Live Commenting: Hungary - Free Practice 2
Hands up anyone who thinks free practice one was a bit of a slow burner?
45 minutes is a long time when nothing much is happening, especially at a track when nothing much happens during the race either. Hopefully the small amount of running accomplished during FP1 means there’s plenty more work for teams to get through this afternoon.
When the drivers finally showed their hands we learned that up front Ferrari just had the edge on McLaren, with Massa the only guy into the high 1:20’s and Heikki mere fractions ahead of Lewis. Alonso appears to have bounced back from his battering at the hands of Piquet, and Glock’s clearly suffering no side effects from his previous accident, both drivers lining up behind the top four.
Vettel was the only man to suffer mechanical problems in the first season, he completed just four laps and was already down on his teammate when he pulled to a stop. Making that deficit up shouldn’t be too tricky this afternoon if his car holds together.
ITV appeared to have a severe headache earlier on, so hopefully their problems will be sorted before the final 90 minute session, otherwise it’s just live timing and it’s like 2007 all over again.
From our point of view, the new live commenting system held up well this morning, so please do check it out if you’re around. Do say hello and let us know where you’re following all the Friday action.
August 1st, 2008 at 12:33 pmme said:
in case anything exciting happens:
August 1st, 2008 at 12:34 pmChristine said:
I posted the Autosport Infobox about engines and gearboxes to drop.io earlier.
Makes me chuckle that they’ve got Coulthard as Engine 1 with a star by it. Clearly they couldn’t find the 3 on their keyboard?
August 1st, 2008 at 12:36 pmme said:
why isn’t it E2 with a star?
August 1st, 2008 at 12:37 pmChristine said:
Maybe it was setup to automatically go to E1… but they’ve managed to put a star in, so I’m not sure why they couldn’t just change it!
August 1st, 2008 at 12:38 pmlou said:
‘me’ just a thought, but would it be possible to put the little drop.io link somewhere on the new live commenting system thingy page? it would certainly make it easier during a race.
August 1st, 2008 at 12:38 pmz-baumgartner said:
Hi everyone!
Unfortunately i can’t live comment in this session because i’m watching it on tv.
I hope it’s a bit more interesting than fp1!
August 1st, 2008 at 12:38 pmme said:
i’ll try, but you’ll have to let me know if it’s okay in IE7.
August 1st, 2008 at 12:39 pmlou said:
will do
August 1st, 2008 at 12:44 pmme said:
ok, it’s there if you refresh the browser.
lemmie know if it breaks anything, cause not done no testing or nothing
August 1st, 2008 at 12:45 pmAlex Andronov said:
Looks good to me
August 1st, 2008 at 12:45 pmAlex Andronov said:
In IE7 or Firefox.
August 1st, 2008 at 12:47 pmme said:
cool. i guess something for the future would be to bring the uploads back into this window too.
hmmmmm.
August 1st, 2008 at 12:47 pmChristine said:
Wow, have you been coding so much you’ve forgotten English?
August 1st, 2008 at 12:48 pmAlex Andronov said:
The first thing to go is the word colour for English people.
August 1st, 2008 at 12:49 pmme said:
oh yeah, followed by the color gray.
August 1st, 2008 at 12:52 pmJoe said:
Hey guys. Woah, the commenting is slightly different with the boxes.
Also, we need more of this in F1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SXbGDcMeo8
That is hilarious.
August 1st, 2008 at 12:55 pmme said:
good or bad different?
we don’t condone violence… except for funny violence
August 1st, 2008 at 12:57 pmJoe said:
I don’t like it to be honest, nevermind eh.
August 1st, 2008 at 12:58 pmChristine said:
You can still use it the old way.
August 1st, 2008 at 12:58 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Live timing has reset.
August 1st, 2008 at 12:58 pmme said:
you preferred the way it was last week with the live video?
it’s not a problem, we’re taking all feedback. hopefully can make it better.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:00 pmme said:
oh-oh, itv is late…
August 1st, 2008 at 1:00 pmChristine said:
I didn’t even bother checking!!
August 1st, 2008 at 1:00 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Bourdais is the first driver out - and predictably there’s no ITV yet.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:01 pmJoe said:
I preferred when the comments were at the right
Also, on the ra1kkonen stream, it’s just a search engine type thingy o_O :/
August 1st, 2008 at 1:01 pmme said:
give it quarter of an hour.
6 guys on track already.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:02 pmme said:
noted
yeah, haven’t found a replacement yet, soz.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:02 pmlou said:
ok well to start with it was pretty slow to load the page. but now it seems fine. thanks
August 1st, 2008 at 1:03 pmlou said:
stupid itv, stupid five live!
August 1st, 2008 at 1:04 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Vettel and Bourdais have set times - you’d never have known that Vettel missed a third of last session, would you?
August 1st, 2008 at 1:04 pmme said:
he’s not hanging around is he? impressive.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:04 pmme said:
http://www.justin.tv/widgets/jtv_live.r8448.swf?channel=channel34
August 1st, 2008 at 1:05 pmSteven Roy said:
I have video. Wheels is live on TVU
August 1st, 2008 at 1:05 pmScott in Italy (in Munich) said:
Hi everyone from Munich.
