Conclusions so far:BMW 2nd best car...without KERS

By BMWF1Talk
March 28 2009

As Robert Kubica indicated in his post Qualifying comments, he would have been ahead of Vettel, and finished 3rd in Q3, hadn't an indirect incident created by Rosberg's run off ruined the lasp part of his flying lap.

In Robert words "I did good in quali 2 which helped to quali 3, we were confident in quali 3 but unfortunately on the last run Nico went wide which put dust on track which went over my tyres. But Brawn was impossible to catch." the Pole said.

Meanwhile Heidfeld, with KERS fitted, unlike Kubica, didn't manage to get into Q3, and finished 11th, just  ahead of Alonso.

From the sessions of today, it's clear that at least in Qualifying, KERS-less cars have an advantage, and it seems it will be the case for the first few races, until KERS gets further imrpovements and gets a "diet".

However it will be interesting to see how the first two laps of the race develop, with KERS cars expected to have a major advantage in overtaking, and gain some positions.

We are still waiting for the fuel loads to be revealed, which should enable us to get a more accurate picture of each team's pace.

More analysis to come soon...