Live Commenting: Monaco - Free Practice 2
Here we go again then, time for another 90 minute blast around the streets of Monaco. The first session was a busy affair (aside from the quarter-of-an-hour stoppage to fix a problem with the drains). Both Trulli and Heidfeld fell foul of the barriers, while Coulthard’s car failed to make it through a single quick lap.
Those three drivers will be on the back foot in this second session and will be keen to make up for lost time, but out front the battle is squarely a McLaren / Ferrari duel. Although the Italian team finished atop the timesheets earlier it was the opposition who looked the more threatening.
We’re in for much more of the same this afternoon too as the weather remains constant. One thing we’ve yet to see is the softer compound tyre used in anger, and this race weekend marks the first time we’ve seen the super-soft rubber in action since electronic aids were banned at the beginning of the season.
Free Practice 2 begins at 2pm local time (1pm in the UK). As before we’re following Formula 1’s live timing as well as watching ITV’s online video coverage.
5Live Sports Extra have full audio coverage for this session and Ian Phillips is back in the commentary box after his absence from Turkey.
Please do tell us what you’re up to and what your thoughts are for the remainder of the day.
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:44 pmChristine said:
Your introductions are very good.
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:47 pmme said:
why thank you
i do wonder how many different ways i can say “here’s the link to the live timing”!
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:49 pmlou said:
Hey everyone, im back from the horror that is chemistry, and ready to enjoy another 90 mins of great practice!
agreed.
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:52 pmZ-Baumgartner said:
Finally no more tests for a week!
I’ll be watching this practice session on setanta sports
They are!
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:54 pmGraham said:
Hi
First time on live comments. I’ll be listening to BBC 5Live and Formula1 Live Time. ITV does not allow access to Australia, so I am looking forward to the comments from those who can see vision.
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:55 pmme said:
howdy mr. b. what’s setanta’s coverage like, and who’re the commentators?
hi ya graham. will do our best to be your eyes this afternoon. any questions, feel free to yell.
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:57 pmlou said:
the video and live timing feeds have woken up!
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:59 pmme said:
drop.io link in case you spot anything interesting:
incidentally we’ve switched the default drop.io view to “blog” mode, which seems to make it easier to track new additions. a link in the top right changes it back to “media” view if needed. let us know if you don’t like it that way.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:01 pmlou said:
yeah i noticed that, its much better.
and we have cars on the track
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:02 pmlou said:
no rain during FP2
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:02 pmme said:
Race control: No rain during second practice.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:02 pmChristine said:
Coulthard one of the first guys out.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:03 pmlou said:
i love those shots in the tunnel!
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:03 pmChristine said:
And he has a laptime - woohoo!
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:04 pmme said:
haha, busiest man during this session do ya think?
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:04 pmlou said:
Heidfeld and Kubica no sitting in the garage as usual then
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:05 pmlou said:
rosberg goes fastest!
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:05 pmme said:
ferrari’s on track earlier this afternoon. kimi and hamilton again following each other around, this time kimi in front.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:06 pmlou said:
another purple 1st sector for Rosberg!
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:06 pmChristine said:
Pretty much everyone is out early this session, and not just for installation laps, either.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:07 pmme said:
only rubens yet to leave the pitlane. trulli already back in after a 4 lap stint.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:07 pmChristine said:
Rosberg seems to be ahead of the curve so far, doesn’t he?
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:07 pmlou said:
advantage kimi.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:08 pmlou said:
Rubens has left the pitlane.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:08 pmme said:
kazuki looks pretty good out there this early on. 3rd place and throwing the car into the corners.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:09 pmlou said:
Rosberd sets another fastest sector time.
Kimi fastest
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:09 pmme said:
trulli the only man in the garage now, problems after his accident this morning?
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:10 pmlou said:
i ment rosberg, :s i need to slow down my typing.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:10 pmScott Woodwiss said:
hi again
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:10 pmlou said:
wow! stella lap from hamilton!
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:11 pmlou said:
hey Scott
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:11 pmlou said:
Rosberg faster than Kimi, he is having a good afternoon.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:11 pmme said:
kaz told to improve on the ‘exit of 4′, the ‘exit of 8′ and the ‘last corner’. all 90deg right handers.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:13 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Hamilton’s looking on great form so far. I’m confident this will be his weekend
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:13 pmharry said:
Hey everyone… first time on here. I’m watching it on the itv-website… Lewis is sliding all over the place! I wonder if he’ll land in the barriers with his driving style…
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:14 pmScott Woodwiss said:
bourdais says the car is better in the casino, but not in the swimming pool
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:14 pmlou said:
hey harry, welcome to live commenting.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:15 pmme said:
afternoon harry.
it was thursday last year when he did that. immediately after switching to a fresh set of softs.
think he’s probably older and wiser this year though.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:15 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Hey harry
I don’t think that’ll happen very much, he loves it round Monaco
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:15 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Wow, where did that come from from Massa!
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:16 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Kimi even quicker…..but he’s given up?!
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:16 pmlou said:
what was that?
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:17 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Bollard on the track - do we think Kimi might have hit it? There’s no visible damage, but he could have driven over it.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:17 pmme said:
massa takes out the rubber pillar into 16.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:17 pmlou said:
Massa distroying the circuit.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:17 pmharry said:
yea, but last year they still had TC and he did it! He does like having the back slide out once in a while which i’m not sure is so good in Monte Carlo…
Kimi just ran over a cone!
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:17 pmharry said:
haha … sorry, was massa.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:18 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Wait a minute - Fisichella in 5th? How did he do that!