In a training course this week and not able to watch…much
I did get to see the BMW place last week, including the F1 car. Got a few photos which I’ll post somewhere soon.
hopefully i will be back online in italy on race day.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:05 pmme said:
quality isn’t that great and i’ve no idea what commentary it is, but it’s live, as opposed to dead!
August 1st, 2008 at 1:06 pmLadySnowcat said:
Track cleaning underway I see…
August 1st, 2008 at 1:06 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Piquet’s gone fastest! Quick, someone stick it in drop.io!
August 1st, 2008 at 1:06 pmme said:
howdy
hehe, do keep in touch.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:06 pmme said:
itv just woke up for me.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:07 pmme said:
and it appears to be live.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:07 pmRocket said:
I have managed to finally enter the fantasy F1 comp. Is there a particular “league” or comp that Sidepodcast devotees are in? My team name is OzRocket.
I went with:
Bourdais
Trulli
Alonso
Webber
Nakajima
August 1st, 2008 at 1:07 pmLadySnowcat said:
Looks like itv have caught up….
August 1st, 2008 at 1:07 pmme said:
vettel spins it.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:08 pmlou said:
oh dear. poor vettel.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:08 pmSteven Roy said:
My ITV is still very dead
August 1st, 2008 at 1:08 pmLadySnowcat said:
Seb Jnr in trouble… again….
It sure is all or nothing with that guy….
August 1st, 2008 at 1:08 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Not another STOP for Vettel! When will he have a clear session of productive running?
August 1st, 2008 at 1:08 pmme said:
marshals push vettel to one side. oh dear, he’s out of this one.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:09 pmSteven Roy said:
Looks like Vettel has problems
August 1st, 2008 at 1:09 pmAlianora La Canta said:
ITV finally show up on my screen, without the ridiculous delay.
Meanwhile, Hamilton restores some normality to proceedings.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:09 pmLadySnowcat said:
Lewis having a blip… wonder why?….
August 1st, 2008 at 1:10 pmlou said:
hamilton going very slowly….
August 1st, 2008 at 1:10 pmme said:
try this rocket:
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2008/02/25/its-only-make-believe/
yell if you need more info.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:11 pmlou said:
were Mclaren using those nose wings this morning?
August 1st, 2008 at 1:11 pmSteven Roy said:
Lewis and Heikki swapping P1
August 1st, 2008 at 1:11 pmme said:
i don’t think so, no.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:12 pmSteveintheUK said:
Hi Again All.
So does anybody think that Williams will do better this time out?
August 1st, 2008 at 1:13 pmlou said:
thanks i don’t remember seeing them, but then again i wasn’t really paying attention to the video feed…
August 1st, 2008 at 1:13 pmAlianora La Canta said:
I’m not sure about the nose wings. But Fisi’s 8th
August 1st, 2008 at 1:14 pmme said:
le seb saying:
- track is better
- struggling with stability
- tyres are a bit better
August 1st, 2008 at 1:14 pmlou said:
ach, Button down the bottom of the time sheets….again….
August 1st, 2008 at 1:15 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Bourdais sounds basically content, but giving lots of detail.
Webber is still a second off Vettel’s time - what’s wrong with him/his car?
August 1st, 2008 at 1:15 pmSteven Roy said:
Why do we always get to hear Bourdais’ thoughts on a Friday? We seem to get him talking to his engineers at every race.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:16 pmme said:
is massa running super heavy? slow in all sectors.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:16 pmFlibster said:
Could be that the STR team don’t run an encrypted radio on the fridays so it’s easier to retransmit.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:16 pmlou said:
oo button up to 13th.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:16 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Webber is now faster than Vettel, which is good.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:16 pmlou said:
what’d the bmw guy doing?
August 1st, 2008 at 1:17 pmJoe said:
That Jstin tv link is barely working for me, and I have little signal on Wheels. I guess I’ll miss FP 2 so.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:17 pmme said:
kubica saying the tyres still graining.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:17 pmKris said:
Thanks for putting the thread up, “me”: I’d forgotten about free practice and between you and my RSS reader I’m now in f1 streaming heaven
August 1st, 2008 at 1:17 pmFlibster said:
Pedicure?
August 1st, 2008 at 1:17 pmChristine said:
Red Bull don’t appear to be quite so fast this afternoon.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:18 pmAlianora La Canta said:
The graining continues for Kubica, but only for the first 2-3 laps…
August 1st, 2008 at 1:18 pmme said:
try:
http://www.justin.tv/widgets/jtv_live.r8448.swf?channel=channel34
or
http://bilmosk.org/simulcastPlayer.swf
August 1st, 2008 at 1:18 pmme said:
hehe. you picked a good session. it’s all go now.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:19 pmme said:
nope, but bourdais isn’t doing too badly.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:20 pmChristine said:
Do the Ferrari’s have the fin or not?
