F1 Singapore Qualifying

Lewis Hamilton claimed pole position for Sunday’s 61-lap Singapore Grand Prix and it emerged following qualification that the defending champion is carrying significantly more fuel than his major rivals. This puts him in a very strong position to control the race from the front of the field.

Nick Heidfeld is lightest on fuel and starts seventh on the grid in his BMW Sauber and will be pitting first for fuel, while front-row starter Sebastian Vettel is also relatively lightly fuelled in his Red Bull Renault and will be forced to stop well before pole-sitter Hamilton. With Mark Webber on a similar strategy to his Red Bull team-mate, a good getaway from Hamilton will make a Red Bull victory tough to achieve - errors aside.

Nico Rosberg starts third and is on a similar fuel level to Hamilton but will be pitting a lap before the McLaren driver, but as ever all of that depends of the start, traffic and the influence of the safety car.

Tonio Liuzzi starts at the back of the field in his second race with Force India Mercedes, and had gone for an aggressive fuel strategy while others outside of the top ten, including team-mate Adrian Sutil, have taken a conservative heavy fuel load approach.

Singapore Qualifying Weight (kg)
P. Driver Car Weight
1 . N. Heidfeld - BMW Sauber F1.09 - 650.0
2 . S. Vettel - Red Bull Renault RB5 - 651.0
3 . M. Webber - Red Bull Renault RB5 - 654.5
4 . R.
Barrichello - Brawn Mercedes BGP 001 - 655.5
5 . V. Liuzzi - Force India Mercedes VJM02 - 656.0 *
6 . N. Rosberg - Williams Toyota FW31 - 657.5
7 . F. Alonso - Renault R29 - 658.0
8 . L. Hamilton - McLaren Mercedes MP4-24 - 660.5
9 . T. Glock - Toyota TF109 - 660.5
10 . R. Kubica - BMW Sauber F1.09 - 664.0
11 . H. Kovalainen - McLaren Mercedes MP4-24 - 664.5
12 . S. Buemi - Toro Rosso Ferrari STR4 - 678.0 *
13 . G. Fisichella - Ferrari F60 - 678.5 *
14 . K. Raikkonen - Ferrari F60 - 680.5 *
15 . K. Nakajima - Williams Toyota FW31 - 680.7 *
16 . J. Button - Brawn Mercedes BGP 001 - 683.0 *
17 . R. Grosjean - Renault R29 - 683.0 *
18 . J. Alguersuari - Toro Rosso Ferrari STR4 - 683.5 *
19 . J. Trulli - Toyota TF109 - 690.5 *
20 . A. Sutil - Force India Mercedes VJM02 - 693.0 *

* Declared weight (outside of top ten)

Earl ALEXANDER
© CAPSIS International

F1 Monza Race

Flawless Barrichello takes the Italian Grand Prix

A thrilling Italian Grand Prix saw Rubens Barrichello take his second victory of the season from Brawn Mercedes team-mate Jenson Button after making best of a one stop strategy to edge ahead of pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton with his two stop strategy. The cat and mouse game continued throughout much of the race with the Brazilian veteran eventually taking the position, leaving Hamilton to chase down Button before the defending champion crashed out on the very final lap.

The start saw Hamilton quickly establish a lead at the front of the field but the McLaren star was only able to pull out 17 seconds on the one stopping – fourth placed - Barrichello by his first stop. Barrichello made best of his lightening fuel load following Hamilton’s stop to extend his advantage and that was enough to ensure he took the lead once he made his one and only pitstop and Hamilton took his second.

It was a flawless drive from Barrichello as he took the chequered flag ahead of championship leader and Brawn team-mate Button by three seconds, but it was the battle for second that dominated the closing stages of the race.

Button had the pace to stay with race leader Barrichello but had Hamilton closing fast behind. The final laps saw Hamilton pushing hard to get close to the rear of the Brawn but the final lap saw him run a little wide through the first Lesmo. The McLaren snapped right and crashed heavily into the retaining tyre wall on the inside. Hamilton, set for third, was finally classified in 12th.

Barrichello’s win closes the gap in the championship to Button down to 14 points with four races remaining while Red Bull Renault drivers Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber are now effectively out of the championship running .

