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FIA post-race press conference - Spain
25 - 27 April
FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPANA TELEFONICA 2008
Reproduced with kind permission of the FIA
1st Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari), 1h38m19.051s; 2nd Felipe Massa (Ferrari), 1h38m22.279s; 3rd Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), 1h38m23.238s.
Q: Kimi, pole position, fastest lap and it looked like you were in control from minute one of the race. A perfect day at the races for you?
Kimi Raikkonen: Yes, but I didn’t get the perfect start. But anyhow it was good enough to stay in front. If we had wanted we could have gone a bit faster but there is no point to push it when you don’t need to. I think it was closer than we expected but saying that there were many safety cars, so without them maybe it would have been looking a little bit different. It was a good day – everything was brilliant. I am happy that Heikki (Kovalainen) seems to be okay after his accident. I cannot ask anything more as the guys did perfect work apart from the second pit stop when I had two cars in traffic, so it took a little bit too long to get out and I had to wait a bit for them to pass me. Apart from that it was okay.
Q: It appears it was your great pole lap which allowed you to get the lead in the race.
KR: This circuit is very difficult to overtake. The start is the best place and when you have a lot of things going with the safety car you might be lucky or very unlucky, so the best place to try to win is always from the front. It was good yesterday and it really helped us today. We had good speed all weekend.
Q: What were the track conditions like today?
KR: Not too bad. I had one incident in corner three when I was coming in for my first pit stop. There was massive understeer and then the front bites, so I always got sideways. Of course sometimes when you get those unexpected things and it happens in one lap it is more luck than anything else you do not get off. But apart from that the conditions were pretty good today.
Q: Felipe. It was a great Ferrari one-two. And a good start from you to take second place into the first corner.
Felipe Massa: Yes, it was a good start. For sure as you mention before the qualifying was very important for this race. I had one lap less fuel than Kimi and I just couldn’t put together my lap on the last try when it counts. I started third but I did a very good start and could manage to pass Fernando and that’s it. I had a little moment with the safety car and I saw that he was going a little bit longer than me. That maybe was a little bit of a scare for us but then I managed to build the gap in the second stint in a very good way and it was not a problem to stop one lap before and get in front. We did our homework and brought two Ferrari’s in the front – first and second - which is very important for the championship.
Q: It’s a wonderful position in which you find yourself. It appears you have a great spot for the car now and reliability. Ferrari are in a great place.
FM: We are in the first race of our engine and everything but looking at what we did in the test the car looks more in the right direction. But let’s keep working and improving because we saw that our competitors were very close. If you look in qualifying they were very close and in the race as well, so we need to pay attention race by race and we need to keep working like crazy in the factory to improve the car in every area.
Q: Lewis, I guess from your point of view with Ferraris on the front row to finish third in the Spanish Grand Prix is a great relief.
Lewis Hamilton: Absolutely, it is good to be back. Obviously when we qualified fifth we knew that it would be very difficult to beat the Ferraris. But the key was to get a good start and make as many places as possible and fortunately I was able to do that. We sort of had a feeling that Fernando would be a bit lighter and that didn’t cause us any problems. Especially towards the middle stint and towards the end I had to try and keep up with Felipe as I knew he was a lap shorter than me, but they seem to look after their rear tyres a little bit better than us still. In the last stint I was able to keep quite close and pushing and pushing right to the last lap. It is amazing how close all the cars are. Even Robert Kubica was extremely close to me and I kept looking in the mirrors at a certain point and he was always in the exact same spot. It is very impressive that all the teams are so close. It is good for the team. Unfortunately it was not a great day for Heikki and I am glad he is okay but we will keep pushing.
Q: Into the first corner with Robert really defined the race for you. It was a close battle going into turn one but you won that.
LH: I know from past experiences in F3 that Robert is one of the hardest to overtake. He is very aggressive on the first lap but I was able to get up the inside of him. I was pretty much passed him and I just had to make sure that I covered my ground. It was pretty smooth sailing from there. It was a good start from us. Again we have had two bad races, so to get back on the podium is fantastic.
Q: What were you hearing on the radio and seeing on the big screen of Heikki’s accident?
LH: I came past and saw there was a car in the wall. It just looked red, so I didn’t know if it was one of us or one of the Ferraris. I did see a glimpse of the footage on the television and it looked very reminiscent of my incident last year at the Nürburgring. I was a bit terrified for whoever it was as I saw the impact was quite heavy. The team told me it was Heikki but they didn’t know how he was immediately. But Ron Dennis came onto the radio half-way through and said he was okay but slightly concussed. I am sure he will bounce back
Q: Afterwards did it cross your mind that it was a mechanical problem which may have affected your car as well?
LH: No. If you let those things get to your mind then you are in trouble. You begin making mistakes or put yourself in the wrong position. It never crossed my mind once. I was quite confident we had done a great job and that the car was reliable. That enabled me to keep pushing.
Q: Kimi, focussing on Turkey now and Ferrari are obviously very strong there as well.
KR: I think so. If you look what happened here last year it was quite similar. Last year was a different race. Our car should be quite strong in Turkey. It is a great circuit and I am looking forward to going there and trying to do the best job we can. As a team we had a great weekend here and we will try to repeat it in Turkey and hopefully we can do it. Whatever it brings we need points and whatever we get is always a bonus.
PRESS CONFERENCE
Q: Kimi, it looked like a pretty perfect day, was the car perfect?
KR: Yeah, it was pretty good. We could still improve it. We always try to improve it but it was very nice, very good balance all the time, so it wasn’t too bad.
Q: It looked as if you lost a little bit of time on the harder tyres in comparison to the McLaren. Both of you were lapping at the same pace, roughly speaking, but the McLaren was lapping quite a lot quicker on the harder tyres for the first two or three laps.
KR: We didn’t need to push. If we wanted to push, we could go much faster, for sure, but there’s no point in risking anything or using the engine more than you needed to. The first thing was that they were trying to catch us and the second thing was that they would try to overtake, but if they don’t even catch us, it’s fine. In the last part of the race, you don’t see the true speed of most of the people, they slow down if they can.
