Live Commenting: Canada - Free Practice 2
The first practice of the day saw the big guns sitting out most of the session, preferring no running to any wet running. Meanwhile, some of the smaller teams did a lot more leg work, with both of the Toyota’s running round and round almost continuously.
The rain played a minor role this morning and it looks set to sit out of the limelight for the remainder of the F1 day. What we learnt when the track finally dried out was the Ferrari’s were fast, but McLaren and especially BMW were very close behind.
It looks as though F1’s third fastest team have taken a conscious change of strategy at this track. Having spent the early part of the season building up to race day, BMW well and truly laid the gauntlet this morning. Watching their progress throughout FP2 will be especially interesting.
Free Practice 2 begins at 2pm local time (7pm in the UK). As before we’re following Formula 1’s timing machine in the sky as well as watching ITV’s online (and slightly delayed) video coverage. For some reason BBC 5Live have decided not to grace us with their presence on a Friday evening.
As ever, please do shout if you’re around and tell us who you are following this afternoon. Christine has returned and Sidepodcast is whole again.
June 6th, 2008 at 6:42 pmChristine said:
Hi, I’m here this time
June 6th, 2008 at 6:42 pmbigotez said:
This race is going to be weird for the fantasy game… we had to pick our drivers with just one practice…
June 6th, 2008 at 6:42 pmbigotez said:
Oh, hi Christine! We’re here in good local time!! (Caribbean)
June 6th, 2008 at 6:44 pmlou said:
Hey, im here too
June 6th, 2008 at 6:44 pmAlianora La Canta said:
I’m here, following Force India and the Brits (very much in that order - as usual!)
Good to see you, Christine.
June 6th, 2008 at 6:44 pmme said:
oooooh balls! i forgot.
and one more
June 6th, 2008 at 6:45 pmScott Woodwiss said:
hey christine, glad you could make it!
I’m gonna switch between watching FP2 and playing Race Driver GRID, so I’ll comment on and off, but if I miss anything, then just let me know, ok?
June 6th, 2008 at 6:46 pmChristine said:
Damn, I forgot to change my FR team too!
June 6th, 2008 at 6:46 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Given the timings, I may even get to watch Saturday practise. The downside is that I will be hoping qualifying finishes promptly so I can turn over to BBC1 straight after the chequered flag to see Doctor Who…
June 6th, 2008 at 6:47 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Scott, I’ll do my best to keep you up-to-date. I’m surprised by how many comments I’ve ended up typing today…
June 6th, 2008 at 6:49 pmme said:
alianora, the quality of your comments have been superb too. really appreciate them, will try an emulate your style some.
June 6th, 2008 at 6:49 pmlou said:
Oh god me too!
but i think i’ll be ok with heikki, Robert, Nico and Jenson…..i hope
June 6th, 2008 at 6:49 pmScott Woodwiss said:
haha
June 6th, 2008 at 6:50 pmme said:
what are the beeb gonna do next year when a couple of million people are thinking similar things? red button only qually or something?
June 6th, 2008 at 6:52 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Aw, thanks, me! There’s been quite a lot to see so far. Hopefully second practise will be as much fun.
June 6th, 2008 at 6:53 pmlou said:
good piont i ahd not thought of that….wil have to record dr who.
June 6th, 2008 at 6:53 pmAlianora La Canta said:
what are the beeb gonna do next year when a couple of million people are thinking similar things? red button only qually or something? {me - 2 posts ago}
BBC 1 for Doctor Who, BBC2 for F1. Fits in with their channel policy, if not necessarily with real people’s schedules. I don’t know about you, but my TV isn’t very good at handling two channels simultaneously and neither is my broadband line…
June 6th, 2008 at 6:54 pmAlianora La Canta said:
I should say that the above is purely my guess based on how sports and drama/soaps fitted together back in the 1990s.
June 6th, 2008 at 6:54 pmlou said:
i hope not. how will someone be able to record quali id they miss it. you can record off the red button
June 6th, 2008 at 6:55 pmAlianora La Canta said:
If qualifying finishes exactly on time, you shouldn’t need to record anything, lou. The end of Q3 is timed to be at 7pm, which is also Doctor Who’s start time. Though maybe it’s better to be safe than sorry…
June 6th, 2008 at 6:55 pmDank said:
Do we think the ITV feed will be able to withstand the extra number of folk tuning in this evening?!
June 6th, 2008 at 6:55 pmlou said:
oooo live timings have reset
June 6th, 2008 at 6:56 pmAlianora La Canta said:
I can’t get the digital red button (except for teletext, and I can’t see qualifying being text-only…) so I hope it does get a full channel to itself. I can see additional analysis being shifted to the red button interactive service, though.
June 6th, 2008 at 6:57 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Live timing says the track status is green. I don’t think so…
June 6th, 2008 at 6:57 pmme said:
i think you can, it’s just another (hidden) channel. number 377 or something crazy i believe.
June 6th, 2008 at 6:57 pmlou said:
ooo thanks alianora! i will prob record it anyway (joys of sky+) but thats good to know. i never seem to bother about when it will finish.
June 6th, 2008 at 6:57 pmme said:
they’re trying to trick fissi!
June 6th, 2008 at 6:58 pmlou said:
really? oh but on sky+ though? i will have a look. might be nice to find out. thanks me
June 6th, 2008 at 6:58 pmAlianora La Canta said:
We have vision!
June 6th, 2008 at 6:58 pmChristine said:
Can I have a marmot, please?
June 6th, 2008 at 6:59 pmme said:
marmot vision! they’re so damn cute
June 6th, 2008 at 6:59 pmAlianora La Canta said:
me, the last thing I want is for Fisi to get another penalty.
And a groundhog has picked a good time to cross the track (i.e. before the cars go onto the track.
June 6th, 2008 at 6:59 pmlou said:
ehehe that little rodent is very cute!
June 6th, 2008 at 7:00 pmlou said:
is it a marmot or a groundhog? or are they the same thing?
June 6th, 2008 at 7:00 pmAlianora La Canta said:
No rain predicted apparently. Expect this session to be a reasonable clue as to who’ll be good in a dry race and who needs to seriously pull their socks up.
And Kubica is first!
June 6th, 2008 at 7:00 pmJourneyer said:
A marmot? Whatever will you do with it, Christine?
Gotta love those French Budweiser ads. :p
June 6th, 2008 at 7:00 pmme said:
kub is the first to break free.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:00 pmAlianora La Canta said:
As far as I know, marmots and groundhogs are identical.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:01 pmJourneyer said:
Nope they’re not, I think. I’m sure there’s a very slight difference there… somewhere.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:01 pmme said:
wow the boys are keen this afternoon. 9 cars on track within the first 120 seconds.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:02 pmlou said:
lol if you got one you should call it after a driver! lol franck the marmot! lol
June 6th, 2008 at 7:02 pmChristine said:
Keep it!
