F1 Digest - Turkey Preview
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- File: digest17.mp3
- Transcript: digest17.pdf
- Torrent: digest17.torrent
The F1 circus moves on to Turkey, one of the few tracks that sees drivers heading in an anti-clockwise direction. Find out what else the drivers have to prepare for with F1 Digest’s preview.
Vital Statistics
- Date: 11th May
- Circuit: Istanbul Park Circuit
- Length: 5.3km
- Laps: 58
- 2007 Winner: Felipe Massa
Preview
With Super Aguri calling it a day this week, we’re down to ten teams, and they all have varying degrees of confidence going into this Turkish GP.
May 8th, 2008 at 9:22 amPettywell said:
Hi there;- Just a quick comment firstly “Good Job”, informative; entertaining & relevant. I never miss an episode of F1 Min or Sidpodcast, and I especially like the mini-series; however, isn’t there always “A But” to-day’s “PREVIEW” wasn’t at least half of it was a “REVIEW” of last year’s race. Now I know a bit of context always helps but a little should be your watch word.
Nonetheless keep it up.
May 8th, 2008 at 9:45 amChristine said:
It’s interesting, because personally I find that listening to the clips from last year really does prepare me for the race more.
I have the world’s worst memory and I find that being reminded of what happened in Turkey before is a preview of this year.
However, you’re not the first to comment on this, and all feedback is taken on board. I will just have to concede that everyone else can remember last year’s race, and it’s just me that can’t
May 8th, 2008 at 11:09 amme said:
i can’t either
May 8th, 2008 at 11:56 amChristine said:
Just a quick update, as expected Heikki has been cleared to drive in Turkey.
May 8th, 2008 at 12:29 pmAlianora La Canta said:
That makes me happy. It will make one of my friends (a fellow commuter originally from Finland who thought her country didn’t get mentioned enough in the British press, and whom I’m trying to convert to an F1 fan) even happier…
PS: I’ve just noticed that I’m now 4th in the listings for commenters. With Friday practise sessions coming up, I feel confident that my weekend strategy will allow me to challenge for the Sidepodcast Turkish Grand Prix podium .
May 8th, 2008 at 12:42 pmPettywell said:
Hi Christine;-
Thanks for the prompt reply; would that my workmates were as good; but don’t get me wrong I too find a quick memory jog a good thing, it’s the relative proportions I was questioning.
Good news about Heikki.
I also wonder if there are a couple of drivers looking nervously over their shoulders now that there are a couple of free agents about since the demise of Super Aguri.
May 8th, 2008 at 1:04 pmme said:
oooh, fighting talk, i likes
on that subject, live commenting threads will kick off at 7:30am and again at 11:30am (BST) tomorrow.
May 8th, 2008 at 1:06 pmChristine said:
7:30???
Gah. I needs my beauty sleep.
May 8th, 2008 at 1:11 pmme said:
on the plus side you’ll be around for the whole of FP1 and on your lunch break for most of FP2.
i’ll obviously be glued to my seat for the whole day. it’s a tough job, but one of us has too
May 8th, 2008 at 2:01 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Heh, and I thought the European season would give me a break from having to get up early
Now there’s practice shown live, I only currently get a lie-in every other friday…
May 8th, 2008 at 2:20 pmme said:
technically the circuit’s in asia isn’t it? nevermind, soon be the candian gp
May 8th, 2008 at 2:27 pmScott Woodwiss said:
technically I wasn’t going on technicalities
Canada will be a nice change, a weekend where we don’t have to get up that early to watch practice. Now, we can enjoy FP1 whilst having lunch! (so to speak :P)
May 8th, 2008 at 7:15 pmAlianora La Canta said:
The circuit’s in Asia, but the city it’s named for is in Europe. Go figure.
Tomorrow, I’ll be watching the first practice in my slippers, clutching a bowl of cereal while posting. Hopefully nothing will be spilt on the keyboard…
May 8th, 2008 at 7:19 pmme said:
another force india one, two maybe?
May 8th, 2008 at 7:21 pmAlianora La Canta said:
That would be wonderful
I’ll have the “Print Screen” button and a copy of Paint in the background just in case…
May 8th, 2008 at 7:48 pmlou said:
Its not just you, it really helps me too.
May 8th, 2008 at 7:57 pmlou said:
I can’t defend my top commenter place tomorrow, so its not a fair compatition as i can’t comment for both of the sessions tomorrow! :’( I am in a textiles exam, for 5 hours!….I will try and check the updates when I get a break but will probably only be around in the evening.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:03 pmme said:
aww shucks, you still have saturday and sunday though right? remember it’s difficult to draw any conclusions from a friday
May 8th, 2008 at 8:07 pmlou said:
Great race preview as usual Christine!
