Live Commenting: Monaco – Qualifying
If there’s one thing that today’s free practice taught us, it’s that timing is everything. For one lap Heikki was the fastest thing out there, picking the perfect time to do his run when the most rubber was down but the rain hadn’t really affected the asphalt.
One lap later and he’s in the wall.
Finding that perfect moment to do a run in qualifying will be the biggest challenge for F1 teams and drivers this afternoon in Monaco. Not only are they playing chicken with the weather, there’s that all important problem of finding some space for a clear lap around the principality.
Notably, Vettel has already been hit with a 5-place grid penalty for having the nerve to finish the last race and then compete this one with a brand new car. He’s almost certain to start from the pit lane tomorrow, but where everyone else will end up in is anyone’s guess.
One thing is for certain though, the next few hours are going to be eventful and entertaining!
We’ll be watching ITV’s qualifying coverage, and full race build up, which is available online. In the comments Nelson also found a great site streaming ITV around the world. Don’t forget official live timing on f1.com too.
It’ll be a lottery in Monaco this afternoon, so we’re asking for all of your predictions today. Who’ll be on pole and who’ll be first to bin it? Who’ll be the biggest name out in the first part of qualifying and who’ll end up with a grid penalty for blocking on this the tightest of street circuits.
May 24th, 2008 at 12:15 #1 - lou said:
Is it time for predictions for Quali positions yet?
Ok here are mine (hoping i can improve on predictions)
1. Heikki – I would really love him to get pole!
2. Lewis – It he is not on pole he won’t be far behind
3. Kimi
4. Nico
5. Massa
6. Kubica
7. Button
8. Heidfeld
9. Rubens
10.Webber
ok i got a little hopeful with both hondas
May 24th, 2008 at 12:16 #2 - Christine said:
I think Lewis is going to go all the way and win it this year. He’ll be so determined.
May 24th, 2008 at 12:16 #3 - lou said:
Coverage has started
Sony have a new intro that isn’t can i play with madness! at last!
May 24th, 2008 at 12:17 #4 - lou said:
what is with all this ‘epic’ music in the background! ergh!
May 24th, 2008 at 12:18 #5 - Christine said:
Bit dramatic, wasn’t it!?
May 24th, 2008 at 12:19 #6 - Christine said:
I reckon Vettel might be unlucky again this race. Starting from the back, he’s going to have to push hard, so he might be the first to bin it.
Either that or it’ll be someone massive, like Raikkonen.
May 24th, 2008 at 12:19 #7 - lou said:
If he doesn’t he will probably push it too hard and end up in the wall tomorrow (providing its a wet race). If it does rain, then it will be all about tyres and stratagy. He is gonna need to look after his tyres.
May 24th, 2008 at 12:20 #8 - Michael Roberts said:
Afternoon all. Hoping for a Williams 1-2!
May 24th, 2008 at 12:21 #9 - my FA fantasy aka NONSENSE feeling crazy today said:
I won’t be here for the qualifying – my telly is downstairs and laptop is upstairs and I’ll be having lunch at the same time. I’ll drop by after the session.
My prediction is Piquet for pole. Or maybe I should pick up Hamilton after all?
Have fun guys.
May 24th, 2008 at 12:21 #10 - Kathi said:
videos:
Massa_Heikki
Fisi’s off
Fisi slows
Heikki’s crash
various slowmos through chicane
Button onboard
Kubica’s lap
May 24th, 2008 at 12:21 #11 - Christine said:
The ITV crew have a “place” to stand. I wish they would do this at every race, it’s so nice not to have to listen to them fighting the engine noise.
May 24th, 2008 at 12:21 #12 - me said:
he better not do that again, please. i’m gonna pitch for kubica on pole, based on his final run. and it’ll be massa in the wall.
May 24th, 2008 at 12:21 #13 - lou said:
It will probably be him hitting someone else and causing a saftey car.
I think its more likely to be Massa, given that he hates the track, and is scared of the wet.
May 24th, 2008 at 12:21 #14 - Dom said:
Hey everyone,
Looks like it’s dried up in Monaco.
May 24th, 2008 at 12:22 #15 - Kathi said:
I can’t post the links to the videos
May 24th, 2008 at 12:22 #16 - me said:
rosberg is in with a shot, but i don’t have a lot of faith in kaz making it to the front
May 24th, 2008 at 12:23 #17 - lou said:
How strange was Kubica driving through the streets…
May 24th, 2008 at 12:23 #18 - Christine said:
The footage of Kubica driving to pick up his award is bizarre. Just an F1 car trundling along with the rest of the traffic
May 24th, 2008 at 12:23 #19 - lou said:
post them on drop.io?
May 24th, 2008 at 12:25 #20 - me said:
sorry, fixed now. i’ll download them right away.
May 24th, 2008 at 12:26 #21 - Kathi said:
I don’t want to post the videos, because they are huge; but I posted a note with the links.
May 24th, 2008 at 12:26 #22 - Nelson said:
Good morning folks, stopping by a little early today.
May 24th, 2008 at 12:27 #23 - Scott in Italy said:
for Quali:
1.Hamilton
2.Massa
3. Raikkonen
4. Kubica
5. Kovalainen (I think his car will still need some tweaking)
6. Alonso
7. Heidfeld
8. Rosberg
9. Webber
10. Nakajima
May 24th, 2008 at 12:27 #24 - lou said:
thats what i meant
sorry. Drop.io is brilliant!
May 24th, 2008 at 12:30 #25 - lou said:
oooo i love the on bourd bits! that was lovely!
May 24th, 2008 at 12:30 #26 - me said:
morning nelson
May 24th, 2008 at 12:31 #27 - lou said:
Heikki looking happier than thursday
yay! smiles and everything!
May 24th, 2008 at 12:32 #28 - me said:
heikki saying he’s just gonna look at the sky and choose the right tyres… genius.
May 24th, 2008 at 12:32 #29 - Christine said:
Heikki is definitely not his usual happy self. And it doesn’t seem to be to do with his stop this morning.
May 24th, 2008 at 12:34 #30 - Nelson said:
I’m all for Ferrari, but I don’t think Massa won’t be higher than P4.
1. Hamilton
2. Raikkonen
3. Kovalainen
4. Kubiça
5. Massa
6. Rosberg
7. Alonso
8. Heidfeld
9. Webber
10. Nakajima
Sadly I think Hamilton is going to win this one and my Fantasy Racers selection shows that. This is the first race where I haven’t picked both Ferrari’s.
May 24th, 2008 at 12:34 #31 - me said:
alonso talking to ted… “90% of things mclaren said last year were not true”.
May 24th, 2008 at 12:34 #32 - lou said:
aww i kinda feel sorry for Alonso, given what he is saying. He looks a little upset too.
May 24th, 2008 at 12:36 #33 - Dom said:
Quali predictions,
1. Hamilton
2. Kovalainen
3. Raikkonen
4. Alonso
5. Kubica
6. Massa
7. Rosberg
8. Webber
9. Trulli
10. Heidfeld
May 24th, 2008 at 12:36 #34 - Nelson said:
Ugh, coverage hasn’t started here. I think I’ll have to get parallels or fusion to install tvu player or ants. I haven’t found a working UK proxy in weeks.
May 24th, 2008 at 12:36 #35 - SidepodcastFan said:
Hi guys …. lmao@terrible things!.. BTW, if rain during qualifying he could very well be within the front rows.
May 24th, 2008 at 12:38 #36 - me said:
am just watching kathi’s videos right now. they’re amazing!
May 24th, 2008 at 12:40 #37 - Corey said:
My four top competitors for the pole position are
Heikki, Lewis, Kimi and Nico in that order
May 24th, 2008 at 12:40 #38 - lou said:
mine are still downloading!
May 24th, 2008 at 12:41 #39 - Christine said:
Louise and David sitting in a boat… K-I-S-S-I… oh, that doesn’t work so well.
May 24th, 2008 at 12:42 #40 - Kathi said:
Thanks. Anything else?
Like I said they are quite big. Perhaps you can wait until somebody converted them into a friendlier format.
May 24th, 2008 at 12:43 #41 - me said:
jenson onboard is fab.
he’s really smooth on the extreme wets.
