ESPN F1 [UK]  Junkie Jabber Qualifying Results - MONZA
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Qualifying Results - MONZA |
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Saturday, 12 September 2009 |
| Qualifying for Monza was pretty straight forward with a few
exceptional results. |
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| First was Force India's pace. The Force India team was strong all
weekend. Adrian Sutil had pole position stolen from him, as the 3rd
session ended, by McLarens F1 ace Lewis Hamilton. Force India's
second driver, Vitantanio Liuzzi, also mad it to the 3rd
session. This marked the first time in Force India's history
that both of it's drivers made it to Q3. Vitantanio Liuzzi, the
former Suderia Torro Rosso pilot, qualified an impressive 7th.
Vitantanio Liuzzi has not been in a F1 seat for two years, making his
comeback most impressive. Liuzzi's performance also points to the
ineptitude and the horrible decision making by former Torro Rosso team
principal & all around F1 blowhard Gerhard Berger, who fired
Liuzzi. |
Picture of ex-F1 owner Gerhard Berger |
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| Second main take away was both BMW engines failing during
Q2. This does not bode well for Sauber/BMW, who need a buyer and
some good fortune in order to field an F1 team in 2010.
And lastly, good to see Fisi make his debut for Ferrari. He was a
vast improvement over Luca. Fisi made it to Q2 after crashing in
Practice on Friday.
The race on Sunday should be contested by no fewer than 10
drivers...and is Hamilton's to lose. |
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| Here is the starting grid: |
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| P. |
Driver |
Team |
| 1 |
Lewis Hamilton |
McLaren |
| 2 |
Adrian Sutil |
Force India |
| 3 |
Kimi Räikkönen |
Ferrari |
| 4 |
Heikki Kovalainen |
McLaren |
| 5 |
Rubens Barrichello |
Brawn |
| 6 |
Jenson Button |
Brawn |
| 7 |
Vitantanio Liuzzi |
Force India |
| 8 |
Fernando Alonso |
Renault |
| 9 |
Sebastian Vettel |
Red Bull |
| 10 |
Mark Webber |
Red Bull |
| 11 |
Jarno Trulli |
Toyota |
| 12 |
Romain Grosjean |
Renault |
| 13 |
Robert Kubica |
BMW |
| 14 |
Giancarlo Fisichella |
Ferrari |
| 15 |
Nick Heidfeld |
BMW |
| 16 |
Timo Glock |
Toyota |
| 17 |
Kazuki Nakajima |
Williams |
| 18 |
Nico Rosberg |
Williams |
| 19 |
Sebastien Buemi |
Toro Rosso |
| 20 |
Alguersuari Jaime |
Toro Rosso |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 11 October 2009 )
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