Malaysian F1 GP: Practice 1/2/3 ***Spoilers***

Rossberg jumped Schuey, the boy is motivated.

 

David you are probably correct on it being portugese as the feed said it would be back at 7.00 and that's the time in Portugal to come on since it comes on here at 01.00- thanks - hopefully not asleep when P2 comes on...

Carol

 

Or, put another way in another thread:

 

I'd imagine having MS as a team mate would have a serious effect on anyone....either demoralising or very motivating. Looks like Rosberg has the right attitude. good on him

 

Horse would beat him by 3 secs

 

what makes you say that? is he as slow as you?

 

Just looking at the times, it looks like if MS is a washed up has been, so is Vettel. What a shame...I really like Vettel! Kimi replacing him? lol.

Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired Gap Laps
1 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:34.921 19
2 4 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 1:35.106 0.185 19
3 1 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:35.207 0.286 25
4 3 Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 1:35.225 0.304 14
5 11 Robert Kubica Renault 1:35.402 0.481 22
6 6 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:35.479 0.558 22
7 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:35.955 1.034 20
8 8 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:35.959 1.038 20
9 5 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 1:36.043 1.122 19
10 16 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 1:36.100 1.179 20
11 7 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:36.451 1.530 22
12 23 Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1:36.503 1.582 28
13 17 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 1:36.645 1.724 18
14 12 Vitaly Petrov Renault 1:36.712 1.791 9
15 0 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:36.891 1.970 25
16 22 Pedro de la Rosa BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1:36.899 1.978 24
17 10 Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1:37.802 2.881 27
18 9 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:38.278 3.357 18
19 18 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 1:39.460 4.539 21
20 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:39.755 4.834 17
21 25 Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 1:40.159 5.238 25
22 0 Fairuz Fauzy Lotus-Cosworth 1:40.721 5.800 19
23 21 Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 1:41.832 6.911 27
24 20 Karun Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 1:41.966 7.045 24

 

2010 Standings

05 Nico Rosberg 20
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08 Michael Schumacher 9

 

Gday Tillman. My point was that with numbers you can prove anything. At this stage, my numbers prove as much as yours. Even if MS ends the year slower than Nico, I'm not sure that's such a bad result.

 

What is the point then? If 7x WDC cannot beat his team-mate, why is he taking up a valuable spot that another driver could fill? Isn't the point of F1 to have the best drivers out there each week? There are several retired WDCs out there who we all like, but this is not an historic reprise show is it? Who would watch it?

 

the marketing exercise alone would be worth it for Mercedes, an additional bonus is we get to see Schumacher prove there's life in the old dog yet.

 

you could say that about every driver that can't beat his team mate then. makes no sense. one of the has to be faster!

and yes...as moretti said...MONEY!

 

Anyone know what happened to webber there? Just drove straight over gravel into sandtrap

 

Thanks

 

I just got back from the circuit. Awesome atmosphere. Sharp 4.05 pm, it started raining will post some pics later!

 

just checked live timing that was up from P2 - I think I made about 10 minutes into the session and called it quits - Lewis was consistant yesterday and makes you wonder about Vettel - he was fast but what was his fuel load at the time.....Mercedes was consistant too. First thing I read on one of the sites was Button is complaining about his McLaren's set up - real problems or a Lewis problem?? Ferrari was definitely behind the power curve in both sessions.

Sounds like interesting discussion at the FOTA meeting - (autosport) teams will look at all options for a KERS return in 2011 - ranging from a standard supplier to freeing up the technology totally. Teams will also look at exactly how much, or how little, power the KERS should have.

The momentum behind getting KERS back has been increased because of the difficulties that drivers have faced in overtaking this season - and providing a push-to-pass system once again would help with the racing.

There is also a high chance that revisions to the cars already in the pipeline will help the situation further. Double diffusers have already been banned for 2011, which should cut downforce levels, while it is understood that the FIA is looking at increasing the diameter of F1's rear tyre rims to 18 inches for next year - up from the 13 inches of the current generation.

This will produce much more mechanical grip, which should be another factor in helping boost the racing spectacle.



Carol