Live Commenting: Monaco - Free Practice 3
It’s Saturday morning and the big news for today is that Monaco experienced rain during the evening. At the moment the track is still wet and you can see for yourself on the Casino Square webcam.
In addition weather.com are suggesting there’s a 70% chance of rain again during the day (increasing to 90%) for tomorrow.
What will this mean for the F1 cars and free practice today? In short it’s likely to be chaos, but maybe only after the teams have played their usual game of who’s-brave-enough-to-leave-it-latest. I’m guessing this is the last place teams and drivers want to run 2008 spec cars in the wet, we’re in for a spectacular two days!
Not for the first time I’ll mention that we’ll be following live timing online, and as ITV either can’t or won’t cover this session, it’s TVlizer coverage for us today.
Update: For some reason, as pointed out by Dank in the comments below, 5Live appear to prefer broadcasting commentary of the cricket this morning. Great timing guys!
If you’re up and about today do say “hello” and give us all your thoughts / wild predictions for what may happen during this final 60 minute practice session.
May 24th, 2008 at 9:32 amDank said:
It’s not on 5Live Extra this morning as cricket is on instead.
May 24th, 2008 at 9:35 amme said:
oh what? aww that sucks, they’re so damn inconsistent, and they always pick the worst times to “go to the cricket”. i worry about next year’s coverage, i really do.
May 24th, 2008 at 9:39 amlou said:
Hey!
Im not sure if you have read autosports live commentry on the weather today, it has a nice summery. Incidedntly this is a pretty cool link too. Showing the cloads moving across france. It actually helps a tiny bit with my geography revision too
Im not sure if this comment with sink or swim….
May 24th, 2008 at 9:41 amlou said:
yay! it didn’t sink!
Oh no! I depend on five live extra on a saturday morning, cause i have to put the feed on mute as the french annoys me as i can’t understand a word!
May 24th, 2008 at 9:44 amme said:
the other web cam in monaco is showing heavy clouds overhead:
camvista.com/europe/monaco/montecarloc…
May 24th, 2008 at 9:45 amDank said:
Bit rubbish isn’t it? Five Live have two channels, but instead Eamonn Holmes is on normal Five Live and cricket is on the other. Great scheduling.
I’ll go watch WTCC and GP2 on ITV4 to get my motor racing fix for this morning
May 24th, 2008 at 9:47 amlou said:
i didn’t know eurosport did live comentary.
May 24th, 2008 at 9:47 amme said:
i don’t blame ya, this’ll be a tricky one to follow.
feels a bit like last year when we just sat and watched the live timing numbers roll around.
May 24th, 2008 at 9:48 amme said:
always, for years. that’s where i copy all the timing numbers from.
commentary is not very good though. usually about 5 mins behind.
May 24th, 2008 at 9:49 amlou said:
oh right.
im despiratly searching for some kinda comentry, autosport do one right? or is that just for race and qualli?
May 24th, 2008 at 9:51 amChristine said:
You were almost there looking at the weather page on Autosport.
The commentary is here: http://live.autosport.com/commentary.php/id/12
May 24th, 2008 at 9:52 amDank said:
Yup go to http://www.autosport.com/live
May 24th, 2008 at 9:53 amDank said:
Wrong URL! Follow Christine’s link above!
May 24th, 2008 at 9:53 amCorey said:
Hey guys,
Is FP3 being broadcast live on the ITV site as usual because mine says that the next live broadcast is at 1pm today?
May 24th, 2008 at 9:54 amlou said:
oh right
lol thanks
May 24th, 2008 at 9:54 amme said:
sadly not corey. at the moment, the only video we have is this:
http://www.tvlizer.com/content/view/203/335/
May 24th, 2008 at 9:55 amKathi said:
*turns on TV*
ah there it is! *ducks eggs*
May 24th, 2008 at 9:56 amme said:
kathi, we beg of you pleeeeeease be our eyes today
May 24th, 2008 at 9:56 amChristine said:
Live timing reset.