Kimi Raikkonen took third in his Ferrari as he picked up the final podium position courtesy of Hamilton’s demise. The Ferrari driver made a good start from third on the grid to pass Adrian Sutil’s Force India Mercedes. He was unable to run at Hamilton’s pace at the front however and while he was able to fend off Sutil, he lost position to both Brawn racer’s with his two stop strategy.

Sutil challenged Raikkonen throughout the race but was never able to get close enough to challenge for the position. The German racer finished in fourth position, just four-tenths of a second behind Raikkonen and in doing so records his - fully deserved - first points of the season.

Fernando Alonso made best of Renault KERS at the start and the errors of Heikki Kovalainen to finish fifth ahead of the second McLaren driver.
Click here to find out more!
Kovalainen started in fourth position but the first lap saw him passed first by Barrichello and Button mid-lap and then Alonso. Significantly, he was unable to replicate the form of Barrichello on a similar strategy and sixth position was a disappointing result.

While McLaren will be frustrated with Kovalainen’s opening stint, they will also be unhappy to see Hamilton crash out whilst running third. The consolation for the Woking-based team is that at least the British racer was giving it his all – something the conservative Kovalainen seems unable to replicate in race conditions.

Nick Heidfeld took advantage of an error from Sebastian Vettel to claim seventh position in his BMW Sauber while team-mate Robert Kubica was an early retirement with an oil leak on his F1.09. For Red Bull Renault, the race started badly with Mark Webber and Kubica getting together at the second chicane forcing Webber into retirement. Vettel looked set to hold off Heidfeld in the closing stages before running wide at the second Lesmo and dropping behind. Vettel is now 26 points behind Button and all but out of the championship running.

Giancarlo Fisichella had a low key debut with Ferrari to finish in ninth ahead of Kazuki Nakajima in the leading Williams Toyota. Timo Glock, Jarno Trulli and Nakajima all battled hard in the closing stages before the Toyota duo got a little too close with Trulli taking an off-track excursion and dropping behind Sebastien Buemi at the chequered flag. Romain Grosjean and Nico Rosberg brought up the rear for Renault and Williams.

There were four retirements other than Hamilton’s last lap incident with Webber and Kubica early victims. Alguersuari ran at the back in the second Toro Rosso after starting from the pit lane before retiring, but Tonio Liuzzi made a strong impression on his return to the sport as he ran as high as fourth before a gearbox problem saw the Force India stop on circuit.

The action resumes under the artificial lights in Singapore and it seems we now have a straight Brawn-battle for championship honours.

Earl ALEXANDER
© CAPSIS International

Fastest lap: Another first for Sutil

It may not be the podium finish he was after, but Adrian Sutil still wrote his name in the F1 record books by claiming his maiden fastest lap during the Italian Grand Prix.

The German snatched the fastest lap away from Kimi Raikkonen on lap 36, the same lap on which the Finn posted his best time. Sutil's time of 1:24.739 was just two-hundredths of a second quicker than that of the man who he chased most of the afternoon.

Lewis Hamilton, who crashed out of the race on the final lap was third fastest with 1:24.802, meaning the top three quickest men around Monza were those who were on two-stop strategies.

They were followed by the Brawns of Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello. Both drivers posted their best times in the closing stages of the race.

Hamilton's team-mate Heikki Kovalainen was only sixth quickest with a 1:25.109 while Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel followed him in seventh place.

Times

01 A. Sutil Force India 1:24.739
02 K. Raikkonen Ferrari 1:24.761
03 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:24.802
04 J. Button Brawn GP 1:24.935
05 R. Barrichello Brawn GP 1:24.967
06 H. Kovalainen McLaren 1:25.109
07 S. Vettel Red Bull 1:25.194
08 F. Alonso Renault 1:25.199
09 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:25.488
10 G. Fisichella Ferrari 1:25.498
11 S. Buemi Toro Rosso 1:25.564
12 R. Grosjean Renault 1:25.609
13 J. Trulli Toyota 1:25.700
14 T. Glock Toyota 1:25.751
15 N. Rosberg Williams 1:25.901
16 K. Nakajima Williams 1:25.976
17 V. Liuzzi Force India 1:26.041
18 R. Kubica BMW 1:27.819
19 J. Alguersuari Toro Rosso 1:27.846
20 M. Webber Red Bull - no time


www.planetf1.com

F1 Monza Qualifying

Varying fuel strategies at Monza

Lewis Hamilton claimed pole position for Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix for McLaren Mercedes ahead of Adrian Sutil in his similarly-powered Force India with Kimi Raikkonen third in his Ferrari. The fastest three are the lightest cars in the field in terms of fuel load and are running a two stop strategy.

