Live Commenting: Belgium - Free Practice 3

Although some of us prayed for the rain to come and spice things up a bit, the one thing it does do is make things very confusing. We’ve had two sessions in the wet at Spa now, and we haven’t really learned much. It does seem like Ferrari have the upper hand so far this weekend, but then by their own admission, McLaren weren’t actually trying very hard yesterday.

The weather looks set to be a bit less damp today, although there was a lot of rain overnight. Showers are predicted for the morning, but things should start clearing up by the time qualifying gets going. Either way it looks like FP3 will at least start damp, whether it gets any worse we’ll have to wait and see.

Several drivers will be hoping conditions stay clear for them, as they missed out on plenty of running yesterday. Webber, Raikkonen and Fisichella in particular all spent some time tucked into the tyre barriers, so they will be wanting to make the most of any dry areas on track today. Kubica also couldn’t find anything positive to say about his car, so for the sake of his sanity, I’m hoping he has a good day.

We should also see more experimentation with the tyres if it is dry today, although if weather predictions show more rain for the weekend, it’s not going to make that much difference. So far it looks like the softer tyre is the faster option, but as a long lap, they could wear out quite quickly. Hopefully we’ll see some evidence of that this morning.

For whatever reason, ITV aren’t aware that Free Practice 3 exists, so we’ll be hunting for video on the web. If you know of any, please feel free to share in the comments. ITV aren’t showing Free Practice 3 and have yet to explain themselves as to why. We’ll be hunting for video on the web. 5live Sports Extra are supposed to be covering the session, so hopefully we will at least have audio to go with the pretty numbers. Click the triangle in the top left to visit the autorefresh live comments, and I’ll see you there.

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224 Responses

  1. September 6th, 2008 at 9:42 amChristine said:

    Have posted some screen caps from FP1 and 2 into drop.io.

  2. September 6th, 2008 at 9:48 amme said:

    so, what turkish / polish hybrid tv shall we watch this week?

  3. September 6th, 2008 at 9:52 amChristine said:

    That’s your job. I had the really hard task of getting 5live on my laptop. You know, clicking play.

  4. September 6th, 2008 at 9:54 amDank said:

    Good morning F1 chums.

    Rain today?

  5. September 6th, 2008 at 9:56 amJeremy said:

    Hello all!

    Working on iPod touch at moment. Will see how it goes

  6. September 6th, 2008 at 9:56 amlou said:

    Hey, Hope you are all well. :D

  7. September 6th, 2008 at 9:57 amDom said:

    Morning all, back for good now (hopefully).

    Live timing appears to have given up on me once again. Even switching to firefox doesn’t work now :(

  8. September 6th, 2008 at 9:58 amChristine said:

    Hi all.

  9. September 6th, 2008 at 9:58 amme said:

    hello :)

    Working on iPod touch at moment. Will see how it goes

    live commenting? wow. we’re working on a dedicated iPhone app because i didn’t think it would work?

  10. September 6th, 2008 at 9:58 amme said:

    fp3 video:

    http://www.justin.tv/hqtv4

    (i think)

  11. September 6th, 2008 at 10:00 amDom said:

    5live in action

  12. September 6th, 2008 at 10:00 amme said:

    Live timing appears to have given up on me once again. Even switching to firefox doesn’t work now

    tis good for me.

    5live is up too.

  13. September 6th, 2008 at 10:01 amKathi said:

    Good morning :)

  14. September 6th, 2008 at 10:01 amme said:

    alternate video feed:

    http://www.justin.tv/live24_xtra

  15. September 6th, 2008 at 10:01 amme said:

    that second feed has decent south african coverage.

  16. September 6th, 2008 at 10:02 amlou said:

    ah it’s nice to see Spa again :) (didn’t get to actually see it yesterday)

  17. September 6th, 2008 at 10:02 amJeremy said:

    I’ve switched to computer but the iPod Touch was working fine!

  18. September 6th, 2008 at 10:02 amDom said:

    20% chance of rain?

  19. September 6th, 2008 at 10:02 amDank said:

    Oh poor ol’ Button!