June 6th, 2008 at 7:03 pmlou said:
June 6th, 2008 at 7:03 pmme said:
kubica onboard looks seriously bumpy. flattening those kerbs has achieved very little.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:03 pmAlianora La Canta said:
And Kubica sets a time! A decent one at that (though Heidfeld’s is better).
June 6th, 2008 at 7:04 pmChristine said:
The track looks like a patchwork quilt where they’ve got new and old tarmac.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:04 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Honda still look lost
June 6th, 2008 at 7:05 pmme said:
hamilton looks to be setting a benchmark this time out. x2 purple sectors.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:05 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Alonso’s just put in his contribution to the post-session “carnage cam” with an aesthetically-pleasing (but none too speedy) brake lock.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:06 pmJourneyer said:
Really? Will you be able to take good care of it? :p
Hamilton P1.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:06 pmChristine said:
Just Massa still to come out?
June 6th, 2008 at 7:07 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Heidfeld’s set a purple first sector. Maybe he’s on to something.
Alonso’s on to something - a big oversteery spin!
June 6th, 2008 at 7:07 pmme said:
alonso looses it in the dirty air of an rbr.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:07 pmlou said:
however they have time!
June 6th, 2008 at 7:07 pmSteven Roy said:
Hi all
A groundhog and a marmot are exactly the same animal
June 6th, 2008 at 7:08 pmScott Woodwiss said:
thats a new camera alonso’s renault’s sporting. good chance to see the arms at work a bit better. although i don’t think he wanted to do that!
June 6th, 2008 at 7:08 pmme said:
loads of ontrack action as all but 4 cars get some running in.
only massa yet to set a time.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:08 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Yes - Massa’s not come out to play yet…
June 6th, 2008 at 7:09 pmChristine said:
And they can tell you how long winter will last as well
June 6th, 2008 at 7:09 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Kimi selects the scenic route round the final complex…
June 6th, 2008 at 7:10 pmAlianora La Canta said:
This may go some way to explaining why Raikkonen is still behind Button and Sutil…
June 6th, 2008 at 7:10 pmSteven Roy said:
Why is Kimi’s left mirror tilted to about 15 degrees?
June 6th, 2008 at 7:10 pmJourneyer said:
FP1 saw Massa come out early and Kimi stay in. Complete reversal here. Massa leaves the garage.
Kimi went wide at the chicane after repeating Alonso’s error.
BMW looking impressive so far.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:10 pmAlianora La Canta said:
I don’t know - maybe he wanted to check his hairdo?
June 6th, 2008 at 7:11 pmme said:
so first corner and last corner causing problems for almost all of the teams.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:11 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Heidfeld practises a pit stop.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:12 pmScott Woodwiss said:
suspension cam on heikki’s car! woo!
June 6th, 2008 at 7:12 pmDirty Scarab said:
and he had inters on the front and slick on the back ??!
June 6th, 2008 at 7:12 pmme said:
so that’s a unique look at a mclaren. did bernie visit the duty free shops on the way in or something?
June 6th, 2008 at 7:12 pmKathi said:
Is the rain tyre with the white stripe the proper rain tyre or the intermediate?
June 6th, 2008 at 7:13 pmJourneyer said:
Finland 1-2 right now. Massa is 4th. DC though pushing hard.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:13 pmme said:
the rears were for laying the rubber in the grid box. they changed the fronts for practice didn’t they?
June 6th, 2008 at 7:13 pmlou said:
I can just imagine you with little montangy the marmot presenting the video podcast, christine
June 6th, 2008 at 7:13 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Fisi nearly hit the wall of champions - surely being champion of Italian F3 14 years ago would have been too long ago to count?
June 6th, 2008 at 7:13 pmSteven Roy said:
They put the inters on during the practise pit stop when he came in. Saves playing with race tyres
June 6th, 2008 at 7:13 pmme said:
extreme wets have a white band.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:13 pmDirty Scarab said:
the force india winglets on the sidepods are flapping around alot! does that count as flexing bodywork?
June 6th, 2008 at 7:14 pmAlianora La Canta said:
What happened to having four tyres of a homogenous compound? I thuoght that was against the regulations?
June 6th, 2008 at 7:14 pmJourneyer said:
Kimi takes P1 now. Massa up to 3rd.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:14 pmme said:
blimey they are a bit. ferrari’s do that too. but no-one’s complained yet.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:14 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Oh no - I thought we’d had enough of flapping this, that and the other!
June 6th, 2008 at 7:15 pmSteven Roy said:
You only need four of the same compound on the track. What you do in the pits does’t really matter
June 6th, 2008 at 7:15 pmJourneyer said:
Hahaha! This is so funny. Ferrari is just toying with the rest of the field right now. When will McLaren respond?
June 6th, 2008 at 7:16 pmAlianora La Canta said:
“Lazy” front end for Heidfeld. Understeer and snap oversteer. Not feeling too good - now Nick knows how Sebastian Vettel feels most Friday practise sessions.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:16 pmlou said:
What the! Button last again!!
what happened? he was doing ok. do we think his car could be set up for the wet?
June 6th, 2008 at 7:17 pmlou said:
on second thought. i bet its those wheel bins!
June 6th, 2008 at 7:17 pmChristine said:
So, are the cars touching the floor an excessive amount, or have I just never noticed the sparks before?
June 6th, 2008 at 7:17 pmKathi said:
So Heidfeld was on extremes (front) and primes (back). Weird.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:18 pmmy FA fantasy said:
What’s up, people? Piquet’s spinning again?
June 6th, 2008 at 7:18 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Article 25.2 of the Sporting Regulations says otherwise - “A set of tyres will be deemed to be two front tyres and two rear tyres, all of which must be the same specification.” There is no way that two dries and two inters will ever be the same specification as each other…
June 6th, 2008 at 7:19 pmJourneyer said:
Wow. Where did Hamilton’s S3 time come from? Taken off wing, I guess? He’s moved back up to P2.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:19 pmDirty Scarab said:
They are low aren’t they?
June 6th, 2008 at 7:19 pmAlianora La Canta said:
I missed Piquet’s spin - too busy looking up regulations
June 6th, 2008 at 7:19 pmKathi said:
When did they change the material of the plank from wood to whatever it is now?
