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Round 15 - JAPAN, Suzuka - Qualifying Results
| Posn |
Driver |
Car |
Time Q1 |
Time Q2 |
Time Q3 |
|
Penalty |
Grid |
| 1 |
Sebastian VETTEL |
Red Bull-Renault |
1:30.883 |
1:30.341 |
1:32.160 |
- |
1 |
| 2 |
Jarno TRULLI |
Toyota |
1:31.063 |
1:30.737 |
1:32.220 |
- |
2 |
| 3 |
Lewis Hamilton |
McLaren-Mercedes |
1:30.917 |
1:30.627 |
1:32.395 |
- |
3 |
| 4 |
Adrian SUTIL |
Force India-Mercedes |
1:31.386 |
1:31.222 |
1:32.466 |
+5 |
8 |
| 5 |
Rubens BARRICHELLO |
Brawn-Mercedes |
1:31.272 |
1:31.055 |
1:32.660 |
+5 |
6 |
| 6 |
Nick HEIDFELD |
BMW Sauber |
1:31.501 |
1:31.260 |
1:32.945 |
- |
4 |
| 7 |
Jenson BUTTON |
Brawn-Mercedes |
1:31.041 |
1:30.880 |
1:32.962 |
+5 |
10 |
| 8 |
Kimi RAIKKONEN |
Ferrari |
1:31.228 |
1:31.052 |
1:32.980 |
- |
5 |
| 9 |
Heikki KOVALAINEN |
McLaren-Mercedes |
1:31.499 |
1:31.223 |
No time |
+5 |
11 |
| 10 |
Sebastien BUEMI |
STR-Ferrari |
1:31.196 |
1:31.103 |
No time |
+5 |
13 |
| KNOCKED-OUT AFTER Q2 |
|
|
| 11 |
Nico ROSBERG |
Williams-Toyota |
1:31.286 |
1:31.482 |
- |
| - |
7 |
| 12 |
Fernando ALONSO |
Renault |
1:31.401 |
1:31.638 |
- |
+5 |
16 |
| 13 |
Robert KUBICA |
BMW Sauber |
1:31.417 |
1:32.341 |
- |
- |
9 |
| 14 |
Timo GLOCK |
Toyota |
1:31.550 |
No time |
- |
+5 |
19 |
| 15 |
Jaime ALGUERSUARI |
STR-Ferrari |
1:31.571 |
No time |
- |
- |
12 |
| KNOCKED-OUT AFTER Q1 |
|
|
| 16 |
Giancarlo FISICHELLA |
Ferrari |
1:31.704 |
- |
- |
| - |
14 |
| 17 |
Kazuka NAKAJIMA |
Williams-Toyota |
1:31.718 |
- |
- |
- |
15 |
| 18 |
Romain GROSJEAN |
Renault |
1:32.073 |
- |
- |
- |
17 |
| 19 |
Vitantonio LIUZZI |
Force India-Ferrari |
1:32.087 |
- |
- |
+5 |
18 |
| 20 |
Mark WEBBER |
Red Bull-Renault |
DNS |
- |
- |
- |
Pit |
Notes:
Webber took no part in qualifying after a crash in practice left his mechanics with a fairly substantial re-build to do.
Buemi crashed out of Q1 at the same place as Webber in practice - Degner - and missed most of the session while repairs were carried out, returning to the track for one flying lap before the end of Q1 and going 4th!
Q2 red-flagged when Alguersuari hits the same barrier at Degner head-on. Slow to get out of the car, doctor in attendance - thankfully climbs out under his own steam, apparently just winded, but will be checked out at the Medical Centre..
Second red flag when Glock goes head-on into the barriers at the final turn - bad weekend for Glock who has been ill with a fever, missing Friday practice. Medical car in attendance again - apparently drivers have been told to stay in their car after an accident until checked by the doctor. Glock extricated from car but has suffered a leg wound, making his participation in tomorrow's race doubtful.
Another accident for Buemi at the end of Q2 nearly compromised the one flying lap for both Brawns - they both made it through into the top 10 but will they face penalties for doing so under a yellow flag?
First few minutes of Q3 and yet another car flies off track at Degner - Kovalainen this time - triggering another red flag. Kovalainen immediately out of the car which is swiftly craned away.
Grid Penalties: In view of the sheer number of penalties following qualifying, I've added a couple of extra columns above. All penalties were 5 slots, and were applied in the order in which the corresponding offences were committed. The reasons were:
- for failing to slow for a yellow flag: Sutil, Barrichello, Button and Alonso
- for impeding other cars while limping back to the pits after his second accident: Buemi
- for a gearbox change: Kovalainen and Liuzzi
- for a chassis change: Glock (not starting following accident) and Webber (starting from the pitlane)
Revised Grid:
VET, TRU, HAM, HEI, RAI, BAR, ROS, SUT, KUB, BUT, KOV, ALG, BUE, FIS, NAK, ALO, GRO, LIU, WEB, GLO |
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