Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 11:32 pm
Wow, the front 3-4 rows are a dream line-up. Hope the fuel loads are similar.
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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 12:26 am
On a sad note, it appears that Super Aguri will not be racing anymore or at least Anthony Davidson won't be racing with them as following the 1st qualifying Davidson appeared to be farewelling the team members.
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 8:16 am
Very interesting grid line up. It suspect that Renault are lighter on fuel than McLaren and Ferrari. Massa didn't look too happy to be starting third on the grid. I'm guessing that he is on a lighter fuel load than Kimi.
It should be a good race.
It should be a good race.
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 9:14 am
Team by team summary following qualifying (GMM)
Ferrari
Watched by Michael Schumacher on the pitwall, Kimi Raikkonen duly delivered his first pole of the season, to the chagrin of thousands of Spaniards as it bumped local hero Fernando Alonso down to second. Felipe Massa is third.
RENAULT
Many observers believe Alonso put in a low-fuel crowd-pleaser for his second on the grid, but veteran engineer Giorgio Ascanelli (Toro Rosso) was impressed: "It was worth coming to Spain just to see his qualifying lap!" Alonso is not giving much away, but he did confirm an "aggressive approach". Nelson Piquet had similar pace in Q1 and Q2, so his ultimate run to tenth place will add fuel to the speculation about Alonso's final attack.
BMW-SAUBER
Robert Kubica is again on the pace; second in the low-fuel Q2 section, and fourth on the grid, only a couple of tenths from pole. Nick Heidfeld qualified half a second behind and ninth. "My final lap was not good enough," the German admitted.
MCLAREN-MERCEDES
Lewis Hamilton told British television after qualifying just fifth that he was "shocked and stunned" with his lack of pace, but the official press release had amusingly toned down his quote to merely "quite surprised". Teammate Heikki Kovalainen also qualified on the third row.
RED BULL-RENAULT
After missing morning practice with a Renault engine problem, Mark Webber bagged seventh on the grid amid the incredibly tightly-packed top-ten. David Coulthard was "shocked" when he failed to graduate out of the Q1 stragglers after (like Webber) gambling on using only hard tyres.
TOYOTA
Barcelona is not Toyota's best circuit, so Jarno Trulli qualified behind Webber, with teammate Timo Glock slightly adrift, consistently a few tenths shy of Trulli's pace as per usual. "We've done an average job," chassis boss Pascal Vasselon surmised.
HONDA
Jenson Button has been marginally off Rubens Barrichello's pace in Spain, but both narrowly missed seeing the Q3 action. "We are not quite in the position to be scoring points yet," Barrichello said.
WILLIAMS-TOYOTA
Kazuki Nakajima was actually delighted to outqualify his highly rated teammate Nico Rosberg, but Williams insists that missing the Q3 cut is "unsatisfactory".
TORO ROSSO-FERRARI
Sebastien Bourdais defied predictions when he scraped out of the Q1 stragglers, but he then went no further with the now outdated STR2. Sebastian Vettel's run to eighteenth was not impressive, and the whole team will be desperate to gets its hands on the 2008-spec STR3.
FORCE INDIA-FERRARI
Not a great showing for the team after the false dawn of the practice time sheets, with Giancarlo Fisichella qualifying four tenths slower than eighteenth place, and Adrian Sutil a further seven tenths adrift with a brake disc problem.
SUPER AGURI-HONDA
Anthony Davidson did well to be just a tenth behind Sutil, conferring the dishonour of last on the grid to his teammate Takuma Sato.
Ferrari
Watched by Michael Schumacher on the pitwall, Kimi Raikkonen duly delivered his first pole of the season, to the chagrin of thousands of Spaniards as it bumped local hero Fernando Alonso down to second. Felipe Massa is third.
RENAULT
Many observers believe Alonso put in a low-fuel crowd-pleaser for his second on the grid, but veteran engineer Giorgio Ascanelli (Toro Rosso) was impressed: "It was worth coming to Spain just to see his qualifying lap!" Alonso is not giving much away, but he did confirm an "aggressive approach". Nelson Piquet had similar pace in Q1 and Q2, so his ultimate run to tenth place will add fuel to the speculation about Alonso's final attack.