August 1st, 2008 at 1:20 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Vettel looks like he isn’t in a hurry - and Bourdais’ slide off the track makes him look too much in a hurry.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:20 pmlou said:
‘me’ i’m having a bit of trouble trying to post a comment using the new live commenting system. sometimes it works, sometimes i have to refresh the page a few time before it works…
August 1st, 2008 at 1:21 pmRocket said:
Thanks me. I have sought out the particular league. Do I need to re-enter my picks? I feel like such a novice.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:21 pmme said:
erm, haven’t seen them yet.
okay. pls keep us informed. anyone else having issues, please let us know.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:22 pmSteveintheUK said:
but you have to remember that Christine has picked Bourdais for her team, so now he will try and show us what he can do just to make Christine look good, or he’ll crash on the opening couple of laps of the race.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:22 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Everyone who is still running is within 1.85 seconds of the fastest driver (Kovalainen). That’s good
August 1st, 2008 at 1:22 pmRocket said:
Ooooh no. I am there in the Sidepodcast league! Dead last with no points. I feel a bit like Super Aguri.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:22 pmme said:
yeah i think so. it currently says:
No drivers selected
August 1st, 2008 at 1:22 pmpmtate said:
one does, presumably Massa again
August 1st, 2008 at 1:23 pmLadySnowcat said:
This is pretty much the order I was expecting…. I am sure that the Maccas are faster on short runs…
August 1st, 2008 at 1:24 pmglennjimin said:
hi there, where do you get the live timings?
August 1st, 2008 at 1:25 pmSteven Roy said:
I have found with the new comment system I have to refresh the page the first time I try to post my first comment then it is fine from there. So it should be fine now until I go to FP3 tomorrow then I will need to refresh after I try to post my first comment there. It retains all the data so there is no hardship like re-entering the comment or my name and e-mail.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:25 pmme said:
bernie’s official site glennjimin:
http://www.formula1.com/services/live_timing/live_timing.html
August 1st, 2008 at 1:26 pmChristine said:
The annoying thing about Bourdais’ performance today is that we can’t compare it to Vettel’s. You’d assume that if the second TR was working, then Vettel would be way up there.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:26 pmRocket said:
I am getting very worried about MW. He is very slow at present. I know he comes out and does a blinder usually late in the session but it doesn’t look good.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:26 pmme said:
okay, seems odd that. both yourself and lou have IE so i’ll test that some more later.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:26 pmLadySnowcat said:
The Maccas out again…. a very busy session….
August 1st, 2008 at 1:27 pmAlianora La Canta said:
I’m off to lunch now. Pizza!
August 1st, 2008 at 1:27 pmme said:
sutil’s doing well isn’t he?
August 1st, 2008 at 1:27 pmSteven Roy said:
Pizza! to you too
August 1st, 2008 at 1:27 pmlou said:
speak to you later alianora
August 1st, 2008 at 1:27 pmglennjimin said:
thanks
August 1st, 2008 at 1:28 pmIan Lockwood said:
Is it just me, or does Kubica always come across as perpetually miserable on the team radio??
August 1st, 2008 at 1:28 pmme said:
nico’s found himself a bit of pace out there. glock’s gone in reverse.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:28 pmpmtate said:
Have ie7 here and it refreshed when I remembered to tick the box:
Follow incoming comments
Paul
August 1st, 2008 at 1:28 pmryan said:
Good Morning Everyone! I just got in from work…
August 1st, 2008 at 1:28 pmSteven Roy said:
Webber just did 3 green sectors to go P11
August 1st, 2008 at 1:28 pmSteveintheUK said:
I’m running FireFox on XP and once I remember to click that little ‘Follow Incoming Comments’ box this new comments system seems to be working fine.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:29 pmme said:
i agree, like he can’t stand to be dealing with those mechanic people.
enjoy
August 1st, 2008 at 1:29 pmlou said:
thats good. i was afraid that i could have jinxed him cause he is in my fantasy racers..
August 1st, 2008 at 1:29 pmChristine said:
Maybe we should have that box pre-checked, because I think it’s only useful after the session has started and if you want to look back upwards.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:30 pmme said:
is it preferable to have that on by default?
can do.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:31 pmKris said:
Another hand raised for the “follow incoming comments” checkbox being checked by default
August 1st, 2008 at 1:31 pmSteven Roy said:
Just to be clear guys. My problem is that when I post my first comment it does not post. It just sits in the text box. If I refresh then post again it works and carries on working until I close down the browser. When I open up a new browser for another session I have to go through the loop again.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:32 pmIan Lockwood said:
Pre-checked would be my preference (or an unchecked “don’t follow incoming comments” - lol!!!)
August 1st, 2008 at 1:32 pmryan said:
Umm… What happened to the front-end of the McLarens? Are they really running dumbo-flugels?
August 1st, 2008 at 1:32 pmSteveintheUK said:
Yes Please, some of us are a little slow at remembering to click things like that. Thanks if you could click it be default.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:32 pmme said:
righto, will make it so in 60mins
check. will look out for that. there’s no logical reason for that behaviour but will hopefully get to the bottom of it.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:33 pmLadySnowcat said:
Dumbo and options….