  20. September 6th, 2008 at 10:02 amKathi said:

    uh. That was fast

  21. September 6th, 2008 at 10:02 amDom said:

    Jenson already out! :(

  22. September 6th, 2008 at 10:03 amlou said:

    Oh no! Whats up with Jenson! :(

  23. September 6th, 2008 at 10:03 amme said:

    I’ve switched to computer but the iPod Touch was working fine!

    that might save save work.

    20% chance of rain?

    if not more.

  24. September 6th, 2008 at 10:03 amChristine said:

    BUtton’s session over before it begins!

  25. September 6th, 2008 at 10:04 amDank said:

    Waffles! That’s the other reason to go to Spa!

  26. September 6th, 2008 at 10:05 amJeremy said:

    I take it Button has crashed..?

  27. September 6th, 2008 at 10:05 amme said:

    Waffles! That’s the other reason to go to Spa!

    :)
    are you still missing the track, even in this weather? i looks a bit miserable there.

  28. September 6th, 2008 at 10:05 amme said:

    I take it Button has crashed..?

    pulled over to the side of the track.

  29. September 6th, 2008 at 10:06 amlou said:

    :( damn not Hondas weekend…. again…

  30. September 6th, 2008 at 10:06 amChristine said:

    Rosberg says track is mostly dry but not all, and no to dry tyres

  31. September 6th, 2008 at 10:07 amDank said:

    are you still missing the track, even in this weather? i looks a bit miserable there.

    No more miserable than Silverstone this year?!!

  32. September 6th, 2008 at 10:07 amme said:

    last years fastest saturday morning time was 1:46.1. not sure we’ll see anyone get near that today.

  33. September 6th, 2008 at 10:07 amme said:

    No more miserable than Silverstone this year?!!

    hehe, v.good point :)

  34. September 6th, 2008 at 10:07 amChristine said:

    As ever, just the Ferrari’s yet to go out for an installation lap.

  35. September 6th, 2008 at 10:07 amChristine said:

    No more miserable than Silverstone this year?!!

    Can’t say that I miss being there though!

  36. September 6th, 2008 at 10:10 amme said:

    holly saying honda have no idea what happened to button.

  37. September 6th, 2008 at 10:11 amChristine said:

    What are the chances of Force India getting into Q2 this week?

  38. September 6th, 2008 at 10:11 amlou said:

    Oh brilliant, Honda have no idea what happened :(

  39. September 6th, 2008 at 10:11 amJeremy said:

    He probably just needs a can of ‘Start Ya Bastard’

  40. September 6th, 2008 at 10:13 amme said:

    What are the chances of Force India getting into Q2 this week?

    best yet i’d say. one honda already down. depends if it dries up for qually or not though.

    if one car gets through, who’s your money on?

  41. September 6th, 2008 at 10:13 amChristine said:

    Heidfeld and Bourdais out.

  42. September 6th, 2008 at 10:13 amDank said:

    Fisi surely?

  43. September 6th, 2008 at 10:13 amJeremy said:

    Sutil was quick at Monaco in the wet wasn’t he?

    Or was it just strategy

  44. September 6th, 2008 at 10:14 amme said:

    bourdais and heidfeld join the track.

  45. September 6th, 2008 at 10:14 amChristine said:

    5live say its raining again.

  46. September 6th, 2008 at 10:14 amme said:

    Sutil was quick at Monaco in the wet wasn’t he?

    yep, was that because he loves the track or because he’s good in the wet?

  47. September 6th, 2008 at 10:15 amme said:

    force india expecting proper rain and are ready for a full wet test.

  48. September 6th, 2008 at 10:16 amlou said:

    Massa looks a little cold.

  49. September 6th, 2008 at 10:16 amme said:

    massa looking like he’s not up for any wet action… again.

  50. September 6th, 2008 at 10:16 amChristine said:

    Bourdais fastest of the two.

  51. September 6th, 2008 at 10:17 amJeremy said:

    Vettel with beat them both!

  52. September 6th, 2008 at 10:17 amme said:

    Bourdais fastest of the two.

    vettel’s up for it too. the str looking good in the damp conditions.

  53. September 6th, 2008 at 10:18 amme said:

    jackie ickx in the ferrari pit :)

  54. September 6th, 2008 at 10:18 amDom said:

    Oooh, I want waffles

  55. September 6th, 2008 at 10:19 amJeremy said:

    A Ferrari win will be dedicated to the memory of Phil Hill?

