Live Commenting: Spain - The Race
The Circuit de Catalunya isn’t renowned for hosting particularly exciting F1 races. In fact they can be something of a procession at times. This year however, we have a heck of a grid that should spice up the action, if only for the first lap or two.
The drag down to the first corner will hold the key to the remainder of the race. How much fuel does Alonso really have, and are any of the championship contenders willing to go wheel to wheel with him? How much difference the new asphalt in turn one will make is also open to debate. Last year Fernando bounced across the old gravel surface, losing valuable places as he went, whilst this year heading off line will cost a driver considerably less.
Further down the grid there could be some fabulous charges from the back, with both Nico Rosberg and David Coulthard out of position and in faster cars than their grid positions belie. Vettel also must be hoping for a better race than his previous three.
UK television coverage is just starting, so we’ll be glued to our seats for the rest of the afternoon. It’s fair to say we’re unusually excited about this Grand Prix, so please say “hello” if you’re watching. Usually we’d ask for your podium predictions, but along with those, this week we’d like to know your opening lap predictions too!
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April 27th, 2008 at 12:03 pmlou said:
Hey everyone! Im here! yay its race day! I have not been this excited about a race since Aussie. Its been wayyyyy too long!
April 27th, 2008 at 12:04 pmChristine said:
Hi Lou
April 27th, 2008 at 12:05 pmScott Woodwiss said:
I’m here too, as always
Oh how long have we waited for another GP, but finally it’s here. We might just be in for the best Spanish GP at Barcelona ever!
April 27th, 2008 at 12:06 pmlou said:
Lets hope so Scott! Is everyone watching ITV coverage?
April 27th, 2008 at 12:06 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Oh look, they’ve mentioned Lewis already.
That new feature looks cool though, I saw on the ITV website that Martin had driven an old Maserati.
April 27th, 2008 at 12:07 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Indeed I am
April 27th, 2008 at 12:09 pmme said:
afternoon all.
April 27th, 2008 at 12:10 pmScott Woodwiss said:
I wonder if the Renaults will get off the line well. They’ve been known in the past to be demon starters, but having no launch control could change that.
April 27th, 2008 at 12:11 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Has anyone noticed in the grid rundown, the Force Indias are in slightly the wrong colours
April 27th, 2008 at 12:12 pmlou said:
Oh my dear lord those bunny ears don’t look better from other angles.
http://www.autosport.com/gallery/photo.php/id/99079
Oh dear.
April 27th, 2008 at 12:12 pmme said:
cars are the wrong shape too
no bridge noses, not shark fins in sight. not that i’m being picky.
April 27th, 2008 at 12:12 pmlou said:
Hey ‘me’
April 27th, 2008 at 12:14 pmlou said:
You forget the bunny ears, they are not there either
but thats a good thing.
April 27th, 2008 at 12:16 pmlou said:
It depends how brave he is off the line i suppose. I ahve not really paid attention to the renault starts, cause you often don’t really see them.
Yay! Ross Brawn!
April 27th, 2008 at 12:16 pmScott Woodwiss said:
What’s gotten into ITV this weekend? They’re interviewing Ross Brawn?!?! Not that I’m complaining, it’s just we never see or hear anything other than Lewis, Lewis, Lewis, and about 3 seconds for everyone else
April 27th, 2008 at 12:17 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Here’s one thing I can’t understand - why do the broadcast right next to a pitbox when the engine is being fired up? You can’t here anything Steve and Mark say! Sometimes that’s a good thing
April 27th, 2008 at 12:18 pmScott Woodwiss said:
I love these commentary laps.
April 27th, 2008 at 12:18 pmlou said:
Is that the first pre race interview with Domenicalli? (not sure if i spelt that right)
April 27th, 2008 at 12:19 pmme said:
i don’t recall them being special off the line since maybe 2006. last year they weren’t wonderful, and so this year the car has been a bit rubbish in all areas.
of course we have no idea what they’ve achieved in testing.
April 27th, 2008 at 12:20 pmlou said:
Me too! Its not often that you get to see a whole lap in a race so.
Its always a good thing!
April 27th, 2008 at 12:20 pmScott Woodwiss said:
They used to be brilliant in 2002 and 2003. A good example is Brazil 2002. Both cars were on the 3rd or 4th row, and at the start, they left the McLarens in front of them, standing!
April 27th, 2008 at 12:21 pmme said:
one thing that could be an issue for renault this race is the new front wheel bins. we’ve already seen honda and bmw ditch them (presumably due to problems in pitstop practice).
renault look to be running them today so we should keep an eye on their pitstops.
April 27th, 2008 at 12:23 pmScott Woodwiss said:
ooh Question Mark, haven’t seen this for a while.
April 27th, 2008 at 12:23 pmlou said:
Yay! Alex Wurz! and Honda! but those ears :/
April 27th, 2008 at 12:23 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Wurz “Not the prettiest thing on a F1 car (the bunny ears)”
That, my friend, is a huge understatement.
April 27th, 2008 at 12:24 pmlou said:
Don’t they just do it for the Europe races?
April 27th, 2008 at 12:25 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Martino Brundeli
HAHA!
April 27th, 2008 at 12:27 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Cool, a Turbo Lotus and a 92/93 Benetton. That car is cool looking.
April 27th, 2008 at 12:27 pmlou said:
Is it me….or is Martin getting worse at talking to the camera. He is fine when he is just commenting over footage. but those bits to camera….
April 27th, 2008 at 12:29 pmScott Woodwiss said:
The front wheels are lifting up through the corners. You don’t get that nowadays.
April 27th, 2008 at 12:30 pmlou said:
This is a nice feature! I just hope they show all of them, unlike last years main feature. The one that was ment to be shown over the British GP weekend. But the final part was delayed till the late part of the season.
April 27th, 2008 at 12:30 pmme said:
an interesting television feature from itv, hope they put that online so fans outside the UK get to see it all.
April 27th, 2008 at 12:31 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Christine will love this next bit
April 27th, 2008 at 12:31 pmlou said:
That renault livery has really grown on me. I like it now.
What? Bourdais? They are interviewing Bourdais? wow!
Bet Christine is pleased!
April 27th, 2008 at 12:33 pmlou said:
argh! I nearly said there has been no Lewis. and then he proves me wrong :/
April 27th, 2008 at 12:34 pmlou said:
So where is everyone watching ITV? On their computer? or TV?
April 27th, 2008 at 12:34 pmScott Woodwiss said:
TV for me, and I have the live timing up on my laptop.
