A couple of stories emerged during Qualifying. The first is Alonso who marched steadily backwards in the time charts due to what they are calling swaybar problems. Monza is a bad place to screw up if you’re wearing red because it’s Maronello’s home track and the boys at Marlboro UPC are watching quite closely. This is why Qualifying high was good news for Massa who is reportedly hanging onto his job by a thread.
The other is track condition. There have been an unexpected incidents of mechanical problems, some minor and others (gearbox, engine) not so minor. Speculation is the uneven new paving is stressing the components.
Grosjean was suspended for a race because he caused that 4 car pile up in Turn 1 last week with Alonso, Hamilton, Kobayashi, and Perez. Some observers consider this harsh, me not so much. Starts are the most dangerous time in the race and he plowed into Hamilton as if he wasn’t even there. He’s being replaced in the Lotus by d’Ambrosio. Maldonado jumped the start at Spa and has suffered a 10 grid penalty. di Resta didn’t use his gearbox 5 races in a row and has suffered a 5 grid penalty.
Pirelli is offering Hards and Mediums and is predicting 1 stop racing which will minimize pit advantage. These are not the same Hards and Mediums that started the season. At Spa and now here Pirelli has gone with narrower tires and a different compound that doesn’t degrade quite as quickly. This is tempting teams to push them harder which is creating a situation where they could drive the wheels right off and suffer blow outs.
- Formula One Official Site
- Autodromo Nazionale Monza
- Italian Grand Prix
- Speed Racecast
- F1 2012: Autodromo Nazionale Monza Qualifying
Speed coverage starts at 8 am. Repeat at 12:30 am. Pretty tables below.
Starting Grid
Grid | Driver | Team | Q-Time | Q-Laps |
1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 01:24.010 | 15 |
2 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 01:24.133 | 15 |
3 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 01:24.247 | 16 |
4 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 01:24.540 | 14 |
5 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 01:24.802 | 22 |
6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 01:24.833 | 15 |
7 | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus-Renault | 01:24.855 | 18 |
8 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 01:25.109 | 18 |
9 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 01:24.304 | 17 |
10 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 01:25.678 | 16 |
11 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 01:24.809 | 21 |
12 | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 01:24.901 | 14 |
13 | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 01:25.042 | 16 |
14 | Daniel Ricciardo | STR-Ferrari | 01:25.312 | 20 |
15 | Jerome d’Ambrosio | Lotus-Renault | 01:25.408 | 19 |
16 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Ferrari | 01:25.441 | 18 |
17 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 01:26.382 | 11 |
18 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 01:26.887 | 11 |
19 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 01:27.039 | 10 |
20 | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 01:27.073 | 9 |
21 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 01:27.441 | 9 |
22 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 01:24.820 | 17 |
23 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 01:27.629 | 10 |
24 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | – | 2 |
Driver Standings
Rank | Driver | Team | Points |
1 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 164 |
2 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 140 |
3 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 132 |
4 | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus-Renault | 131 |
5 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 117 |
6 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 101 |
7 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 77 |
8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 76 |
9 | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 47 |
10 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 35 |
11 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 35 |
12 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 33 |
13 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 31 |
14 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 29 |
15 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 28 |
16 | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 24 |
17 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Ferrari | 8 |
18 | Daniel Ricciardo | STR-Ferrari | 4 |
Constructor Standings
Rank | Team | Points |
1 | Red Bull | 272 |
2 | McLaren | 218 |
3 | Lotus | 207 |
4 | Ferrari | 199 |
5 | Mercedes | 112 |
6 | Sauber | 80 |
7 | Force India | 59 |
8 | Williams | 53 |
9 | Toro Rosso | 12 |
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McLaren/Ferrari
Hot, hot, hot
Turn 1
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was on Hards.
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Local yellow in DRS zone, so no DRS for the rest of the race.
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