Malaysia GP

[Veyron]

First practice:
1. 1 M.SCHUMACHER Ferrari B 1'34"437 211.303 Km/h 11
2. 2 BARRICHELLO Ferrari B 1'35"380 + 0'00"943 8
3. 35 DAVIDSON BAR Honda M 1'35"970 + 0'01"533 21
4. 38 ZONTA Toyota M 1'36"147 + 0'01"710 21
5. 4 R.SCHUMACHER Williams BMW M 1'36"229 + 0'01"792 11
6. 6 RAIKKONEN McLaren Mercedes M 1'36"314 + 0'01"877 5
7. 14 WEBBER Jaguar Cosworth M 1'36"478 + 0'02"041 6
8. 3 MONTOYA Williams BMW M 1'36"606 + 0'02"169 9
9. 9 BUTTON BAR Honda M 1'37"018 + 0'02"581 5
10. 8 ALONSO Renault M 1'37"119 + 0'02"682 13
11. 5 COULTHARD McLaren Mercedes M 1'37"438 + 0'03"001 4
12. 17 PANIS Toyota M 1'37"590 + 0'03"153 12
13. 7 TRULLI Renault M 1'37"816 + 0'03"379 10
14. 11 FISICHELLA Sauber Petronas B 1'37"995 + 0'03"558 5
15. 10 SATO BAR Honda M 1'38"023 + 0'03"586 6
16. 37 WIRDHEIM Jaguar Cosworth M 1'38"086 + 0'03"649 18
17. 15 KLIEN Jaguar Cosworth M 1'38"554 + 0'04"117 11
18. 16 DA MATTA Toyota M 1'38"734 + 0'04"297 11
19. 39 GLOCK Jordan Ford B 1'38"788 + 0'04"351 18
20. 18 HEIDFELD Jordan Ford B 1'38"831 + 0'04"394 8
21. 19 PANTANO Jordan Ford B 1'39"860 + 0'05"423 14
22. 20 BRUNI Minardi Cosworth B 1'41"149 + 0'06"712 6
23. 21 BAUMGARTNER Minardi Cosworth B 1'42"556 + 0'08"119 14
24. 12 MASSA Sauber Petronas B 1'42"718 + 0'08"281 5
25. 40 LEINDERS Minardi Cosworth B 1'43"424 + 0'08"987 15

[ales]

And the session started with 34°C air temp., 45°C track, and 57% humidity.

[Veyron]

Malaysia Friday Free Practice 2: Times
19/03/2004

Pos Driver Team T Time Gap


1 Raikkonen McLaren M 1:34.395 131.356 mph
2 R Schumacher WilliamsF1 M 1:34.693 0.298
3 Webber Jaguar M 1:35.054 0.659
4 M Schumacher Ferrari B 1:35.094 0.699
5 Montoya WilliamsF1 M 1:35.100 0.705
6 Trulli Renault M 1:35.115 0.720
7 Massa Sauber B 1:35.288 0.893
8 Alonso Renault M 1:35.300 0.905
9 Coulthard McLaren M 1:35.301 0.906
10 Barrichello Ferrari B 1:35.373 0.978
11 Button BAR M 1:35.407 1.012
12 Panis Toyota M 1:35.524 1.129
13 Zonta Toyota M 1:35.850 1.455
14 Klien Jaguar M 1:35.996 1.601
15 Sato BAR M 1:36.292 1.897
16 Fisichella Sauber B 1:36.353 1.958
17 Davidson BAR M 1:36.708 2.313
18 Wirdheim Jaguar M 1:36.883 2.488
19 da Matta Toyota M 1:36.907 2.512
20 Heidfeld Jordan B 1:37.725 3.330
21 Bruni Minardi B 1:37.818 3.423
22 Baumgartner Minardi B 1:38.588 4.193
23 Glock Jordan B 1:38.796 4.401
24 Pantano Jordan B 1:39.324 4.929
25 Leinders Minardi B 1:41.485 7.090

[ales]

Q1, 4 cars finished, JPM on his flyer, but how about that Renault!!!

[ales]

I mean not only is Alonso 0.6 faster than MS, but 1.5 and 1,7 faster than Ralf and JPM respectively - and it can't be attributed to neither tyres nor fuel loads. One of the Renaults is flying, let's see what Trulli does.

[ales]

Trulli confirms the Renault pace, Trulli goes second just behind Alonso. Now DC.

[RallyRaider]

Are you watching it live on TV Alex?

[ales]

Yes I am

[ales]

May I just say that with the camera showing the FW26 head on and from a low angle, that thing is so unbelievably ugly!

[ales]

Just 2 renaults to go, my bet is that they can repeat last year's performance in quali.

[ales]

Scrap that, Trulli just 8th with just Alonso to run.

[RallyRaider]

Perhaps pole is not important to Renault? With a starting system like theirs.

[ales]

Scrap that too, Alonso spun, and at that point he was already down on MS by 0.6

[RallyRaider]

Alonso beached it too
On the bright side he and Panto can have fresh engines for tomorrow! Sato too...

[RallyRaider]

OMG Webber is on the front row!!!!!