Bahraini GP - All-red at the front
Manama, 11th March 2006
For the first time since the 2004 Hungarian Grand Prix, we have an all red front row on the grid, as Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa finished first and second in qualifying this afternoon.
It was an historic occasion for both men: for Michael it meant he has now equalled the only record that has not already got his name on; namely the greatest number of pole positions. The Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro driver has equalled the record of 65 poles set by the late Ayrton Senna. "I am very proud and I think that is all I should say," commented Michael. As for Felipe, this is his first ever front row result in Formula 1, in his first race with the team.
The second row is shared by the Honda of Jenson Button in third place and the Renault of world champion Fernando Alonso fourth. Row three sees the McLaren-Mercedes of Juan Pablo Montoya ahead of Rubens Barrichello, the Brazilian taking part in his first qualifying session in Honda colours.
Today was the debut of the new qualifying format: to recap, all 22 cars go out for 15 minutes at the end of which the slowest six cars are eliminated and occupy the last six places on the grid. After a five minute break, the remaining cars go out again for another 15 minutes and again the last six drop out. Finally, the remaining ten, this time running the fuel load with which they intend starting Sunday's race, go on track for a final 20 minute shoot-out.
Designed to bring some excitement to the qualifying procedure after the previous one car at a time format proved a bit dull, today's effort suggests the rule makers have succeeded. Kimi Raikkonen suffered a suspension failure in the first part of the session which brought out the red flags with a few minutes to go. So once the track was open again, all remaining 21 cars rushed out on track at the same time, causing the sort of traffic jam that had not been seen on a Saturday afternoon for a many a year.
Tomorrow morning, the cars that took part in the final section of qualifying will take on an amount of fuel calculated by the FIA, to bring them back up to the level with which they began the final stint. Those outside the top ten can do what they wish in terms of fuel loads, which promises an interesting variety of race strategies.
For the first time since the 2004 Hungarian Grand Prix, we have an all red front row on the grid, as Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa finished first and second in qualifying this afternoon.
It was an historic occasion for both men: for Michael it meant he has now equalled the only record that has not already got his name on; namely the greatest number of pole positions. The Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro driver has equalled the record of 65 poles set by the late Ayrton Senna. "I am very proud and I think that is all I should say," commented Michael. As for Felipe, this is his first ever front row result in Formula 1, in his first race with the team.
The second row is shared by the Honda of Jenson Button in third place and the Renault of world champion Fernando Alonso fourth. Row three sees the McLaren-Mercedes of Juan Pablo Montoya ahead of Rubens Barrichello, the Brazilian taking part in his first qualifying session in Honda colours.
Today was the debut of the new qualifying format: to recap, all 22 cars go out for 15 minutes at the end of which the slowest six cars are eliminated and occupy the last six places on the grid. After a five minute break, the remaining cars go out again for another 15 minutes and again the last six drop out. Finally, the remaining ten, this time running the fuel load with which they intend starting Sunday's race, go on track for a final 20 minute shoot-out.
Designed to bring some excitement to the qualifying procedure after the previous one car at a time format proved a bit dull, today's effort suggests the rule makers have succeeded. Kimi Raikkonen suffered a suspension failure in the first part of the session which brought out the red flags with a few minutes to go. So once the track was open again, all remaining 21 cars rushed out on track at the same time, causing the sort of traffic jam that had not been seen on a Saturday afternoon for a many a year.
Tomorrow morning, the cars that took part in the final section of qualifying will take on an amount of fuel calculated by the FIA, to bring them back up to the level with which they began the final stint. Those outside the top ten can do what they wish in terms of fuel loads, which promises an interesting variety of race strategies.
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