October 01, 2016
F1 Quals: Malaysia 2016
A threat of rain hung in the air at steamy Sepang, the home of the Malaysian Grand Prix. The heat and humidity actually claimed Red Bull driver Embryo Verstappen, with the young driver passing out after exiting his car at the end of Practice 1. Of course, that's nothing in comparison to the heat Kevin Magnussen had to deal with. It was still hot for Quals, but would the impending rain affect the starting lineup? Here's the provisional grid for the 2016 Grand Prix of Malaysia:
Fernando Alonso changed multiple pieces of his engine and the gearbox, giving him a 45 grid spot penalty before Quals began. As you can imagine, he didn't exactly go all out in his efforts today.
Other than that? It's all pretty much by rote. The Mercs are clowning the rest of the field, Red Bull actually looks pretty decent (but not that decent), Ferrari is grumpy, and there's a whole lot of two-by-two going on all the way down the grid.
I'd love to be more excited about the race, but boy, it's looking awfully familiar right about now. There's a lot of complaining about the reprofiled final turn... it's universally hated... but other than that, there may not be a whole lot of excitement.
F1Update! coming sometime Sunday... it's an early race, after all... look forward to it, won't you?
| Pos |
Driver | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1:34.444 | 1:33.046 | 1:32.850 | |
| 2 | 1:34.460 | 1:33.609 | 1:33.264 | |
| 3 | 1:35.443 | 1:33.775 | 1:33.420 | |
| 4 | 1:35.079 | 1:33.888 | 1:33.467 | |
| 5 | 1:34.557 | 1:33.972 | 1:33.584 | |
| 6 | 1:34.556 | 1:33.903 | 1:33.632 | |
| 7 | 1:35.068 | 1:34.538 | 1:34.319 | |
| 8 | 1:34.827 | 1:34.441 | 1:34.489 | |
| 9 | 1:35.267 | 1:34.431 | 1:34.518 | |
| 10 | 1:35.267 | 1:34.422 | 1:34.671 | |
| 11 | 1:35.166 | 1:34.577 | ||
| 12 | 1:35.400 | 1:35.001 | ||
| 13 | 1:35.658 | 1:35.097 | ||
| 14 | Torchy | 1:35.593 | 1:35.277 | |
| 15 | 1:35.695 | 1:35.369 | ||
| 16 | 1:35.605 | 1:35.374 | ||
| 17 | 1:35.816 | |||
| 18 | Not Massa | 1:35.949 | ||
| 19 | 1:35.999 | |||
| 20 | 1:36.451 | |||
| 21 | 1:36.587 | |||
| 22 | 1:37.155 |
Fernando Alonso changed multiple pieces of his engine and the gearbox, giving him a 45 grid spot penalty before Quals began. As you can imagine, he didn't exactly go all out in his efforts today.
Other than that? It's all pretty much by rote. The Mercs are clowning the rest of the field, Red Bull actually looks pretty decent (but not that decent), Ferrari is grumpy, and there's a whole lot of two-by-two going on all the way down the grid.
I'd love to be more excited about the race, but boy, it's looking awfully familiar right about now. There's a lot of complaining about the reprofiled final turn... it's universally hated... but other than that, there may not be a whole lot of excitement.
F1Update! coming sometime Sunday... it's an early race, after all... look forward to it, won't you?
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Man, that fire was really scary to look at. I'm glad he wasn't harmed in any way. Hooray for firesuits!
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at October 01, 2016 07:34 PM (+rSRq)
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According to the team, they were testing a series of new parts on the car. One of them malfunctioned, allowing fuel to flow up and out of the relief valve (which can be seen in the video). Once that hit someplace hot...
Kudos to the brave guy who hooked up a fuel bowser to the car to try and drain it... he had a firesuit, but the mechanic that wound up helping him seat the hose did not.
I've always wondered why the mechanics don't wear their full kit when the cars are on track. I know its because they'll be doing maintenance work, and the suits make it harder to do that, but... well.
Kudos to the brave guy who hooked up a fuel bowser to the car to try and drain it... he had a firesuit, but the mechanic that wound up helping him seat the hose did not.
I've always wondered why the mechanics don't wear their full kit when the cars are on track. I know its because they'll be doing maintenance work, and the suits make it harder to do that, but... well.
Posted by: Wonderduck at October 01, 2016 10:02 PM (vZvpB)
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