May 24th, 2008 at 9:58 amKathi said:
U-oh. I don’t ever spot anything.
May 24th, 2008 at 9:58 amCorey said:
damn thats tiny. Ohh well I think I am not gonna be watching this session and just follow your comments. Maybe today is as good a day as any to start using live-commenting.
May 24th, 2008 at 9:59 amChristine said:
Ah, the pressures on now! Where are those eggs?
May 24th, 2008 at 10:00 amDom said:
Hey Everyone,
80% chance of rain in the next 15 mins according to F1.com
May 24th, 2008 at 10:00 amChristine said:
It’s started!
That’s all I know.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:00 amme said:
it’s always a good day for that.
we’re all relying on kathi
May 24th, 2008 at 10:00 amChristine said:
Fisichella out first again.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:01 amChristine said:
Surprisingly, everyone is out for installation laps. I imagine they will all hide in the garage next though.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:01 amKathi said:
Davis is on intermediates
May 24th, 2008 at 10:02 amKathi said:
david
May 24th, 2008 at 10:02 amlou said:
are you not using tvlizer? its of an ok quality today.
according to a redbull guy 
ooo track is dry!
May 24th, 2008 at 10:02 amlou said:
purple sectors from jenson. not that that means much but
May 24th, 2008 at 10:02 amChristine said:
I was wrong - Vettel and Button go on for a second lap.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:03 amKathi said:
The track looks damp
May 24th, 2008 at 10:03 amme said:
not bad actually, but no sound for me.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:04 amlou said:
Im listenning to the french, and everytime they mention a driver i wake up a little bit.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:04 amme said:
there were heavy showers last night and it’s only 21deg today, so no time for a dry line to appear.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:04 amKathi said:
Massa on ’slicks’
May 24th, 2008 at 10:04 amChristine said:
I have sound, but it looks bloody awful. I can make out a car, I think it’s red, not much else.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:05 amlou said:
making use of a dry track?
May 24th, 2008 at 10:05 amScott in Italy said:
Morning all,
for those not on the autosport blog, there’s a nice link to weather radar
http://www.meteo60.fr/radars/index-sud-est.php
it’s in french too and Monaco is just to the north east of Nice. The resolution is not great on the map, but gives an idea of the rain.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:05 amme said:
cars out on track are running wet engine maps (with flashing rears lights). sometimes they do that at monaco anyhow, but in these conditions it’s a must.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:05 amChristine said:
Massa P1. Not really a surprise, out of four people.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:06 amlou said:
when they showed Jenson going into turn 1 i though he had spun. lol so its not really the best. but will do for an hour
May 24th, 2008 at 10:07 amme said:
morning scott. you have any tv coverage in italy?
May 24th, 2008 at 10:07 amChristine said:
Everyone has been out on track now.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:07 amlou said:
i have no idea how to fit the 4 windows onto my screen at once….
May 24th, 2008 at 10:09 amlou said:
80% of rain in the next 7 mins
May 24th, 2008 at 10:10 amChristine said:
How is it that my TVLizer and “me’s” TVLizer are out of sync, even though we are using the same internets!? I’m half a lap behind him. Grrr.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:10 amme said:
unusual to see ferrari putting in so many laps so early in the session.
massa is the hardest working man out there!
May 24th, 2008 at 10:10 amChristine said:
Rosberg doing well again today. P2 at the moment.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:10 amScott in Italy said:
no tv coverage here..sigh. I’ve looked around on some german channels and no one seems to cover FP3 on free tv. unless sidepodcast wants to sponsor a sat dish for me?
May 24th, 2008 at 10:11 amKathi said:
Massa almost crashed into another car at the exit of the tunnel
May 24th, 2008 at 10:11 amlou said:
everyone except Niqut and DC are out on track now
May 24th, 2008 at 10:12 amChristine said:
How is Bourdais three seconds faster than Kovalainen?