Hamilton will be the first to pit while Sutil may be able to complete an extra lap before is first stop while Raikkonen will pit a lap later. Behind, the rest of the field are fuelled for either a very long first stint or more likely, a one stop strategy.

Heikki Kovalainen starts in fourth position with a heavy fuel load on his McLaren should be able to pit nine or ten laps later than his team-mate to exploit his one stop strategy. With a pitstop taking in the region of 25 seconds to complete in total, the Finn could well be able to challenge for the race win as could Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button who can run as long as lap 25.

All this assumes a clean start of course, but is does seem that the top three will be in one race, the rest in another until they regroup following the second round of stops and race to the flag.

Monza Qualifying Weight (kg)
P. Driver Car Weight
1 . L. Hamilton - McLaren Mercedes MP4-24 - 653.5 .
2 . A. Sutil - Force India Mercedes VJM02 - 655.0 .
3 . K. Raikkonen - Ferrari F60 - 662.0 .
4 . F. Alonso - Renault R29 - 677.5 .
5 . V.Liuzzi - Force India Mercedes VJM02 - 679.5 .
6 . S. Vettel - Red Bull Renault RB5 - 682.0 .
7 . H. Kovalainen - McLaren Mercedes MP4-24 - 683.0 .
8 . M. Webber - Red Bull Renault RB5 - 683.0 .
9 . J. Button - Brawn Mercedes BGP 001 - 687.0 .
10 . R. Barrichello - Brawn Mercedes BGP 001 - 688.5 .
11 . G. Fisichella - Ferrari F60 - 690.0 * .
12 . N. Heidfeld - BMW Sauber F1.09 - 697.5 * .
13 . R. Kubica - BMW Sauber F1.09 - 697.5 * .
14 . R. Grosjean - Renault R29 - 699.8 * .
15 . J. Trulli - Toyota TF109 - 703.0 * .
16 . J. Alguersuari - Toro Rosso Ferrari STR4 - 706.0 * .
17 . S. Buemi - Toro Rosso Ferrari STR4 - 706.0 * .
18 . K. Nakajima - Williams Toyota FW31 - 706.2 * .
19 . N. Rosberg - Williams Toyota FW31 - 708.6 * .
20 . T. Glock - Toyota TF109 - 709.0 * .

* Declared weight (outside of top ten)

Earl ALEXANDER
© CAPSIS International

F1 Belgium Spa

Massa hit Barrichello F1 car component

Drive A Free Car Or Get Paid $500 Per Month To Drive Your Car With An Advertisement On It


Drive A Free Car Or Get Paid $500 Per Month To Drive Your Car With An Advertisement On It

Ferrari: Massa remains stable, no further complications
Ferrari: have given an encouraging update on the condition of their driver Felipe Massa, reporting that the Brazilian remains 'stable' as he recovers from his horrible crash in qualifying for the Hungarian GP. In a statement, the team were able to report that Massa had suffered "no further complications" overnight after undergoing emergency surgery on his fractured skull on Saturday night. "After undergoing an operation yesterday afternoon, Felipe Massa's condition remains stable and there were no further complications through the night," said the Ferrari statement. "He will be given another CT scan today, which will provide more precise information."

Massa in 'stable but life-threatening condition'

Felipe Massa has been described as being in a "serious, life-threatening but stable" condition by the doctors who carried out emergency surgery on his fractured skull. Massa underwent surgery on Saturday night after being hurt in a high-speed crash during qualifying for the Hungarian GP. According to the Associated Press, 'Officials at the AEK military hospital said that Massa will be kept sedated on a respirator in an intensive care unit. 'Medical director Peter Bazso said at a news conference that "Massa's condition is serious, life-threatening but stable." 'Bazso and chief surgeon Lajos Zsiros say they expect Massa to be awoken Sunday.' The Brazilian was injured after being hit by a piece of debris that is believed to have fallen off the rear of Rubens Barrichello's Brawn. In a short statement released on Saturday night after Massa underwent surgery, Ferrari announced that the 'Outcome of the procedure was positive' and that their driver would remain in observation in intensive care. The team will release a further update on his condition on Sunday morning.

