Bahrain: Free Practice 3
As Saturday dawns, there’s not a whole heap of change to note on the racing front. Teams have now had to make their gearbox ratio selections (a difficult process after yesterdays changeable conditions) and the McLaren mechanics have no doubt had a busy evening with Hamilton’s car.
The race weekend official starts here, it’s a one hour session, but teams will now be extra careful with their engines from here onwards, although a couple of drivers can ill afford to relax during this session. Vettel struggled considerably in yesterdays second session, as did both Toyota’s and Nick Heidfeld so they may be looking to make up lost ground.
There’s no live video from ITV for this session so we’re back to looking elsewhere. We’ll give TVlizer a test and see what that has to offer, while BBC Radio 5Live have audio commentary on their Extra station. Finally there’s the ubiquitous live timing from f1.com.
Scream, shout and yell if you’re dedicating your Saturday morning to following the cars running in the desert.
April 5th, 2008 at 8:57 amChristine said:
Hi all!
April 5th, 2008 at 8:58 amChristine said:
Just tuned in to Radio 5live Sports Extra.
The programme is called “Sports Extra F1 and Swimming.”
Hmm.
April 5th, 2008 at 8:59 amme said:
R5Live say macca mechanics up till 4am rebuilding car.
April 5th, 2008 at 8:59 amlou said:
Hey! Im here
April 5th, 2008 at 9:00 amme said:
hey lou
April 5th, 2008 at 9:00 amMichael Roberts said:
Hey. Sorry I couldn’t make it yesterday but apparently I have to go to work to get paid….
April 5th, 2008 at 9:03 amChristine said:
I know that feeling! Hi Michael
April 5th, 2008 at 9:05 amdaniel said:
tvlizer was new to me, thanks for that one.
picture not the best and no sound.. but works on mac so..
April 5th, 2008 at 9:05 amChristine said:
Installation laps galore.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:06 amme said:
15 cars have done an installation lap, only kovi out on track at the moment.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:07 amAuryn said:
There still seems to be a lot of activity around Lewis’s car. Do you reckon they wont get it out till Q?
April 5th, 2008 at 9:07 amme said:
slightly behind live timing, but it’ll do for us
April 5th, 2008 at 9:08 amAuryn said:
nevermind
April 5th, 2008 at 9:09 amme said:
i think it depends on what the installation lap told them. if they plugged all the right bits in all the right places, they should by okay. they must be exhausted though.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:10 amme said:
having said that, lewis doesn’t appear to be sat in his car at the moment, so it must require quite a bit of work.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:11 amChristine said:
Trulli will be the first man to set a lap time.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:11 amScott said:
Thanks for the weblink, but is anyone aware of a english language audio that I can listen to online? I live in italy these days and haven´t learnt italian yet. or french
April 5th, 2008 at 9:13 amDank said:
Hmm… Five Live Extra still on about Mosley! STOP IT!!!
April 5th, 2008 at 9:14 amme said:
can you get radio 5 live (with a proxy)?
April 5th, 2008 at 9:14 amAuryn said:
Bourdais impresses…
April 5th, 2008 at 9:14 amChristine said:
Yay, Bourdais at the top again
April 5th, 2008 at 9:15 amme said:
triple A have come out against max now, so they have a few more things to discuss, i’m sure they’re just a sick of it all though.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:15 amChristine said:
Yea, but before that they were on and on about Hamilton, so it’s the lesser of two evils, really.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:16 amScott said:
sorry i have no idea how to do that! any chance you can help me?
April 5th, 2008 at 9:17 amChristine said:
Button’s out on track, Lou
April 5th, 2008 at 9:20 amme said:
yeah, a uk proxy list can be found here:
uk proxy list
if you pick one of those ip addresses and put it into your browser connection details, it should connect you via a uk server and trick r5live into thinking you’re in the uk.
if you’re not technically minded, it might not be the best time to try though
April 5th, 2008 at 9:20 amDank said:
Haven’t got a direct link, but you should be able to go to Google and search for ‘UK Proxy’ and (hopefully!) get a list of UK proxies you can then access the BBC Five Live Extra site.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:20 amlou said:
hehe thanks Christine
Button 
I keep having problems with sidepodcast though…most of the time when i try to refresh/post a comment it comes up with ‘this page cannont be displayed.’ and its only sidepodcast…..
Can anyone tell me if its my internet/computer?