Q: You also lost a little bit of time to Felipe for about two or three laps round about lap 40.
KR: No, I lost some time in the traffic with the same car. I think it was Sato twice. He wasn’t too helpful but apart from that, I don’t know if something happened. There was no problem with the car. Maybe I made a mistake or had traffic. I don’t remember.
Q: Felipe, Fernando seemed to come over on you at the start. Was that acceptable, anything more than usual?
FM: No. I did a good start and even if he came over, he saw that I was on his side, so there was nothing he could do. It’s not like it was in the braking point, there you can defend your position. If you have a better start on acceleration, you cannot do anything. I also got into Kimi’s slipstream and I also got alongside him on the outside of the first corner, so I made a very good start. For sure it helps a lot to pass Fernando at the start, to build a gap, to be a little bit safer.
Q: And after that, did you pretty much settle for second place?
FM: Yes, the race here looks very similar to the last race. I was one lap earlier on the fuel and the chance to win was very small. For sure, I was pushing for the first stint, second stint, ready to build the gap to Lewis but it was pretty much that unless something happened, it would be very difficult to win the race. I cannot win every race. It was very important to bring home eight points and make another step forward in the championship which we know is quite long.
Q: Same question on hard tyres, you weren’t happy on the hard tyres, presumably?
FM: For sure the softs were much better for us, but as Kimi said, even if Lewis was quite close, if we didn’t make a mistake for sure he wouldn’t pass us. I was doing similar lap times to Kimi and was just looking at the gap behind and it was not such a big problem.
Q: How important was it to get past Robert at the start, Lewis?
LH: Yes, absolutely. Obviously qualifying fifth didn’t really put us in a great spot to win the race. We knew we had quite a good strategy and obviously at the beginning I just had to try and make up as many places as possible. It was great to get past Robert otherwise we would probably have finished behind him. As you could see, through the race, he was right up my tail throughout, but the whole race we were doing almost exactly the same times. I’m very very happy that I got past him at the beginning and I think it was a solid job by us.
Q: Is it a surprise to have been as close to the Ferraris as you were?
LH: Yeah, for sure you could say it was a surprise because they were extremely quick, but it was all very very close in qualifying. We had a feeling they were a little bit lighter than us, maybe it was one or two laps, whatever. We all seemed to be very close. They just seem to have a slight edge at the moment but it was impressive. I was really happy with the balance of the car and the tyres came and went, and came and went. I was able to maintain quite a good balance and pace and keep up with them. It was quite close in the middle stint. When you get to within a couple of seconds of someone, you’re damaging your tyres more and it’s harder to stay behind them but I was happy with where we came.
QUESTIONS FROM THE FLOOR
Q: (Juha Päätalo – Financial Times Germany) Kimi, first of all, when you saw Heikki’s car in the tyre wall, what did you think?
KR: First of all, we didn’t know which McLaren it was. I asked the team and they said it was Heikki. It probably looked worse than it was in the end. Luckily he seems to be OK, so that’s the main thing.
Q: (Juha Päätalo – Financial Times Germany) You now have a nine point lead in the championship. How much easier does it make your life?
KR: It doesn’t change anything, so far. It’s a good advantage but there are 14 races to go. You have one bad race and it’s all gone. There’s a little safety in it, in that if you don’t finish one race it’s not totally disastrous afterwards, but so far it’s been good. We just need to keep on going and try to improve the car.
Q: (Ian Parkes – The Press Association) Lewis, after what happened to you in Bahrain, did you perhaps come into this race with a point to prove, to yourself perhaps?
LH: Not really. Mistakes happen, it was just one of those character-building… it was a learning curve I guess. But I didn’t feel that I had to come here and do anything extra or do anything different. You know what I can do. I don’t feel I need to improve it. I just wanted to come here and do a solid job for the team and get points for both of us. I’m really happy with where we’ve come, especially after not the best qualifying but to see the reliability of the car, how much we could push at the end and to see the pace of the car improving throughout the race. It was quite encouraging.
Q: (Paolo Ianieri – La Gazzetta dello Sport) Was there any point, Lewis, after the accident to Heikki, that the team was discussing that you might retire, just for safety or was that never taken into consideration?
LH: For me, at least, it never crossed my mind, and the team never came onto the radio and said you might need to. I think the reliability of our car is very very good and so obviously we will go back and try and look at and understand what happened to Heikki’s car. But mine was perfect, I was quite happy with it.
Q: Lorenzo Garmendia – Berria) Lewis, Heikki’s having some hard times, not just because of today’s accident but in the championship. Do you feel you have to take over the responsibility to push the team, even if you are only in your second year?
LH: No, I don’t. I get on very well with Heikki and I think an important thing, which showed last year, whether or not you saw it, myself and Fernando worked very very closely in terms of developing the car and pushing the team forward and I think it’s important to have both drivers doing that and so I feel that I share equal responsibility with Heikki. Today was unfortunate but there’s no doubt that we will go to the next race, we will keep pushing together. It’s not a one man team, there’s a huge amount of us but especially me and Heikki need to keep pushing and try and bring the points in for everyone.
Q: (Heikki Kulta – Turun Sanomat) Felipe, Bahrain seemed to be your circuit, in a way, compared to Kimi. Do you think that Turkey will be the same for you?
FM: To be honest, it doesn’t mean that because you won last year, you are stronger on the track. I feel strong on whatever track we go to and I feel that I can win any time. You need to find the opportunities, you need to pull everything together to win. For sure, here Kimi did a great job, especially in qualifying with a good strategy and the picture was exactly the opposite to Bahrain, so I think it’s important to bring the points home, as I said, and start to build a gap in comparison to our competitors. Whatever opportunity we get to win, we need to take it and today was not possible, but I’m happy with second and I’m sure it’s very important points for the team and for both of us.
Q: (Livio Oricchio – O Estado de Sao Paulo) Kimi, were you afraid at the second pit stop when you were two seconds slower than Felipe? Did you think you could lose your lead?
