Vitaly Petrov has been given a five-place grid penalty for holding up Timo Glock in qualifying.
Petrov held Glock up immediately after coming out of the pits at the start of Q1.
Glock also has a penalty as his mechanics had to open his gearbox. He starts from the back of the grid and Petrov is demoted to 20th. Here’s the revised grid:
Row 1 | 1. Fernando Alonso 1’21.962 Ferrari | |
2. Jenson Button 1’22.084 McLaren-Mercedes | ||
Row 2 | 3. Felipe Massa 1’22.293 Ferrari | |
4. Mark Webber 1’22.433 Red Bull-Renault | ||
Row 3 | 5. Lewis Hamilton 1’22.623 McLaren-Mercedes | |
6. Sebastian Vettel 1’22.675 Red Bull-Renault | ||
Row 4 | 7. Nico Rosberg 1’23.027 Mercedes | |
8. Nico Hulkenberg 1’23.037 Williams-Cosworth | ||
Row 5 | 9. Robert Kubica 1’23.039 Renault | |
10. Rubens Barrichello 1’23.328 Williams-Cosworth | ||
Row 6 | 11. Adrian Sutil 1’23.199 Force India-Mercedes | |
12. Michael Schumacher 1’23.388 Mercedes | ||
Row 7 | 13. Kamui Kobayashi 1’23.659 Sauber-Ferrari | |
14. Sebastien Buemi 1’23.681 Toro Rosso-Ferrari | ||
Row 8 | 15. Jaime Alguersuari 1’23.919 Toro Rosso-Ferrari | |
16. Pedro de la Rosa 1’24.044 Sauber-Ferrari | ||
Row 9 | 17. Jarno Trulli 1’25.540 Lotus-Cosworth | |
18. Heikki Kovalainen 1’25.742 Lotus-Cosworth | ||
Row 10 | 19. Vitantonio Liuzzi 1’25.774 Force India-Mercedes | |
20. Vitaly Petrov 1’23.819 Renault | ||
Row 11 | 21. Lucas di Grassi 1’25.974 Virgin-Cosworth | |
22. Bruno Senna 1’26.847 HRT-Cosworth | ||
Row 12 | 23. Sakon Yamamoto 1’27.020 HRT-Cosworth | |
24. Timo Glock 1’25.934 Virgin-Cosworth |
2010 Italian Grand Prix
zecks
11th September 2010, 15:43
time for another race through the field?
Sush Meerkat
11th September 2010, 15:46
Much like dangling a carrot on a stick, Petrov will have his contract dangling from his helmet for some giant killing feats.
BasCB
11th September 2010, 19:58
But he is keeping us watching him, isn’t he?
And his time is not that far from Kubica’s, when taking in account the Q2 times.
Oliver
11th September 2010, 16:14
Pure team failure and not Petrov’s fault.
Renault have been unable to look out for their second driver consistently through the years.
Considering this is monza, as you exit the pits you are unlikely to see anything, then suddenly a car will just pop out of nowhere as they carry a great load of speed through that start finish line.
The team should have warned Petrov that a car was about to start a lap afterall they released Petrov at the time he went on track.
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
11th September 2010, 16:39
Have to say I agree.
Steph (@)
11th September 2010, 17:47
I agree too Oliver and think that is a good assessment.
bosyber
11th September 2010, 18:36
Yes, that does seem like a fair assessment of the situation, there isn’t enough time to do anything for a driver even if you manage to see the other car coming in your left mirror – you will be too late to avoid a block.
Icthyes (@icthyes)
11th September 2010, 18:51
Agree. The pit-lane exit at Monza is pretty ridiculous anyway; I think it should have its own-mini chicane (to control speeds) and feed out onto the apex of the chicane exit.
BasCB
11th September 2010, 20:00
Exactly, a shame Petrov will now have a pretty tough job from behind. Let’s hope we’ll see him doing some great slipstreaming and passing on track to get some points home again.
Prisoner Monkeys (@prisoner-monkeys)
12th September 2010, 0:55
I’m willing to bet Renault’s plan was to drop him onto the circuit and have him through the first chicane before Glock got there and then move over through the Curva Grande – but they mis-timed it.
