Turkish Grand Prix – Qualifying

August 26, 2006 by
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It’s been three weeks since the last race, so it’s good to be back.
It looks like it’s caught TSN off-guard – their on-screen info says the current programme is Sportscentre (general sports news show) but they’re actually showing qualifying.

Track temperature 48°C; air temp 33°C; wind 1.0m/s; humidity 45%

Ralf Schumacher’s Toyota had an engine replaced last night, so a 10 grid spot penalty awaits him.
Albers faces the same penalty for an engine change too.

Session 1: (Remember drivers can complete their lap when the chequered flag comes out)
Monteiro and Yamamoto are first on track, followed by Alonso
Yamamoto 1:31.071
Monteiro 1:30.255
Alonso 1:29.087
Trulli 1:28.926
M.Schumacher 1:27.385
5mins remaining; everyone has set a time except for Pedro de la Rosa, Massa, Fisichella and Kubica.
Massa 1:27.306
3mins left; bottom 6 are TM, RS, TS, SY, GF & RK
2mins left; bottom 6 are VL, TM, RS, TS, SY & RK
1min left; bottom 6 are CA, NR, TM, VL, TS & SY
Chequered flag comes out but there are some cars on track, including most of the bottom 6 drivers
TS runs wide in Turn 8 but rejoins
Bottom 6 are: 17=DC, 18=SS, 19=VL, 20=TM, 21=SY, 22=TS

Session 2:
Unusually there’s no rush to get on track
Kubica is first to go out
A fire alarm has gone off in the media centre!
Kubica 1:27.861
Heidfeld 1:27.286
R.Schumacher 1:27.062
Alonso 1:26.917
M.Schumacher 1:25.850 – that beats Raikkonen’s 2005 pole time of 1:26.797
5mins left; just GF and FM yet to set a time in this session
FM takes P3
2mins left; bottom 6 are JT, CK,RB, NR, CA & GF
1min left; bottom 6 are PdlR, JT, CK, RB, NR & CA
Chequered flag is out; bottom 6 are PdlR, JT, CK, RB, NR & CA
NR fails to improve his position
CK moves to P10, bumping CK down to P11
JB posts 1:26.872 for P2
Bottom 6 are: 11=CK, 12=PdlR, 13=JT, 14=RB, 15=NR, 16=CA*

Session 3:
The 10 drivers are M.Schumacher, Button, Alonso, Massa, R.Schumacher*, Raikkonen, Heidfeld, Fisichella, Kubica and Webber
(*remember RS will get an engine change penalty)
Button is at the head of the queue waiting for the lights to change … and they all head out onto the track
JB 1:30.597
MS 1:29.837
MS 1:29.061
10mins left
FA pits (8:45 remaining) followed by GF
KR pits too
8mins left
MS runs wide in Turn 1 but recovers
MS and FM pit
7mins left
JB, RK and NH all pit
6mins left
FA 1:28.071
GF 1:27.878
5mins left; order is GF, FA, KR, MS, FM, JB, RS*, RK, NH, MW
4mins left
JB moves up to P3
FM 1:27.307
MS runs wide in T1 again
3mins left
JB, RS and FA all pit for a 2nd time
2mins left; FM, GF, FA, JB, NH, KR, RK, MS, RS, MW
FM, RK and GF all pit
1min left
MS 1:27.284
Chequered flag is out; MS, FM, KR, GF, FA, JB, NH, RK, MW, RS
JB was on a hot lap but it’s looking a bit untidy
FA sets fastest Sector 1
JB moves to P4
FM 1:26.907
GF goes P4 with RS in P5
Everyone’s finished their final lap, so the top 10 are: P1=FM, 2=MS, 3=FA, 4=GF, 5=RS*, 6=NH, 7=JB, 8=KR, 9=RK, 10=MW

Fastest qualifying lap: M.Schumacher 1:25.850 in Session 2

Provisional Grid:

  1. F.Massa (Ferrari)
  2. M.Schumacher (Ferrari)
  3. F.Alonso (Renault)
  4. G.Fisichella (Renault)
  5. R.Schumacher (Toyota) N.Heidfeld (BMW)
  6. J.Button (Honda)
  7. K.Raikkonen (McLaren)
  8. R.Kubica (BMW)
  9. M.Webber (Williams)
  10. C.Klien (Red Bull)
  11. P.de la Rosa (McLaren)
  12. J.Trulli (Toyota)
  13. R.Barrichello (Honda)
  14. N.Rosberg (Williams)
  15. R.Schumacher (Toyota) [after penalty for engine change]
  16. C.Albers (Midland) D.Coulthard (Red Bull)
  17. S.Speed (Toro Rosso)
  18. V.Liuzzi (Toro Rosso)
  19. T.Monteiro (Midland)
  20. S.Yamamoto (Super Aguri)
  21. T.Sato (Super Aguri)
  22. C.Albers (Midland) [after penalty for engine change]

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  1. Paul, Kerri and The Boys » Turkish Grand Prix - Race on Sun, 27th Aug 2006 7:32 am

    2. [...] (See my notes on qualifying) Grid: P1=FM, 2=MS, 3=FA, 4=GF, 5=RS*, 6=NH, 7=JB, 8=KR, 9=RK, 10=MW 11=CK, 12=PdlR, 13=JT, 14=RB, 15=NR, 16=CA* 17=DC, 18=SS, 19=VL, 20=TM, 21=SY, 22=TS [...]

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