Massa has 'positive' emergency surgery on skull damage
Felipe Massa has undergone 'positive' emergency surgery after suffering skull damage and concussion in his high-speed accident during qualifying for the Hungarian GP. In a short statement, Ferrari confirmed that the 'Outcome of the procedure was positive' and that Massa would remain in observation in intensive care. Massa was injured after being hit by a piece of debris that is believed to have fallen off the rear of Rubens Barrichello's Brawn. He then, whilst already apparently unconscious in his Ferrari, slammed into a tyre wall. Ferrari will release a further update on his condition on Sunday morning. Immediately after he was air-lifted to hospital in Budapest, Ferrari revealed that their driver "was conscious at the arrival at the hospital and his general conditions remain stable. "Following a complete medical examination it emerged that he had suffered a cut on his forehead, a bone damage of his skull and a brain concussion. These conditions need to be operated on." It's believed that the force of the impact when Massa hit the tyre-wall resulted in a suspension failure that in turn caused the side of his helmet visor to be ripped off. Massa suffered cuts just above his left eye. The eye itself is not thought to have been damaged during the accident.

Massa serious but stable following surgery
Felipe Massa, struck by a component from Rubens Barrichello’s Brawn Mercedes in qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix, has undergone surgery this afternoon at the AEK hospital in Budapest. Massa sustained head injuries from the flying debris including facial cuts but more significantly a fractured skull and concussion. He remains in a ‘serious but stable’ condition the hospital has confirmed via the AFP news agency. The outcome of the procedure was 'positive' the Ferrari team has confirmed and the Brazilian is to remain under observation and in intensive care. His on track rivals have all rallied around following his accident. Countryman Barrichello visited the medical centre soon after the incident. “My position today is unimportant,” he said with reference to qualifying. “My thoughts right now are with Felipe and his family who are really close friends of mine and I hope he is going to be okay and will be fit as soon as possible.” Ferrari is expected to make a further medical update late Sunday morning. Earl ALEXANDER © CAPSIS International

Report Source: www.planetf1.com, www.f1-live.com/en Video Source: Astro Star Sports

F1 German GP Race

F1 Monaco 2009 - Qualifying, Race Results and Standing

Podium
1. Button
2. Barrichello
3. Raikkonen

F1 2009 - Barcelona-Spain GP Race Results and Standings

Barcelona-Spain GP Race Results and Standings - thanks

F1 2009 - Bahrain GP Race Results and Standings

Reports
Bahrain GP Report: Button's Back On Top
Sunday 26th April 2009

Jenson Button claimed the victory in Sunday's Bahrain GP as the Brawn driver proved he had the race pace needed to outwit the Red Bull and Toyota


Sebastian Vettel claimed second place as the Red Bull racer continued to show a maturity beyond his age, holding off the Toyota of Jarno Trulli in the final stint of the race.


Lewis Hamilton added more points to his and McLaren's tally but didn't have the pace needed to finish on the podium, settling for fourth place. Meanwhile, the three-stopping Rubens Barrichello was fifth ahead of Kimi Raikkonen, who claimed Ferrari's first points of the season.


Race Report
The temperatures on the sun-baked Sakhir circuit were slightly down on Saturday Qualifying but with an ambient temperature of 36C, the track was still at 50C as Jarno Trulli led the field round on a very slow parade lap. All the cars would take the super soft option tyre in the first stint.


As the red lights went out there was a scramble forward as the cars equipped with KERS; McLaren, Ferrari and Renault sought to maximise their advantage off the line. It was a frantic opening two laps in Bahrain.


Despite starting on the dusty side of the track Timo Glock managed to outdrag his heavier-fuelled team-mate, and Jarno Trulli had to slot in behind him going through Turn 1. Behind him Lewis Hamilton chose to dive down the inside of Sebastian Vettel in a move reminiscent of Mount Fuji 2008 but this time managed to get his car stopped in time to take P3. At the same moment Jenson Button came round the outside of the Red Bull driver to take P4 as Vettel had to back off.