June 6th, 2008 at 7:20 pmAlianora La Canta said:
I hope all these sparks don’t mean we’re going to see teams disqualified for having worn planks come Sunday. That would be an anti-climax.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:20 pmme said:
technically he’s still doing better than kovi last year, but there’s time yet.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:20 pmDirty Scarab said:
yep. he’s working on the wheel a lot more than he had to before in the slower sections. Hamilton did say he was worried about Ferrari’s straight line speed so I guess they’re figuring just how little wing they can risk…
June 6th, 2008 at 7:21 pmSteven Roy said:
I didn’t know they had changed the plank material.
Lewis looks like he is working the steering wheel more than normal so I guess he doesn’t have the car dialled in yet
June 6th, 2008 at 7:21 pmDirty Scarab said:
was that bodywork on the hairpin that Hamilton went past - or was it another bit of local wildlife?
June 6th, 2008 at 7:22 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Rosberg is pleased with whatever adjustment was made in general, but is worried about gearbox “push”. Whatever that is…
June 6th, 2008 at 7:23 pmmy FA fantasy said:
Cool, just got home and the action is still in full swing. I love North America F1 schedule!
June 6th, 2008 at 7:23 pmlou said:
could the cars not look lower cause of the raised curbs in Canada?
June 6th, 2008 at 7:24 pmJordan Allen said:
Greetings Everyone!
I wonder what would happen to the poor groundhog after it keeps telling Christine that there’s going to be six weeks of “darn, I can not start the car because the oil has frozen solid winter” starting from February 2nd. (-40 C)
(And that’s the warm part) Before, its “Oh darn, I can not start because the anti-freeze has frozen solid” winter. (-50 C)…
Jordan (Allen) F1.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:24 pmAlianora La Canta said:
The skid block appears to be still wood, however the fastenings are not of a fixed material. It may be a fastening hitting the ground that’s causing all the sparks.
I also see Jarno’s car is still bossing him about…
June 6th, 2008 at 7:24 pmTom said:
Hey everyone. When are we betting the firs groundhog gets splatted? Or have i missed one?
June 6th, 2008 at 7:25 pmDirty Scarab said:
Hamilton wins the competition for ‘best tyre pattern’ left on the wall of champions…
June 6th, 2008 at 7:25 pmSteven Roy said:
I think he was talking about the downchange Ali. When the gearbox changes down it must have to much throttle being applied and counteracting his braking. May also be related to the way it picks up the drive when the new gear engages.
Throttle kickers are banned right?
June 6th, 2008 at 7:25 pmChristine said:
Could be that. Good point, Lou.
No Ralf, or Davidson, might be the marmot’s lucky year
June 6th, 2008 at 7:26 pmme said:
evening jordan.
good call, sounds likely. it’s a bumpy old track this one.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:26 pmAlianora La Canta said:
I think Hamilton keeps running over bits of wood and grass. The local equivalent of tumbleweed.
Heidfeld locked a wheel and went wide. Can’t blame that on the tumbleweed…
June 6th, 2008 at 7:26 pmKathi said:
here is sth about plank material doesn’t say much though.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:26 pmTom said:
I don’t know, lewis got close
June 6th, 2008 at 7:28 pmme said:
is kovi the first man onto the softs today?
not giving him good times either way.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:28 pmAlianora La Canta said:
There was a groundhog in practise 1, but it may be the same one as we saw at the start of practise 2. Hopefully it will get lucky - though if it wants to be really lucky, it should try staying out of Jarno’s way. I think he has enough trouble looking out for his car without looking out for errant wildlife at this moment.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:28 pmSteven Roy said:
Heidfeld looks an awful lot calmer behind the wheel than Kubica. Kubica’s car seems to be making him work a lot harder.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:29 pmLadySnowcat said:
Heikki must be on higher fuel now…
June 6th, 2008 at 7:29 pmSteven Roy said:
Biggest overshoot so far for Webber
June 6th, 2008 at 7:29 pmme said:
tv shows cameraman photographing nothing at all. must’ve been a heck of a lens.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:29 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Webber just went straight on at the hairpin, but recovered it due to the mile of tarmac run-off.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:29 pmlou said:
I’m starting to get worried for the hondas. They are last. :/ They are having real trouble arent they. Ross Brawn said it would be tricky for them, but i had no idea it would be this bad!
Get rid of the wheel bins!
June 6th, 2008 at 7:30 pmTom said:
They obviously sorted out heidfeld’s balance concerns from earlier. Looking good with purple sectors…
June 6th, 2008 at 7:30 pmJoe said:
I know I asked this before but where’s everyone watching it?
The Eurosport feed is a bit crap and the Bluespower one doesn’t seem to be broadcasting. Any got a feed with English commentators? Oh and the ITV site is out of the question. Sorry to be such a demanding git.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:30 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Fisi nearly finds himself in the Wall of Champions again. This is a) why he’s not improving his time and b) why I’m getting worried there may be a red flag this session…
June 6th, 2008 at 7:31 pmmy FA fantasy said:
Quiet session. They (drivers) all look depressed.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:31 pmAlianora La Canta said:
I’m using straight ITV player and F1.com live timings. I’ve also got Sidepodcast.com (obviously), Paint (in the background in case I want to grab a screenshot) and another window for general browsing if things get quiet.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:32 pmChristine said:
I wouldn’t read too much into it yet, Bourdais is up in 13th, and we know he ain’t fast, so don’t panic.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:32 pmBecken said:
Interesting… In two sectors Heikki has top speeds better than Kimi…
June 6th, 2008 at 7:32 pmTom said:
Does anyone else think that the wheel bins are just going to collect loads of brake dust like we saw in austrailia with hamilton? Because it’s such a heavy braking circuit, I can see the pit crews having real trouble with them.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:33 pmAlianora La Canta said:
I have no idea, Joe. Even TVU won’t help because this race isn’t covered by Speed/Wheels.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:33 pmlou said:
lol good piont. They have had a day of two extremes - both were in the top 5 at one piont in FP1 so anything can happen.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:33 pmme said:
pretty much the worst performance of the season. but they may just be testing something? or heavy fuel. cannot believe they are genuinely this far off the pace.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:33 pmDirty Scarab said:
Hope you’re right about the Hondas. I have Button in my fantasy team for this weekend
June 6th, 2008 at 7:34 pmJordan Allen said:
If the kerbs have been lowered I think the teams have reduce the Ride Heights, just to get a little more downforce.
Jordan (Allen) F1.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:34 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Tom, I think you’re right about the wheel bins. Makes me even more surprised that Honda are bothering with them - it’s not making them go any faster, that’s for sure!