May 24th, 2008 at 10:12 amlou said:
twas Heikki
May 24th, 2008 at 10:12 amlou said:
yay! Jenson 5th!
May 24th, 2008 at 10:13 amme said:
teams running different strategies. there are teams doing like running like STR and others doing heavy runs like Ferrari.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:13 amDom said:
Everyone but Bourdais is out!
May 24th, 2008 at 10:13 amChristine said:
Everyone out bar Bourdais right now.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:13 amme said:
three cars wide going down to casino. it’s crazy out there!
May 24th, 2008 at 10:14 amKathi said:
3 into 1 is difficult.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:14 amlou said:
Massa is doing well. oo and a purple sector for Heikki too!
May 24th, 2008 at 10:14 amChristine said:
I guess they’re all trying to get a good lap in before it starts raining.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:14 amChristine said:
But who was it? No idea.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:15 amChristine said:
Once again, Coulthard hasn’t set a lap time. Being cautious? Or another problem?
May 24th, 2008 at 10:15 amme said:
can i see a dry line on the track now?
with so many cars out there it would be possible.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:15 amKathi said:
fisi off
May 24th, 2008 at 10:15 amme said:
force india spinning, but who?
May 24th, 2008 at 10:16 amlou said:
‘me’ can i make a request? would it be easy for you to make the comment box smaller for live commenting and then put it back to this after? not sure if that prctical or not. But it may make posting comments abit quicker, specially as everything is cramped on the screen. However it could just be me.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:16 amCorey said:
ok Live Timing is cool. I just tried renaults live page but for some reason I don’t live it.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:16 amme said:
did you see what happened? just saw him in the runoff area.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:16 amlou said:
Kimi fastest
May 24th, 2008 at 10:17 amScott in Italy said:
has fisi damaged himself?
May 24th, 2008 at 10:17 amKathi said:
The track looks pretty dry.
No idea what happened to Fisi
May 24th, 2008 at 10:17 amlou said:
wow Rubens 6th! when did that happen
May 24th, 2008 at 10:17 amKathi said:
No no damage
May 24th, 2008 at 10:17 amme said:
see what we can do between sessions
May 24th, 2008 at 10:18 amKathi said:
But he looked a bit stuck when they showed him last
May 24th, 2008 at 10:18 amlou said:
thanks
May 24th, 2008 at 10:18 amChristine said:
I blinked, and both McLarens went ahead of the Ferrari’s.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:18 amlou said:
Hamilton fastest
May 24th, 2008 at 10:18 ammy FA fantasy aka NONSENSE feeling crazy today said:
Oh, no! I’m having a shocker. It’s early morning here and in Monaco they’re already out testing the limit and finding contact with the unyielding barriers.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:19 amCorey said:
Kovalainen goes to the top….ooohhh now hamilton who is purple in Sector 1.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:19 amme said:
doesn’t fit on my screen sadly.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:19 amlou said:
The hondas are looking better this weekend. Jenson 6th, Rubens 10th. thats what i like to see, improvement!
May 24th, 2008 at 10:19 amKathi said:
Lewis locked up his right front and went into the pits
May 24th, 2008 at 10:20 amlou said:
we have rain
May 24th, 2008 at 10:20 amme said:
autosport saying it’s starting to rain.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:20 amKathi said:
rain drops on the camera. I guess the rain will start soon
May 24th, 2008 at 10:22 amChristine said:
Coulthard hasn’t emerged from the pits, and probably won’t while it’s raining. Heidfeld is also bizarrely low down the list, with just Fisichella splitting him from the Red Bull.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:22 amDom said:
DC still hasn’t set a time…
May 24th, 2008 at 10:22 amme said:
are we in for a quiet last half of the session as everybody panics about the weather?
they’re going to have to get wet at some point in the weekend.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:23 amCorey said:
meant to say i don’t like it. I think during the Bahrain GP i found a website that gave real-time positions of the cars during the race but I cant find it now. Thought I had bookmarked it because it was really good.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:23 amlou said:
wow Sutil is doing well!