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:19 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Glock takes 5th from Fisi, nice lap there
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:19 pmlou said:
Piquet really has not improved on this morning….still 19th
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:20 pmScott Woodwiss said:
DC saying the front is sliding, obviously understeer.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:21 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Great shot of Button’s Dumbo-Flugel
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:21 pmlou said:
No wheel bins for the hondas!!!
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:21 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Yes I am commenting a lot, I want my no.1 spot back!
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:22 pmme said:
alonso quickest in S3 takes him 2nd.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:22 pmlou said:
omg! i look away for one second and button goes up to 6th
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:22 pmlou said:
not a chance!!!
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:22 pmme said:
yeah, they just haven’t go those right have they? good spot
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:23 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Alonso 2nd! Am I missing something here?
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:24 pmChris said:
Did anyone see Kimi go through 5 gears in 2 seconds in 1st practice when his engine was turned up? - Awesome
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:24 pmlou said:
i ment to look out for them this morning.
im pleased they did not keep them and try to get them to work. 
jenson still in 6th
screen shot time
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:25 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Fisi 8th just under a second slower than Hamilton, the Force India’s are showing some good progress, at least in the hands of Fisi
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:25 pmmy FA fantasy aka Scuderia Titanic said:
Another crazy FP session, I’m liking it.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:25 pmChristine said:
Dammit, the minute it gets interesting, I have to run an errand. Will be back shortly - keep the comments coming so I don’t miss anything
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:25 pmme said:
fisi going well at the moment, cameras follow him, but he gets mirabeau all wrong.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:26 pmbrendan stallard said:
Scott, yeah, who or what happened to Alonso, perhaps Mr Me knows more than we do. He’s got spies on the inside:)
brendan
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:26 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Sorry, got sent on a shopping and lunch production trip - what have I missed?
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:26 pmme said:
this is pretty fab, innit? am enjoying watching piquets’s career vanish down the toilet with each and every lap.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:27 pmlou said:
this is turning out to be a hectic and exciting session! i like it! I hope quali is like this tomorrow.
i would so love alonso to get pole again (yeah i know slim chance) but if he does, and it rains, its gonna be a great race. Cause Alonso is good in the wet 
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:27 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Piquet’s struggling with that Renault. I reckon he’s driving for his race seat this weekend.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:27 pmme said:
easy, mr. 6th tenths, found roughly 6, umm, tenths.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:28 pmAlianora La Canta said:
That looked like one of the mechanics was joking to the other - perhaps the other one is one of Piquet’s crew?
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:28 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Lewis quicker by 6 tenths again! This is just fantastic!
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:28 pmbrendan stallard said:
that’s hamilton faster than Raikkonnen this morning.
brendan
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:29 pmlou said:
ahahahaha
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:29 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Kubica doesn’t like the weight distribution on his BMW
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:29 pmme said:
one time he really shined, was after ralf’s accident in qually. dust went down on the track to cover oil and everybody put in a cautious lap except him. if there’s an accident during (or prior too) q1/2/3 he’ll be in the box seats.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:29 pmAlianora La Canta said:
What is so interesting about the back of Michael Schumacher’s head? Did he have a fly in his hair?
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:30 pmScott Woodwiss said:
am I seeing things or did i just see both mclarens followed by both Toro Rossos in the top 4 in the speed trap?!
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:31 pmScott Woodwiss said:
I dare any of those drivers to take the first part of the Swimming Pool section flat!
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:31 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Massa getting the tail out a bit out of Portier
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:32 pmAlianora La Canta said:
By the way, lou, sorry to hear that chemistry wasn’t much fun.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:33 pmAlianora La Canta said:
I think Massa may have a set-up issue. He’s extremely fast in Sector 2 but it’s at the expense of Sectors 1 and 3.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:33 pmlou said:
thanks, its just revision
ergh! im not a big fan of chemistry. exam is tomorrow, along with german listening. - help!
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:34 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Massa’s pulled that one out from somewhere. What is going on this weekend so far?!
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:34 pmme said:
busiest man so far is kaz on 18 laps, with dc next on 17laps.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:35 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Was that Massa clipping the barrier Kimi-style I just saw!?!
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:35 pmlou said:
I have just realised how much i like Monaco as a track. and quali is always good. I will except the race can be abit boring, but i still really like it
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:36 pmlou said:
All i heard from that radio was - ‘im abit lost’
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:36 pmmy FA fantasy aka Scuderia Titanic said:
Looks like it.
Sure he is. It was confirmed (not that anybody had doubts about it) by grandprix.com today.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:36 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Oh dear. Mr Vettel sounds like an extremely confused bloke…
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:37 pmAlianora La Canta said:
He said “I don’t know which direction to go in. We just went the other direction and got a bit lost.” Presumably he is not referring to which way to turn out of the pitlane…
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:38 pmme said:
vettel. however confused he is, he’s still ahead of le seb.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:38 pmlou said:
Both Hondas inside the top ten
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:38 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Sorry lou. I’ve never taken a class of German in my life. Though I did do Double Science - maybe if you want to e-mail me (the e-mail address can be found at my blog) with the bits you’re stuck on?
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:39 pmlou said:
lets hope not.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:39 pmScott Woodwiss said:
i reckon lewis is now on a new set of hard tyres
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:39 pmme said:
le seb gets it all wrong at t16, taking to the kerbs. it looks a handful in a straightline at the moment!
