Istanbul 2011

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Well, I missed the quali yesterday, but this is how they line up today:

S Vettel 1:25.049
M Webber 1:25.454
N Rosberg 1:25.574
L Hamilton 1:25.595
F Alonso 1:25.851
J Button 1:25.982
V Petrov 1:26.296
M Schumacher 1:26.646
N Heidfeld 1:26.659
F Massa 1:26.395

So it's a Red Bull front row, and both of the Brits are on the dirty side of the grid, which is a major issue at this circuit. More worryingly, they are also half a second off the pace They are also sandwiching the Spanish Flapperjack which should make it interesting off the grid

Schumacher makes it into the top ten for the first time this season (I think) and it's great to see Petrov mixing it with the big boys. I hope he can stay in there.

Let the racing commence....................

[Genghis]

I can't see the Red Bull team messing this one up, as they have saved themselves an additional set of tyres.

Of course, this was the race where last year the Golden Boy ran straight into Webber, and then The Golden Boy & his lover Horner blamed Webber for the incident.

[Genghis]

Easy win for the Golden Boy.

Meanwhile the Old Cobbler spent the entire day getting beaten up the the rest of the field and ended up 12th.

Result:
01. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:30:17.558
02. Mark Webber Red Bull +8.807
03. Fernando Alonso Ferrari +10.075
04. Lewis Hamilton McLaren + 40.232
05. Nico Rosberg Mercedes + 47.539
06. Jenson Button McLaren + 59.431
07. Nick Heidfeld Renault + 1:00.857
08. Vitaly Petrov Renault + 1:08.168 (good boy )
09. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso + 1:09.300
10. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber + 1:18.000
11. Felipe Massa Ferrari + 1:19.800
12. Michael Schumacher Mercedes + 1:25.400 ;D ;D
13. Adrian Sutil Force India + 1 lap
14. Sergio Perez Sauber + 1 lap
15. Rubens Barrichello Williams + 1 lap
16. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso +1 lap
17. Pastor Maldonado Williams + 1 lap
18. Jarno Trulli Lotus + 1 lap
19. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus + 2 laps
20. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin + 2 laps
21. Narain Karthikeyan HRT + 3 laps
22. Tonio Liuzzi HRT + 5 laps

[schumi]

news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/formula_one/13328830.stm

[Genghis]

May 8, 2011 19:38:54 GMT @schumi said:

news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/formula_one/13328830.stm

Schumi, I think it was a mistake for him to ever come back. I'm still relunctant to completely write him off, though, he's probably got a win in him somewhere if he qualify a bit better.

I think this year will be it.