May 24th, 2008 at 10:24 amme said:
heidfeld looks to be in trouble in 18th, his teammate is in 4th.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:25 amlou said:
yay! heikki doing well!
May 24th, 2008 at 10:25 amlou said:
whos drink is all over their head? was it le seb?
May 24th, 2008 at 10:25 amDom said:
Heikki goes First!
May 24th, 2008 at 10:26 amme said:
kovi puts in the fastest first sector of the day, weather not affecting him.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:26 amlou said:
yay! i have hit 1000 comments!
May 24th, 2008 at 10:27 amme said:
kovi in the wall there?
May 24th, 2008 at 10:27 amlou said:
How did Heikki fair in the wet races last year? could we have anouther wet race specialist.
hang on, oh no! heikki!
May 24th, 2008 at 10:27 amme said:
kovi spins on the exit of swimming pool, says he touched a wall.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:28 amDom said:
Kovi now facing the wrong way
May 24th, 2008 at 10:28 amme said:
yellow flag and kovi out of the car. should be a red flag surely?
May 24th, 2008 at 10:28 amlou said:
yep must be, lewis is in the pits.
awww some sweet team radio. - we see you heikki, we see you.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:28 amChristine said:
It doesn’t look like he’s trashed the car though, which is a plus.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:28 ammy FA fantasy aka NONSENSE feeling crazy today said:
Kova, Kova. Just like Canada last year.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:28 amScott in Italy said:
autosport:Kovalainen has lost and damaged the McLaren at the exit of the Swimming Pool.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:29 amlou said:
So, heikki is pretty quick/ was pretty quick. do we think he could be in for a chance at challenging Lewis? if so, will Macca let them race?
May 24th, 2008 at 10:29 amme said:
tv goes for a break. if kovi has suspension damage, they’ve got their work cut out for them today.
he was going incredibly fast for the conditions, everyone else appeared to be going slower.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:30 amScott in Italy said:
nice jinx
please don’t make any comments about certain other drivers who have problems with luck 
May 24th, 2008 at 10:30 ammy FA fantasy aka NONSENSE feeling crazy today said:
Wot? Red flag?
May 24th, 2008 at 10:30 amme said:
red flag. session stopped to recover car.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:31 amDom said:
Red flags are out now.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:31 amme said:
exactly what the teams didn’t need right now, but who’s going to bet against more coming today?
May 24th, 2008 at 10:31 amScott in Italy said:
red flag
May 24th, 2008 at 10:31 amme said:
tv returns and shows kovi has made it back to the pit lane.
session is green again.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:32 amme said:
kovi keeping helmet on, his body language says ‘embarrassment’
May 24th, 2008 at 10:34 ammy FA fantasy aka NONSENSE feeling crazy today said:
Not me! I mean ME, not you.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:35 amme said:
brief lull in the action then, 25mins remaining how long until we see some more action?
May 24th, 2008 at 10:35 amChristine said:
Will they bother coming out again?
May 24th, 2008 at 10:36 amme said:
crowd shots show everybody with macs and umbrellas. is it heavy rain now?
May 24th, 2008 at 10:37 amScott in Italy said:
and now Piquet comes out??!!
May 24th, 2008 at 10:37 amme said:
piquet on track!