May 24th, 2008 at 12:46 #42 - me said:
for me that’s perfect cheers. but i’m sure there will be more action in qually.
we could do with a definitive list of these somewhere, i’m keeping them locally too, but the quality is too good for people not to see them
May 24th, 2008 at 12:46 #43 - lou said:
I don’t mind that they are big
it just takes my laptop a little time to download them. Of course it could be that i have 2 downloading at once.
May 24th, 2008 at 12:48 #44 - lou said:
same for me
more from qualli though 
May 24th, 2008 at 12:49 #45 - Corey said:
Ohhh bring back those 70’s cars. Awesome sound!
May 24th, 2008 at 12:49 #46 - Nelson said:
I downloaded the massa video some of the others I will have to download later, you can only do so much with my bandwidth.
May 24th, 2008 at 12:50 #47 - Christine said:
ITV just said their website has videos of all the sessions throughout the weekend.
Do they actually know about FP3 or are they just being idiots again?
May 24th, 2008 at 12:51 #48 - me said:
drag into itunes, right click, convert to iPod format.
should do the trick.
May 24th, 2008 at 12:52 #49 - Kathi said:
There was sth on click: http://www.adrive.com/ I haven’t looked into it, yet.
May 24th, 2008 at 12:54 #50 - Christine said:
Bourdais has a special de-fogger for his glasses in the pits. Aw.
May 24th, 2008 at 12:54 #51 - Nelson said:
bitcast-d.bitgravity.com/justintv/static/w…
For those of us without ITV.
May 24th, 2008 at 12:55 #52 - lou said:
I forgot i actually needed to eat something, so i went to go make a sandwich. did i miss anything? an interesting interview, or just more lewis chat?
May 24th, 2008 at 12:56 #53 - me said:
wow, that’s a brilliant find. will add to the post.
May 24th, 2008 at 12:57 #54 - lou said:
Thank you i will try it after quali
hang on, how do i drag it into itunes? drag it into the itunes folder?
May 24th, 2008 at 12:58 #55 - lou said:
maybe they think the public don’t know about it, so they can get away with a lie in that morning.
May 24th, 2008 at 12:59 #56 - lou said:
live timings have reset
May 24th, 2008 at 13:00 #57 - lou said:
So rain most likely to effect Q3 then. This could be interesting.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:00 #58 - Christine said:
Just pick up the file and drag it into the iTunes window. It should add it straight away.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:01 #59 - Christine said:
Coulthard out first for qualifying then. Making up for lost time.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:01 #60 - lou said:
thank you!!!
May 24th, 2008 at 13:01 #61 - Scott in Italy said:
anyone know what eddie jordan was doing there? if that was him? sorry but still haven’t learnt italian since the last race
May 24th, 2008 at 13:02 #62 - lou said:
Kubica going out 8 mins into the session. And wants to do break balance himself. lol
May 24th, 2008 at 13:02 #63 - Christine said:
Anyone who’s anyone is there, aren’t they?
May 24th, 2008 at 13:02 #64 - Dom said:
20% chance of rain during the whole of qualifying.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:02 #65 - Rich said:
Thanks Kathi – downloading will take a little time from darkest Africa – but it is well worth it.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:04 #66 - SidepodcastFan said:
Gear box change for Vettel.5 grid penalty
May 24th, 2008 at 13:04 #67 - me said:
dc taking 2 hot laps and his second one is quicker.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:05 #68 - me said:
vettel smashes dc’s time. almost a second faster.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:07 #69 - lou said:
Kudos for the Macca Machanics! getting that car fixed in 105 mins!
May 24th, 2008 at 13:07 #70 - me said:
massa jumps to the front beating his teammate and kovi.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:07 #71 - Christine said:
For reference, pole position in 2007 was 1:15.726.
Have posted a pic of 2007 fastest lap times to drop.io.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:08 #72 - lou said:
Woo! nice lap from Rosberg!
They seem like 10 seconds behind my live timings :s
May 24th, 2008 at 13:08 #73 - Joe said:
Oh, man. Speed’s broadcast seems to be delayed by about 10 min.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:09 #74 - Corey said:
Rosberg back into the mix again. Keep an eye on this guy this weekend
May 24th, 2008 at 13:09 #75 - me said:
drivers doing plenty of laps in this first session. kovi on his 5th tour, dc on his 7th!
May 24th, 2008 at 13:09 #76 - lou said:
How many more races do we think Renault wil put up with Piquet for?
May 24th, 2008 at 13:09 #77 - Joe said:
Yeah, they just went green right now
May 24th, 2008 at 13:10 #78 - me said:
can piquet recover from a trip down the first corner exit road?
May 24th, 2008 at 13:10 #79 - Scott in Italy said:
I guess my invitation got lost again
May 24th, 2008 at 13:10 #80 - me said:
does nelson’s link work for ya joe?
May 24th, 2008 at 13:10 #81 - Scott in Italy said:
Webber heads onto a flyer now
May 24th, 2008 at 13:10 #82 - lou said:
Button up into 11th!
May 24th, 2008 at 13:10 #83 - Nelson said:
I doubt it, this is surely the end for him today.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:11 #84 - Rich said:
Unless he finishes in the top 10 I suspect it will be his last.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:12 #85 - lou said:
Rubens up into 7th
Vettel is looking pretty good. not that it matters cause he will be 5 places down anyway.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:13 #86 - Christine said:
He did – 30 seconds down the road from everyone else.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:13 #87 - Joe said:
Love to see Ant go to Renault
May 24th, 2008 at 13:13 #88 - Scott in Italy said:
Coulthard appears now to be picking up pace for another flyer. at 15th he’s in danger. as always…
May 24th, 2008 at 13:14 #89 - Rich said:
Glock has put in an impressive time!
May 24th, 2008 at 13:15 #90 - Christine said:
Bourdais has run through the chicane twice now. Tut tut.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:15 #91 - Scott in Italy said:
Coulthard 7th!
May 24th, 2008 at 13:16 #92 - lou said:
go jenson!
May 24th, 2008 at 13:16 #93 - lou said:
yay! go Heikki!
May 24th, 2008 at 13:16 #94 - me said:
kovi fastest, and hamilton not looking like he’s going to challenge.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:17 #95 - Rich said:
Kubica gone fifth!
May 24th, 2008 at 13:17 #96 - SidepodcastFan said:
Heikki back on top!
May 24th, 2008 at 13:17 #97 - me said:
bourdais didn’t come out of the pits, did they not manage to remove the stuck wheel nut.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:17 #98 - Rich said:
Kovi goes one with 1:15:295!
May 24th, 2008 at 13:18 #99 - Christine said:
Qualifying specialist Trulli is down in 15th whilst Glock is up in the top ten. An odd turn of events there.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:18 #100 - Corey said:
nice lap from Heikki. If Piquet doesnt pull himself up from this 18th place I think he can start counting his days at Renault and whats wrong with Trulli ?
May 24th, 2008 at 13:18 #101 - Scott in Italy said:
Webber on a flyer – moves to 7th (or was he already?)
May 24th, 2008 at 13:18 #102 - me said:
he’s out there now. last gasp effort from him.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:18 #103 - Scott in Italy said:
Piquet! awesome power slide!
May 24th, 2008 at 13:19 #104 - lou said:
god this is tense. and very exciting
May 24th, 2008 at 13:19 #105 - SidepodcastFan said:
Indeed Lou..Love it!
May 24th, 2008 at 13:20 #106 - Christine said:
Both Trulli and Coulthard have improved to the top ten – for now – they say it was traffic first time round.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:20 #107 - me said:
oh dear, piquet falls out at the first hurdle.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:21 #108 - lou said:
few Jenson 10th
and Rubens 9th 
May 24th, 2008 at 13:21 #109 - Dom said:
Button 10th!
May 24th, 2008 at 13:21 #110 - me said:
massa finishes p1, but it doesn’t look like he has the pace to challenge lewis today.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:22 #111 - Rich said:
What was everyone saying about Monaco not being Massa territory – he has just gone one!
May 24th, 2008 at 13:22 #112 - Christine said:
Bourdais just needed another half a tenth and he would have been ahead of Nakajima and safe. Dammit.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:22 #113 - Christine said:
Fastest three in Q1: Massa, Kovalainen, Hamilton.
