Malaysian Grand Prix 2012 - Sepang - Qualifying

[Rob]

Wasnt a bad session. Been nicer for both drivers in top 10, but go be long hard race, so hope for some good points. Think just got to sort out our exhaust layout to get the maximum effect we wanting and help create little bit more DF, we should be there. Felipe did look more comforatable with the car.

[Tifosi]

Ross who? You mean the guy at Mercedes that found (again...) a technical loophole?
Shall we take your post at the second (or third, or fourth) degree or are you serious?
But maybe we could do a deal with Merc, they give us back Aldo and we give them Pat.

Huh? Not sure what you mean.

I was only making the point that vecchiasignora was suggesting that Michael Schumacher was solely responsible for the glory years at Ferrari and the potential current improvements at Mercedes - which is a bit unrealistic.

[eddie]

I think it was an ok qualifying looking at where the red car is. Top speed is just horrible...

[Stormy]

The Mclarens should be scared from Schumi at the start he may be nasty.
But lets be happy if Alonso makes to fifth or forth that would be nice to stay in game and maybe if we have a competetive car for podiums in China we can do something later in the season if not fak it,next season

[sagi58]

The Mclarens should be scared from Schumi at the start he may be nasty...

As opposed to Schumi worrying that Hamilton will mistaken him as still being at Ferrari??

[Stormy]

As opposed to Schumi worrying that Hamilton will mistaken him as still being at Ferrari??

Nooo,but dont forget Schumi is still Schumi its hard to drive when he is breathing in your neck ,remember how Vettel got offroad when Schumi was behind him ?

[Greig]

And vice versa

[F2002]

Happy to see Schumi back to where he belongs (amongst the top 3)

And happy to see Red Bull back to where it belongs (in the fridge)

[FerrariF60]

Happy to see Schumi back to where he belongs (amongst the top 3)

And happy to see Red Bull back to where it belongs (in the fridge)

true indeed, but our OLD time rivals (Mclaren) are doing way better then WE, Ferrari would like
if we dare want to stay in the championship hunt (when we get our car straightened by China or Spain), we need then Red Fools and Mercedes to take points off each other and NOT let Mclaren run away with LOTTA points

Forza Ferrari and for a good race and BAG a good amount of points in what appears to be DAMAGE LIMITATION for us

[Nova]

Yes, Mac are in the drivers seat right now, n you can look for them to pile it on as much as they possibly can. With RB seemingly on the back foot, and Ferrari
floundering around midpack, Mac appears to have better race pace than Merc..once they get clear of Mikey, they should be able to dictate race pace..unless of course
LH gets frisky if getting beaten again by Button, and takes them both out.

[RPM]

LOL an "old man" in a Merc having some fun on a Saturday afternoon Eish Let the good times roll

Ferrari's problems:

To many overpaid Italians in the management team
If they build a good road car the F1 car is crap
Testing, testing testing. MS basically lived at the track in the good old days
So??

[OSS EL BOSS]

Yes, Mac are in the drivers seat right now, n you can look for them to pile it on as much as they possibly can. With RB seemingly on the back foot, and Ferrari
floundering around midpack, Mac appears to have better race pace than Merc..once they get clear of Mikey, they should be able to dictate race pace..unless of course
LH gets frisky if getting beaten again by Button, and takes them both out.

yes i thout about that too, Hamilton noway is going to let Button beat him again i think.

[Kyss4k]

Yes, Mac are in the drivers seat right now, n you can look for them to pile it on as much as they possibly can. With RB seemingly on the back foot, and Ferrari
floundering around midpack, Mac appears to have better race pace than Merc..once they get clear of Mikey, they should be able to dictate race pace..unless of course
LH gets frisky if getting beaten again by Button, and takes them both out.

I had a dream (just after quali), where exactly that happened. Hamilton was trying to put his nose on the inside of Button and sent them both into the barriers. The dream was not just about them tho. Fernando and Felipe made a fantastic starts once again (Alonso up to 4th, Felipe to 8th) and after the Mac's kiss, Fernando was fighting with Michael for the lead. Felipe made a move on a group of three cars outside of turn 1 to take a third place. Too bad, I don't know how it all ended (it was quite a short sleep...), so that's something we'll have to wait till tomorrow.

