F1 Quals: SPAIN '08!

This is just a nightmare.  PLEASE, someone, tell me that the quals results were just a cruel, sick practical joke?

Bad enough that Ferrari is on pole.  Bad enough that they're also 3rd on the grid.  But in the name of St. Fangio the Quick, does HWMNBN have to be the one in between them???  It's like someone's been reading this website and chose the result that'd make me feel the worst... not only because of the drivers at the top of the grid, but the two at the back: SuperAguri's Ant Davidson and Takuma Sato.  The way the team acted after they were relegated, I'm not even sure they'll start the race on Sunday.

The results:

Pos		Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1		Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:20.701	1:20.784	1:21.813	17
2		HWMNBN	Renault	1:21.347	1:20.804	1:21.904	18
3		Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:21.528	1:20.584	1:22.058	16
4		Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:21.423	1:20.597	1:22.065	13
5		Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:21.366	1:20.825	1:22.096	14
6		Heikki Kovalainen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:21.430	1:20.817	1:22.231	15
7		Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:21.494	1:20.984	1:22.429	19
8		Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:21.158	1:20.907	1:22.529	19
9		Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:21.466	1:20.815	1:22.542	20
10		Nelson Piquet, Jr	Renault	1:21.409	1:20.894	1:22.699	18
11		Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:21.548	1:21.049		12
12		Kaz Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1:21.690	1:21.117		15
13		Jenson Button	Honda	1:21.757	1:21.211		12
14		Timo Glock	Toyota	1:21.427	1:21.230		16
15		Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:21.472	1:21.349		15
16		SeaBass	STR-Ferrari	1:21.540	1:21.724		15
17		David Coulthard's Chin	Red Bull-Renault	1:21.810			6
18		Sebastian Vettel	STR-Ferrari	1:22.108			10
19		Giancarlo Fisichella	Force India-Ferrari	1:22.516			11
20		Adrian Sutil	Force India-Ferrari	1:23.224			8
21		Ant Davidson	Super Aguri-Honda	1:23.318			9
22		Takuma Sato	Super Aguri-Honda	1:23.496			9

Kubica's proved that BMW is a legit force to be reckoned with.  McLaren has got to be panicking a little bit, since at no time this weekend have they been even close to hanging with Ferrari. 

In truth, HWMNBN probably has about five laps worth of fuel onboard, because there's no way the Renault is really that fast; look where his teammate ended up. 

The biggest disappointment of the day, though, has got to be Farce India.  On Friday, they were looking quite fast, and to only be .1 second ahead of the SuperAguri has got to be something of a blow to their morale.  No, I didn't expect them to be in Q3 or anything, but it wasn't going to surprise me to see them in Q2.

Finally, the Hondas will be running the handlebars in the race, but not the wavy rear wing.  On, off, on, off... make up your frickin' mind, will ya?!?

So, looks like an interesting race tomorrow, though Ferrari's the odds-on favorite for a runaway, that's for sure.  See ya with the F1 UPDATE!

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