April 27th, 2008 at 12:35 pmMichael Roberts said:
Afternoon. Nice to see ITV doing some interesting features for once. It seems like the older the car the better it looks…
April 27th, 2008 at 12:35 pmlou said:
Same here
April 27th, 2008 at 12:35 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Where’s christine and “me” gone? Christine probably fainted because Bourdais appeared on TV
April 27th, 2008 at 12:36 pmlou said:
ahaha i was just about to say that! lol Christine has not said anything in ages!
April 27th, 2008 at 12:37 pmChristine said:
Not much to say about the ITV coverage really.
April 27th, 2008 at 12:39 pmlou said:
ack! A Lewis interview! and its a long one! Why does Steve always do the interviews with Lewis?
April 27th, 2008 at 12:40 pmScott Woodwiss said:
OK, I’ll be the first to stick my neck out and make some predictions:
First Lap: Raikkonen will outdrag Alonso, but I reckon Fernando will chase him all the way round the opening circuit. Lewis (let’s hope) will get a good start, Massa will stall (
). I think there’ll also be some kind of incident into Turn 1.
Race Prediction:
Raikkonen
Hamilton
Kubica
Alonso
Massa
Kovalainen
Trulli
Piquet
April 27th, 2008 at 12:41 pmme said:
hey michael. sorry, just checking news sites, making sure i’ve not missing nuthin.
not moving from my seat
April 27th, 2008 at 12:41 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Lol at that cow
April 27th, 2008 at 12:42 pmScott Woodwiss said:
It’s grid walk time!
April 27th, 2008 at 12:44 pmlou said:
Oh please, please, please let the Button not be involved. He has had some pretty bad luck with the starts this season.
ok so my race predictions
Raikkonen
Massa
Hamilton
Alonso
Kubica
Kovi
Heidfeld
Webber/ Trulli (if Webber has any bad luck)
(Hopefully the hondas not far behind)
April 27th, 2008 at 12:45 pmme said:
first lap prediction:
massa’s job is to swamp ferni, the ferrari team would’ve figured a strategy between both drivers to minimise any renault advantage.
kubica will find some space. the mclarens will get a clean start, but piquet behind will push too hard and take out some people in front.
podium prediction:
1- kimi
2- kubica
3- kovi
April 27th, 2008 at 12:45 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Hey, where did all the cars go!
Oh, there they are.
April 27th, 2008 at 12:46 pmChristine said:
My race prediction is Raikkonen, Massa and Kubica, but I have no basis for that really.
I’m hoping Alonso can put the cat among the pigeons though.
April 27th, 2008 at 12:46 pmlou said:
Its nice that Martin is at the back for once. and yay at the Rubens interview! At last, that guy hardly ever gets interviews!
April 27th, 2008 at 12:46 pmTom M said:
TV and Live timing for me too - along with this website and twitter all open on the laptop
April 27th, 2008 at 12:48 pmme said:
tom m, howdy sir.
you must have a bigger screen than me
April 27th, 2008 at 12:49 pmScott Woodwiss said:
4 races today:
Front runners: Ferrari v McLaren v BMW v Alonso
Best of the rest: Piquet v Red Bull v Toyota v Williams v Honda
Just behind: Force India V Toro Rosso
At the back: Davidson v Sato
April 27th, 2008 at 12:49 pmTom M said:
“me” - probably not, lots of stuff overlapping and in tabbed browser windows!
April 27th, 2008 at 12:50 pmSteven Roy said:
It must be Seb day on ITV
April 27th, 2008 at 12:50 pmme said:
what tyres are we expecting the cars to start on? softs will warm up quicker, so the front runners will all want those.
April 27th, 2008 at 12:50 pmChristine said:
Brundle being slightly patronising towards Vettel. Keeps calling him “son”.
April 27th, 2008 at 12:54 pmme said:
maybe itv know something we don’t?
April 27th, 2008 at 12:54 pmlou said:
lol at Vettel’s comment - The aim of the race today is to see the Chequered flag! ahaha
April 27th, 2008 at 12:54 pmPoppy said:
Hello all just got here - phew haven’t missed the start!!
April 27th, 2008 at 12:56 pmlou said:
yay!!! race in minus 5 mins!!!
April 27th, 2008 at 12:56 pmlou said:
Hey poppy!
April 27th, 2008 at 12:56 pmChristine said:
Hi Poppy!
April 27th, 2008 at 12:58 pmKathi said:
*waves*
April 27th, 2008 at 12:58 pmSteveintheUK said:
Hi All
Wow, Glad I just made it back home it time for the start
April 27th, 2008 at 12:58 pmChristine said:
And hi Kathi
April 27th, 2008 at 12:58 pmSidepodcastFan said:
Waves @ both, hi all
will Alonso fin the Fin @ the start?
April 27th, 2008 at 12:58 pmChristine said:
Phew, Steve, the start will be the most important bit!
April 27th, 2008 at 12:59 pmScott Woodwiss said:
I like it now they include driver pictures in the grid line up
April 27th, 2008 at 12:59 pmChristine said:
Hi Sidepodcast Fan. Thinking Raikkonen will have the start sewn up.
April 27th, 2008 at 12:59 pmSteven Roy said:
Is everyone expecting a little carnage at the first corner
April 27th, 2008 at 12:59 pmlou said:
ooo softs for Kimi and for alonso.
April 27th, 2008 at 12:59 pmMichael Roberts said:
If Alonso is 3 stopping then he’ll it make it to turn 1 first…. probably.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:00 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Formation lap time!
April 27th, 2008 at 1:00 pmlou said:
everyone is on softs!
April 27th, 2008 at 1:00 pmme said:
welcome one and all
and one more smile cause i’m ready to burst
April 27th, 2008 at 1:00 pmSteveintheUK said:
When your as old as Brundle you have the right to call any current driver in F1 ‘Son’ as they are all young enough to be his actually son.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:00 pmScott Woodwiss said:
everyone on softs. This should be interesting.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:01 pmme said:
the new run off area will help a bit, but only a bit.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:01 pmlou said:
Oh my goodness i am excited!!
April 27th, 2008 at 1:01 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Lol, bernie at renault
April 27th, 2008 at 1:02 pmScott Woodwiss said:
I can’t wait for the start!
April 27th, 2008 at 1:02 pmDevil said:
Except Team Red Bull!
April 27th, 2008 at 1:02 pmSteven Roy said:
Bernie at Renault explains Alonso’s performance
April 27th, 2008 at 1:03 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Well,
“Wait 10 seconds and before you know,
Lights go out and away we…..GOOOOOOOOOO!”
April 27th, 2008 at 1:03 pmlou said:
and we are go!
April 27th, 2008 at 1:04 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Vettel out already!
