Formula One Race #2 - Malaysian Grand Prix Thread

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McLaren took the 1 and 2 spots in qualifying again. Should be interesting to see how Vettel responds again this race. Ferrari had another week of bad qualifying.

Here are the results from qualifying....

Pos No Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Laps
1 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:37.813 1:37.106 1:36.219 14
2 3 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:37.575 1:36.928 1:36.368 14
3 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:37.517 1:37.017 1:36.391 14
4 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:37.172 1:37.375 1:36.461 19
5 9 Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1:37.961 1:36.715 1:36.461 13
6 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:38.102 1:37.419 1:36.634 14
7 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:38.058 1:37.338 1:36.658 14
8 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:37.696 1:36.996 1:36.664 14
9 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:38.151 1:37.379 1:37.566 16
10 15 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1:37.933 1:37.477 1:37.698 17
11 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:37.789 1:37.589 14
12 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:38.381 1:37.731 15
13 19 Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1:38.437 1:37.841 13
14 11 Paul Di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:38.325 1:37.877 15
15 16 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 1:38.419 1:37.883 14
16 12 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:38.303 1:37.890 13
17 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:38.372 1:38.069 12
18 17 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 1:39.077 7
19 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1:39.306 9
20 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1:39.567 6
21 24 Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1:40.903 8
22 25 Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1:41.250 8
23 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1:42.914 4
24 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth
 
It will be a good start to the race. Shummy can battle for the lead. Alonzo and Vettel have to chop through some ****. And Vettel has Hard tyres on his car to start. That will be something else.

Kimi could do well, if his suspension arms don't fold like paper bags this time out.

Strange as it may seem though, a Sauber-Ferrari has placed higher in qualifying than a Ferrari-Ferrari. Sad day at Maranello.

Also, since the blown diffuser is banned, Vettel is not doing as well as webber it may seem. And, Adrian Newey was seen making last minute changes to the RB8 before qualifying.
 
That was one really entertaining race. If not for that one bobble, Perez would be the one on top. He was consistently way faster the Alonzo.
 
Hats off to Alonzo, proof that a driver makes a difference.
Massa has to be gone soon. It is a shame, at one time I thought he would overcome his blunders and mature. But he hasn't been the same since that piece of debris hit his helmet.


I am happy with Kimi's performance so far. he has good speed.


I was thinking Button would win, and that Lewis would wheel lock his tires to death.
But there was rain, and Button screwed up.


I like the Perelli's and the TLC they require, it demands discipline and adds another dimension to the races. You can literally see the effects on the tires.
 
Massa was almost lapped by Alonzo, it seems like a lot of people think Perez is going to be the one to take over for Massa. I don't know their contract situations but if Massa keeps this up, I wonder if they are going to try to make it happen this eason.

This race was very entertaining though and to me, it was the best race of the weekend. This is going to be a fun year in F1.
 
I love tire management. Too bad Goodyear is in Brians pocket.
 
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