August 1st, 2008 at 1:33 pmSteven Roy said:
Pre-checked would be my choice. I like Ian’s idea of an option that says stop loading comments cos I haven’t read those I already have.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:34 pmlou said:
yep mine too. the little post comment button just goes grey. i have to refresh afew times too. sometimes it happens every other comment, it does seem to have settled down now though
August 1st, 2008 at 1:34 pmSteven Roy said:
The McLaren device is more like a panda ear than a dumbo flugel
August 1st, 2008 at 1:35 pmme said:
August 1st, 2008 at 1:35 pmlou said:
lol
August 1st, 2008 at 1:35 pmSteven Roy said:
All the talk of Lydden earlier clearly put Le Seb in the mood for some rallycross
August 1st, 2008 at 1:36 pmme said:
trulli and glock, now 5th and 6th
August 1st, 2008 at 1:37 pmpmtate said:
Raikonen has the sharks fin on now
August 1st, 2008 at 1:37 pmChristine said:
Yay for the Dumbo-Flügel
August 1st, 2008 at 1:38 pmSteven Roy said:
Looks like Ferrari are running the shark fin
August 1st, 2008 at 1:38 pmKris said:
Shark fin makes them sound better looking than they are…. weather vanes?
August 1st, 2008 at 1:39 pmme said:
dc making no headway in 19th.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:40 pmme said:
hehe, seconded.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:40 pmChristine said:
Dumbo Wings = Dumbo-Flügel
Panda Ear = Panda-Oreille
Shark Fin = Hai-Flosse
August 1st, 2008 at 1:41 pmChristine said:
I am paying attention, honest.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:41 pmme said:
hahahahaha.
hehe
ahh.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:41 pmSteveintheUK said:
I know, even Bourdais has been able to find a way up to 9th, at least Christine should be happy Bourdais is in the top ten… at least for now.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:43 pmKris said:
Being not quite so cultured, I had to bung hai flosse into google, and out came a german website talking about a williams testing one
August 1st, 2008 at 1:43 pmlou said:
th force indias are faster than the hondas
August 1st, 2008 at 1:43 pmme said:
alonso not making the impression he was earlier. if they’ve put equal fuel in both cars the drivers are evenly matched.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:44 pmryan said:
I think Charlie Whiting is going to have to step in and impose aesthetic-standards for Formula 1 teams and cars: “No ugly kit!”
August 1st, 2008 at 1:44 pmSteven Roy said:
The first is German, then French but what is Hai-Flosse? It sounds like Japanese then Dutch
August 1st, 2008 at 1:44 pmSteveintheUK said:
as
What have I missed???
August 1st, 2008 at 1:44 pmlou said:
german.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:45 pmChristine said:
They’re all German. According to the translator.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:46 pmIan Lockwood said:
What with Sharks, Elephants and Pandas, its turning into a real zoo out there. Shame McLaren dropped the bull horns & Williams no longer use their Walrus nose.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:46 pmme said:
teammates kaz and nico are running side-by-side in the order. williams finally having something to show for their day.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:46 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Evidently the term has taken off.
Bourdais has done a personal best first sector and Massa a personal best second sector. Coulthard’s just hanging around in the pits at the moment…
August 1st, 2008 at 1:46 pmSteveintheUK said:
Don’t worry Lou, Honda are just sandbagging, they will beat Force India in the race, I hope.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:46 pmChristine said:
I can do French if you want?
August 1st, 2008 at 1:47 pmme said:
please do!
August 1st, 2008 at 1:48 pmlou said:
if they don’t honda are gonna have to seriously think about their updates. everytime they put something new on the car it seems to get a little bit slower.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:48 pmme said:
it does look that way doesn’t it?
August 1st, 2008 at 1:48 pmSteven Roy said:
The German for ear is ohr not oreille which is French. Either you translator is confused or you clicked the wrong option
August 1st, 2008 at 1:49 pmLadySnowcat said:
Kimi just hasn’t got the middle sector at all today…
August 1st, 2008 at 1:50 pmSteven Roy said:
Massa has sneaked in and split the McLarens
August 1st, 2008 at 1:50 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Steve, I’m hoping the Force Indias will beat everyone. But I’m pragmatic enough to realise that Honda will probably do considerably better in the race than they are now.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:50 pmSteveintheUK said:
Yes, it make so much more sense when I say it in a German accent.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:50 pmlou said:
at least it’s starting to look abit more like the other cars… lower nose, avril wing…..
August 1st, 2008 at 1:50 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Bourdais’ tyres apparently grained at some point between exiting the pit garage and Turn 1…
August 1st, 2008 at 1:50 pmChristine said:
Yup, my mistake.
Panda-Ohr.
