Malaysia: Free Practice 1
So here were are again. Just seven short days after the first free practice session of the season and we’re just about to witness another one.
I’m not completely sold on whether I like the idea of back-to-back races to get the season underway. It almost feels like we’re rushing headlong into things without ever having chance to properly digest what we’ve witnessed.
Regardless, the F1 teams have relocated to the Sepang circuit and are ready and waiting for the first track action of the weekend. The predicted rain is foremost in our minds, but at the moment the asphalt is bone dry.
Just like last week, we’ll be watching all the action on the ITV live stream, but after the highs of last weeks F1 internet streaming debut, the broadcaster must’ve wondered what in the world hit them today.
Live timing is available as always on Bernie’s site.
I’m guessing that given the later starting time in Europe this weekend, that things will be a bit quieter amongst the comments today… but feel free to prove me wrong.
If you’re up and about, please drop us a message, let us know where you are and how you’re following. As before, we’ll be commenting bits and pieces of information and that’ll go to make up tomorrows F1 Digest podcast.
90 minutes of action coming right up.
March 21st, 2008 at 1:52 amlou said:
Im here, as always. Did not even bother going to sleep - too much effort getting back up again! Im gonna be following as you are live timing and ITV feed.
No i don’t think i like the back to back weekend. I mean its great that we finally get to see all this racing, but after last weeks grand prix i think it would have been better for the 2 weeks. But thats a decision made from last weeks gp.
March 21st, 2008 at 1:56 amSteven Roy said:
We have video
March 21st, 2008 at 1:57 amChristine said:
Not a fan, because I didn’t manage to catch up on my sleep yet, and now it’s starting all over again.
March 21st, 2008 at 1:59 amJourneyer said:
Well, since I’m in Asia, it isn’t much of a problem.
And come on, it’s a long weekend! At least it isn’t so bad.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:00 amme said:
true, if it had been a quiet one, maybe not such an issue.
good picture too
March 21st, 2008 at 2:00 amlou said:
a very fair piont! i have so much work on at the moment sleep gets pushed aside, and this back to back weekend - although welcome - has not really helped!
March 21st, 2008 at 2:00 amJourneyer said:
And they’re off!
March 21st, 2008 at 2:00 amme said:
that does help too. although it just means we plan to pack more in!
March 21st, 2008 at 2:01 amlou said:
and we have some action on track!
March 21st, 2008 at 2:01 amCorey said:
Missed the sessions last week and now coming off an all nighter last night with no rest today and I am not missing this (yawn yawn) lol
I like the back to back weekends live blog wish I could get this for WRC
March 21st, 2008 at 2:02 amChristine said:
Looks quite sunny. Haven’t checked the weather forecasts recently.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:03 amlou said:
it looks pretty hot too - was that an ice pack i saw being handed to button?
March 21st, 2008 at 2:03 amCorey said:
Clearly I wasn’t watching close enough on Sunday where did these lime green pants at Honda come from.
Stream seems better than the bit that i caught last weekend
March 21st, 2008 at 2:03 amme said:
is there a gap in the market there then?
March 21st, 2008 at 2:04 amSteven Roy said:
They are predicting thunderstorms all weekend and next week
March 21st, 2008 at 2:05 amJourneyer said:
Steven’s right. But when will it actually happen?
March 21st, 2008 at 2:06 amChristine said:
Aww, my main man, out all by himself
March 21st, 2008 at 2:06 amSteven Roy said:
http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/MYXX0031_f.html
Weather forecast
March 21st, 2008 at 2:06 amSteveintheUK said:
Hi All, Just got back in time from a family pre Easter meet in MK, Cars on track but no full laps yet
March 21st, 2008 at 2:06 amScott Dryden said:
I know what everyone means about back-to-back races. My sleeping patterns still haven’t returned to relative normality since Australia, and this certainly isn’t helping.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:07 amlou said:
we have button coverage! this is great! lovely!!:D
March 21st, 2008 at 2:08 amSteveintheUK said:
WOW, my comment went up straight away, thanks ‘Christine’ and ‘me’ for getting last weeks problem with my comments fixed
March 21st, 2008 at 2:08 amMichael Roberts said:
I’ve be struggling all week with lack of sleep yet somehow I HAD to get up.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:08 amCorey said:
Yeh ‘me’ there certainly is, aren’t many blogs for rallying. In fact I had a rally blog before coming to the UK but with school, time is too limited to keep it going.
