zgred wrote:Button starting from P14, Vettel P16 and Barrichello from pole position. Nice mess.

Just listen to Jock Clear on the radio at the end of Q3.

"Button P14, Vettel P16, WHERE ARE YOU NOW???"

Does anybody know why Webber aborted his last lap in Q3? I know Webber was like 10-15 seconds up the road from Rubens and Rubens only missed getting another lap by 3 seconds, so I don't see why Webber would have skipped a final lap on the drying track.

ESPImperium wrote:

zgred wrote:Button starting from P14, Vettel P16 and Barrichello from pole position. Nice mess.

Just listen to Jock Clear on the radio at the end of Q3.

"Button P14, Vettel P16, WHERE ARE YOU NOW???"

Yea babe!!!

Wasn't webber ahead of Barichello?
I don't think he could have gotten more from the tyres, he was a little twitchy in the final lap.
Well i always said Barichello was a better driver overall than Button; he is more hungry for a WDC and has made good use of the last set of races, completely outshining his partner.
Much more dramatic to watch too.

Barrichello Takes Pole:
"The 37-year-old will start a race from the front for the first time in five years on Sunday after championship leader Button -- who he trails by 14 points with two races left -- failed to make the final session of qualifying as rain drenched the Interlagos circuit in Sao Paulo."

1. Rubens Barrichello, Brazil, Brawn GP 2. Mark Webber, Australia, Red Bull
Second row
3. Adrian Sutil, Germany, Force India 4. Jarno Trulli, Italy, Toyota
Third row
5. Kimi Raikkonen, Finland, Ferrari 6. Sebastien Buemi, Switzerland, Toro Rosso
Fourth row
7. Nico Rosberg, Germany, Williams 8. Robert Kubica, Poland, BMW-Sauber
Fifth row
9. Kazuki Nakajima, Japan, Williams 10. Fernando Alonso, Spain, Renault
Sixth row
11. Kamui Kobayashi, Japan, Toyota 12. Jaime Alguersuari, Spain, Toro Rosso
Seventh row
13. Romain Grosjean, France, Renault 14. Jenson Button, Britain, Brawn GP
Eighth row
15. Vitantonio Liuzzi, Italy, Force India 16. Sebastian Vettel, Germany, Red Bull
Ninth row
17. Heikki Kovalainen, Finland, McLaren-Mercedes 18. Lewis Hamilton, Britain, McLaren-Mercedes
10th row
19. Nick Heidfeld, Germany, BMW-Sauber 20. Giancarlo Fisichella, Italy, Ferrari





http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/10/17 ... /index.htm

SCengineering wrote:Does anybody know why Webber aborted his last lap in Q3? I know Webber was like 10-15 seconds up the road from Rubens and Rubens only missed getting another lap by 3 seconds, so I don't see why Webber would have skipped a final lap on the drying track.

He said something about a mistake in the press conference, and how it is hard to string together 6 or so fast laps.

EDIT: here is the press conference, although I'm afraid it's for UK users only:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsp ... 312825.stm

the thing i love about races like this.
quali doesnt matter a dam

Ah, thanks MattF1. In the U.S. they didn't show Webber's final lap or the press conference...

anyone knows maximum speeds?

tadzio89 wrote:anyone knows where speed trap point in Interlagos is? and what are maximum speeds?

Speed trap is about 90 meters befor turn 1.

Speed Trap: http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/f1 ... g_trap.pdf
Quali Maximum Sector Speeds: http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/f1 ... speeds.pdf
Quali Sector Times: http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/f1 ... ectors.pdf

thx for info(especially for a distance). but speed trap isn't maximum speed. it's comparable only, but certainly you know it. so we don't know maximum speeds.

Fuel Weights Here: http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/f1 ... eights.pdf

My Data:


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/I ... itData.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/I ... tData2.jpg

black and white version..

Rubens Barrichello 650.5
Mark Webber 656.0
Adrian Sutil 656.5
Jarno Trulli 658.5
Kimi Räikkönen 651.5
Sébastien Buemi 659.0
Nico Rosberg 657.0
Robert Kubica 656.0
Kazuki Nakajima 664.0
Fernando Alonso 652.0
Kamui Kobayashi 671.6
Jaime Alguersuari 671.5
Romain Grosjean 677.2
Jenson Button 672.0
Vitantonio Liuzzi 680.0
Sebastian Vettel 683.5
Heikki Kovalainen 656.5
Lewis Hamilton 661.0
Nick Heidfeld 650.5
Giancarlo Fisichella 683.5

Looks like Macca is relying HEAVILY ON KERS and dry conditons.

Heidfeld looks like he wants to ride the KERS wave into the midfield.

The Laps are very short so it seems like Mclaren are hoping to use this to get multiple passing attempts on the straights.

oh dear. McL doing going light from the back of the field. Silverstone all over again.