Through the second turn and Lewis Hamilton was able to overtake Jarno Trulli and was briefly into P2 before running wide on the exit of Turn 3 handing the place back to the Toyota driver.


Behind Vettel in P5, Raikkonen had chosen the inside line to steal a march on his fast-strating Ferrari team-mate Felipe Massa. Both of them had overtaken the slow starting (or KERS-less) Rubens Barrichello who then nipped up the inside of Raikkonen again and put his car between Raikkonen and Massa.

Fernando Alonso took to the grass to get past Rosberg and almost shoved his Renault into the back of Massa in the braking zone for Turn 1.


Rubens Barrichello didn't want to stay behind Raikkonen for long and was past the Ferrari before Turn 17. Fernando Alonso would pass Massa on the opening lap also.


So, as the cars streamed over the line on the opening lap the order was 1.Glock, 2.Trulli, 3.Hamilton, 4.Button, 5.Vettel, 6.Barrichello, 7.Raikkonen, 8.Alonso, 9.Massa, 10.Rosberg, 11.Piquet. The fast-starting Red Bull of Mark Webber was up to P.14.


Somewhere on the lap there was contact and Nakajima and Kubica returned to the pits for new front wings, while the second McLaren of Heikki Kovalainen had fallen back to 17th.


Jenson Button was close to the back of Lewis Hamilton from the moment he outbraked himself passing Jarno Trulli and on the second lap Button managed to hurl his Brawn GP car down the inside of the McLaren at Turn 1. It was a critical moment because it allowed him to keep in touch with the two Toyota drivers as Hamilton's pace would fall away.


On the third lap Felipe Massa cruised down pitlane suspecting a problem with his KERS device but continuing nonetheless. Heidfeld also pitted on what would be a wretched afternoon for the BMW team.


At the front, Jarno Trulli started setting a series of fastest laps to haul in Timo Glock. Trulli's pace just inspired Glock to go faster and he responded with Personal Best lap times. The published weights on Saturday had shown that both Toyotas were the lightest on the grid, indicating that they might be trying a three-stop race or a two-stop race with a very short opening stint.


Button was already being told to turn down the engine on Lap 7, but by Lap 9 he was still only 3.4 seconds adrift of Jarno Trulli, who was still two seconds behind Glock. Hamilton had been dropped off six seconds back in fourth place and he was clearly holding up Sebastien Vettel in fifth.


The strategy started to play out at the end of Lap 12 as Glock pitted and exited behind Nico Rosberg in 9th. Trulli pitted a lap later but was able to exit in front of Alonso in 7th, leapfrogging his team-mate in the process.


The Toyota team had chosen to run the prime (medium-hardness) tyre in the middle stint and it looked to be a mistake. Alonso was soon on the back of Trulli and passed him with an epic overtaking move round the outside on Lap 14.


When Button and Hamilton came in for their first pit-stops at the end of Lap 15 it left Sebastian Vettel briefly in the lead for Red Bull. The result of the stops was that Button had leapfrogged Trulli on the road and Hamilton was now ahead of Glock.


So the positions on lap 17 were: Vettel (not stopped), Raikkonen (not stopped), Button, Trulli, Rosberg (not stopped), Hamilton, Glock, Piquet (not stopped), Barrichello, Alonso.


When Vettel pitted on Lap 18 he emerged behind Button and Trulli but now in front of Hamilton. Though Vettel was just 30 metres behind Trulli when he got back on track it was enough. For the rest of the middle stint Trulli would hold up the Red Bull driver while Button increased his advantage. And got away.


On Lap 22 the Briton led by 7.5 seconds - by Lap 34 he had stretched that gap out to 15.6 seconds thanks to running on the option (super soft) tyre in the middle stint. Both he and Vettel would have to run the slower prime tyre in the final stint.


Jenson's team-mate Rubens Barrichello looked to be running on a three-stop strategy and cruised up to the back of Jarno Trulli's three-car train of Trulli/Vettel/Hamilton before pitting for the second time on Lap 26.