Weather seems great hope it continues through the weekend
March 21st, 2008 at 2:08 amme said:
we’re still sorta working on it, but that’s a damn good sign. cheers for not giving up on us
March 21st, 2008 at 2:09 amSteven Roy said:
Lewis looks so relaxed it is like he owns the world and doesn’t have any problems
March 21st, 2008 at 2:10 amme said:
steven is there a forward looking radar map anywhere? from what i can tell it’s a couple of hours away.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:11 amme said:
NICE lens
March 21st, 2008 at 2:12 amlou said:
me you read my mind. F1 photographer = a massive dream of mine!
March 21st, 2008 at 2:12 amChristine said:
I always find it odd how they can have the car in so many bits, no wheels, no nose, etc, and still get it all together in a v. short time.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:13 amSteveintheUK said:
First time I have seem Free practice, I really like the fact that the cameras can get so far into the garages.
Thats OK
March 21st, 2008 at 2:14 amme said:
is there anybody in those stands? shocking comparison to friday in melbourne
March 21st, 2008 at 2:15 amSteven Roy said:
http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/MYXX0031_f.html
http://uk.weather.com/weather/local/MYXX0031?x=0&post=post&code=code&y=0
http://weather.msn.com/localmaps.aspx?wealocations=wc:MYXX0031&src=rss
http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/Malaysia.htm
http://www.malaysiaweather.net/
I have 5 weather forecasts all bad but no radar
March 21st, 2008 at 2:15 amChristine said:
Bourdais looks a bit twitchy in the corners.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:16 amChristine said:
Vettel’s gonna have a go now.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:17 amCorey said:
Jarno seems really enthusiastic
March 21st, 2008 at 2:17 amme said:
ferrari don’t look like they’re in this one.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:18 amme said:
give him 30 minutes. whole different person.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:20 amChristine said:
The track is clearly not wide enough for Bourdais
March 21st, 2008 at 2:20 amMichael Roberts said:
Nice to see Le Seb using all of the track and a little bit more!
March 21st, 2008 at 2:20 amlou said:
Seb V faster of the 2 torro rossos
March 21st, 2008 at 2:20 amChristine said:
Alonso ain’t bothered either.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:20 amSteven Roy said:
I don’t think we will see rain for a while the humidity on the live timing has been dropping since the session started
March 21st, 2008 at 2:20 amSteveintheUK said:
If you have Lens envy you may not want to click this link
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/find/newsLetter/Mother-of-All-L-Lenses.jsp
March 21st, 2008 at 2:21 amCorey said:
Oh i thought that was Vettel wasn’t watching before it happened
March 21st, 2008 at 2:21 amScott Dryden said:
Malaysia’s one of those races that takes place because Bernie is bunged a massive sanctioning fee. They always seem to have difficulty selling as many tickets as the more established event, and have to discount heavily.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:22 amme said:
that’s a portable telescope!
March 21st, 2008 at 2:22 amSteveintheUK said:
Dumb question from a tried mind, Is 1min 40 sec good or bad? what was last years pole time?
March 21st, 2008 at 2:23 amme said:
we should have gone to this one. beats queuing at ’stone. the whole place to ourselves.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:24 amChristine said:
Didn’t you watch my video preview, SteveintheUK?
“Pole position in 2007 was Felipe Massa in the Ferrari with 1 minute 35.043 seconds.”
March 21st, 2008 at 2:24 amSteveintheUK said:
and only $99,000 and the cost of a Canon Extender EF 2x, plus one big tripod, and a even bigger guy to carry it for you
March 21st, 2008 at 2:24 amCorey said:
Seems Glock needs some more track as well
The place really is empty
March 21st, 2008 at 2:26 amme said:
glock knocks over a second off of vettel’s benchmark. and he went wide a couple of times.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:26 amlou said:
Really should have gone. Would not have had to get up early
March 21st, 2008 at 2:26 amMichael Roberts said:
Rosberg is out. Now the fun begins…..
March 21st, 2008 at 2:27 amSteveintheUK said:
Not yet Sorry, been out since 7.30am and only get back in as this session started. but I promise to watch it straight after this session has finished, or when it gets boring.