Dropping out: Bourdais, Piquet, Vettel, Sutil, Fisichella
May 24th, 2008 at 13:22 #114 - Scott in Italy said:
re Piquet: can you replace a driver between qualifying and the race? I have an airport near by and can get there in a few hours
May 24th, 2008 at 13:24 #115 - me said:
hehehehehe
May 24th, 2008 at 13:24 #116 - Rich said:
Still did better than his wonderkid team-mate – Vettel is not been impressive this year.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:24 #117 - SidepodcastFan said:
With Massa’s lap time…..could this weekend be another Turkey give away?….
May 24th, 2008 at 13:24 #118 - Scott in Italy said:
Not me! (see my predictions
just ignore the line where i had Heidfeld at 7th. he just made it through into Q2
May 24th, 2008 at 13:25 #119 - me said:
again ahead of his teammate though. all he has to do at the moment.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:25 #120 - Corey said:
Man I really Bourdais to get in that top 15
he was so close
May 24th, 2008 at 13:25 #121 - me said:
really struggling isn’t he?
May 24th, 2008 at 13:26 #122 - Dom said:
Vettel will be starting from last place then.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:27 #123 - lou said:
Rain cloads! wohoo!
May 24th, 2008 at 13:27 #124 - Michael Roberts said:
That Williams 1-2 is still just about possible!
May 24th, 2008 at 13:28 #125 - me said:
alonso first to break. renault weather people know something we don’t?
May 24th, 2008 at 13:29 #126 - lou said:
Alonso the first out
May 24th, 2008 at 13:30 #127 - Steven Roy said:
Hi all, made it at last.
Humidity is climbing
May 24th, 2008 at 13:30 #128 - SidepodcastFan said:
I suspect he’ll qualify on fumes in Q3 if promoted…
May 24th, 2008 at 13:31 #129 - Scott in Italy said:
barrichello and kovi to be investigated?
May 24th, 2008 at 13:31 #130 - Christine said:
Incident being investigated between Fisi and Barrichello?
May 24th, 2008 at 13:31 #131 - Kathi said:
fisi not Kova
May 24th, 2008 at 13:32 #132 - Dom said:
Did they just say Barrichello blocked Fisi?
May 24th, 2008 at 13:32 #133 - Christine said:
Just BMW and Honda still to come out.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:32 #134 - Christine said:
They didn’t say what the incident was but presumably one of them was being held up by the other.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:33 #135 - Rich said:
Thanks Scott in Italy – I just felt the English speaking press has over-emphasised how good Kimi is at the expense of Massa – the Euro-centric thinking. Pity Massa is not in my Fantasy Team – decided to take him out and put Kovi in (more as a gesture of support – but with my luck it could be the kiss of death) These days I look to see what Christine puts up and make sure I do not have the same drivers to avoid them having the double dose of bad karma.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:33 #136 - Scott in Italy said:
hamilton purple S1
both red bulls are flying
May 24th, 2008 at 13:33 #137 - Corey said:
nice looking slide from Kimi but would have slowed him a bit
May 24th, 2008 at 13:33 #138 - me said:
hamilton super fast in s1, but massa has the legs in s2 / s3.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:34 #139 - Christine said:
Everyone’s been/is out on track now.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:34 #140 - Scott in Italy said:
can we set up a survey to see if everyone is employing this strategy?
May 24th, 2008 at 13:35 #141 - lou said:
oh no
honda not looking good. lol just as i say that button up into 11. few
May 24th, 2008 at 13:35 #142 - ryan said:
Without traction control they look like WRC cars sliding around the corners…
May 24th, 2008 at 13:36 #143 - me said:
button jumps to 11th, but that’s not enough. rubens propping up the rear end.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:36 #144 - Kathi said:
was Massa on softs?
May 24th, 2008 at 13:36 #145 - Rich said:
Already Massa is looking good in Q2!
May 24th, 2008 at 13:36 #146 - lou said:
Alonso does not sound very happy
May 24th, 2008 at 13:37 #147 - Steven Roy said:
I think Piquet needs a happy pill
May 24th, 2008 at 13:37 #148 - Scott in Italy said:
wow Alonso knows how to make a team feel good. he should have just said “fix everything”
May 24th, 2008 at 13:37 #149 - Steven Roy said:
I meant Alonso
May 24th, 2008 at 13:38 #150 - Christine said:
Four minutes left then, last ditch efforts from everyone.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:38 #151 - Rich said:
Heidfeld is not going to get through this round either!
May 24th, 2008 at 13:39 #152 - me said:
bmw running front wheel bins? that’s the first time at a race weekend isn’t it?
May 24th, 2008 at 13:39 #153 - Steven Roy said:
I think Heidfeld is taking the BMW sandbagging a bit far this time
May 24th, 2008 at 13:40 #154 - Rich said:
The two Macca drivers on a fast lap?
May 24th, 2008 at 13:40 #155 - me said:
ROOOOOOOOSBERG
May 24th, 2008 at 13:40 #156 - Scott in Italy said:
roseberg going pretty well. moves to 2
May 24th, 2008 at 13:41 #157 - Dom said:
Rosberg in Second!!
May 24th, 2008 at 13:41 #158 - lou said:
GO ROSBERG!!!
oooo Rosberg for a podium!
May 24th, 2008 at 13:41 #159 - Scott in Italy said:
even Trulli now doing really well in S1. how’S that happening?
May 24th, 2008 at 13:41 #160 - SidepodcastFan said:
impressive!
May 24th, 2008 at 13:42 #161 - Corey said:
WOW. Rosberg turns the screws and jumps to 2nd
May 24th, 2008 at 13:42 #162 - Scott in Italy said:
oops whose wheel?
May 24th, 2008 at 13:42 #163 - lou said:
lol loose wheel!
pls don’t let it affect Jenson!
May 24th, 2008 at 13:43 #164 - Scott in Italy said:
DCs wheel. wow. nice accident!
May 24th, 2008 at 13:43 #165 - lou said:
wooooo poor Couthard!
May 24th, 2008 at 13:43 #166 - Scott in Italy said:
hope he’s okay. looks like he got the wheel in the head
May 24th, 2008 at 13:43 #167 - Steven Roy said:
Strange accident
May 24th, 2008 at 13:44 #168 - lou said:
Jenson 12th! :/ i was hoping for more
May 24th, 2008 at 13:44 #169 - Rich said:
Considering the Red Bulls were struggling in practice – it is another good showing from Mark – he is really impressing me this year. Trulliometer swung to high rather quickly with a seventh place!
Coulthard hits the wall!
May 24th, 2008 at 13:44 #170 - Dom said:
I hope that tyre didn’t hit Coulthards head. Looked like it did.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:45 #171 - Christine said:
Fastest three: Massa, Rosberg, Hamilton.
OUT: Glock, Button, Heidfeld, Nakajima, Barrichello
May 24th, 2008 at 13:45 #172 - me said:
was it a bump or car failure?
May 24th, 2008 at 13:45 #173 - Steven Roy said:
How can Heidfeld be a second slower than Kubica?
May 24th, 2008 at 13:45 #174 - lou said:
ahahahaha! the wheel continuing down the track! lol!
May 24th, 2008 at 13:45 #175 - Scott in Italy said:
autosport: “he loses the rear end”
i wasn’t watching closely enough, but did it look like he lost it, or a part went at the back suspension? this is red bull and they’ve never been the best at suspensions. or gearboxes. or engines….
May 24th, 2008 at 13:45 #176 - Nelson said:
DC was pretty lucky that time.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:45 #177 - lou said:
KAthi can we have a copy of that later?
May 24th, 2008 at 13:45 #178 - Rich said:
Heidfeld almost a second slower than Kubica! Was he using wheel bins by any chance?
May 24th, 2008 at 13:46 #179 - Christine said:
Do you think Red Bull will be able to convince the FIA the car isn’t fit to drive?
Else they’d be in parc ferme!
What a bizarre incident, he went in there so fast, all that was left was the wheel!
May 24th, 2008 at 13:46 #180 - me said:
traveled half way to the swimming pool. tethers should’ve caught that one.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:46 #181 - Steven Roy said:
There seemed to be a puff of smoke or something from DC’s rear right just before he slid off. Brake disc again?
