Heikki Kovalainen

Harry1986 · Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 7:38 am Post subject: Malaysian GP

Well looking at the friday practice times it seems that mclaren are going to have to pull something pretty impressive out of the bag to score points here this season.

lets just hope it doesnt end up like last season with a grid penalty for both heikki and lewis.

still, looks to be a very good race. the williams are competitive and hopefully we will see some of the middle pack fighting for the front. i hope ferrari dont just run away with it, they normally do well here.

what do you guys think?

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LogicPro · Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 7:55 am Post subject:

I think Brawn, Red Bull, Williams and Toyota will be in the top 10... maybe Ferrari and McLaren are a little bit closer, but they can aim at 1 or 2 points in my opinion.

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Spaniard · Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 6:09 pm Post subject:

Well, we are not going to improve in one week, so it's going to be as hard as in Australia.

Is entereing in Q3 ''asking for too much'' Twisted Evil

?

Let's see if Heikki and Lewis are lucky tomorrow and get a good position. Not easy, but who knows.

LogicPro · Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 2:56 am Post subject:

Maybe the rain could be in favour of McLaren (they have a higher aerodynamic load, as Renault). Smile

If qualifying and race are dry the best we can aim at is getting 1 point Confused

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LogicPro · Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 5:50 am Post subject:

Qualifying:

1. Button Brawn-Mercedes (B) 1:35.058 1:33.784 1:35.181
2. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:34.745 1:33.990 1:35.273
3. Vettel Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:34.935 1:34.276 1:35.518
4. Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes (B) 1:34.681 1:34.387 1:35.651
5. Glock Toyota (B) 1:34.907 1:34.258 1:35.690
6. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:35.083 1:34.547 1:35.750
7. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:35.027 1:34.222 1:35.797
8. Kubica BMW-Sauber (B) 1:35.166 1:34.562 1:36.106
9. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:35.476 1:34.456 1:36.170
10. Alonso Renault (B) 1:35.260 1:34.706 1:37.659
11. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber (B) 1:35.110 1:34.769
12. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) 1:35.341 1:34.788
13. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:35.280 1:34.905
14. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:35.023 1:34.924
15. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:35.507 1:35.431
16. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:35.642
17. Piquet Renault (B) 1:35.708
18. Fisichella Force India-Mercedes (B) 1:35.908
19. Sutil Force India-Mercedes (B) 1:35.951
20. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:36.107

But the starting grid, with Vettel and Barrichello penalized will be:

Button - Trulli
Glock - Rosberg
Webber - Kubica
Raikkonen - Alonso
Barrichello - Heidfeld
Nakajima - Hamilton
Vettel - Kovalainen
Bourdais - Massa
Piquet - Fisichella
Sutil - Buemi

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MiniMarshmallow · Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 8:01 am Post subject:

Massa

it makes me very happy that he didn't make it.
But our poor McLaren boys not making it.

Well done to Button

When do we get the weights of the cars?

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nordic_icequeen · Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 1:39 pm Post subject:

i prepared it for my "warm up" show at the slovenian TV, so here it is:

from the heaviset to the one who predictionally must to the pit as the first one :

N. Heidfeld BMW 692,0
F. Massa Ferrari 689,5
H. Kovalainen McLaren 688,9
L. Hamilton McLaren 688,0
S. Buemi Toro Rosso 686,5
K. Nakajima Williams 683,4
N. Piquet jun. Renault 681,9
F. Alonso Renault 680,5
G. Fisichella Force India 680,5
S. Bourdais Toro Rosso 670,5
R. Barrichello Brawn 664,5
R. Kubica BMW 663,0
K. Räikkönen Ferrari 662,5
J. Button Brawn 660,0
T. Glock Toyota 656,5
J. Trulli Toyota 656,5
N. Rosberg Williams 656,0
M. Webber Red Bull 656,0
A. Sutil Force India 655,5
S. Vettel Red Bull 647,0

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Spaniard · Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:11 am Post subject:

Nice race until it started raining, then it was a chaos. At least we won a point (Well, maybe FIA removes it, but Hamilton was 7th, half of the points, so 1 point Cool

) .

I think we have 'the magic piece' prepared for China, in case it's declared as legal. So, the toughest races have passed.

LogicPro · Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 8:14 am Post subject:

Heikki and Robert Kubica are the unluckiest drivers Crying or Very sad

And Kubica has now one engine less: so 7 engines for 15 races! Exclamation

However the stewards and the Fia were completely fool today...they made the drivers wait for 50 minutes before declaring the race stopped. And it took 2 or 3 laps for them to take the decision of the Safety Car and the Red Flag. Confused

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Spaniard · Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 9:04 am Post subject:

LogicPro wrote:

However the stewards and the Fia were completely fool today...they made the drivers wait for 50 minutes before declaring the race stopped

TV = $$$$$$$$$$$$$

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Spaniard wrote:

TV = $$$$$$$$$$$$$

exactly...the biggest sum is for the TV rights so drivers must have sat in their cars or waited in the rain only because of that money for Bernie. Isn´t that a kind of a nonsense?

I mean, the drivers should be prefered, people are watching F1 mainly because of them...and they were just forced to wait because of programmes of tv channels....

Kimi figured it out Very Happy

with that ice cream or what it was Very Happy

MiniMarshmallow · Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:03 pm Post subject:

L_Into wrote:

Kimi figured it out Very Happy

with that ice cream or what it was Very Happy

A Magnum and a can of Coke. Go Kimi.

LogicPro wrote:

Heikki and Robert Kubica are the unluckiest drivers Crying or Very sad

My dad has dubbed Heikki the new DC. I hope not.

Spaniard wrote:

At least we won a point (Well, maybe FIA removes it, but Hamilton was 7th, half of the points, so 1 point Cool

)

Just hope and pray that they don't take it away from us. You know what they're like.
My dad was joking to my brother before who walked in just as the race got stopped: 'Oh yeah, the race has been stopped. And Hamilton is going to get penalised for it. It's always his fault. Hamilton made it rain!'
They'll use anything against us.

What was with the confusion with the result? I know you take it from the last full lap they completed but everyone kept telling us that they did different amounts of laps and that they had different amounts left till they would have reached 75% race distance.
Come on people, you're supposed to be professionals!

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LogicPro · Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 1:54 pm Post subject:

MiniMarshmallow wrote:

L_Into wrote:

Kimi figured it out Very Happy

with that ice cream or what it was Very Happy

A Magnum and a can of Coke. Go Kimi.

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funniest moment of the race...while the others were waiting for the restart and getting really wet (Webber walkin under the rain without an umbrella..speaking with all the drivers!) he was relaxing with his ice-cream Laughing

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Harry1986 · Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 5:55 pm Post subject:

shame about heikki.... seriously he has the worst luck

kinda of annoyed that they waited so long before red flag and then waited even longer saying "they might restart".

still, congrats to button and 1 point for mclaren AND no points for ferrari Very Happy

could have been better, but also couldve been alot worse!! Very Happy

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also, lol at the people sliding down the hill in the wet on their asses! made me laugh a bit.

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ellen777 · Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:03 pm Post subject:

yeah the people sliding down the hill was pretty funny....they looked like they were having heaps of fun Laughing

and raikkonen...well...um...what can i say? he's a clever guy Laughing

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