Live Commenting: Turkey - Qualifying
Brilliant stuff, F1 in Turkey is looking at an unpredictable qualifying, and we’re really excited!
There may be no-one in the stands to appreciate it and it may be cold and damp for all the people in the paddock, but tyres are the story of the day. Getting temperature into the black rubber will be key to a good position this afternoon and Ferrari look to be struggling in this area.
Red Bull on the other hand seem to have found exactly the setup they need, (especially on the softer compound), and with both cars in the top three in FP3, what can they do when it really matters?
The weather will likely be a key factor for the next few hours. Some rain is predicted, but when it will fall is something of an unknown quantity. We still don’t really know how the ‘08 spec cars will handle in the wet, maybe today we’ll find out?
We’re watching ITV’s qualifying coverage, which is also available online. Don’t forget official live timing on f1.com.
Say “hi” if you’re in the comments, and maybe even tell us what you had for breakfast!
May 10th, 2008 at 11:00 amlou said:
HI! Im back again!
What did i have for breakfast? Well i just had boring old toast 
Oh and did like 10 mins of physics revision….have to do latin later :S
May 10th, 2008 at 11:05 amScott Woodwiss said:
This is really ironic - I’ve just checked the 5 day weather forecast for Turkey on autosport.com and it says partly cloudy for both today and tomorrow, and on monday? Thunderstorms! Oh if only we could have that forecast moved back a day - Thunderstorm + no TC = Chaos thoery?
May 10th, 2008 at 11:06 amScott Woodwiss said:
oh and hi again
May 10th, 2008 at 11:11 amme said:
christine warmed a fine croissant
howdy scott. i want thunder today!
May 10th, 2008 at 11:11 amAlianora La Canta said:
I’m off downstairs to watch qualifying on the TV. Enjoy yourselves, everyone!
May 10th, 2008 at 11:11 amScott Woodwiss said:
Looking at the FP results, I would say that the top 10 will comprise of (in no particular order):
Hamilton
Alonso
Massa
Raikkonen
Kovalainen
Webber
Coulthard
Kubica
Trulli
Rosberg
May 10th, 2008 at 11:12 amme said:
drop.io link in case you need it (a certain lady went a bit crazy with it during the break):
May 10th, 2008 at 11:13 amlou said:
oo croissant! yum! Im jealous!
May 10th, 2008 at 11:14 amme said:
ooh, predictions. right then. rain or no rain? hmmm.
1- lewis
2- massa
3- kubica
4- kimi
5- alonso
May 10th, 2008 at 11:14 amScott Woodwiss said:
WAHEY! ITV coverage is starting
May 10th, 2008 at 11:14 amlou said:
Bye Alianora! *waves*
May 10th, 2008 at 11:15 amlou said:
I know people don’t agree but i really like this intro!
May 10th, 2008 at 11:15 amScott Woodwiss said:
Heh, they were quick to replace Davidson in the intro with….another shot of Lewis!
May 10th, 2008 at 11:16 amScott Woodwiss said:
Hey lou, if you want to know what song that is in the intro, I happen to know it’s “Lift Me Up” by Moby, awesome tune
May 10th, 2008 at 11:17 amme said:
cheers. enjoy.
good spot sir. i’m with lou, the build up is getting better each week.
May 10th, 2008 at 11:17 amScott Woodwiss said:
Yes I will admit, I am a lewis fan, and I would like to see him on pole.
May 10th, 2008 at 11:18 amlou said:
ooo ok predictions….
1. Filipe
2. Kimi
3. Lewis
4. Kubca
5. Alonso
6. Webber
7. DC
8. Jenson
9. Trulli
10. Rubens
May 10th, 2008 at 11:19 amlou said:
Hey Scott,
yep, already got it on my ipod!
May 10th, 2008 at 11:20 amScott Woodwiss said:
Super Aguri’s demise and customer cars is the talk of the programme so far. I like it!
May 10th, 2008 at 11:20 amLadySnowcat said:
A large mug of Earl Grey tea…
Toast with Pink Grapefruit Marmalade….
But I think I may need something stronger to get me through qualy….
Kimi is NOT looking happy…or is that ‘appy…
May 10th, 2008 at 11:20 amlou said:
May 10th, 2008 at 11:21 amlou said:
ehehe Jenson interview
May 10th, 2008 at 11:21 amlou said:
awwww Ant!!! *sniff*
May 10th, 2008 at 11:22 amScott Woodwiss said:
Button says it will be very difficult if not impossible for a small team to come into F1. It really doesn’t and shouldn’t have to be like this, should it?
May 10th, 2008 at 11:23 amScott Woodwiss said:
Now onto Heikki’s crash. They’re definately up to date!
May 10th, 2008 at 11:23 amme said:
hehe, a bit too early to be hitting the bottle already isn’t it?
mind you the tv pics are looking almost sunny. track temp is now up to 26deg.
May 10th, 2008 at 11:24 amme said:
things like the aguri situation tends to focus peoples minds a bit. hopefully a budget cap can be implemented for 2009.
May 10th, 2008 at 11:25 amScott Woodwiss said:
I remember watching one of the past chalk talk sessions Steve Matchett did and he talked about on the wheel rim, there was a chance of a screw working it’s way out of it’s slot sometimes. I know they said it was a manufacturing fault, but do you think maybe that might have been a factor too?
May 10th, 2008 at 11:26 amme said:
not sure, i mean the people at fault came clean and basically said “we screwed the painting process”.
i’ve no idea how that can make such a difference, but it’s an odd thing to admit if it wasn’t true?
May 10th, 2008 at 11:27 amScott Woodwiss said:
They’re doing the track guide - they should be using my commentary competition entry
May 10th, 2008 at 11:28 amlou said:
I love those stands! very colourful!
i love these on bourd bits!
May 10th, 2008 at 11:28 amScott Woodwiss said:
SPARKS!!! YAY!
May 10th, 2008 at 11:29 amlou said:
Which was very good by the way
May 10th, 2008 at 11:29 amme said:
yours was much better!
May 10th, 2008 at 11:30 amScott Woodwiss said:
Why thank you
I must admit there were one or two bits of it I did mess up slightly but I was pretty happy with it.
That GP2 car was right in the tyres. Must have been a relatively high-speed off.
May 10th, 2008 at 11:31 amlou said:
Wheres Christine?
May 10th, 2008 at 11:32 amScott Woodwiss said:
Oh god not the Troy thing!
May 10th, 2008 at 11:32 amScott Woodwiss said:
He looked like a crap version of Superman!
