Oliver WhiteQualifying has just been completed at the Spa Francorchamps circuit in Belgium, and the session threw up a few surprises. Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button lost out in the second run, failing to progress out of Q2, and Luca Badoer failed to make it out of Q1, backing his F60 in the wall. Giancarlo Fisichella mightily impressed by going fastest in Q1 and most importantly, in Q3 as well and the Italian has given Force India their very first pole position.
Belgium 2009
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Q1
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Q2
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Q3
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| 1. |  Giancarlo Fisichella Force India |
1m45.102s | 1m44.667s | 1m46.308s |
| 2. | Jarno Trulli Toyota |
1m45.140s | 1m44.503s | 1m46.395s |
| 3. |  Nick Heidfeld BMW |
1m45.566s | 1m44.709s | 1m46.500s |
| 4. |  Rubens Barrichello Brawn |
1m45.237s | 1m44.834s | 1m46.513s |
| 5. |  Robert Kubica BMW |
1m45.655s | 1m44.557s | 1m46.586s |
| 6. |  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari |
1m45.579s | 1m44.953s | 1m46.633s |
| 7. | Timo Glock Toyota |
1m45.450s | 1m44.877s | 1m46.677s |
| 8. | Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing |
1m45.372s | 1m44.592s | 1m46.671s |
| 9. |  Mark Webber Red Bull Racing |
1m45.350s | 1m44.924s | 1m46.788s |
| 10. | Nico Rosberg Williams |
1m45.486s | 1m45.047s | 1m47.362s |
| 11. | Adrian Sutil Force India |
1m45.239s | 1m45.119s | |
| 12. |  Lewis Hamilton McLaren |
1m45.767s | 1m45.122s | |
| 13. |  Fernando Alonso Renault |
1m45.707s | 1m45.136s | |
| 14. | Jenson Button Brawn |
1m45.761s | 1m45.251s | |
| 15. | Heikki Kovalainen McLaren |
1m45.705s | 1m45.259s | |
| 16. |  Sebastien Buemi Scuderia Toro Rosso |
1m45.951s | ||
| 17. | Jaime Alguersuari Scuderia Toro Rosso |
1m46.032s | ||
| 18. |  Kazuki Nakajima Williams |
1m46.307s | ||
| 19. |  Romain Grosjean Renault |
1m46.359s | ||
| 20. | Luca Badoer Ferrari |
1m46.957s | ||
I still don’t get how Giancarlo got the Force India into pole, and I support both team and driver…
I think Fisichella just managed his tyres really well, and worked out early on that the harder compound was working brilliantly after a couple of laps.
button’s throwing it away.
But that makes for a great championship fight. In 2007 we all thought it was over for Raikkonen only for the Finn to take the title by a point. Likewise in 2008, Hamilton’s race was a disaster and his only saving grace was the rain at the end. 2009…? It’s shaping up to be a great showdown.