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:40 pmAlianora La Canta said:
The Toro Rossos remain 3/10s off Sutil in 19th - this is not their weekend - especially with Bourdais taking a bit too much kerb at the complex near Tabac.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:40 pmSteven Roy said:
Just got here a couple of minutes ago. Yes Scott Massa did bounce off the barrier
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:40 pmmy FA fantasy aka Scuderia Titanic said:
I mean I’m enjoying it too. We need quality drivers in F1. Unfortunately, Nelson is just another Tarso Marques. It’s a major blip for Flav. Although he had blips in the past with other drivers.
I reckon even good old PP Diniz would go faster than NP in R28.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:40 pmlou said:
Alianora thats lovely! don’t worry about the german….its just annoying to make sure i know all the vocab, i will have a look through my chem and maybe email you with some questions
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:41 pmScott Woodwiss said:
HOLY HECK! HOW DID ROSBERG DO THAT!!!!
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:41 pmAlianora La Canta said:
We’ve got a funny set-up going on here. I’ve got ITV Player running upstairs (along with live timing, Sidepodcast and an extra tab in case things get quiet)… …and Dad’s watching ITV Player full-screen downstairs.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:41 pmlou said:
what? when oh the hell did Rosberg do that! well done him! P1!!
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:41 pmChristine said:
I’m back. Rosberg is still flying then.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:42 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Well done Nico!
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:42 pmmy FA fantasy aka Scuderia Titanic said:
Wot? Rosberg P1?
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:42 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Bourdais has leapfrogged Vettel, Sutil and Webber (boy, he’s having a bad day!) Maybe Vettel is right to be concerned about a lack of direction…
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:43 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Why’s Trulli taken 50 seconds to do Sector 2?
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:43 pmSteven Roy said:
My live timing went to sleep again
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:43 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Maybe it’s just me or maybe it’s because it’s Monaco, but everything unexpected that can happen IS happening today!
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:44 pmSteven Roy said:
Maybe Trulli asked Vettel for directions
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:44 pmme said:
is that who we just saw on tv going sideways out of 16? thought it might’ve glock thou?
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:44 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Except that nobody has had a monumental crash yet (thank goodness).
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:45 pmbrendan stallard said:
My word!
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:45 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Brilliant one!
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:45 pmmy FA fantasy aka Scuderia Titanic said:
Oops, Piquet is in “solid” 16th place, Flav is probably “celebrating” on the pit wall.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:45 pmScott Woodwiss said:
True, but I’m betting either Piquet, one of the Toyotas or Bourdais (sorry christine
) will be the first to.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:46 pmKathi said:
Hallo!
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:46 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Why are we watching multiple replays of Alonso heading for the pit lane?
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:46 pmChristine said:
The annoying thing about Piqeut being so poor at the moment, is that it’s difficult to compare Alonso to anything.
He’s fifth right now, but is that good? Is the car hooked up or running light or what?
At least with Kubica vs Heidfeld, there’s good comparisons to be made.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:46 pmme said:
alonso takes an unusual line into pits, flinging the tail out wide. replay shows a bad exit from the final corner didn’t help, but it could’ve been a late call.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:46 pmSteven Roy said:
Who knows turn numbers for Monaco?
Yes it was Trulli looking real slow and out of shape
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:46 pmKathi said:
Can I help you in some way?
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:47 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Hello Kathi!
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:47 pmme said:
hey kathi.
on the harder tyre, that’s not bad. nico’s up front on the softer choice at the moment.
so he’s doing well in a renault, if that helps?
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:47 pmmy FA fantasy aka Scuderia Titanic said:
No Ralf - no crash.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:48 pmme said:
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May 22nd, 2008 at 1:48 pmlou said:
aww i think im ok. but i will yell if i am stuck
am taking a break at the moment 
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:49 pmKathi said:
So I haven’t missed anything?
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:50 pmAlianora La Canta said:
I think Fisi’s on an endurance run.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:50 pmSteven Roy said:
What ever happened to corner names. This is the most famous circuit in the world. Everyone knows the names but no-one (almost) knows the numbers
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:50 pmme said:
piquet in the barriers at T1
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:50 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Trulli scrapes the wall but kept it moving - I am impressed.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:51 pmlou said:
lots of button coverage for FP2! i like it
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:51 pmAlianora La Canta said:
I bet that’s Piquet who’s just spun!
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:51 pmme said:
sorry, quicker to type numbers.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:51 pmlou said:
piquet crashes. who predicted that?
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:51 pmAlianora La Canta said:
As that wasn’t a wall-scrape, I think we’re about to see Mr Piquet in the pit lane to check for suspension damage.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:52 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Told you! Piquet’s rear wing is broken!!!
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:52 pmSteven Roy said:
Looks like Piquet has done some damage to his wing
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:52 pmme said:
rear facing camera in piquets car shows his rear wing broken at the mountings.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:52 pmScott Woodwiss said:
ME! :p
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:52 pmSteven Roy said:
Lewis puple S1
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:52 pmAlianora La Canta said:
The rear wing is damaged. Wobbling a lot. Very sensible of the Renault engineer to call Piquet Jr. in.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:53 pmlou said:
Piquets machanics not particularly happy. I love the way piquet asks so nicely if he can come back to the pits.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:53 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Hamilton’s about to go P1.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:53 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Heikki’s on it at the moment, only 1 tenth down on rosberg at S1
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:53 pmAlianora La Canta said:
And so he does! That was impressive.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:53 pmme said:
hamilton on softs goes quickest, as his teammate continues on the harder compound in 5th.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:54 pmlou said:
HAmilton knotchs Rosberg off P1
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:54 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Hamilton just keeps amazing with every lap. 4 tenths up on Rosberg - wow.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:54 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Lou, maybe Piquet Jr’s worried about the reception he will get - though the debrief with Flavio will doubtless be even more worrisome. He doesn’t do 12th (according to Martin Brundle in 2002) and he certainly doesn’t do 17th!