  56. September 6th, 2008 at 10:19 amChristine said:

    Force India’s join in the fun as well.

  57. September 6th, 2008 at 10:19 amDom said:

    Sutil off

  58. September 6th, 2008 at 10:19 amR.G (The Nurburgring/Sato/BMW Fan) said:

    Good morning ladies and gentlemen, I am able to make fp3 today. Mainly because I am not going out in that weather.

    So, I’m assuming its raining.

    yep, was that because he loves the track or because he’s good in the wet?

    Well if you remember Silverstone, which was in the wet, he was particulary poor, spun off spectaculary. So, I’m putting it down to be good in the wet at Monaco.

  59. September 6th, 2008 at 10:19 amJeremy said:

    Ouch - I was just about to say that I think Sutil will be faster than Fisi

  60. September 6th, 2008 at 10:19 amme said:

    A Ferrari win will be dedicated to the memory of Phil Hill?

    that would be fitting. they’ve got to win first tho.

  61. September 6th, 2008 at 10:20 amJeremy said:

    they’ve got to win first tho.

    Sorry. I forgot that Jeebus told me to keep it a secret.

  62. September 6th, 2008 at 10:21 amme said:

    Good morning ladies and gentlemen, I am able to make fp3 today. Mainly because I am not going out in that weather.

    hehe, hi r.g.

    Well if you remember Silverstone, which was in the wet, he was particulary poor, spun off spectaculary. So, I’m putting it down to be good in the wet at Monaco.

    tis true. he did well at monaco the previous year too. must be a circuit thing.

    fissi for q2 then :)

  63. September 6th, 2008 at 10:21 amme said:

    Sorry. I forgot that Jeebus told me to keep it a secret.

    haha!

  64. September 6th, 2008 at 10:22 amme said:

    flying the heli-cam around spa looks like a fun job :)

  65. September 6th, 2008 at 10:23 amChristine said:

    Glock fastest S2

  66. September 6th, 2008 at 10:23 amJeremy said:

    Sutil isn’t out of it then?

    Here comes Fernando!

  67. September 6th, 2008 at 10:23 amDom said:

    Fernando P2

  68. September 6th, 2008 at 10:23 amJeremy said:

    Nelsinho!

  69. September 6th, 2008 at 10:24 amDom said:

    Piquet P1

  70. September 6th, 2008 at 10:24 amme said:

    nice lap from glock. goes top.

    piquet faster though, beats em all.

  71. September 6th, 2008 at 10:24 amme said:

    Piquet P1

    rainmaster piquet? that renault is working well this weekend.

  72. September 6th, 2008 at 10:24 amJeremy said:

    Yay MW! Fastest despite yesterdays indescretion

  73. September 6th, 2008 at 10:25 amlou said:

    haha my radio is just behind my live timings and my video is just behind my video. :)

  74. September 6th, 2008 at 10:25 amme said:

    Yay MW! Fastest despite yesterdays indescretion

    webber! making up for yesterday then :)

  75. September 6th, 2008 at 10:26 amAlex Andronov said:

    Morning everyone…

  76. September 6th, 2008 at 10:26 amDank said:

    I hope for Webber it absolutely tips it down tomorrow and levels out the playing field a bit. I’ll remind him to keep away from the white lines as I wouldn’t like a repeat of the Becketts incident from Silverstone!

  77. September 6th, 2008 at 10:26 amlou said:

    Rubens goes out on track to join in the fun

  78. September 6th, 2008 at 10:26 amme said:

    Morning everyone…

    hey alex. video feed (to save ya looking):

    http://www.justin.tv/live24_xtra

  79. September 6th, 2008 at 10:26 amlou said:

    Hey Alex

  80. September 6th, 2008 at 10:27 amSteven Roy said:

    Hi all. made it at last

  81. September 6th, 2008 at 10:27 amlou said:

    Hey Steven.

  82. September 6th, 2008 at 10:27 amJeremy said:

    Track temp is climbing. When will we see the big boys out?

  83. September 6th, 2008 at 10:28 amme said:

    I’ll remind him to keep away from the white lines as I wouldn’t like a repeat of the Becketts incident from Silverstone!

    p2 on the grid at the stone though. i bet he’s hoping for rain in qually, then less in the race :)

  84. September 6th, 2008 at 10:28 amme said:

    Hi all. made it at last

    hey ya.