April 27th, 2008 at 1:04 pmme said:
vettel out AGAIN!
April 27th, 2008 at 1:04 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Safety car deployed.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:04 pmryan said:
Vettl out AGAIN on lap 1!!!
April 27th, 2008 at 1:04 pmSteveintheUK said:
Damn My BBC feed has already started the Race, ITV just starting now
April 27th, 2008 at 1:04 pmlou said:
saftey car!
argh the one time i have BMW in my fantasy racers!
April 27th, 2008 at 1:05 pmScott Woodwiss said:
What were the Super Aguris doing there? Looked like they were almost overtaking under yellows, weren’t they?
April 27th, 2008 at 1:05 pmme said:
bourdais did so well to avoid the accident, can’t blame vettel for that one. he’s unluckier than webber.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:05 pmScott Woodwiss said:
What! 1 lap and already they’re going to commercials?
April 27th, 2008 at 1:06 pmChristine said:
At least Raikkonen won’t be running away just yet. Plays into Alonso’s hands for now…
April 27th, 2008 at 1:06 pmlou said:
Why a break! why now!!! argh!! i hate adverts!
April 27th, 2008 at 1:06 pmPaul Tate said:
Satellite ITV is always behind the BBC radio coverage, I use ITV Digital or analogue to match streems
April 27th, 2008 at 1:06 pmChristine said:
Trying to squeeze them in during safety car laps.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:06 pmryan said:
Hamilton and Alonso could be interesting when the restart comes..?
April 27th, 2008 at 1:07 pmSteveintheUK said:
and that’s why Brundle gets to call Vettl ‘Son’, as only DAD’s came love a son that is that bad
April 27th, 2008 at 1:07 pmChristine said:
He had nowhere to go. Can’t blame Vettel.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:07 pmScott Woodwiss said:
That’s the only time Sato will get fastest lap all season
April 27th, 2008 at 1:08 pmlou said:
Alonso still 3rd. I was not expecting him to keep Massa behind him. How long can he keep lewis behind after the saftey car goes in?
April 27th, 2008 at 1:08 pmScott Woodwiss said:
SC in this lap.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:09 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Boogity boogity boogity, let’s go racin again!
April 27th, 2008 at 1:09 pmlou said:
and we are racing once more!
April 27th, 2008 at 1:09 pmSteveintheUK said:
I’m watching the ITV.com feed, not usally this far behind Radio 5 Live. Refreashed ITV twice but still behind
April 27th, 2008 at 1:10 pmChristine said:
Someone’s waving a Spanish flag over the wall, looks just like a yellow flag.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:10 pmSteveintheUK said:
Meant refreshed, hope ‘me’ gets that edit button working soon
April 27th, 2008 at 1:10 pmlou said:
Kimi sets fastest lap!
April 27th, 2008 at 1:11 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Wow, Kimi’s the only one so far in the 1’23s. Could this be a sign for the rest of the race?
April 27th, 2008 at 1:11 pmSidepodcastFan said:
Lewis should stay put until Alonso pits right about ………Now!
April 27th, 2008 at 1:12 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Piquet off.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:13 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Hamilton’s a tenth quicker than Alonso through S2.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:13 pmSteveintheUK said:
I know, but how many people are now going to kick Vettl out of they Fantasy Racing teams? I’m sure Brundle will keep him though.
I Just hope that Vettl hasn’t picked up the ‘Bad Luck Bug’ from Webber
April 27th, 2008 at 1:13 pmme said:
he made that mistake all on his own didn’t he? not impressed at all.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:14 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Kovalainen fastest S1
April 27th, 2008 at 1:14 pmlou said:
Heiki fastest in sector 1!
April 27th, 2008 at 1:14 pmme said:
kovi puts in the fastest s1.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:14 pmChristine said:
Coulthard made up a couple of places on the start then.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:15 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Piquet off again, looks like his afternoon is finished.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:15 pmlou said:
Bourdais in the pit!
April 27th, 2008 at 1:15 pmScott Woodwiss said:
He was hit by Bourdais, that won’t do his race any good
April 27th, 2008 at 1:15 pmme said:
shucks bourdais did a couthard. those high cockpit sides really causing problems.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:16 pmryan said:
Piquet and Bourdais came together…
April 27th, 2008 at 1:16 pmScott Woodwiss said:
No, it’s all over. Damn
Not a good afternoon for Toro Rosso
April 27th, 2008 at 1:17 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Davidson out too? What’s going on today?
April 27th, 2008 at 1:17 pmChristine said:
Alonso’s on his second engine compared to those around him on the 1st. Don’t know if it will make any difference or not.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:17 pmlou said:
Poor Bourdais
and davidson 
April 27th, 2008 at 1:18 pmSteveintheUK said:
And that’s my first driver out of the race today, hope Kubica does the job for me today
April 27th, 2008 at 1:18 pmSteven Roy said:
Looks like everyone Brundle interviewed is dropping out
April 27th, 2008 at 1:18 pmScott Woodwiss said:
That engine cover fin on the Renault is wobbling a lot.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:18 pmme said:
davidson’s issue related to the vettel accident?
April 27th, 2008 at 1:18 pmlou said:
that fin really wobbles!
April 27th, 2008 at 1:18 pmChristine said:
That engine cover is a bit wobbly.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:19 pmSteveintheUK said:
That’s was funny, Piquet didn’t want to have a lift
April 27th, 2008 at 1:19 pmlou said:
Kovi is doing well. he keeps setting good 1st sector times!
April 27th, 2008 at 1:20 pmSteven Roy said:
I bet it creates great vortices when it wobbles
April 27th, 2008 at 1:20 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Please don’t tell me it’s turning into a procession already
April 27th, 2008 at 1:20 pmlou said:
Lots more breaks than usual!
April 27th, 2008 at 1:20 pmryan said:
1′22′508 for Kimi!
April 27th, 2008 at 1:20 pmSteveintheUK said:
What happened to Davidson, I was refreshing ITV again and missed that
April 27th, 2008 at 1:20 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Massa 2 tenths quicker than Kimi on that lap.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:22 pmChristine said:
Just pulled into the garage, they looked for a bit, but decided it was a no go. Not sure why yet.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:22 pmryan said:
Does that make it a dreaded “movable aerodynamic device”..?
April 27th, 2008 at 1:22 pmSteveintheUK said:
Hamilton just did a 22.956, that’s all the top 4 running in the 22’s
April 27th, 2008 at 1:22 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Kimi on purple sectors right now.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:22 pmChristine said:
Why is the track still on yellow flag status?