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:55 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Lewis is on the softs now - do we think with more downforce they’re working better?
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:55 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Webber forgets where the nouvelle chicane is
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:56 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Webber continues his rough afternoon.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:56 pmme said:
webber straight-lines the chicane after the tunnel. didn’t even try to fight the car.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:56 pmSteven Roy said:
The option tyre is only good for three laps - Kubica
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:56 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Something to do with tyre windows from Kubica.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:57 pmme said:
lovely rear mounted camera aboard nico’s car showing just how much suspension travel an f1 car needs around monaco. it looks bumpy out there.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:58 pmlou said:
ergh my internet just died. did i miss anything?
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:58 pmSteven Roy said:
How can Massa be faster than Kimi at Monaco. That doesn’t make any sense. Time Kimi got his finger out.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:59 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Massa makes a complete mess of Rascasse and nearly hits all the walls. That’s your answer - Massa can do a faster single lap by bringing out his wildest self but unlike Kimi won’t be able to maintain it across the race.
May 22nd, 2008 at 1:59 pmlou said:
Jenson has done more laps than anyone - 32
useless piece of infomation for you all there
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:00 pmme said:
not right at all is it? kimi doesn’t look to be struggling when we see him onboard. losing time somewhere though.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:00 pmScott Woodwiss said:
the laptimes today seem very inconsistent, they’re all over the place. But again, it could just be because it’s Monaco
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:00 pmlou said:
Kimi seems to have lost some pace since this morning.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:01 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Probably not, lou, apart from Hamilton re-asserting himself at the top of the timesheets.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:01 pmlou said:
my internet died as he did that.
thanks alianora 
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:01 pmScott Woodwiss said:
all 3 sectors held by Hamilton
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:02 pmAlianora La Canta said:
I’m really sorry, but I’ve got to go to an ECO meeting. Enjoy yourselves here!
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:02 pmSteven Roy said:
Lewis did three purple sectors on one lap
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:02 pmScott Woodwiss said:
I think Massa’s just keeping on going round so he makes sure he doesn’t suck this weekend
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:04 pmlou said:
ooo they looks very happy
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:04 pmme said:
ooops, alonso lost back end of car.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:05 pmScott Woodwiss said:
HAHAHA! Glock just thinks “oh forget it” and misses the chicane completely
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:05 pmSteven Roy said:
There goes aother Renault wing
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:05 pmme said:
alonso’s accident (and following bits / pieces) cause a red flag. session stopped.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:06 pmScott Woodwiss said:
If i was lewis just then I would have stuck two fingers up at Alonso and said “UNLUCKY!”
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:06 pmme said:
alonso will make it back to the pits… just!
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:07 pmme said:
by the look of it a huge amount of damage to the back of the renault. 23mins remaining, probably out of it now.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:08 pmScott Woodwiss said:
I’m sure his left rear wheel had something wrong with it to, maybe a puncture or possible suspension damage?
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:08 pmme said:
how many rearwings did renault bring with them this weekend?
best put in a fresh order for saturday methinks.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:08 pmScott Woodwiss said:
oh aye, bit of lady spotting
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:09 pmChristine said:
Bikinis and ear defenders are not a good look.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:09 pmChristine said:
Does this take a bit of the heat of Piquet?
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:09 pmScott Woodwiss said:
that’s renault saying to piquet “yeah, we don’t need you after this weekend, we’ll take sato instead”
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:09 pmme said:
hahahaha
safety first.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:10 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Who says i was looking at the ear defenders
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:11 pmme said:
yeah, just a bit. now he can blame the car setup, or the car generally. alonso’s not gonna be happy, that’s quite embarrassing.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:11 pmChristine said:
Alonso’s still in his car, feeling hopeful then.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:11 pmScott Woodwiss said:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! NO WAY! Piquet does exactly the same thing!
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:12 pmlou said:
what? what have i missed?! my internet died.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:13 pmScott Woodwiss said:
alonso broke his rear wing at st. devote., apart from that the sessions just got underway again.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:13 pmme said:
the team are going to be pretty adept at changing those things. tis a long shot though, the rear left suspension looked knackered.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:14 pmme said:
15 minutes remaining then, top 7 are still in the pits, while the majority get back to their programs.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:14 pmlou said:
oh great i can’t get the video feed to work now. what happend? alonso crashed? why does it all happen when my internet decides to die :/
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:15 pmScott Woodwiss said:
jackie stewart looking on for williams
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:15 pmChristine said:
Lou, don’t panic, there’s a whole stream of comments here telling you what happened
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:17 pmlou said:
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:18 pmme said:
5live saying super-soft not working out. if it’s a wet race / qually then it won’t be needed anyhow.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:18 pmme said:
kimi puts in his best first sector of the second session but can’t follow it up with a decent s2.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:19 pmmy FA fantasy aka Scuderia Titanic said:
Ha-ha! My dream about Piquet came true.
Does that mean Bourdais will win the race?