The sometimes frantic opening few laps of the race were replaced with an old-fashioned no-passing-on-track strategy duel in the closing stages. The faster Vettel and Hamilton could not find a way past Trulli and had to sit behind until Jarno pitted for the second time on Lap 37. The only problem for Hamilton was that he had to pit at the same time.


Button also chose that moment to pit for the final time, handing P1 to Vettel for four laps. When the German emerged from his stop he was a long way back from Button but had made up enough time on Trulli to take P2. It was then Trulli's turn to sit on the Red Bull's gearbox. Trulli still had the chance to use his faster super soft tyres to get past Vettel but the Toyota couldn't get close enough to make a move in the final stint of the race.



Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari had been running strongly all afternoon but out of phase with the front runners. When he came out after his final stop on Lap 44 he was immediately passed by Timo Glock who took P8 into Turn 1. Raikkonen, having to do his best with the slower prime tyre, managed to out-muscle the place back a few turns later.


That small fracas on track allowed Rubens Barrichello just enough breathing space to sneak into the pits from his P4 place on Lap 47 and rejoin in P5, just metres in front of the Raikkonen/Glock tussle.


So with nine laps to go it was 1.Button, twelve seconds ahead of...2.Vettel, a second in front of... 3.Trulli, eight seconds clear of... 4.Hamilton, 5.Barrichello, 6.Raikkonen, 7.Glock, 8.Alonso 9.Rosberg.


And from there it was positions held to the flag, the only notable moment coming on Lap 49 when failing oil pressure on Kazuki Nakajima's Williams-Toyota made it the first and only retirement of the afternoon.


Button eased his car back and was just eight seconds ahead of Vettel as he crossed the line for his third win in four races. Vettel had to settle for second place, his chance of winning having been ruined by falling behind Hamilton at Turn 1 on Lap 1 and thus not getting past Trulli for the middle stint.


Though Jarno Trulli was unhappy at failing to deliver Toyota's first win, when the qualifying weights had been published on Saturday it was clear that it was going to be a tall order. He looked in considerable distress after the race unlike Lewis Hamilton whose fourth place was as good as his car deserved and who had the appearance of someone who'd done about 10 laps on a kart track.


Barrichello again rode his luck to claim fifth, while Ferrari will at least welcome their first points of the year with a 6th for Raikkonen, Glock will rue an opportunity missed in 7th and Alonso ended up only 13 seconds in front of his much-criticised team-mate in 8th place.


Nick Heidfeld made it 25 consecutive race finishes for BMW-Sauber in what is probably his lowest F1 finish, P19. It had been a race where the new F1 order was established in the first non-Safety Car GP of 2009. With all the technical innovations planned for Barcelona that order will soon change again.

FH



Results
01. Button Brawn GP 1h31:48.182
02. Vettel Red Bull + 7.187
03. Trulli Toyota + 9.170
04. Hamilton McLaren + 22.096
05. Barrichello Brawn GP + 37.779
06. Raikkonen Ferrari + 42.057
07. Glock Toyota + 42.880
08. Alonso Renault + 52.775
09. Rosberg Williams + 58.198
10. Piquet Renault + 1:05.149
11. Webber Red Bull + 1:07.641
12. Kovalainen McLaren + 1:17.824
13. Bourdais Toro Rosso + 1:18.805
14. Massa Ferrari + 1 lap
15. Fisichella Force India + 1 lap
16. Sutil Force India + 1 lap
17. Buemi Toro Rosso + 1 lap
18. Kubica BMW + 1 lap
19. Heidfeld BMW + 1 lap
Did not finish
20. Nakajima Williams lap 49

F1 2009 - Bahrain GP Qualifying Result

Qualy: An all Toyota front row for Bahrain

Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock locked out the front row of the grid for the Bahrain GP while for only the second time this season both Ferraris made it into the top ten.


Jarno Trulli put in a flying 1:33.431 to take pole position away from his team-mate Timo Glock as the Toyota duo dominated the afternoon session under the blazing Bahrain sun.


Meanwhile, Sebastian Vettel continued his run of top-three grid slots as the Red Bull racer claimed his fourth of the season, edging out the Brawn GP of Jenson Button.


Lewis Hamilton was next in line ahead of Rubens Barrichello and Fernando Alonso with Felipe Massa finally registering in the top ten for the first time since Australia as he claimed eighth place on the grid.