BMW-SAUBER
Robert Kubica is again on the pace; second in the low-fuel Q2 section, and fourth on the grid, only a couple of tenths from pole. Nick Heidfeld qualified half a second behind and ninth. "My final lap was not good enough," the German admitted.
MCLAREN-MERCEDES
Lewis Hamilton told British television after qualifying just fifth that he was "shocked and stunned" with his lack of pace, but the official press release had amusingly toned down his quote to merely "quite surprised". Teammate Heikki Kovalainen also qualified on the third row.
RED BULL-RENAULT
After missing morning practice with a Renault engine problem, Mark Webber bagged seventh on the grid amid the incredibly tightly-packed top-ten. David Coulthard was "shocked" when he failed to graduate out of the Q1 stragglers after (like Webber) gambling on using only hard tyres.
TOYOTA
Barcelona is not Toyota's best circuit, so Jarno Trulli qualified behind Webber, with teammate Timo Glock slightly adrift, consistently a few tenths shy of Trulli's pace as per usual. "We've done an average job," chassis boss Pascal Vasselon surmised.
HONDA
Jenson Button has been marginally off Rubens Barrichello's pace in Spain, but both narrowly missed seeing the Q3 action. "We are not quite in the position to be scoring points yet," Barrichello said.
WILLIAMS-TOYOTA
Kazuki Nakajima was actually delighted to outqualify his highly rated teammate Nico Rosberg, but Williams insists that missing the Q3 cut is "unsatisfactory".
TORO ROSSO-FERRARI
Sebastien Bourdais defied predictions when he scraped out of the Q1 stragglers, but he then went no further with the now outdated STR2. Sebastian Vettel's run to eighteenth was not impressive, and the whole team will be desperate to gets its hands on the 2008-spec STR3.
FORCE INDIA-FERRARI
Not a great showing for the team after the false dawn of the practice time sheets, with Giancarlo Fisichella qualifying four tenths slower than eighteenth place, and Adrian Sutil a further seven tenths adrift with a brake disc problem.
SUPER AGURI-HONDA
Anthony Davidson did well to be just a tenth behind Sutil, conferring the dishonour of last on the grid to his teammate Takuma Sato.
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 9:49 pm
Formation lap for the Spanish Grand Prix in 10 minutes.
The weather is mostly sunny at the Barcelona track.
The weather is mostly sunny at the Barcelona track.
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 9:58 pm
Track temperature is 39 degrees while air temperature is 23 degrees. Very similar conditions to qualifying.
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 10:00 pm
Kimi Raikkonen starts from Pole with Fernando Alosno alongside him.
Massa is 3rd with Kubica alongside him
and Hamilton and Kovalainen lineup on the 3rd row.
Formation lap underway
Massa is 3rd with Kubica alongside him
and Hamilton and Kovalainen lineup on the 3rd row.
Formation lap underway
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 10:01 pm
Most cars are starting the race on the softer compound.
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 10:02 pm
Interesting the Bernie Ecclestone is watching the start from the Renault garages!
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 10:04 pm
Race start!
Excellent start by Massas and he jumps Alonso.
Raikkonen leads Massa and Alonso
Excellent start by Massas and he jumps Alonso.
Raikkonen leads Massa and Alonso
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 10:04 pm
Saftey car!
A few cars touched at the back
A few cars touched at the back
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 10:05 pm
Sutil touched another car, spun and Vettel ran into him. Both have retired!
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 10:08 pm
Looks like Sutil and Coulthard touched. Coulthard's car seems to be fine.
Order on lap 2: Raikkonen, Massa, Alonso, Hamilton, Kubica, Kovalainen, Heidfeld, Webber.
Retirements: Sutil, Vettel
Order on lap 2: Raikkonen, Massa, Alonso, Hamilton, Kubica, Kovalainen, Heidfeld, Webber.
Retirements: Sutil, Vettel
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 10:09 pm
Race resumes!
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 10:10 pm
No change in the order following the restart.
Behnid the top 8, Trulli in 9th ahead of Piquet, Rosberg, Barrichello and Button
Behnid the top 8, Trulli in 9th ahead of Piquet, Rosberg, Barrichello and Button