May 10th, 2008 at 11:32 amlou said:
OMG OMG OMG!!! did they have to show that! Apollo! oh.my.dear.lord!! Worst piece of PR
May 10th, 2008 at 11:33 amme said:
she’s doing the washing up
watching the tv, so not missing anything.
yeah they didn’t show the worst bit though, phew!
May 10th, 2008 at 11:34 amScott Woodwiss said:
Ah yes, the 60 years of Silverstone thing - Martin drives a 1960’s Lotus
hope it’s the 49, that thing is awesome. I should know, I’ve driven it on Grand Prix Legends 
Speaking of F1 games, have you heard that there finally will be a new F1 game next year! Codemasters have the licence.
May 10th, 2008 at 11:35 amlou said:
Oh right
May 10th, 2008 at 11:35 amCorey said:
Wow woke up just in time. Massa looks really smooth around the circuit and the McL’s dont seem to be too far off but I think weather may change the outcome of this race. What do you guys think of BMW this weekend?
May 10th, 2008 at 11:36 amScott Woodwiss said:
whilst this build up is going on, I’m going to find some pics of the cars at barcelona and here and compare and try and find any changes
May 10th, 2008 at 11:36 amlou said:
YAY! I look forward to that!
May 10th, 2008 at 11:37 amlou said:
I look forward to hearing your findings!
May 10th, 2008 at 11:37 amCorey said:
That footage of Lewis is just embarrassing he should pull a Bernie and have it removed
May 10th, 2008 at 11:37 amme said:
hey corey, what time is it where you are?
for some reason they never managed a quick third sector. now they could’ve been doing that deliberately. but difficult to know.
May 10th, 2008 at 11:38 amlou said:
Awww is ickle Massa growing a beard?!
May 10th, 2008 at 11:41 amlou said:
yay i like this feature!
May 10th, 2008 at 11:41 amScott Woodwiss said:
Looks like McLaren don’t have any new aero parts this weekend. Now for Ferrari.
By the way, loving the Lotus 49.
May 10th, 2008 at 11:43 amlou said:
Gosh the on board footage is brilliant!
May 10th, 2008 at 11:43 amChristine Blachford said:
Hello everyone, apologies for my tardiness.
May 10th, 2008 at 11:44 amlou said:
Hey Christine
May 10th, 2008 at 11:46 amlou said:
Did anyone have a trouble with their ITV there. i lost sound for like 5 secounds…and the picture went abit funny. Was it Just my sky box?
May 10th, 2008 at 11:47 amScott Woodwiss said:
“me” will enjoy this bit
May 10th, 2008 at 11:47 amlou said:
ooo interesting tyre blanket temperature control info
May 10th, 2008 at 11:48 amScott Woodwiss said:
I know i said i’d do Ferrari, but I did BMW instead. No new parts for them either. Now i will do Ferrari
May 10th, 2008 at 11:48 amKathi said:
Hi
They just showed a GP2 car buried in a tyre wall. Does anybody know anything about this?
May 10th, 2008 at 11:48 amlou said:
good on Williams for getting there first!
May 10th, 2008 at 11:49 amLadySnowcat said:
My ITV went on the blink too…
May 10th, 2008 at 11:50 amCorey said:
Me, I am in the UK down Brunel University in Uxbridge
Ok wasn’t able to watch much of practice so I was wondering why they were not as high as I expected. Could they be sandbagging? we’ll soon know
May 10th, 2008 at 11:50 amlou said:
Thanks Scott! wow u are much much more observant than i am!
May 10th, 2008 at 11:51 amlou said:
I want to go to spa!!!!
May 10th, 2008 at 11:51 amChristine said:
I’ve decided I quite like Christian Horner, it’s nice to have a young principal, who’s not all corporate speak all the time.
May 10th, 2008 at 11:51 amme said:
hmmm, i’m still against them. but sam does have a very good point when he says an f1 car is a very expensive tyre warmer.
yup:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/67258
May 10th, 2008 at 11:52 amlou said:
Thanks
im glad its not my tv! 
May 10th, 2008 at 11:52 amLadySnowcat said:
One of the main player will drop out in the first session apparently…
Christian’s idea of a main player is different to mine…
May 10th, 2008 at 11:53 amme said:
and you only just woke up? there was me thinking you were somewhere exotic!
May 10th, 2008 at 11:53 amKathi said:
@ me: Thanks
May 10th, 2008 at 11:53 amLadySnowcat said:
Pat is always very good value…
May 10th, 2008 at 11:54 amlou said:
When there is no GP coverage or anything i tend to ahve a lie in over the weekend cause i have to get up early during the week. lol i understand, Corey!
May 10th, 2008 at 11:54 amScott Woodwiss said:
Looks like ferrari DO have something new - a tiny winglet on the barge board
http://www.autosport.com/gallery/photo.php/id/100262/s/1
May 10th, 2008 at 11:55 amlou said:
looks like blue-er skies that earlier…no rain then
May 10th, 2008 at 11:55 amlou said:
Good spot Scott!!!
May 10th, 2008 at 11:56 amlou said:
Timings have reset! Quali soon!!
May 10th, 2008 at 11:56 amCorey said:
LOL ‘me’, well I am from sunny Barbados so I guess I’m from somewhere exotic. Studying for exams and trying to get Formula Student car ready has me smashed man.
http://www.brunelmotorsport.com
May 10th, 2008 at 11:56 amLadySnowcat said:
5Live Extra is on for the advert bits….
May 10th, 2008 at 11:58 amLadySnowcat said:
They are mentioning that the wind is getting up and the clouds may come over…
Go away clouds…
May 10th, 2008 at 11:59 amlou said:
oo thanks for the reminder ladysnowcat!
May 10th, 2008 at 11:59 amScott Woodwiss said:
No rain expected for qualifying - I’m sad
May 10th, 2008 at 12:00 pmlou said:
No! we want rain!
yay! happy Rubens!
May 10th, 2008 at 12:00 pmme said:
non visible thing on the macca:
http://www.formula1.com/news/technical/2008/791/532.html
May 10th, 2008 at 12:00 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Renault has a new rear wing
http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/photolarge.php?photoID=98823&catID=1103-3074
May 10th, 2008 at 12:00 pmlou said:
Qualli has started! out on track go Fisi and Bourdais.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:01 pmChristine said:
Everyone on 5live and now James Allen as well have all said that they didn’t bring a jumper or anything, and packed completely inappropriately because they assumed Turkey would be hot!!
Don’t they check the weather before jetting out across the world?
