Malaysia GP Qualifying – Q3

Jenson Button on pole, Jarno Trulli Second.

Sebastian Vettel and Ruben Barrichello set a good time as well (third and forth)

But Vettel got 10-place grid penalty, and Barichello 5-place grid penalty for changing his gear box on practice.

Malaysia GP Qualifying - Q2

Jenson Button first, both Liar Team McLaren were out.

Toyota has got pace as well, second for Jarno Trulli.

Q3 after the break…

Malaysia GP Qualifying – Q1

Massa unable to squeeze himself into Q2, silly mistake by Ferrari.  Ferrari practically parked their cars in the pit try to save another set of tyres, bad decision.

Kimi Raikonnen was in a dangerous position too, 14th.  Luckily he made it to Q2

More to come after the break….

Malaysia - Qualifying Result

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

Source: http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2008/788/6489/

Melbourne - Qualifying Result

On a day that Ferrari might prefer to forget, McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton opened his 2008 world championship challenge by grabbing pole position for the Australian Grand Prix from a super-impressive Robert Kubica in the BMW Sauber.

With Kimi Raikkonen already sidelined after fuel pump problems in Q2, team mate Felipe Massa had to uphold Ferrari honour alone in Q3, but after recording 1m 27.178s on his first run, he failed to improve on his second. Kubica, meanwhile, was on a blinder that resulted in 1m 26.869s even though he ran wide in Turn Nine. The Pole kept his foot in it and didn’t appear to lose an awful lot of time, and planted his BMW Sauber on the front row for the first time in his career.

Hamilton’s smoother 1m 26.714s, however, was good enough to settle the issue and to give the Briton his seventh career pole. It was a good day for McLaren, with Heikki Kovalainen taking third, ahead of Massa, with 1m 27.079s.

Full report: http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/3/7485.html

Qualifying Result

Squence: Pos Driver Team Q1, Q2, Q3, Laps

1. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.572,1:25.187, 1:26.714, 14
2. Robert Kubica BMW 1:26.103, 1:25.315, 1:26.869, 15
3. Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:25.664, 1:25.452, 1:27.079, 13
4. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:25.994, 1:25.691, 1:27.178, 12
5. Nick Heidfeld BMW 1:25.960, 1:25.518, 1:27.236, 16
6. Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:26.427, 1:26.101, 1:28.527, 17
7. Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:26.295, 1:26.059, 1:28.687, 21
8. David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:26.381, 1:26.063, 1:29.041, 18
9. Timo Glock Toyota 1:26.919, 1:26.164, 1:29.593, 17
   (will drop ten places, unschedule gear-box change)
10. Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 1:26.702, 1:25.842, No time, 18
11. Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:26.369, 1:26.173, 13
12. Fernando Alonso Renault 1:26.907, 1:26.188, 10
13. Jenson Button Honda 1:26.712, 1:26.259, 13
14. Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:26.891, 1:26.413, 13
15. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:26.914, No time, 8
16. Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:26.140, 3
17. Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:27.207, 9
18. Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:27.446, 10
19. Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:27.859, 9
20. Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 1:28.208, 9
21. Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:28.330, 6
22. Anthony Davidson Super Aguri-Honda 1:29.059, 9
    

Source: http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2008/787/6482/