May 24th, 2008 at 13:47 #182 - Scott in Italy said:
f1 timing says Coulthard “completely unharmed”. good! if there was a third car he could compete in Q3
May 24th, 2008 at 13:47 #183 - Kathi said:
Sure
May 24th, 2008 at 13:48 #184 - Scott in Italy said:
red bull’s passed the safety tests. but i suspect they’ll have to do another one after this incident. AGAIN!
May 24th, 2008 at 13:49 #185 - me said:
dc, said he locked his own brakes. odd though.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:50 #186 - Dom said:
Coulthard blames himself
May 24th, 2008 at 13:51 #187 - Scott in Italy said:
somebody move those boats! i can’t see!
May 24th, 2008 at 13:51 #188 - Steven Roy said:
The vid shows a puff of something. Then they cut to another camera and the car is out of line. ITV did not go back to the original shot in their analysis.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:51 #189 - ryan said:
Speaking of rally driving, Hamilton’s hairpin technique reminds me of the “Swedish Flick”
May 24th, 2008 at 13:52 #190 - Rich said:
Rosberg is having a hugely impressive qualifying lets hope it continues into Q1!
May 24th, 2008 at 13:53 #191 - Christine said:
I guess Coulthard couldn’t really have expected to get higher than 10th anyway, so he’s probably not missing much track-wise.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:53 #192 - lou said:
Kovi still quick! ooo i would soo love him to get a podium. Rosberg too!
May 24th, 2008 at 13:54 #193 - Scott in Italy said:
all on track!
May 24th, 2008 at 13:54 #194 - Steven Roy said:
Lewis looked like he lost a chunk of time at the last corner.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:54 #195 - lou said:
Does this mean he gets to choose his fuel load like everyone who is not in the top ten?
May 24th, 2008 at 13:55 #196 - brendan stallard said:
hamilton is throwing that thing around
May 24th, 2008 at 13:55 #197 - me said:
alonso in 4th. everyone else going heavy or is he light today?
May 24th, 2008 at 13:55 #198 - Rich said:
Hamilton fastest – no surprises there – oops Kimi has just gone faster!
May 24th, 2008 at 13:55 #199 - Scott in Italy said:
Totally. if they thought it was a structural problem, i was expecting them to not let webber go out either and just give him 9th. but hey he’s running 9th anyway now
May 24th, 2008 at 13:55 #200 - Scott in Italy said:
webber moves to 6th. why do drivers improve while i’m posting. so rude…
May 24th, 2008 at 13:55 #201 - me said:
nope. they have to go declare a fuel figure to the FIA now.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:56 #202 - lou said:
If Rosberg does well this weekend, Frank Williams will be pleased, specially as it is his 300th gp weekend.
May 24th, 2008 at 13:56 #203 - Rich said:
Webber running sixth – can’t last but impressive!
May 24th, 2008 at 13:56 #204 - lou said:
ah i see, thanks
May 24th, 2008 at 13:57 #205 - me said:
kubica big lock up. but he did that a couple of times yesterday. it’ll kill your tyres, but you don’t need em after that. is it intentional?
May 24th, 2008 at 13:57 #206 - lou said:
Kubica up into 2nd!! wow
May 24th, 2008 at 13:57 #207 - Rich said:
Kubica two – where did that come from?
May 24th, 2008 at 13:57 #208 - SidepodcastFan said:
New tires…..here we go!
May 24th, 2008 at 13:58 #209 - lou said:
Go kimi! he is really pushing himself
May 24th, 2008 at 13:59 #210 - Scott in Italy said:
hamilton flying. watch for p1
May 24th, 2008 at 13:59 #211 - Rich said:
Kimi still on top, but Lewis is on a fast one!
May 24th, 2008 at 13:59 #212 - Steven Roy said:
Massa on pole?????
May 24th, 2008 at 13:59 #213 - me said:
ferrari FRONT ROOOOOOOOOW!
May 24th, 2008 at 14:00 #214 - Rich said:
Massa goes ONE!!!!
May 24th, 2008 at 14:00 #215 - Dom said:
FERRARI on the front row!!!!
May 24th, 2008 at 14:00 #216 - Scott in Italy said:
typical webber – always 6th-9th
can we call him mr consistent now? like he used to be for DNFs in previous years 
May 24th, 2008 at 14:00 #217 - lou said:
yes! no 1st for Lewis!
lol
wow go Massa!!
Maybe not a win for Lewis. 
i should not be so pleased. Well done Massa! specially as he hates Monaco!
May 24th, 2008 at 14:01 #218 - Steven Roy said:
It looks like Kimi’s barrier brushing moment at Rascasse cost him pole
May 24th, 2008 at 14:01 #219 - me said:
good strategy from bmw, leaving it right to the last, but just not having the pace.
May 24th, 2008 at 14:02 #220 - me said:
compared to his barrier brushing moment last year though, i think he’ll take it. only got to finish in front of lewis tomorrow.
May 24th, 2008 at 14:02 #221 - lou said:
Perfect!
ehehehehe now, how will the ITV team cope. they have just built up Lewis to win/ get pole! ahahah love it!
May 24th, 2008 at 14:02 #222 - Christine said:
So was Massa’s “I don’t like Monaco” statement just a ruse?
May 24th, 2008 at 14:02 #223 - Corey said:
Well I am certainly surprised to see Massa on the front row. Great lap by him
May 24th, 2008 at 14:02 #224 - Rich said:
Who was saying it was all going to be Macca domination – Red tide blockout of the the front row! Scott in Italy – confirms what we think of Massa – he is just not getting the fully credit in the press.
May 24th, 2008 at 14:02 #225 - Dom said:
Massa on pole??? I certianly didn’t expect that!
May 24th, 2008 at 14:03 #226 - me said:
yup, i think that’s more than fair.
now he has a car that holds together he’s just bagging the points.
May 24th, 2008 at 14:03 #227 - Scott in Italy said:
anyone heard an explanation on why Heidfeld was only 13th, and a long way behind 12th? i had him in my top 10 for quali so I am curious if he has a good excuse
May 24th, 2008 at 14:03 #228 - lou said:
If it rains, massa will find Kimi breathing down his neck i should think, so will he cope with the pressure?
May 24th, 2008 at 14:04 #229 - Kathi said:
OK, David’s accident. Anything else?
May 24th, 2008 at 14:04 #230 - Steven Roy said:
I really hope whoever replaces Max gives us back proper qualifying so we know what is really going on. Are Ferrari really that quick or is it fuel load? Who knows.
May 24th, 2008 at 14:04 #231 - Nelson said:
I sure as hell didn’t. I said way up there that he would be 4th and up.
May 24th, 2008 at 14:04 #232 - me said:
nope, tis true. unless he’s got light tanks i’m gonna have to rethink my opinion of this guy.
green track at monaco + no TC, spells disaster for massa, but he made it stick.
May 24th, 2008 at 14:06 #233 - Scott in Italy said:
Heidfeld is being interviewed now on German tv. pity i don’t understand german either
May 24th, 2008 at 14:06 #234 - lou said:
I wander if Kimi is heavier than Massa, cause he has been faster than him for most of the weekend. If so we could find Kimi over taking Massa in the pitstops.
With rain, and an all ferrari front row, and all Mclaren second row, we are all set for a more exciting Monaco!
May 24th, 2008 at 14:07 #235 - Rich said:
Basically almost all of us expected Lewis on Pole! I think most shocked will be Uncle Ron himself – they were being rather smug about their performance here at Monaco, while Ferrari were doubting their ability to beat Macca – what a turn around?
May 24th, 2008 at 14:07 #236 - me said:
the final couple of laps would be good. wasn’t quite concentrating there. cheers.
May 24th, 2008 at 14:07 #237 - Christine said:
Thing is, especially here at Monaco, if you knew that Massa was that fast, then it would be race over. Why bother watching?
At least this way, there’s still an element of the unknown and it’s worth tuning in to see what happens.
May 24th, 2008 at 14:08 #238 - lou said:
Oh choices choices, do i listen to Heikki (who is becoming one of my favourates) and a happy looking/ sounding Massa in the press confirence…..
May 24th, 2008 at 14:09 #239 - Christine said:
We’re gonna have to send you on some language courses, I think!
May 24th, 2008 at 14:09 #240 - Corey said:
MAssa seems almost as surprised as I am
May 24th, 2008 at 14:10 #241 - Scott in Italy said:
Massa looks so surprised he is on pole. maybe he really didn’t give him much chance of success
May 24th, 2008 at 14:10 #242 - lou said:
what hapened with rubens and fisi? any penalty?
