2009 Grand Prix of Turkey, Qualifying: Kimi 6th, Outqualifies Massa

Pos  Driver       Team                      Q1        Q2        Q3
 1. Vettel       Red Bull-Renault      (B)  1:27.330  1:27.016  1:28.316
 2. Button       Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  1:27.355  1:27.230  1:28.421
 3. Barrichello  Brawn-Mercedes        (B)  1:27.371  1:27.418  1:28.579
 4. Webber       Red Bull-Renault      (B)  1:27.466  1:27.416  1:28.613
 5. Trulli       Toyota                (B)  1:27.529  1:27.195  1:28.666
 6. Raikkonen    Ferrari               (B)  1:27.556  1:27.387  1:28.815
 7. Massa        Ferrari               (B)  1:27.508  1:27.349  1:28.858
 8. Alonso       Renault               (B)  1:27.988  1:27.473  1:29.075
 9. Rosberg      Williams-Toyota       (B)  1:27.517  1:27.418  1:29.191
10. Kubica       BMW-Sauber            (B)  1:27.788  1:27.455  1:29.357
11. Heidfeld     BMW-Sauber            (B)  1:27.795  1:27.521
12. Nakajima     Williams-Toyota       (B)  1:27.691  1:27.629
13. Glock        Toyota                (B)  1:28.160  1:27.795
14. Kovalainen   McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  1:28.199  1:28.207
15. Sutil        Force India-Mercedes  (B)  1:28.278  1:28.391
16. Hamilton     McLaren-Mercedes      (B)  1:28.318
17. Piquet       Renault               (B)  1:28.582
18. Buemi        Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  1:28.708
19. Fisichella   Force India-Mercedes  (B)  1:28.717
20. Bourdais     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B)  1:28.918



News & Quotes:
Drivers and FOTA discuss F1 crisis 
Drivers support FOTA in F1 future row 
 Post-qualifying press conference 
Post-qualifying car weights – Kimi: 658kg & Massa: 654kg
Ferrari Team Quotes – Kimi Raikkonen – 6th: "In qualifying the car was

better balanced than in free practice but, even on a light fuel load,

today we were a bit slower than the best. All weekend we have struggled

a bit to get the tyres working at their best on the first lap. For

sure, starting from the dirty side of the grid won’t be easy,

especially on a track like this, which is hardly ever used for racing,

which means the track surface offers little grip off the racing line.

We have made progress recently, but the others have also done the same,

which is what always happens." 

Chris Dyer: "It was a very close qualifying,

especially at the top end of the time sheet. The cars ran trouble free

all day: the major difficulty concerned tyre choice. In the end, we

opted for the softer compound and all in all, we believe that was the

right choice, even if the difference in performance between the two

over the first timed lap was not as marked as on other occasions."
 
 That was the best Q3 session of 2009, so far! Wow! It was incredible – I can’t believe how close it was between all of them, every thousandth of second counted. And that’s why Vettel’s lap was so great, so congratulatons to him, his second pole of the season. Okay, straight to the point – Kimi outqualified Massa finally, at Felipe Baby’s special circuit! This was the mission and Kimi accomplished it, so well done Kimi! Of course, Kimi needed to get the best result possible for himself anyway.  Kimi is also considerably heavier than Massa which makes his outqualifying time even more significant. The Raikko genuinely has better pace. We always believed this was so, but the previous Ferrari cars didn’t allow Kimi to exploit his driving style on this circuit – one that Massa has bragged about since 2006. While today was a good achievement for Ferrari, it’s the race that counts so… I can’t wait to see what happens after when the red lights go out tomorrow. 


~ Keep Flying Kimi! ~