セパン2日目
Date : Sepang,19 November
Title : Driver nominations for QualifyingTyre choice played an important part in the fastest lap times for the final official practice session of the Malaysia A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Sepang International Circuit presented by Astro, with the top 8 teams on the timing sheet all having opted for new rubber. A1 Team China was perhaps the biggest surprise, putting in the 3rd fastest lap of the weekend knocking 2.433 seconds off his overall fastest lap time set in yesterday's 2nd official practice session. With Tengyi Jiang having raced at Sepang before, his true potential is starting to show as he gets to grips with the A1 race car. (フリー走行結果) (予選出走ドライバー) Qualifying consists of four 15 minute sessions with a 10 minute break between each. Only one driver per A1 Team is allowed to take part in Qualifying but that driver must have completed at least 3 timed laps in an Official Practice session. Each driver is limited to three laps - effectively one "flying lap" - per session and must record at least 2 times, an aggregate of which will determine that A1 Team's position on the grid for Sunday's Sprint race. The grid for the Feature race will be determined by the outcome of the Sprint race.Practice-3
1 Netherlands 1:55.193 Jos Verstappen 2 Pakistan 1:55.489 Adam Khan 3 China 1:55.526 Tengyi Jiang 4 South Africa 1:55.660 Stephen Simpson 5 New Zealand 1:55.803 Matt Halliday 6 India 1:55.805 Armaan Ebrahim 7 Italy 1:56.195 Enrico Toccacelo 8 Germany 1:56.999 Timo Scheider 9 Switzerland 1:57.269 Neel Jani 10 Ireland 1:57.590 Ralph Firman 11 Canada 1:57.780 Sean MacIntosh 12 Malaysia 1:57.896 Alex Yoong 13 Indonesia 1:58.008 Ananda Mikola 14 France 1:58.036 Alexandre Premat 15 Great Britain 1:58.517 Robbie Kerr 16 Austria 1:58.539 Mathias Lauda 17 Japan 1:58.546 Hayanari Shimoda 18 USA 1:58.668 Bryan Herta 19 Mexico 1:58.855 Luis Diaz 20 Czech Republic 1:59.018 Tomas Enge 21 Brazil 1:59.034 Nelson Piquet Jr 22 Lebanon 1:59.159 Khalil Beschir 23 Australia 1:59.507 Will Davison 24 Portugal 1:59.955 Alvaro Parente Dry Condition予選出走ドライバー
Australia Will Davison Austria Mathias Lauda Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr Canada Sean McIntosh China Tengyi Jiang Czech Republic Tomas Enge France Alexandre Premat Germany Timo Scheider Great Britain Robbie Kerr India Armaan Ebrahim Indonesia Ananda Mikola Ireland Ralph Firman Italy Enricco Toccacelo Japan Hayanari Shimoda Lebanon Khalil Beschir Malaysia Alex Yoong Mexico Luis Diaz Netherlands Jos Verstappen New Zealand Matt Halliday Pakistan Adam Khan Portugal Alvaro Parente South Africa Stephen Simpson Switzerland Neel Jani USA Bryan Hertaフリー走行3で、中国のテン・イー・ジャンがスーパーラップ!!!