KR: You’re always thinking about it because you’re going slower and the other guys are going full speed on the circuit but it was only because there was traffic coming when my car was being refuelled and I needed to wait, because there were two cars, Lewis and a BMW at the same time, so I just needed to wait. Once they went, I could leave my pit. You cannot see but the team always tries to tell me (what’s going on) and I had a reasonable gap, so I didn’t really worry about it too much, but you would rather go when you can and not have to wait.
Q: (Rodrigo Franca – VIP Magazine) Question for Kimi and Felipe: Michael Schumacher was here all weekend. How much did he help you and Felipe to win this race, and during the tests and during the briefings etc?
KR: I saw him yesterday for the first time, so I think he’s helpful for the team overall. During the season he did some tests but I do my work with the engineers and he’s not involved. He’s a part of the team and he’s always been there, so if we wanted some help from him, he would help, for sure.
FM: I think he did a good job, for sure, last week, working for next year on the slick tyres and so many things on the car. I think he was very useful there. I didn’t see him so much this weekend but as Kimi said, I’m sure he works very closely with our engineers and Michael will not come one day and start to tell us to do a lot of things that we have to do. That’s not how we work. As I said, he’s very important in the team but we work together in many areas, not just coming here and saying that we need to stop.
Q: (Richard Williams – The Guardian) Lewis, you started on the clean side. Could you talk a little bit more detail about the start? You came across behind Robert. Did he hesitate to give you the chance to go on the inside of him, and was there any possibility that Heikki touched you?
LH: No, the start was quite straightforward. I got good traction, I just immediately moved to the right. I noticed that I seemed to have good traction and seemed to be moving at a similar pace to Robert. I moved to the right, I think Heikki was quite a bit away from me. I didn’t see him at all and I didn’t feel any problems with my car and I think Robert was focusing on going to the left perhaps, to slipstream one of these guys, but I was carrying so much speed that there was no time for him to react and go back to the right. I don’t think he hesitated but I don’t think he was expecting it.
Q: (Heikki Kulta – Turun Sanomat) Kimi, in 2005 you won the race almost in a similar fashion and you said after the race that it was very boring. How was the feeling now? Was it as boring as it was then?
KR: I think my race was much easier that race. OK, we had a safety car then also, but it was on the first lap, so it was a pretty clear race. Now, during the race when you get the safety car, you have got to get back together, you never know if they have even more fuel or less fuel and you need to push again. For sure, I needed to push all the time, so it wasn’t the easiest.
GP d'Espagne - Course et déclarations
Course : déclarationsdim., 27 avr. 2008
Voici ce qu'ont dit les principaux protagonistes à l'arrivée du Grand Prix d'Espagne, dimanche à Montmelo.
Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari, vainqueur) : "Je n'ai pas pris le meilleur départ qui soit mais il fut suffisant pour rester devant. Nous aurions pu être un peu plus rapides, mais il n'y avait pas lieu de pousser à la limite. Néanmoins, ce fût plus serré que nous pensions avec ces deux interventions de la voiture de sécurité. Ce fût une bonne journée. Tout a bien marché. Je suis content de savoir que Heikki [Kovalainen] va bien après son accident. Que demander de plus ? Le travail a été parfait. C'est bien d'avoir un peu d'avance au championnat, mais il suffit d'une mauvaise course pour qu'elle disparaisse".
Felipe Massa (Ferrari, 2e) : "J'ai pris un bon départ, même si c'est vrai la qualification était importante pour cette course, et j'ai loupé celui qui compte, le dernier, samedi. C'est pour ça que je suis parti 3e. Au départ, je suis parvenu à passer Fernando [Alonso]. Ce doublé Ferrari est bon, il est vraiment important pour le championnat".
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren, 3e) : "C'est bien de retrouver le podium. J'ai essayé de pousser Felipe [Massa] jusqu'au bout, mais il n'y avait rien à faire. C'est fou comme les voitures sont proches les unes des autres : Kubica était également très près derrière moi".
Ross Brawn (Honda, directeur): "Nous avons réalisé un grand pas en avant avec le nouveau package aérodynamique. Les résultats reflètent le travail effectué par l'équipe dans le développement de la voiture depuis le début de la saison. Nous allons introduire quelques petits développements au cours des prochaines courses."
Fernando Alonso (Renault, abandon au 34e tour- moteur) : "Je pense que c'est une casse moteur, et c'est forcément un moment difficile pour moi, ici en Espagne. Mais je suis content car la voiture est très rapide, et ça annonce de belles performances dans les prochains grands prix. Se battre avec BMW, Ferrari et McLaren. Je suis content".
Flavio Briatore (Renault F1 Team, directeur général) : "C'est décevant de conclure ce week-end sans aucun point et surtout sur deux abandons. La course de Nelson [Piquet] a été compromise dès sa sortie de route et son accrochage ensuite avec Bourdais. Fernando de son côté a roulé impeccablement. Malgré ce problème moteur, nous avons pu constater aujourd'hui encore que la voiture était maintenant compétitive et nous devons désormais poursuivre nos efforts en vue de la prochaine course, en Turquie".
Pat Symonds (Renault F1 Team, directeur exécutif de l'Ingénierie) : "Nous avions un réel potentiel ce week-end et nous avons laissé échapper notre chance. Une cinquième place avec Fernando était raisonnablement envisageable et une belle performance de Nelson aurait également confirmé notre regain de forme. Nous ne connaissons pas encore l'origine de la casse moteur dont Fernando a souffert. Malgré notre déception à l'issue de cette course, nous sommes aussi encouragés par notre niveau de performance relatif. Il y a encore beaucoup à faire et nous continuerons à travailler dur pour faire évoluer la voiture".
Hirohide Hamashima (Bridgestone Motorsport, directeur technique) : "Les pneus medium étaient les meilleures gommes avec un avantage certain au niveau de l'adhérence et des temps au tour. C'est aussi parce que le circuit était plus propre qu'hier (samedi). La plupart des pilotes avaient choisi une stratégie en medium et medium dur et c'était le meilleur choix. Concernant l'incident d'Heikki Kovalainen, nous ne pensons pas que ce soit dû à un défaut des pneus."