May 24th, 2008 at 14:11 #243 - Steven Roy said:
Pole position should mean something it shouldn’t go to someone who guessed the right amount of fuel to put in. Equally the first part of the race should be absorbing in its own right trying to figure who sacrificed race set up to qualify well etc not just who is going to pit when
May 24th, 2008 at 14:11 #244 - Rich said:
Is this not the third pole of the year for Massa? And FAT Flav does not think he is a good driver?
May 24th, 2008 at 14:11 #245 - Dom said:
I think the decision was gonna come after Qualifying
May 24th, 2008 at 14:12 #246 - Steven Roy said:
Kimi does not look happy in the press conference
May 24th, 2008 at 14:12 #247 - lou said:
ooo look at lewis – i am not amused!
May 24th, 2008 at 14:12 #248 - SidepodcastFan said:
78 laps under pressure from some of the best on the grid without TC …….I think is nothing to take lite..
May 24th, 2008 at 14:12 #249 - Scott in Italy said:
I’m trying to learn italian this year. german can wait until 2009
my italian course has not covered “Reasons why F1 cars falls apart”.
May 24th, 2008 at 14:12 #250 - me said:
nothing yet, no. but it’s not closed yet, so still could be something.
May 24th, 2008 at 14:13 #251 - lou said:
May 24th, 2008 at 14:13 #252 - Rich said:
Looking at driver comparisons – again the biggest difference is between Alonso 7th and Piquet 17th – he has to be out after this race – surely! Good qualifying for Fernando – but is he light on fuel?
May 24th, 2008 at 14:13 #253 - Steven Roy said:
Lewis thinks McLaren are losing out in S2 on traction
May 24th, 2008 at 14:14 #254 - lou said:
goodness Massa looks pleased with himself
May 24th, 2008 at 14:14 #255 - me said:
so vettel starts from the back, unless fisi also gets a 5 place penalty for changing his box today too.
May 24th, 2008 at 14:16 #256 - Scott in Italy said:
i wonder if the tyre manufacturer will comment on that
May 24th, 2008 at 14:16 #257 - Christine said:
Surely that is what happens now. If they’re running light, that is sacrificing their strategy for the race?
Clearly I am missing something.
May 24th, 2008 at 14:16 #258 - Rich said:
I think I would be given what a surprise it was – apparently even to himself!
May 24th, 2008 at 14:17 #259 - me said:
if it did, shouldn’t there be points for it or something? seeing as it just sets up sunday i’m ok with the fuel thing at the moment.
May 24th, 2008 at 14:18 #260 - Rich said:
Obviously it is not fault of Lewis so it must be the tyre manufacturer not wanting him to win we all know that!
May 24th, 2008 at 14:19 #261 - lou said:
Im so pleased Honda are not using the wheel bins this weekend, think of how much that would have added to thier time.
oo did anyone just watch the itv video feed? it had a good angle of DC’s accident.
May 24th, 2008 at 14:22 #262 - Scott in Italy said:
see you all tomorrow
May 24th, 2008 at 14:22 #263 - lou said:
ITV have 15 mins of coverage left. So thats 5 mins od Steve chatting about Lewis, and 10 mins of their Comp and premoting ITV’s schedule
May 24th, 2008 at 14:22 #264 - Rich said:
The reality is it simply moved him behind the mobile chicane that Force India is – i.e. two places – he was slower than the new F1 benchmark for slowness – Piquet who is in a much faster car!
May 24th, 2008 at 14:22 #265 - lou said:
See you Scott!
May 24th, 2008 at 14:23 #266 - me said:
cheers scott
May 24th, 2008 at 14:23 #267 - lou said:
ahaha love it!
‘Mark whats wrong with the car’
‘Its not quick enough’ ehehe
May 24th, 2008 at 14:25 #268 - Scott in Italy said:
WRONG Ron WRONG.
I’ll be doing my rain dance on my balcony from dawn tomorrow
May 24th, 2008 at 14:26 #269 - lou said:
ehehe!
i may even do one too! 
lol Rob Smedly, Christine
May 24th, 2008 at 14:28 #270 - me said:
ahhh, blimey no rain today, by qually delivered a massive surprise. let’s see what sunday will bring us.
the race starts at 1pm (uk time) and we’ll open us another thread around 11:30am for anyone who’s up and about early.
thanks for all your comments today, v. much appreciated. christine’s gonna go record a show for release later today, so i’ll probably hang around here
May 24th, 2008 at 14:29 #271 - my FA fantasy aka NONSENSE feeling crazy today said:
Another shocker! Interesting first corner tomorrow.
As many of you pointed out – end of the road for NP Jr.
May 24th, 2008 at 14:30 #272 - Rich said:
Lets all do a rain dance around the world – if nothing else but to prove RON to be wRONg!
May 24th, 2008 at 14:30 #273 - me said:
me too, although what i’d really like is changeable weather. some dry tyres, some wet tyres and intermediates too.
May 24th, 2008 at 14:31 #274 - me said:
choreographed first turn from the red team? neither side of the track will offer an advantage if it rains as much as expected overnight.
May 24th, 2008 at 14:32 #275 - Rich said:
Don’t you mean a MASSAve surprise?
May 24th, 2008 at 14:32 #276 - my FA fantasy aka NONSENSE feeling crazy today said:
What about fuel loads for top 5?
May 24th, 2008 at 14:33 #277 - lou said:
Something like Hungary 2006 would be nice
with the changeble conditions, and it all depending on tyres. I think it will be great with the rain, you’ll have people diving into the pits to put wet tyres on, but it will be the first to correctly choose to put intermediates who will be the one to gain 
May 24th, 2008 at 14:34 #278 - me said:
mclaren would’ve been confident going into q3, possibly overfilling the tanks. kubica looked disappointed i think he’s quite light.
it’ll come down to safety cars tomorrow, if it starts behind the yellow lights, someone could start running low just as the action gets started.
May 24th, 2008 at 14:34 #279 - Rich said:
He did not do too badly though!
May 24th, 2008 at 14:35 #280 - my FA fantasy aka NONSENSE feeling crazy today said:
Come to think of Alonso to Ferrari rumour (quite obvious rumour though) – it was reported earlier Flav wants Kubica for 2009, makes sense – they’ll need strong Nº1 after FA leaves.
May 24th, 2008 at 14:35 #281 - SidepodcastFan said:
Could this be another?
May 24th, 2008 at 14:36 #282 - lou said:
Not his best qualifiying this year though. lol i dunno, i may share a name with Louise but nothing else – thank god!
May 24th, 2008 at 14:37 #283 - Rich said:
[top commentors]
and it is now linked to your blog – well done Lou!
May 24th, 2008 at 14:37 #284 - Steven Roy said:
I agree Kubica must be light to be that close to Kovalainen. I can’t make up my mind about Massa’s fuel load. Logic says he must be lighter than Kimi but going by their reactions and Rob Smedley’s maybe he isn’t. I think the Ferrari’s have to be lighter than the McLarens.
May 24th, 2008 at 14:39 #285 - my FA fantasy aka NONSENSE feeling crazy today said:
Yeah, it looks like it.
May 24th, 2008 at 14:39 #286 - me said:
hmm, interesting stuff.
“BMW’s secret may be as simple as the fact that the F1.08 requires less fuel to be added at pitstops because it consumes less than its rivals.”
will watch closely tomorrow
May 24th, 2008 at 14:39 #287 - lou said:
oo could you end up with some of the drivers outside of the top ten going heavier?
May 24th, 2008 at 14:40 #288 - lou said:
May 24th, 2008 at 14:41 #289 - Rich said:
Have you a link to this – why would Robert leave BMW Sauber for Renault? Macca or Ferrari should be wondering about his services – he has done incredibly well this season so far! Personally put him with Lewis and you might see Lewis not being top dog (sorry he will because MACCA would never allow another driver to be faster than Lewis we know that from Alonso’s experience).
May 24th, 2008 at 14:44 #290 - lou said:
oooo anyone watching GP2? wow their review of the feature race yesterday was brilliant!
why can’t we have that for f1!