May 10th, 2008 at 12:01 pmLadySnowcat said:
Fisi out already…
May 10th, 2008 at 12:02 pmScott Woodwiss said:
anyway, to business. Both STRs, Nakajima Glock and Bourdais are out.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:02 pmlou said:
Is that a new front wing on the Force india or has it been there all the time?
May 10th, 2008 at 12:02 pmLadySnowcat said:
Louise apparently was still in shorts at 9.30pm (so 11.30pm there) last night on the 5Live evening prog….
Made me shiver…
May 10th, 2008 at 12:04 pmLadySnowcat said:
I hate this bit…
Waiting for Kimi to come out reminds me of waiting to go in for an exam…
May 10th, 2008 at 12:04 pmlou said:
i think it may be a new wing - looks like the honda front wing only the two ears stick out on the side. thats not a good decription sorry
May 10th, 2008 at 12:05 pmLadySnowcat said:
Kimi coming out already…
The Ferraris aren’t too comfortable…
May 10th, 2008 at 12:06 pmme said:
mclaren going out early in this session.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:06 pmlou said:
kimi is out now
Please no one mention exams….mine start on monday (for a month!!) But go on study leave at the end of the week
May 10th, 2008 at 12:06 pmme said:
wonder if bmw will leave it late?
May 10th, 2008 at 12:07 pmlou said:
Button out on track
May 10th, 2008 at 12:08 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Wahey! Kazuki’s dropped it.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:08 pmme said:
nakajima sideways, but no contact.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:08 pmlou said:
Go Heikki!
May 10th, 2008 at 12:09 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Nice lap from Hamilton! McLaren are back!!
May 10th, 2008 at 12:09 pmlou said:
Maccas looking fast
May 10th, 2008 at 12:09 pmme said:
blimey, mclaren have a huge advantage already.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:09 pmLadySnowcat said:
Lewis going well…
I think that my prediction of Lewis on pole from this morning is looking good…
May 10th, 2008 at 12:10 pmme said:
impressive run for coulthard, the earlier pace carring through to this session.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:10 pmChristine said:
I think the answer is yes. I can’t understand them not doing just one safe lap. It’s an unnecessary risk.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:10 pmlou said:
Don’t forget about the Ferrari’s, remember Massa has a nack for pulling a fast lap out from no where. and he does love this track
May 10th, 2008 at 12:10 pmSteven Roy said:
26.1 is incredible
May 10th, 2008 at 12:11 pmCorey said:
Some interesting developments in this qualifying. Kovi and Lewis look ready to fight for a place on that first row.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:11 pmLadySnowcat said:
The Ferraris are doing a fair few laps…
May 10th, 2008 at 12:11 pmme said:
into the final 9 minutes before bmw exit the pits.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:12 pmChristine said:
Difference between soft and hard tyres is just three tenths if Red Bull times are to be believed.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:12 pmlou said:
OH NO!! Button! Hurry up!!!
May 10th, 2008 at 12:12 pmSteven Roy said:
Button’s dumbo ears seemed to be flapping about a lot
May 10th, 2008 at 12:13 pmlou said:
Thats better!
much more like it! now for rubens!
May 10th, 2008 at 12:14 pmLadySnowcat said:
I wonder if the BMWs will do several laps…
May 10th, 2008 at 12:14 pmme said:
kubica going faster on his 2nd lap.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:15 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Looking at the sector times, Hamilton was 3 tenth quicker than kimi in S1 and a tenth up in S2. Turkey, this year it seems, is a McLaren track. The Ferraris just don’t seem to be getting the front tyres working enough.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:15 pmme said:
vettel looks messy in the last sector. not hooked up at all.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:15 pmlou said:
Im hoping the BMWs do well this weekend…i forgot to change my fanatsy racers….so i hope they do better than last race!
May 10th, 2008 at 12:16 pmme said:
nick doing three straight qually laps. when was the last time we saw that?
May 10th, 2008 at 12:16 pmme said:
us too!
May 10th, 2008 at 12:16 pmSteven Roy said:
I forgot to drop Rosberg
May 10th, 2008 at 12:16 pmKathi said:
aaah Computer crashed. I’ll be back (hopefully)
May 10th, 2008 at 12:17 pmryan said:
The SPEED commentators just said that the track is 21 degrees cooler than Barcelona was, and they are using the same two tyre compounds as last outing.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:17 pmLadySnowcat said:
Turkey will be a lot better for Ferrari in the race but a Macca track for qualy…
So how much fuel…
May 10th, 2008 at 12:17 pmLadySnowcat said:
The Ferraris are out again…
AMAZING….
May 10th, 2008 at 12:18 pmCorey said:
A rule about not cutting away to pit garages during an on-board lap is required.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:18 pmChristine said:
Fisichella just keeps going round and round - 9 laps so far - but it’s not going to make any difference. He’ll be last.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:18 pmme said:
bridgestone have admitted they made the wrong call on the choice of tyres. needed to go for a softer option.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:18 pmlou said:
o i hope button gets through with hard tyres!
May 10th, 2008 at 12:18 pmSteven Roy said:
Ferrari must be worried about the McLaren times to go out again in Q3
May 10th, 2008 at 12:19 pmme said:
woah, mixed up session this is! why though, they’re in no danger at all?
May 10th, 2008 at 12:19 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Looking at the times and how many cars are opting for multiple-lap runs, it looks like the tyres this weekend aren’t wearing as much, which means that over the course of the race, due to the cooler temperatures and the earlier date in the calender, the tyres should still be working well at the end of their stints. Maybe McLaren will use Ferrari’s tyre temperature problem to their advantage and grab some valuable points this weekend.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:19 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Massa’s on a purple S2
May 10th, 2008 at 12:19 pmme said:
massa purple s2.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:20 pmDan Brunell said:
Good morning…
Too early for breakfast over here on the west coast.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:20 pmme said:
amazing showing from trulli there. impressive run.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:21 pmLadySnowcat said:
I think Ferrari are playing with set up…
May 10th, 2008 at 12:21 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Jarno Trulli’s popped up to 4th, but the one-lap specaialist has been outdone by Glock!
May 10th, 2008 at 12:21 pmme said:
terrible show for piquet! yikes.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:22 pmChristine said:
Fastest three: Massa, Hamilton, Raikkonen.
OUT: Nakajima, Piquet, Bourdais, Fisichella and Sutil
May 10th, 2008 at 12:22 pmlou said:
omg that was tence!!! so Jenson and Rubens through- few!!!