I like that.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:51 pmian Lockwood said:
Coulthard finally moved away from the bottom.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:52 pmSteveintheUK said:
I can’t believe that Hamilton we be the only one to go under 1.21 during this session. Massa and Kovi are close though.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:52 pmSteven Roy said:
I think Le Seb’s tyres grained on the out lap rather than just exiting the pits but clearly he has a big problem either way
August 1st, 2008 at 1:52 pmglennjimin said:
coulthard has finally put a lap together
August 1st, 2008 at 1:52 pmme said:
kubica now saying things are getting worse and worse.
by lap 4 he’s not happy with the grip.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:52 pmChristine said:
Dumbo Wings = Dumbo-Ailes
Panda Ears = Panda-Oreilles
Shark Fin = Aigrefin-Financier
I think the German sounds better in this instance.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:53 pmChristine said:
I’m still paying attention, honest.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:53 pmSteven Roy said:
Kubica has tyre problems too. At least he gets to L2 or L3
August 1st, 2008 at 1:53 pmLadySnowcat said:
Don’t forget that only the Maccas have been out on softs… the Ferraris have yet to try….
August 1st, 2008 at 1:53 pmAlianora La Canta said:
5.5mph difference between Kubica’s and Heidfeld’s apex speeds? Then Kubica’s running closer to the edge, which would explain the large amounts of strange movement.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:54 pmSteven Roy said:
Financier? That can’t be right
August 1st, 2008 at 1:55 pmSteveintheUK said:
Now I’m just hungry
August 1st, 2008 at 1:55 pmChristine said:
Please feel free to correct me, I just typed it in and good ol’ copy and paste.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:55 pmlou said:
oh god button has done 26 laps and still on 18th
August 1st, 2008 at 1:55 pmme said:
who else has not tried the soft’s? i’m assuming not renault.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:56 pmme said:
kimi looses the backend on the downhill. good save.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:56 pmSteven Roy said:
According to babelfish shark fin is aileron de requin in French
August 1st, 2008 at 1:56 pmSteveintheUK said:
Kovi finally goes below 1.21 and then Hamilton goes fastest than Kovi on his next lap.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:57 pmme said:
that’s a bit wordy.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:57 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Heidfeld sounds depressed about the lack of grip - apparently it’s so bad that he doesn’t know what the balance is like
August 1st, 2008 at 1:58 pmChristine said:
Like I said, the German sounds better.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:58 pmlou said:
yep google says that too
August 1st, 2008 at 1:59 pmme said:
times are already quicker than this morning and there’s a full half hour left to go.
what a difference the rubber makes.
August 1st, 2008 at 1:59 pmSteven Roy said:
I know Kovi is relatively new to F1 but someone needs to explain to him that you are supposed to be really quick while you are looking for a new contract then not so quick afterwards. He seems to have it backwards.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:00 pmme said:
August 1st, 2008 at 2:00 pmChristine said:
Maybe it was a bargaining technique. I won’t be quick until you sign me up.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:02 pmSteven Roy said:
ITV doing one frame per second to save money
August 1st, 2008 at 2:03 pmme said:
anyone got the vital signs for honda at the moment? faster only than the guy who was able to complete just 5 laps.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:04 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Literally translates into “fin of shark”.
Honda seem to be going more for laps than times - or at least I hope that’s their excuse.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:04 pmChristine said:
Renault seem to have fallen off the pace a bit, as well.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:04 pmSteveintheUK said:
My Live feed is working fine at the moments, and only about 5 secs behind the live timing page
August 1st, 2008 at 2:04 pmlou said:
29 laps and the best jenson can do is 18th
oh dear lord what is wrong with there car!
August 1st, 2008 at 2:05 pmSteven Roy said:
It’s life Jim but not as we know it.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:06 pmme said:
is that kimi on the very-super-soft rubber?
August 1st, 2008 at 2:06 pmRocket said:
I think MW has that equation sorted.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:07 pmSteven Roy said:
Were Honda not meant to have some new devellopment stuff for Hungary?
August 1st, 2008 at 2:07 pmSteveintheUK said:
He’s just testing with heavy fuel… really heavy fuel, expect to see he do the whole race without having to stop to refuel, should put he in a good position by the finish.
But then he may just be keeping Barruchello company, or he’s just really slow.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:08 pmSteveintheUK said:
So is that G force meter thingy new?
August 1st, 2008 at 2:08 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Maybe Kovalainen just needed to know where he stood rather than have uncertainty. He wouldn’t be the first driver in F1 like that by a long chalk…
August 1st, 2008 at 2:09 pmlou said:
yep new suspention, and the avril wing… er not sure about any other developments though..
August 1st, 2008 at 2:09 pmAuryn said:
Is anyone on the stream.ra1kkonen site? Mine doesn’t seem to load.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:09 pmAlianora La Canta said:
What is the point of doing a purple first sector on your in-lap?
August 1st, 2008 at 2:09 pmChristine said:
Williams are faring better, with Rosberg heading on for half a second faster than Nakajima.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:09 pmLadySnowcat said:
Ferraris seem to be on a longish stint on the softs…
August 1st, 2008 at 2:10 pmme said:
there’s a couple of alternatives list further up the thread auryn. any of those work out for you?
August 1st, 2008 at 2:10 pmSteven Roy said:
The G force thing has been around for a while.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:11 pmme said:
thank goodness for that. rosberg is mixing it with the toyota’s.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:11 pmAuryn said:
Thanks, I’ll try them out.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:11 pmRocket said:
Night all. Thanks for making the evening F1antastic.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:12 pmSteven Roy said:
Whoa! Alonso P3?