Classement en temps réel
| P. | Pilote | Equipe | Temps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:38:19.051 |
| 2 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 3.228 |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 4.187 |
| 4 | Robert Kubica | BMW | 5.694 |
| 5 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 35.938 |
| 6 | Jenson Button | Honda | 53.010 |
| 7 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 58.244 |
| 8 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 59.435 |
| 9 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW | 1:03.073 |
| 10 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | Ã 1 tour |
| 11 | Timo Glock | Toyota | Ã 1 tour |
| 12 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | Ã 1 tour |
| 13 | Takuma Sato | Super Aguri | Ã 1 tour |
| 14 | Nico Rosberg | Williams | sortie |
| 15 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | sortie |
| 16 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | sortie |
| 17 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | sortie |
| 18 | Anthony Davidson | Super Aguri | sortie |
| 19 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | sortie |
| 20 | Nelson Piquet | Renault | sortie |
| 21 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | sortie |
| 22 | Sebastian Vettel | Toro Rosso | sortie |
Technical News : Spain 2008 (part 2)
BMW Sauber F1.08 - shark finned engine cover
Since last season it seems most teams have found from their wind tunnel and CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) aerodynamic testing that elongating the engine cover provides clear advantages in terms of rear-wing efficiency. By improving the quality of airflow directed towards the rear wing, the fin increases downforce and allows the squads to run lower rear-wing angles, enhancing the car's top speed. BMW Sauber have adopted this philosophy with their 'mini' shark fin. Similar in style to the one found on McLaren's MP4-23, the rearmost edge of the fin curves steeply downwards (top red arrow) and ends with a jagged cut (bottom red arrow).
Honda RA108 - 'elephant ear' nose wings
This solution, debuted in Spain, is Honda's radical-looking interpretation of the nose winglets introduced by BMW Sauber to optimise the car's balance. They don't generate significant downforce, but instead help divert airflow horizontally, improving the quality of the airflow directed to the car's rear end and to its sidepod inlets. Honda, like BMW Sauber, have followed the common fashion this year of dramatically narrowing the lower section of the sidepods, reducing both the cross-sectional area of the inlets and the surface area of the radiators within. This reduction makes the effective channelling of airflow into the inlets even more crucial for effective cooling.
GP d'Espagne - Qualification
| P. | Pilote | Equipe | Temps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:21.813 |
| 2 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 0:00.855 |
| 3 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 0:01.009 |
| 4 | Robert Kubica | BMW | 0:01.016 |
| 5 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 0:01.047 |
| 6 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 0:01.182 |
| 7 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 0:01.380 |
| 8 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 0:01.480 |
| 9 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW | 0:01.493 |
| 10 | Nelson Piquet | Renault | 0:01.650 |
| 11 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 0:00.000 |
| 12 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 0:00.068 |
| 13 | Jenson Button | Honda | 0:00.162 |
| 14 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 0:00.181 |
| 15 | Nico Rosberg | Williams | 0:00.300 |
| 16 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 0:00.675 |
| 17 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 0:00.761 |
| 18 | Sebastian Vettel | Toro Rosso | 0:01.059 |
| 19 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 0:01.467 |
| 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 0:02.175 |
| 21 | Anthony Davidson | Super Aguri | 0:02.269 |
| 22 | Takuma Sato | Super Aguri | 0:02.447 |
GP d'Espagne - Essais libres 3
Heidfeld prévient
Sam., 26 avr.2008
Nick Heidfeld (BMW) a dominé le dernier entraînement à Montmelo, devant David Coulthard (Red Bull) et Fernando Alonso (Renault).
| P. | Pilote | Equipe | Temps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW | 1:21.269 |
| 2 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 0:00.196 |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 0:00.330 |
| 4 | Robert Kubica | BMW | 0:00.448 |
| 5 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 0:00.502 |
| 6 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 0:00.673 |
| 7 | Nelson Piquet | Renault | 0:00.723 |
| 8 | Jenson Button | Honda | 0:00.791 |
| 9 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 0:00.806 |
| 10 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 0:00.812 |
| 11 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 0:00.825 |
| 12 | Nico Rosberg | Williams | 0:00.905 |
| 13 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 0:00.907 |
| 14 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 0:00.920 |
| 15 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 0:00.951 |
| 16 | Sebastian Vettel | Toro Rosso | 0:01.023 |
| 17 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 0:01.081 |
| 18 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 0:01.197 |
| 19 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 0:01.857 |
| 20 | Takuma Sato | Super Aguri | 0:02.457 |
| 21 | Anthony Davidson | Super Aguri | 0:02.652 |
| 22 | Mark Webber | Red Bull |
Technical News : Spain 2008
Renault R28 - revised bridge wing
This change forms part of Renault's revised aero package for Barcelona. The upper profile now sports a semicircular central section (circled), which has increased the gap between it and the top of the R28's nose. This helps to reduce any blockage of airflow in this area and also means the depth of the upper profile's outer extremities can be increased, producing a more relevant downforce load without increasing the flap angle. This solution is particularly effective on long straights where top speed is important, but also works well on twisty track sections, where front-end sharpness is paramount.
Renault R28 - engine cover shark fin
Renault have also included a heavily revised engine cover as part of their pre-Spanish Grand Prix aero updates. This full-height shark fin profile (circled) is almost identical to the one introduced by Red Bull before the season's opening race. This revision has been made to improve the car's rear-end efficiency and balance, and improve its straight-line stability at high speeds. This addition, according to a Renault engineer, is not just for the Barcelona race but will be used for the season's remaining races, albeit with ongoing development changes.