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:20 pmme said:
kovi out on the softs, manages a fantastic 3rd sector. doesn’t improve his position at all though.
piquet is the sole renault on track at the moment, yet still achieving little.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:21 pmme said:
nico doing really well to hang into second place. vettel saying on the radio that the car is a “nightmare”
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:22 pmmy FA fantasy aka Scuderia Titanic said:
Alonso crash was a bit unexpected, I was busy drinking tea and missed the whole scene.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:22 pmSteven Roy said:
Looks like sanity has prevailed. Kimi put in a quick one while I was working
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:22 pmme said:
ummm, i’m not putting money on it, no.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:23 pmme said:
tv replay showing lewis nearly taking out a pedestrian in the pit lane. man jumps over front wing, but that was close.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:23 pmSteven Roy said:
Someone nearly had a sore ankle there
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:23 pmChristine said:
Who almost got run over then?
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:23 pmmy FA fantasy aka Scuderia Titanic said:
Renault press release should be interesting today.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:23 pmme said:
but behind nico?
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:24 pmlou said:
If its wet and there is a crash, he will be back far enough to miss it, so he could win it
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:24 pmSteven Roy said:
It looked like a McLaren manager in a white shirt. He is lucky he didn’t step in front of Lewis after the race last year
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:24 pmmy FA fantasy aka Scuderia Titanic said:
again, you wouldn’t put money on Panis winning in 1996. my god! Bourdais is french, spooky coincidence!
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:25 pmme said:
alonso makes it back onto the track.
credit to the renault guys.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:25 pmlou said:
Rubens up into 8th….
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:26 pmme said:
sutil loses a front wing.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:26 pmlou said:
wow, that was quick
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:27 pmmy FA fantasy aka Scuderia Titanic said:
Piquet 15th!!! Wow!
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:28 pmScott Woodwiss said:
oops, hamilton almost straight on, wonder why that happened?
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:28 pmSteven Roy said:
Button P8
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:28 pmlou said:
kaz doing well, up into 9th
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:29 pmlou said:
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:29 pmme said:
into the last minute, but no-one putting in purple sectors.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:29 pmmy FA fantasy aka Scuderia Titanic said:
Red Bull’s not looking fantastic, sandbagging?
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:30 pmlou said:
nice lock up for Kubica there
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:31 pmlou said:
bet renault are pleased they have an extra day to make sure there cars are fixed for Saturday
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:32 pmme said:
all four of them? i expected more of DC to be honest, even accounting for his earlier problems. never looked on the pace all day.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:33 pmlou said:
why were we watching on bourd footage of Hamilton waving….
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:33 pmChristine said:
Rosberg says it being his home race makes no difference. Pah!
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:34 pmme said:
nice to see more paying punters in the stands after the desolation of turkey.
time to make up some spares
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:34 pmmy FA fantasy aka Scuderia Titanic said:
Surprise, surprise. Nico quick’o!
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:35 pmScott Woodwiss said:
why has almost everyone gone round twice before going back in?
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:35 pmme said:
again much farther ahead of his teammate.
no practice starts at the end of this session then?
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:36 pmlou said:
what was that, a pit stop practice or something?
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:36 pmme said:
oh did they? last time was to do an extra practice start, but i didn’t seem them do it this time.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:36 pmSteven Roy said:
I am surprised to see Kubica in P6. Normally the BMWs are swanning around in 12th/14th on a Friday. Maybe they are really quick here
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:37 pmmy FA fantasy aka Scuderia Titanic said:
Ferrari-powered Red Bulls are nowhere to be honest, I don’t see how my dream can come true. There’ll have to be at least 16 or more retirements in front of them on Sunday to make that happen.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:37 pmlou said:
whats the piont in the slow mos? what are they trying to piont out?
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:37 pmScott Woodwiss said:
is it me or is kimi looking more and more like michael schumacher with that helmet on? he just keeps adding red to it.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:38 pmmy FA fantasy aka Scuderia Titanic said:
And what if Fisi wins his 200th race? I have a weird feeling for this race.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:38 pmme said:
final fp2 times:
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:39 pmSteven Roy said:
Maybe they are watching the diamonds sparkle.
Or maybe the host broadcaster is saying something relevant in commetary.
Massa looked like he was crying
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:40 pmlou said:
don’t hold your breath on that one.
I really like his helmet. the patterns on it are very cool. i think they match the tatoo he has on his arm.
its always been red - since he has been at ferrari anyway 
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:41 pmSteven Roy said:
That is indeed a wierd feeling. Very wierd.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:43 pmme said:
tv replays shows rubens waving a finger at alonso for driving along with a dangerous rear wing. will the stewards take a look into that?
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:44 pmmy FA fantasy aka Scuderia Titanic said:
Kimi now has to wear Schuberth helmet because I think Ferrari drivers must wear them thanks to Schumi. Kimi used to wear Arai helmet - slightly less monstrous and more common among F1 drivers these days. And Ferraris feature even more red in Monaco.
Personally I prefer Bieffe helmets - they’re more like works of art, the ones Irvine, Fisi, Wurz and even Alonso used to wear before.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:45 pmme said:
sorry, piquet not alonso.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:45 pmSteven Roy said:
I think the labels next to the eyes in the Schuberth helmets would really wind me up.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:45 pmScott Woodwiss said:
HAHAHA! BT screen again!
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:47 pmmy FA fantasy aka Scuderia Titanic said:
They’re likely to look into Rubens’ finger. Although nothing compares to DC finger at Magny-Cours 2000.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:47 pmme said:
i think all international sports feeds channel though BT tower. nice they get to stick a promo in.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:47 pmme said:
ah no, index finger, not the finger.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:48 pmlou said:
your talking makes of helmet? you have totally lost me. i just like the pattern
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:52 pmlou said:
oh god the cat just bougt in a lizard!
