A disastrous day for Alonso fans worldwide. After dominating the first
and second segments of qualifying, a problem on his car removes any
chance of a pole and most of his chances of a win. However the fans need
not fret too much as the Brazilian Felipe Massa does a fantastic
1.24.247 to put him in P3.
The McLarens take the front row on Ferrari's home turf, but there is still hope of an upset for McLaren if Ferrari manage to get Alonso up and keep Felipe near the top. Jerome d'Ambrosio failed to make it to Q3. To better his chances on securing a permanent contract, he must perform in the race later today. Here are the full qualifying list.
Red Bull also had a challenging weekend due to the car's design. The Red
Bull car boasts a high downforce design and light weight design, this
is achieved by their rear wing's design and a smaller and lighter KERS
unit, also known as KERS light. Since Monza is a high speed circuit,
every team has some sort of a high down force wing, slashing their
advantage,in fact turned it against them. Red Bull's smaller KERS unit
puts it at about 15-30bhp disadvantage. Thanks to this McLaren seem
unrivaled and are set to win another Grand Prix. However, Ferrari are still certain they can turn this all the way around.
Ok, thats that for the post qually, catch the pre-race post later.
The McLarens take the front row on Ferrari's home turf, but there is still hope of an upset for McLaren if Ferrari manage to get Alonso up and keep Felipe near the top. Jerome d'Ambrosio failed to make it to Q3. To better his chances on securing a permanent contract, he must perform in the race later today. Here are the full qualifying list.
| 1. | HAM | ||||||
| 2. | BUT | ||||||
| 3. | MAS | ||||||
| 4. | DIR* | ||||||
| 5. | MSC | ||||||
| 6. | VET | ||||||
| 7. | ROS | ||||||
| 8. | RAI | ||||||
| 9. | KOB | ||||||
| 10. | ALO | ||||||
| 11. | WEB | ||||||
| 12. | MAL** | ||||||
| 13. | PER | ||||||
| 14. | SEN | ||||||
| 15. | RIC | ||||||
| 16. | DAM | ||||||
| 17. | VER | ||||||
| 18. | KOV | ||||||
| 19. | PET | ||||||
| 20. | GLO | ||||||
| 21. | PIC | ||||||
| 22. | KAR | ||||||
| 23. | ROSA | ||||||
| 24. | HUL*** |
*DIR has a 5 place grid penalty for unscheduled gear box change
**MAL has 10 place grid penalty (5 for jumpstart and 5 for causing collision with GLO at Belgium)
***HUL has not set a time
It's a bitter-sweet day for Force India as their cars performed so well, yet due to a gear box change from Paul di Resta and a problem for Nico Hulkenberg, they are highly unlikely to get into a good point scoring position.
**MAL has 10 place grid penalty (5 for jumpstart and 5 for causing collision with GLO at Belgium)
***HUL has not set a time
It's a bitter-sweet day for Force India as their cars performed so well, yet due to a gear box change from Paul di Resta and a problem for Nico Hulkenberg, they are highly unlikely to get into a good point scoring position.
Red Bull also had a challenging weekend due to the car's design. The Red
Bull car boasts a high downforce design and light weight design, this
is achieved by their rear wing's design and a smaller and lighter KERS
unit, also known as KERS light. Since Monza is a high speed circuit,
every team has some sort of a high down force wing, slashing their
advantage,in fact turned it against them. Red Bull's smaller KERS unit
puts it at about 15-30bhp disadvantage. Thanks to this McLaren seem
unrivaled and are set to win another Grand Prix. However, Ferrari are still certain they can turn this all the way around. Ok, thats that for the post qually, catch the pre-race post later.
A good start for this blog, hope to hear new & interesting news of F1. Cheers. GPJ
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