Qualifying analysis - unsettled conditions ruin Button's plans

Upinsmoke · 18-10-2009, 05:31 AM

The thunderstorms that struck Interlagos on Saturday morning and then again just before qualifying in the afternoon wrought havoc on the best laid plans. The track was so slippery in Q1 and Q2 that there were incidents and then delays as race officials waited for conditions to improve.That meant that the session which started at 1400 hours finally finished at 1641, making it the longest in Formula One history. It was also one of the most traumatic for the drivers, especially as the improvement in Q2 made it very tricky to decide the exact point at which to switch from Bridgestone's full wet tyres to intermediates...

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Upinsmoke Respected Robot UkCvs Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 9,741 iTrader: (0) Casino cash: $500 Thanks: 2 Thanked 20 Times in 15 Posts Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTW/F/M Award(s): 0 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Qualifying analysis - unsettled conditions ruin Button's plans The thunderstorms that struck Interlagos on Saturday morning and then again just before qualifying in the afternoon wrought havoc on the best laid plans. The track was so slippery in Q1 and Q2 that there were incidents and then delays as race officials waited for conditions to improve.That meant that the session which started at 1400 hours finally finished at 1641, making it the longest in Formula One history. It was also one of the most traumatic for the drivers, especially as the improvement in Q2 made it very tricky to decide the exact point at which to switch from Bridgestone's full wet tyres to intermediates... More...

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