October 18, 2008
F1 Quals: China 2008!
As semi-predicted, McLaren's Lewis Hamilton continued his domination of Shanghai in today's quals session. Other than a fairly lurid slide in Turn Eight in his first Q3 run, he handily owned the track and his opponents all day, ending up nearly a third of a second better than his nearest competition, Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen. Let's look at the provisional grid:
There are two penalties to be assessed. The first is Mark Webber's 10-spot penalty for an engine change this morning (apparently quite a nice kablammo, too). The second is a weird three-spot penalty given to BMW's Grizzly Nick Heidfeld for impeding the progress of The Chin in Q1. The fact that he was penalized isn't weird, but the amount of grid spaces is... three? Usually a penalty of that sort is either five or 10 spots. Oh well, just another lovely call by the stewards.
Alas, Robert Kubica's faint championship hopes are pretty much completely gone after qualifying 12th on the grid. He'd been having problems coming to grips with the car all day, complaining at one point that his BMW wouldn't turn under braking. That's not good for a racecar.
Up at the top of the timesheet, the three Ferrari drivers are stacked between the McLarens, with Massa right behind Hamilton on the grid, and Kimi next to Lewis. Considering the speed he's shown all weekend (and the threat of rain), if Hamilton gets a good start, he should run away and hide from the Ferraris. If he doesn't, however, I fully expect to see him mauled and maimed by the end of Turn 3.
This should be a fun one... see ya Sunday!
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Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lewis Hamilton |
McLaren-Mercedes |
1:35.566 | 1:34.947 | 1:36.303 |
2 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:35.983 | 1:35.355 | 1:36.645 |
3 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:35.971 | 1:35.135 | 1:36.889 |
4 | HWMNBN | Ferrari (Renault Livery ) |
1:35.769 | 1:35.461 | 1:36.927 |
5 | Heikki Kovalaininnie |
McLaren-Mercedes | 1:35.623 | 1:35.216 | 1:36.930 |
6 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:36.238 | 1:35.686 | 1:37.083 |
7 | Grizzly Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:36.224 | 1:35.403 | 1:37.201 |
8 | Sebastian Vettel | STR-Ferrari | 1:35.752 | 1:35.386 | 1:37.685 |
9 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:36.104 | 1:35.715 | 1:37.934 |
10 | SeaBass | STR-Ferrari | 1:36.239 | 1:35.478 | 1:38.885 |
11 | Nelson Piquet Jr |
Renault | 1:36.029 | 1:35.722 | |
12 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:36.503 | 1:35.814 | |
13 | Timo Glockenspiel | Toyota | 1:36.210 | 1:35.937 | |
14 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 1:36.640 | 1:36.079 | |
15 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:36.434 | 1:36.210 | |
16 | David Coulthard's Chin |
Red Bull-Renault | 1:36.731 | ||
17 | Kazoo Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:36.863 | ||
18 | Jenson Button | Honda | 1:37.053 | ||
19 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Ferrari | 1:37.730 | ||
20 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India-Ferrari | 1:37.739 |
There are two penalties to be assessed. The first is Mark Webber's 10-spot penalty for an engine change this morning (apparently quite a nice kablammo, too). The second is a weird three-spot penalty given to BMW's Grizzly Nick Heidfeld for impeding the progress of The Chin in Q1. The fact that he was penalized isn't weird, but the amount of grid spaces is... three? Usually a penalty of that sort is either five or 10 spots. Oh well, just another lovely call by the stewards.
Alas, Robert Kubica's faint championship hopes are pretty much completely gone after qualifying 12th on the grid. He'd been having problems coming to grips with the car all day, complaining at one point that his BMW wouldn't turn under braking. That's not good for a racecar.
Up at the top of the timesheet, the three Ferrari drivers are stacked between the McLarens, with Massa right behind Hamilton on the grid, and Kimi next to Lewis. Considering the speed he's shown all weekend (and the threat of rain), if Hamilton gets a good start, he should run away and hide from the Ferraris. If he doesn't, however, I fully expect to see him mauled and maimed by the end of Turn 3.
This should be a fun one... see ya Sunday!
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