GP d'Espagne - Essais libres 2
GP d'Espagne - Renault presse Ferrari
Vendredi 25 avr. 08:13:00 2008
Kimi Raïkkönen (Ferrari) a réalisé le meilleur temps de la 2e séance d'essais libres devant les deux Renault de Nelson Piquet et de Fernando Alonso. Sébastien Bourdais (Toro Rosso) termine 19e.
| P. | Pilote | Equipe | Temps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:21.935 |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet | Renault | 0:00.084 |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 0:00.097 |
| 4 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 0:00.237 |
| 5 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 0:00.294 |
| 6 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 0:00.303 |
| 7 | Nico Rosberg | Williams | 0:00.331 |
| 8 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 0:00.354 |
| 9 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 0:00.448 |
| 10 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 0:00.613 |
| 11 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 0:00.750 |
| 12 | Robert Kubica | BMW | 0:00.853 |
| 13 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW | 0:01.195 |
| 14 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 0:01.289 |
| 15 | Jenson Button | Honda | 0:01.328 |
| 16 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 0:01.329 |
| 17 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 0:01.480 |
| 18 | Sebastian Vettel | Toro Rosso | 0:01.726 |
| 19 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 0:01.749 |
| 20 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 0:01.948 |
| 21 | Takuma Sato | Super Aguri | 0:03.175 |
| 22 | Anthony Davidson | Super Aguri | 0:03.228 |
GP d'Espagne - Essais libres 1
Ferrari démarre fort
Ven., 25 avr. 2008
Kimi Raïkkonen (Ferrari) a dominé la première séance d'essais libres du Grand-Prix d'Espagne, vendredi, à Montmelo. Le champion du monde a devancé son coéquipier Felipe Massa, auteur de deux tête à queue. Lewis Hamilton malgré sa troisième place a eu des problèmes avec ses réglages.
| P. | Pilote | Equipe | Temps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:20.649 |
| 2 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 0:00.050 |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 0:00.543 |
| 4 | Robert Kubica | BMW | 0:00.919 |
| 5 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 0:01.109 |
| 6 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 0:01.284 |
| 7 | Nelson Piquet | Renault | 0:01.287 |
| 8 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 0:01.469 |
| 9 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW | 0:01.629 |
| 10 | Jenson Button | Honda | 0:01.983 |
| 11 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 0:02.353 |
| 12 | Nico Rosberg | Williams | 0:02.354 |
| 13 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 0:02.366 |
| 14 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 0:02.492 |
| 15 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 0:02.504 |
| 16 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 0:02.507 |
| 17 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 0:02.547 |
| 18 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 0:02.704 |
| 19 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 0:03.303 |
| 20 | Sebastian Vettel | Toro Rosso | 0:03.433 |
| 21 | Takuma Sato | Super Aguri | 0:03.629 |
| 22 | Anthony Davidson | Super Aguri | 0:04.419 |
vendredi 25 avril 2008
Technical News : Ferrari Innovation
Ferrari F2008 - vented nosecone assembly
2008 trends - traction control ban and tyre gases
GP BAHRAIN : Technical News part 2
BMW Sauber F1.08 - front barge board development
As Sakhir is a medium-to-fast track, it is important to minimise the drag generated by the various aerodynamic surfaces impacting the airflow passing over the car. Even the smallest parts can produce drag that affects a car's straight-line performance, hence BMW Sauber's changes to the barge boards immediately behind the F1.08's front wheels. The vertical shields are now lower at the front (yellow dotted line indicates previous shape) and the small horizontal fin has been extended rearwards, so as to better direct and split in two the airflow exiting from beneath the front wing. This change may seem small, but it reduces turbulence noticeably at high speed.
Ferrari F2008 - cooling vent for rear dampers
In Malaysia we looked at Renault's semi-circular vent over the R28's damper housing. In Bahrain the Ferrari sported a similar, perhaps slightly more complex, feature. At the end of the F2008's very short and narrow engine cover we can see three separate vents (green arrows). The central one relates to a small gearbox radiator, placed above the gearbox case, between the two suspension rockers. The rockers are covered by a tight, thin, carbon fibre skin that wraps them in a way so as to help reduce as much as possible the dimensions of the rear bodywork. The two rounded side vents help extract the hot air that would otherwise increase the danger of overheating the suspension elements, especially the dampers and rockers. These carefully designed vents show just how vital attention to detail is in ensuring reliability.
lundi 7 avril 2008
TECHNICAL NEWS : BAHRAIN GP
Toyota TF108 - front wing revisions
Along with Ferrari, Toyota were the other team to test in Bahrain earlier in the year. However, the Japanese team have taken a very different route to the world champions with their front wing revisions for Sakhir. Their design has a flap which is wider at its extremities (red arrows), ending with a completely horizontal profile (in contrast to the Ferrari's heavily sculpted shape). This configuration increases downforce, improving the car's front-end behaviour and correcting the understeer on corner entry that was an early problem when this car was originally launched. The TF108's balance now looks pretty good, providing smoother handling and translating into quicker lap times, as reflected in Jarno Trulli's P7 grid position.
BMW Sauber F1.08 - rear suspension detail
At the start of the season teams are always eager to get a close look at their rivals' cars and discover how their design concepts have been translated into reality. After its blistering start to the year, the BMW's secrets have come in for particular scrutiny. This car is, without doubt, very sophisticated, the result of an intensive aerodynamic study, both in the wind tunnel and using state-of-the-art CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) tools. Here we examine the F1.08's rear suspension, in particular its lower wishbone assembly, which has been cleverly integrated into the side channel of the rear diffuser. In fact, the section close to the pick-up point (where it connects to the gearbox) has a wing-profile shape, which cleverly follows the form of the diffuser itself (red arrow, yellow line). This ensures that airflow passing through this crowded area of the car does not meet any major obstacle, hence improving air extraction from beneath the car and dramatically reducing drag.
Ferrari F2008 - new rear wing profile
For the same reasons described in the article on Ferrari's front wing changes for Bahrain, the team have also introduced a new profile at the rear. It has a flat central section, with the outer extremities bending noticeably upwards (yellow arrow). The main advantage of this configuration is that it prevents the blocking of airflow in the section close to the endplates, reducing the drag this problem normally generates. At the same time, the flat central section provides sufficient downforce to guarantee rear-end grip, balancing it with the load produced at the front, so as to maintain appropriate handling.
Ferrari F2008 - front wing development
Bahrain is a dramatically different circuit to the first two rounds of the year in Australia and Malaysia. Although it sports a very twisty central section, it's a medium-fast circuit with an average speed exceeding 220km/h. This calls for a completely different aero set-up, so as to maximise high-speed performance without losing the handling capabilities required by the Sakhir layout. Ferrari, who tested extensively here before the start of the season, have introduced a major revision to their front wing, giving it a deeply-sculpted outer edge (arrow) to its flap. This dramatically reduces drag, whilst at the same time improving the delivery of airflow to the sidepod inlets, paramount here as the high temperatures require highly efficient engine cooling.
