Sports: Ferrari heads the Qualifying Session of the Malaysian Grand Prix

The qualifying round of Malaysian Grand Prix of this season completed today with Ferrai taking a lead. This is the second race of this Formula 1 season. The circuit is called Sepang, which is situated on the outskirts of the scenic Kuala Lampur.

Following are the race statistics:
Number of laps- 56 laps.
Circuit Length -5.543 km
Race Distance:310.408 km
Lap Record:1:34.223 - JP Montoya (2004)
The climate condition wil be hot and humid. With the chances of rain as well during the race.

The qualifying round today had a plenty of whooping moments. The mighty Massa went on to claim the pole position in the tommorrow's race. He was followed by his ferrari teammate, the raining champion Kimmi Räikkönen, who ousted Massa in the 2nd round of qualifying but was short of half second to his team mate in the Q3.
Last year also, Malaysian grand prix was dominated by Ferrari's. Their biggest rivals, the Maclarens this time around were only able to secure 3rd and 4th spots. Heikki Kovalainen held 3rd and the formidable Lewis Hamilton 4th position respectively. Much to the drivers humiliation, a post qualifying meeting of the stewards decided to slip both of the Maclarens by 5 positions each. Since they were held guilty of blocking the way of rival drivers in the closing stages of the qualifying.

Details of the qualifying round can be found in the below attached link
http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2008/788/
http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/


An Inspired "ForceIndia" team again failed to deliver. With the racers Giancarlo Fisichella standing 17th and Adrian Sutil claiming 21st position. While the team attributed their abysmal perfomance to bad weather conditions and that their cars did not peform with the soft set of tyres. While they showed optimism for the future races and are looking forward in the right direction to raise the level of their game.

Altogether, it was an interesting session, with the indication that Ferrari have an edge, and that McLaren will be relying on the start again to stage a repeat of last year’s success.