Row 1 | 1. Sebastian Vettel 1’25.049 Red Bull-Renault | |
2. Mark Webber 1’25.454 Red Bull | ||
Row 2 | 3. Nico Rosberg 1’25.574 Mercedes | |
4. Lewis Hamilton 1’25.595 McLaren | ||
Row 3 | 5. Fernando Alonso 1’25.851 Ferrari | |
6. Jenson Button 1’25.982 McLaren | ||
Row 4 | 7. Vitaly Petrov 1’26.296 Renault | |
8. Michael Schumacher 1’26.646 Mercedes | ||
Row 5 | 9. Nick Heidfeld 1’26.659 Renault | |
10. Felipe Massa No time Ferrari | ||
Row 6 | 11. Rubens Barrichello 1’26.764 Williams-Cosworth | |
12. Adrian Sutil 1’27.027 Force India | ||
Row 7 | 13. Paul di Resta 1’27.124 Force India-Mercedes | |
14. Pastor Maldonado 1’27.236 Williams | ||
Row 8 | 15. Sergio Perez 1’27.244 Sauber-Ferrari | |
16. Sebastien Buemi 1’27.255 Toro Rosso | ||
Row 9 | 17. Jaime Alguersuari 1’27.572 Toro Rosso-Ferrari | |
18. Heikki Kovalainen 1’28.78 Lotus | ||
Row 10 | 19. Jarno Trulli 1’29.673 Lotus-Renault | |
20. Vitantonio Liuzzi 1’30.692 HRT | ||
Row 11 | 21. Timo Glock 1’30.813 Virgin-Cosworth | |
22. Narain Karthikeyan 1’31.564 HRT | ||
Row 12 | 24. Jerome d’Ambrosio* 1’30.445 Virgin | |
23. Kamui Kobayashi No time Sauber-Ferrari |
107% time in Q1: 1’34.995
*Five-place penalty for ignoring yellow flags in practice
2011 Turkish Grand Prix
Icthyes
7th May 2011, 13:11
0.21s between qualifying 3rd and having the chance to jump into 2nd and qualifying 4th and being vulnerable to 5th into Turn 1. That’s Formula 1 for you.
Good effort by Rosberg.
BasCB (@bascb)
7th May 2011, 16:26
Certainly agree with that!
Atticus
7th May 2011, 20:26
Yeah. Vettel, Rosberg and Alonso have the advantage of the clear side of the grid, but remember it’s an unusually short run from the front rows to Turn 1, like Melbourne, so that might not be a big problem for Mark and Lewis at all.
Besides as usual they’re going to have the ideal line exiting Turn 1, so they could ‘help’ Rosberg and Alonso respectively to reach the grass or back off as well.
Atticus
7th May 2011, 22:01
Okay… Empirical evidence from Keith’s pre-race analysis all but undermines my arguments. :)
Doance (@doance)
8th May 2011, 5:26
0.021s you mean
fordsrule (@fordsrule)
7th May 2011, 13:12
Any news on if Schumacher will get a penalty for blatantly blocking Hamilton?
Dan Thorn (@dan-thorn)
7th May 2011, 13:14
I’d be surprised, condsidering it didn’t cost him anything in the end. A slap on the wrist maybe, but nothing more.
AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
7th May 2011, 13:19
That’s all he can expect. I think we would have heard something from Whitmarsh by now if that was the case.
fordsrule (@fordsrule)
7th May 2011, 13:25
Yes but its not really the point is it? He still did something wrong so he should be penalized. You just cant say “Well he didnt end up losing anything, so we wont punish him”
Icthyes
7th May 2011, 13:29
That’s not the attitude they took to Vettel running off the track in Melbourne, was it ;)
(Yes I know it’s the same for everyone, but it’s silly)
RIISE (@riise)
7th May 2011, 20:58
You can’t always see things so black and white, he was probably changing a setting on his steering wheel and not realising he was behind him.
If it was Q3 and he blocked him, I would say penalty for sure.
krtekf1 (@krtekf1)
7th May 2011, 13:14
Did everyone in Q3 drive on hard tyres?
