2012 Italian Grand Prix - Monza

[Morteza]

Massa!!! =D>

What was wrong with Alonso?

Aborted his first lap and then royally screwed up the first chicane on his only shot at a hot flying lap.

Luca looked very pissed

[zyphro]

Luca looked very pissed

Yup, the Guvnor is not happy. The championship fight is now wide open; Massa must be grinning inside though!

[Mesteño]

He has just said in spanish tv that he had a mechanical problem during q3

[Javert]

When you do not respect cooling requirements and luck don't assist, broken things happen. Alonso 3-0 Massa tough during the weekend xD

[Hail22]

He has just said in spanish tv that he had a mechanical problem during q3

Hopefully its not the new gearbox/engine.

I don't know if they can repair the car whilst in overnight park Ferme?

[Lorenzo_Bandini]

@InsideFerrari: It looks like there was a mechanical failure on the rear of Fernando's car, possibly the rear anti-roll bar.

[myurr]

He has just said in spanish tv that he had a mechanical problem during q3

Hopefully its not the new gearbox/engine.

I don't know if they can repair the car whilst in overnight park Ferme?

Yes. They can replace parts, with permission from the FIA, like for like if something fails. You'd be surprised how many teams actually change parts on the cars between qualifying and the race.

[Hail22]

@InsideFerrari: It looks like there was a mechanical failure on the rear of Fernando's car, possibly the rear anti-roll bar.

Sheesh...

Well on the qualifying finish for Massa...looks like he has shot a round across the Ferrari Stern to get their attention that he is still the "viable" team mate.

Best qualifying result for him since Canada 2011

[Mr Alcatraz]

Rear sway bar Failier

[lukeaar]

Broken rear anti-roll bar.

[Lorenzo_Bandini]

Ferrari have the quickest car, Alonso Q1 lap was enough to be 2nd here. He will be massive tomorrow

[zyphro]

FI had the pace for the front-row.

[SpliT]

Starting grid:

1. Hamilton(1:24.010)
                         2. Button(+0.123)

3. Massa(+0.237)
                         4. Schumacher(+0.530)

5. Vettel(+0.792)
                         6. Rosberg(+0.823)

7. Raikkonen(+0.845)
                         8. Kobayashi(+1.099)

9. Di Resta(penalty)
                         10. Alonso(+1.668)

11. Webber(1:24.809)
                         12. Perez(+0.092)

13. Senna(+0.233)
                         14. Ricciardo(+0.503)

15. D'Ambrosio(+0.599)
                         16. Vergne(+0.632)

17. Kovalainen(1:26.382)
                         18. Petrov(+0.505)

19. Glock(+0.657)
                         20. Pic(+0.691)

21. Karthikeyan(+1.059)
                         22. Maldonado(penalty)

23. De La Rosa(+1.247)
                         24. Hulkenberg(no time)

[Dragonfly]

FI had the pace for the front-row.

I am afraid they sacrificed everything for that pace and race pace with a fueled up car will be worse.

[MarkedOne8]

If Ferrari repair rear anti-roll bar on Alonso's car, will he take the penalty for that?