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2009 F1 Round 3 Chinese GP quali: Vettel and Renault power
Posted 04-18-2009 at 01:45 PM by Bludd
Tags 2009, china, formula 1, qualifying, round 3
Q1:
Kubica is the big player here and he starts in P18. BMW are always very late out in qualifying and maybe this time it bit them. Piquet is a bad qualifier, he may lose his drive soon. Alonso have beat him 21-0. Bourdais made a mistake and the Force Indias lack downforce.
Knocked out thus far:
P16 Bourdais - Toro Rosso
P17 Piquet - Renault
P18 Kubica - BMW
P19 Sutil - Force India
P20 Fisichella - Force India
Q2:
What is Glock doing? He knew he's going to drop 5 places. Massa improved from Malaysia where he qualified 16th, but wow, Ferrari are wallowing in the crap. Heidfeld and Kovalainen are in 2 of the 3 KERS cars and it seems Renault removing KERS was a good move. Nakajima ... Well, I don't know.
The stars of Q2 were the Red Bulls and Buemi. He's at least doing a great job in qualifying and he's beating his 4 times Champcar champion team-mate Bourdais.
The grid thus far:
P11 Heidfeld - BMW
P12 Kovalainen - McLaren
P13 Massa - Ferrari
P14 Glock - Toyota *to drop 5 places after changing gearbox before Q1
P15 Nakajima - Williams
P16 Bourdais - Toro Rosso
P17 Piquet - Renault
P18 Kubica - BMW
P19 Sutil - Force India
P20 Fisichella - Force India
Q3:
Vettel got his second ever pole position (first was the amazing and historic 2008 Italian GP at Monza where he got pole and the win). The Red Bull is a great car, but it is fragile as the had drive shaft problems in practice this weekend. Renault engines in the three first places and no KERS up there. Sends a signal, doesn't? Renault have done a good job with flying out new parts all weekend and the mechanics have worked all night fitting new stuff to the car.
The grid for tomorrow's race:
P1 Vettel - Red Bull * Red Bull's first pole position!
P2 Alonso - Renault * Awesome! Haha
P3 Webber - Red Bull * Great work!
P4 Barrichello Brawn
P5 Button - Brawn
P6 Trulli - Toyota
P7 Rosberg - Williams
P8 Räikkönen - Ferrari
P9 Hamilton - McLaren
P10 Buemi - Toro Rosso
P11 Heidfeld - BMW
P12 Kovalainen - McLaren
P13 Massa - Ferrari
P14 Glock - Toyota - to drop 5 places after changing gearbox before Q1
P15 Nakajima - Williams
P16 Bourdais - Toro Rosso
P17 Piquet - Renault
P18 Kubica - BMW
P19 Sutil - Force India
P20 Fisichella - Force India
Car weights after Q3:
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Pos. Driver Car weight
1. Vettel 644.0kg
2. Alonso 637.0kg
3. Webber 646.5kg
4. Barrichello 661.0kg
5. Button 659.0kg
6. Trulli 664.5kg
7. Rosberg 650.5kg
8. Raikkonen 673.5kg
9. Hamilton 679.0kg
10. Buemi 673.0kg
11. Heidfeld 679.0kg
12. Kovalainen 697.0kg
13. Massa 690.0kg
14. Glock 652.0kg
15. Nakajima 682.7kg
16. Bourdais 690.0kg
17. Piquet 697.9kg
18. Kubica 659.0kg
19. Sutil 648.0kg
20. Fisichella 679.5kg
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Kubica is the big player here and he starts in P18. BMW are always very late out in qualifying and maybe this time it bit them. Piquet is a bad qualifier, he may lose his drive soon. Alonso have beat him 21-0. Bourdais made a mistake and the Force Indias lack downforce.
Knocked out thus far:
P16 Bourdais - Toro Rosso
P17 Piquet - Renault
P18 Kubica - BMW
P19 Sutil - Force India
P20 Fisichella - Force India
Q2:
What is Glock doing? He knew he's going to drop 5 places. Massa improved from Malaysia where he qualified 16th, but wow, Ferrari are wallowing in the crap. Heidfeld and Kovalainen are in 2 of the 3 KERS cars and it seems Renault removing KERS was a good move. Nakajima ... Well, I don't know.
The stars of Q2 were the Red Bulls and Buemi. He's at least doing a great job in qualifying and he's beating his 4 times Champcar champion team-mate Bourdais.
The grid thus far:
P11 Heidfeld - BMW
P12 Kovalainen - McLaren
P13 Massa - Ferrari
P14 Glock - Toyota *to drop 5 places after changing gearbox before Q1
P15 Nakajima - Williams
P16 Bourdais - Toro Rosso
P17 Piquet - Renault
P18 Kubica - BMW
P19 Sutil - Force India
P20 Fisichella - Force India
Q3:
Vettel got his second ever pole position (first was the amazing and historic 2008 Italian GP at Monza where he got pole and the win). The Red Bull is a great car, but it is fragile as the had drive shaft problems in practice this weekend. Renault engines in the three first places and no KERS up there. Sends a signal, doesn't? Renault have done a good job with flying out new parts all weekend and the mechanics have worked all night fitting new stuff to the car.
The grid for tomorrow's race:
P1 Vettel - Red Bull * Red Bull's first pole position!
P2 Alonso - Renault * Awesome! Haha
P3 Webber - Red Bull * Great work!
P4 Barrichello Brawn
P5 Button - Brawn
P6 Trulli - Toyota
P7 Rosberg - Williams
P8 Räikkönen - Ferrari
P9 Hamilton - McLaren
P10 Buemi - Toro Rosso
P11 Heidfeld - BMW
P12 Kovalainen - McLaren
P13 Massa - Ferrari
P14 Glock - Toyota - to drop 5 places after changing gearbox before Q1
P15 Nakajima - Williams
P16 Bourdais - Toro Rosso
P17 Piquet - Renault
P18 Kubica - BMW
P19 Sutil - Force India
P20 Fisichella - Force India
Car weights after Q3:
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Pos. Driver Car weight
1. Vettel 644.0kg
2. Alonso 637.0kg
3. Webber 646.5kg
4. Barrichello 661.0kg
5. Button 659.0kg
6. Trulli 664.5kg
7. Rosberg 650.5kg
8. Raikkonen 673.5kg
9. Hamilton 679.0kg
10. Buemi 673.0kg
11. Heidfeld 679.0kg
12. Kovalainen 697.0kg
13. Massa 690.0kg
14. Glock 652.0kg
15. Nakajima 682.7kg
16. Bourdais 690.0kg
17. Piquet 697.9kg
18. Kubica 659.0kg
19. Sutil 648.0kg
20. Fisichella 679.5kg
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