Piquet! not a good lap - he went off the track according to five live.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:22 pmScott Woodwiss said:
At this point in the weekend? That’s worrying. Well for them, but not for me. I support McLaren, so for them and me, that can only be a good thing
May 10th, 2008 at 12:22 pmme said:
hey ya dan.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:22 pmChristine said:
Really disappointed in the TRs. I guess they needed that new car this weekend rather than Monaco.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:23 pmSteven Roy said:
ITV said he went off at turn 10
May 10th, 2008 at 12:23 pmLadySnowcat said:
Uncle Flav will be giving Junior a taste of the Alex Ferguson hairdrier treatment..
May 10th, 2008 at 12:23 pmSteven Roy said:
I have to head out now.
See you all for the race
May 10th, 2008 at 12:24 pmlou said:
God i hope the Hondas are much faster on softs. was rubens on softs?
Do you think Mass could have been scrubing tyres?
May 10th, 2008 at 12:24 pmCorey said:
Trulli is really the one-lap specialist. Where does this guy find the speed whenever it counts and why not show it in the race?
May 10th, 2008 at 12:24 pmme said:
both toyota’s found some serious pace there, and who’d have glock ahead of trulli in qually?
May 10th, 2008 at 12:24 pmlou said:
bye Steven *waves*
May 10th, 2008 at 12:24 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Nah, he’ll lob a wheel gun at him and clock Piquet on the head
May 10th, 2008 at 12:24 pmLadySnowcat said:
Sorry Christine I am not as convinced as you are by Mr Bourdais…
Let’s hope he proves me wrong…
May 10th, 2008 at 12:25 pmlou said:
live timings reset!
May 10th, 2008 at 12:26 pmChristine said:
Not just Bourdais though, Vettel can’t seem to get the car to work either. And we know he can be quick.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:27 pmlou said:
yay! Honda shots!!
May 10th, 2008 at 12:27 pmlou said:
Q2 has started!
May 10th, 2008 at 12:27 pmAlenyaa said:
Piquet is really off pace this weekend. Unless he’s running heavy, but then still…
Commentators over here said Kazuki is under a bit of pressure from Frankl Williams, despite having scored points on two out of four GP’s. Alledgedly Frank doesn’t like the difference in qualifying positions between the two and he has said Kazuki will have to try harder.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:27 pmScott Woodwiss said:
That was Jenson’s engineer taking his order for McDonalds later
May 10th, 2008 at 12:27 pmLadySnowcat said:
At least Rubens made it into Q2…on his special day…
The Honda is showing some improvement…
May 10th, 2008 at 12:28 pmKathi said:
I’m back. http://download.yousendit.com/F1E9E0A60825C0C8 That’s Webber’s crash. I don’t know why the quality is so bad
May 10th, 2008 at 12:28 pmlou said:
:/
May 10th, 2008 at 12:29 pmChristine said:
Autosport Live:
11:28 Silence in the first minute as everyone waits politely for everyone else to go out onto the track.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:29 pmlou said:
Welcome back Kathi!
May 10th, 2008 at 12:29 pmme said:
he also mentioned how much he enjoys watching nico. i’m assuming that was another dig at kaz.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:30 pmScott Woodwiss said:
^^^ Haha! “After you” “No no, after you!” “Please, I insist.”
May 10th, 2008 at 12:30 pmLadySnowcat said:
Just realised that only Glock of the rookies got through…
May 10th, 2008 at 12:30 pmme said:
cheers
May 10th, 2008 at 12:30 pmlou said:
A nice even spread of coverage today
me likes!
Yay! soft tyres for honda!
May 10th, 2008 at 12:30 pmScott Woodwiss said:
DC hits the track first! He’s keen.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:30 pmChristine said:
Coulthard out first.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:31 pmKathi said:
Thanks hopefully my Computer allows me to stay a while.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:31 pmLadySnowcat said:
Breeze has picked up…
May 10th, 2008 at 12:31 pmAlenyaa said:
I can see why he would feel slightly disappointed in Kazuki, seeing as he’s not consisitent and needs a good deal of luck to have a good finishing position.
But it’s only his 5th GP, cut him some slacj already, Frank!
May 10th, 2008 at 12:32 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Wow, the weather in Istanbul is almost as good as it is here in England!
May 10th, 2008 at 12:32 pmlou said:
fingures crossed
May 10th, 2008 at 12:32 pmDan Brunell said:
My cable on the television just went out, TVU isn’t working, ITV keeps kicking my off, and I can’t find any feeds. If anyone knows of one, I would greatly appreciate it. Please email me (dan_brunell@hotmail.com)
Editorial: You wonder why F1 is ignored by America Bernie? Because people like me get frustrated and pissed off for getting up at 4 AM and cannot find the race anywhere but a channel that only 15% of America gets. #$#@%@#@ you.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:33 pmme said:
redbull wheel bins don’t appear to cover very much of the front wheels. barely two thirds.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:34 pmlou said:
OOOO!! i just had a thought!!! It wil probably be Ant doing the commentry in Hungary this year, when Martin is absent! yay! that shoud be good!
May 10th, 2008 at 12:34 pmme said:
any luck with this one:
http://www.tvlizer.com/content/view/203/335/
May 10th, 2008 at 12:34 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Red Bulls still have their wings!
May 10th, 2008 at 12:34 pmAlenyaa said:
Torro Rosso aren’t running them at all. Think they could be working together on finding out what works better?
May 10th, 2008 at 12:35 pmlou said:
Figured out why Hondas are not as fast as i thought. They are running the wheel bins :s
May 10th, 2008 at 12:35 pmme said:
kovi faster than hamilton in S1.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:35 pmNelson said:
Good morning folks, it’s getting harder to wake up every weekend *yawn*.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:36 pmme said:
ahhh, risky strategy.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:36 pmAlenyaa said:
Silly Kimi :p
May 10th, 2008 at 12:36 pmlou said:
Hey Nelson
May 10th, 2008 at 12:36 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Kimi very wide and going slowly. What was all that about?
May 10th, 2008 at 12:36 pmlou said:
Kimi taking the scenic route!
May 10th, 2008 at 12:37 pmme said:
it’ll be worth it though, great session today.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:37 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Kubica with a purple S2
May 10th, 2008 at 12:37 pmCorey said:
Go Barrichello Go
May 10th, 2008 at 12:37 pmlou said:
just noticed button down in 15th
May 10th, 2008 at 12:38 pmChristine said:
Just BMWs left out whilst everyone else pits. It’s like they’re on a different time zone to the others
May 10th, 2008 at 12:38 pmScott Woodwiss said:
I want Barrichello to make Q3. Will be a nice present for his record breaking race
May 10th, 2008 at 12:39 pmLadySnowcat said:
What’s all this about Lewis going out again?…
May 10th, 2008 at 12:39 pmlou said:
I just want the hondas to do well….