FIA post-race press conference - Bahrain
Reproduced with kind permission of the FIA
1st Felipe Massa (Ferrari), 1h31m06.970s; 2nd Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari), 1h31m10.309s; 3rd Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber), 1h31m11.968s
Q: Your second win in a row here starting second this time. Talk us through your race.
Felipe Massa: It didn’t change anything starting second because we had a good a start. I think Robert didn’t have a good start and I passed him. Then the race was pretty difficult in the beginning because there was a lot of oil on the track. We almost went off, me and Robert, and it was pretty difficult. During the race the car was just very good. I didn’t push completely to the limit because I saw the gap increasing and then Kimi was behind but I could manage to keep the gap to him and the strategy was perfect as well
Q: It looked like you were having a bit of a fight there with your team-mate Kimi trading fastest laps in the mid-point of the race. But at the end of the day you had a lot in hand, as you say. Can you tell us a little bit about your mind-set coming into this race having had difficult weekends first in Australia and Malaysia, but then coming to Bahrain where you won last year?
FM: For sure I have not had very easy weeks but that’s life. It’s not the first time and won’t be the last one as well. You have some bad days in your life. I had two bad days in the first two races but I know that we are quick. When you make a mistake and you are behind it means that something is wrong but when you make a mistake and you are fighting for the victory that’s better. For sure the race was pretty difficult because I didn’t want to make any mistakes. I didn’t push as much either, just tried to bring the car home and just controlling the pace as well. But for sure I had a lot of time to think what’s happened in the last race. That’s pretty normal. But I am sure now it’s in the past and what is in the past is one victory and that will help for the next race.
Q: I guess you love this circuit.
FM: Yes, I love this circuit. It is my second victory in a row. I have always gone very strong here. I remember in my first year, in 2006 with Ferrari, I almost made the pole position but was stuck in traffic in qualifying. Then I didn’t have a very lucky race but I was always very strong, so I like the circuit. They are nice people here and we are always welcome, so it is nice to be here and get the second victory.
Q: Kimi, you have taken the lead in the World Championship but an interesting day for you. Playing catch-up virtually from the start, but a nice pass around the outside of Robert in the second lap there.
Kimi Raikkonen: The whole weekend has been pretty difficult, one of those things when we cannot really get the car right. But anyhow it was one of those bad weekends but I still finished second and the next race might be completely different again. We are leading the championship which is the main thing and we know that we have the speed once we get everything right. The race was quite difficult but anyhow I am happy with second.
Q: Putting the handling problems with the car to one side, you had a slight delay in the first pit stop and came in a little bit early at the second stop.
KR: In the second stop we had an easy time because we were one-two and we were not really racing against each other. We knew when we were going to stop, so we took it pretty easy. The first stop I had some difficulties. There was some problem with the light system, so it took a bit longer but it didn’t change much the things in the race. I was second, but like I said, it was a difficult weekend, so second is a good outcome.
Q: There were phases of the race where you were setting fastest laps and putting pressure on Felipe. Even at that point how was the car handling and how did you feel in the car?
KR: I mean it hasn’t been perfect all weekend. The problem is that one lap is good but the next lap is different and we haven’t really found the perfect mid-way if you like but that’s life. I have never been too happy on this circuit but out of these first three races it is really important to get as many points as possible. Usually after that the season really starts, so I am happy to be leading going back to Europe and hopefully we can be really strong in the next races.
Q: Robert, congratulations. Pole position and your second successive podium finish. First of all, what was it like off the line from pole?
Robert Kubica: Well, I think there was no big difference. The difference was there were no cars in front of me. But we had some problems on the formation lap at the start with a lot of wheel spin and in fact also at the race start I had a lot of wheel spin, although it looks like Felipe made a better start than me. Then unfortunately on the second lap I didn’t know about the oil and there was oil from corner four until corner 10 and even 11. I took some debris in corner one and thought I had punctured the tyre. I didn’t know if I was going to pit soon because I didn’t have information about oil on the track and I lost a place to Kimi. In the second stint we faced some problems with graining and rear degradation and I think we lost quite a lot of gap to Ferrari. But anyway I think it was a good result: third and fourth for the team and leading the Constructors’ championship, so it was good weekend.
Q: And a close race as it turned out at the end with your team-mate Nick Heidfeld, beating him by three-and-a-half seconds.
RK: Yeah, I knew I had to make the difference in the first stint. I couldn’t because I lost with the oil problem and in the second lap Kimi overtook me and I was running behind him. It was not easy because in the windy conditions when you are running behind it is very easy to make mistakes. I knew which gap I had to make before pitting. I just pushed when I needed to and that’s all.
Q: Felipe, we now return to Europe and the Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona. A great position for Ferrari with some momentum but it looks like it is going to be a very close season.
FM: Yeah, for sure it will be a very competitive season. We are going on now to Barcelona which is a track we pretty much like going to. Our car behaves very well on these kinds of tracks, so I am looking forward to a very strong pace in the next few races and hopefully when we go to Monaco we will see if our car has really improved in the slow corners or not compared to last year. I think we are going in the right direction for the races coming up.
PRESS CONFERENCE
Q: Felipe, it’s a bit like last year. You must want the championship to start here and not have those two previous races. It seems to have gone much better here than it has in the previous two races.
FM: This is a nice track which I like. I am always very strong here, starting from Friday with a very strong pace all the sessions. That carries on with qualifying and for the race. Even the qualifying was very good, even if it doesn’t look like that because we started second. But looking at the fuel we had on board it was a fantastic lap as well. I just had very good pace and a very good car in the race. It was a little bit tricky at the beginning when we faced a lot of oil on the track. Turns 5, 6, 8 and 10 were full of oil on the line. I went off line and Robert came behind me, so it was quite difficult. But then as the track cleaned up we had a pretty good race and I was able to save a lot with my car. The car was responding fantastically.
Q: Much has been said about the dirty side and the clean side of the grid but you seemed to make the better start off the dirty side.