June 6th, 2008 at 7:35 pmme said:
agreed tom. could be a major problem here. will try and watch the practice pitstops.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:35 pmDirty Scarab said:
Hamilton a good 3km/h faster than Kimi down the straight…
June 6th, 2008 at 7:35 pmme said:
seems to be saying he’s fastest across all sectors now.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:36 pmSteven Roy said:
Joe,
Try http://www.tvunetworks.com/ click on watch TV, then Sports then pick channel 53060 Wheels. It is a feed for Speed TV in USA. Just checked and they are showing this session
June 6th, 2008 at 7:36 pmme said:
quite true yes. looks like that’s toyota’s issue at least.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:37 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Piquet Jr looks stranded in the pit lane. This is bad news…
June 6th, 2008 at 7:37 pmDirty Scarab said:
What is piquet doing?
edit - game over for nelson by the looks of it.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:37 pmme said:
smoking renault in the pitlane. it’s piquet. what happened, engine is silent?
June 6th, 2008 at 7:37 pmlou said:
I hope they are just testing something. I bet they will do what they did in monaco and ditch the wheel bins for tomorrow.
ooo button it not last!
ahahah Piquet has stalled in the pits?
June 6th, 2008 at 7:37 pmScott Woodwiss said:
that’s piquet engine gone boom….or is that his brakes?
June 6th, 2008 at 7:38 pmChristine said:
Look at that smoke! Jeez.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:38 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Maybe he was attempting a practise start and failed?
June 6th, 2008 at 7:38 pmlou said:
Flav does not look too happy
June 6th, 2008 at 7:38 pmbav said:
tvu- wheels- fp2 speed commentary with ad breaks- better than nothing
June 6th, 2008 at 7:39 pmAlianora La Canta said:
OK, it’s not a practise start - but I didn’t get the team radio. It looks like something failed on the car though. For once I can forgive Piquet Jr a lack of running…
June 6th, 2008 at 7:39 pmSteven Roy said:
While I was checking Wheels out they were having a long discussion about Ferrari’s brake ducts. I don’t know the point they were making but it may be worth looking to see if they have something new.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:39 pmAlianora La Canta said:
I wouldn’t be too happy if one of my caes kaputted either…
June 6th, 2008 at 7:40 pmLadySnowcat said:
Kimi right behind Massa ….it’s holding him up…
June 6th, 2008 at 7:40 pmAlianora La Canta said:
bav, speed hasn’t got this race. Fox has. And I don’t know if Fox is on TVU. Could be seriously wrong though…
June 6th, 2008 at 7:41 pmDirty Scarab said:
Fox has the race, but Speed has practice and quali
June 6th, 2008 at 7:41 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Piquet Jr looks bored already. Has he still got his helmet on in fear of Flavio shouting?
June 6th, 2008 at 7:42 pmChristine said:
Even though he’s not doing very well by himself, Piquet really can’t catch a break, can he?
June 6th, 2008 at 7:42 pmlou said:
Piquet still has his helmet on. Can we take it he is not too happy
June 6th, 2008 at 7:42 pmSteven Roy said:
Ali,
Speed is running this session. I just had it on.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:42 pmbav said:
thank you Dirty Scarab
June 6th, 2008 at 7:42 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Kimi cuts the final chicane in a tidier fashion than most.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:43 pmSteven Roy said:
Piquet sitting on the pitwall looked like a caption contest picture if I ever saw one.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:43 pmlou said:
I would feel sorry for him but he was soo damn cocky at the start of the season….
June 6th, 2008 at 7:43 pmDirty Scarab said:
Heidfeld’s actually living up to his nickname for once!
June 6th, 2008 at 7:44 pmme said:
jeeeeeez, fissi hanging it out at the final chicane.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:45 pmDirty Scarab said:
I bet Fisi clenched when he went round the last corner - I know i did…
June 6th, 2008 at 7:46 pmAlianora La Canta said:
I think Force India are trying out some heavier loads on Fisi’s car. He’s not matching his previous times and is the slowest of those currently on track, barring Button (who’s set a sector 1 of nearly 40 seconds…)
June 6th, 2008 at 7:46 pmAlianora La Canta said:
me, Fisi’s been getting close to the wall there every time I’ve seen him in the area this session. Hence why I worry about a red flag…
June 6th, 2008 at 7:47 pmlou said:
Great stuff from Kimi today.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:47 pmme said:
str seem to be putting in some decent laps. worried about nico though. softer tyre, running in 15th. his teammate’s up in 7th.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:47 pmSteven Roy said:
Button just went P16
June 6th, 2008 at 7:47 pmlou said:
Button 16th
- never thought that would bring a smile to me face. lol
June 6th, 2008 at 7:48 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Piquet Jr.’s confidence before the start of the season was clearly nothing more than bravura born of not knowing the true difficulty of being an F1 race driver. I can see now why Pat Symonds may think he has a confidence problem - without the bravura, he’s got nothing to replace it yet. The question is whether he will be able to retrieve the situation in his own head before Flavio chucks him out…
June 6th, 2008 at 7:49 pmDirty Scarab said:
weird. Bourdais tyres grained on the outlap???
June 6th, 2008 at 7:49 pmJordan Allen said:
Well, with this crazy High-Speed, massive braking circuit, home of the “Canada” braking system, maybe Honda being last is a good thing. After all, if your doing 300 km/h and the rains come enough to get all the oil and junk out of the tarmac and onto the surface, no amount of braking is going to save you from any wall. Maybe going 280 tops will get you around a lap. (or 70 laps).
I would be on the floor laughing if both MCLaren’s and Ferrari when out becasue they where going too fast for the track conditions itself. Just like Monaco, a forenight ago but now with some decent speeds.
Jordan (Allen) F1
June 6th, 2008 at 7:49 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Bourdais claims his tyres recovered performance part-way through his stint. He sounded as surprised as I was!
June 6th, 2008 at 7:49 pmSteven Roy said:
Bourdais has graining on his rear tyres on an out lap. How is that possible?
June 6th, 2008 at 7:50 pmDirty Scarab said:
I seem to remember Kovy being in exactly the same situation this time last year (he hit the wall twice)and he turned out ok. I think Flav think about that and be a little more patient and nurturing…
June 6th, 2008 at 7:50 pmLadySnowcat said:
It looks like Heidfeld has found the handbrake at last…. and taken it off….
June 6th, 2008 at 7:51 pmme said:
hehe, he must’ve been mistaken about the graining, right?
June 6th, 2008 at 7:52 pmlou said:
Are honda running the same dumbo wings as they did in Monaco? i thought they were specially for the downforce needed for Monaco? or am i wrong?