May 10th, 2008 at 12:39 pmme said:
steady out lap for kovi there.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:39 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Martin’s getting rather excited over a new set of tyres….erm, Why!
May 10th, 2008 at 12:40 pmLadySnowcat said:
Heikki on a mega lap…
May 10th, 2008 at 12:40 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Kovi purple s1
May 10th, 2008 at 12:40 pmlou said:
Martin missing racing i think
May 10th, 2008 at 12:41 pmlou said:
never noticed the reflection of the sky in the Macca before
May 10th, 2008 at 12:41 pmScott Woodwiss said:
oversteer out of turn 9, he’s lost the tenth he gained…
….aaaand he’s 3rd.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:41 pmLadySnowcat said:
Lewis out again… I am surprised…
May 10th, 2008 at 12:42 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Hamilton’s just started his last run of the session.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:42 pmlou said:
Come on Hondas! 2 quick laps please!!
May 10th, 2008 at 12:42 pmme said:
coulthard’s best qualifying for bloomin’ ages!
May 10th, 2008 at 12:43 pmScott Woodwiss said:
damn, both hondas don’t make it, and hamilton didn’t improve
May 10th, 2008 at 12:43 pmlou said:
Both hondas not through
I blame the wheel bins! 
May 10th, 2008 at 12:43 pmDan Brunell said:
Thanks me.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:43 pmChristine said:
Fastest three: Raikkonen, Kubica, Massa
OUT: Rosberg, Barrichello, Button, Vettel, Glock
May 10th, 2008 at 12:44 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Why is it that whenever hamilton’s a bit off pace, they always say “he must have a problem”?
May 10th, 2008 at 12:45 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Hey i’ve just noticed, the top 10 left, apart from rosberg is everyone I said would make it!
May 10th, 2008 at 12:45 pmlou said:
Honda jinzed it! they had said they would do well!
May 10th, 2008 at 12:45 pmme said:
or the bunny ears, or the green trousers
May 10th, 2008 at 12:45 pmLadySnowcat said:
Track temp up…
Clouds blown away by the wind…
May 10th, 2008 at 12:46 pmCorey said:
This one looks too close to call between the top three teams.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:46 pmNelson said:
I have a little feeling that I’ll be on the top stop by sunday morning.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:46 pmAlenyaa said:
11 cars within a second of each other!
May 10th, 2008 at 12:47 pmLadySnowcat said:
Glock at the bottom…so the curse of the rookies strikes again…
May 10th, 2008 at 12:47 pmKathi said:
Did you get that thermal image thing?
May 10th, 2008 at 12:48 pmlou said:
yep those too
although…they did have the ears and green trousers in spain…and Jenson got some pionts….but they have not been brilliant in Qualli this year…
May 10th, 2008 at 12:49 pmme said:
ummm, nope?
May 10th, 2008 at 12:49 pmScott Woodwiss said:
There’s a crosswind going across the pit straight right now
May 10th, 2008 at 12:49 pmAlenyaa said:
I blame it on good luck!
May 10th, 2008 at 12:50 pmKathi said:
I can upload it after qualy. They showed a thermal picture of Trull (I think) during refuelling
May 10th, 2008 at 12:51 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Heidfeld is the first out to stake his claim for pole.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:51 pmlou said:
May 10th, 2008 at 12:52 pmme said:
heidfeld back in the pits? that can’t be right?
May 10th, 2008 at 12:52 pmlou said:
Scrubbing tyres?
May 10th, 2008 at 12:52 pmme said:
coooool, thank you.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:53 pmlou said:
renault looking like they are best of the rest
May 10th, 2008 at 12:54 pmme said:
dc not up for the fight then? a bit disappointing.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:54 pmlou said:
DC is still in the pits what is he talking about??
May 10th, 2008 at 12:55 pmlou said:
Trulli 2nd!
May 10th, 2008 at 12:55 pmlou said:
Yay! Barrichello interview!
May 10th, 2008 at 12:55 pmme said:
a late decision to enter the pits from webber there.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:56 pmlou said:
Alonso then Kubica 2nd! This is gonna be a manic Q3!
May 10th, 2008 at 12:56 pmChristine said:
Hamilton is slow this weekend, looked like he was struggling with the car round some of the corners.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:57 pmlou said:
hard tyres for Lewis….
May 10th, 2008 at 12:58 pmScott Woodwiss said:
come on lewis, do the business!!!
May 10th, 2008 at 12:58 pmme said:
left rear problem for kimi. no panic from the ferrari pit though.
May 10th, 2008 at 12:59 pmlou said:
hang on….did he just say ‘we jump back on bourd with Rubens Barichello’? Its Lewis! :S
May 10th, 2008 at 12:59 pmme said:
lewis out of control in turn 8?
May 10th, 2008 at 12:59 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Yay! 2nd place for hamilton!
May 10th, 2008 at 1:00 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Go on kovi!!!
May 10th, 2008 at 1:00 pmlou said:
I would like to see Kimi do a stella lap for pole…or Kubica even Kubica or Heikki on pole! would be nice!
May 10th, 2008 at 1:00 pmlou said:
go Kovi!!!
May 10th, 2008 at 1:00 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Damn you massa!!
May 10th, 2008 at 1:01 pmCorey said:
Hamilton having to dominate the car on those hard tyres. That was a crazy lap
May 10th, 2008 at 1:01 pmlou said:
Massa always does that! Kimi 4th
May 10th, 2008 at 1:01 pmme said:
he’ll get about 6 laps out of them driving like that!
May 10th, 2008 at 1:02 pmChristine said:
Top Ten: Massa, Kovi, Hamilton, Raikkonen, Kubica, Webber, Alonso, Trulli, Heidfeld, Coulthard
May 10th, 2008 at 1:02 pmCorey said:
May 10th, 2008 at 1:02 pmlou said:
yay! Kovi 2nd! is that the first time this year he has out qualified Lewis
May 10th, 2008 at 1:02 pmme said:
i’m amazed they managed to find some pace out of the tyres in the end. didn’t look anything like it earlier.
May 10th, 2008 at 1:02 pmScott Woodwiss said:
That was an enjoyable session, great fight for pole at the end, but I would have liked to see someone other than massa on P1.
May 10th, 2008 at 1:02 pmLadySnowcat said:
Now it’ll be down to fuel…
If the difference between Q2 and Q3 is appropriate Kimi has fuel on board…
May 10th, 2008 at 1:04 pmKathi said:
Damn you Alonso
May 10th, 2008 at 1:04 pmme said:
uh-oh, alonso blocking kimi on replays!