So who thinks that time is going to be beaten this year? My hand is up
March 21st, 2008 at 2:28 amScott Dryden said:
Yeah, queuing for hours to get into Silverstone’s never an appealing prospect. I’d quite fancy Valencia as the track looks reasonably scenic, but there’s no GP2 races there.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:28 amme said:
depends if it rains tomorrow, but if it’s like this i 2nd that opinion.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:30 amScott Dryden said:
Le Seb: “I think we’re so far off the pace that bottoming’s not an issue.”
hehehe
March 21st, 2008 at 2:31 amOld Hector said:
So who’s your money on then?
March 21st, 2008 at 2:31 amme said:
piquet starts a hot lap, with 1 hour to go. trulli joins on an out lap, but gets it all sideways on the last turn.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:31 amMichael Roberts said:
Everyone seems to be making a right mess of the last turn.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:32 amme said:
for pole, or fp1?
March 21st, 2008 at 2:32 amChristine said:
Hamilton out.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:32 amme said:
is that lack of TC, or green track? catching everyone out at least once today.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:33 amlou said:
a twitch from hamilton
March 21st, 2008 at 2:34 amOld Hector said:
fp1…
and pole, why not! Lewis the man to beat? Ferrari resurgence?
March 21st, 2008 at 2:35 amme said:
FYI, didn’t realise 5live have commentary too. we were expecting it last weekend but it never happened. they sound a little jet-lagged though. probably partying hard about today’s news
March 21st, 2008 at 2:35 amChristine said:
Last year, Malaysia was a McLaren track, so all the momentum would be with them, I reckon.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:36 amChristine said:
David Croft’s been coughing since last week!
March 21st, 2008 at 2:36 amme said:
i can’t see ferrari doing much, massa needs the practice mind you. lets go for HK top, ahead of Lewis then Alonso.
as for pole… not a clue!
March 21st, 2008 at 2:36 amSteven Roy said:
Kimi about to go P1
March 21st, 2008 at 2:38 amSteveintheUK said:
So do I listen to the sound of F1 engines, or jetlagged 5Live commentary?
March 21st, 2008 at 2:39 amSteven Roy said:
Both
March 21st, 2008 at 2:39 amme said:
they have the boring guy from autosport on there too. i say skip it, last time i heard him talking i fell asleep.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:39 amSteveintheUK said:
and wasn’t last years Australian race a Ferrari track? Just saying
March 21st, 2008 at 2:40 amme said:
mark hughes i think… dull. we’ve stopped it, apologies for throwing a red-herring in there. as you were
March 21st, 2008 at 2:40 amCorey said:
Massa is quick and made it look easy
March 21st, 2008 at 2:40 amOld Hector said:
Somehow I have both at the same time… truly multichannel experience with live timing,itv and 5live…. and pod of course.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:41 amSteveintheUK said:
Thanks, saves having to boot up another computer
March 21st, 2008 at 2:41 amme said:
i was, for sure. i don’t see macca having a problem with the ECU though. they built it
March 21st, 2008 at 2:41 amSteven Roy said:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/mainframe.shtml?http://www.bbc.co.uk...
It looks like two links but it is really one
March 21st, 2008 at 2:42 amme said:
impressive. are you in the matrix?
March 21st, 2008 at 2:43 amScott Dryden said:
Five Live have pit-to-car radio too, so I’ve muted the ITV feed.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:43 amSteveintheUK said:
Thats how I watch/listen to the quail and race, , ooops someones engine has just gone bang
March 21st, 2008 at 2:43 amlou said:
new engine for sutil?!
March 21st, 2008 at 2:43 amSteven Roy said:
Nakajima has clutch problems according to 5 live
March 21st, 2008 at 2:43 amme said:
ferrari engine!!
March 21st, 2008 at 2:43 amMichael Roberts said:
Thats the first Ferrari engine to fail this weekend…. 5 more out there.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:44 amme said:
love the new FOM track graphics.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:45 amMichael Roberts said:
Red Bull 100% reliable. Nice.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:45 amChristine said:
Yea, so if Australia is a Ferrari track and McLaren dominated… what’s gonna happen at a McLaren track?
March 21st, 2008 at 2:45 amScott Dryden said:
Where’s Massa?