May 24th, 2008 at 14:44 #291 - me said:
massa pulled the same trick that hamilton did at silverstone. take the first corner faster than ever before and see if it sticks.
worst case he would’ve caused an accident and probably left his teammate on pole.
worked out pretty nicely in the end though.
May 24th, 2008 at 14:44 #292 - Steven Roy said:
I think the pit stop times article is utter rubbish. Pit stop times are entirely dependant on re-fueling and fuel flow is identical so if this is to be believed it means that McLaren take two seconds longer to get the fuel hose on and off and to release their drivers. Someone has lookd at a pile of pit stop times and added 2 and 2 together and arrived at 45. Without seeing the data this is based on I would say that BMW normally fuel longer and therefore need to put less fuel in at the stops so their average re-fueling tim is less.
May 24th, 2008 at 14:47 #293 - my FA fantasy aka NONSENSE feeling crazy today said:
I think it was somewhere on f1-live, gpupdate or itvf1, but they admitted KUB is likely to stay with BMW. That’s what I’m thinking too. But I believe ALO to Ferrari report. He signed for 2 years with RF1 so 2009 will be his last year there, Kimster leaves the sport and Massa, well, not sure what Phil (Felipe) will do.
May 24th, 2008 at 14:49 #294 - Rich said:
In the quote – it is interesting to see how Mario responded … not sure either Ferrari or McLaren would have responded in such a causal and almost jovial way to being spied upon.
I still think Mario is one of better, if not the best team principal.
May 24th, 2008 at 14:53 #295 - Rich said:
Thanks “my FA fantasy aka NONSENSE feeling crazy today” – yikes you have a long name today what will it be tomorrow?
May 24th, 2008 at 14:59 #296 - lou said:
i have one for ya
My FA fantasy aka NONSENSE doing a rain dance.
May 24th, 2008 at 15:00 #297 - Rich said:
I wonder if Toro Rosso’s are regretting dumping Vitantonio Liuzzi in favour of the two Sebs – last year he got into Quali 2 at Monaco and this year they have their new car!
May 24th, 2008 at 15:00 #298 - me said:
oops, almost forgot. qually times:
May 24th, 2008 at 15:02 #299 - Rich said:
For the rest of today it should be
My FA fantasy aka NONSENSE doing a rain dance for tomorrow.
May 24th, 2008 at 15:02 #300 - me said:
i’m sooo disappointed with vettel, but in truth he needs to be put beside an experienced teammate, someone to show him how to set up a car.
bourdais can do that, but not so much with f1 machinery.
May 24th, 2008 at 15:06 #301 - Rich said:
Like Liuzzi? I really hope Renault dump Piquet and take on Liuzzi – he was quite a paddock character and I miss him in F1. He also always seemed to get on with what ever team mane he had.
May 24th, 2008 at 15:07 #302 - Rich said:
Anyone know why Heidfeld’s practice was such a disaster?
May 24th, 2008 at 15:11 #303 - my FA fantasy aka NONSENSE feeling crazy today said:
What about his contract with Force India? Flav paying money to VJ for Liuzzi? No way!
Mallya’s involved in Flav’s football team, right? I heard they’re pals. Not sure, really. You tell me.
It’s been raining where I live for two months now. I’m so fed up with rain in my area – I don’t need to dance, only if it makes all this wet weather head Monaco way.
May 24th, 2008 at 15:14 #304 - me said:
i’ll check with chistine, but i don’t think we have the press release yet.
May 24th, 2008 at 15:15 #305 - Rich said:
Don’t you live in Portugal? – can’t you drive it across to Monaco so we have a wet race? I mean I put Jenson in my Fantasy team in the expectation of rain (and for the first time this year I dumped Mark out of my team – blame Lou for that – I took her advice)
May 24th, 2008 at 15:17 #306 - Rich said:
So why does VJ not use Liuzzi rather Adrian – who is usually last?
May 24th, 2008 at 15:25 #307 - my FA fantasy aka NONSENSE feeling crazy today said:
Could happen. I’m sure it’ll happen at some point. It’s pointless to keep Sutil as racing driver (from my point of view).
May 24th, 2008 at 15:25 #308 - me said:
was it because of DC’s loose tyre? yellow flag killed his lap maybe?
May 24th, 2008 at 15:27 #309 - lou said:
well…erm….yeah ok im crap at predictions. But you should know Jenson is my favourate
so im likely to be biased 
Anyway the race could still be wet, and Jenson is good in the wet, specially with tyre choices. Even if he does not finish in the top 8, he will hopefully still have pionts for finishing 
May 24th, 2008 at 15:28 #310 - Rich said:
Read the following on the Formula1.com site about the FORM fashion show…
Is this serious or sarcastic? Sorry I am a poor, born African, that doesn’t always pick up subtleties of the English language.
Good to see Liuzzi on the catwalk – he just needs to grace the track with his “eccentric” style.
May 24th, 2008 at 15:33 #311 - Rich said:
I am still a looooooooooooooooooooong way behind you in the Fantasy race stakes and if Kovi doesn’t do too well you can blame me. For this race we have identical selections so I cannot close the gap either.
In all honesty I really chose who appeals to me at that particular time so I dumped Heidfeld (judging my today it was a good move too!)
May 24th, 2008 at 15:35 #312 - brendan stallard said:
“Mario is one of better, if not the best team principal.”
Rich,
D’accord!
Smooth, urbane, confident and ready to speak to the media without the usual wonk speak.
brendan
May 24th, 2008 at 15:36 #313 - Rich said:
If that is the case – he seems to have inherited Mark’s bad luck! Well at least Mark has found a new owner for the little dark gremlin that has sat on his shoulder through much of his F1 career.
May 24th, 2008 at 15:42 #314 - lou said:
May 24th, 2008 at 15:43 #315 - Rich said:
Summarised perfectly! So different to Uncle Ron who you know is lying by watching to see when his mouth opens!
The quarrel with Fernando last year, almost everything Ron said turned out to be a pack of lies (e.g. the spy saga)- and in all honesty Fernando was not saying much that was found untruthful – he might have exaggerated and coloured it a bit but no more.
May 24th, 2008 at 15:51 #316 - Rich said:
Well at least they passed over wheel bins. Has BMW Sauber not got them?
May 24th, 2008 at 15:52 #317 - me said:
ed gormans’ take:
“The word in the paddock is that [Massa] is one lap lighter than the Iceman while Lewis and Kimi may be on similar strategies.”
timesonline.typepad.com/formula_one/…tml
May 24th, 2008 at 15:53 #318 - brendan stallard said:
The ITV site is brilliant, Nelson: thank you very much!
I don’t suppose something similar exists for the BBC, (for next year):)
brendan
May 24th, 2008 at 16:03 #319 - Rich said:
Source: http://timesonline.typepad.com/formula_one/
I like this description of Fat Flav’s chariot!
May 24th, 2008 at 16:20 #320 - Rich said:
Thanks Kathi for uploading the files to YouSendIt – one of the few sites I have access to for downloading large files. Have downloaded them – incredible quality and made my day re-watching – between marking exam scripts.
Just wish I knew somebody (a fairy God Mother) that could record the Eurovision final – no it is not my type of music but I use it as an exercise with my students to detect bias and hegemony in data in a Numerical Methods course I teach. We know most countries vote for their neighbours unless you are Greece/Cyperus vs Turkey and Greece vs FYR Macedonia in which case you vote against your neighbour if you have an Hellenic ancestry.
May 24th, 2008 at 16:24 #321 - Kathi said:
David’s accident
May 24th, 2008 at 16:27 #322 - lou said:
I have tried that,
but it never appears in itunes once i have dragged it across. any ideas?
May 24th, 2008 at 16:27 #323 - Kathi said:
Theoretically I can record the Eurovision for you. The problem is how do you get it? And it what quality do you need it? Because 2 hours unedited are about 4GB. And do you mind if the commentary is Finnish? …
May 24th, 2008 at 16:27 #324 - lou said:
Thanks Kathi!
these videos are AMAZING!!!
May 24th, 2008 at 16:29 #325 - lou said:
How do you record it off of the TV Kathi. Im just wandering, it fasinates me
May 24th, 2008 at 16:37 #326 - Kathi said:
I’ll try to explain but my knowledge about technical things is almost zero:
We have only digital TV here in Finland, and in order to be able to watch it on oldfashioned analog TVs you need a ‘digiboxi’. I bought one that can record as well and hast a USB port for my external harddrive. That’s how I get it on my computer. Then I only need to convert the trp-stream (that’s how the digiboxi records) into normal mpegs and voila.
