May 13, 2010

Ferrari Fast First

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It's almost never the case that Ferrari is fast in first practice yet today, Fernando Alonso seemed very comfortable and was the only driver in the 1:14 range. You sensed others tried a bit of a late charge to win the "headline Grand Prix" but by the end of the session the temperature dropped and there were a few drops of rain and what grip there was, went away. The Ferrari crew looked quite pleased with themselves.

Monaco may not produce many exciting races but practice and qualifying are just spectacular. The speed at which an F1 car can negotiate the left right of the entrance to the "swimming pool" complex has to be seen in person to be believed, TV pictures just do not do it justice. Big change this year are the raised curbs in the two slow chicanes, after the tunnel and at the back end of the swimming pool. You can see it in the video clip below, it's the yellow raised section. It will certainly be a deterrent as any car hitting those at speed will surely lose traction and time at the very least.

A couple of on-boards after the jump (you might need to get it to buffer first, sorry)





Pos Driver Team Time Laps

1. Alonso Ferrari 1:14.904 36
2. Rosberg Mercedes 1:15.013 + 0.109 39
3. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1:15.099 + 0.195 47
4. Massa Ferrari 1:15.120 + 0.216 44
5. Schumacher Mercedes 1:15.143 + 0.239 38
6. Kubica Renault 1:15.192 + 0.288 38
7. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.249 + 0.345 32
8. Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:15.460 + 0.556 42
9. Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.619 + 0.715 37
10. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:15.620 + 0.716 28
11. Petrov Renault 1:15.746 + 0.842 44
12. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:16.276 + 1.372 46
13. Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1:16.348 + 1.444 48
14. Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:16.522 + 1.618 37
15. Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 1:16.528 + 1.624 42
16. de la Rosa Sauber-Ferrari 1:16.599 + 1.695 36
17. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1:16.818 + 1.914 45
18. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:17.023 + 2.119 28
19. Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 1:18.184 + 3.280 47
20. di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 1:18.478 + 3.574 38
21. Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 1:18.667 + 3.763 13
22. Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:18.721 + 3.817 41
23. Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 1:20.313 + 5.409 35
24. Senna HRT-Cosworth 1:22.148 + 7.244 11

All Timing Unofficial



8 comments:

  1. Great, thanks. how can I download it?

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  2. One little thing, they went from China to Spain, and now to Monaco.

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  3. Ph right, my bad. I guess the spanish race was so dull I forgot about it! :)

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  4. @AC the video loads fully but it keeps stopping and there's no sound.

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  5. Wow. Bruno Senna looked shit scared of the place.

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  6. And it's not like Senna hasn't been here before, I saw him race Supercups a few years back. But man, he got 2 seconds from Chandhok!

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  7. What music AC? The music choices are always great, btw.

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  8. Be Still by Kaskade from Love Mysterious

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