17 Oct 2009

Saturday Practice Three Results

No alot of Practice 3 to report on. When the Session was finally given the go ahead, only 18 minutes remained.

And even in that short space of time, Romain Grosjean managed to bin it in a most spectacular way. I'll try find a video of that later, but here are the results:


01 N. Rosberg Williams 1:23.182 9 laps
02 K. Nakajima Williams 1:23.832 7 laps
03 J. Button Brawn GP 1:24.122 6 laps
04 F. Alonso Renault 1:24.125 5 laps
05 A. Sutil Force India F1 1:24.149 4 laps
06 R. Grosjean Renault 1:24.389 5 laps
07 S. Buemi Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:24.443 5 laps
08 J. Trulli Toyota 1:24.859 5 laps
09 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:24.867 5 laps
10 M. Webber Red Bull 1:25.440 5 laps
11 K. Räikkönen Ferrari 1:25.508 4 laps
12 H. Kovalainen McLaren 1:25.685 5 laps
13 J. Alguersuari Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:26.224 6 laps
14 R. Barrichello Brawn GP 1:26.530 4 laps
15 S. Vettel Red Bull 1:27.047 4 laps
16 V. Liuzzi Force India F1 1:27.341 4 laps
17 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:27.798 4 laps
18 G. Fisichella Ferrari 1:29.285 4 laps
19 R. Kubica BMW 1:29.895 3 laps
20 K. Kobayashi Toyota 1:30.259 4 laps

So at the moment it is hard to tell who will be on pole. It will depend on how much rain falls, and how much the track dries up in Q1, and Q2. I expect Hamilton and Vettel to be most likely to claim pole. I also think the Ferraris will struggle to make it into the shoot out session. The Brawns, should make qualify around 3 to 7. Really, the rain brings out the best in drivers, and Button and Barrichello are no slouches. After all, they both took their maiden wins in wet races. However, the Brawn GP car doesn't like the wet, and it will be interesting to see if their solution to cool tyres helps them in the rain.

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