Qualifying 1
The sun was beating down on the Sakhir circuit as Giancarlo Fisichella's Force India got the first 20-minute session underway. The ambient temperature was at 38C with the track at a scorching 51C.


Fidichella set P1 at 1:35.931, Heikki Kovalainen, out unusually early for McLaren on what was a dusty circuit, hardly went faster at 1:35.542, Nelson Piquet edged ahead with a 1:35.455. Bourdais took almost a second off that with a 1:34.514 while Jarno Trulli then claimed it for Toyota with two timed laps and a 1:34.117 on the second.


Trulli's lap had been set on the harder tyre, but the Ferraris came out with the green-walled super-softs and Kimi Raikkonen took P1 with a 1:33.648 which was bettered by Felipe Massa with a 1:33.512. McLaren had the same idea for Lewis Hamilton who duly took P1 with a 1:33.290


Going into the final three minutes the danger positions were: 12.Vettel, 13.Button, 14.Trulli, 15.Barrichello, 16.Fisichella, 17.Alonso, 18.Bourdais, 19.Webber, 20.Glock


There were a lot of people out of position thanks to running the harder tyre first time round and trying to get away without running a set of new super-softs. They had to accept the inevitable or face the drop. Such was the rapid rate of improvement that even P1 Lewis Hamilton went out again.


The two Toyotas looked quickest of all and Glock took P1 with a 1:33.165 while Jarno Trulli dipped into the 1:32 second lap time with a 1:32.779.


Behind him Vettel came across the line in P2, Barrichello P3, Button P3 and then Sebastien Vettel's second timed lap took the P1 place off Trulli with a 1:32.680.


Buemi could only manage P13, Rosberg P10, Alonso a worrying P13, Sutil an endangered P15, which Nakajima instantly converted to P16 by leapfrogging him up the grid to P8.


Mark Webber had been looking to follow up his P2 gridslot in China but was blocked by Adrian Sutil coming into the final corner after the German mistook his lap for an outlap. Webber got past but lost so much time he couldn't improve. Sutil was suitably contrite afterwards although the Force India team should have kept him informed.


So out went:
16.Sutil
17.Buemi
18.Fisichella
19.Webber
20.Bourdais



Qualifying 2
Yet again it was Heikki Kovalainen out on track early in the session and he set a P1 time of 1:33.273 which Rubens Barrichello only just undercut with a 1:33.250.


With teams mindful of keeping a set of new super-soft tyres for Q3 there was a mixture of new and scrubbed sets hitting the 51C track. Jenson Button took P1 down to 1:33.109, Trulli reduced it to 1:32.911 and then Kimi Raikkonen grabbed the P1 slot with a 1:32.827.


Lewis Hamilton's first lap had been good enough for only P7 at the time following a disastrous middle sector. Vettel then grabbed a decisive P1 again with a 1:32.474 thatw ould mean he would not have to go out again.


As we hit the three minute mark, the danger positions were: 8.Barrichello, 9.Kovalainen, 10.Nakajima, 11.Hamilton, 12.Massa, 13.Kubica, 14.Heidfeld, 15.Piquet.


Kovalainen, out of sequence with the rest, jumped to a less-than-convincing P8, Massa crossed the line in P5, Barrichello edged past into P3, Button took P4, Hamilton made himself safe in P6, while the two Toyotas took P2 in close succession, Glock being marginally quicker this time round.


Kubica stayed in P13, Heidfeld remained in P14 and Piquet never looked like threatening the top 10. So out went:
11.Kovalainen
12.Nakajima
13.Kubica
14.Heidfeld
15.Piquet



The continuing under-performance of the BMW cars at the circuit they tested on over winter was the big story of Q2. Their winter testing had been done at 20C; now with the air almost at 40C it was 7% less dense, making the grip of the back end significantly worse than they'd enjoyed in January.


Qualifying 3
Ferrari were back with a shout and both cars into Q3 at the track they always do well at. Timo Glock set the first provisional pole time with a 1:34.366, while team-mate Jarno Trulli immediately stole his thunder with a 1:34.297.

Button could only manage P3 on his first run with an encouraging P4 from Hamilton which was taken off him by Sebastian Vettel.