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:53 pmme said:
ahh, see there was this big argument about it…
atlasf1.com/grapevine/2001…
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:54 pmSteven Roy said:
The cat just brought in a lizard.
Is that code for something?
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:57 pmlou said:
no it actually means the cat just dropped a lizard on the floor. Mum just went bannanas!
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:58 pmmy FA fantasy aka Scuderia Titanic said:
Yep.
But on the design front I prefer simple things, Kimi’s helmet design looks more like Moto GP than proper F1 tradition. Irvine at Jaguar had fantastic helmet design, JV’s was fun, modern drivers suck at presenting theit colours, I reckon Sutil’s got the worst design of them all. I quite like LH’s colours and HK’s McLaren helmet update looks good.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:59 pmlou said:
So all drivers have to wear bell helmets….but ferrari don’t… im abit confused could someone spell it out for me.
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:00 pmlou said:
What about Jenson’s thats pretty cool.
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:03 pmmy FA fantasy aka Scuderia Titanic said:
Yeah, I forgot to mention Bell I guess. Piquet uses it along with Wurz and Liuzzi. Not a good sign for little Nelson, Bell’s turning into test drivers’ helmet.
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:06 pmme said:
thanks again everyone, my favourite thurs(fri)day of the season. plenty to think about for the rest of today.
i’m sure that christine girl will have a complete roundup of all the days events / post-race gossip in her audio podcast this evening.
fp3 is on saturday at 10am UK time so a thread will open before then, followed by another for qualifying later in the day.
no idea what we’re going to do tomorrow? a day off perhaps? in the meantime i’m gonna grab a bite to eat and get back within the hour.
cheers
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:06 pmlou said:
I think Jenson uses bell too. feel free to correct me on that. so they don’t have to all use bell…..they can use which ever they want? so why the big fuss with Schumi?
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:08 pmlou said:
have a nice lunch
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:09 pmmy FA fantasy aka Scuderia Titanic said:
And yeah, Jenson’s a Bell man too, his design is OK but the ones his fans came up with are much better. I liked this special Silverstone helmet he used in 2004 or 2005.
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:11 pmlou said:
thw white and red version of the one he uses now? didn’t he have that cause england were playing football and he couldn’t watch it, or something like that…
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:12 pmlou said:
im still confused, what are the makes of helmet, and what are the differences.
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:15 pmChristine said:
I’d imagine that there are many different makes just like there are of anything, gloves, boots, whatever. A driver can use whatever he likes, but if Ferrari have some kind of deal with one make, sponsorship, maybe, then the driver will have to forfeit his usual favourite for the team choice.
Feel free to correct my if I’m wrong though
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:15 pmChristine said:
Also, I’m quite upset now, because I feel like it’s Friday.
And it’s not.
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:20 pmmy FA fantasy aka Scuderia Titanic said:
There are visible differences in shape but apart from that there’s not much I can tell you as I’m not a racing driver.
Arai
Bell
Schuberth
Bieffe
Just google these.
And I think Panis in 2004 and Trulli in 2006 would wear something like Sparco or “co” of some kind helmets.
The drivers must have contracts with helmet makes but the most common is Arai. Webber had to change from Schuberth to Arai in 2007 at the request of Newey because he thought it would help the air flow, something like that.
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:22 pmlou said:
oh right!
that makes sence, thanks
Tell me about it. i keep having to stop myself writing/ refering to quali as tomorrow.
It would be lovely if it was friday, it would mean i didn’t have any exams for a week! an i have to get up criminally early tomorrow to get to school in time…..
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:25 pmlou said:
thanks
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:28 pmlou said:
oh i see the difference in shape now!
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:32 pmmy FA fantasy aka Scuderia Titanic said:
Check this out, I don’t know who writes these things for Bernard’s website but it’s probably the worts piece of F1 journalism in many years: “The 23-year old Englishman lapped his MP4-23 in 1m15.140s, well below Fernado Alonso’s 2007 pole time of 1m15.726s, after a bravura display of running close to the unyielding barriers that await the unwary.”
Unyielding barriers that await the unwary - that beats Mark Webber’s column! Still “boom-boom-boom” phrase to describe driving an F1 car is very hard to beat.
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:35 pmmy FA fantasy aka Scuderia Titanic said:
oops, made a mistake there myself!
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:47 pmbrendan stallard said:
can anyone explain Rosbergs time to me?
brendan
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:50 pmmy FA fantasy aka Scuderia Titanic said:
Hmm, Toro Rosso drivers (and the team) seem to be at a loss with set-up, maybe the older version of the car would be better option for them, for Vettel at least it makes no difference - he’ll lose 5 places anyway. But if Bourdais lets me down not sure if I’ll be happy to meet him in my dreams again.
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:52 pmmy FA fantasy aka Scuderia Titanic said:
The same. Was he on soft soft super duper softs or wot?
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:58 pmme said:
the only guy to run light i guess. you can bet the red team were heavy, and macca were matching them on every run, so the same there.
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:03 pmmy FA fantasy aka Scuderia Titanic said:
It’s Frank Williams’ 600th GP, maybe they needed a bit of PR, Kazooka was 9th right? That’s more like it.
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:05 pmbrendan stallard said:
“the only guy to run light i guess.”
Me,
Ah: it was one for the sponsors then….
I can’t help liking Rosberg, he’s helpful to the media, when some of the drivers won’t give ‘em the time of day, he’s pretty darned quick and he has a touch of loyalty to him. It’ll be interesting to see if Williams offer him the same qualities.
