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Originally Posted by antonioledesma
can anyone explain me this about michelin???  please
as I've read, they have troubles, but don't know which are?
do the tyres are blowing up or what?' |
It's kinda odd...
Toyota seem to be more affected team - Ralf's incident, plus Zonta had a puncture too...
On the other side, we have McLaren, who doesn't seem to have any problems...
Michelin says that they don't know what was the problem with the Toyotas, but for safety reason they should bring different tyres for tomorrow (Spain spec tyres to be more precise). Anyway, most sites say that the problem is with the sidewalls - they're too soft and can't cope with the loads on the last turn, specially. But looking at the tyres after Qualifying, I doubt they'd last the whole race anyway...
We'll see tomorrow what happens... Since they fucked up, I hope the FIA lets them change the tyres, but with a penalty.
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Qualifying Results:
Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired
1 16 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:10.625
2 9 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:10.694
3 3 Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1:11.277
4 6 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:11.290
5 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:11.369
6 5 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:11.380
7 2 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:11.431
8 4 Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 1:11.497
9 7 Mark Webber Williams-BMW 1:11.527
10 12 Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1:11.555
11 10 Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 1:11.681
12 11 Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 1:11.691
13 17 Ricardo Zonta Toyota 1:11.754
14 15 Christian Klien Red Bull Racing 1:12.132
15 8 Nick Heidfeld Williams-BMW 1:12.430
16 14 David Coulthard Red Bull Racing 1:12.682
17 18 Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota 1:13.462
18 21 Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 1:13.632
19 19 Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota 1:13.776
20 20 Patrick Friesacher Minardi-Cosworth 1:14.494