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Another showing of Hami's nerves. And Heikki has found alot more fomfortable settings for this track, so I don't see anything but an unforeseen event stopping Heikki.

Although if Ferrari's rain expectations turn out to be real, Kimi could put on a good fight.

I woke up too late and only caught the last 2 minutes of the last session!

What happened to Kubica... how come he had no time registered?

First time this season i miss quali (actually i missed every ******* session), Ferrari struggling and doing again another stupid mistake, Kubica had a technical prob that killed his Q3, Nick is defitively back on track wich is great and kova finally rewarded, hope he will win tomorrow.

The Mclarens are looking extremely fast, the Ferraris are surprisingly struggling. Webber must be very light on fuel but well done nothing less, for a brief moment I thought he will actually get pole position.

Lewis is making all those rookie mistakes that people expect him to make in his 1st year. Is he cracking under the weight of people's expectation, or is he just going through a bad spell?

Qual.
Pos Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Laps
1. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:19.957 1:19.597 1:21.049 15
2. Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:20.982 1:19.710 1:21.554 16
3. Raikkonen Ferrari 1:20.370 1:19.971 1:21.706 18
4. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:20.288 1:19.537 1:21.835 13
5. Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:21.022 1:19.802 1:21.873 16
6. Alonso Renault 1:20.998 1:19.992 1:22.029 15
7. Piquet Renault 1:20.818 1:20.115 1:22.491 19
8. Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:20.318 1:20.109 1:23.251 16
9. Massa Ferrari 1:20.676 1:20.086 1:23.305 16
10. Kubica BMW Sauber 1:20.444 1:19.788 12
11. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:21.224 1:20.174 14
12. Glock Toyota 1:20.893 1:20.274 14
13. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:20.584 1:20.531 16
14. Trulli Toyota 1:21.145 1:20.601 13
15. Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:21.407 1:21.112 14
16. Barrichello Honda 1:21.512 9
17. Button Honda 1:21.631 11
18. Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:21.668 6
19. Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:21.786 9
20. Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:21.885 8

Wow great for kova..

Wow, so we're stronger than expected. I thought Ferrari was going to be on top. Great to see Heikki back fighting at the top, Mclaren is in serious need of some major constructors points, so hopefully we'll see the seasons first Mclaren 1-2. Hamilton is certainly not looking very good in front of the home crowd. This is he third mistake 3 GPs in a row. Tomorrow he has to be flawless. Webber will most likely fall back on the standing just like Alonso did when he scored podium in Barcelona. He's jump started Kimi before and he certainly has the capabilities to jump start both him and Webber before they reach Stowe.

The press got Hamilton on a choke hold and just like in Monaco he's under major pressure of delivering. He needs this victory or else the media is going to hammer him, especially since he's lately been focusing a whole lot on commitments off the circuit. Sure he doesn't have to beat Kimi but a podium is a MUST. That should an easy achievement since Heidfeld and Alonso behind him lack the pace to challenge him. Worst case scenario is if he collides with Kimi once again.

Kubik had some handling problems, and they didn't have time to fix it. likewise, Massa and Rosberg.

Massa's wheel nut was giving problems, i didn't see him leave the pits either. Rosberg, had the car bouncing all over the kerbs, thats why he dropped out in Q1. it also seems that Trulli's free practice crash affected he's car's handling during quali as well.

i'm actually starting to think that Hammi's can't seem to handle the pressure this year. last year, he was almost as cool as Kimi, but this year, he's almost nothing.

This is a different situation for Lewis. He's at his home GP with all the pressure on his shoulders, and he's sceond best to his equal rookie team mate. Last year his team mate was the double world champion. Which is a bit of an excuse if you don't perform as well. And with less pressure, I guess that's where he found the performance last year.

Did you see Hami analyse the lap data? He is definitely not used to this situation, and he is not comfortable in it.