May 10th, 2008 at 1:04 pmLadySnowcat said:
Oh my god…Fernando baulked Kimi…
May 10th, 2008 at 1:04 pmlou said:
Very disapionted in DC! He just settled for 10th.
ooo Lewis decided to have hard tyres….not the best decision…
May 10th, 2008 at 1:05 pmAlenyaa said:
Do I sense a riot coming up?
May 10th, 2008 at 1:05 pmLadySnowcat said:
That may mean he isn’t heavy on fuel…
Where was that?…
May 10th, 2008 at 1:06 pmChristine said:
Research Girl says no, Kovi got ahead in Malaysia.
May 10th, 2008 at 1:06 pmKathi said:
Since the red bulls don’t have any timed lap, does that mean they don’t have to go into parc ferme?
May 10th, 2008 at 1:06 pmlou said:
OH no…Alonso why do it! why?!
May 10th, 2008 at 1:06 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Hey, new Bridgestone advert. Cool!
May 10th, 2008 at 1:06 pmlou said:
right….interesting Bridgestone advert there
May 10th, 2008 at 1:06 pmDan Brunell said:
This is going to be a manic first corner tommorow… I wonder how many cars behind DC will crash into him?
May 10th, 2008 at 1:07 pmme said:
he coulda, shoulda, woulda.
May 10th, 2008 at 1:07 pmKathi said:
oh they have a time. My bad
May 10th, 2008 at 1:07 pmLadySnowcat said:
I reckon Lewis may have the most fuel of all and he has some nice clean options to use on the grid…
May 10th, 2008 at 1:07 pmme said:
haha, erm, 10?
May 10th, 2008 at 1:07 pmNelson said:
Ugh! I hate Fox Sports LA. They just cut over to another program like 5 minutes after they finished. I didn’t get to see the replays showing Alonso block Raikkonen.
May 10th, 2008 at 1:09 pmNelson said:
Can I say all of them or do I have to pick specific drivers?
May 10th, 2008 at 1:09 pmAlenyaa said:
I’m off for now, will check in again later tonight.
Have fun speculating on what will happen with Fernando :p
May 10th, 2008 at 1:09 pmlou said:
make that 7. im sure le seb, jenson and rubens will miss him
May 10th, 2008 at 1:09 pmDan Brunell said:
Actually my guess is nine because Vettel’s car will fall apart when the lights turn green.
May 10th, 2008 at 1:11 pmme said:
cheers
May 10th, 2008 at 1:11 pmCorey said:
Very true but having felt more comfortable with the harder tyres he had to pull something out of the bag for it and it looked impressive.
May 10th, 2008 at 1:14 pmme said:
wonder if kimi’s wheel problem meant he ended up in the path of alonso?
May 10th, 2008 at 1:14 pmlou said:
Interesting….Heikki does not seem to have a new starched white overall on. Its not a white as Lewis’
May 10th, 2008 at 1:15 pmlou said:
I would love to see Kovi overtake Massa and win!
that would be a nice welcome back present!
May 10th, 2008 at 1:15 pmme said:
alonso used to pull that trick. trouble at woking?
May 10th, 2008 at 1:16 pmlou said:
awww Kovi looks so happy! nice and smiley!
May 10th, 2008 at 1:17 pmLadySnowcat said:
Felipe mentioned Alonso..
I thought that was the Kimster but perhaps not…
May 10th, 2008 at 1:18 pmLadySnowcat said:
Lewis doesn’t look as happy as I expected…
May 10th, 2008 at 1:18 pmlou said:
Yeah that what i thought….either that or Lewis just wants to do well be the sponsors…well we know he will do anything to keep them happy! I mean Lewis Vodaphone Mclaren Mercedes loves his sponsors!
May 10th, 2008 at 1:18 pmDan Brunell said:
It sets up well for the rest of the season that McLaren did this well at a “Ferrari track.” It might be a championship yet. At least it should set up for an interesting race tomorrow with Kimi on McLaren’ heels.
I think BMW has lost a step.
May 10th, 2008 at 1:20 pmLadySnowcat said:
I think that the only reason Macca did as well as they did was the temperature thing…
I am praying that Kimi is heavy on fuel…
May 10th, 2008 at 1:21 pmme said:
oh, was it on his out lap?
May 10th, 2008 at 1:22 pmLadySnowcat said:
I think it was…
May 10th, 2008 at 1:22 pmme said:
surprising that kubica wasn’t there in the mix.
May 10th, 2008 at 1:24 pmme said:
about time kaz and piquet were banished from f1 isn’t it?
they’ve had their chances, they’re rubbish, lets see ant and taku in there or something.
May 10th, 2008 at 1:25 pmCorey said:
I tend to agree with you there. I always felt that they would be a bit faster with the lower temperatures of the track as their car seems to eat those tyres normally. I think on the bit of FP2 i saw PDLR was saying something similar. Should be a good race tomorrow and a crazy first corner.
May 10th, 2008 at 1:25 pmlou said:
Me too, specially cause he was so happy after Spain…im sure i saw afew tears in his eyes!
But i really want Kovi to do well! i really do! 
I think i tend to support one of the drivers from each team more than the other….
May 10th, 2008 at 1:25 pmChristine said:
The first lap will be chaos, with all those cold tyres.
May 10th, 2008 at 1:26 pmlou said:
If ITV spend the last 5 mins of their coverage chatting about comps and what else they are showing I may scream! I mean they could get more interviews in! argh!
May 10th, 2008 at 1:26 pmme said:
session times:
May 10th, 2008 at 1:27 pmLadySnowcat said:
So another race featuring Mr Maylander in prospect…
How many have we had this year…
Two?…
May 10th, 2008 at 1:27 pmme said:
scott, are you planning to live comment GP2 this week?
May 10th, 2008 at 1:27 pmLadySnowcat said:
Wow GP2 on ITV4 in a mo…
May 10th, 2008 at 1:28 pmme said:
so long as massa doesn’t run off into the distance, it’ll be a corker.
yay
May 10th, 2008 at 1:29 pmlou said:
ARGH!!! ITV!!! ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!
They just spent 5 mins of my time telling me about a comp a film, and where i can see the race tomorrow!
May 10th, 2008 at 1:30 pmme said:
thanks again to everyone here. loving your work
we’ll be here for a couple of hours and christine has a bunch of podcasts to make.
more live commenting tomorrow, uk tv coverage starts just after 12. what time should we open up the thread?
May 10th, 2008 at 1:32 pmlou said:
Fingures crossed that the Hondas and Toro Rossos get through the first lap crashes! That Bridgestone advert is growing on me.