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
7th May 2011, 13:19
No they all used softs as usual.
krtekf1 (@krtekf1)
7th May 2011, 13:24
I thought soft tyres… My question was suposed to be “if anybody in Q3 drove on hard tyres instead of soft” (to save soft tyres for tommorow race)
Enigma (@enigma)
7th May 2011, 15:13
As Keith said they all used softs, but Massa didn’t set a lap so he could be starting on hards.
BasCB (@bascb)
7th May 2011, 16:26
Thats it. Curious what Ferrari were thinking there though!
RIISE (@riise)
7th May 2011, 20:59
The hards worked for Webber last race, maybe get them out the way and use Softs for the next 2 stints.
AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
7th May 2011, 13:18
A fantastic top three. Impressive time from Vettel. Happy for Webber, he looked really pleased with that. Well done Rosberg! Top stuff.
Gill
7th May 2011, 13:31
He looked pleased but in h is heart, he should be worryinng about the gap he has to Vettel, .4 of a sec in the same car. Looks like last season for the Aussie in Austrian team.
Mads
7th May 2011, 13:57
Not really in the same car. They said on the BBC that Vettel ran the old rear end because his new one got buried in the barrier on Friday. Absolutely his own fault i know, but it should still make Webber a little bit quicker. Though i have no clue what that update was, so it could also just be some KERS cooling, which would explain why Webbers KERS seemed to work just fine all weekend, where Vettel still had a few problems. But yes a very worrying gap indeed.
Fixy (@)
7th May 2011, 16:30
Happy for his best qualifying result of the season surely, but not completely becuase he was forced to watch the other drivers get near to him and he couldn’t improve his lap time. He knew he was going to be second in the best circumstances, but he would have wanted to try and become first.
Chrizz
7th May 2011, 13:30
I actually have a question: is Kamui Kobayashi allowed to start tomorrow? Since he hasn’t set a time during qualifying. Can he still participate despite the 107% rule?
Enigma (@enigma)
7th May 2011, 13:39
He will be allowed to start – but I’m wondering why Keith has put him in front of D’Ambrosio.
Won’t he be starting from the pitlane?
Dan Thorn (@dan-thorn)
7th May 2011, 13:42
D’Ambrosio recieved a 5 place penalty for passing under yellows during FP3, apparently.
Enigma (@enigma)
7th May 2011, 13:44
I know about the penalty, but I think Kamui will have to start from the pitlane. I remember Alonso doing that in Monaco…
Patrickl (@patrickl)
7th May 2011, 14:09
I think they are only forced to start from the pitlane if they need to work on the car too long. When the car is not out on the grid before a certain time it needs to start from the pitlane.
BasCB (@bascb)
7th May 2011, 16:29
Alonso did not even get the car out for Qualifying. All cars that go on the grid have to be in parc ferme after finishing their Qualli runs (they pushed Kobayashi’s car there).
Alonso’s car never got there with Ferrari still working on it all saturday, therefore he had to start from the pitlane.
slr
7th May 2011, 13:42
D’Ambrosio received a five place penalty for overtaking under yellow flags in practice.
flowerdew (@flowerdew)
7th May 2011, 20:44
formula1.com shows kobayashi starting last, stating special permission has been granted by the stewards. they’ve got d’ambrosio in at 23.
Fer no.65 (@fer-no65)
7th May 2011, 14:53
I was about to ask the same question.
Why is he allowed to start? Anyone have a clear explanation? As it is, setting a laptime is worse than not doing any runs at all?
Sorry for the stupid question, but it got me wondering :P
Enigma (@enigma)
7th May 2011, 15:17
He didn’t set a lap time withing 107%, but he can be allowed by the stewards (or is it the FIA? not sure…) to race. He set laptimes within 107% in practices so I’m pretty sure they’ll allow him to race.
Fixy (@)
7th May 2011, 16:32
They said, when re-introducing the rules, that under special circumstances drivers would have been allowed to race. Kobayashi’s pace is well under the 107%, therefore he gets to race, becuase his lack of a competitive time in Q1 was due to a mechanical failure.
Scott
7th May 2011, 13:54
Michael Schumacher now an also-ran confirmed.