August 1st, 2008 at 2:12 pmme said:
later rocket.
alonso finally hauls it up to third. soft tyre for him.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:12 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Autosport posted their story about Glock passing his medical 32 minutes into Free Practise 1. Quite amusing, really.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:12 pmSteven Roy said:
G’night Rocket
August 1st, 2008 at 2:13 pmSteveintheUK said:
Thanks, had missed a lot of the FP this session
August 1st, 2008 at 2:13 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Alonso goes wide at the last turn.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:14 pmSteven Roy said:
Has Rosberg just gone out or is live timing playing up again. It just showed an S1 time of 67.5
August 1st, 2008 at 2:14 pmSteveintheUK said:
Was that before or after he went sub 1.21?
August 1st, 2008 at 2:15 pmme said:
he does and then dives into the pits. next time around.
can we say that’s the absolute pace of the renault? he was hanging it out all over the place and probably running on fumes.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:15 pmlou said:
from the feed it looked like he slowed down….
August 1st, 2008 at 2:15 pmLadySnowcat said:
I know I keep on about it but the Ferrari just isn’t matching the Maccas, or Alonso, in the middle sector….
August 1st, 2008 at 2:17 pmChristine said:
Hamilton is just super fast yet again, isn’t he?
August 1st, 2008 at 2:17 pmSteven Roy said:
At most circuits you can look at each sector and figure out where the problem lies but all three sectors are slow and twiddly. Maybe there are more useful kerbs in S2 andd Ferrari still haven’t sorted out their J-damper.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:17 pmme said:
middle sector is T4 to T11, there’s nothing specific that should be hampering them is it?
August 1st, 2008 at 2:17 pmKris said:
I’ve just been nattering about that alonso lap elsewhere: - if he manages to iron out a few of the more ragged bits, especially that last turn he’d have made ferrari wince
August 1st, 2008 at 2:18 pmlou said:
Jenson up into 17th….
August 1st, 2008 at 2:18 pmLadySnowcat said:
I wonder if they’ll all do options for the final push?….
August 1st, 2008 at 2:19 pmlou said:
anyone know if Jenson is on the super softs?
August 1st, 2008 at 2:19 pmAlianora La Canta said:
After the sub-21, Steve.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:19 pmme said:
i wonder if that renault doesn’t need to be chucked around a lot though?
August 1st, 2008 at 2:19 pmlou said:
wow trulli has done 37 laps.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:20 pmLadySnowcat said:
Alonso has flattered to deceive too many times this season to be taken seriously….
Looking at the timing board I am actually not sure why Honda turn up at the moment…
August 1st, 2008 at 2:20 pmSteveintheUK said:
I’m so happy for you Lou, Seriously
Now I really must find some Panda-Oreilles to eat, It’s way pass my lunchtime
August 1st, 2008 at 2:21 pmSteven Roy said:
They should be able to show what tyres a driver has on live timing. Red race number if he is in the pit, white for soft tyres and yellow for hard. It’s not difficult if they were remotely interested in providing a service.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:21 pmSteveintheUK said:
Thanks, wasn’t sure if he had tried a new line or not.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:22 pmlou said:
haha. lol i wouldn’t get too excited. He will prov not end up gettig out of Q1 which means he is stuck at the back for the whole race :/
August 1st, 2008 at 2:22 pmme said:
tis a very good point and would be helpful. i’d like to know how many laps they’d done on this run too. rather just the total.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:22 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Fisichella will be on softs for the last run, and it looks like he too considers himself to have a graining problem.
I believe we also have an explanation for why we don’t get more Force India radio. Despite the engineer being a short distance from the car, the transmission was extremely low quality, with a lot of choppiness. How they manage to use it on track is a mystery…
August 1st, 2008 at 2:22 pmChristine said:
If this was Qualifying, Fisichella would have got into the desired Q2.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:23 pmLadySnowcat said:
Kimi stoppped….
Aghhhh….
August 1st, 2008 at 2:23 pmlou said:
that’s a great idea.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:23 pmSteven Roy said:
Lewis on a flyer
August 1st, 2008 at 2:23 pmme said:
with vettel’s luck and button’s car, he still might.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:23 pmSteveintheUK said:
but 17th is so much better than boring old 18th.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:23 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Why has Raikkonen stopped?
August 1st, 2008 at 2:24 pmSteven Roy said:
Both Lewis and Kovi had really quick laps ruined by a slow S3
August 1st, 2008 at 2:24 pmme said:
oh what?
August 1st, 2008 at 2:24 pmlou said:
August 1st, 2008 at 2:25 pmLadySnowcat said:
Somehow he set a faster lap even when he’d stopped…
Live timing for Kimi jinxed again…like Hockenheim…
August 1st, 2008 at 2:25 pmlou said:
what? live timings are no longer saying ’stop’ im confused. have live timings gone wrong again?
August 1st, 2008 at 2:25 pmme said:
has live timing given up?
alonso and kovi also not updating.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:25 pmSteven Roy said:
Heidfeld just did 3 green sector and took 0.6s of his best time
August 1st, 2008 at 2:26 pmKris said:
Raikonnen didnt stop the clock when he went over the line on his last run, likely a duff transponder
August 1st, 2008 at 2:26 pmSteven Roy said:
Piquet P2???
