’s Malaysian Grand Prix. McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen and Lewis Hamilton both lose five places for impeding rival drivers in Q3, while Williams’ Kazuki Nakajima starts from the back after his ten-place penalty for a collision with BMW Sauber’s Robert Kubica at the last round in Australia.[/quote]wow. the mclarens on row 4 and 5. should make this interesting. certainly heidfeld had to navigate a mine field of slowing down mclarens on his own hot lap. i wonder if heidfeld had the pace (1:36.753) to trouble the mclarens on merit. best guess is he may have lost a couple of tenths on his hot lap as a result – which would have put hit ahead of kovalainen’s 1:36.613. so – justice is served? we’ll see today. :up: 😎
round 2/2008 – Malaysian GP. Sepang (result)
well done to kimi raikkonen for the win. good strong race from kubica. another good finish for kovalainen and trulli. disappointment for hamilton and heidfeld who both had better pace than some of the cars ahead of them. great race by webber and alonso with cars which were no where on the pace.
[table Pos|No|Driver|Team|Laps|Time/Retired|Grid|Pts
1|1|Kimi Räikkönen|Ferrari|56|Winner|2|10
2|4|Robert Kubica|BMW|56|+19.5 secs|4|8
3|23|Heikki Kovalainen|McLaren-Mercedes|56|+38.4 secs|8|6
4|11|Jarno Trulli|Toyota|56|+45.8 secs|3|5
5|22|Lewis Hamilton|McLaren-Mercedes|56|+46.5 secs|9|4
6|3|Nick Heidfeld|BMW|56|+49.8 secs|5|3
7|10|Mark Webber|Red Bull-Renault|56|+68.1 secs|6|2
8|5|Fernando Alonso|Renault|56|+70.0 secs|7|1
9|9|David Coulthard|Red Bull-Renault|56|+76.2 secs|12|
10|16|Jenson Button|Honda|56|+86.2 secs|11|
11|6|Nelsinho Piquet|Renault|56|+92.2 secs|13|
12|21|Giancarlo Fisichella|Force India-Ferrari|55|+1 Lap|17|
13|17|Rubens Barrichello|Honda|55|+1 Lap|14|
14|7|Nico Rosberg|Williams-Toyota|55|+1 Lap|16|
15|19|Anthony Davidson|Super Aguri-Honda|55|+1 Lap|21|
16|18|Takuma Sato|Super Aguri-Honda|54|+2 Laps|19|
17|8|Kazuki Nakajima|Williams-Toyota|54|+2 Laps|22|
Ret|15|Sebastian Vettel|STR-Ferrari|39|+17 Laps|15|
Ret|2|Felipe Massa|Ferrari|30|+26 Laps|1|
Ret|20|Adrian Sutil|Force India-Ferrari|5|+51 Laps|20|
Ret|12|Timo Glock|Toyota|1|+55 Laps|10|
Ret|14|Sebastien Bourdais|STR-Ferrari|0|+56 Laps|18|][table Pos|Driver|Nationality|Team|Points
1|Lewis Hamilton|British|McLaren-Mercedes|14
2|Kimi Räikkönen|Finnish|Ferrari|11
3|Nick Heidfeld|German|BMW|11
4|Heikki Kovalainen|Finnish|McLaren-Mercedes|10
5|Robert Kubica|Polish|BMW|8
6|Nico Rosberg|German|Williams-Toyota|6
7|Fernando Alonso|Spanish|Renault|6
8|Jarno Trulli|Italian|Toyota|5
9|Kazuki Nakajima|Japanese|Williams-Toyota|3
10|Mark Webber|Australian|Red Bull-Renault|2
11|Sebastien Bourdais|French|STR-Ferrari|2
12|David Coulthard|British|Red Bull-Renault|0
13|Jenson Button|British|Honda|0
14|Timo Glock|German|Toyota|0
15|Nelsinho Piquet|Brazilian|Renault|0
16|Takuma Sato|Japanese|Super Aguri-Honda|0
17|Giancarlo Fisichella|Italian|Force India-Ferrari|0
18|Felipe Massa|Brazilian|Ferrari|0
19|Rubens Barrichello|Brazilian|Honda|0
20|Anthony Davidson|British|Super Aguri-Honda|0
21|Adrian Sutil|German|Force India-Ferrari|0
22|Sebastian Vettel|German|STR-Ferrari|0]Kubica poles BMW’s first!
