Even with the lollipop man Massa struggling leaving the pits. 2mins to go. Final runs for everyone now.
Final Results for Japanese GP Qualifying: 1. L. Hamilton 1:18.404 2. K. Raikkonen 1:18. 644 3. H. Kovalainen 1:18.821 4. F. Alonso 1:18.852 5. F. Massa 1:18.874 6. R. Kubica 7. J. Trulli 8. T. Glock 9. S. Vettel 10. S. Bourdais 11. D. Coultard 12. N. Piquet 13. M. Webber 14. K. Nakajima 15. N. Rosberg 16. N. Heidfeld 17. R. Barrichello 18. J. Button 19. A. Sutil 20. G. Fisichella
Is Massa running heavy? he is now 5th or was a driving error? Ham on pole 1.18.404 Kimi 1.18.644 Kova 1.18.821 Alonso 1.18.852 Massa 1.18.874 Kubica 1.18.979 Trulli Glock Vettel Seabass
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i hope so tony, we watched most of his lap and he just didnt seem to have the pace, and raikkonen made an error on his first run iirc. Besides, james allen was in another cum coma after hamilton was quickest, so we didnt get any info.
Looking at sector times, looks like either driver mistake or traffic than fuel. Massa S1 21.5(-.1) S2 28.8(-.3) S3 28.2(+.2) Both Ferraris faster in S3. Tough fight for Massa tomorrow but maybe Kimi can return the favour and run into him(lewis that is)
Massa is screwed. He has never won a race that he didn't start on the front row.... it's all up to Kimi. Kimi HAS to get in front of Lewis right at the start and hold him up and then Massa HAS to pass Kovalainen, Alonso, and Hamilton.... that's the longest of long shots for Massa. We shall see how it goes! It will be an interesting race for sure... I just hope it stays clean. With all the BS this season, the last thing we need is questionable contact.
Massa is going to have to get up front and have Kimi hold up hami. Like they said, hamilton could finish 2nd and massa 1st for the rest of the races and Ham will still win it....or something like that.
Kimi sure knows when to turn it on, too bad he didn't qualify like that for the last half of the season. Even if Massa is running with more fuel, if Hammy opens the gap on him he may run away with this. Good qualifying on Hammy's part (although I still can't stand him). Good qualifying for Fernando, I'm happy to see him mixing it up with Ferrari and McLaren. next year should be interesting.
I for one feel very sad if that's the case I love personalities in sport, especially F1. Dont want 22 quite spoken sheepish shrinking violets on the grid every week end. Being hat tipping gentlemen drivers passing on the left and making the right sounds just to keep the jealous masses happy.
I've got a feeling that either he himself or someone has lit a fire under Kimi's @ss for the weekend. He'll be going balls out. Forza!!
The last time Hamilton looked this restrained was last year in the last 3 races just after he read the script. IF my theory is right, one way or another Massa will end up with more points than Lewis tomorrow.