August 1st, 2008 at 2:26 pmLadySnowcat said:
Junior second….
Again….
August 1st, 2008 at 2:26 pmme said:
spin for nelson
August 1st, 2008 at 2:26 pmglennjimin said:
wow, piquet p2
August 1st, 2008 at 2:27 pmKris said:
am I in an alternate universe or something?
August 1st, 2008 at 2:27 pmlou said:
do you think live timings have been wrong all day and Jenson and rubens are actually a bit faster?
no i didn’t think so
August 1st, 2008 at 2:27 pmme said:
piquet got all excited about p2 and forgot to slow down.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:27 pmlou said:
hehehe
August 1st, 2008 at 2:27 pmFlibster said:
Has his dad snuck into the cockpit or something?
Oh…a spin. No it’s Junior.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:27 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Oops! Piquet’s just spun. Not smart.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:27 pmme said:
can we get a shot of alonso? can we, can we?
August 1st, 2008 at 2:28 pmSteven Roy said:
‘me’ your ITV feed must be 30 seconds ahead of mine because I read your comment about Piquet’s spin and couldn’t figure out how you knew he had spun and then he did
August 1st, 2008 at 2:28 pmAlianora La Canta said:
And Raikkonen is continuing as if the STOP on the live timing never happened.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:28 pmSteveintheUK said:
Join the club, this is getting confusing and ITV’s Live Feed is only 15 sec behind the video.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:29 pmryan said:
That could be a new track-snack…
August 1st, 2008 at 2:29 pmme said:
ahh, could be, mine’s pretty close to live timing. no idea why though.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:29 pmSteven Roy said:
I wonder if Fernando is going to borrow Nelsinho’s set up again
August 1st, 2008 at 2:30 pmSteven Roy said:
Button P16 now
August 1st, 2008 at 2:30 pmme said:
kaz spins too.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:30 pmLadySnowcat said:
I hate not seeing Kimi’s sector times… when it happened at the last stages of Hockenheim I took to counting the space between him and Heikki on each lap as they passed…
August 1st, 2008 at 2:31 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Kazuki parked his car into a wall, but appears to have gtten awat with it.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:31 pmme said:
piquet’s gotta be pleased with that finish hasn’t he?
August 1st, 2008 at 2:31 pmlou said:
well he managed to climb 2 places throughout the session. Rubens on the other hand….
bad times for honda…
August 1st, 2008 at 2:31 pmSteveintheUK said:
I had to make do with Haribo’s that I brought for my niece’s and nephew instead. please don’t tell them though as the youngest girl scares me.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:31 pmLadySnowcat said:
Anyone seen how happy Fernando looks?….
August 1st, 2008 at 2:32 pmlou said:
does Piquet have a new helmet livery?
August 1st, 2008 at 2:32 pmme said:
this year they’ve made a better looking, albeit slower car. can’t have everything eh?
August 1st, 2008 at 2:33 pmChristine said:
Heidfeld does the most on 46 laps, Kovi, Nakajima and Barrichello all the lowest (apart from Vettel) on 33. Everybody worked much harder than in FP1.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:33 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Session over. Not too bad for Force India, but Barrichello and Vettel must be feeling glum.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:33 pmlou said:
I’m thinking the camera men are a bit scared of going anywhere near him… he may suddenly lash out..
August 1st, 2008 at 2:33 pmJoe said:
this year they’ve made a better looking, albeit slower car. can’t have everything eh?
Funny you say that, I prefer the 07 livery, even though I hated it at the time.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:34 pmme said:
vettel = 5 laps
heidfeld = 46 laps
August 1st, 2008 at 2:34 pmSteven Roy said:
I think Renault could have a bill for a new door when Fernando reaches the motor home
August 1st, 2008 at 2:34 pmLadySnowcat said:
Camera man staying a little clear of Kimi….
Can’t think why…
August 1st, 2008 at 2:35 pmlou said:
They have a lot of work to do for next year. surely it would be better to just give up with this years car. They can’t really get much slower can they. concentrate on making next years car sooooo much better.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:36 pmSteven Roy said:
It looked the same for me.
BTW does anyone know where I can get one of those fancy Schuberth helmets for our little kart race?
August 1st, 2008 at 2:37 pmlou said:
maybe he has been to anger management lessons. I was expecting to hear reports of the renault motor home being distroyed after last race.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:39 pmSteveintheUK said:
So out of Christine’s Fantasy Racers drivers
Trulli was 9
Glock was 11
Bourdais was 15
Fisichella was 17
Sutil was 18
Vettel was 20
not to bad, at least they didn’t come 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20. and Yes I did notice that Bourdais was at the bottom of the list.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:40 pmSteveintheUK said:
But wasn’t that want they did/said last year? and the year before? and the year before that?
August 1st, 2008 at 2:40 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Make your mind up, ITV stream - are you running or not?