[table Pos|No|Driver|Team|Q1|Q2|Q3|Laps
1|4|Robert Kubica|BMW|1:32.893|1:31.745|1:33.096|12
2|2|Felipe Massa|Ferrari|1:31.937|1:31.188|1:33.123|12
3|22|Lewis Hamilton|McLaren-Mercedes|1:32.750|1:31.922|1:33.292|13
4|1|Kimi Räikkönen|Ferrari|1:32.652|1:31.933|1:33.418|12
5|23|Heikki Kovalainen|McLaren-Mercedes|1:33.057|1:31.718|1:33.488|12
6|3|Nick Heidfeld|BMW|1:33.137|1:31.909|1:33.737|15
7|11|Jarno Trulli|Toyota|1:32.493|1:32.159|1:33.994|19
8|7|Nico Rosberg|Williams-Toyota|1:32.903|1:32.185|1:34.015|22
9|16|Jenson Button|Honda|1:32.793|1:32.362|1:35.057|17
10|5|Fernando Alonso|Renault|1:32.947|1:32.345|1:35.115|17
11|10|Mark Webber|Red Bull-Renault|1:33.194|1:32.371||12
12|17|Rubens Barrichello|Honda|1:32.944|1:32.508||12
13|12|Timo Glock|Toyota|1:32.800|1:32.528||15
14|6|Nelsinho Piquet|Renault|1:32.975|1:32.790||15
15|14|Sebastien Bourdais|STR-Ferrari|1:33.415|1:32.915||15
16|8|Kazuki Nakajima|Williams-Toyota|1:33.386|1:32.943||15
17|9|David Coulthard|Red Bull-Renault|1:33.433|||7
18|21|Giancarlo Fisichella|Force India-Ferrari|1:33.501|||5
19|15|Sebastian Vettel|STR-Ferrari|1:33.562|||9
20|20|Adrian Sutil|Force India-Ferrari|1:33.845|||6
21|19|Anthony Davidson|Super Aguri-Honda|1:34.140|||9
22|18|Takuma Sato|Super Aguri-Honda|1:35.725|||5]well done to Kubica and BMW for getting their first pole position since the formation of the BMW team a few years back. :up: :up:
as a Bimmer fan, this is a great achievement as it shows that the team is making good progress. however, there is no doubt that the ferraris and mclarens are still very strong, so BMW will have to sustain the performance throughout the season.
the mclarens seem to be a little short on pace to the ferraris. i would expect the ferrari to clinch the win (perhaps massa this time if he does not mess things up), and for kubica on the podium. my guess: 1st Massa, 2nd Kimi, 3rd Kubica.
well done to massa, kimi, kubica and heidfeld! my predictions were spot on. 🙂
[table Pos|No|Driver|Team|Laps|Time/Retired|Grid|Pts
1|2|Felipe Massa|Ferrari||Winner||
2|1|Kimi Räikkönen|Ferrari||+3.3 secs||
3|4|Robert Kubica|BMW||+4.9 secs||
4|3|Nick Heidfeld|BMW||+8.4 secs||
5|23|Heikki Kovalainen|McLaren-Mercedes||+26.7 secs||
6|11|Jarno Trulli|Toyota||+41.3 secs||
7|10|Mark Webber|Red Bull-Renault||+45.4 secs||
8|7|Nico Rosberg|Williams-Toyota||+55.8 secs||
9|12|Timo Glock|Toyota||+69.5 secs||
10|5|Fernando Alonso|Renault||+77.1 secs||
11|17|Rubens Barrichello|Honda||+77.8 secs||
12|21|Giancarlo Fisichella|Force India-Ferrari||+1 Lap||
13|22|Lewis Hamilton|McLaren-Mercedes||+1 Lap||
14|8|Kazuki Nakajima|Williams-Toyota||+1 Lap||
15|14|Sebastien Bourdais|STR-Ferrari||+1 Lap||
16|19|Anthony Davidson|Super Aguri-Honda||+1 Lap||
17|18|Takuma Sato|Super Aguri-Honda||+1 Lap||
18|9|David Coulthard|Red Bull-Renault||+1 Lap||
19|20|Adrian Sutil|Force India-Ferrari||+2 Lap||
Ret|6|Nelsinho Piquet|Renault||+17 Lap||
Ret|16|Jenson Button|Honda||+38 Laps||
Ret|15|Sebastian Vettel|STR-Ferrari||+ secs|]with this, BMW now leads the championship for the first time! :up:
[table Pos|Team|Points
1|BMW|30
2|Ferrari|29
3|McLaren-Mercedes|28
4|Williams-Toyota|10
5|Toyota|8
6|Renault|6
7|Red Bull-Renault|4
8|STR-Ferrari|2
9|Honda|0
10|Force India-Ferrari|0
11|Super Aguri-Honda|0]Purely has proven that BMW does not have the pace when it comes to racing. But they have shown a big improvement in their performance keeping up with the leaders Ferrari and smashing those McLarens aside.
Good run for Kubica and thumbs up for Massa.. Reckon he won’t be complaining about Ferrari not being on his side this time. And I would say Kimi was just running so cool on the track.. Just pure consistency.
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