Qualifying analysis - flying Hamilton surprises Red Bull

The first day/night qualifying session proved a complete success on the dramatic new Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi, where Lewis Hamilton’s pace in the McLaren surprised Red Bull duo Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber. This trio seems to have a small but crucial advantage over the Brawn duo of Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button.

For the record, the fuel weights were: Hamilton, 658.5 kg; Vettel 663, Webber 660, Barrichello 655, Button 657, Toyota’s Jarno Trulli 661, BMW Sauber’s Robert Kubica 654.5, BMW Sauber’s Nick Heidfeld 664, Williams’ Nico Rosberg 665 and Toro Rosso’s Sebastien Buemi 661.5.

McLaren
Lewis Hamilton, 1m 40.948s, P1
Heikki Kovalainen, 1m 40.983, P13, will start P18
Hamilton was delighted with the MP4-24, saying it felt the best it had all season. He used KERS for all it was worth, and said things just got better and better as he regained the advantage from the speedy Red Bull duo. Kovalainen’s chances were damned straight away in Q2; he had just set the first fast time when he suffered a gearbox failure. The unit required replacement, leaving him with a grid-place penalty that dropped him from 13th to 18th.

Red Bull
Sebastian Vettel, 1m 41.615s, P2
Mark Webber, 1m 41.726s, P3
Vettel admitted that he and Webber were surprised by Hamilton’s pace, especially when it transpired that he wasn’t that much lighter on fuel. Both felt they got the best from their RB5s and said the cars were working well. They also thought that McLaren’s KERS was particularly advantageous here.

Brawn GP
Rubens Barrichello, 1m 41.786s, P4
Jenson Button, 1m 41.892s, P5
Barrichello said he was happy with the way his car improved as the temperatures dropped for qualifying. Button was very quick all through practice and Q1 and Q2, but with a fuel load in Q3 he started to get serious vibrations which led to debilitating understeer.

Toyota
Jarno Trulli, 1m 41.897s, P6
Kamui Kobayashi, 40.777s, P12
Trulli felt he got things right in all of the sessions and was happy with sixth, especially as Button only marginally improved on his time. Kobayashi had hoped to make Q3 in his first fully dry Formula One qualifying. In the end he was philosophical to miss out by just a couple of tenths.

BMW Sauber
Robert Kubica, 1m 41.992s, P7
Nick Heidfeld, 1m 42.343s, P8
Kubica rued Friday’s loss of time after his second session engine failure and said that the lower track temperature in qualifying had a deleterious affect on his F1.09’s handling. Heidfeld was quite happy on the greater fuel load and said that his marginal chance of a final improvement might have been frustrated when he came across Webber late in the lap.

Williams
Nico Rosberg, 1m 42.583s, P9
Kazuki Nakajima, 1m 41.148s, P14, will start P13
Rosberg made the top 10 again in his final race for Williams, and felt that ninth was the best he could have expected as his FW31 struggled on the open sections of the circuit. Nakajima didn’t manage to get his last lap together in Q2.

Toro Rosso
Sebastien Buemi, 1m 42.583s, P10
Jaime Alguersuari, 1m 41.689s, P15, will start P14
Buemi admitted that he had hoped for better than 10th after shining all through practice, but said he was happy overall given his fuel load. Alguersuari lost valuable track time when he didn’t run at all in the morning, for reasons the team didn’t divulge, and never managed to catch up.

Ferrari
Kimi Raikkonen, 1m 40.726s, P11
Giancarlo Fisichella, 1m 42.184s, P20
Once again Raikkoinen got the most out of the ageing F60, and Fisichella didn’t, and prospects for regaining third place in the constructors’ championship from McLaren appear weak.

Renault
Fernando Alonso, 1m 41.667, P16, will start P15
Romain Grosjean, 1m 41.950s, P19
Renault struggled throughout practice and qualifying here, and 16th and 19th indicated the depth of the problem.

Force India
Vitantonio Liuzzi 1m 41.701s, P17, will start P16
Adrian Sutil, 1m 41.863s, P18, will start P17
Liuzzi was really happy with his VJM02 on his first run in Q1 and believed he had the pace to get through to Q2. But the second set of soft tyres changed its behaviour for the worst as it lost grip. Sutil also complained of oversteer.

Reference: F1.com

Toyota Creates New Plants to Offset CO2 Emitted By Prius Factory

Toyota has created two new flowers that will help with the factory being more environmentally friendly.  They are being planted around the Prius Factory and helping to reduce the CO2 that is being emitted into the environment.  The plants are derivatives of a cherry sage plant and the gardenia and are capable to absorb nitrogen oxides and take heat out of the atmosphere.

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BREAKING NEWS: Press denied Access to Negotiation

After several discussions, it has been noticed that the press is often pushed back from discussion rounds. From our perspective, it is absolutely unacceptable that journalists are driven aways from rooms where world’s important decisions are taken. People must have access to information. That is why, considering such a drift, we solemnely protest against this practice

 

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Toyota este un nume japonez si reprezinta Tara Soarelui Rasare pe mapamond.
Site-ul Toyota este bine facut, are tot ce-I trebuie, dar ganditi-va, nu vindeti numai masini, vindeti si spiritul celor care le-au construit si conceput. Intoarcerea la radacini cred ca ar schimba un pic imaginea masinilor de pe site. O parere personala, doar atat.

 

 

 

 

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Vendas globais da Toyota caem 20% em 9 meses

Agência Estado

A montadora japonesa Toyota Motor disse que suas vendas globais de veículos caíram 20% no período de janeiro a setembro deste ano em comparação com igual intervalo do ano passado, para 5,65 milhões de unidades. A queda das vendas nos Estados Unidos, Europa e Japão ofuscaram o desempenho positivo na China. Apesar do declínio, o resultado superou o da Volkswagen, que vendeu 4,76 milhões de veículos nos nove primeiros meses deste ano. Apenas no terceiro trimestre, a Toyota vendeu 2,08 milhões de veículos, 7% a menos que em igual período do ano passado e 420 mil unidades a mais do que sua concorrente alemã. A General Motors ainda não divulgou seus números referentes ao terceiro trimestre e aos nove primeiros meses do ano.

A concorrência entre a Toyota e a Volks tem se intensificado após a japonesa anunciar em março seu primeiro prejuízo anual em 59 anos, resultado do colapso da demanda por automóveis nos EUA e em outros mercados importantes. A Volks, ao contrário, registrou um aumento de 15% de seu lucro líquido em 2008, por causa de sua exposição limitadas aos EUA.

“No curto prazo, a Toyota vai ampliar suas vendas”, já que os subsídios e incentivos fiscais para estimular a demanda por veículos eficientes elevarão a procura por carros biocombustíveis no Japão, ao mesmo tempo em que os programas governamentais expiram na Europa, disse o analista Yasuaki Iwamoto, da Okasan Securities.

Ainda assim, o diferencial entre a Toyota e a Volks pode voltar a diminuir quando os programas japoneses acabarem. A GM, por sua vez, encontra dificuldade para ampliar suas vendas, já que tem reduzido capacidade de produção nos EUA, apontam analistas. “O crescimento virá dos mercados emergentes. A Toyota não possui necessariamente força aí”, enquanto a Volkswagen tem boa posição na China, disse Tatsuya Mizuno, da Mizuno Credit Advisory.

Fonte: Agência Estado | www.aeinvestimentos.limao.com.br

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