April 27th, 2008 at 1:22 pmlou said:
kimi on anouther great lap!
April 27th, 2008 at 1:23 pmme said:
depends on whether ferrari implement it
April 27th, 2008 at 1:23 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Alonso did a 1′23.4. Wonder what happened there?
April 27th, 2008 at 1:23 pmSteven Roy said:
3 purple sectors under yellow???????
April 27th, 2008 at 1:24 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Track is green again.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:24 pmChristine said:
Yellow’s gone now.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:24 pmlou said:
Team radio how lovely! - not sure what it was but…
April 27th, 2008 at 1:25 pmSteven Roy said:
I think they must have designed this track to produce dull racing
April 27th, 2008 at 1:25 pmme said:
fissi running well in 14th place. has x1 rbr and a toyota behind him.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:25 pmlou said:
Those Ferraris are loking quick!
April 27th, 2008 at 1:26 pmme said:
who was that, kimi? that could be an issue.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:26 pmScott Woodwiss said:
BMW ready for someone, this early?
April 27th, 2008 at 1:26 pmlou said:
looking sorry.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:26 pmScott Woodwiss said:
kimi into the 1’21s
April 27th, 2008 at 1:26 pmSteven Roy said:
Kimi in a Ferrari so it will be OK
April 27th, 2008 at 1:27 pmme said:
alonso stop after 15 laps.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:27 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Renault getting ready, Alonso was quite light then.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:27 pmlou said:
If BMW were that light? then why are they not quicker?
And Alonso on his inlap!
April 27th, 2008 at 1:28 pmlou said:
3 stints for alonso then.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:28 pmScott Woodwiss said:
another purple s1 for kimi
April 27th, 2008 at 1:28 pmme said:
slow stop for alonso, but not enough fuel to switch to a 2 stop was it?
April 27th, 2008 at 1:28 pmSteveintheUK said:
Radio 5 just said that DC is moans that his car is understeering, glad all that testing at this track was worth it then.
Although is ‘understeering’ just code for ‘I’m getting to old for this’?
April 27th, 2008 at 1:28 pmSteven Roy said:
If you allow for the safety car Alonso could only have had 11 or 12 laps of fuel
April 27th, 2008 at 1:29 pmScott Woodwiss said:
31 laps worth of fuel for Alonso.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:29 pmme said:
ted says 2 stops, am not gonna argue with him
April 27th, 2008 at 1:29 pmlou said:
Alonso in a Honda sandwich!
April 27th, 2008 at 1:31 pmlou said:
lol i ment 3 stints as in 2 stops
sorry im not being able to get my words out.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:31 pmryan said:
It is just me, or is that cr@p stuck on the Honda’s nose not butt ugly?
April 27th, 2008 at 1:31 pmme said:
hamilton should be able to jump alonso here, to far away to tackle the ferrari’s though.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:31 pmScott Woodwiss said:
hamilton definately can’t keep up with the Ferrari’s, he was 7 tenths slower on the previous lap.
Massa in.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:32 pmScott Woodwiss said:
26 laps of fuel for massa, he’s two stopping as well. Wonder what kimi’s up to?
April 27th, 2008 at 1:32 pmme said:
a stop on lap 20 for massa, he wasn’t much heavier than alonso.
renault have made some progress.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:33 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Kimi in. Hamilton moves into the lead, then.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:33 pmlou said:
What penalty from last year? I have forgotten
April 27th, 2008 at 1:33 pmme said:
kimi stops a lap later. let’s see what mclaren / bmw can do.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:34 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Lewis short-shifting?
April 27th, 2008 at 1:34 pmSteveintheUK said:
Hamilton is still out, this may be good news for Hamilton fans then, He’s had at least 4 laps more fuel and yet he was keeping up with Alonso
April 27th, 2008 at 1:34 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Yay! Lewis jumps Massa!
April 27th, 2008 at 1:35 pmScott Woodwiss said:
oops,maybe not.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:35 pmSteven Roy said:
Kovi in the wall ?
April 27th, 2008 at 1:35 pmme said:
kovi in the wall?
April 27th, 2008 at 1:35 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Kovi off. What happened there?
April 27th, 2008 at 1:35 pmlou said:
Kovi!!! Is he out of the car?
April 27th, 2008 at 1:35 pmme said:
massive accident. how’d he get that far under?
April 27th, 2008 at 1:36 pmme said:
medical car out
April 27th, 2008 at 1:36 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Safety AND medical car. That’s not good…
April 27th, 2008 at 1:37 pmryan said:
They can’t seem to get the car out of the wall!
April 27th, 2008 at 1:37 pmSteveintheUK said:
OUCH, That’s going to hurt,
April 27th, 2008 at 1:37 pmScott Woodwiss said:
I saw something fly off the car. Part failure, maybe? And who’s to say that won’t happen to lewis?!?
April 27th, 2008 at 1:38 pmSteven Roy said:
I think the medical car would be sent automatically for that kind of accident
April 27th, 2008 at 1:38 pmlou said:
He was going very fast!
so the pitlane is closed?
oh dear could we see some pit lane penaltys for cars having to go in the pits?
April 27th, 2008 at 1:38 pmme said:
turn 9 is the fastest corner on the track.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:39 pmme said:
how did the safety car mess up and pick up the wrong car?
April 27th, 2008 at 1:39 pmlou said:
so a penalty for heidfeld.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:39 pmryan said:
It looked like something exploded off of a front wheel before he went straight off at the apex.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:40 pmme said:
bad news for all those who’ve not stopped. this played into the front runners hands.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:40 pmlou said:
oh i so hope heikki os ok!!!
April 27th, 2008 at 1:40 pmChristine said:
It’s a bit useless that the medical car can’t go on the gravel, it’s just sitting on the grass, metres away from the accident.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:41 pmlou said:
This played into Rosbergs hands cause he had just pitted.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:41 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Rosberg could benefit from this, he stopped just before the safety car came out.
Heidfeld’s gonna be disqualified, isn’t he? Exiting the pits while it’s closed?
I really hope Heikki’s ok. That’s bringing back memories of 1st May 1994
April 27th, 2008 at 1:41 pmlou said:
Pit lane open!
April 27th, 2008 at 1:41 pmChristine said:
I am completely confused with the safety car rules, it seemed to let a load of cars past and then lose all the others - all by itself on the track.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:41 pmSteven Roy said:
Spped TV in the States say it was a brake disc failure
April 27th, 2008 at 1:42 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Oh look, Barrichello coming into the pit lane for the first time while it’s open
April 27th, 2008 at 1:42 pmSteven Roy said:
Speed TV
April 27th, 2008 at 1:42 pmSteveintheUK said:
They have the blue Tarp out That’s not a good sign.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:42 pmScott Woodwiss said:
What’s Barrichello done?!? front wing off
April 27th, 2008 at 1:42 pmlou said:
OMG!!! Barrichello!
