F1 2010: Malaysian GP, warm & wet!

[Ferry_vO]

"Malaysian rain is like English tea: it comes around five and it’s the same temperature. " Giorgio Ascanelli, Toro Rosso technical director. :d

Superb run from Mark Webber in Q3 on a soaking wet Speang. The thrid session was halted for a few minutes due to the extreme amount of water on the track. Both Ferrari and McLaren drivers drowned in these conditions: Alonso 19, Massa 21, Button 17 and Hamilton 20! No less than four Germans in postions 2-5.




1. Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault 1m 49.327s
2. Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 50.673s
3. Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault 1m 50.789s
4. Adrian Sutil Germany Force India-Mercedes 1m 50.914s
5. Nico Hulkenberg Germany Williams-Cosworth 1m 51.001s
6. Robert Kubica Poland Renault-Renault 1m 51.051s
7. Rubens Barrichello Brazil Williams-Cosworth 1m 51.511s
8. Michael Schumacher Germany Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 51.717s
9. Kamui Kobayashi Japan BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1m 51.767s
10. Vitantonio Liuzzi Italy Force India-Mercedes 1m 52.254s

11. Vitaly Petrov Russia Renault-Renault 1m 48.760s
12. Pedro de la Rosa Spain BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1m 48.771s
13. Sebastien Buemi Switzerland Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 49.207s
14. Jaime Alguersuari Spain Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 49.464s
15. Heikki Kovalainen Finland Lotus-Cosworth 1m 52.270s
16. Timo Glock Germany Virgin-Cosworth 1m 52.520s
17. Jenson Button Britain McLaren-Mercedes No time

18. Jarno Trulli Italy Lotus-Cosworth 1m 52.884s
19. Fernando Alonso Spain Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 53.044s
20. Lewis Hamilton Britain McLaren-Mercedes 1m 53.050s
21. Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 53.283s
22. Karun Chandhok India HRT-Cosworth 1m 56.299s
23. Bruno Senna Brazil HRT-Cosworth 1m 57.269s
24. Lucas di Grassi Brazil Virgin-Cosworth 1m 59.977s

[Cazzie]

What was Ferrari thinking?

Should be another interesting race Ferry, as the same weather conditions are called for tomorrow. Well worth my awaking at 4:00 to see. My Easter sunrise ceremony will be spent watching cars race in the rain on a Malaysian afternoon. :ernae:

Caz

[Panther_99FS]

Are my earlier years predictions about Nico Rosberg finally coming around :ques: :)

[wombat666]

Are my earlier years predictions about Nico Rosberg finally coming around :ques: :)


You mean "Britney"???????:173go1:

[Ferry_vO]

1. Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault 56 laps 1hr 33m 48.412s
2. Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault +04.8s
3. Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes-Mercedes +13.5s
4. Robert Kubica Poland Renault-Renault +18.5s
5. Adrian Sutil Germany Force India-Mercedes +21.0s
6. Lewis Hamilton Britain McLaren-Mercedes +23.4s
7. Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari-Ferrari +27.0s
8. Jenson Button Britain McLaren-Mercedes +37.9s
9. Jaime Alguersuari Spain Toro Rosso-Ferrari +70.6s
10. Nico Hulkenberg Germany Williams-Cosworth +73.3s

11. Sebastien Buemi Switzerland Toro Rosso-Ferrari +78.9s
12. Rubens Barrichello Brazil Williams-Cosworth +1 lap
13. Fernando Alonso Spain Ferrari-Ferrari +2 laps
14. Lucas di Grassi Brazil Virgin-Cosworth +3 laps
15. Karun Chandhok India HRT-Cosworth +3 laps
16. Bruno Senna Brazil HRT-Cosworth +4 laps
17. Jarno Trulli Italy Lotus-Cosworth +5 laps

Rtd. Heikki Kovalainen Finland Lotus-Cosworth 46 laps completed
Rtd. Vitaly Petrov Russia Renault-Renault 32 laps completed
Rtd. Vitantonio Liuzzi Italy Force India-Mercedes 12 laps completed
Rtd. Michael Schumacher Germany Mercedes-Mercedes 9 laps completed (mechanical)
Rtd. Kamui Kobayashi Japan BMW Sauber-Ferrari 8 laps completed (mechanical)
Rtd. Timo Glock Germany Virgin-Cosworth 2 laps completed (accident)

Dns. Pedro de la Rosa Spain BMW Sauber-Ferrari 0 laps completed (engine)

[Cazzie]

A bit of a nodder except for the front runners coming through the field. Needed some rain.

Caz

[Panther_99FS]

Good to see Vettel finally getting a long overdue win for this year......(And just think, he should be 3-0) :)

Other notes: Renaults looking real good in comparison to Mercedes...
Good run by Nico Rosberg...

[Wing_Z]

Race over at turn 1...
Vettel was a class act, in the best car by far.
Interesting they play the Austrian anthem for RBR...

This leaves Massa top of the driver rankings!
And Ferrari top chassis.
Here's the engine standing:
Mercedes 128
Renault 91
Ferrari 78
Cosworth 6

[Panther_99FS]

Race over at turn 1...
Vettel was a class act in a top car.


Makes you wonder about last year's Brawn diffuser advantage even more...
-Red Bull was great last year & continues to be great this year
-Brawn (Mercedes) was great last year & sucks this year....

[Wing_Z]

It certainly does...once the other teams also had their "illegal" diffusers installed, Brawn all but disappeared.
Button got all of 14 points in the second half of the season.

In fairness to the engine makers I quoted above, one should do points per engine entered:
So
Renault Total 22.8
Mercedes Total 21.3
Ferrari Total 13.0
Cosworth Total 0.8

[wombat666]

OK, I'm late but Ed and Ferry know why.

Shame the RBR order was not reversed but a great result for the most innovative group in the paddock.
:ernae:
Britney did very well, but I remain a firm believer in the talent of Robert Kubica and Adrian Sutil.
Nice to see the STR 'Juniors' trading blows with their peers.
FWIW, it is so good to see none of the stupid bickering on a certain site re the Hamilton blocking Petrov crap.
Petrov did a great job of slipstreaming Hamilton while Hamilton did his best in the great tradition of breaking a tow.........real racing for a change.

On a less positive note, anyone care to place a small wager on the new teams making it through a full season???
They all looked pretty sad.
Methinks Peter Windsor and USF1 are probably not so upset with their perceived 'failure'.

Interesting questions about next season and Michelin, I'd love to see 16" fronts and 18" rears return.
:jump: