Since nobody posted the actual qualifying times, here they are, for the record.
- As you can see, Kimi Raikonen's was bored, and wants to make a race of it, for added excitement on Sunday.
- An American in F1! An American in F1! An American in F1! It's been
13 years for me to witness this, my favorite of sporting events. Do you realize that I started watching F1 racing when I was 13?!? Do you realize the significance?!? No? Okay...you could make a case for
sixteen years, if you don't coun't Michael Andretti. Scott Speed, your only task today is to appear on the grid in a racing car. It deosn't even need to have a motor in it, although it didn't work for Perry McCarthy. Anything after that won't matter today! Eddie Cheever must be proud, even if he lived in Italy for most of his life.
- Super Aguri....what can I say: Who would ever have thought in 1973, that Don Nicholls' operation would somehow rise from the ashes into Super Aguri? That's right; from Shadow to the splinter group called Arrows, sold it's name to Footwork for a few years, had one of the biggest F1 engine flops in the flat-12 Porsche motor, and along the line, used workhorse DFVs for many years before getting BMW engines, then renamed Megatron engines (the
only F1 engine named after a Decepticon leader), had an American driver (see above). Oh, were was I? Then it was headed up by Tom Walkinshaw, and died off. They almost bought Prost cars, so tie them in with Ligier if you want, but please use a dotted line to connect them.
- Nico Rosberg: All I can hope for is his dad tought him everything he'd ever need to know about being his own public relations department. Our 1982 World Champ had some of the most classicly unbiased and un-spun lines ever told to the modern racing press. "The new engine is sh**, thank you."
- What am I waiting for? The race is to begin...now! Nineteen years of this, and it never gets old to me!
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1. Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:31.431
2. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:31.478
3. Jenson Button Honda 1:31.549
4. Fernando Alonso Renault 1:31.702
5. Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 1:32.164
6. Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:32.579
7. Mark Webber Williams-Cosworth 1:33.006
8. Christian Klien Red Bull-Ferrari 1:33.112
9. Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:33.496
10. Nick Heidfeld BMW 1:33.926
11. Jacques Villeneuve BMW 1:32.456
12. Nico Rosberg Williams-Cosworth 1:32.620
13. David Coulthard Red Bull-Ferrari 1:32.850
14. Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:33.066
15. Vitantonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Cosworth 1:33.416
16. Scott Speed Toro Rosso-Cosworth 1:34.606
17. Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:34.702
18. Christijan Albers MF1-Toyota 1:35.724
19. Tiago Monteiro MF1-Toyota 1:35.900
20. Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 1:37.411
21. Yuji Ide Super Aguri-Honda 1:40.270
22. Kimi Raikkonen McLaren-Mercedes No time/Spun