    Track temp is climbing. When will we see the big boys out?

    kubica was just discussion on the radio. didn’t seem to keen.

  85. September 6th, 2008 at 10:29 amR.G (The Nurburgring/Sato/BMW Fan) said:

    Darn buffering

  86. September 6th, 2008 at 10:29 amSteven Roy said:

    Did Button go off?

  87. September 6th, 2008 at 10:29 amChristine said:

    Ferrari still haven’t been out at all. Not even an installation lap.

  88. September 6th, 2008 at 10:29 amme said:

    dc thrashes all and is the first man into the 57’s.

  89. September 6th, 2008 at 10:30 amR.G (The Nurburgring/Sato/BMW Fan) said:

    DC quickest then

  90. September 6th, 2008 at 10:30 amlou said:

    Did Button go off?

    he just pulled off the track

  91. September 6th, 2008 at 10:30 amJeremy said:

    Track temp is only just above air temp. I wonder if they’ll wait for a bigger difference. Any meteorologists here who can explain the effect of the humidity changes?

  92. September 6th, 2008 at 10:30 amR.G (The Nurburgring/Sato/BMW Fan) said:

    Nicky, yay!

  93. September 6th, 2008 at 10:30 amChristine said:

    Did Button go off?

    Left the pit lane, went about 100 yards, pulled to the side.

  94. September 6th, 2008 at 10:30 amDom said:

    Heidfeld P1 now

  95. September 6th, 2008 at 10:30 amChristine said:

    Massa is in the car now.

  96. September 6th, 2008 at 10:31 amJeremy said:

    Vettel about to smash everyone?

  97. September 6th, 2008 at 10:31 amme said:

    now must be the time for the big guns to roll out. vettel putting in a purple s1 @ 33.0.

    alonso wants to keep running, working on his tyres. team tell him to stay out.

  98. September 6th, 2008 at 10:31 amAlex Andronov said:

    I’ve been thinking all morning that there was going to be a sidepodcast pre-show show live radio thing. And then I realised that it was Saturday not Sunday…

  99. September 6th, 2008 at 10:31 amChristine said:

    Do you think the wet weather has ruined Renault’s go-ridiculously-slow-and-risk-everything tyre plans?

  100. September 6th, 2008 at 10:31 amlou said:

    did they say Button’s honda was just at the side of the track… shouldn’t they attempt to bring it back to the pits…

  101. September 6th, 2008 at 10:32 amChristine said:

    pre-show show live radio thing.

    Could be another title there ;)

  102. September 6th, 2008 at 10:32 amlou said:

    Do you think the wet weather has ruined Renault’s go-ridiculously-slow-and-risk-everything tyre plans?

    hopefully

  103. September 6th, 2008 at 10:32 ampmtate said:

    Justin tv seems to be in sync with five live whereas ITV-f1 yesterday had a minute delay, why is that?

    Paul

  104. September 6th, 2008 at 10:32 amR.G (The Nurburgring/Sato/BMW Fan) said:

    Seb Vettel quickest out there.

  105. September 6th, 2008 at 10:32 amme said:

    Do you think the wet weather has ruined Renault’s go-ridiculously-slow-and-risk-everything tyre plans?

    i reckon alonso may have quashed those ideas during testing. nothing much been said about them since.

    shouldn’t they attempt to bring it back to the pits…

    not allowed until the session is done, lou.

  106. September 6th, 2008 at 10:33 amlou said:

    not allowed until the session is done, lou.

    ah right. that i didn’t know.

  107. September 6th, 2008 at 10:33 amSteven Roy said:

    I have 2 Vettels on live timing

  108. September 6th, 2008 at 10:33 amme said:

    Justin tv seems to be in sync with five live whereas ITV-f1 yesterday had a minute delay, why is that?

    if you’re watching the SA feed, they have a different line from FOM, whereas we know ITV are just plain useless :)

  109. September 6th, 2008 at 10:34 amJeremy said:

    not allowed until the session is done

    He should get the car going again himself. Quick dash back to the pits for a fuse/spanner/miracle

  110. September 6th, 2008 at 10:35 amChristine said:

    Williams radio telling Kaz that it’s slippery for the first couple of laps on the prime tyre.