April 27th, 2008 at 1:42 pmme said:
on the way out of the pits?? how’d rubens lose a nose??
April 27th, 2008 at 1:44 pmlou said:
since the pit stop! wah?
April 27th, 2008 at 1:44 pmScott Woodwiss said:
This reminds me of Paul Tracy in Toronto last year in Champ Car. He was in a similar situation, and it got lodged under his car and caused him to hit the wall.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:45 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Wow, that McLaren is in worse shape than i thought.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:45 pmSteveintheUK said:
If the safety car went on to the gravel it would need the tractor to tow it out again. Remember Gravel traps are designed to spot cars, but not F1 racing though.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:45 pmme said:
no floor on kovi’s cockpit.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:45 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Heikki’s fine! Thank god.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:45 pmlou said:
new tyres. that the second time that a Mclaren has gone full speed into a wall!
April 27th, 2008 at 1:46 pmScott Woodwiss said:
That’s a carbon copy of Lewis’s shunt at the nurburgring last year!
April 27th, 2008 at 1:46 pmKathi said:
His foot didn’t look good
April 27th, 2008 at 1:46 pmlou said:
thank god he is ok
April 27th, 2008 at 1:46 pmSteveintheUK said:
BBC said Front left tyre failed
April 27th, 2008 at 1:46 pmRichard said:
Just saw Heikki moving his arm while being hauled off on the stretcher — likely conscious at least.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:46 pmJohn Greenup said:
SpeedTV showing Heikiki’s car being towed away….appears to be massive damage to undercarriage
April 27th, 2008 at 1:47 pmChristine said:
That’s why it’s useless.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:47 pmryan said:
There doesn’t appear to be much left of the front floor of Kovi’s car… This reminds me of Michael’s crash, when he broke his leg.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:47 pmChristine said:
Thumbs up from Heikki.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:47 pmlou said:
If its a tyre failiure….i mean….he had just pitted! hadn’t he?
April 27th, 2008 at 1:48 pmSteveintheUK said:
From the look of the front of Kovi’s car had is going to be missing the next 2 or 3 races.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:48 pmme said:
itv missed the restart?
April 27th, 2008 at 1:49 pmSteven Roy said:
Something failed and took the tyre out. Probably a brake disc
April 27th, 2008 at 1:49 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Looking at the way it failed, I would say it’s a wheel gun problem, just like they had when Lewis had his failure at the Nurburgring.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:49 pmMichael Roberts said:
Don’t think so…
April 27th, 2008 at 1:49 pmSteveintheUK said:
Thing he was due in the next lap or two, so still on old tyres, maybe it was one lap to many for the soft tyres?
April 27th, 2008 at 1:49 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Let’s see if Lewis can get the Ferraris now!
April 27th, 2008 at 1:50 pmme said:
live timing say not.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:50 pmSteven Roy said:
Kovi had not pitted
April 27th, 2008 at 1:50 pmChristine said:
What happened to Alonso? Now down in 6th?
April 27th, 2008 at 1:50 pmlou said:
oh no just checked the timings he hadn’t - sorry.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:51 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Stop-go for heidfeld.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:52 pmUSGPFan said:
Rim failure(?) Cockpit cam showed the LF tire just shredded
April 27th, 2008 at 1:52 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Both ferraris and Lewis all with 22.6 in S1.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:53 pmme said:
mclaren have had all sorts of problems with those wheel rims. neither ferrari, nor toyota having anything like that many issues.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:54 pmUSGPFan said:
SpeedTv reports Alonzo in 6th
April 27th, 2008 at 1:54 pmSteveintheUK said:
Did Kovi hit anybody in the early laps of the race?
BBC just said that the Williams team have just done they 50,000th racing lap. Congrats to them
April 27th, 2008 at 1:55 pmryan said:
You could actually see the bits of shrapnel from the bead section of the rim fly up over the car.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:55 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Yeah, well done Williams!
April 27th, 2008 at 1:55 pmlou said:
am i seeing things? is Sato in 11th?
April 27th, 2008 at 1:55 pmme said:
will go up one more place when nick takes his drive through.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:56 pmme said:
yup, he is. holding up a gaggle of cars though.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:56 pmChristine said:
Heidfeld doing the right thing and waiting a few laps for his stop-go penalty, let the pack spread out a bit.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:56 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Lewis a tenth quicker through s1 than the ferraris
April 27th, 2008 at 1:56 pmlou said:
NO! DC stay away from Button!!
April 27th, 2008 at 1:57 pmScott Woodwiss said:
and again
April 27th, 2008 at 1:57 pmSteven Roy said:
Alonso out
April 27th, 2008 at 1:58 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Alonso on fire and OUT!
April 27th, 2008 at 1:58 pmme said:
2nd engine for alonso. looks like failure.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:58 pmlou said:
OH dear! Alonso!
aww look at all the fans
April 27th, 2008 at 1:58 pmScott said:
i guess that renault wing didn´t keep the engine cool enough?
April 27th, 2008 at 1:59 pmScott Woodwiss said:
It just failed on him.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:59 pmme said:
terrible day for renault. no warning of a problem for alonso, just died on him.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:59 pmSteven Roy said:
Interesting engine noise when it failed
April 27th, 2008 at 1:59 pmSteveintheUK said:
Did anybody see the marshals checking the track for bits of Kovi’s wheel rims? If not we could be seeing more tyres failing in that corner.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:00 pmSteveintheUK said:
And Alonso is out, so half the crowd will be going home then
April 27th, 2008 at 2:00 pmlou said:
we have a Tako train!
awww Barrichello looks so unhappy!
its likt AUssie all over again! 14 cars left at 1/2 way!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:00 pmryan said:
Flav looks slayed!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:00 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Sato 9th?! That’s not right.
live timing says that Barrichello’s out. Anyone know why?
April 27th, 2008 at 2:00 pmUSGPFan said:
Tough luck, Alonso…here in the States we all that a “blown engine”….looks like Barrichello is also out
April 27th, 2008 at 2:00 pmlou said:
Good on Alonso! I like it when drivers acknoledge the fans!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:01 pmUSGPFan said:
Hamilton #2
April 27th, 2008 at 2:01 pmRichard said:
We were in Montreal when Kubica had his horrific crash. Being kept in the dark regarding medical status of drivers after a big shunt does take away some of the enjoyment of the race. I know the show must go on, but . . .