May 24th, 2008 at 10:37 amChristine said:
And Alonso.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:37 amDom said:
Renaults are first back out.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:37 ammy FA fantasy aka NONSENSE feeling crazy today said:
I thinki HK was keeping his helmet on because of the diamonds, just in case you know.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:38 amme said:
renault’s weather data used to be pretty good. looks like they’re after some wet data.
expecting lots of rain tomorrow methinks.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:38 amlou said:
looks like it
May 24th, 2008 at 10:38 amme said:
sorry, yes. good point, he seems ok in the garage now.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:38 amScott in Italy said:
and alonso as well by the look of the numbers
May 24th, 2008 at 10:39 amme said:
mr. button on track.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:39 amChristine said:
It’d be weird if very few came out again, so Heikki was left top even though he broke his car.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:39 amme said:
piquet misses the exit of the tunnel completely. straight lines the chicane.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:39 amz-baumgartner said:
Did alonso just straight line that chicane?
May 24th, 2008 at 10:40 amlou said:
Piquet taking a short cut
May 24th, 2008 at 10:40 amme said:
even if they all come out now, that’s a tough time to beat in the wet.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:40 amz-baumgartner said:
piquet even!
May 24th, 2008 at 10:40 amlou said:
twas Piquet
May 24th, 2008 at 10:40 amme said:
i think it was his teammate, who was further up the road.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:41 amScott in Italy said:
rosberg and vettell also
May 24th, 2008 at 10:41 amme said:
vettel and trulli join the action too.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:42 amChristine said:
When did Coulthard set a time? I didn’t see that.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:43 ammy FA fantasy aka NONSENSE feeling crazy today said:
Lap times are slower now, rain again?
May 24th, 2008 at 10:43 amChristine said:
Alonso has done the most laps of anyone so far on 18.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:43 amme said:
interesting, button taking a different line down to mirabeau in the wet. straight ahead all the way this time around.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:44 amme said:
no grip for jenson on the exit of the final corner, big wobble.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:44 amlou said:
a full on bourd lap with jenson
May 24th, 2008 at 10:44 amScott in Italy said:
i was just going to ask about DC too. way behind in 20th. i bet he’s disappointed about the lack of the Super Auguri’s.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:45 amme said:
only 15 minutes of the session remaining and 10 drivers yet to venture out after the stoppage.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:45 amlou said:
its not done him much good though - he is done in 16th. Piquet in 14th
May 24th, 2008 at 10:45 ammy FA fantasy aka NONSENSE feeling crazy today said:
Piquet is faster than ALO - he’s having a shocker!
May 24th, 2008 at 10:46 amme said:
he’s good around here usually, what’s going on there this weekend?
May 24th, 2008 at 10:46 amz-baumgartner said:
raikkonen’s out
May 24th, 2008 at 10:47 amz-baumgartner said:
raikkonen and massa venture out
May 24th, 2008 at 10:47 ammy FA fantasy aka NONSENSE feeling crazy today said:
Ooh, rain on the camera lens?
May 24th, 2008 at 10:47 amlou said:
Rosberg has maintained his good pace from thursday
May 24th, 2008 at 10:47 amScott in Italy said:
dc on track
May 24th, 2008 at 10:47 amme said:
is alonso out there on the extreme wets?
they have a central white band like the softs.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:49 amlou said:
a nice piece of radio about tyres from Toyota there. I think it was Glock
May 24th, 2008 at 10:49 amz-baumgartner said:
a bmw is going slow into the tunnel
May 24th, 2008 at 10:49 amChristine said:
Glock and his engineer discussing whether to go out on inters or full wets. Think they decided on wets so they can test ‘em out in case of a rainy qualifying.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:50 amlou said:
Sutil still up in 8th. perhaps we will see a force india in q3 today
May 24th, 2008 at 10:50 amme said:
white stripes on sutil’s car too.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:50 amz-baumgartner said:
raikkonen sets his fastest first sector
May 24th, 2008 at 10:51 amScott in Italy said:
DC clocks at 1:34.7 which i guess is not that bad a time
May 24th, 2008 at 10:51 amChristine said:
Coulthard’s out again.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:51 amz-baumgartner said:
my mistake!!
Not his fastest sector at all!