  111. September 6th, 2008 at 10:35 amme said:

    cars returning to the pits. running order with 25mins to go:

    - vettel
    - heidfeld
    - coulthard
    - glock
    - webber

    glock and alonso still circulating

  112. September 6th, 2008 at 10:35 amJeremy said:

    Subtle reminder there Kaz?

  113. September 6th, 2008 at 10:37 amJeremy said:

    Glock must be enjoying himself. Faster and faster he goes.

  114. September 6th, 2008 at 10:37 amDank said:

    Glock about to go top?

  115. September 6th, 2008 at 10:38 amme said:

    Glock must be enjoying himself. Faster and faster he goes.

    is he running dries now? pics a bit blurry.

  116. September 6th, 2008 at 10:38 amlou said:

    Glock goes P1

  117. September 6th, 2008 at 10:38 amJeremy said:

    Kazuki not slow either. It must be drying out

  118. September 6th, 2008 at 10:38 amSteven Roy said:

    1 min 52 should be fast enough to scramble the McLarens and the Ferraris

  119. September 6th, 2008 at 10:38 amJeremy said:

    @me - you are my eyes good sir!

  120. September 6th, 2008 at 10:38 amme said:

    glock then gets it all wrong at the first corner on the next lap.

  121. September 6th, 2008 at 10:39 amme said:

    @me - you are my eyes good sir!

    think i can see straight grooved tyres. he’s a brave man, but it’s working.

  122. September 6th, 2008 at 10:40 amDank said:

    Five Live just mentioned that all the office/tower blocks have been asked to leave their lights on during the race for background eye-candy. That coupled with the massive wattage being used to illuminate the track… who says F1 isn’t going green?

  123. September 6th, 2008 at 10:40 amme said:

    Five Live just mentioned that all the office/tower blocks have been asked to leave their lights on during the race for background eye-candy. That coupled with the massive wattage being used to illuminate the track… who says F1 isn’t going green?

    ha!

    on the one hand, that’ll look amazing if they can pull it off. on the other, what a freakin waste :(

  124. September 6th, 2008 at 10:41 amSteven Roy said:

    Kimi out

  125. September 6th, 2008 at 10:41 amChristine said:

    Raikkonen finally joins the track!!

  126. September 6th, 2008 at 10:41 amJeremy said:

    c’mon Kimi - lets see what you’ve got!

  127. September 6th, 2008 at 10:42 amme said:

    kimi taking it a bit easy on his first flyer.

  128. September 6th, 2008 at 10:43 amJeremy said:

    Williams on top!

  129. September 6th, 2008 at 10:43 amDank said:

    The times they are a tumbling. No rain on the radar either.

  130. September 6th, 2008 at 10:43 amChristine said:

    Williams saying there’s no rain on the radar at all.

  131. September 6th, 2008 at 10:43 amSteven Roy said:

    No rain on the radar at all. DC team radio

  132. September 6th, 2008 at 10:43 amSteven Roy said:

    Button to BMW?

  133. September 6th, 2008 at 10:44 amAlex Andronov said:

    on the one hand, that’ll look amazing if they can pull it off. on the other, what a freakin waste

    You know… I’m pretty green for an F1 fan. But I want to see that…

  134. September 6th, 2008 at 10:44 amAlex Andronov said:

    Button to BMW

    Where’s that from?

  135. September 6th, 2008 at 10:44 amme said:

    times they be a tumbling :)

  136. September 6th, 2008 at 10:44 amron said:

    can you tell me the link where you guys are watching the live action

  137. September 6th, 2008 at 10:44 amJeremy said:

    Williams saying there’s no rain on the radar at all.

    Yet still no Maccas or Massas

  138. September 6th, 2008 at 10:44 amDank said:

    Button to BMW?

    Ha! More like working on a BMW forecourt selling second-hand cars (oooh, controversial! :-D)

  139. September 6th, 2008 at 10:44 amlou said:

    It must be such an awful time for Rubens…. He can’t know if he has a drive for next year or not. All depends on Ferrari and Alonso…. :s

  140. September 6th, 2008 at 10:45 amSteven Roy said:

    http://www.justin.tv/hqtv4

  141. September 6th, 2008 at 10:45 amDom said:

    Button to BMW?

    Thats a new one.

