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For those of you that care here's wat happened in qualy

btw.... live timing is jerkoff-able

1 G. Fisichella Renault 1:33.840

2 J. Button Honda 1:33.986

3 N. Rosberg Williams 1:35.105

4 M. Schumacher Ferrari 1:35.010

5 M. Webber Williams 1:35.252

6 JP. Montoya McLaren 1:34.536

7 K. Räikkönen McLaren 1:34.667

8 F. Alonso Renault 1:35.514

9 C. Klien Red Bull 1:35.171

10 R. Schumacher Toyota no time

11 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:34.614

12 R. Barrichello Honda 1:34.683

13 J. Trulli Toyota 1:34.070

14 J. Villeneuve BMW 1:34.752

15 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:34.783

16 F. Massa Ferrari no time

17 S. Speed Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:36.297

18 V. Liuzzi Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:36.581

19 C. Albers Midland F1 1:37.426

20 T. Monteiro Midland F1 1:37.819

21 T. Sato Super Aguri 1:39.011

22 Y. Ide Super Aguri 1:40.720

Edited by ctjet

Agreed, live timing is sex.

If Webber was able to get a few more laps in with those new tyres at the end he could have ended up on the first row.

No one was near him for the first half of the session, he did well to bank that nice lap.

oh and i didnt mention that "Fisico" looks good for a win, not that im cheering for him or anything but he kept on pumpin in the fast ones with no probs

and wat happened to Alonso???

SMWBH syndrome.

Lets hope Webber gets a podium, Williams/Cosworth combo looking ok at the moment hopefully they can keep it up.

Rosberg has certainly impressed.....so far.

what the??? Nico>>>> P3 (not bad for a newbie!!!) glad to see Alonso at P8-might get interesting if he starts to come through the pack. I'm betting Fisi doesnt last long at the front-hmmm could be an interesting race with this jumbled grid.

well the race was good for the first 20 laps, then it was a bit of a snooze fest.

it was nice to see webber not taking any crap from rosberg at turn 1. but they both got hung out to dry a bit. I dont think there was any great need for rosberg to squeeze webber so far off line as webber was always going to come up the inside, rosberg should have been more concerned with the rest of them (gonzo in particular).

shame the cossies blew, but 2 fresh engines for melbourne means i will get to hear a V8 at 21 000rpm in qualifying. :dry:

I'm glad Kimi got shunted-it will make it interesting later in the season when he tries to regain some points.

Yep fresh cossies for the boys in Melbourne-love to see the williams on P1 P2

Edited by overev1

Rookie mistake from Rosberg.He should have realised Webber was going though and just tried to stop Alonso.He ruined Webbers and his own chance to shine up front before their motors went.

Montoya wasnt that quick and hardly seen him,but Raikkenon would have been fast i think as always.But its starting to look like the Renaults are gona run away with it again.

I reckon Nico will get is arse kicked for the turn 1 move.

Far too busy trying to squeeze his teammate right to the inside, there is no excuse for allowing someone around the outside

absolutely. like i said above he was far too concerned with keeping webber behind him when he should have been thinking about a fast starting, fuel heavy renault. because had he and webber kept alonso behind i doubt alonso would have been able to pass them with the amount of fuel he was carrying. it was a dumb move by rosberg and nearly ended badly. he is so quick though and will definately keep webber on his toes.

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