Singapore GP 2009 - Marina Bay

[ESPImperium]

If Piquet jr just messed up and went wide normally it would look like what Grosjean and Webber did today.. (and what Lewis did in Monza) Hit the outer edge of the curb and slam right into the wall head on.

You can see the difference, the dude spun before he was even on the curbs.. he even had time to align the car sideways to the wall to minimize the impact.lol.. human reaction time just can't be that fast to correct the car in such a small width of track at 100mph. Not even Schumacher could have dodged a head on collision with the wall like that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6-qAzNDTPo

But anyway, Grosjean has crashed in every race so far. If he keeps on going like this it seems he is going to end up a "crasher" like Webber and Piquet.

Give him some time, I think it's too early to call him a crasher. And has he crashed in every race? He managed to finish in Valencia and Monza

He seems a more capable chap than Piquet

I aggree, Grosjean has shown to me in GP2 that he has more than what Piquet has. Even compair them both in GP2, Grojean was never scared of a challange, Look at the mooves he pulled at Hungary this year in the sprint race i think it was. The take Piquet/Hamilton into Maggots/Beckets in 2006, the dude crashed out hard.

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Altho, same could be said about Grosjean in the same corner as Hamilton/Piquet:

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But the thing is both are measured against the ultimate GP2 race:

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[axle]

Is the McLaren chassis in use the SWB version?

[csponton]

Table time is in seconds


from my analysis, the best race pace is that of Button and Vettel

[csponton]

many kilograms of fuel consumed per lap?
what effect they have in tenths of a second on lap 10 kg of gasoline?

[modbaraban]

What was the reason to schedule quali 2 hour later than tomorrow's race apart from trying to clash it with Petit Le Mans start? Galactic stupidity from FOM. I'm not watching the quali today.

[PlatinumZealot]

Ferrari's look to be having a tough time in FP3.

Maclaren, RedBull and Brawn are standing out. BMW's also up there.

Hamilton is miles ahead of everybody on pace. He set the bar for each session outing.
he almost a whole second faster than Kovi. 0.3 Faster than Vettel...

[Scotracer]

Confirmed: Rubens gearbox change

[Ciro Pabón]

Yes, that means 5 places back in the grid. Not a chance (on paper). Hamilton promises. Kovalainen in first place right now, it must be a tad sad, he's leaving the team. I think MacLaren will have a good weeekend.

What a run by Heidfeld during first qualy! Touching the wall: the way for some people to feel the adrenaline.

[roost89]

Q1 is finished and no real surprises in the drop-box. Force India and the rookies from Ferrari, Renault and STR.

Q2 has finished. Main title contender (Button) is out, locked up and not his usual smooth style, lookis like he had to saw at the wheel more than usual.
Kimi is out, just behind Button, in 13th place. Why he didn't take his final lap that was available. Poor tyres? Too low a fuel? He wa sonly 1/10th of a second faster than his Q1 time.
Rosberg takes the fastest lap 2/10ths faster than Webber in 2nd.

Now to Q3

[Ciro Pabón]

Well, Barrichello needs to qualyfy in 6th, then, if he wants to take advantage of Button blunder.

Kimi is out (and probably looking at his last races with the team, as Kovalainen).

I wonder what can Rosberg and Williams do.

It's a hard track to handle, counterclockwise like Interlagos. Wonder Boy Vettel is doing extraordinary things from my point of view. The fastest times (2nd qualy) are already done (1:46.1, I think), I believe the times will be around 1:47 for the last qualy. Are those the Pussycat Dolls in camera? It's time for supersoft tyres for everybody, 3 minutes left, you need to squeeze half a second from them.

Hamilton is looking good.


All right, red flag, Barrichello doing an "all or nothing" got the "nothing" side of the stick. The walls are too close. He was in 5th and ruined his settings and his car. Barrichello was betting on everything, several people had made lap records and then Hamilton prevailed. Damn, it would have been a close call if that last lap weren't ruined.

It's pole position number 201 in history for a british driver. See ya.

[roost89]

Well, Barrichello needs to qualyfy in 6th, then, if he wants to take advantage of Button blunder. Kimi is out (and probably looking at his last races with the team, as Kovalainen). I wonder what can Rosberg and Williams do.

Ruby in 5th and the wall and Rosberg in 3rd and he didn't even manage to finish his lap!

Hamilton is 1st
Vettel is 2nd
Rosberg is 3rd

BMW is up, Alonso is up. Red Bull likely for at least 1 podium

[Ciro Pabón]

Oh, my... qualy is restarted with a few seconds left, not enough time to do anything. That's one of the ridiculous things we watch sometimes in F1.

Have a nice day, roost.

"Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life." -- Immanuel Kant --

[xpensive]

I've noticed that the four "replacement-drivers" have been at the bottom of the seets all weekend, what does it tell?

[timbo]

Would FIA investigate Rubens' crash?
He really could gain from it)

[timbo]

I've noticed that the four "replacement-drivers" have been at the bottom of the seets all weekend, what does it tell?

That Badoer wasn't as horrible as many people think