So you know:

1 2 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:33.840

2 12 Jenson Button Honda 1:33.986

3 10 Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth 1:34.626

4 5 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:34.668

5 9 Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth 1:34.672

6 4 Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 1:34.916

7 3 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:34.983

8 1 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:35.747

9 15 Christian Klien RBR-Ferrari 1:38.715

10 7 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:34.586*

11 14 David Coulthard RBR-Ferrari 1:34.614*

12 11 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:34.683*

13 8 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:34.702*

14 17 Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-BMW 1:34.752*

15 16 Nick Heidfeld Sauber-BMW 1:34.783*

16 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:35.091*

17 21 Scott Speed STR-Cosworth 1:36.297**

18 20 Vitantonio Liuzzi STR-Cosworth 1:36.581**

19 19 Christijan Albers MF1-Toyota 1:37.426**

20 18 Tiago Monteiro MF1-Toyota 1:37.819**

21 22 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 1:39.011**

22 23 Yuji Ide Super Aguri-Honda 1:40.720

anyone know the starting order?

Michael and Massa drop 10 spots for changing engines from last week, right? And Ralf's engine blew up, does he drop 10 too? Any other changes?

That's the grid, from F1 official website.
http://www.formula1.com/race/result/752/24.html

Did anyone hear the sound at the high end of the rev range for MS's car? Interesting.

Great runs by Williams. They are very impressive. BMW, again, is disappointing.

That's the grid, from F1 official website.
http://www.formula1.com/race/result/752/24.html

That's prior to all of the penalties being accounted for. I'm interested to know exactly what it will be also...even F1Live isn't positive about who will start where yet:conf

That's the grid, from F1 official website.
http://www.formula1.com/race/result/752/24.html


That's quali results. I'm looking for the starting order after all the penalties have been handed out. Oh well, not much longer to wait.

Giancarlo Fisichella has pole position for the Malaysian Grand Prix, with Jenson Button alongside him and the Williams of Nico Rosberg and Mark Webber behind them on the grid.
But what does this really mean, when the McLarens of Juan Pablo Montoya and Kimi Raikkonen, and Fernando Alonso’s Renault were all significantly slower during this afternoon’s final 20 minute session?

It means that different people ran different fuel loads, and that as usual the true picture as far as performance is concerned must wait until the race.

For the record, Fisichella lapped in 1m 33.840s; Button in 1m 33.986s (having set the first sub-1m 34s lap in the second session of qualifying and the weekend’s fastest time overall of 1m 33.527s); Rosberg 1m 34.626s and Webber 1m 34.672s.

What can be said is that Rosberg continued to impress, regardless of how light (or otherwise) his Williams was, and that the FW28 looks like a pretty good car. One of the Williams duo will have to stop at least one lap sooner than the other (to avoid traffic in the pit), so it will be fascinating to see which of them was running heavier.

Michael Schumacher actually split the Williams, with 1m 34.668s, but drops 10 places following an engine change on his Ferrari after this morning’s practice.

The fact that Montoya and Raikkonen lapped in 1m 34.916s and 1m 34.983s respectively suggests both have a lot of fuel aboard, and the same thing applies to them about one having to stop at least a lap earlier than the other.

Alonso was slower still, with 1m 35.747s, but that was at least partly the result of a fuel rig problem which meant he did not start the final session with his intended fuel load. His 1m 33.997s lap in the second session gives more of a clue as to what his car is really capable of.

Christian Klien made it all the way through and the Red Bull RB2s looked fast when running without fuel earlier on, but 1m 38.715s with fuel left the Austrian ninth ahead of Ralf Schumacher, who made it through to the top 10 run-off despite his Toyota blowing its engine shortly after he had lapped in 1m 34.586s in the second session.

The second session weeded out Red Bull’s David Coulthard and Honda’s Rubens Barrichello (both of whom will lose 10 places on the grid following engine changes) after they lapped in 1m 34.614s and 1m 34.683s respectively, Jarno Trulli who took his Toyota to 1m 34.702s, the BMW Saubers of Jacques Villeneuve and Nick Heidfeld (1m 34.752s and 1m 34.783s), and Felipe Massa who made it through the first session with 1m 35.091s and then sat out that one to conserve the new Ferrari engine that will also lose him 10 grid places.

Villeneuve complained of lack of grip, while Heidfeld was angry to be baulked by Coulthard.

Scott Speed headed those ejected after the first session, with a lap of 1m 36.297s in his Toro Rosso. Team mate Tonio Liuzzi was next on 1m 36.581s after the team misjudged his final run with new tyres. If you don’t cross the line before the 15 minutes is up, in either of the two preliminary sessions, any improvement doesn’t count. The team’s post-session press release headed ‘DISAPPOINTING’ said it all.

Christijan Albers pipped Midland team mate Tiago Monteiro, 1m 37.426s to 1m 37.819s, leaving Takuma Sato (1m 39.011s) and Yuji Ide (1m 40.720s) in 21st and 22nd positions for Super Aguri.

The true grid won’t be published until Sunday morning, and there are numerous complications in determining where the drivers with engine changes will ultimately be placed for the start of the eighth Malaysian Grand Prix.

anyone know the starting order?

Michael and Massa drop 10 spots for changing engines from last week, right? And Ralf's engine blew up, does he drop 10 too? Any other changes?

From what i remember i dont think Ralf had to start 10 back because he blew it, not just changing it for performance reasons... am i right?

FIA or whatever really needs to get their act together on all these new rules. they limit the amount of engines that can be swapped making people have worse testing b/c they dont want to put so many miles on. Which makes everything skewed each race as to whose engien is in what condition...

what time does the race air for west coast?

10:30 pm Formula One Malaysia Grand Prix (LIVE)
From the Speed website
http://www.speedtv.com/schedule/index.php?m=03&d=18&ts=1142658000&timezone=-3&subcat=&program=&usecal=yes
Sorry guys, I can only tell you what's available from the source. If there are changes after that, and the FIA doesn't change their "official" website, we have to dig deeper sowhere else:dunno

1. Fisichella 2. Button
3. Rosberg 4. Webber
5. Montoya 6. Raikkonen
7. Alonso 8. Klien
9. Trulli 10. Villeneuve
11. Heidfeld 12. Speed
13. Liuzzi 14. M Schumacher
15. Albers 16. Monteiro
17. Sato 18. Ide
19. Coulthard 20. Barrichello
21. Massa 22. R Schumacher

After engines changes this is the way they'll start. It will be interesting as always to see how many cars Alonso can pass before turn one.
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After engines changes this is the way they'll start. It will be interesting as always to see how many cars Alonso can pass before turn one.
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Did you get your answer?:eyecrazy

Did you get your answer?:eyecrazy

Oh yeah, did I ever. I've seen that team do it several times now and it just floors me every-time I see happen again. You know the other teams have to just be beside themselves trying to figure out how to do it for themselves.