Malaysian GP 2014 Qualifying thread

[Tifoso]

I think I may have peed myself.

[Kiwi Nick]

I think I may have peed myself.

That takes the saying, "All hat and no cattle!" to a previously unimaginable level!!!!!

[fronaldo]

Great pic tifosi1993..3rd pic just become my latest background

[Senna4Ever]

C'mon, it's just a race. Use them for something important.

don't worry, I was trained to do more if necessary
3x is just for the daily use ...

[gjoko-mkd]

Bottas: 3-place grid penalty for impeding Ricciardo. Alonso/Kvyat collision: No further action. Simple misunderstanding

[Kyss4k]

Wow, look at this: http://www.formula1.com/results/seas...peed_trap.html

No one with Ferrari / Renault engine had bigger top speed then any Mercedes powered car. That is just unbelievable.

We and Red Bull surely have a great chassis, when we are able to make it so "close" and ahead of some of them.

[Jas]

I agree with "it"...KILL ME NOW:

Q: Helmut, there are so many rumours about the state of affairs at Red Bull. What is the situation - despite the fact that it was a pretty successful afternoon...
Helmut Marko: If you take only the chassis, we are absolutely at the top. The ‘sick’ part is still the engine, the powertrain. Take for example the situation in FP2 yesterday; we still ran the mapping from Melbourne because the next development step is not working in the way that using it would be an advantage.

Q: That translates into: ‘if the powertrain would deliver, then with the chassis Red Bull would be at the top again’…
HM: Yes, we would be at the top again. But right now with a deficit of around 80 horsepower that’s simply not possible. We have seen that from the speed trap. In parts where the car makes the difference - like in top speed corners or under conditions like we’ve seen this afternoon in qualifying where a driver can make a difference - we are where we want to be.

[Jas]

Wow, look at this: http://www.formula1.com/results/seas...peed_trap.html

No one with Ferrari / Renault engine had bigger top speed then any Mercedes powered car. That is just unbelievable.

We and Red Bull surely have a great chassis, when we are able to make it so "close" and ahead of some of them.

tbh the gap in speed difference to us isn't that big....whats worrying is that vettel is bottom and still manages to come second....I am just waiting for the inevitable waiting for them to come on top! Hopefully without vettel though

[eddie]

If its a dry race tomorrow, we will be on the podium for sure. Our team have been very confident over the weekend... Ferrari I think have something up their sleeves

[eddie]

Fernando said the steering wasnt totally fixed, and still got P4, great job all round.

That's true, I f not mistaken one of the years at Sepang, he drove with a broken clutch and won... Amazing genius!

[wisepie]

tbh the gap in speed difference to us isn't that big....whats worrying is that vettel is bottom and still manages to come second....I am just waiting for the inevitable waiting for them to come on top! Hopefully without vettel though

Quite right, Jas, I share your concerns and sincerely hope that if RB end up being unbeatable again later in the season (heaven help us!), it'll be Ricciardo sticking it to Vettel! Their aero/downforce must be the secret to getting so high up the grid, but what's new? Newey should take a sabbatical!

[bondilad]

Alonso says "This weekend, we opted to work more on race pace than on our single lap performance and the feeling is positive".

So I assume it might be very close race up front if the weather stays dry. We can certainly be in the mix.

- See more at: http://formula1.ferrari.com/news/mal....DHY7uHZT.dpuf

[F1NAC]

That's true, I f not mistaken one of the years at Sepang, he drove with a broken clutch and won... Amazing genius!

he didn't won. That was in 2010 he retired with engine failure in the final stages of race

[F1NAC]

That's true, I f not mistaken one of the years at Sepang, he drove with a broken clutch and won... Amazing genius!

double post, delete

[Stormsearcher]

Can you imagine if they had Merc engine and no issues in testing? Jesus.

Good lord! no.

[Stormsearcher]

mclaren likes to try out inters all the time

maybe button with the 'silky smooth' driving style thinks its the only way to jump the others without having to put an effort to do it.

[Nero Horse]

Fernando Alonso, a three times winner in Malaysia, was happy with fourth place on the starting grid on Saturday after steering his battered Ferrari through the rain.

The double Formula One world champion, winner of 32 races in his career, felt fortunate just to be on the second row after earlier colliding with Daniil Kvyat’s Toro Rosso.

The crash in the second phase brought out a red flag and looked like it could be the end of qualifying for the Spaniard but his team managed to fix a broken left steering arm on his car in five minutes and get him back on the track.

“I’m so happy with this qualifying, it’s probably the biggest smile for a fourth position in my career,” Alonso told reporters.

“It was so chaotic, especially at the end with a car that was damaged.

“In the right hand corners I could move the steering wheel with one finger and in the lefts I could not even move it with two hands. In wet conditions was not the easiest way to drive the car.

“We managed to put the car out on the track to complete the laps and those laps were enough for fourth so we need to be very happy.”

The incident with Russian rookie Kvyat was investigated by stewards after the Spaniard turned into the Toro Rosso driver who appeared to lock his wheels and slide into Alonso.

The ever increasing rain had made visibility difficult in the final stages on Saturday with Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes holding on for pole despite abandoning a final flying lap because he couldn’t see in his mirrors.

Alonso said he didn’t see Kvyat, who qualified 11th, and the two shook hands after the incident.

“Obviously it was an unfortunate situation, wrong place at the wrong moment,” said Alonso.

“I didn’t see him, that’s the truth. I turned in and I only felt the hit, I didn’t even see him before he hit my car.

“I didn’t see a replay so I don’t know where he was coming from, if he was late braking I don’t know. For sure it was a surprise on the out-lap with these visibility conditions to have these kind of attacks.”

The rain played havoc with Alonso’s Ferrari team mate Kimi Raikkonen, who had showed good pace in the three dry practice sessions on Friday and Saturday.

The Finn, though, struggled in the wet qualifying sessions and could be heard complaining about being given the wrong intermediate tyres as the rain became heavier as he only managed to qualify in sixth.

[NickEice]

he didn't won. That was in 2010 he retired with engine failure in the final stages of race

What's impressive is I think that is his one and only mechanical retirement in his entire career with Ferrari

[Kristof_F40]

What's impressive is I think that is his one and only mechanical retirement in his entire career with Ferrari

Indeed, if you look at reliability of Ferrari since 2010, it's really incredible, definitly compared to our main competitors

[stefa]

What is the weather now, and what is foretasted for tomorrows race?

[Nero Horse]

What is the weather now, and what is foretasted for tomorrows race?

Forecast is couple of thunderstorms for tomorrow...

You can check live weather here> http://www.accuweather.com/en/my/kua...t/233776?day=1

[Hornet]

Seems like the chance of rain is dropping

I remember checking weather.com hourly forecast this morning for Sepang, it was 60% during the afternoon. Now it says 40%

[anakin]

I read somewhere that fernando's fastest lap in q3 was in used wets