May 24th, 2008 at 16:42 #327 - lou said:
oh cool! i get. I have Sky + so i can’t do that
shame. thats the only thing Sky + is missing i think. Ok you can record stuff, but its hard to keep it on there for long (specially races as they take up alot of space).
May 24th, 2008 at 16:43 #328 - lou said:
Looks like Dc’s accident did effect Jenson’s Lap
May 24th, 2008 at 16:48 #329 - Kathi said:
last two minutes
May 24th, 2008 at 16:48 #330 - Rich said:
It can be quite low quality – my only other choice is YouTube – which because of putting it into flash looses quite a bit quality but 420 resolution is fine – it will be put onto iPods which each of my students are provided. For the exercise I need to cut it up into a file for each song. No worries about the Finnish language.
I am actually quite a fan of Finland and the Finnish nation, we are actually hoping to work with some Finnish academics for a joint conference on Environmental Sustainability for 2010 (to coincide with the World Cup) to be hosted in our new Sustainability Centre.
Do not worry too much. The other option is I can give you FTP access to one my servers (but it is the cost of your bandwidth that would be a concern). I know our German colleges at The German Space Centre upload to our site huge Satellite Imagery without too much problem.
Thanks for all of you videos – the resolution is simply amazing and not full of hundreds of logos and other junk.
May 24th, 2008 at 16:52 #331 - lou said:
Seb Loeb trying to cheer Heikki up
http://www.autosport.com/gallery/photo.php/id/101558
May 24th, 2008 at 16:55 #332 - lou said:
awwww has anyone listened to the Chequerd flag podcast? With the interview with Rubens?
May 24th, 2008 at 16:57 #333 - Rich said:
I have to laugh – Finland’s entire population is only slightly larger than Cape Town’s 4.8 million, but we have a hard just keeping the lights on! Our university has its own massive power-generation plant to reduce damages/lost productivity resulting from the frequent power outages but our communication are still disrupted.
May 24th, 2008 at 16:58 #334 - brendan stallard said:
“Ok you can record stuff, but its hard to keep it on there for long (specially races as they take up alot of space).”
Lou,
Get a bigger hard drive. Most of them things are 80 gigs now, and it is just a hard drive. I’ve replaced a few for friends in the states, and its just a case of working out which drive format it requires and swapping it out.
Either that or burn the races to archival DVD…
brendan
May 24th, 2008 at 17:21 #335 - Rich said:
Each of our Mac’s in my work lab (12 computers) has 500 GB internal plus 1000 GB external hard drives.
The Seagate 1000 GB Free-Agent Pro is now quite inexpensive!
May 24th, 2008 at 17:28 #336 - Alianora La Canta said:
Me too!
Especially since it’s Force India’s only hope of salvaging a result of any kind…
Lou, well done on being the top commenter.
Much as I’d like the same, Alonso’s being paid by sponsors who insist on a Latin American as the second driver, so I suspect Lucas di Grassi would be the most likely candidate for the second Renault if Renault run out of patience with Piquet Jr.
Because Liuzzi is generally slower than him in testing plus there’s a contract in the way (don’t know how binding it is in this instance).
May 24th, 2008 at 17:32 #337 - lou said:
Thanks Brendan, although I have no idea how to change the Hard drive and to be honest i think i would just prefer it on a dvd or something.
right…..that just went right over my head. I got the burn onto a dvd bit, but would have noooo iddeaaa how to do that
May 24th, 2008 at 17:34 #338 - lou said:
Thanks Alianora.
May 24th, 2008 at 17:44 #339 - Scott Woodwiss said:
Hi everyone, sorry I wasn’t with you guys today for qualifying, I had to go into the city for something. Anyway, here are my thoughts on qualifying:
It’s a real suprise to see the Ferraris lock out the front row, especially Massa. He hates this place, apparently, and I think IF it remains dry tomorrow, then they will walk it, sadly for me
I’m disappointed that Lewis didn’t make pole, although I will elaborate on what Harry said on Thursday, and I do agree that the rear end on that McLaren is a little bit too lively. I’m starting to think if that will be a problem of any sort if the rain falls in the race.
One driver which has impressed me so far is Rosberg. The front end on that Williams really does look hooked up perfectly. If it’s dry, he’s got a good chance to score 4th, 5th or 6th. Maybe the podium if one of the Ferrari’s or McLarens hit trouble. One thing is for sure – the boy’s lookin’ quick!
DC’s incident simply to me looks like the rear end snapped the car sideways under braking. Although when I look at it from different angles, it resembles two different past Monaco incidents. When I watch the shunt from the angle showing the whole of the chicane, it’s reminiscent of Button’s ‘03 shunt, while looking at it from the front reminds me of the accident a Minardi had in ‘05.
Piquet was very lucky to catch the rear end in his slide out of Portier. I’m worried we’ll see a lot more of that if it rains tomorrow.
I for one would love for it to rain tomorrow. It will completely throw the team’s setups off and that means we could see a rather unusual finishing order. No TC will just add to the excitement, and I think it will be one of the best races in years.
There, just my thoughts
May 24th, 2008 at 17:46 #340 - Rich said:
It is usually not economical to change a hard drive on a laptop – hence we use external drives which just plug into your USB port (or Firewire if you have a Mac). A 750 GB external drive will cost about £115.
For burning CDs on Windows most people use Roxio or Nero burning – we actually went the extra costs and got Ashampoo Burning Studio ( http://www.ashampoo.com ) – more stable and virtually never lost a CD/DVD (I cannot remember it happening) and everyone finds it easier to use than the other options.
May 24th, 2008 at 17:46 #341 - me said:
you are some kind of legend. kathi, blockbuster could learn a lot from your video delivery service
May 24th, 2008 at 17:47 #342 - brendan stallard said:
“right…..that just went right over my head. I got the burn onto a dvd bit, but would have noooo iddeaaa how to do that
”
Lou,
Hit me off list with whatever machinery you’ve got and I’ll try and help. I guess some of these recorders may not have capacity, and before I run away telling you what to do, I ought to know what you have.
I note you are the top commentator: no glass ceiling here:)
brendan
May 24th, 2008 at 17:49 #343 - me said:
forgot to ask, did you have any luck with the itunes thing? i just drop videos into the library and they appear under movies.
May 24th, 2008 at 17:57 #344 - Rich said:
I find this surprising but don’t doubt your source! I didfind the following…
source:
http://www.itv-f1.com/Feature.aspx?Type=Ted_Kravitz&id=42486
May 24th, 2008 at 17:58 #345 - Jordan Allen said:
Hey guys.
What did I say about the massive first corner pile-up? Massa on pole is a good way to start that happening….
2 hour time limit going to end this race. The only way a Ferrari or Mac is going to win this race is if a marsdhall picks up the pieces and walks across the finish line 78 times with it in his/her pocket….
Top three are:
1) Sutil (Slow enough to brake before accident)
2) Vettel (Weasel starts in pit lane. Even slower than Sutil)
3) Fisichella. (Christine’s become too cleaver for herself) He has the least damaged car in the accident. Still will be many laps down.)
May 24th, 2008 at 18:00 #346 - lou said:
nope
im not too good with technology. I drag it over and i get the little +file symbol and nothing happens. They never appear. It just my luck with technology really. well computers anyway. Im ok with stage technology (fixing lighting etc) but my laptop does not like doing much other than being on the internet…..
May 24th, 2008 at 18:06 #347 - Rich said:
Just see if your laptop has a re-writable DVD drive. It is important when writing to DVD that your hard drive has a good amount of free space (e.g. 5 GB).
If you can put the technical details of your PC down in the blog I am sure we can all help out with advice!
May 24th, 2008 at 18:08 #348 - lou said:
OO an extrenal hard drive! i have one of those! a 500GB one – cause im abit of a photography nut
but its no where near full 
I take it they are special programs
Machinery as in Pc? lol im not very technically advanced
Ideally what i would like to do is burn onto a dvd some of the stuff on my sky + box. I have just found a usb port on the box so thats a step forward 
and as i said i have a 400GB external harddrive, and if it helps im using Vista on an acer laptop. don’t worry about helping. 
im gonna get on the sky website and see what i can do 
its just something i would like to know how to do – if it can be done. of course if you have any ideas im open to trying it 
May 24th, 2008 at 18:09 #349 - me said:
have put a screenshot into drop.io, do you not get anything like that?