May 10th, 2008 at 1:32 pmme said:
finally a decent advert from them, tis good.
May 10th, 2008 at 1:34 pmlou said:
Yay! love live commenting more and more each race! erm If it were up to me i would say as early as you can
erm 11? so we can live comment through ITVs build up (making the build up even better!)
May 10th, 2008 at 1:36 pmlou said:
Im watching it properly thi week….not sure i will definatly understand all of it!
May 10th, 2008 at 1:37 pmlou said:
yay! just realised i correctly predicted Mass on pole and Lewis 3rd! i got everyone else wrong though - but getter better
May 10th, 2008 at 1:37 pmDan Brunell said:
Till tomorrow. I am going to sneak back into bed, get some sleep, and call the cable company so I can actually watch the race.
Bye…
May 10th, 2008 at 1:38 pmme said:
loving that optimistic attitude.
live commenting at 11am then.
May 10th, 2008 at 1:39 pmme said:
cheers dan.
May 10th, 2008 at 1:41 pmRich said:
I wonder what Honda would think, if Williams replaced kaz with Takuma? I am being serious - this year he has not done badly, kept out of trouble and got the car to the finish with virtually no practice - just look at his points in fantasyracers to confirm this. It would meet the need for a Japanese driver and be a scoop for Toyota (aw I would love it!) and it would prick Honda corporate conscious.
Piquet, is I am afraid, possibly the most rubbish driver on the grid - but that is what nationalistic sponsorship can do it so Ant’s got not chance (be he would be better!).
May 10th, 2008 at 1:42 pmlou said:
My friends are trying to get me to become an optimist. I think its working….It seems to be rubbing off on me…of course f1 helps
May 10th, 2008 at 1:43 pmRich said:
Nopt bad hope they are in your Fantasyracers team. I am afraid my team is rubbish again judging from the quali.
May 10th, 2008 at 1:44 pmme said:
you could be on to something there. i like the way you’re thinking. maybe that’s why frank’s started making negative waves this weekend?
May 10th, 2008 at 1:45 pmlou said:
That would be brilliant! and possibly a probability!
May 10th, 2008 at 1:48 pmlou said:
Nope! there not
I forgot all about Fantasy racers this week so i still have -
Jenson (thats never gonna change)
Nick
Robert
Nico
Vettel
May 10th, 2008 at 1:54 pmKathi said:
Thermal thing: http://download.yousendit.com/F1E9E0A60825C0C8
Anything else?
May 10th, 2008 at 1:56 pmLadySnowcat said:
It would be a little ironic for Toyota to give Sato a berth when Honda effectively threw him over…
Can’t see Frank and Patrick taking on Taku though…
May 10th, 2008 at 1:57 pmlou said:
OOO thanks Kathi!
Am downloading it now!!
May 10th, 2008 at 1:59 pmme said:
kathi, you legend.
umm, do you have alonso blocking a ferrari in q3?
May 10th, 2008 at 1:59 pmme said:
they didn’t have much of a choice about kaz though, and of the two sato would be my choice.
May 10th, 2008 at 2:03 pmLadySnowcat said:
I think they did have a choice but thought a free engine was worth the risk given his perceived talent…
May 10th, 2008 at 2:03 pmme said:
kathi, for me that url points to the webber footage, i don’t see any thermal? soz.
May 10th, 2008 at 2:04 pmlou said:
Im watching GP2 and the stands are almost empty
May 10th, 2008 at 2:04 pmme said:
i see. now that they know he has none, what can they do about it?
May 10th, 2008 at 2:04 pmlou said:
same
May 10th, 2008 at 2:08 pmLadySnowcat said:
I was at Turkey last year and people were pretty thin on the ground full stop on the Saturday…
It was more relaxed than a Saturday morning at the shops…
So very few stayed on for the GP2…
May 10th, 2008 at 2:09 pmlou said:
That must have been a good race to watch
lucky you! 
I am yet to go o a Grand Prix 
how strange…
May 10th, 2008 at 2:10 pmLadySnowcat said:
The GP2 at Magny Cours was probably the most amazing…
A huge crash and how the guy walked away I’ll never know…
May 10th, 2008 at 2:13 pmLadySnowcat said:
Here’s the clip from youtube…
http://youtube.com/watch?v=LN_S9_tcNOk
Actually France with wet or damp tracks last year made even the Porsche Supercup exciting…
May 10th, 2008 at 2:14 pmme said:
blimey, that must have come as a surprise.
May 10th, 2008 at 2:16 pmLadySnowcat said:
I follow the Kimster on track, on the big screens and on timing via my kangaroo set so I am always on the edge of my seat for the GP even if it’s a lights to flag victory…
I know… I am a sad lady…
But he usually comes through for me…
May 10th, 2008 at 2:16 pmKathi said:
Oh, sorry. Let’s see:
Thermal of Williams: http://download.yousendit.com/DE90E8B138F8AB68
Massa_Alonso: http://download.yousendit.com/02B345691F652D63
May 10th, 2008 at 2:18 pmLadySnowcat said:
Yes it most certainly was…
At one point we thought they wouldn’t be able to get rid of the oil on the track and it would be oily and wet for the GP but it wasn’t…..
May 10th, 2008 at 2:18 pmlou said:
thanks was just looking for it
Oh.my.goodness! he walked away from that! thats one serious crash!
May 10th, 2008 at 2:20 pmlou said:
Thanks Kathi!
I am now gonna see if i can get these on my ipod! the quality of the videos are brilliant!
May 10th, 2008 at 2:21 pmlou said:
ooo i have closed the gap between Scott and myself in the top commenters!
Just 40 off now 
May 10th, 2008 at 2:24 pmLadySnowcat said:
Are you aiming to do a Rubens to his Ricardo then…
May 10th, 2008 at 2:24 pmNONSENSE said:
Little Nelson fried his little brains I’m afraid.
