THE EUROPEAN GP, NURBURGRING - QUALIFYING

[Jabba]

1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:28.351
2 Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 1:28.986
3 Jarno Trulli Renault 1:29.135
4 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:29.137
5 Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1:29.245
6 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:29.313
7 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:29.353
8 Juan Pablo Montoya Williams-BMW 1:29.354
9 Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW 1:29.459
10 Olivier Panis Toyota 1:29.697
11 Cristiano da Matta Toyota 1:29.706
12 Mark Webber Jaguar-Cosworth 1:30.797
13 Christian Klien Jaguar-Cosworth 1:31.431
14 Nick Heidfeld Jordan-Ford 1:31.604
15 Giorgio Pantano Jordan-Ford 1:31.979
16 Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1:31.982
17 Gianmaria Bruni Minardi-Cosworth 1:34.022
18 Zsolt Baumgartner Minardi-Cosworth 1:34.398
19 Giancarlo Fisichella Sauber-Petronas
20 David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes

[Anonymous]

Bloody hell moving quick Jabba, poor old coultard never has any luck :wink:

[stracing]

good on sato
but was there speculation that he maybe running very light?

[yg60m]

LOL, that's fast !!
Note that it's the 60th pole of MS , only 3 from Senna's record :(
Sato is second, best qualify for any japanese any time :D

[Jabba]

http://www.formula1.com/race/livetiming/popup/720.html

[gis]

was a good qualifying and michael was flying liek usual.but glad to see sato in 2nd and trulli in 3rd.shame about button i was expecting him to be on the front row.anyway hope its a good race 2morrow :D

[ngudan]

The final qualifying is out. The time between 1st (shuey) and 2nd (Sato) is wicked - a full 6 tenths!
Looks like the BAR's have changed their strategy around, i'm just not so confident that they'll be battling shuey directly - the honda's have been known to use up way more fuel then the likes of others. I think the fight for 2nd to 6th is going to be awesome (theres a mclaren in there!). I just don't see why rubens is so comparatively slow to shuey.

Anyway, less than 24 hours to go... should be good stuff :D

[SPEEDCORE]

Woohoo, Schumie's 60th :D cant wait till he breaks Senna's record.

Should be an interesting afternoon with the mix of positions.

Forza Ferrari :D

[he7lius]

Don't forget the Renault's at the start.
I think at the first corner it will be,

1 Jarno Trulli
2 Michael Schumacher
3 Takuma Sato
4 Fernando Alonso
5 Kimi Räikkönen
6 Jenson Button

[SFDMALEX]

What can I say. I am very very dissapointed in good ol Rubino. Unless he is running on a ton of fuel, he really needs to get him self together because he is slow.

As for Micheal. Well I just admire the man more and more. Trully amazing what he does, he will always be the best on my list.

[schnell318]

For some reason Barrichelo doesn´t seem to be able to be as competitive as MS (or at least close) having supposedly the best car :roll:

Too bad Button didn`t make the pole :(

[nthfinity]

so another pole for Michael Schumacher, but things are very competitive behind him...

i swear, he just keeps getting better and better... this year is no exception!

it is very interesting for the remainder of the top 11...

[Sm@ck]

Don't forget the Renault's at the start.
I think at the first corner it will be,

1 Jarno Trulli
2 Michael Schumacher
3 Takuma Sato
4 Fernando Alonso
5 Kimi Räikkönen
6 Jenson Button

No offense mate but I beg to differ!!!! AND I can reason my case too!!!!
You seem to have forgotten SAto`s start at Monaco! Sato is a better starter than Button, and has nearly always made up a place or 2. SO now that he is up front, and probably a bit lighter too (as some else mentioned) I can imagine that he will be first into the corner! I for one sure hope so. But I agree that the Renault could be second!

[SFDMALEX]

Don't forget the Renault's at the start.
I think at the first corner it will be,

1 Jarno Trulli
2 Michael Schumacher
3 Takuma Sato
4 Fernando Alonso
5 Kimi Räikkönen
6 Jenson Button

No offense mate but I beg to differ!!!! AND I can reason my case too!!!!
You seem to have forgotten SAto`s start at Monaco! Sato is a better starter than Button, and has nearly always made up a place or 2. SO now that he is up front, and probably a bit lighter too (as some else mentioned) I can imagine that he will be first into the corner! I for one sure hope so. But I agree that the Renault could be second!

And plenty of drivers are saying that Sato jumped the start.
And FIA did not say anything because" Hey this can be an excting race"....

[abbor]

Yeah, in Monaco, finally a F1 race was exciting.... It's the first time in a long, long time, and I'm glad.. This was the first F1 i saw the whole of since 2002.. Can someone please break Schumi's leg or something

[sameerrao]

LOL, that's fast !!
Note that it's the 60th pole of MS , only 3 from Senna's record
Sato is second, best qualify for any japanese any time


Sorry to be pedantic here but he needs 6 more poles to beat Senna


The final qualifying is out. The time between 1st (shuey) and 2nd (Sato) is wicked - a full 6 tenths!
Looks like the BAR's have changed their strategy around, i'm just not so confident that they'll be battling shuey directly - the honda's have been known to use up way more fuel then the likes of others. I think the fight for 2nd to 6th is going to be awesome (theres a mclaren in there!). I just don't see why rubens is so comparatively slow to shuey.


Rubens drove a smooth lap without any mistakes - he must be going one stop less than Shumi


Don't forget the Renault's at the start.
I think at the first corner it will be,

1 Jarno Trulli
2 Michael Schumacher
3 Takuma Sato
4 Fernando Alonso
5 Kimi Räikkönen
6 Jenson Button


Quite possible unless there is a fender bender at the start... Sato is on the dirty side so his start might not be as quick as expected. Schumi will be looking in his mirrors to block Trulli any which way he can

[he7lius]

Ferrari don't have such a good car. Maybe Michael is doing all the work not the car.

[5vz-fe]

Ferrari don't have such a good car. Maybe Michael is doing all the work not the car.

Ferrari may not have the best car on the first lap, but they definitely have the best car when the tires are warm. Even at Monaco, Ferrari is easily the fastest

[sikx5]

This is looking good! hope no one runs into schuey.....

[levensnevel]

It's always interesting to compare the pecking order from qualifying with post race pecking order based on the fastest lap of each driver under raceconditions ...
http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=21158
Even when you take Schoey out of the equasion the difference between Ferrari & BAR in race-trim with the rest of the field is mindblowing