May 24th, 2008 at 10:52 amlou said:
Massa down in 6th - oh dear
May 24th, 2008 at 10:52 amme said:
loving the onboard shots of jenson, he’s going well out there. very impressive stuff.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:53 amz-baumgartner said:
Sutil topped a wet practice session in Monaco last year also.
An outside bet for a race victory if it rains perhaps!!
May 24th, 2008 at 10:53 ambrendan stallard said:
button is well known to be good in the rain: he might do something very good if these conditions persist.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:53 amlou said:
a nice lot of Honda coverage today
May 24th, 2008 at 10:54 ammy FA fantasy aka NONSENSE feeling crazy today said:
It will be a lottery in qualifying. Crazy.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:54 amScott in Italy said:
DC 1:31.1 getting better as the track gets dry
May 24th, 2008 at 10:54 amme said:
given the fuss driver were making about the lack of TC and the dangers posed in the wet, no-one seems to be having any major problems out there.
short of a monsoon arriving, they all seem in control.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:54 amme said:
looking forward to it
May 24th, 2008 at 10:55 amlou said:
Wasn’t it a mixture of both Rubens and Jenson.
oh i hope Jenson gets a had full of pions tomorrow
May 24th, 2008 at 10:55 amChristine said:
Just recognised which Renault was in shot from the engineer’s voice over team radio. Must get out more.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:56 amz-baumgartner said:
Barichello and Glock seem to be setting good first sector times in the wet
May 24th, 2008 at 10:57 amlou said:
lol really? who was it? Alonso?
May 24th, 2008 at 10:57 ammy FA fantasy aka NONSENSE feeling crazy today said:
Hey, Bourdais will win tomorrow - my dreams don’t lie. So far all bits of my dream came true, Bourdais and Loeb in Monaco, Piquet crashed. If I were you I’d put all your money on Le Séb.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:58 amChristine said:
Yup.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:58 amz-baumgartner said:
Raikkonen is flying out there!!
May 24th, 2008 at 10:58 amlou said:
did you happen to dream about where the hondas came? lol
May 24th, 2008 at 10:58 amme said:
all but 3 (working) cars on track for the final 3 minutes.
rubens, fisi and lewis opt to sit it out.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:59 amChristine said:
Fisichella didn’t come back out after the red flag, did he?
May 24th, 2008 at 10:59 amme said:
times are about 10seconds off of the dry pace in these changable conditions.
May 24th, 2008 at 10:59 amDom said:
Hamilton is out.
May 24th, 2008 at 11:00 amScott in Italy said:
I used to be proud of myself in the old days (pre camera things red/yellow) being able to spot different fin strut colours but this is impressive! can we get ringtones of the engineers voices so we can all learn this amazing skill?
May 24th, 2008 at 11:00 amme said:
one to watch, he’s put in a consistent set of laps in the last part of the session.
May 24th, 2008 at 11:00 amz-baumgartner said:
fisi will be disappointed to be so far behind his teammate in his 200th race
May 24th, 2008 at 11:01 amKathi said:
I’m back.
What have I missed.
May 24th, 2008 at 11:01 amme said:
is that so he can get a practice start in? can’t see him having time for a timed lap.
May 24th, 2008 at 11:02 amChristine said:
So, Kovi did finish top even though he broke his car. Cool.
May 24th, 2008 at 11:03 amme said:
sutil did well to end up 8th didn’t he?
May 24th, 2008 at 11:03 ammy FA fantasy aka NONSENSE feeling crazy today said:
What was ALO doing? Trying wet weather set-up?
May 24th, 2008 at 11:03 amme said:
everything
…and nothing, all at the same time.
May 24th, 2008 at 11:04 amme said:
didn’t get a good lap in during the dry period. renault appear to have gone gun-ho for a wet setup though, yeah.
May 24th, 2008 at 11:05 ammy FA fantasy aka NONSENSE feeling crazy today said:
What a shocker! grandprix.com says ALO signed for Ferrari! Starting in 2010!!!
