Spanish GP 2009 - Circuit de Catalunya

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Gonner
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The front left suspensions looked bad.

Ferrari 1 et 2 , 1.20.533 Massa et 1.20.6 for Raikko :shock:

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zgred
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That is just incredible Q1 P1 is for Massa while Raikkonen is out with P16... :shock:

roost89
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zgred wrote:That is just incredible Q1 P1 is for Massa while Raikkonen is out with P16... :shock:
Rather bad! A few teams with a big gap between drivers too. McLaren, STR and Toyota (off the top of my head)
Piquet Jnr. faster than Alonso in Q1 too.
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blobslosak
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The team messed up with kimi, didn't send him out for his final lap in Q1.

modbaraban
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blobslosak wrote:The team messed up with kimi, didn't send him out for his final lap in Q1.
Deja-vu

The FOZ
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blobslosak wrote:The team messed up with kimi, didn't send him out for his final lap in Q1.
Same mistake as with Massa two races ago. As the team who's having a shaky start to the season, why are they making ANY assumptions about pace and performance in quali? Somewhat annoying...

roost89
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What a lap from Vettel! Brundle saying he was wide and late on the throttle in 9 and still beating Rubens' time.

Button with a damn good lap too! A car he doesn't like and he puts it in pole.
"It could be done manually. It would take quite a while, but it could be done. There is however a much more efficient and accurate way of getting the data. Men with lasers." Wing Commander Andy Green

Scotracer
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Very nice Brawn boys 8)
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blobslosak
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Amazing from Button. He's been off his team mate's pace all weekend and pulls that out of the bag. Amazing. :D =D>

modbaraban
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Q3 was a real thriller! Great one.

Gonner
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Button's style of driving impresses me, he is like Hakkinen in his best years, he puts the car in the curve and ( almost ) never correct the wheel.

RJC_pt
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Gonner wrote:Button's style of driving impresses me, he is like Hakkinen in his best years, he puts the car in the curve and ( almost ) never correct the wheel.
Is that great driving or is that a great car/setup? or both?

Scotracer
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RJC_pt wrote:
Gonner wrote:Button's style of driving impresses me, he is like Hakkinen in his best years, he puts the car in the curve and ( almost ) never correct the wheel.
Is that great driving or is that a great car/setup? or both?
Button has always been a very, very smooth driver. During the TC days he was always noted for almost never engaging it.
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Gonner
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RJC_pt wrote:
Gonner wrote:Button's style of driving impresses me, he is like Hakkinen in his best years, he puts the car in the curve and ( almost ) never correct the wheel.
Is that great driving or is that a great car/setup? or both?
I'd say both, the Brawn seems to be the easiest car to drive, you don't fight with it, but Button's style makes the pair, and that led to 3 wins.

The only bad thing about it is that neither Button's style nor the Brawn really warms the tires, so they weren't able to get the best from their tires in China.

ESPImperium
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Anyone catch who was on a new engine for this race???

Or if they changed to a new motor after Friday practices???