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finneyp · 19th March 2008, 12:14

I have a feeling that Kimi will bounce back & win the race!

theMAG · 19th March 2008, 12:32

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krishnavamshi24 · 19th March 2008, 13:00

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Originally Posted by theMAG

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One request can we have a fresh thread with Poll Reopened as things have changed dramatically with Force India in the picture
Coming back to F1 my fav is kimi as a driver but as a team Mclaren Rules....for me...

Hurrycane12 · 19th March 2008, 14:26

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Originally Posted by finneyp

I have a feeling that Kimi will bounce back & win the race!

Agree with you that Kimi will be back but i guess McLaren has a better car this year and if they get going in Malayasia life will be difficult for Ferrari.

shailu · 19th March 2008, 16:57

Ofcourse Mclaren have a better car this year but dont forget who is working at the backend of Ferrari....It's "Shumacher"

I am sure Ferrari will be back with a Bang. watch out Mclaren

Zensible · 20th March 2008, 08:39

If Hamilton drove impeccably, it was because he had no car ahead of him and he had his wingman Heiki behind him. He also had one of the fastest, if not THE fastest car on that circuit.

Kimi is an aggressive driver and had to take every risk to get up to point scoring position. Putting soft tires on his car and driving like crazy on that 1st lap to move up several positions was unbelievable.

Fisi and Adrian did a decent job. I predict that one of them will end up in Q2 for the next race.

Malaysia Prediction... using my head

1) Hamilton ( Clearly one of the best drivers with the fastest steed )
2) Kubica
3) Kovalainen

Malaysia Prediction.......... from my heart

1) Kimi ( Clearly the best driver with the prancing steed )
2) Massa
3) Kubica

AnniHilat0R · 21st March 2008, 09:27

Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix Friday Practice I:

Times
01 F. Massa Ferrari 1:35.392 20 laps
02 K. Räikkönen Ferrari 1:36.459 8 laps ( Mechanical Problems )
03 H. Kovalainen McLaren 1:36.556 21 laps
04 N. Rosberg Williams 1:36.578 23 laps
05 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:36.626 17 laps
06 F. Alonso Renault 1:37.022 18 laps
07 N. Piquet jr. Renault 1:37.034 28 laps
08 R. Kubica BMW 1:37.218 9 laps
09 J. Button Honda 1:37.282 17 laps
10 J. Trulli Toyota 1:37.540 24 laps
11 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:37.649 17 laps
12 K. Nakajima Williams 1:37.649 18 laps
13 R. Barrichello Honda 1:37.076 20 laps
14 T. Glock Toyota 1:37.782 27 laps
15 S. Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:38.219 26 laps
16 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:38.232 7 laps ( Accident )
17 M. Webber Red Bull 1:38.707 12 laps
18 S. Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:38.798 25 laps
19 G. Fisichella Force India F1 1:39.046 21 laps
20 T. Sato Super Aguri 1:40.178 1 laps
21 A. Davidson Super Aguri 1:40.351 14 laps
22 A. Sutil Force India F1 1:41.269 5 laps ( Engine Problems )

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merve_extreme · 21st March 2008, 09:41

Good so far for Massa,can't say the same for Raikonen.Lot of drivers visiting the gravel today,including Hamma.

AnniHilat0R · 21st March 2008, 13:27

Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix Friday Practice II:

Times
01 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:35.055 32 laps
02 F. Massa Ferrari 1:35.206 33 laps
03 K. Räikkönen Ferrari 1:35.428 36 laps
04 J. Button Honda 1:36.037 40 laps
05 S. Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:36.474 35 laps
06 J. Trulli Toyota 1:36.493 38 laps
07 H. Kovalainen McLaren 1:36.512 30 laps
08 R. Kubica BMW 1:36.671 33 laps
09 G. Fisichella Force India F1 1:36.756 37 laps
10 K. Nakajima Williams 1:36.838 34 laps
11 R. Barrichello Honda 1:36.879 38 laps
12 N. Rosberg Williams 1:36.908 36 laps
13 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:37.106 3 laps
14 F. Alonso Renault 1:37.328 23 laps
15 N. Piquet jr. Renault 1:37.331 42 laps
16 M. Webber Red Bull 1:37.346 37 laps
17 T. Glock Toyota 1:37.512 35 laps
18 A. Sutil Force India F1 1:37.614 35 laps
19 T. Sato Super Aguri 1:39.021 27 laps
20 A. Davidson Super Aguri 1:39.361 30 laps
21 S. Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso no time 1 laps
22 D. Coulthard Red Bull no time laps