I’d like to see him do well in that Williams, but I would bet Ferrari and McLaren are talking to him.
brendan
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:06 pmme said:
good point, or though the guy himself doesn’t seem to bothered by the milestone.
i think the williams tends to run well on street circuits. no idea why, maybe that have an advanced suspension or something. nico scored a podium at the last street track f1 visited.
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:07 pmChristine said:
I’m seeing that it might have been Ron Dennis that almost got run over by LH.
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:08 pmme said:
i can see frank building the team around him long term. give him a couple more podiums this year and see what the team can do with KERS in ‘09 and maybe frank will get to keep hold of him.
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:12 pmlou said:
ahahaha really?
lewis - ‘I will win this race! or i will run you over!’
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:13 pmme said:
it was a bit athletic for ron, i’ve never seen him jump. or run for that matter.
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:20 pmmy FA fantasy aka Scuderia Titanic said:
Cool. Danica Patrick did hit some poor guy a couple of weeks ago. Nice to see there’s no difference in attitudes between men racing drivers and women racing drivers in this area.
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:43 pmChristine said:
You’d be athletic though, wouldn’t you, if a car was aiming straight for you!?
May 22nd, 2008 at 4:56 pmme said:
yeah, i think that guy had too much hair though. need to see it again maybe.
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:31 pmlou said:
Is it me? or are toyota the only ones to just have wheel bins on their rear tyres.
well i suppose they are wheel bins…
eek! on the subject of wheel bins guess what have appeared in photos - Hondas wheel bins, which is strange, because im sure that in FP2 they weren’t there. otherwise i would not have mentioned it. but here they are…..
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:06 pmlou said:
uh-oh the drivers are worried about a wet race on Sunday.
Both Jenson and Lewis are wary of the dangers of a wet Monaco.
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:07 pmme said:
ferrari started it, toyota were quick to follow, i think bmw trialled them too.
they weren’t but fp1 they were which is where that piccy probably came from.
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:07 pmlou said:
oh no my comment just sank
it only had 2 links in it.
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:10 pmlou said:
I thought Ferrari had them on both front and back….i can only find photos of toyota with them just on the back…
May 22nd, 2008 at 7:06 pmAlianora La Canta said:
I’ve just looked at the transcript of the live commenting and my timing was awful. Why did I have to set off less than a minute before Alonso visited the wall? And Sutil shouldn’t have copied him - especially when I wasn’t there to see it!
Why does nobody in the pit lane ever look where they were going? The Hamilton/pedestrian incident reminds me of a GP2 race in 2005 (I think) when Enrique Scalabroni (BCN boss) nearly got run over by Giorgio Pantano because he crossed the pitlane in the middle of the pit-stop window…
Honda still haven’t sorted their R&D out - there were several occasions last year when they took stuff to the track, tried the bits on Friday and then removed them prior to Saturday because they didn’t work as well as the old stuff.
May 22nd, 2008 at 7:23 pmme said:
that’s sort of true. ferrari ran with the rear ones first and added front ones later. toyota have front one’s too, but not at this race.
hamilton was pulling out of the garage so i’m guessing the guy would have been blind to his impending departure, difficult to see who (other than the small pitlane) was to blame on that one.
May 22nd, 2008 at 7:24 pmbrendan stallard said:
“Honda still haven’t sorted their R&D out”
Alianora,
They have a house full of maniacs, only one sensible soul there, and even he is being infected by the utterly ludicrous green pants madness.
Green pants, the world is going to the dogs.
brendan
May 22nd, 2008 at 7:46 pmmy FA fantasy aka Scuderia Titanic said:
True.
Did you guys read Ecclestone’s letter to the clubs? It’s on his website, can’t provide a link because the comment will end up in spam department.
Good sense of humour from Bernard - he mentions how profitable F1 can be, gives you a number in US $ and adds “not including fines, which are often substantial sums”. Wow! He also says he wants “a strong FIA led by a respected President”.
May 22nd, 2008 at 7:49 pmme said:
i thought jenson liked the wet? hamilton should be worried because on a dry day it’ll be down to him to win / lose it. it the wet he’ll have to be lucky too. he probably has the most to lose in fact.
May 22nd, 2008 at 7:51 pmSteven Roy said:
Lou,
The reason Schumacher had a problem with Bell was because he signed a fat contract to wear their helmet and they built their advertising campaign round him. He then got a better offer from Schuberth who had never been involved in F1 till then and I had never heard of until then. Schumi got involved in designing the helmet etc so decided it was worth writing Bell huge cheques to get the Schuberth deal.
Helmets are like shoes. Some people feel comfortable in one brand and others don’t. I find Simpson helmets comfortable but got a pain on the top of my head when I tried a Bell helmet. So either Bell make funny shaped helmets or the top of my head is not flat enough.
So long as the helmet passes the safety tests the drivers can wear any brand they like or if they wanted to the teams could design and build helmets for their drivers. All of the drivers have contracts with one of the brands to wear their helmet. GP drivers helmets are fitted very accurately. I remember reading an article years ago by a journalist who was going to try an F1 car. He was treated like a GP driver and measured for a helmet. He was very proud of the fact that he had to get a particular shape because his nose was the same size(big) as Johnny Dumfries who was an aristocrat..
It didn’t look like Ron Dennis running in front of Lewis to me. The shot showed whoever it was from behind and his head was covered in black hair. It looked like Ron from 20 years ago.
