Malaysian Grand Prix – Qualifying
It’s raining just before the start of Qualifying … but that’s pretty normal for the Malaysian GP.
Qualifying 1:
A queue forms at the pit lane exit – if the rain gets heavier, they need to post a lap time as quickly as possible
KK is at the front of the queue and first onto the track
Onboard camera with KK shows how much spray there is even without a car in front of him … and then SB swoops past, which reduces visibility even further
VP has spun in Turn 2 but recovers
Looks like the rain is easing off
SB 1:48.945
5mins gone of Q1 = 15mins left
RK 1:47.520
SB off across the gravel at the final turn but escapes across the grass
PdlR 1:47.153
The “big names” are finally exiting the pits – just LdG still in the garage as his team work furiously on the car
VL lost the rear end of the Force India but caught it and only half spun
BS goes off and is beached in the gravel
The lap times are getting slower – did the top teams leave it too late?
RK 1:46.283
(JB P12)
(MS P13)
LH spins in the final turn
JB spins and slides backwards into a gravel trap – his qualifying is finished!
VP off at the same spot
Pit-car for JB tell him to keep the engines running
JB’s in a dangerous position – doesn’t that mean he can be pushed back onto the track and continue?
Full wet tyres going on MS’ Mercedes … and then NR’s
LH catches the McLaren as the tail breaks away under braking
5mins left of Q1 – bottom 7 are JT, FM, FA, KC, BS, LH & LdG
Even with the full wets, MS is struggling to keep his car pointing in the right direction
Pit-car radio for LH tells him he needs to improve his lap time by about 7secs in order to get through to Q2!
FA spins the Ferrari – he won’t improve enough to escape Q1
(LH P21)
Both LH & FA cross the line in time for one last flying lap
Chequered flags falls on Q1
(LH P19)
(FA P19)
So fastest was RK (1:46.283) but more importantly the back of the grid will be P18=JT, 19=FA, 20=LH, 21=FM, 22=KC, 23=BS, 24=LdG
JB is in the McLaren garage but his car is still at the corner where he went off, so he’ll be P17
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Malaysian Grand Prix – Practice
BBC report that Jenson Button was doing his track walk when a downpour hit, and when he arrived back at McLaren HQ the power failed and he conducted half of his interviews in the dark!
Happy birthday Mike Gascoyne, Lotus technical chief.
Practice 1:
Force India test driver Paul di Resta is in Liuzzi’s car, and Malaysian Fairuz Fauzy gets Kovalainen’s seat.
PdlR 1:53.090
Mark Webber pits – an over-heating problem for his Red Bull? Stickers on his bodywork bubbling up and peeling off!
Fauzy 1.41.552
JA 1:40.119 … and shortly after tells his team he has a problem with the engine
JB 1:35.464
LH 1:34.921
PdlR takes his Sauber for a detour through the gravel … and then a couple of laps later FM does the same
Chequered flag; fastest were LH, NR, JB, MS, RK, MW, AS, FA, SV, SB.
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Will Mike Cohn leave the Scrum Alliance?
Yesterday DevAgile.com reported:
The Scrum Alliance announced last year that Scrum creator Ken Schwaber resigned as President and Chair of the Board of Directors. This might be however not the end of the turmoil in the Agile world. Ken Schwaber was replaced October 5 by Mike Cohn, but there are now rumors that he might leave the Scrum Alliance to join the Waterfall Alliance. And this is not the only surprise that might happen soon: other unverified sources mentions that the Waterfall Alliance is also currently negotiating with Jeff Sutherland and Tom Gilb to join its board. [...] Any developer with a little bit of common sense will recognize that it is more sensible to sign contracts for months (years or centuries) of secure work with a traditional waterfall process than to do short weekly iterations where the customer can kill the project at any time. We all know that most of the Agile “adopters” have left Waterfall because Scrum is quicker and trendier to place on PowerPoint slides.
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