March 21st, 2008 at 2:46 amSteven Roy said:
OOPS
March 21st, 2008 at 2:46 amme said:
dc, loses it big time. well clear of the track though. not many safety cars this race.
made a heck of a mess of the front end. never looked like making the corner.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:46 amSteveintheUK said:
DC does it with mirrors,but should have really been looking where he was going though,
or did his front suspension just fall off?
March 21st, 2008 at 2:46 amMichael Roberts said:
Looks like I was too quick to lay blame…..
March 21st, 2008 at 2:47 amSteven Roy said:
Red flag
March 21st, 2008 at 2:47 amSteveintheUK said:
And thats Ferrari No 2
March 21st, 2008 at 2:47 amlou said:
DC off and OH NO kimi having troubles!!
March 21st, 2008 at 2:48 amme said:
oh jeez, kimi having issues. 2nd one gone?
March 21st, 2008 at 2:49 amlou said:
look at kimi. standing there watching- lol
March 21st, 2008 at 2:49 amScott Dryden said:
The wheels came off in DC’s accident, so it’d appear as if the teathers didn’t do their job.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:50 amChristine said:
Why do the drivers all stick by their cars in FP but in a race, they’re quick to walk off in a huff?
March 21st, 2008 at 2:50 amNelson said:
I just started watching it through the ITV website. Figured out too late that I could use a proxy. And I’d like some explaining. How is it that 2 ferrari cars have had engine problems so far.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:50 amlou said:
the drivers seem lost - DC and Kimi i mean. they are just wandering around.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:50 amme said:
no way should those kerbs have done that much damage to DC’s front end.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:50 amSteveintheUK said:
Another dumb question from a tried mind, if the free practice session is red flagged, why does the clock keep ticking down? Don’t they get the time back in these sessions?
Living Timing just started doing commentary
March 21st, 2008 at 2:51 amSteven Roy said:
The Ferrari looks really nose heavy
March 21st, 2008 at 2:51 amCorey said:
Looks like the wishbones disintegrated completely
March 21st, 2008 at 2:51 amOld Hector said:
No, I’m in bed with the laptop and earphones, trying not to wake the wife! Married 8 weeks ago…
March 21st, 2008 at 2:52 amlou said:
and kimi was fastest! poor kimi! ferrari not doing too well on the reliability front then.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:53 amChristine said:
Probably wouldn’t go down too well
March 21st, 2008 at 2:53 amlou said:
lol me too!
March 21st, 2008 at 2:53 amSteveintheUK said:
Its to stop some marshals from acquiring a little something to take home with then so teams can find out what broke and why, during the race drivers don’t care if the marshals take the whole broken car home as its no good to them anymore.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:53 amme said:
nope. sadly not.
they usually explain red flag situations
March 21st, 2008 at 2:54 amme said:
good spot. like the renault when it was chock full of mass dampers.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:55 amSteveintheUK said:
Only married 8 weeks and shes asleep already? so your not planning to have kids yet then?
(Don’t take that to heart, its coming from a guys who’s single)
March 21st, 2008 at 2:56 amlou said:
And session is resumed!
March 21st, 2008 at 2:57 amme said:
am guessing they haven’t solved the issues from last week. they say it’s not an ECU issue, but who knows?
March 21st, 2008 at 2:57 amMichael Roberts said:
Practice sessions via red button on BBC next year. Just announced on Five Live!!
March 21st, 2008 at 2:57 amChristine said:
It’s a family show, please
March 21st, 2008 at 2:58 amme said:
you mean that trick actually works? brilliant news.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:58 amlou said:
OH wonderful! did they say anything about it being ALL the practise sessions? and it being online too?
March 21st, 2008 at 2:58 amOld Hector said:
First scan today, 8 weeks pregnant. You heard it here first! Baby has heartbeat, all looks well…
March 21st, 2008 at 2:59 amSteveintheUK said:
Sorry (sad face)
March 21st, 2008 at 2:59 amSteven Roy said:
There was at least one site claiming it was a fuel feed problem which was damaging valves. Apparently the Australian temp was too high for them Given the humidity now they should nt be having the same problem
March 21st, 2008 at 2:59 amMichael Roberts said:
Crofty simply said “practice sessions”.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:01 amme said:
ahh, a sidepodcast exclusive, cheers
do you have any f1 related names planned. kimi or maybe fernando? it’s the right thing to do.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:01 amSteveintheUK said:
So this really is a family show then, Many Congrats
March 21st, 2008 at 3:01 amlou said:
so there is hope for FP3 then
thanks for letting us know. Can’t wait for f1 next year - coverage is set to be great and honda (if u beleive them) should be doing well - lol
March 21st, 2008 at 3:02 amChristine said:
Come on, it’s got to be Sebastien.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:02 amOld Hector said:
Heh heh… now that I think about it… Old ‘Mansell’ Hector..