[Red passion]

Happy to see Schumi back to where he belongs (amongst the top 3)

And happy to see Red Bull back to where it belongs (in the fridge)

[Red passion]

Happy to see Schumi back to where he belongs (amongst the top 3)

And happy to see Red Bull back to where it belongs (in the fridge)

[scuderiafan]

Happy to see Schumi back to where he belongs (amongst the top 3)

And happy to see Red Bull back to where it belongs (in the fridge)

or the bin.

Wasnt a bad session. Been nicer for both drivers in top 10, but go be long hard race, so hope for some good points. Think just got to sort out our exhaust layout to get the maximum effect we wanting and help create little bit more DF, we should be there. Felipe did look more comforatable with the car.

That is what I think. No surprise the competitive teams are the ones who have their exhaust thought out.
When RB and Ferrari get theirs sorted come Mugello, the Macs better hope they got a big buffer, because Vettel and Alonso will be on their cases.
Lotus and Merc will be in the past then.

[Omegablue]

Ferrari's problems:
To many overpaid Italians in the management team

And exactly what proof do you have of this? Are you the team's accountant?

Really now... as this what the fans are sinking to.

[Bertie]

No surprise the competitive teams are the ones who have their exhaust thought out.

+1

[FrankAlfa]

Who is this "RPM"? I take "Great Exception" with his Italian Management rant! @ RPM, the Ferrari Team is an Italian Racing Team! This is not an Italian issue! This is purely about sorting out the teething problems of their Extreme Designed race car. The car is hopefully evolving and they are developing it. They need a few more races and the Mugello Test Session to get the new parts bolted on and tested. They will get there.

Ciao.

Forza Ferrari!!!!

[Aruba]

Happy to see Schumi back to where he belongs (amongst the top 3)

And happy to see Red Bull back to where it belongs (in the fridge)

Hahahaha

[Nova]

LOL an "old man" in a Merc having some fun on a Saturday afternoon Eish Let the good times roll

Ferrari's problems:

To many overpaid Italians in the management team
If they build a good road car the F1 car is crap
Testing, testing testing. MS basically lived at the track in the good old days
So??

Oh no, another poopypants racist..here we go again...dont you ever get tired of being full of yourself? Dont answer that..."Ignore"

[ythakore]

Well, Fernando,its all up to you,but the ICE MAN COMETH.Mr M, i remember reading somewhere that if Ferrari did not show results by Melbourne,you were going to demand some answers,WELL?????Still waiting//////.
Admit it,Ferrari is in trouble and the engineers have no idea what to do.I hope I am wrong.Even Michael made it to the Podium,does that say anything about Ferrari.Well I wish the Ferrari drivers luck and hope its going to be worth watching them at midnight.Mr Montezemlo,can you please tell us why,A World Team like yours has been lacking performance,three years in a row,while the backmarkers are showing a lot of improvements,and here we are still trying,with hell of a lot things at your disposible then other teams,including two really good drivers.

[ythakore]

Your DREAM better be true,cause we sure need a lot of luck

[EL NANO]

Happy to see Schumi back to where he belongs (amongst the top 3)

And happy to see Red Bull back to where it belongs (in the fridge)

These comments can only be made when we are on top, atm we are nowhere...

[Raz]

a few good Fezza shots during quali..

[Nathan]

Radio messages from Qualifying - http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xpn...om=embediframe

[Corey]

Don't forget the Mark Webber starts

[Kingdom Hearts]

Radio messages from Qualifying - http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xpn...om=embediframe

Interesting, Alonso was super happy, probably he did his best, he said that kers was 0.5 worth, so that puts him 0.4 behind Nico, still the same position.

[Hornet]

Any news on Alonso KERS, is it fixed?

Testing, testing testing. MS basically lived at the track in the good old days
So??

The smaller teams are too lazy to do that and they can't afford it anyway. So F1 had this brilliant idea of dragging everyone down to their level. Now our resources sits idle.

[Corey]

Why does the FIA have to control how much people spend? It's not like the teams are using THEIR money. What do they have to be under the FIA alias to use the tracks for testing which the FIA doesn't want?

Small teams are small teams and there's nothing anyone can do if they are consistently 2 seconds off (at least), perhaps the FIA should lend them some money to jack them up if they want to see a more balanced field.