Day 2 - Silverstone, Now With Added Christine
Here we are - both of us. We’ve been here just half an hour, and already it’s action packed.
So far, we’ve seen all but McLaren do at least one lap, we’ve got a serious case of lens envy, and the Red Arrows have done a sort of recce with a Black Arrow. Weird.
Driving today, we have:
- Nico for Williams
- Vettel for Toro Rosso
- Jenson for Honda
- Kubica for BMW
- Massa for Ferrari
- Piquet for Renault
- Fisichella for Force India
- Trulli for Toyota
- Webber for Red Bull
- Kovi for McLaren
Vettel is packing in the laps, having suffered yesterday with a lack of running, and apparently he’s also hijacked some of Bourdais’ time as well, which is slightly unfair, I feel. We have yet to see McLaren, but I’m sure they’ll be making an appearance soon.
Stay tuned for further updates in the comments and also in the following post too.
June 25th, 2008 at 9:48 amChristine said:
Just as I hit publish, Webber stopped on track, caused the session to be stopped and had to be recovered. Silence reigns.
June 25th, 2008 at 9:59 amAttila said:
Hello Admin!
I have read your post of the day 1. Can you take some photo of the engine cover of the Honda? Probably they test their KERS-system.
June 25th, 2008 at 10:11 ammy FA fantasy aka BOL said:
Lovely, lovely. It’s great that you can get so close to action in Silverstone, not sure I’ll be able to pull off this stunt in Jerez.
So, ME, can you tell me if RF1 PP is a man or a woman? Is it a bird, is it a plane?
Maybe you should run the same competition as Renault did? You know, draw ME and get a nice prize…
June 25th, 2008 at 10:50 amChristine said:
Damn, it’s just starting to rain. Yesterday he got sunburnt, today we get wet. Typical. They’re still running at the moment though.
June 25th, 2008 at 11:07 amFred said:
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2008/06/24/2009-f1-calendar-expected-tomorrow-with-french-round-at-magny-cours/
13-15 March Australian Grand Prix Albert Park, Mebourne
20-22 March Malaysian Grand Prix Sepang International Circuit (possible night race)
3-5 April Bahrain Grand Prix Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir
24-26 April Spanish Grand Prix Montmelo, Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona
8-10 May Turkish Grand Prix Istanbul Park
21-24 May* Monaco Grand Prix Monte-Carlo
5-7 June Canadian Grand Prix Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal
12-14 June United States Grand Prix Indanapolis Motor Speedway
26-28 June French Grand Prix Magny-Cours
3-5 July British Grand Prix Silverstone
17-19 July German Grand Prix** Nürburgring
31 July-2 August Hungarian Grand Prix Hungaroring
21-23 August European Grand Prix Valencia Street Circuit
4-6 September Belgian Grand Prix Spa-Francorchamps
11-13 September Italian Grand Prix Autodromo xxxxonale Monza
25-27 September Singapore Grand Prix Singapore Street Circuit (night race)
2-4 October Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Yas Island
16-18 October Japanese Grand Prix Suzuka**
23-25 October Chinese Grand Prix Shanghai International Circuit
6-8 November Brazilian Grand Prix Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace, Interlagos, Sao Paulo
*Monaco is a four-day weekend
**May run under a different name due to contractual dispute
***Alternating each year with Fuji Speedway
June 25th, 2008 at 11:17 amChristine said:
Pouring now. Taken shelter. So have the cars.
June 25th, 2008 at 11:23 ammy FA fantasy aka BOL said:
Rotten luck.
June 25th, 2008 at 11:35 amMelanie said:
Thanks for the updates, is there any times available from this morning?
June 25th, 2008 at 11:54 amz-baumgartner said:
http://images.gpupdate.net/large/103549.jpg
I thought of a new game - Spot ‘me’!!
Unfortunately i have no idea what you look like…
June 25th, 2008 at 11:56 amz-baumgartner said:
This website always seems to be first with times:
http://my.ing-renaultf1.com/en/blog/442-Silverstone-Testing-Day-2-25-June-2008.html
The first times are usually posted at 1 o’clock
June 25th, 2008 at 11:59 amz-baumgartner said:
The only times so far are Kovalainen and Piquet:
1. KOV 1:20.266
4. PIQ 1:21.672
If you want pictures, the most up to date website I know is http://www.xpb.cc/event.asp?e=f1-2008-sil01&s=we
June 25th, 2008 at 12:05 pmlou said:
Well apparently he has a beard… that’s not much to go on is it….
June 25th, 2008 at 12:09 pmMelanie said:
Thanks for the link, I just hoped guys had some early updates:)
June 25th, 2008 at 7:38 pmDan Brunell said:
I know this has been brought up before, but the teams should practice in the wet as well. Especially with the races in China, Japan, and Brazil that are notorious for being wet. You only need to look at what happened to Alonso in Japan and Lewis in China for reasoning.
June 27th, 2008 at 1:42 amme said:
sorry attila, their’s was a closely guarded garage. by the sounds the car was making on tuesday, they were testing something different, but there were rumours abound it was some special mix of bio-fuel… maybe.
June 27th, 2008 at 1:45 amme said:
you’re asking the wrong person, if you want someone to divulge another’s secret identity!
but if you feel like drawing an interpretation on me, feel free to put it into drop.io. we have no prizes to offer though
June 27th, 2008 at 10:50 ammy FA fantasy aka BOL said:
OK, I guess I’ll have to live with this image of RF1 PP with an arrow thru its (his/her) head.