March 21st, 2008 at 3:02 amme said:
that’s fab news. red button usually is just a shortcut to another channel, but they may do more with it (stats overlayed and stuff).
March 21st, 2008 at 3:02 amlou said:
Congratulations!!
March 21st, 2008 at 3:03 amOld Hector said:
Lewis improving…
March 21st, 2008 at 3:03 amSteven Roy said:
Apparently Kimi doesn’t have a problem. He stopped because of a misunderstanding between the telemetry and the pit wall???
Seems odd then that the car was making strange noises
March 21st, 2008 at 3:04 amme said:
eh? what in the world?
March 21st, 2008 at 3:05 amSteveintheUK said:
Now thats an odd name for a new born
March 21st, 2008 at 3:06 amlou said:
but y stop on track? y not go back to the pits? or am i missing something?
March 21st, 2008 at 3:06 amChristine said:
Do we know why Kubica’s only done three laps and doesn’t look particularly bothered about getting back in his car again?
March 21st, 2008 at 3:07 amOld Hector said:
I’ve heard worse… A couple in the US once called their kids Winner and Loser. Nice,eh?
March 21st, 2008 at 3:07 amOld Hector said:
Poor old webber…. kaboom!
March 21st, 2008 at 3:07 amlou said:
oh no not webber again!
March 21st, 2008 at 3:07 amSteven Roy said:
Looks like Webber’s luck has struck again
March 21st, 2008 at 3:07 amMichael Roberts said:
3rd Ferrari engine…..
March 21st, 2008 at 3:08 amme said:
both red bulls out, as mark stops in the pitlane, smoke pouring from around the engine.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:08 amMichael Roberts said:
Oh wait thats a Renault. I really need some sleep.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:08 amSteven Roy said:
oil leak ???
March 21st, 2008 at 3:08 amSteveintheUK said:
So did Winner always beat Loser, Poor loser
March 21st, 2008 at 3:09 amme said:
wrong end of the pitlane, facing the wrong way.. funny
March 21st, 2008 at 3:09 amCorey said:
The saga of the unluckiest guy in F1 continues what does Webber need to do
March 21st, 2008 at 3:09 amBen said:
Yeah, definitely Kimi and Robert must be in trouble. There’s no way they’d be doing this few laps…
March 21st, 2008 at 3:10 amChristine said:
The guys in the Red Bull garage look unsurprised though.
Whether that’s at the engine or Webber’s luck remains to be seen.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:10 amBen said:
Both probably…
March 21st, 2008 at 3:11 amlou said:
Massa is looking quick!
March 21st, 2008 at 3:12 amme said:
two purple sectors and top of the timing. nice one.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:12 amBen said:
Massa got pole last year…I expect him to be quick. Just remains to be seen whether the car (or massa) keeps it together…
March 21st, 2008 at 3:13 amSteven Roy said:
Piquet only 0.012s behind Alonso. Big improvement but he has done twice as many laps
March 21st, 2008 at 3:13 amSteveintheUK said:
So when did Webers run of bad luck start?
He must of had some good luck at some point other wise he would have never made it in to F1 in the first place?
March 21st, 2008 at 3:14 amBen said:
The race AFTER he got the podium in Oz
March 21st, 2008 at 3:15 amBen said:
Button’s on the move…
March 21st, 2008 at 3:15 amSteven Roy said:
He got 5th for Minardi in Melbourne and seems to have had bad luck ever since
March 21st, 2008 at 3:16 amSteveintheUK said:
Massa is already only 0.7sec of last years pole time
March 21st, 2008 at 3:16 amlou said:
Has Brawn said what he will be doing this race? sounds like a stupid question but last week he said he was just observing and everything. just wanderd if u knew if after last weeks disastorous race whether he had decided to statagies or whatever..
sorry im very tired so that probably made no sence…
March 21st, 2008 at 3:16 amBen said:
Sorry Steven. My mistake. It was 5th wasn’t it!