June 6th, 2008 at 7:52 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Fisi nearly hit the wall again in the background…
June 6th, 2008 at 7:52 pmSteven Roy said:
If Flav hadn’t learned to deal with young drivers by last year it is probably too much to hope that one more year will make a diference. He should have learned with Verstappen
June 6th, 2008 at 7:52 pmme said:
mclaren look to be having wheel nut problems. that makes a huge change.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:52 pmRich said:
Oops - after stating my strategy for Fantasy Racers some time back, I messed around with driver costs and then forgot about it! So my Team is not the team of choice but the result of unconsidered idle speculation. Well it could hardly do worse that when I attempt to use a few of my neurons.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:52 pmDirty Scarab said:
nice bit of blocking by the mclaren mechanic
June 6th, 2008 at 7:53 pmJordan Allen said:
@ My fellow Canucks.
Who is the TV coverage host this year? CBC or its substations or CTV and its substations? Just wondering as I would not mind seeing Sir Jackie Stewart doing the Pit Lane walk again…
Any former F1 drivers spotted at the New Town restaurant in Montreal this year?
Jordan (Allen) F1.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:53 pmme said:
i don’t know it they’re the same, but it worries me that they are necessary at all
June 6th, 2008 at 7:53 pmAlianora La Canta said:
I think Honda have refined the wings a bit, but yes, the supposedly high-downforce-only component has made its way to this medium-low downforce track, indicating that it helps solve a deeper problem (they think…)
June 6th, 2008 at 7:54 pmlou said:
any news on piquet’s problem? ergh i miss five live
stupid cricket!!
June 6th, 2008 at 7:54 pmLadySnowcat said:
I wonder if they’ve tried Junior with hypnosis…
Or perhaps Fernando has subliminal messages included in Junior’s ipod…
You know the thing…a messgae included every now and then….
“I can’t drive… I must give way to groundhogs…”
“Driving fast is dangerous”…
Or perhaps…
“I am a groundhog”….
Poor Junior…
June 6th, 2008 at 7:54 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Rubens is widening the Turn 10 hairpin while nobody else seems to be making much headway with the times. Humidity and pressure have dropped while track temperature has risen - maybe that’s the reason…
June 6th, 2008 at 7:55 pmme said:
we need holly! i would say he either, got a late call into the pits and ran out of fuel, or he burnt his brakes and downshifted himself into a stall.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:55 pmSteven Roy said:
They look like different dumbo wings. I know they tested at leat a couple of different types recently. These ones look more like a wing and less dumbo
June 6th, 2008 at 7:56 pmbav said:
call me slow, but does the rear of the mclaren look different??
June 6th, 2008 at 7:56 pmme said:
June 6th, 2008 at 7:56 pmLadySnowcat said:
Perhaps Flav will recruit a groundhog…
Oh good… Heikki seems to have found the accelerator at last….
June 6th, 2008 at 7:57 pmSteven Roy said:
Piquet’s problem has to be engine or drive train. Whatever part of that it is is going to take a while to fix
June 6th, 2008 at 7:57 pmlou said:
I know. I can’t understand why they feel they need them, if others feel they can do without them. Hopefully they can just coast through this year picking up pionts here and there and will be able to start next year with a new and very much improved car.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:58 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Alonso is stuck at the edge of the track. I guess Renault’s day is over.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:58 pmme said:
alonso spins onto the grass. at turn 3.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:58 pmRich said:
He should have tried that trick last year!
June 6th, 2008 at 7:58 pmSteven Roy said:
Alonso spins. Not Renault’s day. He has done 30 laps and is stuck in P15
June 6th, 2008 at 7:59 pmAlianora La Canta said:
The trackside commentator was saying “€3000 for David Coulthard” but I can’t imagine why…
June 6th, 2008 at 7:59 pmlou said:
ehehe that commentator has a very english accent!
June 6th, 2008 at 7:59 pmme said:
2 sorry, turn 2 is currently under waved yellows.
June 6th, 2008 at 7:59 pmLadySnowcat said:
Well so far it is the usual suspects…
I wonder if Lewis is sandbagging…
Fernando is catching Junioritis….
Flav may yet be taking over from Max if the Renault team are disbanded for lack of effort at the end of the year….
June 6th, 2008 at 7:59 pmSteven Roy said:
Looks like Alonso borrowed junior’s i pod
June 6th, 2008 at 7:59 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Kubica glanced the Wall of Champions with a tyre. He’s lucky…
June 6th, 2008 at 7:59 pmChristine said:
He must be have got their iPod’s mixed up then
June 6th, 2008 at 8:00 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Renault are reduced to laughing at their own predicament. Oh dear…
June 6th, 2008 at 8:00 pmChristine said:
Those Renault drivers find EVERYTHING funny!
June 6th, 2008 at 8:00 pmme said:
an awful day all around for them
June 6th, 2008 at 8:01 pmlou said:
for what? actually DC is having a pretty quiet and stedy session in 11th.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:01 pmAlianora La Canta said:
If Alonso’s getting his iPods mixed up, maybe he should pick up a different colour front plate for his. With his wages, he should be able to afford to pay Apple to do a custom one.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:02 pmSteven Roy said:
Kubica got very lucky at the wall of champions
June 6th, 2008 at 8:02 pmLadySnowcat said:
Have Honda not turned up….
Oh no… I see that they are on a Sunday drive in the Cotswolds…
Could someone tell them that there is a race on Sunday…
June 6th, 2008 at 8:02 pmlou said:
drivers? alonso doesn’t look too happy. do you mean machanics?
June 6th, 2008 at 8:02 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Christine, it wasn’t the drivers who were laughing - it was the mechanics.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:03 pmKathi said:
All that Nels talk reminds me ..
Do you know f1drivercast? They have interviews with some of the drivers and technical guys for F1Racing Grand Prix tour. They have a interview with Nels; and Pat from last year. I think it’s the best of all the interviews on the page. Not so much because of Nels but Pat is fantastic and funny and smart and … *sighs*
June 6th, 2008 at 8:03 pmlou said:
June 6th, 2008 at 8:03 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Could someone tell Adrian there’s a race on Sunday? He’s currently three-tenths behind the slower Honda…
June 6th, 2008 at 8:03 pmLadySnowcat said:
Lewis is out of hibernation…
but Heikki hasn’t read the script and goes faster…
June 6th, 2008 at 8:04 pmlou said:
Kubica goes P1!!! go kubica!
June 6th, 2008 at 8:04 pmSteven Roy said:
Kubica P1
June 6th, 2008 at 8:04 pmDirty Scarab said:
Hamilton got a great tow from the bmw…
June 6th, 2008 at 8:04 pmChristine said:
Yes. Sorry. Alianora said it before me anyway, so I was slow AND wrong
June 6th, 2008 at 8:04 pmlou said:
yes! Rubens 12th!!
go rubens!
June 6th, 2008 at 8:05 pmConnor said:
BMW!!