April 5th, 2008 at 9:21 amme said:
no sign of either ferrari as yet. taking it easy today.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:21 amLadySnowcat said:
Is there an alternative to ITV live feed guys…
They don’t have it today…
April 5th, 2008 at 9:21 amme said:
seems ok for us at the moment, we’ll keep trying just in case.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:22 amAuryn said:
Ferrari seems happy to just watch.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:22 amme said:
TVLizer have eurosports feed. not great, but something.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:22 amChristine said:
No super speedy laps yet, presumably they’re all trying to optimise setup for qualifying later.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:23 amAuryn said:
right then…Lewis is back on…
April 5th, 2008 at 9:24 amme said:
purple in 3, puts him 4th.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:25 amlou said:
It seems to be ok with that last comment… :/
April 5th, 2008 at 9:25 amLadySnowcat said:
The Williams seem to have got over their Malaysia flu…
April 5th, 2008 at 9:27 amme said:
sidewards for moment for vettel. caught it nicely though.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:28 amme said:
track looks to suit them very well. but kazuki is still quite far off of nico’s time. just over half a second.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:29 amChristine said:
Kimi’s getting in his car now.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:31 amChristine said:
Yesterday, Davidson was three seconds off the pace, today he is four. It’s getting worse.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:31 amAuryn said:
Alonsos S1 and S3 look good but suffers on S2…obviously having problems with balance me thinks
April 5th, 2008 at 9:33 amLadySnowcat said:
Only Nico has got s2 right so far…
April 5th, 2008 at 9:33 amme said:
he’s putting in a better showing than yesterday. the car could be over-sensitive to the windy conditions. piquet’s inside the top 10 too.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:33 amLadySnowcat said:
Massa out…
April 5th, 2008 at 9:34 amme said:
ferrari sit out 35 minutes of this session, before massa finally joins the action.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:34 amLadySnowcat said:
Glock’s got a problem…and Toyota did all that testing…
April 5th, 2008 at 9:35 amLadySnowcat said:
Kimi….
April 5th, 2008 at 9:36 amLadySnowcat said:
Massa purple straight away…
April 5th, 2008 at 9:37 amChristine said:
Massa goes P1.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:37 amMichael Roberts said:
Grr…. Felipe knocks Nico off the top spot.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:37 amme said:
no installation laps for massa then, straight on with a fast lap.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:38 amAuryn said:
kimi pretty slow on in in lap…probably just being lazy again ha
April 5th, 2008 at 9:38 amChristine said:
Alonso appears to be a bit faster today.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:38 amLadySnowcat said:
Slow lap for Kimi…
April 5th, 2008 at 9:41 amChristine said:
Also, Heidfeld is way down the order. 5live just said BMW are looking very ragged during the first part of their laps.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:41 amAuryn said:
yea, seems to have lost it in T15
April 5th, 2008 at 9:43 amChristine said:
Kimi in third now.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:43 amLadySnowcat said:
DC is getting on well this weekend…
April 5th, 2008 at 9:43 amMichael Roberts said:
What’s wrong with the old Toyota’s?
April 5th, 2008 at 9:44 amLadySnowcat said:
Qualy should be interesting… I think they will all try the softer option soon….
April 5th, 2008 at 9:45 amMichael Roberts said:
Sutil 6th!!
April 5th, 2008 at 9:45 amChristine said:
5live just pointed out that from 5th down to 19th is separated by 8 tenths of a second.
That is amazingly close.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:45 amAuryn said:
oh no….kimi 71s in S1..
April 5th, 2008 at 9:45 amme said:
fisi in p12, could force india get into Q2 today?
April 5th, 2008 at 9:46 amAuryn said:
…and more like it in S2…worried me for a sec there
April 5th, 2008 at 9:46 amChristine said:
Heading back to the pits.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:47 amme said:
again bourdais impressing in this session. just over 10 mins remaining and he’s in p5.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:48 amChristine said:
Bourdais ahead of Lewis Hamilton. My life is complete.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:48 amLadySnowcat said:
I think Kimi and Massa did one lap through the pit lane…
They usually do and practice a start at the end of the pitlane….
April 5th, 2008 at 9:50 amLadySnowcat said:
It’s the first time Seb major has had an edge over Seb minor…
April 5th, 2008 at 9:50 amAuryn said:
Button in P3!!
April 5th, 2008 at 9:50 amChristine said:
Ooooh, Jenson just popped into third. I wish I could see it
April 5th, 2008 at 9:52 amLadySnowcat said:
Wow…look at Mr Button on softs…
April 5th, 2008 at 9:52 amMichael Roberts said:
1 - 14 covered by a second!
