2009 Japanese Grand Prix Saturday
By Renault F1
October 3 2009
Today’s qualifying session in Suzuka saw Fernando Alonso and Romain Grosjean qualify in 12th and 18th places respectively for tomorrow’s Japanese Grand Prix.
FREE PRACTICE 3
Fernando Alonso, R2904, 21 laps, P13, 1:32.742
Romain Grosjean, R2903, 25 laps, P11, 1:32.717
QUALIFYING
Fernando Alonso, R2904, P12, 1:31.638
Fernando: “It was a very strange qualifying session. The track conditions were good and all the drivers were pushing hard, but there were lots of incidents, amongst them Timo’s was the most serious and I am glad he is okay. It’s a shame to have missed Q3 as the yellow flag came out in the final stages of Q2. I was called by the stewards because I had a green second sector under yellow flags. I explained that coming out of turn 14 I had little visibility because of the dust left from Buemi spinning into the gravel …then I saw debris of a wing in the middle of the track, which I avoided and at that point I saw the yellow flag and immediately slowed down and came carefully into the pits. Tomorrow, for the race, I hope we can improve our position and score some points.” *
Romain Grosjean, R2903, P18, 1:32.073
Romain: “With the rain yesterday, we only had one hour of dry practice to get ready for today’s qualifying session. As a result, I haven’t been able to do much running on a track that I haven’t been to before, so that was a shame. We will see what strategy we can deploy tomorrow in order to give ourselves the best chance to have a good race.”
Bob Bell, Team Principal
“To be honest it was a disappointing session. Obviously Romain struggled to make it through Q1 and ultimately wasn’t comfortable enough with the car. We were pretty optimistic about getting Fernando into Q3, but unfortunately the situation with Buemi’s accident and the yellow flag meant that he had to back off during his second run and so he missed out on Q3.”
*At this stage the team awaits confirmation of the grid order for tomorrow.
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If Fernando passed buemi under the yellow flag,ok he violated the rule, but because he had insuficcient visibility, this should be a mitigating circumstance because it is not ordinary. Whereupon, beyond what the rules say, they should judge the case. But the professional ethics of the FIA stewards are very short ...
this will damage nando race twice for being honest
first for pitting and not break the rules setting a fastest lap under flags like the rest, and second for the 5 place demotion
that means that while rubens will be on 10th grid position
at the start tommorow nando will be demoted to 17th for the same penalty.
OK Folks, Heads up!!!,We are going to win Next championship.
Fernando Alonso dixit
205 races 32 wins 22 pole 91 podiums,65 races with ferrari, 11 wins, 37 podiums 23 consecutive races in the points, and there goes the record.. thanks grosjean!,thanks Kimi!..now the record is yours.
1. Vettel Red Bull-Renault
2. Trulli Toyota
3. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
4. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber
5. Raikkonen Ferrari
6. Rosberg Williams-Toyota
7. Kubica BMW-Sauber
8. Sutil Force India-Mercedes *
9. Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes *
10. Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari
11. Button Brawn-Mercedes *
12. Fisichella Ferrari
13. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes **
14. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari *
15. Nakajima Williams-Toyota
16. Grosjean Renault
17. Alonso Renault *
18. Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes **
19. Glock Toyota ***
20. Webber Red Bull-Renault ***
* Five-place grid penalty
** Five-place grid penalty for changing gearbox
*** Will use new chassis so will start from the pitlane
OK Folks, Heads up!!!,We are going to win Next championship.
Fernando Alonso dixit
205 races 32 wins 22 pole 91 podiums,65 races with ferrari, 11 wins, 37 podiums 23 consecutive races in the points, and there goes the record.. thanks grosjean!,thanks Kimi!..now the record is yours.
Anyway I hope that Vettel wins this one that the BrawsGP dont score.
100% F1 Renault 2005-2006 WDC & WCC.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2009:10:03:13:13:43 by manuStudio.
YELLOW FLAG WAS ACTUALLY DEPLOYED.
I KNEW HIS PODIUM DEDICATION TO FLAV WOULD BRING A "GIFT" FROM THE FIA
OK Folks, Heads up!!!,We are going to win Next championship.
Fernando Alonso dixit
205 races 32 wins 22 pole 91 podiums,65 races with ferrari, 11 wins, 37 podiums 23 consecutive races in the points, and there goes the record.. thanks grosjean!,thanks Kimi!..now the record is yours.
I am sure that there will be a lot of mistakes from some drivers, Alonso to make sure he makes none.
100% F1 Renault 2005-2006 WDC & WCC.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2009:10:03:15:03:12 by manuStudio.
Quote:Final grid to be published on Sunday
Saturday, October 3rd 2009, 13:27 GMT
A definitive grid for the Japanese Grand Prix will be issued prior to the race on Sunday morning.
Title rivals Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button, Force India's Adrian Sutil and Renault's Fernando Alonso have all been given five-place penalties for failing to slow sufficiently under yellow flags for Sebastien Buemi's accident in Q2. The Toro Rosso driver was also penalised for dragging his damaged car back to the pits.
Although provisional grids have been circulated, a firm decision on the starting order has yet to be made, as the positions will depend on the order in which penalties are applied - with the regulations stating that "grid position penalties will be applied to the drivers in question in the order the offences were committed."
Mark Webber and Timo Glock will have to start from the pitlane having changed chassis after today's accidents, while Tonio Liuzzi had already received a five-place penalty prior to qualifying due to a gearbox change.
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