June 6th, 2008 at 8:05 pmDirty Scarab said:
RK is certainly using all of the road…
June 6th, 2008 at 8:05 pmSergei_X said:
damn !!! no decent streaming for us non UK ppl
:)))
June 6th, 2008 at 8:06 pmme said:
i’ve seen it but james allen is always on there. i try to avoid him like the plague. also they have the ignorant one who used to run f1 racing magazine.
you like pat then?
June 6th, 2008 at 8:06 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Glock does some lawnmowing but gets stranded. He needs one of those Williams lawnmowers that they were showing off at the Chelsea Flower Show…
June 6th, 2008 at 8:06 pmDirty Scarab said:
http://stream.ra1kkonen.com/ try this stream Sergei…
June 6th, 2008 at 8:06 pmSteven Roy said:
Sergei,
Try http://www.tvunetworks.com/ click on watch TV, then Sports then pick channel 53060 Wheels. It is a feed for Speed TV in USA. Just checked and they are showing this session
June 6th, 2008 at 8:07 pmme said:
sergei_x no luck with the link in the post above?
June 6th, 2008 at 8:07 pmlou said:
What happend to glock? did he fancy a picnic or something? parking nicely on the grass like that.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:07 pmbav said:
sergi tvu player seems to be working well
June 6th, 2008 at 8:07 pmDirty Scarab said:
Ah. Glock hit the wall then. Probably rattled his suspension.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:07 pmLadySnowcat said:
Mr Glock messing things up…
Got a tad close to a wall…
June 6th, 2008 at 8:08 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Glock glanced the wall, which appears to have been the approximate reason why he was mowing the lawn in the first place. Still, Toyota won’t be pleased.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:08 pmSergei_X said:
http://stream.ra1kkonen.com/ try this stream Sergei…
this works fine but only in a tiny window … no full screen
tvtunes is the same without their software …
But thx anyway
June 6th, 2008 at 8:09 pmSteven Roy said:
I just tried http://stream.ra1kkonen.com/ and got a message saying it could not be shown to people outside the UK.
Did Scotland get independence and no-one told me?
June 6th, 2008 at 8:09 pmlou said:
ahahaha yes! lol
June 6th, 2008 at 8:09 pmme said:
20mins remaining then. a couple of yellow flags but no major accidents yet. this lack of TC seems to have improved the drivers abilities.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:09 pmAlianora La Canta said:
June 6th, 2008 at 8:09 pmDirty Scarab said:
I don’t like the way these marshalls are craning the cars! My heart would be in my mouth if I was head of accounting for Toyota.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:10 pmlou said:
lol it doesn’t work for me either. Not sure if it works for anyone in the UK
June 6th, 2008 at 8:10 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Raikkonen looks like he’s making an attempt to remove Kubica from P1 - until he got sector 2 seriously wrong.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:10 pmKathi said:
Don’t let that stop you. They have some of the best interviews I’ve ever read/heard. Especially the one with Pat
What gave me away? :p
June 6th, 2008 at 8:10 pmme said:
the proxy on that site is reversed. so it’s blocked for anyone in the uk. great trick.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:10 pmme said:
again we see a bmw with extreme wets fitted to the front in the pits.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:11 pmRich said:
If PK doesn’t improve he might wish he was one! By the way a groundhog is actually one representative species called Marmota monax of the collective group (genus) called Marmots - there are some other thirteen species spread from North America, Europe to Asia. Kinda of a robust squirrel with less bushy tail.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:12 pmSergei_X said:
http://stream.ra1kkonen.com/ works fine for ppl outside the uk .. the only prob is that it’s a flash streaming which does not allow full screen viewing
June 6th, 2008 at 8:12 pmDirty Scarab said:
massa pulls off
June 6th, 2008 at 8:12 pmlou said:
Was Massa watching a marmot there?
June 6th, 2008 at 8:12 pmLadySnowcat said:
Ferraris not as good on options….
Why has Massa stopped?…
June 6th, 2008 at 8:12 pmSteven Roy said:
I wish Kimi would straighten that mirror it is reaaly bugging me.
Massa parks
June 6th, 2008 at 8:12 pmmy FA fantasy said:
Massa - assam. Kaput.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:12 pmRich said:
What’s with BMW Sauber? - in free practice they are usually sandbagging!
June 6th, 2008 at 8:12 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Massa’s gently parked it. Not the greatest end to a session he’s had, but he comes out of it with more credit than Alonso or Glock.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:12 pmme said:
massa pulls to a halt. the engine was running until he switched it off wasn’t it?
June 6th, 2008 at 8:13 pmDirty Scarab said:
Lol. Massa parked underneath a big sign that simply said ‘F’.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:13 pmlou said:
ooo maybe not. What happened there? i must be really unobservant today.
an engine problem?
June 6th, 2008 at 8:13 pmLadySnowcat said:
Didn’t sound good…
June 6th, 2008 at 8:13 pmSidepodcastFan said:
Another surprised moment for Massa…… this time not p1.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:13 pmScott Woodwiss said:
Ferrari proving that even they can be as unreliable as the Red Bulls. Oh wait, that’s not possible is it. Still, it means Massa needs a new engine, which means he’ll get a penalty. I wonder what explanation Ferrari will come up with. Not that they look that bothered in the pits, though.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:14 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Massa’s steering wheel did a pretty light show shortly before his car stopped, by the look of it. Which is about as useful to me diagnosing the problem as Windows’ “Blue Screen of Death”.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:15 pmSteven Roy said:
Nothing could persuade me to try and move Massa’s car from there. Those marshalls must be crazy
June 6th, 2008 at 8:15 pmme said:
on a friday??
June 6th, 2008 at 8:15 pmAlianora La Canta said:
No penalties for engines that go wrong on Fridays, Scott. That rule only kicks in for Saturday free practise.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:15 pmLadySnowcat said:
The Ferrari’s don’t have new engines here but I think Macca and BMW do…
June 6th, 2008 at 8:15 pmDirty Scarab said:
These marshalls are inept!
June 6th, 2008 at 8:15 pmme said:
massa explaining to marshals how to steer an f1 car!
June 6th, 2008 at 8:15 pmSteven Roy said:
Sergei
You will get full screen on the tvu feed
June 6th, 2008 at 8:15 pmlou said:
ahahaha Massa giving the marshals advice!! ‘no no your doing it all wrong!’
June 6th, 2008 at 8:16 pmme said:
oh god, that’s embarrassing.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:16 pmScott Woodwiss said:
oh ok, didn’t know!
June 6th, 2008 at 8:16 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Evidently Canada breeds a specially brave form of marshal, who are content to move cars out of run-off areas/edges of tracks with cranes with only yellow flags…
June 6th, 2008 at 8:16 pmChristine said:
I left the room to get a drink, I come back, and they’re STILL pushing Massa’s car off the track?
