Lewis Hamilton did very well to qualify in 3rd position in Barcelona, Spain. The Red Bull cars seem to be a far superior package compared to the rest of the field with their Adrian Newey designed Formula 1 car.
Lewis Hamilton qualified in 6th position in China and had the following to say:
I’m a little disappointed – we wanted to get pole today, and thought we could –, and I don’t really know where the time went in Q3.
The tyres felt fine – pretty much exactly the same as in Q1 and Q2, when the car felt great – but in Q3 the car started moving around a lot more, and it felt like the front was bottoming.
We’d been quick all weekend, but sixth was the best I could do in Q3. I think we ought to have been further up the grid – but we’ll fight our way as far up the field as we can tomorrow. I’m sure it will be a good race.
Lewis Hamilton didn’t have the best of qualifyings for the Monaco grand prix by hitting the barrier with his left rear wheel in Qualifying 1, breaking the suspension. At least he did have a good timed lap in before which would nearly have gotten him through to Q2 (but he wouldn’t have been allowed to re-join in Q2 though).
This is very unfortunate as Lewis was doing very well in practice and looked to qualify in the top few positions. This could potentially have been the McLaren comeback by getting a podium. The new rear wing also seemed to help. The slight gap in the middle of the rear wing can be seem in the above image.
Lewis Hamilton qualified in 14th position for the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona tomorrow.
The updates to the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes F1 racing car didn’t seem to help Lewis or Kovalainen, who qualified in 18th position. I think the main reason the updated parts haven’t had a bigger impact is that the parts could not be tested on the track and there were only a few improvements to the car relative to other teams who brought larger changes.
Last year Lewis started in 5th position and finished on the podium – but this year he hasn’t got the kind of car to do it in.
Lewis Hamilton is improving further this weekend by qualifying 5th in Bahrain.
Things seem to be getting better overall for Vodafone Mercedes McLaren with Lewis being fastest in the first practice session and also Kovalainen improving by qualifying in 11th. This shows that the team is doing a good job relative to the other teams and will hopefully continue to do so.
Toyota is the team to beat this weekend who were very strong by taking 1st and 2nd grid position. The Red Bull’s are still going very strong starting 3rd and 4th. Hamilton did a great job by splitting up the Brawn cars.
Lewis Hamilton qualifies in 9th position for the Chinese F1 race.
McLaren’s previously steady progress away from the lower midfield seems to have been accelerated by its own interim diffuser and new front wing as Lewis Hamilton made the pole shoot-out for the first time in 2009, eventually claiming ninth.
It looks likely that it will rain in Shanghai, China which will give Lewis a good chance to move through the field.
Lewis Hamilton will start the Malaysian Grand Prix from 12th position.
The McLaren’s were struggling to qualify well in Malaysia with achiving 12th and 14th position. The race will be starting there in the late afternoon which gives a higher chance of rain which could give Lewis an opportunity get into the points.
Lewis Hamilton’s 2009 Formula 1 season hasn’t gotten off to a fantastic start with the car being slower than most of the competition as well as he having problems with the gearbox.
The Brazilian qualifying is an important part for Hamilton’s championship because being in the middle of the pack more accidents happen which is not what Lewis needs. He just needs a solid points finish and there’s no better way of doing this than by winning the race. 
In the first qualifying session the Ferrari’s seem to have been struggling a bit with under-steer, this might be because of the used tyres. But then at the end of the session Massa managed to get into first and Kimi into second position. Lewis Hamilton was safely through into Q2.
Fernando Alonso who wants to see a Ferrari win because of his grudge against McLaren finished Q1 in 4th position.
Lewis Hamilton is in pole position in Shanghai, China. Lewis has been fast all weekend and left his competitors and critics behind him.
It’s Hamilton’s chance to finally wrap up his first Formula 1 world championship. He needs to make 6 points more than championship rival Felipe Massa. BMW’s Kubica had an outside chance which now seems even more unlikely as he’s starting down in 11th position.
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