May 24th, 2008 at 18:10 #350 - Rich said:
so you are joining the rest of the Sidepodcast community in doing a Rain Dance for tomorrow!
May 24th, 2008 at 18:10 #351 - lou said:
yep it has a re-writable drive – have done cds etc. Its also pretty new (5 months)
what kinda tech details? It has 30.6 GB free on one hard drive and 66.1 on another
May 24th, 2008 at 18:13 #352 - me said:
agree 100%. that team always seem to figure their cars out around this place. if only it were earlier in the calendar.
May 24th, 2008 at 18:13 #353 - brendan stallard said:
“so you are joining the rest of the Sidepodcast community in doing a Rain Dance for tomorrow!”
Rich,
Not me: I dislike rain races in general: but at Monaco, no way, its MUCH too dangerous a place for rain.
brendan
May 24th, 2008 at 18:15 #354 - lou said:
nope
i drop it but it never appears 
typical 
May 24th, 2008 at 18:17 #355 - Rich said:
YES
If your Laptop came with a writeable drive it will have either Nero burning or Roxio installed.
You can try the Ashampoo for free just request a FREE time-limited full version key for the program from their website (there are also cracks for it but I should not be promoting this practice)
May 24th, 2008 at 18:20 #356 - Rich said:
That will store quite a lot of video material like 100 DVDs
May 24th, 2008 at 18:23 #357 - lou said:
I can’t find either on my laptop, i appear to have NTI CD & DVD maker.
May 24th, 2008 at 18:24 #358 - lou said:
May 24th, 2008 at 18:37 #359 - Scott Woodwiss said:
something interesting I just found on youtube. Watch this video of Murray Walker commentating on Jerez 97 qualifying, and look at the guy in the far left of the shot in the booth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idszB_ksmjU&feature=related
Doesn’t that look like Ted Kravitz to you guys?
May 24th, 2008 at 18:54 #360 - Rich said:
That is all good news (disk space etc). I really suggest you try Ashampoo, we did not have the latest – otherwise you can download an earlier version from http://planet.uwc.ac.za/nisl/computing/Ashampoo%20Burning%20Studio/ you will need to give me your email and I will provide a password to unlock the rar file. When giving emails replace “.” with it spelt out as “[dot]” and “@” spelt out “[at]” to avoid your email get spammed to. You can also contact me directly at my email knight[dot]rich[at]gmail[dot]com
Good Luck!
May 24th, 2008 at 18:57 #361 - brendan stallard said:
Just for all of your rain dancers.
The last time there was serious rain in Monaco: (1996) the fantastically unfancied Olivier Panis won: and only three cars finished.
You lot might like that kind of race: I definitely do not.
brendan (dancing for DRY)
May 24th, 2008 at 19:00 #362 - me said:
wouldn’t it be nice if it wasn’t a ferrari or a mclaren in first position? just once?
May 24th, 2008 at 19:03 #363 - lou said:
Rich my email – lou[dot]photo[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]uk
much appreciated 
thanks
May 24th, 2008 at 19:07 #364 - lou said:
of course i don’t want just 3 drivers to finish. But we have 3 drivers who are good at driving in the wet. Jenson being one of them, so he would definatly get some pionts
I try to be an optimist 
May 24th, 2008 at 19:36 #365 - brendan stallard said:
“wouldn’t it be nice if it wasn’t a ferrari or a mclaren in first position? just once?”
You want someone other than the best teams to win?
Fine if you do: but I’d rather the best folks won? Ferrari and McClaren are the best teams right now.
However: my main concern is the safety thing, you folks are mostly quite a bit younger than me: and it has really only been a thing of the past 15 years or so (Mad Max’s time) that safety of drivers has become a major issue.
F1 is dangerous by its very nature: rain makes it more so. I don’t want to be supporting a sport where three drivers die every year and its just accepted (as it used to be). People seem to like watching the accidents, and I really don’t: I was horrified watching Coulthard racing toward that wall today.
The modern safety of the cars is worrying in a sense that people think its always going to be okay to slam into a wall at 150 mph: it isn’t, its extremely dangerous.
brendan
May 24th, 2008 at 19:45 #366 - me said:
you know what it says in bold typeface on the back of every single motorsport ticket sold?
“motorsport is dangerous”
if that’s tough to deal with then, maybe try backgammon or something. these people get paid a fortune, it doesn’t hurt for them to work for it once in a while.
may it rain and may the best driver win.
May 24th, 2008 at 19:56 #367 - Rich said:
***WARNING RANT***
Absolutely – can someone tell me when I either Ferrari, McLaren or Renault did not win a GP – I guess it would be Jenson in the Honda, was that not hugely fantastic? The Renault is now no better than a “mule/bicycle”. My American friends cannot understand while I like F1 because they see it as an event with only one of four outcomes.
If it is Dry it will be a Ferrari winning, on present form it could even be Massa.
A decade ago the cars were still unreliable, even if it rains the likelihood of only three cars finishing is remote in the extreme. Also cars are so much safer now, that the personal risks are quite low of serious injury (obviously my most major concern of a wet race and it is a legitimate one).
I am afraid I am now on my desk wearing my rain mask and dancing to some African ritual music! But the Rain God must only provide a little rain and a little sun alternatively during the race to change the status quo.
Just think if BMW Sauber, Red Bull, STR or Force India got their maiden victory how exciting it would be for the entire team. Just think how excited, I, Christine, Lou etc would be if Jenson got his second victory, or Nick, Mark, Nico, Robert, Le Seb etc got their first win!
We are WANTING some unpredictability that is why a little rain might spice things up. It might also motivate other teams and drivers to do BETTER!
Of course no one wants a monsoon – because then the race will be as fast as the safety car. Further no responsible person wants to see an accident either. But sometimes Thrills come at the cost of Spills, just hope the spills don’t hurt any life forms.
May 24th, 2008 at 20:05 #368 - Rich said:
source: http://www.formula1.com
Does anyone know why this should effect only “Quick Nick”?
May 24th, 2008 at 20:05 #369 - me said:
‘research girl’ says that is correct.
lest we not forget honda have ross brawn too, a man who made his name making some of the best strategic decisions the sport has known.
May 24th, 2008 at 20:08 #370 - me said:
kubica had issues to, his first sector was compromised by cold tyres, the second one less so. by the third he was fine.
heidfeld has a less aggressive driving style that doesn’t generate as much tyre heat as kubica. i imagine the bmw is super-light on it’s rubber so nick is affected more than his teammate.
May 24th, 2008 at 20:12 #371 - Rich said:
I will give Kimi the last words on wet vs dry Monaco!
May 24th, 2008 at 20:24 #372 - lou said:
OMG! I would be on a massive high for days!
I am included to agree with Rich on this one
It would spice up an otherwise boring race.
I understand the dangers of Monaco and obviously f1, I have read enough articles and books and seen enough crashes (both live and on YouTube) to know that. I’ve heard about and seen footage the fatal crashes in f1 and they scare the living daylight out of me. But the drivers get paid to race, and they race at their own risk. They understand the risk, but still race because they love it so much. Whilst I would hate for someone to get hurt (I can’t stand the crashes), Monaco is not often very exciting so a little bit of rain would make it less predictable.
May 24th, 2008 at 20:26 #373 - lou said:
Teamed with Jenson (who is good at making tyre decisions in the wet) could be a recipe for some points!! oh please please let it rain!
May 24th, 2008 at 20:43 #374 - Rich said:
Thanks – that makes a lot of sense – I always see Nick as a rather smooth driver. So BMW are potentially lighter on fuel and tyres than the other cars. I wonder if the return to slicks next year might not favour them. I also get the impression this year’s BMW Sauber suits a more aggressive driver – Lewis would do well in it. It also explains Nick’s poor qualifying form this year and why BMW Sauber always fuel him more heavily than Robert. A return to one tyre per race would really suit the team and Nick!
May 25th, 2008 at 08:00 #375 - Kathi said:
short video of the fashion show, where a few driver pretended to be models and the Finns made fun of them.