June 6th, 2008 at 8:17 pmLadySnowcat said:
I am not too impressed by the reversing talents of those male stewards…
Massa is worried they might dent his car….
June 6th, 2008 at 8:17 pmme said:
massa now pulling HIS OWN CAR!!!
June 6th, 2008 at 8:17 pmlou said:
Well they are not doing that well are they?! and still they try to manovre the car. Massa has to help! lol that is very funny!
June 6th, 2008 at 8:17 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Good thing Massa didn’t wander off like F1 drivers generally do when their car stops functioning.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:18 pmSidepodcastFan said:
Marshal’s respond back…… Yes! you do race a Ferrari race car.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:18 pmme said:
massa will be off to find the tractor-crane in a second. probably figure it faster than that lot.
lord that’s worse than the marshals in bahrain.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:19 pmLadySnowcat said:
Webber has been singularly anonymous for a driver who has been talking about renegotiating his contract, or even getting another drive….
June 6th, 2008 at 8:19 pmAlianora La Canta said:
The last time I saw a driver feel the need to assist in the retrieval of his own car was Michael Schumacher in 2004… …and that was because he wanted to make sure some trick bit wasn’t revealed to the cameras before it absolutely had to be!
June 6th, 2008 at 8:19 pmSergei_X said:
wow … that was close !!!!
June 6th, 2008 at 8:19 pmChristine said:
Do marshals get training?
June 6th, 2008 at 8:20 pmAlianora La Canta said:
The good news is that Adrian is smart enough to take lessons off Fisi. The bad news is that the lessons he’s taken are on “how to get scarily close to the wall”, which might not actually make him any faster.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:20 pmlou said:
i think he was going to, but then realised that they had no clue what they were doing.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:20 pmBecken said:
seems to be gear box… Penalty anyway
June 6th, 2008 at 8:20 pmLadySnowcat said:
The Macca likes the options…
It doesn’t look warm enough for options today… a bit like Turkey and Monaco…
June 6th, 2008 at 8:21 pmDirty Scarab said:
Anyone get recorded video of the marshals incident? I want to dub the Benny Hill Theme over the top of it.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:21 pmme said:
am hoping that drew wasn’t down there. turn 7 he said didn’t he? phew, hope we can get his feedback on that later.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:21 pmSteven Roy said:
Marshalls get lots of training.
Lewis P1
June 6th, 2008 at 8:21 pmlou said:
bassed on that i don’t think they do.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:21 pmLadySnowcat said:
I think we’ve just got an idea how the Macca will be strong in qualy…
June 6th, 2008 at 8:22 pmDirty Scarab said:
Hamilton finally shows his hand.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:22 pmAlianora La Canta said:
All marshals at any level of motor sport get at least one day of training. However, to do a Grand Prix you have to have a track record of several events (preferably with some international race marshalling experience) plus another day of training on the Thursday before the race. Some circuits (e.g. Monaco) have higher training requirements.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:22 pmlou said:
oo yeah! that would be good. you should get him to do a voicemail!
June 6th, 2008 at 8:22 pmLadySnowcat said:
I wonder if Kimi’ll come out again?…
June 6th, 2008 at 8:23 pmRich said:
Lewis looks like he was pushing fairly hard!
June 6th, 2008 at 8:23 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Of course, the fact that marshalls get lots of training does not necessarily mean that they will employ it perfectly come the race weekend.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:23 pmLadySnowcat said:
He may wait until they’ve diagnosed the Massa problem rather than risk his car….
June 6th, 2008 at 8:24 pmLadySnowcat said:
Kimi out…hurrah…
June 6th, 2008 at 8:25 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Trulli’s up to 41 laps and he’s in 9th. Do you think he’s finally got the hang of it?
June 6th, 2008 at 8:25 pmSteven Roy said:
It must be hard to focus when cars are going past at 150mph a couple of feet from the car you are trying to move. Personally I think they should have left it and waited for a red flag.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:25 pmLadySnowcat said:
Interesting trajectory round the hairpin for Heikki…
June 6th, 2008 at 8:25 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Kovalainen’s car did not want to go round Turn 10 just there…
June 6th, 2008 at 8:25 pmChristine said:
Interesting, thanks Alianora.
I’m not trying to defend their ineptitude, but it was kinda a small gap.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:26 pmConnor said:
Option tyre looks to be slower than the prime
June 6th, 2008 at 8:26 pmDirty Scarab said:
I wonder if Lewis and Kovy are sharing info about setup? ’cause kovy looks like he needs a hand out there. Pretty ragged stuff.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:26 pmAlianora La Canta said:
True. Anti-debris versus usability for the gaps seems to have come out against usability…
June 6th, 2008 at 8:27 pmRich said:
Kovi almost lost it but simply cannot match Hamilton’s speed despite trying!
June 6th, 2008 at 8:27 pmme said:
how did webber get out of that gravel trap?
June 6th, 2008 at 8:27 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Speaking of people who need a hand, Webber looks like he’s beached it in the same place as Glock. Difference is that he’s added a spin into the mix and he didn’t need the marshalls’ assistance (wonder if they’re still sorting out Massa’s car?)
June 6th, 2008 at 8:28 pmDirty Scarab said:
Red bulls wings obviously
June 6th, 2008 at 8:28 pmRich said:
Webber in the kitty litter - least he gets out and back on track!
June 6th, 2008 at 8:28 pmAlianora La Canta said:
People are starting to do PBs and Raikkonen’s done his best Sector 1. Something’s clearly improved - and the slight drop in track temperature cannot be the full explanation.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:30 pmDirty Scarab said:
Last ditch low fuel runs probably…
June 6th, 2008 at 8:30 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Fisi looks like he’s going to join the midfield!
June 6th, 2008 at 8:30 pmRich said:
Apparently Toyotas don’t like kerbs and Red Bulls get broken (well DC’s)
June 6th, 2008 at 8:31 pmlou said:
Is Webbers onbourd camera mounted slightly more to the left than eveyone elses?
June 6th, 2008 at 8:31 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Well, 14th…
June 6th, 2008 at 8:31 pmSteven Roy said:
How did Button get that far back again?
June 6th, 2008 at 8:31 pmlou said:
little wave to the crowd from Lewis there. :/
June 6th, 2008 at 8:32 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Hamilton looks pleased with his P1, though Kubica did well to get P2.
Coulthard did not do well to run over that run-off area.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:32 pmlou said:
DC didn’t fancy going round the corner.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:32 pmRich said:
Another Red Bull off this time it is DC!
June 6th, 2008 at 8:33 pmLadySnowcat said:
It’ll be interesting how the fastest sectors stitched together…
June 6th, 2008 at 8:33 pmme said:
is that down to track temperature, or something else? it’s the super soft right, same as monaco?