March 21st, 2008 at 3:17 amme said:
live timing = kaput
March 21st, 2008 at 3:17 amSteven Roy said:
I expect Brawn to be observing for 6 months at the very least before he thinks about focussing on strategy
March 21st, 2008 at 3:18 amSteveintheUK said:
Maybe if Weber changed his name his luck would change to? I can’t get any worst
March 21st, 2008 at 3:18 amChristine said:
I don’t know, but he was just hovering round the garage just now. Looked like he was itching to get stuck in.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:18 amBen said:
Ferrari do look quick here and also Bahrain. Kimi blitzed the lap times in Bahrain during testing… Ominous for Mclaren…
March 21st, 2008 at 3:18 amSteven Roy said:
My timing is still running. Probably just need to reload it. I have had to twice already
March 21st, 2008 at 3:18 amlou said:
March 21st, 2008 at 3:20 amBen said:
Button in 7th 2.5sec behind 1st place Massa.
Looks like we might have some big gaps in the race…
March 21st, 2008 at 3:20 amSteveintheUK said:
Sorry, that should have been ‘IT can’t get any worst’
March 21st, 2008 at 3:20 amlou said:
thats what made me thing he may want to take a more active role.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:21 amSteven Roy said:
Did I see a wisp of smoke from Vettel’s car?
March 21st, 2008 at 3:21 amlou said:
lots of lovely team radio today!
March 21st, 2008 at 3:22 amBen said:
Kimi’s car must have all sorts of problems… He would have been out again by now surely…
March 21st, 2008 at 3:22 amme said:
very briefly, but it did that earlier. they’re toying with us.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:23 amme said:
kaz has a 2nd round of problems at turn 9.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:24 amme said:
slow hamilton. bmw off road.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:24 amBen said:
hamilton must’ve stopped…
March 21st, 2008 at 3:25 amlou said:
oh dear deture by Heidfeld!
March 21st, 2008 at 3:25 amBen said:
nope, he’s ok
March 21st, 2008 at 3:25 amScott Dryden said:
It’s not often you see Heidfeld off the road.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:25 amMichael Roberts said:
Hamilton’s fuel flap was up down the straight. Maybe he pressed the speed limiter too.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:25 amme said:
again?
March 21st, 2008 at 3:25 amBen said:
Massa purple again..
March 21st, 2008 at 3:25 amSteveintheUK said:
I know that Face? but what was his name???
March 21st, 2008 at 3:26 amOld Hector said:
massa very purple!
March 21st, 2008 at 3:26 amSteven Roy said:
Alesi?
March 21st, 2008 at 3:26 amme said:
ferrari pits? jean alesi.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:27 amOld Hector said:
Nico purple!
March 21st, 2008 at 3:27 amme said:
or sly stallone, can never tell ‘em apart.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:27 amBen said:
Here comes Nico…
March 21st, 2008 at 3:27 amScott Dryden said:
I didn’t see it, but Alesi sounds like a good shout as he’ll be there for the Speedcar race.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:27 amSteveintheUK said:
Yes, Thanks you, not used to seeing me without a crash helmet on
March 21st, 2008 at 3:27 amme said:
wow! green in sec 2 as well.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:29 amSteven Roy said:
Problem for Der Seb
March 21st, 2008 at 3:29 amme said:
vettel lost it, saved it, lost it again and now stuck.
engine switched off.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:29 amBen said:
Well. If I was a Mclaren driver, I’d be worried…
March 21st, 2008 at 3:30 amme said:
brake failure for vettel, looks the same as webber’s issue in australia!
March 21st, 2008 at 3:30 amSteven Roy said:
That looked identical to Webber’s brake problem
March 21st, 2008 at 3:32 amScott Dryden said:
Yep, Webber’s was a right front too.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:32 amSteveintheUK said:
He should have just nailed the throttle
He would have still get stuck, but it would have looked better.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:33 amme said:
ha! yeah, he didn’t want to drive that any further.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:33 amSteveintheUK said:
So why was Bourdais so slow today?
March 21st, 2008 at 3:34 amJourneyer said:
It’s just STR being bounced back to reality, methinks.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:34 amScott Dryden said:
He was only 0.5 off Vettel. I don’t think you can read too much into that in FP1.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:35 amme said:
cool another session down. just for the record, let it be known that you guys rock! so frequently do i underestimate the dedication of f1 fans
we’ll be around for another 15 mins or so and then back for fp2 at 5:30am (ish).
what have we learned so far today?
