How 'bout that F-1 qualifying?

Cazzie

Cazzie

SOH-CM-2024
I just love it when they return to Europe, I can get up early, take a walk, get back, bathe, and see qualifying and the race at 8:00 AM EDT.

I love F-1's format and it was just as down-to-the-wire exciting this morning as always.

They're calling for rain in Spain tomorrow, so maybe we'll get to see a good race too! :ernae:

Caz, you go Jenson.
 
Yes, interesting qualifying with some close results:

1. Jenson Button Britain Brawn-Mercedes 1m 20.527s
2. Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault 1m 20.660s
3. Rubens Barrichello Brazil Brawn-Mercedes 1m 20.762s
4. Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 20.934s
5. Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault 1m 21.049s
6. Timo Glock Germany Toyota-Toyota 1m 21.247s
7. Jarno Trulli Italy Toyota-Toyota 1m 21.254s
8. Fernando Alonso Spain Renault-Renault 1m 21.392s
9. Nico Rosberg Germany Williams-Toyota 1m 22.558s
10. Robert Kubica Poland BMW Sauber 1m 22.685s

11. Kazuki Nakajima Japan Williams-Toyota 1m 20.531s
12. Nelson Piquet Jr Brazil Renault-Renault 1m 20.604s
13. Nick Heidfeld Germany BMW Sauber 1m 20.676s
14. Lewis Hamilton Britain McLaren-Mercedes 1m 20.805s
15. Sebastien Buemi Switzerland Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 21.067s

16. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 21.291s
17. Sebastien Bourdais France Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 21.300s
18. Heikki Kovalainen Finland McLaren-Mercedes 1m 21.675s
19. Adrian Sutil Germany Force India-Mercedes 1m 21.742s
20. Giancarlo Fisichella Italy Force India-Mercedes 1m 22.204s

The top eight cars are running about the same fuel levels too:

1. Jenson Button, Brawn GP, 646kg
2. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 651.5
3. Rubens Barrichello, Brawn GP, 649.5
4. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 655
5. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 651.5
6. Timo Glock, Toyota, 646.5
7. Jarno Trulli, Toyota, 655.5
8. Fernando Alonso, Renault, 645
9. Nico Rosberg, Williams, 668
10. Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, 660
11. Kazuki Nakajima, Williams, 676.6
12. Nelson Piquet, Renault, 677.4
13. Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, 676.3
14. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, 683
15. Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, 678
16. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 673
17. Sebastien Bourdais, Toro Rosso, 669
18. Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren, 657
19. Adrian Sutil, Force India, 675
20. Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India, 656<!-- ArticleBodyEnd -->
 
Hmmm...
I wonder why there's a marked difference between Red Bull & Torero Rosso

Driver, engine, both?
 
Yes, both RBR and STR buy their chassis' from Red Bull engineering, but adapting it to the engine and any further development the teams need to do themselves. RBR has a lot more resources than STR, which is basically the former Minardi team.

And I do rank Vettel and Webber higher than Bourdais and Buemi (Though he has shown a lot of good things the first few races)
 
Agreed...
Well, seeing that "Mainstream Ferrari" hasn't done that well in comparison to McLaren......

And Brawn is powered by those same Mercedes engines....

Hmmm.....I'd sure like to the engines on a dyno....

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Although it's great to see Button in the winner's circle often, I think history will remember this year as a controversial one where new technology combined with interpretation of the rules had a major impact.

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As someone else eluded to in this sub-forum earlier, does Brawn's success highlight just how overinflated ($$) & mis-managed BAR & Honda were....

Or is Brawn's success due to a simple, but clever interpretation of the rules?
 
...Must be frustrating for Rubens to be "2nd fiddle" to yet another driver....

...Whereas it appeared that Eddie Irvine was more comfortable with the role....

Looks like Massa is Brazil's best hope even though he's not in a Brawn or Red Bull....
 
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