  142. September 6th, 2008 at 10:45 amme said:

    kimi get’s it all wrong at the final corner.

  143. September 6th, 2008 at 10:46 amme said:

    sutil with a purple s1!

  144. September 6th, 2008 at 10:46 amChristine said:

    It must be such an awful time for Rubens….

    He’s probably quite philosophical about it though.

  145. September 6th, 2008 at 10:46 amme said:

    le seb on top. after a slow start am loving this session :)

  146. September 6th, 2008 at 10:46 amJeremy said:

    As long as his little boy keeps praying, he will be fine

  147. September 6th, 2008 at 10:47 amSteven Roy said:

    Hamilton on track

  148. September 6th, 2008 at 10:47 amAlex Andronov said:

    Lou does it depend of Ferrari? Ferrari have said that they are keeping their line up for next year. I think it probably depends on Flav.

  149. September 6th, 2008 at 10:48 amBG said:

    I wonder what’s with the McLarens? will they comletetly skip this practice session or what?

  150. September 6th, 2008 at 10:48 amChristine said:

    I’m sure I saw Massa in the car. Has he really been sat there for twenty minutes? Is he even going to come out at all?

  151. September 6th, 2008 at 10:48 amChristine said:

    I wonder what’s with the McLarens? will they comletetly skip this practice session or what?

    Just left the pit lane :)

  152. September 6th, 2008 at 10:48 amJeremy said:

    Good to see BMW on top. Was a bit worried about them after yesterdays comments

  153. September 6th, 2008 at 10:49 amme said:

    I’m sure I saw Massa in the car. Has he really been sat there for twenty minutes? Is he even going to come out at all?

    he be scared of a bit of water. is currently to be found looking for some courage.

  154. September 6th, 2008 at 10:49 amBG said:

    well they took their time…

  155. September 6th, 2008 at 10:49 amSteven Roy said:

    Piquet P1

  156. September 6th, 2008 at 10:49 amDom said:

    Piquet P1 again

  157. September 6th, 2008 at 10:49 amJeremy said:

    he be scared of a bit of water. is currently to be found looking for some courage.

    jinx!

  158. September 6th, 2008 at 10:50 amme said:

    renault 1 & 2, with 10 mins remaining.

  159. September 6th, 2008 at 10:50 amJeremy said:

    Hamilton immediately quick!!!!!! YAY!

  160. September 6th, 2008 at 10:50 amSteven Roy said:

    Lewis about to go P1

  161. September 6th, 2008 at 10:50 amme said:

    holy smokes, hamilton not messing around.

  162. September 6th, 2008 at 10:51 amme said:

    kovi has no answer for his teammate.

  163. September 6th, 2008 at 10:51 amJeremy said:

    Fully purple… fully sick!

  164. September 6th, 2008 at 10:51 amAlex Andronov said:

    That was a bit of a lap!

  165. September 6th, 2008 at 10:51 amDom said:

    Massa coming out

  166. September 6th, 2008 at 10:51 amSteven Roy said:

    Hamilton looks so relaxed. Not fighting the car at all

  167. September 6th, 2008 at 10:51 amDank said:

    DC only done four laps?

  168. September 6th, 2008 at 10:51 amAlex Andronov said:

    There goes Massa

  169. September 6th, 2008 at 10:51 amChristine said:

    Massa planning just three laps.

  170. September 6th, 2008 at 10:52 amJeremy said:

    Fully purple… fully sick!

    Argh! That’s so daggy but hopefully in the running for a podcast title

  171. September 6th, 2008 at 10:52 amlou said:

    wow Ferrari left it along time - trying to preserve Massa’s engine?

  172. September 6th, 2008 at 10:52 amSteven Roy said:

    Kovi’s first flying lap 3 seconds slower than Lewis

  173. September 6th, 2008 at 10:52 amme said:

    now kovi has some speed.

  174. September 6th, 2008 at 10:52 amJeremy said:

    I think they have different conrods now

  175. September 6th, 2008 at 10:53 amAlex Andronov said:

    Just noticed in the Justin.tv chatroom that people are calling Lewis: “FIAmilton”

  176. September 6th, 2008 at 10:53 amme said:

    wow Ferrari left it along time - trying to preserve Massa’s engine?

    could be.