FM: I had a very good start and I think Robert didn’t have a very good start. I saw him having a lot of wheel spin in his car, so for sure I got a better start and was able to pass him straight away.
Q: And after that any problems?
FM: No.
Q: So what are you feelings about winning two Bahrain Grands Prix in a row?
FM: Very nice. I like the place, like I said, the track. The people are always very welcoming here. It is very nice to have a second victory in a row and the first points in the championship.
Q: Kimi, you don’t seem to be terribly excited about coming second, but having said that, it’s better than coming third again.
KR: Yeah, of course we want to win races but we’ve been a bit off-pace all weekend, one of those difficult weekends when we just don’t seem to get things as we want but second is still a good place to finish. We are leading the championship now, so if we can score second places I’m not too disappointed, but of course we would rather win than be second.
Q: Tell us about the overtaking manoeuvre on Robert.
KR: I don’t think it was anything special, really. He went to defend the line on the inside and I did my normal braking on the clean side. It’s really quite difficult here when you try to defend when you’re not on the clean braking area, to know when to brake, so I had the advantage there, so I went round the outside.
Q: Were you much affected by the oil on the circuit?
KR: Yes, the same as everyone else. We needed to try and drive around the oil and I really didn’t know when it was a good moment to try to use the proper line because I didn’t really want to go off the circuit, so I took it pretty easily. But it was quite tricky for many laps but anyhow, not too bad.
Q: Robert, obviously a very long middle stint for you. You were the first to pit of the front runners, tell us about it, what the car was like during that middle stint?
RK: I don’t think we made enough of a gap in the first stint. I didn’t have a good start, we already faced a lot of wheel spin on the formation lap. Then at the start Felipe made a great start and he overtook me straight away. Then I was behind him. I ran over some debris into the first corner and honestly I didn’t have a clue about the oil, I didn’t get any information and I was a hundred percent sure that I punctured a tyre on the debris and I was nearly going to pit when I realised in corners ten and eleven that suddenly the car had grip again. I was trying to push but Kimi was already very close to me and I tried to defend my line on the inside but it was very dirty and he overtook me. In the second stint I faced quite a lot of degradation of the rear tyres. The third one was OK. Yes, that was my race.
Q: So are you happy with third place?
RK: Yeah, it’s very good to be on the podium for a second time in a row but I think that without these problems on the second lap we would maybe be able to fight with Kimi. You never know, but that’s how it went, we made mistakes but we still finished third, so I think it’s a great result. We had the pace, OK, there was quite a big difference of fuel load in qualifying but I still managed to do pole and I had quite a good race.
QUESTIONS FROM THE FLOOR
Q: (Livio Oricchio – O Estado de Sao Paulo) Kimi, you said that you didn’t have an ideal car all weekend, but Massa says the car was perfect. You tested for six days here in February, can you explain that?
KR: Well, it’s completely different conditions from when we were here, we knew that. It just didn’t work for me this weekend so there’s not much to explain.
Q: (Livio Oricchio – O Estado de Sao Paulo) Was it the set-up?
KR: I said that we couldn’t get it working this weekend, the set-up, that’s all. It’s a small thing but sometimes when you cannot really get it right it makes your life a bit difficult but that’s racing and it’s not the first time. We were still second, so it’s OK.
Q: (Andrea Cremonesi – La Gazzetta dello Sport) Kimi, what did you think when you saw Lewis stall at the start?
KR: I didn’t really know what happened to him, I just knew that I got a better start than him and of course that was good for us. He was leading the championship, so we knew that we should be able to beat them anyhow but if they don’t score points it’s even better for us. I don’t know exactly how the points are but I’m leading and whoever is second it’s good for me. We caught up a lot in the Constructors’ championship also. I think we are only one point behind now, so one race can make a big difference, so I think overall it’s been a very good weekend for the team.
Q: (Heikki Kulta - Turun Sanomat) Felipe, last year you did the same in Barcelona as you did here. Is that a circuit that is as good for you as this circuit?
FM: Yeah, I think so. I think Barcelona is a nice circuit. I like the circuit as well, so I think we have very good circuits ahead of us where our car always behaves very well, so I’m really looking forward to being strong again in Barcelona and Turkey, hopefully in Monaco as well.
Q: (Marco Evangelisti – Corriere dello Sport) Robert, you said yesterday that to win the championship is not your target this year. Are you still of the same opinion, looking at your pace?
RK: I think that for the second time in a row we were a bit slower than Ferrari, and of course, if there is the opportunity we will fight for it but our goal in the team is to win races and to make consistent progress. It’s also true that most probably if I had finished the race in Australia I would be right there on the top, so I will do my best and I will try but this is not our goal for this season.
Q: (Michael Schmidt – Auto Motor und Sport) Robert, where exactly at the start was the problem, the first few meters or later on in the acceleration process?
RK: As soon as I released the clutch I was just standing still, spinning wheels and I was standing still, the wheels were turning and I couldn’t get traction. That was my main problem.
Q: (Juha Päätalo – Financial Times Germany) Robert, you seem really disappointed with what happened on the second lap. Why are you so disappointed, and the second question is, I think it was the second race in a row when you had bad wheel spin at the start? Do you have any explanation for that?
RK: I’m not disappointed, I’m just saying that we could manage it better and maybe we would not have lost second place there, but it happens and that’s all. The start in Malaysia was a different problem to here.
Q: (Livio Oricchio – O Estado de Sao Paulo) Kimi, when you tried to approach Massa, did you try to put pressure on him? Did you really believe that you could overtake him?
KR: We knew when the other was stopping, so I knew that I was going to stop earlier. Of course, you always try to overtake but when you stop first, there’s a very small chance. I was just pushing as normal and tried to get close to him. Sometimes when I got close he would pull away, so it didn’t really change much overall during the race. So after the last pit stop I just cruised around, so there was nothing I could really do.
Q: (Patos Seitanidis - Drive Magazine) A question for Felipe: you have had two difficult weeks with a lot of criticism but you came here and won, the same thing has happened last year in Bahrain. How can you manage to react so well under extreme pressure?