August 1st, 2008 at 2:42 pmlou said:
piont taken. but the cars are sooo different next year, and they have Brawn
August 1st, 2008 at 2:42 pmSteven Roy said:
Some interesting team mate comparisons.
Heidfeld 0.225s ahead of Kubica
DC only 0.104s behind Webber
Kimi 0.001s ahead of Massa
Rosberg 0.321s ahead of Nakajima
August 1st, 2008 at 2:44 pmSteveintheUK said:
The McLaren website has helmet that you can buy, there fairly cheap, only around £15,000, but it is signed and he did wear it to win at the Monaco Grand Prix 2008
https://www.mclarenshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_10001_10551_-1_28653_VMM173
August 1st, 2008 at 2:44 pmme said:
blimey, much fun all round that one.
i have a list of things to fix before tomorrow morning. anymore suggestions please do let us know asap.
cheers!
August 1st, 2008 at 2:45 pmSteveintheUK said:
So hopefully NEXT year will be the session for them then, and you.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:46 pmlou said:
August 1st, 2008 at 2:47 pmSteveintheUK said:
Good info, but why wasn’t it ‘Webber 1.104s ahead of DC’? but the different teams do seem to have matched their cars/driver pretty well for this circuit.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:48 pmChristine said:
I have noticed that the comments box kind of flickers when it refreshes and there aren’t any new comments appearing… almost as if it goes to put a comment in but changes it’s mind, all in a split second.
It doesn’t bug me because then I know when that it has refreshed, but I’m assuming it’s not meant to do that.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:50 pmSteven Roy said:
Who is going t pay £15k for a helmet that fogs up. What good is that for January in Birmingham?
August 1st, 2008 at 2:51 pmSteven Roy said:
i noticed the flicker too. It can be a bit distracting if you are watching the video and it flickers but there are no new comments. A small price to pay though for not having to spend the whole session pressing F5
August 1st, 2008 at 2:54 pmme said:
that’s the result of an ie7 “fix”. without it the comments won’t scroll down properly. will investigate further.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:55 pmChristine said:
Ah, perhaps it is the price one has to pay for using IE7. Thankfully, given the choice, I wouldn’t.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:55 pmStuart C said:
Interesting comment by Geoff Willis of Red Bull today. He says the ‘anvil wing’ delivers a small but useful performance uplift, and that the recent rash of them as largely down to gamesmanship: it’s the teams way of showing each other that they’re still pushing ‘08 development.
August 1st, 2008 at 2:59 pmSteven Roy said:
Seems like an odd comment because unless the teams were still developing they wouldn’t have them on the car. No-one is going to put anything on the car for gamesmanship unless it works and if it works it isn’t just gamesmanship.
August 1st, 2008 at 3:08 pmLadySnowcat said:
Small but useful = Useful…
End of..
It’s hardly like having the latest pair of Jimmy Choos is it?….
August 1st, 2008 at 3:08 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Very true, Steven. Unless some teams are trying to divert other teams’ resources into 2008 instead of 2009. Which wouldn’t be much use since the teams know what they can expect from 2008 by now and are acting accordingly.
August 1st, 2008 at 3:09 pmSteven Roy said:
How much time is to be had from the latest Jimmy Choos?
August 1st, 2008 at 3:14 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Would the latest Jimmy Choos fit my feet?
August 1st, 2008 at 3:22 pmAlianora La Canta said:
I am now in the process of putting the latest version of the comparitor into drop.io.
August 1st, 2008 at 3:27 pmAlianora La Canta said:
Predictions:
- Barrichello, the Toro Rossos and the Force Indias to not make it out of Q1 (Bourdais and Fisichella having an outside chance of managing the feat)
- Button and Nakajima should make it into Q2, but could be slightly under threat from Bourdais and Fisichella
- Webber and Trulli comfortably in Q2, but not getting into Q3
- Rosberg, Coulthard and the BMWs will fight for slots in Q3
Top 6 predictions (Qualifying):
Massa-Hamilton
Kovalainen-Raikkonen
Glock-Alonso
Top 6 predictions (Race):
Kovalainen-Raikkonen (I struggle to believe this one too)
Massa-Hamilton
Alonso-Piquet Jr
August 1st, 2008 at 3:34 pmLadySnowcat said:
The latest Jimmy Choos are lovely but no special time advantage….
But then they are a fashion accessory to make your feet look pretty….
Whereas a shark fin may make you go a little quicker but most certainly doesn’t make your car look pretty….
August 1st, 2008 at 3:38 pmLadySnowcat said:
Make it Kimi then Heikki and you would be the answer to my prayers…
August 1st, 2008 at 3:59 pmAlianora La Canta said:
I’m sorry, my spreadsheet doesn’t do miracles on demand. Though I’ve got a Finnish friend who would be delighted by that result (the presence of Raikkonen and Kovalainen being the reason she started following the sport).
August 1st, 2008 at 4:26 pmSteven Roy said:
It looks like the Renault shooting was suicide.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/69560
August 1st, 2008 at 4:37 pmlou said:
Oh my god! :O
August 1st, 2008 at 5:19 pmAlianora La Canta said:
It’s sad