  177. September 6th, 2008 at 10:54 amDank said:

    Crofty getting MW and DC mixed up? :-)

  178. September 6th, 2008 at 10:54 amSteven Roy said:

    Remember Massa had to thrash his engine for an extra 20 laps trying to build a gap at Valencia because of the non-penalty.

  179. September 6th, 2008 at 10:55 amJeremy said:

    If I was driving for any team other than Ferrari or McLaren, I would be depressed right now

  180. September 6th, 2008 at 10:55 amme said:

    Remember Massa had to thrash his engine for an extra 20 laps trying to build a gap at Valencia because of the non-penalty.

    tis true. he’s likely to bin it out there this morning too :)

  181. September 6th, 2008 at 10:55 amChristine said:

    David Croft leads Maurice to answer: “Well, there’s nobody better than Al… well, there’s nobody better in their price range than Alonso.”

  182. September 6th, 2008 at 10:55 amme said:

    If I was driving for any team other than Ferrari or McLaren, I would be depressed right now

    especially if your car broke down during your outlap at the beginning of the session…

  183. September 6th, 2008 at 10:56 amSteven Roy said:

    How can the Ferrari be 0.3 sec down climbing the hill?

  184. September 6th, 2008 at 10:56 amme said:

    ferrari with no answer to mclaren.

  185. September 6th, 2008 at 10:57 amme said:

    all cars out there, ‘cept for button.

  186. September 6th, 2008 at 10:57 amJeremy said:

    he’s likely to bin it out there this morning too

    Here’s hoping! Ooh, thats mean. Sorry Felipe. I don’t mind you coming third or fourth…

  187. September 6th, 2008 at 10:58 amChristine said:

    Massa doesn’t look at all comfortable in that car. Are three laps enough?

  188. September 6th, 2008 at 10:58 amSteven Roy said:

    Can’t believe I put Massa in my fantasy racers team for a wet race. He is getting fired for Monza

  189. September 6th, 2008 at 10:58 amme said:

    Massa doesn’t look at all comfortable in that car. Are three laps enough?

    unless they’re hiding something… nope.

  190. September 6th, 2008 at 10:59 amlou said:

    Argh! I’ve just noticed Rubens is basically last. Stupid Honda with your crappy car!

  191. September 6th, 2008 at 10:59 amChristine said:

    Rosberg doing pretty well again today. Williams staying pretty quiet but posting some better times. Their test developments definitely helped then.

  192. September 6th, 2008 at 10:59 amJeremy said:

    Track temp still rather low. Not having too big an effect.

  193. September 6th, 2008 at 10:59 amSteven Roy said:

    Are three laps enough?

    It was enough for Hamilton. Ferrari struggle to heat their tyres and Massa is not so hot in the wet so they should have given him a few runs

  194. September 6th, 2008 at 11:00 amDank said:

    Shift your bum Webber!

  195. September 6th, 2008 at 11:00 amlou said:

    Can’t believe I put Massa in my fantasy racers team for a wet race. He is getting fired for Monza

    I’m stuck with both Massa and Alonso neither of which i wanted in my team….

  196. September 6th, 2008 at 11:00 amChristine said:

    I’m stuck with both Massa and Alonso neither of which i wanted in my team….

    Alonso’s doing alright so far though.

  197. September 6th, 2008 at 11:01 amlou said:

    Rubens goes up to 17th…. still not good though.

  198. September 6th, 2008 at 11:01 amme said:

    Alonso’s doing alright so far though.

    i thought he’d be higher up than 4th after yesterday though.

  199. September 6th, 2008 at 11:02 amme said:

    good showing from nick. the only man into th 47’s.

  200. September 6th, 2008 at 11:02 amlou said:

    Alonso’s doing alright so far though.

    I don’t trust his engine though. :P Will see, if it’s a wet race he could do really well.

  201. September 6th, 2008 at 11:02 amChristine said:

    i thought he’d be higher up than 4th after yesterday though.

    What? You thought he’d be first again?

  202. September 6th, 2008 at 11:02 amme said:

    What? You thought he’d be first again?

    yep :)

  203. September 6th, 2008 at 11:02 amChristine said:

    i thought he’d be higher up than 4th after yesterday though.