April 5th, 2008 at 9:52 amme said:
cars returning to the pits now. only 3 on track now. qually runs coming up.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:52 amAuryn said:
Hondo out to prove a point
April 5th, 2008 at 9:52 amLadySnowcat said:
Rubens faster…those softs are a lot better….
April 5th, 2008 at 9:52 amDank said:
Barrichello now in third!
April 5th, 2008 at 9:53 amChristine said:
Barrichello just knocked Jenson off third. They must be doing their qualifying runs before everyone else.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:54 amLadySnowcat said:
Vettel back up to speed…
April 5th, 2008 at 9:55 amAuryn said:
Kubica on a flyer…
April 5th, 2008 at 9:55 amChristine said:
So, it looks like the change of compound one step softer from Bridgestone has messed around with a lot of teams setup. The soft tyres look like hard work.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:55 amLadySnowcat said:
Kubica is on one …purple…
April 5th, 2008 at 9:55 amDank said:
Kubica going fast now
April 5th, 2008 at 9:56 amAuryn said:
whoa! Kubica!
April 5th, 2008 at 9:56 amme said:
kubica fastest in S1, not in S2, but still a personal best. what can he do with this lap?
goes first
April 5th, 2008 at 9:57 amAuryn said:
evryone’s out now…this is going to be intereesting..
April 5th, 2008 at 9:57 amLadySnowcat said:
Trulli flying…
Come on Kimi…
April 5th, 2008 at 9:58 amChristine said:
Jarno only just broken in to the 1:32’s. Track slower today?
April 5th, 2008 at 9:58 amLadySnowcat said:
Look at Junior…
April 5th, 2008 at 9:58 amMichael Roberts said:
Times have gone crazy!
April 5th, 2008 at 9:58 amAuryn said:
holding my breath till time…
April 5th, 2008 at 9:58 amme said:
every single car out on track now
April 5th, 2008 at 9:59 amMichael Roberts said:
ROSBERG. Everyone else can go home….
April 5th, 2008 at 9:59 amDank said:
Go Webber… Oh no. Go Massa! Blimey times are going mental!
April 5th, 2008 at 9:59 amLadySnowcat said:
Nico is looking very good…
It all depends on the fuel they are carrying…
April 5th, 2008 at 9:59 amlou said:
Right im back…for the moment. I don’t know whats wrong with my internet. it seems to have troubles connecting to sidepodcast and f1minute…but not other sites like formula1.com and the five live. :/ its not been the best morning….i just hope my laptop sorts itself out for qualli so that i can participate in live commenting…
While im commenting…Good stuff from Rosberg!! 2 purple sections in that last lap!
April 5th, 2008 at 10:00 amDank said:
Hamilton and Kovalainen not bothering?
April 5th, 2008 at 10:00 amLadySnowcat said:
Times just aren’t very fast though…
April 5th, 2008 at 10:01 amDank said:
Erk! Swimming on Radio Five now! ABORT! ABORT!
April 5th, 2008 at 10:01 amme said:
well, if they weren’t they’d have stayed in the garage. did they get something wrong?
April 5th, 2008 at 10:01 amChristine said:
Hamilton and Heidfeld are the ones to note then.
April 5th, 2008 at 10:01 amLadySnowcat said:
It’s got to be down to fuel loads…I think the usual suspects will be there for Q3…
April 5th, 2008 at 10:03 amme said:
vettel’s worth a mention. never on the pace yesterday, still out of position today. no answer for his teammate.
April 5th, 2008 at 10:03 ambrendanstallard said:
Claude,
Does that proxy list thing work with the live feed, you reckon?
‘Cos if it does: I have the software to record the video feed, no adverts. I’m in the UK right now, but next race I’ll be home in Atlanta.
Morning Christine, Tochter Auf Elysium:)
brendan
April 5th, 2008 at 10:03 amLadySnowcat said:
The Ferraris only did 10 laps each..
April 5th, 2008 at 10:04 amme said:
fisi impressed to finish in p12. alonso again many places behind his less experienced teammate.
April 5th, 2008 at 10:04 amChristine said:
I think I mentioned it in F1 Digest, but in the driver quotes from yesterday, he said he was struggling and he just didn’t know what to do to fix it. Perhaps the inexperience shining through.
April 5th, 2008 at 10:05 amme said:
word is, that it does. but we can’t test it ourselves.
April 5th, 2008 at 10:05 amAuryn said:
Quali Predictions:
Ferrari + Williams front row
McLaren could possible start this race from the third row.
Kimi on longer first stint.