Massa looked really impressive to me. He really was improving lap by lap. Overall Ferrari and McLaren were looking quite a bit faster than the competition. The Top Speed Trap for instance and the Apex Speed Trap both were dominated by the McLaren and Ferrari. Hamiliton pulled of the fastest lap at the end of the session. Renaults had a tough day. They showed a clip of the Team Radio of Alonso, wherein he was saying about a broken suspension. He pitted after that lap and that was his end of the session. Piquet Jr. too was saying to his engineer about the car having immense understeer while entering the corners. The car looked a bit slower too. Kimi looked consistent, but almost stalled his engine twice. Once while on the installation lap and second while entering the pit at the end of the session. The commentators also marked the same thing saying that may be he was running on fumes. In the previous practice too he didnt have any mechanical problems, but his car died out in the middle of the track as the fuel got over. Anyways, looking forward to tomorrow. Will be interesting to see the different car setups and strategies the teams imply. Massa is someone, who is looking impressive.

MaserQ · 21st March 2008, 13:43

Heikki is almost 1.5 secs off Hamilton's pace. A case of varying fuel loads maybe?

jraj · 21st March 2008, 13:55

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Originally Posted by MaserQ

Heikki is almost 1.5 secs off Hamilton's pace. A case of varying fuel loads maybe?

maybe Mclaren wanted their car to top the charts just to get the psychological advantage over Ferrari......
Ferrari dominated P1 and also the last but 5 minutes of second practice.....Mclaren put hamilton on soft tyres and maybe less fuel too

Zensible · 21st March 2008, 18:43

I have a feeling Ferrari was running low fuel loads in both Friday sessions. I think Raikkonen was running less fuel than Massa because it looked like he was running on fumes at the end, during both session. That makes Massa's times all the more impressive compared to Kimi.

Force India continues to claim midpack performance. But, they are still only ahead of Super Aguri which is essentially the bottom of the pack. Fisi's 9th finish during Friday afternoon was probably on low fuel load. If they can keep that fuel load for qualifying and work out a pit stop strategy for the race there might be some truth to their claim. Otherwise

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Check out Fisi's car on this gallery GALLERY - SPEED Images, Nopi Chics, NASCAR Photos - SPEEDtv.com

It's the one titled Formula one with 30 images.

Should the caption read "Air ForceIndia"

merve_extreme · 21st March 2008, 19:21

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Originally Posted by Zensible

I have a feeling Ferrari was running low fuel loads in both Friday sessions.

No they weren't.They had better long run pace than the Mclaren's.Their fastest times were set on hard tires.

What Hamilton did was a glory run,though Mclaren may have some pace up their sleeves.

AnniHilat0R · 22nd March 2008, 10:34

Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix Saturday Practice:

Times
01 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:35.019 18 laps
02 K. Räikkönen Ferrari 1:35.262 17 laps
03 F. Massa Ferrari 1:35.388 17 laps
04 J. Trulli Toyota 1:35.389 20 laps
05 M. Webber Red Bull 1:35.437 16 laps
06 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:35.653 17 laps
07 N. Piquet jr. Renault 1:35.768 15 laps
08 J. Button Honda 1:35.781 19 laps
09 S. Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:35.827 16 laps
10 T. Glock Toyota 1:35.911 21 laps
11 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:35.927 13 laps
12 F. Alonso Renault 1:36.068 14 laps
13 K. Nakajima Williams 1:36.183 14 laps
14 G. Fisichella Force India F1 1:36.229 21 laps
15 N. Rosberg Williams 1:36.490 7 laps
16 H. Kovalainen McLaren 1:36.529 16 laps
17 R. Kubica BMW 1:36.618 19 laps
18 S. Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:36.668 15 laps
19 T. Sato Super Aguri 1:36.908 14 laps
20 A. Sutil Force India F1 1:36.939 21 laps
21 A. Davidson Super Aguri 1:37.140 12 laps
22 R. Barrichello Honda 1:37.703 6 laps

merve_extreme · 22nd March 2008, 12:34

Yehaw!!.Take that Mclaren.Ferrari 1-2.Massa was flying,where is your "I could have gone faster" pace Hama.