March 21st, 2008 at 3:37 amChristine said:
You mean you’ll be around for another 15 minutes. I’m sleeping.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:37 amSteveintheUK said:
How fast would Raikkonen have been if he had been able to do more than 8 laps.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:39 amSteveintheUK said:
WOW, Christine, I didn’t know you could read and type in your sleep. See you same place tomorrow
March 21st, 2008 at 3:39 amScott Dryden said:
Difficult to know. Apparently Massa took a battering in the Italian press after Australia, and he does look well up for this one as a result.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:40 amSteveintheUK said:
OUCH, That beep hurt, had my headphones up high
March 21st, 2008 at 3:40 amSteven Roy said:
We have learned that Red Bulls have Lotus like fragility
March 21st, 2008 at 3:40 amme said:
if the reliability holds up they should be a shoo-in for the win. wouldn’t want to put money on that though.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:42 amme said:
this is his sort of track too. loadsa run-off, not many barriers. he did it last year.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:43 amSteveintheUK said:
Heidfeld was a lot slower than I need him to be too, over a sec slow than Lewis
March 21st, 2008 at 3:43 amCorey said:
Massa looks like the man to the beat this weekend and Rosberg is looking good as well.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:43 amNelson said:
Wow, the feed is really great, now I don’t have to use TVU and watch Speed. it’s surprisingly fast, 13 seconds off the live timing.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:44 amme said:
newey must be gutted, he designs a fast machine and no-one has the ability to build it with any strength.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:44 amSteven Roy said:
I have just taken DC out of my Fantasy Racers team and put Rosberg back in
March 21st, 2008 at 3:44 amme said:
didn’t they do that last week though?
March 21st, 2008 at 3:44 amNelson said:
Remember last week, Raikkonen was heading the charts after P1 and we all know how that ended. I’ll wait and see P2 and P3 and then make my judgement. I still have until tomorrow to change my drivers. I wish Massa would get pole and eventually win the race.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:45 amSteveintheUK said:
OK my spelling has gone, time to go to sleep, see you all tomorrow
March 21st, 2008 at 3:45 amme said:
v.impressed with his lap, especially considering the issues he had with his rear tyres at the beginning.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:45 amScott Dryden said:
Exactly. On the other hand I’ve seen him listed by a number of people as one of the drivers set to struggle without traction control. He wasn’t as quick as Kimi in pre-season testing, although in fairness he seems to have a reasonable ability to adapt. His driving style now is very different to the one he employed at Sauber.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:46 amme said:
no fp2? okay, see ya tomorrow
March 21st, 2008 at 3:46 amSteven Roy said:
I am going to grab some sleep now. Don’t know if I will make the next session.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:47 amSteveintheUK said:
Did they? Good, I won’t fire Heldfeld just yet then
March 21st, 2008 at 3:47 amme said:
i’ve got to revise my choices. i have ferrari engines on my list. and webber. sheesh.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:48 amme said:
16th last weekend in fp1.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:48 amSteveintheUK said:
When’s FP2? do I have time to sleep before its starts, or at least get some food? I know I should really look on the website but it’s too many clicks away.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:49 amme said:
okay-dokie, i’ll just chat to meself, no worries.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:50 amCorey said:
What I was amazed at is how effortless Massa made it look and I was thinking that from his first lap. Rosberg’s lap was impressive as well considering he was off the pace and Heikki seems to have the upper hand on Lewis so far. Should be interesting next session but I’ll have to rely on you guys for P2 coverage too many hours without sleep now
March 21st, 2008 at 3:50 amNelson said:
Let’s just hope that Ferrari’s engines hold up. I’ll give them another chance this weekend. It’s currently 11:49pm EST, so I’ll be heading to bed. I already set my alarm for 2:00am EST. I guess I’ll see you then. G’night those who won’t be around.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:51 amSteveintheUK said:
@ME, does your websites page count go up every time someone on these live comments hits refresh? FP2 is at…?
