Yep Hamiltons fault we didn't get any follow up.
A very good result didn't look like he was going to get it done. I should have gone

 

Full interview was on multiroom!!! anyway, it looks great for Button, he's getting very good at quali, yes the car is good, but he is really showing World Class driving, good man

 

Great my man decided to turn up at the races today! Can't wait till tomorrow KERS advantage, Kimi to dominate race!

Interesting in post quali that Kimi said he made a mistake in hid fastest lap, while Button indicated it was a perfect lap for him. Raikkonen also made the fastest lap of all through all qualifying.

Red Bull hasn't looked the same car since its updates

 

I certainly wouldn't bet on it.

Kimi may well get the lead into the 1st corner, but I think that over the course of a 78 lap race around Monaco, KERS will be a liability. It seems to make the cars unpredictable under braking which is the last thing you need here!

 

Any word on the fuel loads ?

 

I couldn't find the actual weights, but this is lifted directly from the BBC F1 site.

The fuel-adjusted top 10, with estimated first pit-stop laps, looks like this:

1 Button - lap 20
2 Raikkonen +0.113secs - lap 18
3 Barrichello +0.162secs - lap 20
4 Massa +0.635 - lap 18
5 Rosberg +0.691 - lap 17
6 Kovalainen +0.702 - lap 18
7 Vettel +0.769 - lap 11
8 Webber +0.776 - lap 19
9 Alonso +0.945 - lap 23
10 Nakajima +1.929 - lap 31

Just found this which has all the data

http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/f1_me...n09_weights.pdf

 

Here you are

1. Jenson Button, Brawn GP, 647.5 kg
2. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 644
3. Rubens Barrichello, Brawn GP, 648
4. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 631.5
5. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 643.5
6. Nico Rosberg, Williams, 642
7. Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren, 644
8. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 646.5
9. Fernando Alonso, Renault, 654
10. Kazuki Nakajima, Williams, 668
11. Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, 670
12. Nelson Piquet, Renault, 673.1
13. Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India, 693
14. Sebastien Bourdais, Toro Rosso, 699.5
15. Adrian Sutil, Force India, 670
16. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, 645.5
17. Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, 680
18. Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, 696
19. Jarno Trulli, Toyota, 688.3
20. Timo Glock, Toyota, 700.8

 

I think the Ferrari will stroll away off the grid (lighter car and more power from Kers. Assuming Button slips in behind him (Massa's 2 rows back and it's a narrow grid to make a blazing run past those in front) then he should have enough fuel to take Kimi at the first pit stop.

He's definately in a good position for tomorrow.

My older brother reckoned Raikonnen might have picked up a penalty for cutting a corner (I think) at the swimming pool but I was sceptical (you can get away with worse at other tracks) and no signs in the news of anything

 

Why has Lewis gone so light?!?!

Otherwise the Brawns both look well placed, Rubens should have an extra lap to jump Kimi.

 

[QUOTE=ianl,May 23 2009, 05:42 PM] I certainly wouldn't bet on it.

Kimi may well get the lead into the 1st corner, but I think that over the course of a 78 lap race around Monaco, KERS will be a liability.