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19th March 2008, 12:14	#2446
finneyp Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Bangalore Posts: 2,736 Thanked: 359 Times View My Garage	I have a feeling that Kimi will bounce back & win the race!
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19th March 2008, 12:32	#2447
theMAG Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: May 2006 Location: Avon, CT Posts: 7,217 Thanked: 1,811 Times View My Garage	The official F1 grand prix prediction thread Please post all F1 GP predictions here.
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19th March 2008, 16:57	#2450
shailu BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: coimbatore Posts: 123 Thanked: 21 Times	Ofcourse Mclaren have a better car this year but dont forget who is working at the backend of Ferrari....It's "Shumacher" I am sure Ferrari will be back with a Bang. watch out Mclaren
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20th March 2008, 08:39	#2451
Zensible BHPian Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chennai/Chicago Posts: 80 Thanked: 0 Times	If Hamilton drove impeccably, it was because he had no car ahead of him and he had his wingman Heiki behind him. He also had one of the fastest, if not THE fastest car on that circuit. Kimi is an aggressive driver and had to take every risk to get up to point scoring position. Putting soft tires on his car and driving like crazy on that 1st lap to move up several positions was unbelievable. Fisi and Adrian did a decent job. I predict that one of them will end up in Q2 for the next race. Malaysia Prediction... using my head 1) Hamilton ( Clearly one of the best drivers with the fastest steed ) 2) Kubica 3) Kovalainen Malaysia Prediction.......... from my heart 1) Kimi ( Clearly the best driver with the prancing steed ) 2) Massa 3) Kubica
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21st March 2008, 09:27	#2452
AnniHilat0R BHPian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Navi Mumbai Posts: 290 Thanked: 66 Times	2008 F1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix: Results, Predictions and Discussions Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix Friday Practice I: Times 01 F. Massa Ferrari 1:35.392 20 laps 02 K. Räikkönen Ferrari 1:36.459 8 laps ( Mechanical Problems ) 03 H. Kovalainen McLaren 1:36.556 21 laps 04 N. Rosberg Williams 1:36.578 23 laps 05 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:36.626 17 laps 06 F. Alonso Renault 1:37.022 18 laps 07 N. Piquet jr. Renault 1:37.034 28 laps 08 R. Kubica BMW 1:37.218 9 laps 09 J. Button Honda 1:37.282 17 laps 10 J. Trulli Toyota 1:37.540 24 laps 11 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:37.649 17 laps 12 K. Nakajima Williams 1:37.649 18 laps 13 R. Barrichello Honda 1:37.076 20 laps 14 T. Glock Toyota 1:37.782 27 laps 15 S. Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:38.219 26 laps 16 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:38.232 7 laps ( Accident ) 17 M. Webber Red Bull 1:38.707 12 laps 18 S. Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:38.798 25 laps 19 G. Fisichella Force India F1 1:39.046 21 laps 20 T. Sato Super Aguri 1:40.178 1 laps 21 A. Davidson Super Aguri 1:40.351 14 laps 22 A. Sutil Force India F1 1:41.269 5 laps ( Engine Problems ) Moderator's note: Thread merged with exisiting topic. Continue further discussions here. Last edited by theMAG : 21st March 2008 at 11:47.
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21st March 2008, 09:41	#2453
merve_extreme Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 1,359 Thanked: 18 Times View My Garage	Good so far for Massa,can't say the same for Raikonen.Lot of drivers visiting the gravel today,including Hamma.
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21st March 2008, 13:27	#2454
AnniHilat0R BHPian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Navi Mumbai Posts: 290 Thanked: 66 Times	Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix Friday Practice II: Times 01 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:35.055 32 laps 02 F. Massa Ferrari 1:35.206 33 laps 03 K. Räikkönen Ferrari 1:35.428 36 laps 04 J. Button Honda 1:36.037 40 laps 05 S. Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:36.474 35 laps 06 J. Trulli Toyota 1:36.493 38 laps 07 H. Kovalainen McLaren 1:36.512 30 laps 08 R. Kubica BMW 1:36.671 33 laps 09 G. Fisichella Force India F1 1:36.756 37 laps 10 K. Nakajima Williams 1:36.838 34 laps 11 R. Barrichello Honda 1:36.879 38 laps 12 N. Rosberg Williams 1:36.908 36 laps 13 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:37.106 3 laps 14 F. Alonso Renault 1:37.328 23 laps 15 N. Piquet jr. Renault 1:37.331 42 laps 16 M. Webber Red Bull 1:37.346 37 laps 17 T. Glock Toyota 1:37.512 35 laps 18 A. Sutil Force India F1 1:37.614 35 laps 19 T. Sato Super Aguri 1:39.021 27 laps 20 A. Davidson Super Aguri 1:39.361 30 laps 21 S. Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso no time 1 laps 22 D. Coulthard Red Bull no time laps Massa looked really impressive to me. He really was improving lap by lap. Overall Ferrari and McLaren were looking quite a bit faster than the competition. The Top Speed Trap for instance and the Apex Speed Trap both were dominated by the McLaren and Ferrari. Hamiliton pulled of the fastest lap at the end of the session. Renaults had a tough day. They showed a clip of the Team Radio of Alonso, wherein he was saying about a broken suspension. He pitted after that lap and that was his end of the session. Piquet Jr. too was saying to his engineer about the car having immense understeer while entering the corners. The car looked a bit slower too. Kimi looked consistent, but almost stalled his engine twice. Once while on the installation lap and second while entering the pit at the end of the session. The commentators also marked the same thing saying that may be he was running on fumes. In the previous practice too he didnt have any mechanical problems, but his car died out in the middle of the track as the fuel got over. Anyways, looking forward to tomorrow. Will be interesting to see the different car setups and strategies the teams imply. Massa is someone, who is looking impressive. Last edited by AnniHilat0R : 21st March 2008 at 13:46.
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21st March 2008, 13:43	#2455
MaserQ Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,196 Thanked: 166 Times	Heikki is almost 1.5 secs off Hamilton's pace. A case of varying fuel loads maybe?
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21st March 2008, 18:43	#2457
Zensible BHPian Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chennai/Chicago Posts: 80 Thanked: 0 Times	I have a feeling Ferrari was running low fuel loads in both Friday sessions. I think Raikkonen was running less fuel than Massa because it looked like he was running on fumes at the end, during both session. That makes Massa's times all the more impressive compared to Kimi. Force India continues to claim midpack performance. But, they are still only ahead of Super Aguri which is essentially the bottom of the pack. Fisi's 9th finish during Friday afternoon was probably on low fuel load. If they can keep that fuel load for qualifying and work out a pit stop strategy for the race there might be some truth to their claim. Otherwise . Check out Fisi's car on this gallery GALLERY - SPEED Images, Nopi Chics, NASCAR Photos - SPEEDtv.com It's the one titled Formula one with 30 images. Should the caption read "Air ForceIndia"
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22nd March 2008, 10:34	#2459
AnniHilat0R BHPian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Navi Mumbai Posts: 290 Thanked: 66 Times	Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix Saturday Practice: Times 01 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:35.019 18 laps 02 K. Räikkönen Ferrari 1:35.262 17 laps 03 F. Massa Ferrari 1:35.388 17 laps 04 J. Trulli Toyota 1:35.389 20 laps 05 M. Webber Red Bull 1:35.437 16 laps 06 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:35.653 17 laps 07 N. Piquet jr. Renault 1:35.768 15 laps 08 J. Button Honda 1:35.781 19 laps 09 S. Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:35.827 16 laps 10 T. Glock Toyota 1:35.911 21 laps 11 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:35.927 13 laps 12 F. Alonso Renault 1:36.068 14 laps 13 K. Nakajima Williams 1:36.183 14 laps 14 G. Fisichella Force India F1 1:36.229 21 laps 15 N. Rosberg Williams 1:36.490 7 laps 16 H. Kovalainen McLaren 1:36.529 16 laps 17 R. Kubica BMW 1:36.618 19 laps 18 S. Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:36.668 15 laps 19 T. Sato Super Aguri 1:36.908 14 laps 20 A. Sutil Force India F1 1:36.939 21 laps 21 A. Davidson Super Aguri 1:37.140 12 laps 22 R. Barrichello Honda 1:37.703 6 laps
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22nd March 2008, 12:34	#2460
merve_extreme Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 1,359 Thanked: 18 Times View My Garage	Yehaw!!.Take that Mclaren.Ferrari 1-2.Massa was flying,where is your "I could have gone faster" pace Hama.
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