April 27th, 2008 at 2:01 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Lewis, I think, has a great chance to leapfrog Massa.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:02 pmme said:
their strategy was working well. alonso said he’d be fighting for sixth, but was fifth when he went out.
doing better than expected and looking good for points.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:02 pmUSGPFan said:
Hamilton #3…pardon
April 27th, 2008 at 2:02 pmlou said:
The problem with the front wing affecting the car?
April 27th, 2008 at 2:02 pmSteveintheUK said:
BC just said they have taken the stretcher out of the helicopter and in to the medical centre, Looks like Kovi is going to hospital, but his team does say that he is stable.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:03 pmme said:
he gave us the thumbs up, he should be okay.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:03 pmSteveintheUK said:
That’s, BBC just said.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:03 pmryan said:
I wonder if Hamilton has been told by the team to hold station?
April 27th, 2008 at 2:03 pmUSGPFan said:
Kovi is lucky…hope he has a smooth, fast recovery
April 27th, 2008 at 2:03 pmlou said:
yeah Sato pits! freeing up his train!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:04 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Sato stops and is back out in 11th.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:05 pmScott Woodwiss said:
My mistake, Sato now last.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:05 pmScott Woodwiss said:
That’s interesting, Lewis quicker than the ferraris on that lap, only just.
Purple S1 now!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:06 pmSteven Roy said:
Hamilton purple in S1
April 27th, 2008 at 2:06 pmlou said:
lol we had a Tako Train!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:06 pmScott said:
And Webber in 5th running reliably. That´s also not right
April 27th, 2008 at 2:06 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Personal best for Massa on that lap.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:07 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Rosberg out, engine failure.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:07 pmSteveintheUK said:
BBC, have said that Kovi is on his way to the helicopter now, but think he is just going for a check? So hopefully Kovi’s feet/legs are alright then.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:07 pmSteven Roy said:
I needed Rosberg for my fantasy racers
April 27th, 2008 at 2:07 pmme said:
circuit’s becoming something of an engine braker. rosberg parks on the main straight.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:07 pmlou said:
no!!! thanks another of my fantasy racers!! NOOO!!! only Jenson and the BMWs left!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:08 pmScott said:
Rosberg finds the shortest way back to the garage. Anyone know what happened?
April 27th, 2008 at 2:08 pmlou said:
The are dropping like flies!!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:08 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Seems like the high attrition rate is making up for the lack of overtaking right now.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:08 pmSteven Roy said:
His engine went bang
April 27th, 2008 at 2:08 pmme said:
gotta be engine with that noise / smoke.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:09 pmlou said:
Engine failiure?
April 27th, 2008 at 2:09 pmMichael Roberts said:
Yeh but it’s all the wrong drivers. Rosberg deserved another podium.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:09 pmryan said:
At least he had a short walk to the garage! Nine down. That puts Sato back in the points.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:09 pmRichard said:
Loved the “powered by Toyota” logo on the cover of Rosberg’s smoking engine!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:09 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Fisi team radio: P8, push all you can!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:10 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Hamilton 2 tenths quicker through S1! GO!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:10 pmlou said:
few! Hiekki looking ok!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:10 pmSteveintheUK said:
You should have known he wasn’t going to make it to the end of the race, Christine has just added him to her team. Sorry Christine, at least you still have Kubica
April 27th, 2008 at 2:11 pmme said:
webber’s looking for a good points haul. fissi on for his first points and kaz to add to his 3.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:12 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Massa not happy at Sato holding him up.
Heidfeld’s also catching Glock quite quickly.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:12 pmSteven Roy said:
Nobody told me Christine had picked him. I would have swapped him for Sato if I had known
April 27th, 2008 at 2:12 pmme said:
kimi fastest ever s3.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:12 pmSteveintheUK said:
Massa not happy with Sato there, good old Sato.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:12 pmScott said:
Massa flying!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:12 pmlou said:
I know! Heikki had been doing well too!
You know the FIF1 looks like a Macca? well the pit crew look like Ferrari pit crew! ahah
April 27th, 2008 at 2:13 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Kimi purple S2
April 27th, 2008 at 2:13 pmlou said:
Massa Pits
April 27th, 2008 at 2:13 pmScott Woodwiss said:
New fastest lap for Kimi, I reckon he’s stopping this lap.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:14 pmSteveintheUK said:
Just so you know Christine has
Button
Heidfeld
Rosberg
Kubica and
Bourdais
April 27th, 2008 at 2:14 pmlou said:
Webber pitting. He is being pretty quiete today.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:14 pmryan said:
1′21′670 for Kimi.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:14 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Lewis is pushing, 4 tenths quicker than Kimi through S2.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:14 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Kimi in, lewis will be too.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:15 pmSteveintheUK said:
BBC still saying that Kovi team say he is concious and stable but no one is saying anything about his feet/legs.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:15 pmme said:
kimi delayed in pits by kubica.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:16 pmScott said:
I like it when he´s quiet. It means his car is still going
April 27th, 2008 at 2:16 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Damn, massa out in front of lewis.
that’s it, I’m putting my mclaren shirt on!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:17 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Hmm, lewis’s out lap was a second quicker than Kimi’s!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:17 pmlou said:
Alonso ‘We had an engine problem, it blew up!’ ahaha. a positive sounding alonso! Renault definatly improving.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:17 pmSteven Roy said:
Massa still has time for a spin
April 27th, 2008 at 2:17 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Lewis is definately running quicker than the ferraris in front!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:18 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Lewis 7 tenths quicker than Kimi!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:18 pmSteveintheUK said:
Holly on BBC is talking to a McLaren spokes person, Kovi has banged his head and elbow, but no damage to his feet or legs, so that really good news. He’s so lucky not to have damaged his legs after the damage that was done to his car.
They think something jammed in the front wheel
April 27th, 2008 at 2:19 pmme said:
very impressed with ferni’s qually lap. not as light as expected.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:19 pmlou said:
Button, DC, Glock and Nakajima still to pit.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:20 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Yes! 8 tenths quicker on this lap! My McLaren shirt’s working!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:21 pmlou said:
Button 5th, yet to pit!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:22 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Button good get points today if he can keep up the pace
April 27th, 2008 at 2:22 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Personal best for JB in S3.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:22 pmSteveintheUK said:
Holly on BBC said that Kovi has concussion, so how long does Kovi have to wait before he came driver again? Will he have to miss the next race in two weeks time due to having concussion?
