F1 News
- August 23, 2008
Valencia Qualifying
A topsy turvy qualifying session at the new track. The grip levels were changing all session, and the couple of spots of rain probably did not help.
The Toro Rosso’s both made it through to the Q3 session, showing up their Red Bull cousins, and oddly showing how much better the Ferrari engine is than the Renault one.
It looked for a while like the front row was going to be without either a Ferrari or McLaren, but in the end Felipe drove a great lap to take to top spot, and Lewis had a great lap to make second spot.
Robert Kubica showed his skill at the heavy breaking tracks, and takes the third spot, with Kimi again not able to match his Brazilian team mates times.
Heikki then put’s the other McLaren on row three, joined with Sebastian Vettel in the fast Toro Rosso, behind him Jarno Trulli in the Toyota, with a great drive considering that he had almost no running this morning in free practice due to gearbox issues.
So it could turn out to be a very interesting race tomorrow. Safety cars will be prevalent if there are any bumps, and there probably will be with the run into the fast turn 1 and slow turn 2.
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:38.176 | 1:37.859 | 1:38.989 | 19 |
| 2 | 22 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:38.464 | 1:37.954 | 1:39.199 | 15 |
| 3 | 4 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:38.347 | 1:38.050 | 1:39.392 | 18 |
| 4 | 1 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:38.703 | 1:38.229 | 1:39.488 | 21 |
| 5 | 23 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:38.656 | 1:38.120 | 1:39.937 | 18 |
| 6 | 15 | Sebastian Vettel | STR-Ferrari | 1:38.141 | 1:37.842 | 1:40.142 | 19 |
| 7 | 11 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:37.948 | 1:37.928 | 1:40.309 | 21 |
| 8 | 3 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:38.738 | 1:37.859 | 1:40.631 | 19 |
| 9 | 7 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:38.595 | 1:38.336 | 1:40.721 | 18 |
| 10 | 14 | Sebastien Bourdais | STR-Ferrari | 1:38.622 | 1:38.417 | 1:40.750 | 18 |
| 11 | 8 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:38.667 | 1:38.428 | 15 | |
| 12 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:38.268 | 1:38.435 | 12 | |
| 13 | 12 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:38.532 | 1:38.499 | 14 | |
| 14 | 10 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:38.559 | 1:38.515 | 15 | |
| 15 | 6 | Nelsinho Piquet | Renault | 1:38.787 | 1:38.744 | 15 | |
| 16 | 16 | Jenson Button | Honda | 1:38.880 | 6 | ||
| 17 | 9 | David Coulthard | Red Bull-Renault | 1:39.235 | 9 | ||
| 18 | 21 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India-Ferrari | 1:39.268 | 10 | ||
| 19 | 17 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 1:39.811 | 10 | ||
| 20 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Ferrari | 1:39.943 | 9 |