March 21st, 2008 at 3:51 amScott Dryden said:
This is a potentially useful link for the avid F1 fan:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphasic_sleep
March 21st, 2008 at 3:53 amme said:
yay!
he does, and it remains to be seen what damage (if any) lewis did that caused him to be slow on the way back to the pits.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:53 amSteveintheUK said:
So we only have Two and a half hours in between FP1 and FP2? Bring on the nights races.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:54 amme said:
page count? you mean in terms of the hit on the server, yes. but it’s handling it pretty i think.
it all went wobbly middle of the week, and we were worried, but thus far all is well.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:55 amme said:
scott, that’s genius. in essence, power-napping, right?
March 21st, 2008 at 3:56 amme said:
for us, that’ll help considerably, but it’s always night time somewhere.
March 21st, 2008 at 3:58 amSteveintheUK said:
245 comments so far, so I guess I must of refreshed at least 50 or 60 times, in that time, and it was quick to refresh each time, so yes it seems from this end to be handling it alright. So what hosting company are you using? or are you running your own server?
March 21st, 2008 at 4:00 amme said:
fasthosts, although we’re also running f1minute on mediatemple as a comparison.
March 21st, 2008 at 4:00 amSteveintheUK said:
true, but aren’t all F1 teams based in Europe? or has Force India moved?
March 21st, 2008 at 4:04 amSteveintheUK said:
Haven’t heard of them, but price looks good since it has unlimited bandwidth.
I need to sack one of my hosting companies so looking for somewhere new, Do you have a code for them that makes you some money if I use it?
March 21st, 2008 at 4:07 amme said:
yeah that’s true. but we get loads of correspondance for fans overseas, so the more f1 aligns with european timezones, the worse off they’ll be.
in truth, of the two, i’d probably go with media temple right now. mainly because they support PHP5, and fasthosts don’t.
not sure we have a code, but we appreciate the thought
March 21st, 2008 at 4:08 amScott Dryden said:
Yeah, although power napping is generally to supplement regular sleep, whereas this is a whole new sleep system. I have actually done it in the past, although only for very short periods (a few days at a time). I can definitely recommend it though compared to getting a two-hour nap between practice sessions. It’s considerably easier to wake up from, and I have always awoken pretty refreshed.
Doing it over longer periods is harder, though. Whilst right now I could take or leave a twenty minute nap, you do get to the point where you end up having to sleep, whatever. That could be fine, although if you have other commitments then it will be a problem. For example, employers might not appreciate you taking a 20 minute nap at 3pm. hehe
March 21st, 2008 at 4:11 amme said:
i’d never clear that with christine.
March 21st, 2008 at 4:12 amSteveintheUK said:
Just been looking at they site and they have one-click install of Drupal, so any codes for them?
Ok I’m off for a Power Nap, Scott told me too.
March 21st, 2008 at 4:14 amme said:
hahah, i’ll have a look for codes. they must have them, but i can’t see any in my email. will twitter them to you if i find ‘em.
March 21st, 2008 at 4:32 amScott Dryden said:
You’re all welcome to thank me when you wake up on time for the various F1 sessions this weekend. Although I don’t want to know when you find yourselves dropping off to sleep at 11am Monday morning. :p
March 21st, 2008 at 4:51 amF1Wolf said:
Missed the sessions (the Formula1.com live timing
), they do not have internet on planes yet …
I for once hope they repeat the same back to back schedule Australia - Malaysia next year. If they do, I for both races …
It is very strange feeling to follow the Malaysian GP through a computer and TV after three years in a row on the track …
March 21st, 2008 at 5:06 amme said:
mr wolf, your photographs from melbourne were, as always, excellent, and i for one would be very happy if you went to both events next year
from the screen, malaysia seems to be a pretty sedate affair by comparison. but at least you’re guaranteed a good view.
March 21st, 2008 at 10:15 pmbrendanstallard said:
“I need to sack one of my hosting companies so looking for somewhere new”
Steve,
I’m not an affiliate, just a happy user: after many years of terrible experiences.
http://www.hostmonster.com
Terrific people.
brendan
March 22nd, 2008 at 12:05 amSteveintheUK said:
Thanks Brendan, But HostMonster.com is the hosting company that I will be sacking soon. One of my test accounts was deactivated by them last Sunday for breach of ‘Terms of Service’, The site is run on one of their own One-Click Wordpress installs and only had 77 hits the day before, and it had only used about 600mb of the claimed 3,000Gb of bandwidth for this month.
I have been emailing them all week but as yet have not heard back from them or had the account reactivated.
Glad at least that you are a happy user, I really wish I could say the same.