Q2 Toyota and RBR

im8457 · 20 Mar 2005, 04:00 (Ref:1256447)

Wow, Toyota and RBR!!! I would have never thought this would happen a month ago. I think RBR is going to fair better in the race as compared to Toyota.

Dixie Flatline · 20 Mar 2005, 04:26 (Ref:1256460)

This, I think is good enough thread as any to talk about overall qualifying - after the second session was completed, the times are as follows:

Code:

1.   F. Alonso        Renault            3:07.672
2.   J. Trulli        Toyota             3:07.925
3.   G. Fisichella    Renault            3:08.448
4.   M. Webber        BMW-WilliamsF1     3:08.904
5.   R. Schumacher    Toyota             3:09.007
6.   K. Raikkonen     McLaren-Mercedes   3:09.483
7.   C. Klien         RBR-Cosworth       3:09.589
8.   D. Coulthard     RBR-Cosworth       3:09.700
9.   J. Button        BAR-Honda          3:09.832
10.  J. Neidfeld      BMW-WilliamsF1     3:09.917
11.  J. Montoya       McLaren-Mercedes   3:10.090
12.  R. Barrichello   Ferrari            3:11.502
13.  M. Schumacher    Ferrari            3:11.633
14.  F. Massa         Sauber-Petronas    3:11.884
15.  A. Davidson      BAR-Honda          3:11.890
16.  J. Villeneuve    Sauber-Petronas    3:12.995
17.  N. Karthikeyan   Jordan-Toyota      3:17.656
18.  T. Monteiro      Jordan-Toyota      3:17.962
19.  P. Friesacher    Minardi-Cosworth   3:21.186
20.  C. Albers        Minardi-Cosworth   3:23.001

So, a similar front row to Australia, though with a different Renault partnering with Trulli's Toyota.

Toyota second and fifth will hope they can translate into at least one podium finish in the race, while Renault will hope they can claim two race wins in a row.

Williams grabs fourth with Webber, but teammate Heidfeld stuck in tenth place, one ahead of Montoya, surprisingly off the pace compared to teammate, Raikkonen, who slots in sixth position on the grid. Row 4 is an all-RBR affair, with Klien outqualifying Coulthard.

Big surprises further down, with Rubens outqualifying Michael, but still only good for 12th and 13th, while Massa turns the tables on JV to qualify 14th with Villeneuve in a lowly 16th.

StickShift · 20 Mar 2005, 04:30 (Ref:1256461)

It's going to be a very interesting race. Red Bull, Klien, and Coulthard have been doing an awesome job. It would be great to see them beat the big guns again.

I'd like to see Toyota do well. They could get their first podium today.

dsg · 20 Mar 2005, 04:38 (Ref:1256464)

As has been said a great job by Toyota & RBR and I hope they can keep this sort of pace for the race.

I believe tyres are the cause of Ferrari's problems but any idea what is happening over at BAR? Could it be a heavier fuel load?

**GTRMagic** · 20 Mar 2005, 04:46 (Ref:1256465)

Go Potsie!! He must have done pretty well to jump from 6th to 4th?

903cc · 20 Mar 2005, 05:07 (Ref:1256469)

I hope Webber can get a better start than usual. Hopefully can get underneath Trulli into T1

Dixie Flatline · 20 Mar 2005, 05:20 (Ref:1256472)

Redid the qualifying times again to show Sunday times:

Code:

Pos  Driver           Team               Overall  Sat      Sun

1.   F. Alonso        Renault            3:07.672 1:32.582 1:35.090
2.   J. Trulli        Toyota             3:07.925 1:32.672 1:35.253
3.   G. Fisichella    Renault            3:08.448 1:32.765 1:35.683
4.   M. Webber        BMW-WilliamsF1     3:08.904 1:33.204 1:35.700
5.   R. Schumacher    Toyota             3:09.007 1:33.106 1:35.901
6.   K. Raikkonen     McLaren-Mercedes   3:09.483 1:32.839 1:36.644
7.   C. Klien         RBR-Cosworth       3:09.589 1:33.724 1:35.865
8.   D. Coulthard     RBR-Cosworth       3:09.700 1:33.809 1:35.891
9.   J. Button        BAR-Honda          3:09.832 1:33.616 1:36.216
10.  N. Heidfeld      BMW-WilliamsF1     3:09.917 1:33.464 1:36.453
11.  J. Montoya       McLaren-Mercedes   3:10.090 1:33.333 1:36.757
12.  R. Barrichello   Ferrari            3:11.502 1:34.162 1:37.340
13.  M. Schumacher    Ferrari            3:11.633 1:34.072 1:37.561
14.  F. Massa         Sauber-Petronas    3:11.884 1:34.151 1:37.733
15.  A. Davidson      BAR-Honda          3:11.890 1:34.866 1:37.024
16.  J. Villeneuve    Sauber-Petronas    3:12.995 1:34.887 1:38.108
17.  N. Karthikeyan   Jordan-Toyota      3:17.656 1:37.806 1:39.850
18.  T. Monteiro      Jordan-Toyota      3:17.962 1:37.856 1:40.106
19.  P. Friesacher    Minardi-Cosworth   3:21.186 1:39.268 1:41.918
20.  C. Albers        Minardi-Cosworth   3:23.001 1:40.432 1:42.569

Alonso also fastest on Sunday. Good news for the RBR-Cosworth cars, as they are fifth and sixth fastest on Sunday morning for Klien and Coulthard respectively.

Dixie Flatline · 20 Mar 2005, 05:29 (Ref:1256475)

Massa has complained of understeer in his Sauber, while JV said that given their position after Saturday, he was concentrating on strategy.

Tried to post a link to it at F1.racing-live.com, but it didn't work, so I'll just say it's there.

**GTRMagic** · 20 Mar 2005, 05:50 (Ref:1256480)

Certainly the Minardis and Jordans arent particularly special this weekend... Mr Stoddart needs to get some serious testing in place for Christian Albers, he seems a fair way off his teammate in every split/session

Dixie Flatline · 20 Mar 2005, 06:11 (Ref:1256486)

Interesting comparison between the Saubers, and Davidson - Villeneuve 0.4s slower than Massa, but almost 1.1s slower than Davidson.

Mike_Wooshy · 20 Mar 2005, 08:42 (Ref:1256531)

well done to Toyota And Red Bull for todays race !!!

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