Abu Dhabi GP - All to be revealed in the dark
Yas Marina, 2 November
The bare facts are that Fernando Alonso failed to get into the final part of qualifying for the very first time this season. But there’s a separation between one’s perception of that fact as a terrible showing and the reality, which is that the Spanish Ferrari man is eleventh on the grid, on the clean side of the track. In other words, it’s not as bad as the shock of seeing him giving interviews to the press while the final top ten shoot out was still going on. As for his team-mate Felipe Massa, the Brazilian had a good afternoon, taking into account the shortcomings of the F138 on a track that plays to qualities that are not our car’s strong points, like the need for good grunt out of slow corners and the ability to operate well in very hot conditions. The Brazilian got the very most out of his car, first of all to squeeze into the final top ten shoot-out by the skin of his teeth and then by hoisting his way up to a fourth row start in eighth place.
The Brazilian shares his row with Romain Grosjean in the Lotus, while the Spanish Ferrari man finds himself on the inside of Paul di Resta’s Force India on Row 6. With both Mercedes ahead of our pairing, as Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton monopolise Row 2 as well as Lotus being in front; the aforementioned Grosjean and Kimi Raikkonen up in fifth spot, the fight for the Prancing Horse’s current target for this final part of the season, taking second place in the Constructors’ classification, is hardly an easy task. So, it’s a case of looking for that usual Sunday turnaround, of which there have been plenty this season. The key ingredients are the redoubtable starting abilities of our two drivers, their ability to pick a line past those ahead of them when the lights go out, combined with a good race pace, excellent pit stops and a well planned strategy. Everything will be revealed tomorrow, once it gets dark.
Once again, it’s the two Red Bull drivers who will have an unimpeded view of the lights going out tomorrow. For only the second time this season, Mark Webber has taken pole, beating Sebastian Vettel.
The bare facts are that Fernando Alonso failed to get into the final part of qualifying for the very first time this season. But there’s a separation between one’s perception of that fact as a terrible showing and the reality, which is that the Spanish Ferrari man is eleventh on the grid, on the clean side of the track. In other words, it’s not as bad as the shock of seeing him giving interviews to the press while the final top ten shoot out was still going on. As for his team-mate Felipe Massa, the Brazilian had a good afternoon, taking into account the shortcomings of the F138 on a track that plays to qualities that are not our car’s strong points, like the need for good grunt out of slow corners and the ability to operate well in very hot conditions. The Brazilian got the very most out of his car, first of all to squeeze into the final top ten shoot-out by the skin of his teeth and then by hoisting his way up to a fourth row start in eighth place.
The Brazilian shares his row with Romain Grosjean in the Lotus, while the Spanish Ferrari man finds himself on the inside of Paul di Resta’s Force India on Row 6. With both Mercedes ahead of our pairing, as Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton monopolise Row 2 as well as Lotus being in front; the aforementioned Grosjean and Kimi Raikkonen up in fifth spot, the fight for the Prancing Horse’s current target for this final part of the season, taking second place in the Constructors’ classification, is hardly an easy task. So, it’s a case of looking for that usual Sunday turnaround, of which there have been plenty this season. The key ingredients are the redoubtable starting abilities of our two drivers, their ability to pick a line past those ahead of them when the lights go out, combined with a good race pace, excellent pit stops and a well planned strategy. Everything will be revealed tomorrow, once it gets dark.
Once again, it’s the two Red Bull drivers who will have an unimpeded view of the lights going out tomorrow. For only the second time this season, Mark Webber has taken pole, beating Sebastian Vettel.
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