昨日のタイムを2秒以上も縮める好タイムとなった。
また、普段上位に来ないドライバーが続々上位に来ていた。
もしかすれば、ここは結構どの国でもそれなりのチャンスがあるかもしれない。
点を獲るチャンスはどの国もあると思う。優勝になると、常勝してる国などの数カ国に絞られるが…。
訳
タイヤ選択が最速への運命の分かれ道となった、フリー走行の最終セッション。トップ8のチームは、多分新しいタイヤで出したタイムである事が予想される。
このフリー走行では中国チームがサプライズを巻き起こした。昨日のタイムを約2.4秒も更新、タイムシートの3位に食い込んできたのだ。実は、テン・イー・ジャンは、過去にセパンでレースをした事があり、その経験と技術がA1マシンとマッチし、このようなタイムを出す事ができた。
予選は15分のセッションと10分の休憩時間を交互に繰り返す。1つのA1チームに1人のドライバーが予選を走る。3周だけ走行を許される。そのうち、フライングラップのタイムをそのセッションのタイムと認定。4回のベストタイムの内、トップ2を合計したタイムが、明日のスプリントレースのグリッドを決めるものとなる。フィーチャーレースのグリッドは、スプリントレースの結果で決まる。
Date : Sepang,19 November
Title : Qualifying Results and Sprint Race gridAfter an exciting afternoon's qualifying which saw the last 3 sessions declared wet as the black clouds rolled in and heavy rain fell on the Sepang International Circuit, A1 Team Switzerland has taken its 1st pole position at the Malaysia A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Sepang International Circuit, 2005 presented by Astro. Neel Jani said: "It was very difficult on track today as there was rain on some corners and not on others. I thought I would have been able to go faster in the second session but there was drizzle in some parts of the track. It is very difficult to make a tyre choice in those conditions. It is very difficult to read the weather here and it could start to rain in the race, but we did get the chance to try a dry set-up in the damp conditions to see how the car reacts." Commenting on the rolling start in the Sprint race, Jani said: "In the first race it is easy to tell who is professional or not. The first race is really about looking after the car and getting a good grid position. Tomorrow I have some professional drivers around me so it should be OK." 24 A1 Teams took to the track in the first session, all recording lap times within 2.506 seconds of each other. As the rain started to fall in the 2nd session, lap times increased and as conditions worsened, session 3 became a wash out. Only 3 teams, those from the Czech Republic, Mexico and Lebanon braved the treacherous track to complete their flying lap. The rain eased slightly as session 4 began and 18 A1 Teams chose to complete the session although with slower lap times, the table remained unchanged from the first 2 sessions. Alexandre Premat, who will take 2nd position on the Sprint race grid said: "The 2nd session was good, although I think we decided to go out too late, and it made it difficult behind so many cars and the track was getting wetter. We have learnt a lot about how to prepare the car in the different conditions and I hope to win tomorrow. If it rains tomorrow it will be very difficult as vision behind another car is very bad." A1 Team Ireland achieved their best qualifying result to date, putting them 3rd on the Sprint race grid. Driver, Ralph Firman said: "I've had a really good weekend. We were very strong, and although we didn't have the best lap in the 1st session we had a good lap in the 2nd session. It's hard to tell what will happen tomorrow as we don't know what the weather conditions will be. It is a wide circuit and there will be good overtaking possibilities. For those that look after the tyres through the race there will be chances to overtake near the end. Being in the top three is good and we have a great opportunity and chance of winning a race tomorrow." A1 Team Malaysia, who also put in their best ever qualifying result are the only team that will take advantage of A1 Grand Prix's unique rule which allows them to swap drivers between qualifying and the 2 races. While Alex Yoong qualified in 7th position, Fairuz Fauzy will drive in tomorrow's Sprint Race and Alex in the Feature Race. (予選結果) The Sprint race will be contested over 50 miles lasting up to 30 minutes in duration. With a rolling start at 13:30 local time, tomorrow's race will be run over 15 laps of the full Sepang International Circuit. The outcome of the race determines the grid position for the Feature race which will start at 15:00 local time with a standing start. The Feature race will be run over 100 miles (30 laps) lasting up to 60 minutes in duration.Qualifying Results
