One word, practice. usually they don't reveal much during this time.

3rd Practise Session
Times
01 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:14.843 8 laps
02 F. Massa Ferrari 1:14.906 16 laps
03 K. Raikkonen Ferrari 1:15.276 15 laps
04 H. Kovalainen Renault 1:15.404 19 laps
05 G. Fisichella Renault 1:15.489 20 laps
06 R. Kubica BMW 1:15.535 20 laps
07 N. Rosberg Williams 1:15.735 18 laps
08 F. Alonso McLaren 1:15.742 4 laps
09 J. Trulli Toyota 1:15.801 19 laps
10 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:15.802 15 laps
11 V. Liuzzi Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:15.872 22 laps
12 J. Button Honda 1:15.902 16 laps
13 A. Davidson Super Aguri 1:15.925 20 laps
14 R. Schumacher Toyota 1:15.944 22 laps
15 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:16.060 18 laps
16 R. Barrichello Honda 1:16.102 19 laps
17 A. Wurz Williams 1:16.104 16 laps
18 S. Speed Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:16.161 18 laps
19 T. Sato Super Aguri 1:16.221 18 laps
20 M. Webber Red Bull 1:16.573 14 laps
21 A. Sutil Spyker F1 1:17.517 21 laps
22 C. Albers Spyker F1 1:17.705 23 laps

Watch ESPN lor dude. Anyways, Fernando does not have engine problem, thus he will start 10th. <-- taken from Crash.net report. Teh commentators are overly enthutiast like always. They don't know that Fernando does not have engine problem and yet like confirm he will start 20th

This post has been edited by linkinstreet: Jun 30 2007, 10:04 PM

I'm suprised too see soo much hate from you. What have he done to you? did he raped you? did he steal from you? from what I see he is just doing his job. And all the gearbox Kimi broke years ago was also justified?

anyways
1. Felipe Massa Brazil Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro-Ferrari 01:15.034
2. Lewis Hamilton Britain Vodafone McLaren Mercedes-Mercedes 01:15.104
3. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro-Ferrari 01:15.257
4. Robert Kubica Poland BMW Sauber F1 Team-BMW 01:15.493
5. Giancarlo Fisichella Italy ING Renault F1 Team-Renault 01:15.674
6. Heikki Kovalainen Finland ING Renault F1 Team-Renault 01:15.826
7. Nick Heidfeld Germany BMW Sauber F1 Team-BMW 01:15.900
8. Jarno Trulli Italy Panasonic Toyota Racing-Toyota 01:15.935
9. Nico Rosberg Germany AT&T Williams-Toyota 01:16.328
10. Fernando Alonso Spain Vodafone McLaren Mercedes-Mercedes no time Q3
11. Ralf Schumacher Germany Panasonic Toyota Racing-Toyota 01:15.534
12. Jenson Button Britain Honda Racing F1 Team-Honda 01:15.584
13. Rubens Barrichello Brazil Honda Racing F1 Team-Honda 01:15.761
14. Mark Webber Australia Red Bull Racing-Renault 01:15.806
15. Scott Speed USA Scuderia Toro Rosso-Ferrari 01:16.049
16. David Coulthard Britain Red Bull Racing-Renault no time Q2
17. Vitantonio Liuzzi Italy Scuderia Toro Rosso-Ferrari 01:16.142
18. Alexander Wurz Austria AT&T Williams-Toyota 01:16.241
19. Takuma Sato Japan Super Aguri F1 Team-Honda 01:16.244
20. Anthony Davidson Britain Super Aguri F1 Team-Honda 01:16.366
21. Christijan Albers Holland Spyker F1 Team-Ferrari 01:17.826
22. Adrian Sutil Germany Spyker F1 Team-Ferrari 01:17.915

Arrogant? More likely that the press manipulated his interviews. And FYI, Ron Dennis controls all of Lewis's interviews, and that is to prevent the same thing. The "Alonso is Arrogant" issue blew incidently when British's Daily Mail was barred from doing an interview with Lewis by Ron, which lead to an agry retort by it's editor, and that same paper was the one that started all this, which is picked up by all teh other papers around teh world. Go figure.

Yep, I hated their commentary. And listen closely you hear they said "And SURELY Fernando Alonso will start at the back row of the grid with Takuma Sato"
The saddest thing is RTM delayed ITV's telecast untill 12 am tonight.

ESPN hopefully. DAMN YOU WIMBLEDON AND RTM!!!

Yes, and some of you are also forgetting facts that unlike Lewis who already used the Bridgstone during GP2 last season (Bridgestone use GP2 for gunie pig to test harder compound for this season as there will be no more Michelin), and the fact that both he and Kimi are still struggling to drive on those tyres, and the fact that he and Kimi both comes from teams that uses Michelin and also he had to change how he drives. Driving an F1 car is not like how you drive your kancil. Each team had their own preferences on how the car handles, the oversteer or understeer, weight balance, aerodynamics etc. Case of point both Kimi (before retirement) and Fernando struggled for grip at Catalunya, while Massa and Lewis found it easily enough. Both are having to drive cars that are vastly different from what they are used to. Both having to drive cars that were designed using testing data of their taemmates (Massa and Lewis). You cannot just say, "Oh, he have a fast car, he should be faster". That is pure bullshit and ignorance to the sport and the driver. It took Schumacher 5 years to turn the Ferrari into a car that handles like he wanted. Damon Hill persuaded Tom Walkinshaw to redesign the 1997 Arrows when he found it different to his liking, and they nearly won the Hungarian GP if not for a failure 5 laps near the end.
And when you say a rookie, today's definition of a rookie is different than 10 years ago. While Lewis IS a rookie, he was hyped too much by the British media IMO. Unlike 10 years ago, the difference between lower classes and Formula One IS HUGE. Now GP2 cars lap just 1.5~2 SECOND SLOWER THAN A FORMULA 1 CAR. And with all the limits that the FIA is making to F1, sooner or later GP2 will leapfrog it's premiar class senior in term of car technology. Thus that's why more and more team are wanting GP2 drivers. The only REAL rookie that come into F1 in the last 5 years was Kimi, who jumped straight from Formula Renault into F1. Look at last season's so called Rookie, Nico Rosberg. Mark webber had a hard time keeping up with him. Heck, he even set the fastest lap of the race in Bahrain. He is constantly faster than Wurz this season, why no hype on him? Simple, he is not British.
Next time you want to make an argument, back it with facts. Not useless media spindoctor stories that they make up just to spike up their sales.