April 27th, 2008 at 2:23 pmme said:
that is a long 2nd stint for jenson.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:23 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Wow, jenson does the same sector time as the ferraris!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:24 pmSteveintheUK said:
Damn, ITV.com on ad break and BBC have gone to football updates
April 27th, 2008 at 2:24 pmRichard said:
What’s with Fisi leading Heidfeld? A Force India first!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:24 pmSteven Roy said:
Button has another pit stop to make
April 27th, 2008 at 2:24 pmme said:
only two weeks until the next one. possibly will miss the next gp.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:24 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Trulli in again?
April 27th, 2008 at 2:24 pmryan said:
DC strikes again!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:25 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Coulthard with a puncture.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:25 pmScott said:
´Did i miss coulthard glock collide?
April 27th, 2008 at 2:25 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Button pits.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:25 pmme said:
coulthard in another overtaken collision.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:25 pmryan said:
…And screws himself in the process!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:26 pmlou said:
Concussion at worst lasts about 1 week.
Oh not DC in an accident again!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:26 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Heidfeld takes Fisi around the outside of turn 1!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:27 pmSteveintheUK said:
Top 4 are lapping within 0.15 of a second of each other
And DC has done it again, somebody teach him how to use his mirrors.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:27 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Button 6th.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:27 pmme said:
did you see the speed nick dropped fisi once he passed him?
April 27th, 2008 at 2:27 pmSteven Roy said:
That was the worst attempt an an overtake I have ever seen
April 27th, 2008 at 2:27 pmlou said:
He could miss the next GP…
April 27th, 2008 at 2:28 pmKathi said:
Nico says on Mtvmax that he took Nakajima’s setup for today
April 27th, 2008 at 2:28 pmSteveintheUK said:
WOW, BBC said it WASN’T DC’s fault, Glock just forgot to break
April 27th, 2008 at 2:28 pmlou said:
YAY!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:28 pmScott said:
Webber watch: Sitting comfortably in 5th, 21 seconds behind Kubica in 4th, and 18 seconds ahead of Button in 6th
April 27th, 2008 at 2:29 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Nice, Lewis takes 2 tenths out of Massa
April 27th, 2008 at 2:29 pmlou said:
ahahaha!
TED NEWS!!! very insightful today!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:30 pmme said:
interesting. how’d he get so lost? much more experience than kaz.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:31 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Wow, Jenson with 2nd quickest lap then!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:31 pmlou said:
yay! Button doing well!!!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:31 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Hamilton is 3 tenths quicker than kimi on S1.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:32 pmScott Woodwiss said:
GO ON LEWIS!!!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:33 pmme said:
we might have a close finish at the spanish grand prix.
yay
7 to go, he just has enough time to do this.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:34 pmScott said:
Sato and Coulthard together on track. Am I the only one getting nervous for DC?
April 27th, 2008 at 2:34 pmSteveintheUK said:
but TED said that Nakajima is catching by half a sec per lap, hope he can’t overtake Button
April 27th, 2008 at 2:34 pmScott Woodwiss said:
he is putting consistant faster sector times in comparison to the ferraris!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:34 pmme said:
sato keeps coulthard at bay. in a car that’s had no development and hardly any running this year.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:35 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Looks like Super Aguri are getting some good TV time today. Wonder if that’ll help with their deal.
Also, Sato’s car has a hole in the nose.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:37 pmlou said:
With 5 laps left i hope he doesn’t!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:37 pmme said:
on sato’s radio “you’re racing for tenth place… [please don't break our car]”
April 27th, 2008 at 2:37 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Wow, Massa and Hamilton’s S2 times came up almost together.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:37 pmlou said:
Does it?
April 27th, 2008 at 2:38 pmKathi said:
The Ferraris are just toying with him
April 27th, 2008 at 2:39 pmme said:
with coulthard behind it’s fine. now he’s in front though… panic
April 27th, 2008 at 2:39 pmSteveintheUK said:
Kubica just made up 0.7sec on Hamilton
April 27th, 2008 at 2:39 pmme said:
i bet the post race press release says “we turned down the engines on lap 3″
April 27th, 2008 at 2:40 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Wow, lewis is getting close.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:40 pmSteveintheUK said:
BBC said that this will be 22 races in a row that either a Ferrari or a McLaren has won
April 27th, 2008 at 2:40 pmKathi said:
They started already turned down
April 27th, 2008 at 2:41 pmlou said:
lol! hats off to Sato though! such a great drive from him!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:41 pmSteveintheUK said:
NO, my ITV.com feed has frozen, time for another refresh again
April 27th, 2008 at 2:41 pmryan said:
Both Ferraris get new fresh engines for Turkey.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:41 pmme said:
jeeeeezus
April 27th, 2008 at 2:41 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Well, well done kimi. good race.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:41 pmlou said:
light to flag victory for Kimi!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:42 pmScott said:
Webber gets more points! Excellent! Can´t we just admit that webber is the number 1 driver for RB?
April 27th, 2008 at 2:42 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Button 6th! That’s awesome!!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:43 pmlou said:
Yay!!! Button gets pionts!! and its only taken 4 races!!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:43 pmSteven Roy said:
ITV said Hamilton gets a new engine for Turkey but Massa does not
April 27th, 2008 at 2:43 pmScott said:
I like Sato too but it does not stop me from making jokes about him
Another Ferrari double shot. Living in Italy as I do, this will be only just tolerable…
April 27th, 2008 at 2:44 pmlou said:
was that Kimi wiping away a tear?
April 27th, 2008 at 2:45 pmme said:
not sure we ever denied it
April 27th, 2008 at 2:46 pmSteveintheUK said:
The guys in my Fantasy Racing team, Racing4Last, have finished
Kubica 4th
Webber 5th
Heidfeld 9th
Glock 11th (but being looked at by the stewards after the race)
and
Bourdais out on lap 7
Christine’s SidePodCast Racers
Kubica 4th
Button 6th
Heidfeld 9th
Rosberg out on lap 41
and
Bourdais out on lap 7
That’s actually not to bad for Christine, she may even make up some places in the league this weekend.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:46 pmme said:
well done to him. fine drive.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:47 pmlou said:
I hvae the same as Christine except i have Vettel.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:48 pmSteveintheUK said:
You mean he’s not the no.1 driver? but he’s the only Red Bull driver that I have in my Fantasy Racing team, so me must be No.1
April 27th, 2008 at 2:48 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Well mine were:
Kubica 4th
Coulthard 12th
Alonso 15th - out
Piquet 20t - out
Was that Kimi smiling?