FM: Well, I’ve had many bad days in my life. It’s not the first one and it won’t be the last one, so I was really in a difficult moment of my career but not in Formula One, maybe when I was fired in Sauber, maybe when I had money to do one race and then if I didn’t win I couldn’t do the second one in Formula Renault. It was much more difficult than my situation now, so I don’t care what’s happened over the last weeks. I think it is part of the job for the journalists to write. They need to write something, so one day they write about you and one day they write about someone else and that’s life. So it won’t change anything. It won’t change what you think, the team you race for is thinking, and that’s perfect. Our job inside the team is fantastic and that’s important. The other things are not important, so that’s why for sure if I need to chose I prefer people who say good things about me, not bad things, but even if they say bad things, I prefer to hear what my team thinks about me and not other people, so I’m fine and for sure I have got a lot of energy for this race from Brazil, from my family, my wife and that’s important.
Q: (Andrea Cremonesi – La Gazzetta dello Sport) I have one question for Felipe, one for Robert. Robert, is it true that you had some problems with the radio in the last part of the race? And Felipe, we saw Jacques Villeneuve in your pit during these last few days. Could you explain to us how your relationship is with him; in the end he brought you luck?
RK: No, we didn’t have any problem.
FM: I had a good relationship with him, not at the beginning of the season (my career). I remember in my first year in Formula One he was complaining about me all the time. He doesn’t like young drivers, so he was always complaining about young drivers, all the meetings, everything and I didn’t know why and then suddenly we came to race together and I was never a big fan of his because of that, and then we started working together and then he became very friendly and I was not so friendly and then he apologised for everything he had said about me, and then we started a very nice relationship and he’s a very nice guy and he was here in a very easy-going way and watching the session from the Ferrari pit. He never raced for Ferrari but he said it was nice to be in the Ferrari garage and see how people worked and see the atmosphere and even the food… I think it was more because of the food!
Q:(Anne Giuntini – L’Equipe) Question to Kimi: yesterday you told us that maybe another strategy could have been better for you. Can you tell us which kind of strategy you would have preferred?
KR: No, I was pretty happy with what we had. We knew after qualifying within the team where we were. Of course we didn’t know about other teams but we had some idea and I think it worked pretty well today. We didn’t really have the speed to win anyhow, so it worked well for second place.
Bahreïn : Les meilleurs tours en course
| Pos | Pilotes | Ecuries | Tour | Vitesse moy. | Temps |
| 01 | H. Kovalainen | McLaren | 49 | 209.062 | 1:33.193 |
| 02 | N. Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 48 | 208.231 | 1:33.565 |
| 03 | F. Massa | Ferrari | 38 | 208.153 | 1:33.600 |
| 04 | K. Räikkönen | Ferrari | 35 | 207.911 | 1:33.709 |
| 05 | R. Kubica | BMW Sauber | 55 | 207.765 | 1:33.775 |
| 06 | N. Rosberg | Williams | 57 | 207.109 | 1:34.072 |
| 07 | J. Trulli | Toyota | 45 | 206.819 | 1:34.204 |
| 08 | M. Webber | Red Bull | 51 | 206.597 | 1:34.305 |
| 09 | T. Glock | Toyota | 56 | 205.503 | 1:34.807 |
| 10 | R. Barrichello | Honda | 40 | 205.399 | 1:34.855 |
| 11 | G. Fisichella | Force India | 56 | 204.963 | 1:35.057 |
| 12 | N. Piquet | Renault | 31 | 204.808 | 1:35.129 |
| 13 | F. Alonso | Renault | 35 | 204.668 | 1:35.194 |
| 14 | A. Davidson | Super Aguri | 45 | 204.389 | 1:35.324 |
| 15 | S. Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 33 | 204.369 | 1:35.333 |
| 16 | D. Coulthard | Red Bull | 43 | 204.331 | 1:35.351 |
| 17 | K. Nakajima | Williams | 30 | 204.155 | 1:35.433 |
| 18 | A. Sutil | Force India | 55 | 204.136 | 1:35.442 |
| 19 | L. Hamilton | McLaren | 25 | 203.969 | 1:35.520 |
| 20 | T. Sato | Super Aguri | 56 | 203.180 | 1:35.891 |
Course : Felipe Massa mène un doublé Ferrari à Bahreïn
| Pos | Pilotes | Equipes | Tours | Ecart | Pts |
| 01 | F. Massa | Ferrari | 57 | 10 | |
| 02 | K. Räikkönen | Ferrari | 57 | +3.3 secs | 8 |
| 03 | R. Kubica | BMW Sauber | 57 | +4.9 secs | 6 |
| 04 | N. Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 57 | +8.4 secs | 5 |
| 05 | H. Kovalainen | McLaren | 57 | +26.7 secs | 4 |
| 06 | J. Trulli | Toyota | 57 | +41.3 secs | 3 |
| 07 | M. Webber | Red Bull | 57 | +45.4 secs | 2 |
| 08 | N. Rosberg | Williams | 57 | +55.8 secs | 1 |
| 09 | T. Glock | Toyota | 57 | +69.5 secs | 0 |
| 10 | F. Alonso | Renault | 57 | +77.1 secs | 0 |
| 11 | R. Barrichello | Honda | 57 | +77.8 secs | 0 |
| 12 | G. Fisichella | Force India | 56 | +1 Tour | 0 |
| 13 | L. Hamilton | McLaren | 56 | +1 Tour | 0 |
| 14 | K. Nakajima | Williams | 56 | +1 Tour | 0 |
| 15 | S. Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 56 | +1 Tour | 0 |
| 16 | A. Davidson | Super Aguri | 56 | +1 Tour | 0 |
| 17 | T. Sato | Super Aguri | 56 | +1 Tour | 0 |
| 18 | D. Coulthard | Red Bull | 56 | +1 Tour | 0 |
| 19 | A. Sutil | Force India | 55 | +2 Tours | 0 |
| Ab. | N. Piquet | Renault | 40 | +17 Tours | 0 |
| Ab. | J. Button | Honda | 19 | +38 Tours | 0 |
| Ab. | S. Vettel | Toro Rosso | 0 | +57 Tours | 0 |
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