ivan Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Provisional grid at Malaysia GP: 1. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari 2. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari 3. Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) McLaren 4. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren 5. Jarno Trulli (Italy) Toyota 6. Robert Kubica (Poland) BMW Sauber 7. Nick Heidfeld (Germany) BMW Sauber 8. Mark Webber (Australia) Red Bull 9. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Renault 10. Timo Glock (Germany) Toyota 11. Jenson Button (Britain) Honda 12. David Coulthard (Britain) Red Bull 13. Nelson Piquet (Brazil) Renault 14. Rubens Barrichello (Brazil) Honda 15. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Toro Rosso 16. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Williams 17. Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy) Force India 18. Sebastien Bourdais (France) Toro Rosso 19. Takuma Sato (Japan) Super Aguri 20. Adrian Sutil (Germany) Force India 21. Anthony Davidson (Britain) Super Aguri 22. Kazuki Nakajima (Japan) Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pot Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Blimey, Hamilton a second off the pace... :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopite Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Ooo i almost forgot all about this! What time's the race starting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pot Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 6.15 tomorrow am if I'm right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted March 22, 2008 Author Share Posted March 22, 2008 Apparently he was happy with the car in free practice - but then they made some subtle chassis changes which upset the balance. Prats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopite Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Cool, should be in by then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 McLaren duo to face stewards over claims that they held up other drivers deliberately! http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7309337.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pot Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 D'oh... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3_GjtJ9SIY All because of the silly qualifying/race fuel rule... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 They've been docked five places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pot Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Too slow... http://www.itv-f1.com/news_article.aspx?id=42094 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoff Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 May make for a more interesting race though. Barely saw Hamilton during last weeks race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pot Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Revised grid: 1. MASSA Ferrari 2. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 3. TRULLI Toyota 4. KUBICA BMW 5. HEIDFELD BMW 6. WEBBER Red Bull 7. ALONSO Renault 8. KOVALAINEN McLaren* 9. HAMILTON McLaren* 10. GLOCK Toyota 11. BUTTON Honda 12. COULTHARD Red Bull 13. PIQUET Renault 14. BARRICHELLO Honda 15. VETTEL Toro Rosso 16. ROSBERG Williams 17. FISICHELLA Force India 18. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso 19. SATO Super Aguri 20. SUTIL Force India 21. DAVIDSON Super Aguri 22. NAKAJIMA Williams** * penalised 5 places for impeding Heidfeld ** penalised 10 places for Melbourne incident Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted March 22, 2008 Author Share Posted March 22, 2008 I suppose it's only to be expected that there are hiccups at the beginning of the season. It's a bit disappointing that McLaren and Alonso are involved already though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiceRocket Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Oh look Hamilton behind Alonso, ding ding round 1... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanchan Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Just watched that youtube video. I can vaguely see where Heidfeld's coming from, but it's not worthy of a 5 place penalty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted March 22, 2008 Author Share Posted March 22, 2008 No, I reckon it was deserved (unfortunately) as they were right on the racing line as he came through. They got sloppy is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Walker Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Bad news, but its lesson to be learnt by all in the future. Gaz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 They should just add a rule in whereby your coasting lap must be within a certain time. Job done no open to interpretation rule and everybody knows where they stand. I saw about 5 cars coasting back how come the Mclarens were the only punished party or is that an obvious answer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazboy Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 It looked like the Macs were thinking about a wet race anyway, where as the Ferraris were on fumes going for pole. Interestingly Alonso and Massa tend to throw the car into the kitty litter under presure, the Toyota never races well and Webber will stuff it anyway, probably into the back of a BMW in turn 1 on lap 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simbasupra Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 No, I reckon it was deserved (unfortunately) as they were right on the racing line as he came through. They got sloppy is all. I reckon it was deserved aswell, however 5 places is a bit harsh. Would have thought about 2 places, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merckx Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 I saw about 5 cars coasting back how come the Mclarens were the only punished party or is that an obvious answer The McLarens were on the racing line and I'm assuming the others were not. I'm sure the other cars were a little off putting too if you consider the relative speed and the fact that you don't know if they've seen you and may just decide to move across the track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_blackman Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 I'm hoping its a mixture with the weather tomorrow its usually good entertainment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprash Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 If your coasting then Im sure as a racing driver you aware you should stay off the racing line as much as possible, thats just common curtesy isnt it ? So I say deserved, as much as I want to see both McClarens do well....... But that aside, good to see both Toyotas in the top 10, lets see if they can get some points this time around unlike Truli being let down by his steering wheel like last time..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanchan Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 No, I reckon it was deserved (unfortunately) as they were right on the racing line as he came through. They got sloppy is all. I reckon it was deserved aswell, however 5 places is a bit harsh. Would have thought about 2 places, really. I agree they were in the way and may have hampered Haidfelds lap, but what I don't like is the way the FIA seemingly hand out different punishments to different drivers/teams. Col's suggestion is good.....say complete a coasting lap within 120% of your fastest qualifying lap, with a set in stone punishment for failing that, eg lose 2 grid spots. They should just add a rule in whereby your coasting lap must be within a certain time. Job done no open to interpretation rule and everybody knows where they stand. I saw about 5 cars coasting back how come the Mclarens were the only punished party or is that an obvious answer But that aside, good to see both Toyotas in the top 10, lets see if they can get some points this time around unlike Truli being let down by his steering wheel like last time..... Glock was somewhat unlucky last time too with that service road launching his car so spectacularly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pot Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 It's also LH's 2nd worst starting position, the worst being 10th in the European GP last year, which was a nightmare race for him, he worked up to 6th straight away, but then picked up a puncture from someone elses crash... Then he ended up getting lapped, was allowed to unlap himself under the safety car, but only finished 9th... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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