Formula 1 Malaysia

[vulcan1]

So here we go again this time in Malaysia. With the threat of storms over the weekend anything could happen. Will Button keep his winning streak up again? It will be close at the top of the field. Schumacher has always gone well at this track so he could be one to look out for.
These are the first practice results. Fairuz Fauzy was in Kovaliainen's car and Paul Di Resta was in Tonio Liuzzi's car.

1. Lewis Hamilton 1:34.921
2. Nico Rosberg 1:35.106
3. Jenson Button 1:35.207
4. Michael Schumacher 1:35.225
5. Robert Kubica 1:35.402
6. Mark Webber 1:35.479
7. Adrian Sutil 1:35.955
8. Fernando Alonso 1:35.959
9. Sebastian Vettel 1:36.043
10. Sebastien Buemi 1:36.100
11. Felipe Massa 1:36.451
12. Kamui Kobayashi 1:36.503
13. Jaime Alguersuari 1:36.645
14. Vitaly Petrov 1:36.712
15. Paul Di Resta 1:36.891
16. Pedro de la Rosa 1:36.899
17. Nico Hulkenberg 1:37.802
18. Rubens Barrichello 1:38.278
19. Jarno Trulli 1:39.460
20. Timo Glock 1:39.755
21. Lucas di Grassi 1:40.159
22. Fairuz Fauzy 1:40.721
23. Bruno Senna 1:41.832
24. Karun Chandhok 1:41.966

[mabratley]

You beat me by a minute. GRRR!

[mabratley]

Is it me of have Lotus improved and catching the tail of the established teams?

I have a feeling that if there's an incident in Q1 then Lotus could make it into Q2. Any thoughts?

[simon1220]

Is it me of have Lotus improved and catching the tail of the established teams?

I have a feeling that if there's an incident in Q1 then Lotus could make it into Q2. Any thoughts?

18. Rubens Barrichello 1:38.278
19. Jarno Trulli 1:39.460

There still over a second away, there improving and catching but will be a while till there up with them. Obviously if there is an incident one will get through, but that wont be down to speed, just luck.

[vulcan1]

Practice 2 Results.
Mark Webber had a problem with his car after only a couple of laps and had to pull over so Red Bull's Reliability is still not brilliant.

1. Lewis Hamilton 1:34.175
2. Sebastian Vettel 1:34.441
3. Nico Rosberg 1:34.443
4. Jenson Button 1:34.538
5. Michael Schumacher 1:34.674
6. Robert Kubica 1:35.148
7. Fernando Alonso 1:35.581
8. Sebastien Buemi 1:35.660
9. Vitaly Petrov 1:35.872
10. Adrian Sutil 1:35.957
11. Kamui Kobayashi 1:36.018
12. Vitantonio Liuzzi 1:36.221
13. Pedro de la Rosa 1:36.325
14. Jaime Alguersuari 1:36.325
15. Felipe Massa 1:36.602
16. Rubens Barrichello 1:36.813
17. Nico Hulkenberg 1:37.415
18. Jarno Trulli 1:38.454
19. Heikki Kovalainen 1:38.530
20. Mark Webber 1:38.786
21. Timo Glock 1:39.061
22. Lucas di Grassi 1:39.158
23. Karun Chandhok 1:41.084
24. Bruno Senna 1:41.481

[BTCCKID08]

Is it me of have Lotus improved and catching the tail of the established teams?

I have a feeling that if there's an incident in Q1 then Lotus could make it into Q2. Any thoughts?

Unless the weather is changeable, then Lotus haven't got a hope in hell, not at least until Barcelona anyway.

[BTCCKID08]

Well I was right about the weather helping the newbies, Kovalainen into Q2, Both McLaren's and both Ferrari's out in Q1!
EDIT:
1st Webber
2nd Rosberg
3rd Vettel
4th Sutil
5th Hulkenburg
6th Kubica
7th Barrichello
8th Schumacher
9th Kobayashi
10th Liuzzi

[CharlieJ]

Brilliant gamble from Mark Webber - Nice one Cobber ;-).

[lukeozade0405]

Tomorrow's race should be very good and unpredictable if qualifying was anything to go by.

With a lot of the Championship contenders starting from the back, look for them making their way through to the front:D

[simon1220]

Will be tuning into this tomorrow morning at Thruxton :D Anyone at the track tomorrow wants to watch this before the action starts, goodwood restuarant were showing qualifying earlier so guess they will do the same with the race tomorrow. Qualifying was .... interesting, I appeared to be the only one in the restuarant who was happy when Button spun out :p But having the ones from the back getting through the pack will be fun to watch, while I expect Red Bull to pull away at the front .... until they inevitably break down :(

[mabratley]

Well Done Hamilton ;););)

[Sparkz]

My oh my do I love Sutil for keeping Hamilton behind. :D

On the other hand, I got bored of the race and at the best of times just turned it over and watched something else.

[BTCCKID08]

Sutil, you genius! Anyone who keeps Hamilton behind goes up in my estimate!
Impressive performance by Alonso until the penultimate lap that is
Shame for Mickey Schu, retiring so early
And well done to the Red Bulls
And thank god BTCC is back today, something to keep me awake :)

[simon1220]

Watched the first 13 laps in Goodwood restuarant, but got saved by Pit walkabout. Looked pretty boring and heard it was after i stopped watching, but so glad Vettel and Webber got a 1-2 :D

[team freebie]

It really is sad:(. There seems to be a lot of people who dont like Lewis Hamilton. Its blatently obvious that the FIA dont like him, Bernie cant stand him, Mark Webber isnt a fan either, and clearly a number of people on this forum want to see him lose, but you cant deny his talent he started 20th and finished in sixth place, I didnt see anyone else achieve a better finish from their starting position, and there were plenty of former champions on the track.

Well Done Vettel:D credit where its due

[scurcic5]

Not really a fan of F1, but I don't get this anti-Hamilton stuff.

Typical British mentality - build them up, knock them down.

[BTCCKID08]

It really is sad:(. There seems to be a lot of people who dont like Lewis Hamilton. Its blatently obvious that the FIA dont like him, Bernie cant stand him, Mark Webber isnt a fan either, and clearly a number of people on this forum want to see him lose, but you cant deny his talent he started 20th and finished in sixth place, I didnt see anyone else achieve a better finish from their starting position, and there were plenty of former champions on the track.

Well Done Vettel:D credit where its due

Talented yes, nice guy yes, and nowhere in my post does it say I don't like Lewis Hamilton. I am more of a Button fan tbh. The fact is I don't support McLaren. Simple as that.

[Sparkz]

but you cant deny his talent he started 20th and finished in sixth place,

I think the letter "F" is followed with the word "Vent" here..

[team freebie]

I think the letter "F" is followed with the word "Vent" here..

Sorry Sparkz youve lost me?????:confused:

[BTCCKID08]

Sorry Sparkz youve lost me?????:confused:

Reference to the F-Duct/Vent that McLaren have on their cars ;)

[team freebie]

Reference to the F-Duct/Vent that McLaren have on their cars ;)

The penny drops.:rolleyes: To be fair I didnt pay that much attention to this, I thought Sauber have a similar system and I thought Ferrari were working on the same. Lewis seemed to be the one making it work for him.
The 2010 version of the double diffuser row then. ;)

[BTCCKID08]

The penny drops.:rolleyes: To be fair I didnt pay that much attention to this, I thought Sauber have a similar system and I thought Ferrari were working on the same. Lewis seemed to be the one making it work for him.
The 2010 version of the double diffuser row then. ;)

Sauber tried one in Australia Practice and took it off. In all honesty, none of the other teams will be able to implement it in the same way that McLaren have, as McLaren have designed it into the cockpit tub and activating it via the driver. As the "tub" itself is fixed for the season, it will have to be external (Like Sauber's).

[Sparkz]

The only other team who could take advantage and add the "F Vent" onto the car is Virgin Racing, who were giving permission to rebuild the car to fit the proper sized fuel tank.

[kezbabybabe]

Well done Lewis for that climb up from nearly the back of the grid as well as button! :D:D

Very happy for Nico Rosberg to make it up to 3rd place, certainly showed Schumacher who is number one in that team! :p

I can't really say much else as I was editing photos at the same time when we watched it Monday morning.

[lukeozade0405]

I was just shocked at there being no rain whatsoever during the race for the 1st time since F1 has been there.:eek:

[kezbabybabe]

The earlier start time helped. Last year it was just a little bit later so it rained...hard!

[lukeozade0405]

The earlier start time helped. Last year it was just a little bit later so it rained...hard!

Did it rain after the race finished this year? would have been interesting to see how it was have panned out if the heavens opened within 30min-1hr after the race finished. (with last years start time)

[kezbabybabe]

I have no idea if they did or not in the end.

[BTCCKID08]

The only other team who could take advantage and add the "F Vent" onto the car is Virgin Racing, who were giving permission to rebuild the car to fit the proper sized fuel tank.

Yeah that's true (I completely forgot), but to be honest, Virgin's main concern is the fuel tank, which as i'm sure you can understand is a bit more important :D

[VR6Steve]

Fairly enjoyed this race, maybe because anything has to be better than the first race in Bahrain. :rolleyes:

Its a shame that Mark "err" Webber did not err hold the err lead in to the err first err corner, as I would err have loved him to err win.

Could this be Redbull's year?

The topsy turvey qualifying has cetainly kept the championship table nice and close.