June 6th, 2008 at 8:34 pmlou said:
It will be interesting to see his comments on today.
Rubens managed 13th so Jenson must be having troubles with set up or something…
June 6th, 2008 at 8:34 pmAlianora La Canta said:
And Glock still hasn’t bothered to return to the pits. Why would that be?
June 6th, 2008 at 8:34 pmLadySnowcat said:
Glock has Junior’s ipod…
No wonder he came to grief…
June 6th, 2008 at 8:34 pmKathi said:
any wishes?
June 6th, 2008 at 8:34 pmSteven Roy said:
I don’t know which tyres they have in Canada but don’t forget this track is really green on the Friday. It could be entirely different for quali and the race
June 6th, 2008 at 8:35 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Traffic jam in parc fermé…
June 6th, 2008 at 8:35 pmDirty Scarab said:
Another great drive from Kubica (or ‘Lurch’ as he’s affectionately known on Speed TV).
June 6th, 2008 at 8:35 pmLadySnowcat said:
The McLaren did well on the options…
I thought that was Massa..then realised it was a groundhog….
June 6th, 2008 at 8:36 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Maybe Glock threw Junior’s iPod into Alonso’s cockpit for a bit of mischief after he went out?
June 6th, 2008 at 8:37 pmJordan Allen said:
Over-scrubbed tyres anyone?
June 6th, 2008 at 8:37 pmAlianora La Canta said:
“Lurch”? How did Kubica acquire that nickname?
June 6th, 2008 at 8:37 pmme said:
pls.
1) piquet melting - 40mins
2) marshals & massa - 70mins
umm, i think that’s all for me. cheers.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:38 pmSteven Roy said:
It sounded like Bourdais was saying it was a gentle out lap
June 6th, 2008 at 8:39 pmDirty Scarab said:
Addams family butler
June 6th, 2008 at 8:39 pmlou said:
hehehe as ‘me’ said massa and the marshals! ehehe!
June 6th, 2008 at 8:40 pmChristine said:
Marmot!!
June 6th, 2008 at 8:41 pmlou said:
lol at the renault on the back of the tow truck!
eeek my ears!
June 6th, 2008 at 8:41 pmAlianora La Canta said:
That test card makes a horrendous din!
June 6th, 2008 at 8:41 pmSteven Roy said:
Is that fried or grilled marmot?
June 6th, 2008 at 8:43 pmlou said:
This weekend is gonna be all about Marmots and f1 isn’t it
lol can’t think of anything better! 
oh hang on, a pionts finsih for a honda would be nice too 
June 6th, 2008 at 8:44 pmAlianora La Canta said:
I think that’s live marmot, preferably smart enough to cross tracks when there are no cars present.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:44 pmme said:
according to autosport report:
“Meanwhile Nelson Piquet’s woes continued as he appeared to suffer a brake failure at the hairpin.”
the most he had done on one stint must’ve been 17 laps. what are they chocolate or something?
June 6th, 2008 at 8:44 pmJordan Allen said:
That commentator just won a 300 euro sucker bet for Coulthard not to be in an incident at 10 to 1 odds.
Nice porfit there.
Jordan (Allen) F1
June 6th, 2008 at 8:44 pmAlianora La Canta said:
I want points for Force India, though given all the wall-skimming, I’ll probably be lucky if either of them finishes…
June 6th, 2008 at 8:45 pmLadySnowcat said:
I have a feeling that the marmots more likely to be in the points than the Hondas…
June 6th, 2008 at 8:45 pmlou said:
thanks Jordan
yes nice profit indeed.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:46 pmSteven Roy said:
Maybe someone should run marmot races
June 6th, 2008 at 8:46 pmLadySnowcat said:
I think DC has been fined….they were mentioning another driver too…
June 6th, 2008 at 8:48 pmlou said:
Christine i challenge you to get ‘Marmot’ into all the f1digests this weekend - oh and the opinions show
June 6th, 2008 at 8:49 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Thank you, Jordan. I’d been wondering about that all session. Good to see someone’s faith in DC rewarded.
me, I know Canada’s the toughest track for brakes, but that’s wierd. Hope they don’t solve it the way Williams and Toyota did in 2004 - they put on illegally-large brake ducts and all got thrown out for their trouble.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:49 pmme said:
fp2 times:
June 6th, 2008 at 8:49 pmChristine said:
Oh, you are soooo on
June 6th, 2008 at 8:50 pmAlianora La Canta said:
I’ve just had a message to say “The server has received a request it cannot understand”. I know computers can be a bit thick, but you’d have thought that it would have figured out what a live comment post was after a third of a season of receiving them in mass quantities…
June 6th, 2008 at 8:51 pmLadySnowcat said:
Nooo…
It is a far far bigger challenge for Christine to resist mentioning marmots…
I bet she can’t resist….
June 6th, 2008 at 8:51 pmRich said:
I am hoping that today’s order will be Sunday’s results in which case my accidental selection of Fantasy racers will score rather well!
June 6th, 2008 at 8:53 pmLadySnowcat said:
I am praying that it doesn’t end like this…
June 6th, 2008 at 8:53 pmRich said:
And the first entry will be PK!
June 6th, 2008 at 8:53 pmme said:
blimey, watching practice late does mess up your body clock doesn’t it? feels like mid-afternoon.
thanks one, thanks all for every one of your observations today. cannot thank you enough.
christine’s gotta get busy with a podcast, which hopefully will be out this evening, if not the small hours of tomorrow morning.
we’ll of course be back tomorrow before 3pm UK time for free practice 3 - that’s 10am in canada.
keep all your post practice thoughts coming, there’s still time to make it onto the podcast
June 6th, 2008 at 8:54 pmlou said:
ahaha lol you have to do it discreetly. hehe
lol
June 6th, 2008 at 8:54 pmChristine said:
Well, that’s not fair is it? Which should I do!? Mention them or not?
June 6th, 2008 at 8:55 pmDirty Scarab said:
They should have a marmot cam for the race. Strap a camera on one of their backs for unique footage.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:55 pmme said:
hehe, one confused server. anyone have issues with comment editing / redraws today? it’s been enabled the whole time and doesn’t appear to have materially affected anything.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:56 pmLadySnowcat said:
You won’t be able to resist Christine…
We know you want to adopt one…
June 6th, 2008 at 8:56 pmlou said:
Mention them
would be funny to see how you can vary it through out the weekend. 
June 6th, 2008 at 8:57 pmme said:
yeah, gotta have words with that bigotez. telling us once it’s too late is just mean. it’s not like he needs the advantage either
June 6th, 2008 at 8:57 pm