I think Rosberg was quick because Williams build great chassis. They have always had great mechanical grip but have rarely had the best aerodynamics. The engine to all intents and purposes is irrelevant at Monaco. So at a slow track where mechanical grip is the deciding factor they gain. I would also assume that Nico is one of those divers who doesn’t break traction when he applies the throttle so is less affected than most by the lack of traction control.
May 22nd, 2008 at 7:58 pmmy FA fantasy aka Scuderia Titanic said:
Also Maurice Hamilton blog on Top Gear website is fun, he wrote on the subject of Mad Max’s appearance today.
“Never before has so much attention been paid to a man in a blazer having breakfast.
Max Mosley had slipped into the paddock at an early hour and was among the FIA personnel enjoying coffee and croissants in their hospitality unit.”
Can’t provide a link as always. Sorry.
Has anybody ever mentioned his blog here?
May 22nd, 2008 at 7:59 pmbrendan stallard said:
“Nico is one of those divers who doesn’t break traction when he applies the throttle ”
Steven,
Does that mean, he’s smooth, like Button? Consequently good in the wet?
I get the feeling that certain drivers are all on and all off: and that’s hard on the machinery, wicked on the tyres.
Some of our drivers at the limo company would regularly get only 30,000 miles out of gearboxes: while others would get 80/100k miles. The most was a very tender footed chap (me) who got 160,000 miles before the gearbox had to be replaced.
I suspect that it is something referred to in some driving circles as mechanical sympathy.
brendan
May 22nd, 2008 at 8:04 pmSteven Roy said:
I don’t know Nico’s wet race history but I would expect he is pretty good. You would think young racing drivers would be taught mechanical sympathy. To a certain extent it is something you either have or don’t have but they should be taught to maximise their capability.
The Bernie letter is at http://www.formula1.com/flash/other/F1-CRH-Letter-To-FIA-Club-Presidents.pdf
I thought he would write a glowing endorsement of Max but it looks like he has stuck the knife in and given it a good twist. Nothing gets between Bernie and his bank balance.
May 22nd, 2008 at 8:05 pmme said:
interesting observation from ed gorman:
timesonline.typepad.com/formula_one/2008/05/crisis…
not the first time i’ve heard that. what could they possibly be doing differently?
May 22nd, 2008 at 8:15 pmSteven Roy said:
Has anyone told Honda to put oil in the engine. That’s what I do when mine makes grating noises.
May 22nd, 2008 at 8:34 pmbrendan stallard said:
“what could they possibly be doing differently?”
Me,
Green pants.
brendan
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:24 pmSteven Roy said:
According to Chris Evans there will be an announcement tomorrow that Lewis Hamilton will be at the Festival of Speed in his McLaren.
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:27 pmme said:
oh dear lord. not again, it was mental last time.
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:39 pmLynch said:
Is the whole entire 08′ festival organized around Lewis and isnt he the “Theme’ for this years event?? Hmm.. makes me sort of not bothered that I cant make it this year….
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:41 pmLynch said:
is = isn’t
what happened to the “edit’ function?
..oh Spodcast, you better do a great vidcast of this years FofS as I will be missing out !, hopefully you guys can show all the good bits….
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:45 pmlou said:
Thats good. so do we think he is gonna be there on just one day. i hope so, im planning on avoiding him
Can’t be doing with all the mania! however i do want to find out if Jenson is going and if so, what day. 
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:59 pmme said:
it falls flat on it’s arse when we hit over 100 comments
yeah, about that… umm, last year’s show is still on its way. we have to finish it because we’ve gotta reuse all the tapes.
i googled it, and ended up back at this site. somethings not right with the world.
May 22nd, 2008 at 10:05 pmSteven Roy said:
I searched for Bernie Ecclestone earlier ans sidepodcast came up in 8th position
May 22nd, 2008 at 10:07 pmlou said:
This weekend seems to be a weekend of celebration, you have Frank Williams (300 gps), Fisi (200 races), and Rubens (his birthday).
Could i join them? as i could hit 1000 comments (946 comments so far) this weekend. Not sure if i should celebrate that though. Maybe i should dissapear for abit….
May 22nd, 2008 at 10:10 pmme said:
right, so there are just 7 other sites in the whole of the internet that contain more relevant info on bernie than this one?
google must be sick today. we should google it
May 22nd, 2008 at 10:12 pmme said:
gooooood lord girl. it’s a moving target of course, but that seems absolutely possible.
May 22nd, 2008 at 10:19 pmlou said:
lol that made me laugh!
actually google comes up with sidepodcast alot when i search for f1 stuff. 
thats good! even if yoy type in lou and f1 it comes up with sidepodcast 
lol (just to make it clear i did try it - i don’t google myself ;), a friend did - she was looking for f1break).
May 22nd, 2008 at 10:21 pmlou said:
didn’t i meant didn’t. lol not did :/ i need to slow the typing down… no editing to save me till monday
May 22nd, 2008 at 10:28 pmme said:
i’ve just added myself back onto the top commentors list and look where we stand:
- me: 1137
- lou: 951
considering i make it my business to respond to every comment posted (or as many as is humanly possible), you are frightening close to my total.
sheeesh.
May 22nd, 2008 at 10:42 pmlou said:
blimey! ahaha! that is pretty close. although the gap will probably stay the same, as over the weekend no doubt we will be commenting at an equal pace.
May 22nd, 2008 at 10:44 pmlou said:
oh and any ideas why ‘lou’ is still not linked to f1break?
May 22nd, 2008 at 10:45 pmme said:
yeah, sorry, thought i said. it goes with the majority. so at some point there will be more comments in the last 30days containing th