May 24th, 2008 at 11:05 amKathi said:
My Japanese flatmate choose a very bad time to leave for home
May 24th, 2008 at 11:07 amDom said:
Bad session for Heidfeld in 18th. Kubica finished in 5th.
May 24th, 2008 at 11:07 amKathi said:
Does anyone want any videos?
May 24th, 2008 at 11:08 amme said:
so, when it’s dry hamilton is quick and when it’s wet kovi is quick. between them mclaren appear to have this place sewn up.
kubica also looked on the ragged edge during he very last run, maybe one to watch there.
please give us all your thoughts on the past hours events and we’ll have a new thread in approx one hours time.
May 24th, 2008 at 11:08 amKathi said:
Does that mean Kimi is out?
May 24th, 2008 at 11:09 amlou said:
What the….wow!
so who is he replacing? is kimi gonna retire then? cause they said that they did not want 2 world champions in the same team…..
May 24th, 2008 at 11:09 amme said:
good lord, yes please.
kovi’s accident would be good, one of the onboards of jenson and maybe kimi / kubica final runs.
any of the above would be lovely, thank you.
May 24th, 2008 at 11:10 amme said:
wow, here’s da link:
http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns20397.html
May 24th, 2008 at 11:13 amlou said:
ok so its not confirmed. At least he would ahve been with Renault for 2 years. I will be pretty upset if Kimi goes. Im sure he has more to offer. He can’t have made his mind up so soon? could he?
May 24th, 2008 at 11:15 ammy FA fantasy aka NONSENSE feeling crazy today said:
Just posted that on RF1 blog to see what RF1 people will say. That sounds like fun, we’ll have another Schumi-style years, 2010 to 2016 and 6 titles for FA.
May 24th, 2008 at 11:16 amCorey said:
Provide as much as you can
May 24th, 2008 at 11:17 ambrendan stallard said:
Where in the world you located Kathi? Just roughly, I gather from your comments you are not UK, and I’m guessing no USA.
If you don’t mind me asking: of course
brendan (UK this week)
May 24th, 2008 at 11:18 amlou said:
May 24th, 2008 at 11:18 amme said:
their run has to come to an end at some point though doesn’t it?
and what was all that “flav’s a father figure” stuff coming from alonso last week?
May 24th, 2008 at 11:19 amlou said:
Macca have 105 mins to get heikki’s car fixed for quali.
May 24th, 2008 at 11:21 amKathi said:
I’m living in Finland atm.
May 24th, 2008 at 11:22 ammy FA fantasy aka NONSENSE feeling crazy today said:
Ha-ha! That was crazy. I really think they had to for someone else this year, spending 30 million on ALO salary is not wise. Kova will be returning to Renault then. Man, silly season!
May 24th, 2008 at 11:22 ambrendan stallard said:
“So if kimi goes could it be massa goes too”
Lou,
I think it is way too early to write off Massa, he is very quick: all he needs to learn is some consistency and some mental strength and he could be a long time success.
I think those two WDC’s Alonso has had, will be it. By the time 2010 comes around: BMW will be chomping at the bit. Ferrari don’t have a divine right to win.
brendan
May 24th, 2008 at 11:24 amChristine said:
They think they do, though.
May 24th, 2008 at 11:24 amme said:
final times for fp3:
May 24th, 2008 at 11:24 ambrendan stallard said:
“Finland”
Kathi,
Thanks: I have a mate who lives on the east coast: and he’s always griping about the cold. I’ve been to Turku and Hameenlina, I liked the place a lot.
brendan
May 24th, 2008 at 11:25 amlou said:
piont taken.
hopefully Honda will be close too 
May 24th, 2008 at 11:26 ambrendan stallard said:
“They think they do, though.”
Christine,
True enough: with Max gone: and all the personnel changes of late, I can see them drifting back to the chaos of the past.
brendan
May 24th, 2008 at 11:28 amKathi said:
It snowed last week!!!
