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Taking the liberty of starting the new thread for Malaysian GP 2009 as the Friday Practice just one day away!

As quoted by Dippy:
The Official Formula 1 Website

My Predictions:

1. Button
2. Trulli
3. Barrichello

I think it will be

1/2 Button/Barrichello : too close to call between the two
3. Vettel
4. Webber
5. Rosberg
6. Kimi
7. Glock
8. Massa

Very difficult to predict, so many contenders!

Anyway, here is mine:
1. Raikkonen
2. Massa
3. Button

Finney, thats optimistic. Even I wish the same finishing order for the MalaysianGP. :D

A wet weekend in Malaysia, A 2-tier diffuser which can generate 40% more downforce would master the wet race.

My predictions:

1. Button
2. Raikkonen
3. Kubica/Massa

I think it would be Brawn GP once again ... I do not think McLeran and Ferrari are up to the challenge yet.

Not sure of the order but I think the honors will be shared among Button, Vettel and Raikkonen (Vettel is the man to watch out on wet surfaces)

as of now, i don't think any one can challenge button. vettel got unlucky in the last race so my predictions are.
1.button
2.vettel
3.barichello
4.trulli
5.kubica
6.webber
7.alonso
8.glock

i dont see any ferrari or mclaren in the top 8!

FP1 dominated by the controversial diffuser again! :D

Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:36.260 + 27
2. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) 1:36.305 + 0.045 25
3. Button Brawn GP-Mercedes (B) 1:36.430 + 0.170 20
4. Barrichello Brawn GP-Mercedes (B) 1:36.487 + 0.227 22
5. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:36.561 + 0.301 21
6. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:36.646 + 0.386 18
7. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:36.699 + 0.439 16
8. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:36.703 + 0.443 23
9. Vettel Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:36.747 + 0.487 25
10. Glock Toyota (B) 1:36.980 + 0.720 27
11. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:36.982 + 0.722 26
12. Fisichella Force India-Mercedes (B) 1:37.025 + 0.765 20
13. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) 1:37.039 + 0.779 18
14. Piquet Renault (B) 1:37.199 + 0.939 20
15. Sutil Force India-Mercedes (B) 1:37.241 + 0.981 18
16. Alonso Renault (B) 1:37.395 + 1.135 12
17. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:37.634 + 1.374 22
18. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) 1:37.640 + 1.380 17
19. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:38.022 + 1.762 19
20. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:38.483 + 2.223 7

Id Say:
1.Button
2.Barichello
3.Hamilton

After the second Friday practice, its Ferrari 1-2 at the top with Kimi taking first followed by Massa. Vettel was third with Brawn cars finishing 6 and 7.

Looks like Ferrari have found their pace or is it just a one off show. This weekend GP will be very exciting.

Being a Ferrari fan, All I can do is jump with joy seeing this news! :)

Can't access F1 from work as it's blocked! Someone post the timings please!

Did it rain today?

Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired Gap Laps
1 4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:35.707 40
2 3 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:35.832 0.125 38
3 15 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 1:35.954 0.247 40
4 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:36.015 0.308 39
5 14 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:36.026 0.319 36
6 23 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 1:36.161 0.454 37
7 22 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 1:36.254 0.547 31
8 17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:36.290 0.583 35
9 2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:36.397 0.690 40
10 8 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:36.401 0.694 35
11 1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:36.515 0.808 30
12 9 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:36.516 0.809 34
13 12 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 1:36.628 0.921 32
14 10 Timo Glock Toyota 1:36.639 0.932 29
15 7 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:36.640 0.933 20
16 20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:36.875 1.168 36
17 5 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:37.267 1.560 38
18 11 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:37.278 1.571 30
19 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 1:37.432 1.725 27
20 6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:37.930 2.223 37

Ferrari 1-2.Wish this could be the race results. :)

P1 - Button (Brawn GP)
P2 - Trulli (Toyota)
P3 - Vettel (RedBull)
P4 - Barrichello (Brawn GP)

Kimi on P9
Alonso on P10
Hamilton on P13
Kovalainen P14
Massa on P16

KERS useful only in practice? :D

Qualifying results. Please note:

Barichello losses 5 Places for gearbox change

Vettel losses 10 Places for his racing accident laast week.

It will help them to some extent in overtaking during the race

Ferrari messed up big time by not sending Massa out again in Q1, thinking he is safe

This is the starting grid after taking into account the penalties:
(KERS runners in bold)
1 Button
2 Trulli
3 Glock
4 Rosberg
5 Webber
6 Kubica
7 Raikkonen
8 Barrichello
9 Alonso
10 Heidfeld
11 Nakajima
12 Hamilton
13 Vettel
14 Kovalainen
15 Bourdais
16 Massa
17 Piquet
18 Fisichella
19 Sutil
20 Buemi