Can’t wait for the race! Anything could happen!
Speaking of the race has anyone seen Rubens 257 livery?
May 8th, 2008 at 8:11 pmlou said:
Yep you wont be able to get rid of me on Saturday or Sunday ;)I will have to make up for my absence in the evening and over the weekend. I still like to watch FP
its nice to see the feed without the commentry etc. And i enjoy the live commenting 
May 8th, 2008 at 8:16 pmlou said:
Nice to see the drivers training for this weekend in different ways
Some played football
http://www.autosport.com/gallery/photo.php/id/100215
oh and Lewis….well you know how he is always in the spot light…
http://www.autosport.com/gallery/photo.php/id/100218
sorry for the overload of comments, i feel like i have not been around for ages!
May 8th, 2008 at 8:30 pmme said:
i cannot believe her wore his macca colours
we missed ya
May 8th, 2008 at 8:40 pmlou said:
Macca PR is really starting to bug me now!
May 8th, 2008 at 8:51 pmlou said:
oh dear….just been on JB’s website, I went to enter the competition and they have got one of the mulitple choice questions wrong.
It was 3 wasn’t it? According to f1.com Honda only have 3 pionts…Whats the piont in entering a competition where you can’t give the right answer.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:59 pmme said:
yup, finished 6th. whoops.
May 8th, 2008 at 9:29 pmSteven Roy said:
I don’t have a good memory either. I can’t remember why I said that.
May 9th, 2008 at 12:09 amme said:
May 9th, 2008 at 12:58 ambrendan stallard said:
“I have the world’s worst memory”
Christine,
An excellent accoutrement for a human being, less so for a Vulcan, like myself.
brendan
May 9th, 2008 at 2:05 amSteveintheUK said:
Glad Heikki has been cleared to take part in the practise session for Turkey, I on the other hand haven’t, also going to miss the whole of Saturday so I am hoping the F1Minute and SidePodCast will be able to keep me up to date with any major events over the next two days via Twitter.
I should be back for the race on Sunday though, so again sorry for missing out.
Also sorry Christine for not yet watch this preview yet, I haven’t be in long and have to be up in less than 5.5 hours so will have to play catch up tomorrow (Fri) night, but I’m sure that this preview is as good as all the rest are.
Catch you al online for the race on Sunday and have fun in the Live comments.
All the best with ‘mt’
May 9th, 2008 at 2:29 amJordan Allen said:
Wow! I did know that there are other fellow Canucks on this site, but an Albertan? Do you know Jenn down the main street in Lethbridge? So how many oil Derricks do you have in the back yard, Brendan?
Jordan (Allen) F1
May 9th, 2008 at 2:52 amJordan Allen said:
Careful Lou, now that Christine’s back thinking it is safe to be surfing the internet again, we do not want her to have relapses of recently suppressed memories of “German Examinations” We do not want to put Christine into a deep trance, as me had to return that book back to the library. I guess we were a little bit too though, as see is now having differcultly remembering last year’s events.
And me if we do have to put her back into a trance, get Christine to pick Ant Davidson and Sato for her team. Both drivers of Super Aguri can still be purchased at 5 million each. at Fantasy Racers.
Jordan (Allen) F1,
May 9th, 2008 at 10:18 amAlianora La Canta said:
Good luck to you in your exam. That’s an awful long time to be assessed for - I’ve got Spanish listening, reading and writing a week on Monday, and despite getting extra time, I’m still only due to be there for four hours. Don’t worry too much about your standings - I will not be commenting on Saturday or Sunday because my computer is in the opposite corner of the house to the TV and I can’t fit my family around my computer.
Hope the German oral went well. Having done a Spanish oral last week, I can certainly sympathise!
The 257 decal on Rubens Barrichello’s car looks good. Much better than the Honda trousers, that’s for sure
The Hamilton PR stunt looks quite strange. How exactly does a fireproof suit fit into the story of the Trojan Horse? Maybe if the theatre company was trying for some revisionist history and someone had actually set fire to the horse, there might have been some point to it…
As for the competition on JB’s website, that is quite silly. Button has indeed scored 3 points in Spain for 6th place - what were the website admins thinking?!?
May 9th, 2008 at 6:57 pmbrendan stallard said:
“So how many oil Derricks do you have in the back yard, Brendan?”
Jordan,
Tsk, tsk, tsk…No wonder they all blame Canada!
Vulcan: as in Spock, with the funny ears, snappy vinyl suit, all that……
http://tinyurl.com/kxd5j
brendan
May 10th, 2008 at 3:15 amJordan Allen said:
For what?
Now that you mentioned it, the residents of Vulcan, Alberta do look like Leonard Nimoy or Kristie Alley, for some strange reason…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcan%2C_Alberta
brendan