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| Malaysian Grand Prix 20th-23rd March - Dawn Barnes Qualifying Report |
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was Ferrari who set the pace for the weekend in Malaysia as Michael
set the fastest lap as he looks for his fifth pole at Sepang. Rubens
was last out on the track but put in the second fastest time leaving
Ferrari on a high after a disappointing start in Australia.
The top five was the usual suspects with Montoya the third fastest, then Raikkonen and Coulthard of McLaren. The surprises of the session were the slow laps from Ralf Schumacher and Villeneuve who were thirteenth and fifteenth fastest respectively, both well behind their team mates. Jaguar had a bad day with only Webber posting a time, Pizzonia failed to record anything and will be first out on track on Saturday. The Saubers showed that they are the closest team to Renault in the middle of the pack at present, while Jordan appear to have had a considerable drop off from where they were last season. At this rate they will have an even greater struggle securing sponsorship for next season. New boy da Matta out-qualified Panis in the Toyota and the Minardis finished in their usual positions, propping up the times for the rest of the teams. In the UK I would like to thank ITV who have ingeniously decided not to show any of the Malaysian qualifying live and will instead show the first qualifying tonight at midnight and then they will show Saturday qualifying late on Saturday afternoon. The only event they will show live is the actual race at 6.45am on Sunday morning. Your commitment to F1 is astounding ITV, I hope your advertising revenue is lower than ever.... Article by: Dawn Barnes |
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