Yamamoto would do a much better job and he’s not the best Japanese driver out there! Sato is my Nº1 choice to replace the unfortunate Pqt. I mean what all those sons of famous fathers are even doing in F1, OK, Hill, JV they sort of achieved something but Kaz, Pqt and even Rsbrg (although he seems to be the best of 2nd generation drivers). Next thing you know in 15 years we’ll have the starting grid looking like this:
1 Felipe Massa Jr. Ferrari 1:27.617
2 Heikki Kovalainen Jr. McLaren 0:00.796
3 Lewis Hamilton Jr. McLaren 0:00.911
4 Kimi Raikkonen Jr. Ferrari 0:00.924
5 Robert Kubica Jr. BMW 0:01.378
6 Mark Webber Jr. Red Bull 0:01.405
7 Fernando Alonso Jr. Renault 0:01.410
8 Jarno Trulli Jr. Toyota 0:01.824
9 Nick Heidfeld Jr. BMW 0:01.870
10 David Coulthard Jr. Red Bull 0:01.947
11 Nico Rosberg III Jr. Williams 0:00.000
12 Rubens Barrichello Jr. Honda 0:00.207
13 Jenson Button Jr. Honda 0:00.286
14 Sebastien Vettel Jr. Toro Rosso 0:00.400
15 Timo Glock Jr. Toyota 0:00.794
16 Kazuki Nakajima III Jr. Williams 0:00.535
17 Nelsinho Piquet III Jr. Renault 0:00.556
18 Sebastien Bourdais Jr. Toro Rosso 0:00.609
19 Giancarlo Fisichella Jr. Force India 0:00.795
20 Adrian Sutil JR. Force India 0:01.313
May 10th, 2008 at 2:27 pmlou said:
yep! although Scott is more of a moving target ;)….the gap has been something like 200 comments so…
May 10th, 2008 at 2:28 pmKathi said:
Apologies to Alonso (not that he’d notice me swearing at him)
May 10th, 2008 at 2:31 pmLadySnowcat said:
Flav will take Grosjean before he takes Sato…
His record of promoting testers is pretty rock solid…
And Grosjean is French and the Renault tester…
May 10th, 2008 at 2:31 pmme said:
thanks, the quality is excellent, ta.
love the thermal imaging camera. those tyres are really hot. would love to see a similar shot tomorrow and compare the colours of a new set of tyres versus an old set.
May 10th, 2008 at 2:33 pmLadySnowcat said:
Adam Carroll doing well in GP2…
As is Grosjean…
May 10th, 2008 at 2:33 pmme said:
it was… then he took on piquet. hehe.
May 10th, 2008 at 2:34 pmme said:
is it me or do they have better camera angles than f1?
May 10th, 2008 at 2:36 pmLadySnowcat said:
I think that the lower speeds and closer racing help the director…
May 10th, 2008 at 2:39 pmme said:
ahh, interesting. makes a difference, i like the extreme corner close-ups.
May 10th, 2008 at 2:41 pmLadySnowcat said:
Which suited him as it was going to flatter Alonso and proove to be no real challenge… Heikki would have been, as Lewis is finding….
But if you think about it Flav had Alonso as a tester, he wanted to follow him with Webber who refused to take the year off and went to Jaguar instead, he then had Heikki and Junior…
I think he had all the above under some kind of management contract too…
I know that I spotted another guy he promoted from a test role before Alonso the other day… I’ll have to look it out…
May 10th, 2008 at 2:42 pmlou said:
They are nice! i can think it would be pretty tricky to get one of those with F1
May 10th, 2008 at 2:44 pmLadySnowcat said:
When you are at the track the time it takes the GP2 guys to go round the track is an eternity in comparison to the F1 guys…
And you can read a book between visits from the Porsche supercup cars….
May 10th, 2008 at 2:51 pmRich said:
Me I think you are being a bit harsh on Kaz. I actually have an even better idea - for Toyota to take on Takuma. If you compare team mate wars - Timo is actually even worse than Piquet - since Jarno has scored more points than Fernando. Dump Timo cos he is rubbish and take on Takuma. Takuma and Jarno - I think Toyota would get some where.
For reigning terror on pit crew Kaz has a fairly serious competitor in Ms Danica Patrick. Interesting no helmuts and not pitlane limiters in Indy series. Ms Patrick should get extra points since it was not her own team but an opposition.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUpehvsZxNU
During Kentucky IRL 2007 she had the following incidents in one race
#1 Pits incident with patrick and franchitti.
#2 Spin of the pit out, flatted her tires
#3 Spin off the track under yellow after tire flatted and just missed the safety vihicle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEwPu4fKmQc
Now imagine a series with DC, DeSeb, Kaz, Danica and Lewis (who also likes to spin at pit entrances) - it would be a completely new sport.
May 10th, 2008 at 2:55 pmme said:
good lord, that would be a short race
fair enough, maybe kaz isn’t that bad, vettel’s hardly excelled himself so far this year either. sato at toyota might get the team even more kudos than putting the same man at williams, so yeah that could work too.
May 10th, 2008 at 2:56 pmKathi said:
Bring Ide back!!!!!!!!!!
May 10th, 2008 at 2:57 pmLadySnowcat said:
Does anyone know if Franck was managed by Flav?…
Christine perhaps….
May 10th, 2008 at 3:01 pmRich said:
I know ickle Felipe is not the most popular driver on this forum, but since Flav said “you cannot have two brilliant drivers in the same team” or words to that effect (when referring to the possibility of Kimi and Fernando in the same team) - I am supporting Masa to show Flav up. He got six poles last year and this year has more poles than anyone else - not bad for a rubbish driver. Pity I forgot to change my Fantasyracers team to include him, it is a bit catching disease this forgetting to update your team.
May 10th, 2008 at 3:02 pmme said:
he was, yes, bourdais refused to sign anything so went west instead. and franck took that contract. i think he fell out with flav when he went to toyota though.
May 10th, 2008 at 3:03 pmme said:
we should’ve done a reminder or something, sorry. got caught up with the video delay.
May 10th, 2008 at 3:10 pmLadySnowcat said:
You have to say that even if you don’t like Flav that if you stick with him he seems to give you a decent chance…
Whether Piquet deserves it is an interesting discussion…
May 10th, 2008 at 3:14 pmme said:
yes, but, i would imagine he takes a bigger slice of the pie than most
May 10th, 2008 at 3:17 pmLadySnowcat said:
That is a racing certainty…
And he generally doesn’t pay top whack either…
May 10th, 2008 at 3:17 pmRich said:
Similarly Adrian Sutil - Fisi has rubbished his performance this year. Personally I think the teams are trying to go for too young drivers to grab headlines and publicity. In my book many of the youngster lack consistency (either they should be driving the less competitive cars in F1 or have more testing to get F1 experience). Exceptions, of course are Lewis-for-sure-Hamilton (might not like him but he is good) and Robert-I-am-a-ball-of-fun-Kubica they are pretty consistent and fast. I do not really put Heikki in this category since he was a test driver for a long time and good (please to see him take second on the grid). I think it is a pity to see some experienced and good drivers like Ant (and now Takuma), Vitantonio and Christian (Klein)not in competitive seats. Of course there are some older drivers that should be put out to graze (e.g. DC would be top of my list - compare his to Webber’s results this year)- last year its was Ralfie. I thought the