Hamilton on Pole, Heartbreak for Narain
In the Spanish Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton scored the pole position in the dying seconds of the Q3. He was so low in fuel that he had to stop on the track after the qualifying and could not come back to the pitlane.
On the other hand, the lone Indian driver Narain Karthikeyan could only score 1:31.122 and was outside the 107% time. So he hasn't qualified for the race. He can only race on the discretion of the stewards. Considering that his time in Final Practice was within the 107% times and he was also better than his team mate and his team mate managed to qualify, so HRT will file an appeal for allowing Narain to race.
In the Q3, the drivers chose to do only one lap in the dying minutes of the qualifying. Sebastian Vettel, Michael Schumacher and Kamui Kobayashi did not choose to set a time. Clearly they were trying to preserve their tires. Michael Schumacher who is known for his phenomenal starts, will hope to overtake a few cars during the start.
To the momentary delight of the partisan spanish crowd Fernando Alonso had scored the P1 time, however within seconds Pastor Maldonado and Lewis Hamilton bettered it.
Complete timings:
In the Spanish Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton scored the pole position in the dying seconds of the Q3. He was so low in fuel that he had to stop on the track after the qualifying and could not come back to the pitlane.
On the other hand, the lone Indian driver Narain Karthikeyan could only score 1:31.122 and was outside the 107% time. So he hasn't qualified for the race. He can only race on the discretion of the stewards. Considering that his time in Final Practice was within the 107% times and he was also better than his team mate and his team mate managed to qualify, so HRT will file an appeal for allowing Narain to race.
In the Q3, the drivers chose to do only one lap in the dying minutes of the qualifying. Sebastian Vettel, Michael Schumacher and Kamui Kobayashi did not choose to set a time. Clearly they were trying to preserve their tires. Michael Schumacher who is known for his phenomenal starts, will hope to overtake a few cars during the start.
To the momentary delight of the partisan spanish crowd Fernando Alonso had scored the P1 time, however within seconds Pastor Maldonado and Lewis Hamilton bettered it.
Complete timings:
Qualifying | ||||
Sl. | Driver | Team | Time | Laps |
1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:21.707 | 17 laps |
2 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:22.285 | 19 laps |
3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:22.302 | 15 laps |
4 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | 1:22.424 | 14 laps |
5 | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus | 1:22.487 | 13 laps |
6 | Sergio Perez | Sauber | 1:22.533 | 14 laps |
7 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:23.005 | 17 laps |
8 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 14 laps | |
9 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 15 laps | |
10 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 14 laps | |
11 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:22.944 | 13 laps |
12 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:22.977 | 8 laps |
13 | Paul de Resta | Force India | 1:23.125 | 14 laps |
14 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:23.177 | 13 laps |
15 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:23.265 | 11 laps |
16 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:23.442 | 11 laps |
17 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:23.444 | 12 laps |
18 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:24.981 | 8 laps |
19 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 1:25.277 | 8 laps |
20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:25.507 | 8 laps |
21 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 1:26.582 | 8 laps |
22 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 1:27.032 | 8 laps |
23 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 1:27.555 | 6 laps |
Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:31.122 | 4 laps | |
Q1 | 107% Time | 01:28.4 |
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Narain Karthikeyan, to the delight of his many fans got the permission to race in the Spanish Grand Prix 2012.
Narain said "In the morning everything went smoothly but in the afternoon, with the first set of tyres I was pushing really hard and spun on turn 3 and, as a result, I flat-spotted a tyre so I had to come back into the grage. We were going to go on the second set of tyres but we discovered some problems and due to safety concerns, not only for myself but the others, we decided that the best thing was not to go back."
The HRT team sought permission from the stewards and the Stewards allowed Narain Karthikeyan to drive in tomorrows race because Narain had set times within the limit during the mornings practice session.
So Narain will start at the 24th position tomorrow.
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