French GP - Qualifying - ***SPOILER***

i think Massa handled he's last lap beautifully. ver nice controlled oversteer he had thru the Imola corner, i think. other than that, BMW seems to struggle in the long corners. the amount of understeer Nick had was crazy. if nothing screws up tomoro, it'll be a Ferrari 1-2. Forza!

 

i think what he meant was consistently.

 

Heikki Kovalainen will move five places down the French Grand Prix grid.

The McLaren driver qualified just sixth at the Magny-Cours circuit on Saturday, but stewards adjudged that he should be penalised for travelling too slowly on an in-lap and holding up Mark Webber.

Both McLaren drivers were penalised for a similar infringement at the close of qualifying in Malaysia earlier this year.


The five place penalty puts Kovalainen, a Finn, 11th on the grid, two places ahead of his team-mate Lewis Hamilton, who was penalised for his Montreal crash two weeks ago.


was it worth punishing him? IMO, he did he's best to get outta the way. wrong place wrong time.

 

Great Qualifying by the boys in Red. Lets hope all three Ferrari drivers end up on the podium tomorrow. KR, FM, and 2009 Ferrari Driver FA.

 

Cmon guys, I want to be spoiler overloaded! Where are the top10 places

Congrats to Kimi for getting the 200th pole for Ferrari

Hopefully a nice Ferrari 1-2 to go with Italys 2-0 the other day

 

LOL, I like your optimism.

I'm always thinking of the 6 Ferrari drivers, including the Farce India and STR boys.

 

excellent job by raikonnen and massa things are looking good for ferrari. i really hope kimi and earn a strong victory and regain ground in the championship tomorrow. I don't see LH being much of a factor but Kubica is positioned fairly well to score some good points.

 

Really? Didn't really watch the 2005 season, finished school in that summer and had other things to do, most of which Kimi too would enjoy

 

http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/6/7972.html

Kovalainen will drop 5 grid spots after blocking Webber.

 

So will they swap out Bordais' gearbox. just to make it complete? -- so far, he's the only one left lining up where he qualified.

Other than the red cars, of course.

 

Maybe they should slot Weber into H.K's spot to make it up

 

I do not believe they move up a car when another is penalized. I think Alonso will still start from the fourth position and the third grid slot will be vacant.

Anyone, have the rules changed for this and I am wrong?

 

According to the Manipe grid postings there are no gaps.

 

The revised provisional grid:

1. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari
2. Felipe Massa, Ferrari
3. Fernando Alonso, Renault
4. Jarno Trulli, Toyota
5. Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber
6. Mark Webber, Red Bull
7. David Coulthard, Red Bull
8. Timo Glock, Toyota
9. Nelson Piquet, Renault
10. Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren
11. Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber
12. Sebastian Vettel, Toro Rosso
13. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren
14. Sebastien Bourdais, Toro Rosso
15. Kazuki Nakajima, Williams
16. Jenson Button, Honda
17. Rubens Barrichello, Honda
18. Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India
19. Adrian Sutil, Force India
20. Nico Rosberg, Williams

 

I really thought Massa was going to be pole position... I gotta admit I'm surprised by Alonso's performance with that Renault, fourth place is amazing!!! Finally Piquet JR is among the 10 top drivers...let's see if he will finish the race.

 

i think Alonso is running really light. having said that, i can't deny that his performance is amazing this season.