US_Peter (@us_peter)
12th September 2010, 7:13
Yeah, I felt really bad for Petrov. I think he truly had no idea anyone was coming.
Prisoner Monkeys (@prisoner-monkeys)
12th September 2010, 11:05
The drivers genuinely don’t. This was my one big sticking point with the Webber-Vettel clash in Istanbul: cars have a blind spot. The wing mirrors only afford a limited view of what is happening behind. Combined with the high sidewalls of the cockpit and the HANS device which prevents them from turning their heads, drivers don’t have a hell of a lot of peripheral vision. Glock encountered Petrov right as the Russian was entering the first chicane, and the racing line into that corner put the Virgin at an oblique angle to Petrov’s Renault. Poor old Petrov didn’t stand a chance of seeing him.
And to make matters worse, his future with Renault will apparently be decided on the basis of his Monza and Singapore races. If he doesn’t meet the team’s standards, they’re said to be trying to get him into a Lotus as a part of an engine supply deal, but this mistake by the team doesn’t help his chances. Then again, he did go from the back to the front at Spa.
Enigma
11th September 2010, 16:30
Top speeds in qualy by the top 6: http://bit.ly/aMO3hO
pSynrg
11th September 2010, 16:42
Nice, thanks. Just under 10mph difference between Lewis
pSynrg
11th September 2010, 16:43
Nice, thanks. Just under 10mph difference between Lewis a and Jenson. Huge!
Just goes to show these cars are all about turning and stopping :)
pSynrg
11th September 2010, 16:44
Sorry, keyboard spasm there…
LosD
11th September 2010, 17:42
OK, I obviously read that headline wrong *childish snicker*
Hairs
11th September 2010, 18:47
I didn’t, hopefully Keith is as pleased as I am that he was able to use it.
Icthyes (@icthyes)
11th September 2010, 18:50
Petrov Glock-blocked a Virgin!
Macca (@macca)
11th September 2010, 19:36
Yer, I think this is the best heading in the history of F1F.
HAHAHAHAHA
TommyB (@tommyb89)
11th September 2010, 21:25
US_Peter (@us_peter)
12th September 2010, 7:08
US_Peter (@us_peter)
12th September 2010, 7:11
Whoops. Had a bit of a blockquote mishap there.
Sush Meerkat
12th September 2010, 10:13
oh my, congratulations Itchyes, that was brilliant.
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
12th September 2010, 0:32
Sorry, haven’t got a clue what you’re talking about!
Nathan Bradley
12th September 2010, 11:58
No you’re not the only one Keith, I don’t know about that either!
Unlucky for Petrov, but the stewards’ made the correct call. A bad pit lane exit and a mis-timed release by his team cost him those 5 places, hopefully he can entertain us by making a few places up during the race.
Nathan
Speed Damon
12th September 2010, 12:11
No-one seems to be getting writers Glock over this. However, have to agree with Nathan on this. It wasn’t really petrov’s fault just a poor mistake by the team.
Or was it a mistake? This is exactly the sort of thing Renault might try to stop other teams from doing well… oh sorry just remembered wouldn’t make much difference to Virgin
Speed Damon
12th September 2010, 12:14
Just had another thought. Hope the Virgin teams f1 cars aren’t made by the people who build the Virgin Galactic things otherwise they’ll just breakdown before they reach space
BasCB
11th September 2010, 20:04
Anyone heard the excuses from Tonio Liuzzi?
Great driving from Trulli. The difference between the Virgins and the Lotus cars is very small indeed. But still about 1.5 secs behind the slowest established team (if we can discount Tonio).
The HRTs another second behind that, it shows that they are still having trouble.
Macca (@macca)
11th September 2010, 20:12
You can’t blame Liuzzi, his car failed him!
Oliver
11th September 2010, 22:21
If your car refuses to move, what better excuse can you have.
wasiF1 (@wasif1)
12th September 2010, 3:53
Expected more from Sauber & Kubica.