April 27th, 2008 at 2:48 pmlou said:
Kimi has had a hair cut! I dont like it! He had nice hair!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:48 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Maybe it was the hair that gave kimi the advantage
April 27th, 2008 at 2:49 pmlou said:
I really don’t like it! it does not suit him! He almost has a Lewis trim!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:50 pmSteveintheUK said:
I think the BBC said that don’t Ferrari’s had new engines for this race, maybe ‘Research Girl’ or ‘Memory Boy’ can confirm that for us.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:50 pmScott Woodwiss said:
New trophy for Spain, I like it!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:51 pmSteveintheUK said:
Sorry, that was meant to say, ‘BBC said that both Ferrari’s had new engines’
April 27th, 2008 at 2:51 pmSidepodcastFan said:
All you can be haircut I suppose
April 27th, 2008 at 2:51 pmChristine said:
So final results: Raikkonen, Massa, Hamilton, Kubica, Webber, Button, Nakajima, Trulli
Drivers: Raikkonen 29, Hamilton 20, Kubica 19, Massa 18, Heidfeld 16, Kovalainen 14
Constructors: Ferrari 47, BMW 35, McLaren 34, Williams 12, Toyota 9, Red Bull 8
April 27th, 2008 at 2:51 pmme said:
that’s my understanding too.
will have to wait for fia to release details.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:52 pmlou said:
your are kidding! they are not doing for another break in the 15 mins we have left!
April 27th, 2008 at 2:54 pmSteven Roy said:
According to Alianora’s blog http://formula1home.com/forum/weblog.php?w=5
Both Ferraris, Kubica, Piquet Jr, both Red Bulls, Glock, Vettel, Button, both Super Aguris and Fisichella all had new engines for this race
The followin were on their second race Heidfeld, Alonso, both Williamses, Trulli, Bourdais, Barrichello, Sutil, both McLarens
April 27th, 2008 at 2:54 pmme said:
mark blundell “kovi probably hit at 100G”
wouldn’t he have bent time and space at that speed?
April 27th, 2008 at 2:55 pmSteveintheUK said:
There’s a lot of cute young ladies in the Ferrari garage today.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:55 pmlou said:
Im watching the itv feed online as well as the TV. they are different. it now has the press confirence.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:57 pmChristine said:
According to Wikipedia: “Humans can survive about 20 to 35 g instantaneously (for a very short period of time). Any exposure to around 100 g or more, even if momentary, is likely to be lethal, although the record is 179 g.”
So, 100G is unlikely.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:57 pmSteven Roy said:
I think the record still stands at 128g for David Purley. He stopped from something like 150 mph in 2 and a half feet. The car (what’s left of it) was in the Donington museum
April 27th, 2008 at 2:57 pmzed said:
I think Christine missed someone over there in the classifications. A li’l hard on the quick nick I guess.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:58 pmSteveintheUK said:
Not really, 100+mph to zero in half a car length will pull pretty high G, if anybody was good at maths/physic’s they could work it out, shame I’m not that good, or at least not that quick, if me a day or to and I may get a there.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:58 pmSteven Roy said:
Christine is right Purley survived 179.8 G.
April 27th, 2008 at 2:59 pmme said:
ooh, think it’s fixed now, cheers.
April 27th, 2008 at 3:00 pmSteven Roy said:
This is from Wikipedia but it sounds about right from what I can remember
He returned to F1 in 1977 with his own LEC chassis designed by Mike Pilbeam and run by Mike Earle. It was this car in which he suffered serious injuries in pre-qualifying for the British Grand Prix. He survived an estimated 179.8 G’s in 1977 when he decelerated from 173 km/h (108 mph) to 0 in a distance of 66 cm (26 inches) after his throttle got stuck wide open and he hit a wall.
April 27th, 2008 at 3:01 pmme said:
ouch, fair enough.
April 27th, 2008 at 3:01 pmSteveintheUK said:
Wiki has not heard of Nascar or the large American ovals then, they regular hit the outer wall at 100+G, most of the open wheel race cars that ‘Woman’ races have black boxes that record G’s.
April 27th, 2008 at 3:04 pmlou said:
When Kimi speaks finish he speaks in monotone!
April 27th, 2008 at 3:06 pmme said:
given how happy kimi looked in the post race conference, do we think he put any effort in at all?
i feel more tired than he looks.
ron said judge us on spain. with one third place and a car in the wall, will he concede that his team has some work to do now?
April 27th, 2008 at 3:07 pmlou said:
YEs, I think we can!
April 27th, 2008 at 3:08 pmme said:
honda did well today, but they were slightly flattered by a missing kovi and ferni. personally i think there has to be a way to make the rabbit ears look nicer, but at least they’re doing the trick.
April 27th, 2008 at 3:10 pmSteveintheUK said:
I agree they will look a lot nicer when the FIA ban them for being a movable aero device
April 27th, 2008 at 3:12 pmme said:
thanks to everyone who commented or simply followed the comments here today. tis very, very much appreciated.
we’re going to hang around for just a little bit longer, but with two audio shows and video to work on, we might sneak off a little bit earlier than usual.
do keep commenting post race thoughts though, and christine will have an extra long race podcast up shortly.
April 27th, 2008 at 3:12 pmSteveintheUK said:
So who will Ron have lined up to replace Kovi for the next race if he has a medical ban due to recieving that concussion today?
April 27th, 2008 at 3:15 pmSteveintheUK said:
With near 1,500 comments for this race weekend this live commenting thing is working out really well, glad that mt was able to cope
April 27th, 2008 at 3:19 pmlou said:
Is pedro the reserve driver?
This live commenting is BRILLIANT! I love it! thanks everyone!
April 27th, 2008 at 3:19 pmme said:
didn’t flinch did it?
although as a matter of course i take out some unnecessary wordpress plugins, because if the f1 minute player loads on every page refresh we get hit twice!
we can get a bigger db too, but at the moment, all is good.
April 27th, 2008 at 3:20 pmSteven Roy said:
If Kovi isn’t fit Pedro De La Rosa will drive
April 27th, 2008 at 3:21 pmme said:
makes the world of difference to the podcast too. everybody wins.
April 27th, 2008 at 3:22 pmSidepodcastFan said:
Speedy recovery for Heikki plus I’m happy for Button, otherwise pretty much a boring race actually. Hosting tea parties @ the paddocks has never been exciting, can’t wait for the end of the season Gala event……. It should be exciting as always.
April 27th, 2008 at 3:26 pmme said:
considering how bad it could’ve been, we can’t complain.
incident-filled, might be a better description than exciting, but i certainly enjoyed it. especially with the front runners getting around the first corner safely.
April 27th, 2008 at 3:32 pmSteveintheUK said:
Some quick yet boring facts for you
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For Feb ‘08
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