After the first runs, the order was: Trulli, Glock, Button, Vettel, Barrichello, Alonso, Hamilton, Massa, Raikkonen and Rosberg. Both Ferraris looked to have loaded up with fuel and were a long way off the pace of the cars in front of them.


Into the second runs and Jenson Button cranked up the pressure on the Toyota team with a 1:34.044, followed home by Lewis Hamilton on a new set of super-softs this time for P2.


Timo Glock soon disavowed any notion of an all-British front row with a significantly quicker P1 at 1:33.712, Sebastian Vettel took P2 and then Jarno Trulli set the timing screens to purple with a sensational pole time of 1:33.431. It was almost too big a margin.


For a top 10 that is covered by 0.6 of second with the same fuel level, to be 0.3 in front of your team-mate and 0.6 ahead of the third and fourth-placed men shows that the Toyota team could have stuck a couple of extra laps of fuel in the tank. No surprise to learn that the Toyota top brass are visiting this weekend and a positive qualifying result was required - their best since 2005.


Given their potential race pace Timo Glock could win his debut race, but Vettel and Button are handily placed. The Brawn GP driver will be starting from the dusty side of the grid and doesn't expect to be P4 heading into Turn 1 given that he is sitting alongside the KERS-equipped Lewis Hamilton.


It could be an interesting first-lap shake-out in Bahrain with all those on the inside of the grid likely to be slow away, with Vettel not the greatest starter in the world, a nervous Jarno Trulli and a combative Lewis Hamilton in P5.


FH



Times
01 J. Trulli Toyota 1:33.431
02 T. Glock Toyota 1:33.712
03 S. Vettel Red Bull 1:34.045
04 J. Button Brawn GP 1:34.044
05 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:34.196
06 R. Barrichello Brawn GP 1:34.239
07 F. Alonso Renault 1:34.578
08 F. Massa Ferrari 1:34.818
09 N. Rosberg Williams 1:35.134
10 K. Räikkönen Ferrari 1:35.380
11 H. Kovalainen McLaren 1:33.242
12 K. Nakajima Williams 1:33.348
13 R. Kubica BMW 1:33.487
14 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:33.562
15 N. Piquet jr. Renault 1:33.941
16 A. Sutil Force India F1 1:33.722
17 S. Buemi Toro Rosso 1:33.753
18 G. Fisichella Force India F1 1:33.910
19 M. Webber Red Bull 1:34.038
20 S. Bourdais Toro Rosso 1:34.159

F1 2009 - China GP Race Results and Standings

F1 2009 - Malaysian GP Race Results and Standings

F1 2009 - Malaysian GP Qualifying Result and Grid Position

Sepang International Circuit 4th April 2009
Final Qualifying
Pos Driver Team Time
1 Jenson Button Brawn GP 1:35.181
2 Jarno Trulli Toyota +0.09
3 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull +0.33
4 Rubens Barrichello Brawn GP +0.47
5 Timo Glock Toyota +0.50
6 Nico Rosberg Williams +0.56
7 Mark Webber Red Bull +0.61
8 Robert Kubica BMW-Sauber +0.92
9 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari +0.98
10 Fernando Alonso Renault +02.47
11 Nick Heidfeld BMW-Sauber
12 Kazuki Nakajima Williams
13 Lewis Hamilton McLaren
14 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren
15 Sebastien Bourdais Toro Rosso
16 Felipe Massa Ferrari
17 Nelson Piquet Jr Renault
18 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India
19 Adrian Sutil Force India
20 Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso

F1 Video Races Uploaded

Hi guys, I'm really sorry cause I cannot record and upload the race from Star Sport Channel. This is because I'm currently at Sabah (Malaysia East - see map) where the TV signal is very-very poor. I'm even cannot watch the race here. I'm just refer to www.f1-live.com as my reference website. I'm doing my job here until end of July 2009. When I'm come back to Selangor (see map), I'm able again to watch,record and upload to this blog. The race from Aug2009 till end will be uploaded here. I'm really sorry about what happen. Thanks for visit my blog. I'm only can upload to Youtube the picture video for qualifying and race results from Aus race to end July races.

Again, sorry and thanks a lot.

F1 2009 - Australia Race Results and Standings

F1 2009 - Australia Qualifying Result and Grid Position