April 5th, 2008 at 10:06 amChristine said:
Uh, hi Brendan. Right back at ya!
April 5th, 2008 at 10:09 amme said:
oh, go on then:
- massa on pole
- trulli front row
- kovi and rosberg 2nd row
- kimi, lewis and webber behind
interested to see who gets penalties for going slow in Q3 later today.
April 5th, 2008 at 10:11 amme said:
that was a pretty dull session bar the last three minutes.
mclaren didn’t look on it at any point during the hour, wonder if they’re all tired in that garage?
it’s kubica’s turn to be fueled lighter this race (if the team alternate weekly), so nick may be planning on a heavy session.
April 5th, 2008 at 10:12 amLadySnowcat said:
Heikki won’t be higher than the Kimster and I can see a few very different strategies here….
But I am thinking that on this “squirrely” track that Lewis is struggling after his shunt of yesterday…
He knows that if he wants a WDC he needs to always score points and that has affected him a little…
But I could be wrong…
April 5th, 2008 at 10:14 amme said:
thanks to everyone for stopping by. we’ll be back with a new thread prior to qually at 11:30am BST.
feel free to throw more observations / predictions here in the meantime
April 5th, 2008 at 10:14 amLadySnowcat said:
I want the Kimster to win desperately but I am fairly sure they’ll fuel Massa lower but the rubbish off line means this is a track where you really don’t want to get stuck behind Jarno…. or anyone else…
I forsee a lot of light cars….
April 5th, 2008 at 10:14 amAuryn said:
Or Dannii Minougue isn’t returning any of his text messages
April 5th, 2008 at 10:15 amme said:
odd that. they’re both running on the same set of servers. if anyone else had issues please yell.
April 5th, 2008 at 10:16 amAuryn said:
Correction:
Or Dannii Minougue isn’t returning any of his text messages
I’m out…cheers everyone!
April 5th, 2008 at 10:18 amme said:
trulli could be the dangerman in this race. he caused a bit of havoc in malaysia. he’s good round here, the car will work well over a single lap.
April 5th, 2008 at 10:25 amLadySnowcat said:
The Kimster will probably end up third…
He always does…
He’s had a fairly anonymous practice session again…engine woes anyone?….
April 5th, 2008 at 10:26 amme said:
the track action’s over, that means we must be back to discussing mosley right?
grandprix.com offer some fun thoughts in response to this defense from max:
ahh, fun stuff.
April 5th, 2008 at 10:41 amme said:
could be. they’d say it was an ecu problem (although they would, wouldn’t they?). no engine blowups, from any of the 6 ferrari engines, in any practice session though.
April 5th, 2008 at 10:49 amLadySnowcat said:
They could well be right about the ECU of course…
You know it makes sense…
April 5th, 2008 at 11:05 ambrendanstallard said:
“ahh, fun stuff.”
Illegal means…hmmmm: I’d like to see him defend the full disclosure of all the events if it got to court.
The chance to bring all those lovely pictures and activities again, in open court. That would bring so much joy to his enemies and extra circulation to the NOW, they would take glee in him trying it.
Mosley might be stupid and arrogant, but he’s enough of a lawyer not to take that case anywhere near a court of law.
brendan
April 5th, 2008 at 11:16 amDan Brunell said:
Crap, I got in late (3:00 AM PDT) and missed practice. It’s been a long and bad night, hopefully Roseberg and the BMW boys will brighten me up a bit.
Just a random thought… I wonder if the intro to the stock F1 preview show before the race tomorrow will go something like this.
“In this episode of Inside F1, we will talk to Timo Glock about his rookie season; preview and take an indepth look at the Bahrain circuit; look at the role of brakes on a Formula One car; plus Formula One Supremo Max Mosley will take us on an exclusive tour of his private S&M dungeon and fuzzy handcuff collection… All this and more right now on Inside F1!”
I bet they don’t mention it on the PR drivel show but it will be the first thing out of most of the commentator’ mouths no matter what the language and station. Be ready for at least one or two self-righteous rants from commentators over the course of the weekend. Well, at least it will take them off kissing Hamilton’s posterior for at least thirty seconds.
In that regard, how many crumpled-up pieces of notepad has Brundle gone through thinking a cheeky ways to take a dig at Max during the race? He along with Ron Dennis and half of Formula One must of lite a nice fat cigar when the news broke about Max and are chomping at the bits to finish him off.
April 5th, 2008 at 11:20 amLadySnowcat said:
Jackie has already done his bit…
Now there’s a surprise…