    Also, he’s third which is better than fourth. ;)

  204. September 6th, 2008 at 11:03 amlou said:

    oh Rubens is still last. :s

  205. September 6th, 2008 at 11:04 amlou said:

    were five live hinting at Ant joining them… or just joking…. ?

  206. September 6th, 2008 at 11:04 amJeremy said:

    oh Rubens is still last

    He’s being nice to Jenson

  207. September 6th, 2008 at 11:04 amSteven Roy said:

    Also, he’s third which is better than fourth. :)

    No. He is fourth

  208. September 6th, 2008 at 11:05 amChristine said:

    No. He is fourth

    My live timing shows him as third?

  209. September 6th, 2008 at 11:05 amme said:

    oh Rubens is still last. :s

    dear lord :(

    were five live hinting at Ant joining them… or just joking…. ?

    dunno. i guess it depends on what happens to croftie too.

  210. September 6th, 2008 at 11:05 amJeremy said:

    Mine too

  211. September 6th, 2008 at 11:05 amlou said:

    My live timing shows him as third?

    yeah mine too

  212. September 6th, 2008 at 11:06 amDank said:

    Adios amigos! Won’t be around until after the race tomorrow.

  213. September 6th, 2008 at 11:06 amme said:

    shouldn’t they attempt to bring it back to the pits…

    cheers dank.

    we’ll be back with a qually thread in about, ooh, 20mins :)

  214. September 6th, 2008 at 11:07 amJeremy said:

    But Mark will come second behind Lewis!

  215. September 6th, 2008 at 11:07 amSteven Roy said:

    My live timing showed Heidfeld’s lap but then froze before Alonso’s final time. How difficult can it be to run a decent live timing system

  216. September 6th, 2008 at 11:08 amJeremy said:

    What I really need is 20 screens each with their own live timing for each car

  217. September 6th, 2008 at 11:09 amChristine said:

    My live timing showed Heidfeld’s lap but then froze before Alonso’s final time. How difficult can it be to run a decent live timing system

    Crazy isn’t it? I had two David Coulthard’s for some of that session. That wasn’t fun!!

  218. September 6th, 2008 at 11:11 amChristine said:

    From Autosport Live:

    10:07 For Lewis Hamilton’s practice start, his race engineer Phil Prew was requesting him to practice the start from the pole position starting slot - a touch presumptious perhaps.

    Lewis to his credit decided against that course of action, and chose to start on the right hand side, further down the grid.

  219. September 6th, 2008 at 11:12 amDom said:

    Off to try and get live timing working now.

  220. September 6th, 2008 at 11:22 amChristine said:

    P. Driver Team Time
    1 Nick Heidfeld BMW 1:47.876
    2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 0:00.289
    3 Fernando Alonso Renault 0:00.431
    4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 0:00.480
    5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 0:00.816
    6 Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso 0:00.892
    7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 0:00.939
    8 Nico Rosberg Williams 0:00.960
    9 Nelson Piquet Renault 0:01.070
    10 Mark Webber Red Bull 0:01.178
    11 Jarno Trulli Toyota 0:01.181
    12 David Coulthard Red Bull 0:01.249
    13 Robert Kubica BMW 0:01.374
    14 Sebastien Bourdais Toro Rosso 0:01.380
    15 Timo Glock Toyota 0:01.659
    16 Kazuki Nakajima Williams 0:01.954
    17 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 0:02.073
    18 Adrian Sutil Force India 0:02.158
    19 Rubens Barrichello Honda 0:02.185
    20 Jenson Button Honda
  221. September 6th, 2008 at 11:35 amStuart C said:

    Morning all,

    Dear oh dear. You can tell this is a track that demands aero efficiency – something the Honda doesn’t have. Imagine how hard it must be to motivate yourself to get in and drive the wretched thing…

  222. September 6th, 2008 at 11:42 amChristine said:

    Ross Brawn must be counting down the days until 2009.

  223. September 6th, 2008 at 11:58 amme said:

    Dear oh dear. You can tell this is a track that demands aero efficiency – something the Honda doesn’t have. Imagine how hard it must be to motivate yourself to get in and drive the wretched thing…

    i’m wondering if he didn’t just switch it off to save himself the bother.

  224. September 6th, 2008 at 12:01 pmlou said:

    i’m wondering if he didn’t just switch it off to save himself the bother.

    but it might rain during the race which might give honda a better race….

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