I haven’t been around much yet.
May 24th, 2008 at 11:33 ambrendan stallard said:
“hopefully Honda will be close too :D”
Lou,
They really need to get their act together pretty quick: they’ve been an expensive disaster so far. Honda didn’t used to have a history of providing limitless expense if they weren’t winning.
brendan
May 24th, 2008 at 11:34 amRich said:
Kathi, yes please - there is rather little F1 coverage here in SA and only on extremely expensive network TV (would cost like 20% take home salary of a senior lecturer at a Uni) and somehow the service providers have blocked using overseas proxies.
May 24th, 2008 at 11:36 ammy FA fantasy aka NONSENSE feeling crazy today said:
No official Renault reaction yet. Hmm. They must be shocked themselves.
May 24th, 2008 at 11:37 amlou said:
They are soon gonna concentrate efforts on the 2009 car, they are the first to have tested a version of KERS, and they have Ross Brawn (whose effects will really only show in 2009). They are off to a good start. Also look at how much they have improved since the winter.
Its all encouraging stuff. There is still hope for my favourate team 
But yeah they have alot of work to do.
May 24th, 2008 at 11:39 ammy FA fantasy aka NONSENSE feeling crazy today said:
After almost 8 years in F1? I doubt it. Although miracles happen, for example, Hakkinen came back to life after 7 or so seasons.
May 24th, 2008 at 11:43 ammy FA fantasy aka NONSENSE feeling crazy today said:
“Formula One’s engine manufacturers declined an invitation to attend a meeting in FIA president Max Mosley’s offices at the Monaco Grand Prix, autosport.com has learned.
The letter did not make any reference to Mosley himself, however sources told autosport.com that some of the car makers were keen to delay the meeting because they were nervous about the possibility of coming face-to-face with the FIA president while he is embroiled in a public *** scandal.”
Titanic, part 2.
May 24th, 2008 at 11:52 amme said:
technically there’s been no official announcement though? their podcast should be fun this week.
May 24th, 2008 at 11:52 amlou said:
It looks like we are gonna have some coverage on the Amber Fashion Show - there is a piccy of Louise Goodman interviewing drivers back stage on f1.com
May 24th, 2008 at 11:53 amme said:
damn, that’ll be the ecclestone daughters on our screens again.
May 24th, 2008 at 11:55 amme said:
comment box is now a bit smaller, exactly half way between what it used to be and was it was earlier.
better, or do we need to go smaller?
May 24th, 2008 at 11:58 amlou said:
Its not all bad, Jenson was there
May 24th, 2008 at 12:02 pmlou said:
erm…..maybe a little smaller, cause it will allow you to see the previous comment, and the post button at the bottom. If its just me then don’t worry about it.
I was just recommending it for live commenting 
as we never usually post long comments. 
May 24th, 2008 at 12:03 pmmy FA fantasy aka NONSENSE feeling crazy today said:
Fine, no more modifications please. At least for me.
May 24th, 2008 at 12:08 pmme said:
the other thing we could do is make the text smaller? hmm, we’ll go with this for qually and see if it’s any good.
May 24th, 2008 at 12:10 pmlou said:
Its fine, don’t worry
May 24th, 2008 at 12:12 pmmy FA fantasy aka NONSENSE feeling crazy today said:
I hear Alonso fans are committing suicide en masse right now. They still believe he’s a mythical figure with wings instead of arms and that he’ll never sign for the red devils that nearly ruined his 2006 campaign.
He’ll be in Ferrari on 2010. That’s only logical.
May 24th, 2008 at 12:16 pmmy FA fantasy aka NONSENSE feeling crazy today said:
“We all know that Formula 1 thrives on rumours, but I think we all know that this is what they are - nothing more.”
That’s what RF1 PR person said. As expected.
May 24th, 2008 at 1:51 pmAndrew said:
isnt there a way we can do this without refreshing the screen all the time? sorry for being a negative nancy