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2007 Malaysian Grand Prix


Pos No Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3

1 5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:35.340 1:34.454 1:35.043

2 1 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 1:34.942 1:34.057 1:35.310

3 6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:35.138 1:34.687 1:35.479

4 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:35.028 1:34.650 1:36.045

5 9 Nick Heidfeld BMW 1:35.617 1:35.203 1:36.543

6 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:35.755 1:35.380 1:36.829

7 10 Robert Kubica BMW 1:35.294 1:34.739 1:36.896

8 12 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:35.666 1:35.255 1:36.902

9 11 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:35.736 1:35.595 1:37.078

10 15 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:35.727 1:35.579 1:37.345

11 4 Heikki Kovalainen Renault 1:36.092 1:35.630

12 3 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:35.879 1:35.706

13 14 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:35.730 1:35.766

14 22 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 1:36.430 1:35.945

15 7 Jenson Button Honda 1:35.913 1:36.088

16 18 Vitantonio Liuzzi STR-Ferrari 1:36.140 1:36.145

17 19 Scott Speed STR-Ferrari 1:36.578

18 23 Anthony Davidson Super Aguri-Honda 1:36.816

19 8 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:36.827

20 17 Alexander Wurz Williams-Toyota 1:37.326

21 21 Christijan Albers Spyker-Ferrari 1:38.279

22 20 Adrian Sutil Spyker-Ferrari 1:38.415

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BMW_Dude

Ferrari’s Felipe Massa outduelled Fernando Alonso in a thrilling final qualifying session at Sepang, pulling out all the stops on his final lap to knock the world champion from the top spot.

Alonso had dominated qualifying until the dying moments, setting the pace in both knockout sessions and again with his first run in the top-10 shootout.

But in a frantic climax to the session, Massa retaliated with a flawless lap of 1m35.043s to edge out his McLaren rival by a quarter of a second – reproducing the kind of form he had shown in free practice on Friday.

The pole protagonists’ respective team-mates were confined to bit parts on this occasion, although Kimi Raikkonen looked threatening in Q3 and momentarily moved to the top of the timing charts.

The Melbourne winner ultimately had to settle for third place, 0.4s adrift of team-mate Massa but some 0.6s clear of Hamilton’s McLaren.

The British rookie had caused another stir by setting the fastest time in Saturday morning’s final practice session, but never really seemed to find the sweet spot during qualifying.

Even so, the fact that he appeared mildly disappointed by qualifying fourth is a measure of just what an impact he has made in his fledgling F1 career already.

As in Australia, BMW Sauber proved the third quickest team, with Nick Heidfeld qualifying a strong fifth, albeit 1.5s off the pole time.

But an inspired lap from Nico Rosberg ensured that the Hinwil-based squad did not succeed in locking out the third row, the Williams driver demoting Robert Kubica to seventh on his final flier.

Next up were Toyota duo Jarno Trulli and Ralf Schumacher – a respectable showing from the unheralded TF107, this – while qualifying ace Mark Webber rounded out the top 10.

It was an inglorious afternoon for Renault as the defending world champions and winners of the last two Malaysian GPs failed to make the cut for the top-10 shootout.

Heikki Kovalainen and Giancarlo Fisichella will share the sixth row of the grid, the rookie boosting his personal morale (battered by his ill-starred debut in Australia) by outqualifying his veteran team-mate.

Spirits were even lower in the Honda garage after another disastrously lacklustre showing from the RA107.

Jenson Button struggled manfully to 15th on the grid, which he judged the maximum the car is capable of right now, but Rubens Barrichello could manage no better than 19th after switching to the spare car following gearbox problems earlier in the day.

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The Artist

this is great for McL.. there will be an epic battle tomorrow..
hopefully with 2 mclarens at top.. and 2 ferraris out of the race..lol

RikfromBelgium

is there a way to watch the race online? live?

edit: nevermind, fout the TVants thingy with the site.

bum-man

Hell yeah Mac!

warot

Way to go McLaren. Boy, we are about to witness the rise of Hamilton.

Ps. How about Heidfeld, not bad huh?

BMW_Dude

2007 Malaysian Grand Prix
Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points

1 1 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 56 Winner 2 10

2 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 56 +17.5 secs 4 8

3 6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 56 +18.3 secs 3 6

4 9 Nick Heidfeld BMW 56 +33.7 secs 5 5

5 5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 56 +36.7 secs 1 4

6 3 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 56 +65.6 secs 12 3

7 12 Jarno Trulli Toyota 56 +70.1 secs 8 2

8 4 Heikki Kovalainen Renault 56 +72.0 secs 11 1

9 17 Alexander Wurz Williams-Toyota 56 +89.9 secs 19

10 15 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 56 +93.5 secs 10

11 8 Rubens Barrichello Honda 55 +1 Lap 22

12 7 Jenson Button Honda 55 +1 Lap 15

13 22 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 55 +1 Lap 14

14 19 Scott Speed STR-Ferrari 55 +1 Lap 17

15 11 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 55 +1 Lap 9

16 23 Anthony Davidson Super Aguri-Honda 55 +1 Lap 18

17 18 Vitantonio Liuzzi STR-Ferrari 55 +1 Lap 16

18 10 Robert Kubica BMW 55 +1 Lap 7

Ret 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 42 +14 Laps 6

Ret 14 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 36 +20 Laps 13

Ret 21 Christijan Albers Spyker-Ferrari 7 +49 Laps 20

Ret 20 Adrian Sutil Spyker-Ferrari 0 +56 laps 21

BMW_Dude

Sure was a great race for Mclaren, and that move by Hamiton in the first corner to overtake both of the ferraris was awesome. I can't believe how quick he is considering this is only his second GP! 3rd in Oz, 2nd here, wonder what's next.

Alonso had a very good race as well. Wasn't very impressed by the Ferraris though, though should have been able to beat the Mclarens, and all those mistakes by Massa while behind Hamiton cost him a lot. I was very impressed by Heidfeld, while watching the race, I was looking at the live timing on the F1 website, and Massa wasn't really being held up by much while behind him, and in the last few laps, he was actually pulling away and matching Kimi on pace. That BMW seems very impressive, I'm sure they're going to do very well in the next few races!

Imhotep Evil

WOW, good race and my GOD Hamilton is really good.


McLaren have definately improved, but then again Ferrari lost the flexi floor.

I'm no McMerc fan, but Alonso and Hamilton are drivers for this season.

kere

The 'move' that Massa did in the first corner to block Kimi and let Lewis past both of them was something that a 10-year-old could do in his first race.

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