Po Country Q1(Dry) Q2(Wet) Q3(Wet) Q4(Wet) Total Driver 1 スイス *114.441 *114.521 ---.--- 140.934 3'48"962 ニール・ヤニ 2 フランス *114.580 *115.288 ---.--- 138.569 + 0"906 アレクサンドレ・プリマ 3 アイルランド *115.234 *114.735 ---.--- 138.851 + 1"007 ラルフ・ファーマン 4 イギリス *114.963 *115.009 ---.--- ---.--- + 1"010 ロビー・カー 5 ニュージーランド *115.149 *115.420 ---.--- 153.811 + 1"607 マット・ハリデイ 6 オランダ *115.822 *115.214 ---.--- 138.874 + 2"074 ヨス・フェルスタッペン 7 マレーシア *115.183 *115.463 ---.--- 138.612 + 2"237 アレックス・ユーン 8 ブラジル *115.195 *116.203 ---.--- 138.293 + 2"436 ネルソン・ピケ・ジュニア 9 ポルトガル *115.327 *116.220 ---.--- ---.--- + 2"585 アルヴァーロ・パレンテ 10 イタリア *114.799 *117.095 ---.--- 139.887 + 2"932 エンリコ・トカチェロ 11 インドネシア *115.861 *116.135 ---.--- 137.682 + 3"034 アナンダ・ミコラ 12 アメリカ *114.970 *117.043 ---.--- 141.285 + 3"051 ブライアン・ハータ 13 南アフリカ *115.436 *116.682 ---.--- 142.503 + 3"156 ステファン・シンプソン 14 パキスタン *115.398 *116.802 ---.--- ---.--- + 3"238 アダム・ハーン 15 インド *115.620 *117.209 ---.--- ---.--- + 3"867 アーマン・イブラヒム 16 ドイツ *115.067 *118.200 ---.--- ---.--- + 4"305 ティモ・シェイダー 17 メキシコ *115.775 *117.881 172.825 142.400 + 4"694 ルイス・ディアス 18 チェコ *116.270 *117.496 154.244 139.478 + 4"804 トーマス・エンゲ 19 日本 *116.074 *117.874 ---.--- 144.564 + 4"986 下田隼成 20 オーストリア *116.209 *118.780 ---.--- 144.028 + 6"027 マティアス・ラウダ 21 中国 *116.947 *119.100 ---.--- ---.--- + 7"085 テン・イー・ジャン 22 カナダ *115.357 *125.040 ---.--- 141.232 + 11"435 シーン・マッキントッシュ 23 レバノン *116.541 ---.--- *141.118 147.605 + 28"697 カリル・ベッシャー 24 オーストラリア *115.378 ---.--- ---.--- *142.482 + 28"898 ウィル・デヴィソン予選1回目〜4回目の結果は秒単位、総合結果は分(差は秒単位)
*が総合結果の適用タイム。(ベストタイムの2つの合計が予選結果になる)
天候に左右された予選、といっても過言ではなかった。
結果を見れば一目瞭然である。
訳はパスで。
Date : Unknown,19 November
Title : Scheider battles jetlag in dash to SepangA1 Team Germany driver Timo Scheider had good reason to feel less than fresh when he ventured out on the circuit for the Malaysia A1 Grand Prix of Nations at Sepang as he'd just landed at the nearby Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Timo had flown in from Dubai where he'd spent the previous afternoon competing in the penultimate round of the FIA GT Championship, thus missing all the Friday track time. The delayed start to his A1 Grand Prix meeting was worthwhile, however, as Timo and partner Michael Bartels finished 2nd in their Maserati MC12, moving them to within 1 point of the championship lead ahead of next weekend's finale in Bahrain. This result helped his team, Vitaphone Racing Team, to clinch the GT1 Team's Championship title. Despite looking relatively bright when he arrived at the track, Timo said that all he wanted to do was to complete the 1-hour session, in which he lapped an impressive 8th fastest, and then arrange for qualifying to be brought forward by several hours so that he could head off to his hotel for some sleep... 6th overall after the first segment of the 4-part qualifying, Timo was caught out by the arrival of rain at the start of the second segment and dropped back to 16th overall.「シェイダーV.S.時差」(謎)
ドイツチームのティもシェイダーは良い理由で気分爽快、クアラルンプール空港の近くのホテルに行った。
シェイダーはドバイでのFIA-GT選手権に出ていたために、A1GPの金曜日の全てのセッションを休んだ。A1GPのミーティングが遅れた理由は、ドバイでのGT選手権でシェイダーとチームメイトのマイケル・バーテルスが操るマセラティMC12が2位でゴールし、1ポイント差でトップに躍り出て、来週の最終戦、バーレーンではポイントリーダーということになった。この結果により、ヴィタホンレーシングチームは、GT1クラスでタイトルを獲得する事ができた。
彼は1時間のセッションで、8位のタイムを出した。そして、ホテルで予選が始まるまでの間、眠っていた。
予選最初のセッションで6位のタイムをたたき出した。しかし、雨が降り出して、結局は16位となってしまった。
