jgrant

I have no idea who that is... could you enlighten me?

Ray S

Practice 3

Brawn may not be holding out.........

Saturday Practice Session 3
POS DRIVER NATIONALITY ENTRANT TIME
1. Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari 1:27.983
2. Jarno Trulli Italy Toyota 1:28.022
3. Timo Glock Germany Toyota 1:28.094
4. Kazuki Nakajima Japan Williams-Toyota 1:28.122
5. Robert Kubica Poland BMW Sauber 1:28.320
6. Rubens Barrichello Brazil Brawn-Mercedes 1:28.332
7. Jenson Button Britain Brawn-Mercedes 1:28.360
8. Nico Rosberg Germany Williams-Toyota 1:28.364
9. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Ferrari 1:28.415
10. Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault 1:28.451
11. Nelson Piquet Brazil Renault 1:28.503
12. Lewis Hamilton Britain McLaren-Mercedes 1:28.563
13. Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault 1:28.678
14. Nick Heidfeld Germany BMW Sauber 1:28.715
15. Heikki Kovalainen Finland McLaren-Mercedes 1:28.738
16. Adrian Sutil Germany Force India-Mercedes 1:29.050
17. Sebastien Bourdais France Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:29.076
18. Sebastien Buemi Switzerland Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:29.167
19. Fernando Alonso Spain Renault 1:29.261
20. Giancarlo Fisichella Italy Force India-Mercedes 1:29.421

Ray S

Qualification results

Saturday Qualifying Session
POS DRIVER NATIONALITY ENTRANT TIME
1. Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault 1:28.316
2. Jenson Button Britain Brawn-Mercedes 1:28.421
3. Rubens Barrichello Brazil Brawn-Mercedes 1:28.579
4. Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault 1:28.613
5. Jarno Trulli Italy Toyota 1:28.666
6. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Ferrari 1:28.815
7. Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari 1:28.858
8. Fernando Alonso Spain Renault 1:29.075
9. Nico Rosberg Germany Williams-Toyota 1:29.191
10. Robert Kubica Poland BMW Sauber 1:29.357
11. Nick Heidfeld Germany BMW Sauber 1:27.521
12. Kazuki Nakajima Japan Williams-Toyota 1:27.629
13. Timo Glock Germany Toyota 1:27.795
14. Heikki Kovalainen Finland McLaren-Mercedes 1:28.207
15. Adrian Sutil Germany Force India-Mercedes 1:28.391
16. Lewis Hamilton Britain McLaren-Mercedes 1:28.318
17. Nelson Piquet Brazil Renault 1:28.582
18. Sebastien Buemi Switzerland Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:28.708
19. Giancarlo Fisichella Italy Force India-Mercedes 1:28.717
20. Sebastien Bourdais France Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:28.918

chrisp

When/where is the TV coverage? I don't see it on Speed's schedule.

chrisp

Scratch that.....I saw it on an earlier page.

Larry Herman

Looks like Brawn wasn't showing all of their cards in practice. Vettel and Webber should make it a real race, with Ferrari ready to podium again if any of the front-runners falter. This year is getting much more interesting.

Ray S

Based on the following quotes they were not faking it....

Brawn-Mercedes
Jenson Button (2nd, 1:28.421): "With the changes to the set-up that we made overnight, the car felt much better today and we were really able to get to grips with improving the pace. It's great to be starting on the front row, although of course I would prefer to be on pole, but Sebastian did a great job. It was quite difficult to choose between the tyres today as their performance was quite similar. The prime was a little too twitchy for my liking so I continued to run the option tyre for Q3 which had a more gradual and rolling feel. It should be a good race tomorrow as I really enjoy this circuit and you can overtake here so there will hopefully be some good battles out on the track. We will be trying very hard to change the statistic that everyone who has started from pole here has won the race!"

Rubens Barrichello (3rd, 1:28.579): "The team has done a great job since the practice sessions yesterday to make improvements and the car felt immediately better this morning. Qualifying went really well although I did have a worrying moment in Q2 when traffic affected my second run and the times were so close between the top eleven drivers. The main question in qualifying today was trying to understand which tyre performed better. I had a better feeling through the high-speed corners with the prime tyre and it was the best choice for me so I went for just the one run on the primes in Q3. I lost my first two flying laps to traffic but the third lap was really good. I have the advantage of starting from the clean side tomorrow so will be aiming for a good start and take it from there."

Ross Brawn, Team Principal: "A real team performance today to turn around what was an uncharacteristically challenging Friday for us. A lot of hard work overnight from the drivers, engineers and technicians, both here and at the factory in Brackley, resolved the issues that we faced and gave us the pace to that we needed to compete at the front in qualifying. Jenson and Rubens had different preferences for the tyres today so we adopted two very different strategies for Q3, both of which paid off with top three grid positions. We know that the car performs well with fuel so that gives us confidence for the race tomorrow."

jgrant

Everyone seems to think that the Red Bulls are a few laps light on fuel compared to the Brawns, so I think the first pit stops will be HIGHLY entertaining, I think.

brendo

here are the weights

Below is the weight of each car following qualifying for the Turkish Grand Prix, sorted by qualifying position.

Pos Driver Team Weight (kg)
1. Sebastian Vettel RBR Renault 649.5
2. Jenson Button Brawn Mercedes 655.5
3. Rubens Barrichello Brawn Mercedes 652.5
4. Mark Webber RBR Renault 656.0
5. Jarno Trulli Toyota 652.0
6. Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 658.0
7. Felipe Massa Ferrari 654.0
8. Fernando Alonso Renault 644.5
9. Nico Rosberg Williams Toyota 660.0
10. Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 664.0
11. Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 681.5*
12. Kazuki Nakajima Williams Toyota 680.4*
13. Timo Glock Toyota 689.0*
14. Heikki Kovalainen McLaren Mercedes 665.0*
15. Adrian Sutil Force India Mercedes 668.5*
16. Lewis Hamilton McLaren Mercedes 696.5*
17. Nelson Piquet Renault 689.6*
18. Sebastien Buemi STR Ferrari 686.5*
19. Giancarlo Fisichella Force India Mercedes 688.5*
20. Sebastien Bourdais STR Ferrari 701.0*

* declared weight

Chris M.

If McClaren could get back into the game it would get even more interesting but those cars looked like a handful during qualifying. They were really struggling just to keep them on track.

chrisp

these things must have huge fuel tanks.

the difference between the lightest car (Alonso) and the heaviest (Bourdais) at 56.5kg is the equivalent of almost 20 gallons of fuel (6.25lbs/gal).

Ray S

That is a Huge difference....

Ray S

Horrible start for RB

the flyin' scotsman

I wont spoil the results but can't you folks receive TSN?

Race was broadcast at 6am this morning, MST.

Ray S

The race was broadcast at 2 pm CST on Fox