[SPOILER] 2009 Malaysian GP

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2009 Petronas Malaysian GP
Sepang, Malaysia

Practice 1
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:36.260 27
2. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) 1:36.305 + 0.045 25
3. Button Brawn GP-Mercedes (B) 1:36.430 + 0.170 20
4. Barrichello Brawn GP-Mercedes (B) 1:36.487 + 0.227 22
5. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:36.561 + 0.301 21
6. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:36.646 + 0.386 18
7. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:36.699 + 0.439 16
8. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:36.703 + 0.443 23
9. Vettel Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:36.747 + 0.487 25
10. Glock Toyota (B) 1:36.980 + 0.720 27
11. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:36.982 + 0.722 26
12. Fisichella Force India-Mercedes (B) 1:37.025 + 0.765 20
13. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) 1:37.039 + 0.779 18
14. Piquet Renault (B) 1:37.199 + 0.939 20
15. Sutil Force India-Mercedes (B) 1:37.241 + 0.981 18
16. Alonso Renault (B) 1:37.395 + 1.135 12
17. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:37.634 + 1.374 22
18. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) 1:37.640 + 1.380 17
19. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:38.022 + 1.762 19
20. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:38.483 + 2.223 7

Practice 2
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:35.707 40
2. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:35.832 + 0.125 38
3. Vettel Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:35.954 + 0.247 40
4. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:36.015 + 0.308 39
5. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:36.026 + 0.319 36
6. Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes (B) 1:36.161 + 0.454 37
7. Button Brawn-Mercedes (B) 1:36.254 + 0.547 31
8. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) 1:36.290 + 0.583 35
9. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:36.397 + 0.690 40
10. Piquet Renault (B) 1:36.401 + 0.694 35
11. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:36.515 + 0.808 30
12. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:36.516 + 0.809 34
13. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:36.628 + 0.921 32
14. Glock Toyota (B) 1:36.639 + 0.932 29
15. Alonso Renault (B) 1:36.640 + 0.933 20
16. Sutil Force India-Mercedes (B) 1:36.875 + 1.168 36
17. Kubica BMW-Sauber (B) 1:37.267 + 1.560 38
18. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:37.278 + 1.571 30
19. Fisichella Force India-Mercedes (B) 1:37.432 + 1.725 27
20. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber (B) 1:37.930 + 2.223 37

Notes:
1. Barrichello will be given a five-place grid penalty
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74204

2. Vettel will get a ten-place grid penalty following the racing incident with Kubica at the Australian GP

3. Potential for rain this weekend (really hoping for it as Sepang races tend to be boring, downside though is that it won't be a good indicator of how each car would stack against the other)

[Mattk]

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news...0403-9poa.html

McLaren, meanwhile, is still under a cloud of shame over the lying incident. It emerges that Hamilton was instructed by McLaren sporting director Dave Ryan to lie. Ryan has since been suspended.

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Originally Posted by Mattk http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news...0403-9poa.html McLaren, meanwhile, is still under a cloud of shame over the lying incident. It emerges that Hamilton was instructed by McLaren sporting director Dave Ryan to lie. Ryan has since been suspended.

Well well, thanks for that. I suppose 2009 will go down as the year of Ryangate.

[5vz-fe]

It's all about conspiracies and scapegoats.

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Practice 3 results:

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Qualifying results:

[SHIZL]

what a messa ferrari q1 massa out wtf big screwup for their team,vettel and kimi drove their asses off today but still the diffuser's triumph the mclaren's look like garbage and until the 14th we wont know what the fia is going to do with the diffuser's, i would imagine teams are already designing the diffusers for there cars just in case the fia allow them to keep the design.

[Mattk]

Wow, Brawn, Toyota and Red Bull continue their good form. McLaren and Ferrari - what's happening? This is turning out to be an interesting series already.

[blue8]

Yes things are already very interesting just two weeks into the season. We haven't even gone into 'diffuser three.' Weights of each car following the qualifying session. Brawn GP cars once again qualified heavy.

Pos. Driver Team Car weight (kg)
1. Button Brawn-Mercedes 660
2. Trulli Toyota 656.5
3. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 647
4. Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 664.5
5. Glock Toyota 656.5
6. Rosberg Williams-Toyota 656
7. Webber Red Bull-Renault 656
8. Kubica BMW-Sauber 663
9. Raikkonen Ferrari 662.5
10. Alonso Renault 680.5
11. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber 692
12. Nakajima Williams-Toyota 683.4
13. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 688
14. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 688.9
15. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari 670.5
16. Massa Ferrari 689.5
17. Piquet Renault 681.9
18. Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 680.5
19. Sutil Force India-Mercedes 655.5
20. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 686.5

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Race completed after 33 laps
P1 Button
P2 Heidfeld
P3 Glock

Half points will be awarded as the race did not complete 75% of the 56 laps.

[CarlZ]

Stupid race, why did it took them some 40 minuts to decide that the race can't continue? Just wasted my time... And why did they stoped it in the first place, drivers can't race in wet weather anymore? Why bother and bring wet wheather tires to the race day then...

And whats un with the darknes there? If races will be happening that late in the future we might see headlights on F1's...

[LH2point3]

Race start moved to late late afternoon (just like Melbourne. Remember the ridiculous shadows) to make for better viewing times for the European audiences.

The Massive front wings will make for great mounting points for the KC Daylighters.

There was flooding on parts of the track so having tires of any sort wasn't such a great thing.
Maybe some propellers and rudder would have worked better.

[Mattk]

I suspect the full story will emerge tomorrow. Another great result for Brawn, though. Honda must be kicking themselves for quitting the game, now.

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Plus it was around 6pm already and getting very dark. Still it would have been fun to see if the race continued.

Great performance by Heidfeld! I don't know how he ended up 2nd but he did very well.

[Mattk]

I often feel sorry for Nick Heidfeld. He was much celebrated when he came to F1, and touted as a next-generation McLaren driver, having driven for their Formula 3000 programme. However his junior teammate, Kimi Raikonnen got picked over him, and became world champion. Now, he's being overshadowed by another young gun, Robert Kubica, and everyone think's he's past it. Every success he has will keep critics quiet for that little bit longer and give him confidence for the future.