Live Commenting: Japan - Free Practice 2
What a turn up for the books, Fuji was all things bright and beautiful. I could even see the top of the mountain. It’s a very pretty circuit once the clouds clear, although 5live did say that they may be returning so we’ll have to see what happens ahead of FP2.
In terms of the action, it was off to a slow start, surprising given how little dry running the teams have done at the track. In fact, apparently there has never been a dry grand prix at Fuji, so no one knows what to expect, really.
It looks like the usual McLaren/Ferrari battle up front, with Hamilton getting first dibs at the top spot earlier this morning. Massa has the legs on Raikkonen, but so, it seems, does Kovalainen. Meanwhile, the Japanese contingent, Toyota and Honda both finished in 15th and below which isn’t exactly impressive showing. Nakajima had us worried for a while, running around at the back, but he pulled it out of the bag and slipped into the lofty heights of 10th.
There were no major incidents during the first session, a few drivers explored the run off areas, but no one came to any harm. The main issue was the green tyres. Whilst we’ve made fun of them, and called them ugly, they’re actually useless. It appears that no one ran soft tyres in FP1, but there’s no way of knowing because firstly, from a distance the green isn’t significantly different from white, and secondly, the stripes rub off after only a couple of laps. David Croft of 5live said we could quote him: “It’s rubbish for the sport.”
In which case, we will be relying on everyone to be eagle-eyed and looking out for who’s on what tyres, and that means paying close attention. Hard, when most of us are sleep-deprived, but we’ll all try out best.
I’ll be tuned to the ITV stream, and studying the official live timing. There’s plenty of pictures and links to look at in drop.io, and we’ll be adding more soon. Please join us in the Live Commenting Live… Thing as always, and let us know what you think of the action so far.
October 10th, 2008 at 05:32me said:
how many sessions then, before the novelty of watching the sun rise whilst live commenting wears off?
October 10th, 2008 at 05:39gr said:
Wait, after a single day of a single race weekend that happens in the middle of the night in your time zone, you’re whining?
And to think those of us in North America only just got upset because we don’t get a race within a 12 hour plane flight even once a year any more. Suck it up, man!
October 10th, 2008 at 05:39Jordan Allen said:
No place better to watch the sun rise than the Land of the Rising Sun….
October 10th, 2008 at 05:40Jay said:
Is there any online feed that is accessible to those outside of the England?
October 10th, 2008 at 05:42me said:
nahh, i don’t whine. it’s fun.
ahh, tis so true… sadly
October 10th, 2008 at 05:44me said:
soon as we find one, we’ll embed it in the post jay. usually soon after the session gets underway.
i likes what you did there!
October 10th, 2008 at 05:44Dirty Scarab said:
this one worked well for me:
http://www.soccer-live.pl/ITVF1/formulajeden.php
October 10th, 2008 at 05:48Christine said:
You make it sound like this is an unusual occurance for you.
October 10th, 2008 at 05:50gr said:
Erm… all of the links I posted previously work in the US, anyway.
I think that justin.tv is a pain to embed, and DS tagged one that I think is difficult to extract from their PHP shenanigans, but this one should be fine inside and embed tag:
http://pic.mellbimbo.hu/files/simulcastPlayer.swf
October 10th, 2008 at 05:50Christine said:
I was dreaming about Massa having to win a race on the travellator from Gladiators. If this session isn’t as interesting as that, I will be annoyed.
October 10th, 2008 at 05:50me said:
there appears to be a subtle difference between staying up late by accident and staying up late deliberatly.
i can’t really explain it.
October 10th, 2008 at 05:52Jordan Allen said:
Well said gr! The connecting flights from Toronto to San Paulo are absolute murder. You wste a whole day becasue there is stopovers at Houston, Miami, Brazilia and San Paulo….
October 10th, 2008 at 05:52me said:
the issue with that one, is it confuses the cookies of people who are in the uk. and then you suddenly find you can’t get into the legit uk feed anymore
October 10th, 2008 at 05:52Christine said:
ITV feed is working
October 10th, 2008 at 05:53gr said:
Oh, yeah, I guess it would, woudln’t it, given what they’re doing. Perhaps a link, at least, for people just coming in?
October 10th, 2008 at 05:53Dirty Scarab said:
Looks a bit cooler out there…
October 10th, 2008 at 05:53Christine said:
Did I just see an umbrella?
October 10th, 2008 at 05:54me said:
i think you just did
October 10th, 2008 at 05:54gr said:
I like these shots of the hat-uniformed schoolkids being ushered in.
October 10th, 2008 at 05:55Jordan Allen said:
Is it one of those old paper unbrella that the geisha used to have, Christine?
October 10th, 2008 at 05:55gr said:
I guess I meant in the post body, but fair enough.
October 10th, 2008 at 05:56Christine said:
Live timing has reset.
October 10th, 2008 at 05:56Dirty Scarab said:
Pretty much same track conditions according to F1.com’s weather info
October 10th, 2008 at 05:56Christine said:
Track temperature 29, air 21.
October 10th, 2008 at 05:56Jordan Allen said:
I wonder what it would take to start a “Wave” in Fuji but have the crowd shout “Banzai” as well….
October 10th, 2008 at 05:56Dirty Scarab said:
Damn, that’s a beautiful setting for a gp.
October 10th, 2008 at 05:57Steven Roy said:
Well I made it out of bed and back in front of my computer
October 10th, 2008 at 05:57gr said:
So, where’s the “no rain for 30 minutes” prediction, then?
October 10th, 2008 at 05:58Dirty Scarab said:
It’s weird to think that bmw are only 15pts away from leading the constructors…
October 10th, 2008 at 05:58Jordan Allen said:
THis does not look like to the old Fuji track that was on the Atari Video game “Pole Position”…. <em>
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October 10th, 2008 at 05:58me said:
same stream as before is no working, jay if you refresh the page you should see it.
October 10th, 2008 at 05:59me said:
it seems less blocky and more pastel.
October 10th, 2008 at 05:59me said:
i meant now working, oops.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:00Christine said:
Session has started.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:00Christine said:
Heidfeld, Glock, Fisichella all out.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:00Jordan Allen said:
Where’s the Ferris Wheel ?
October 10th, 2008 at 06:00Christine said:
Seems like more installation laps coming up.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:01Steven Roy said:
Suzuka, Singapore?
October 10th, 2008 at 06:01Jordan Allen said:
Come on striped tires!
October 10th, 2008 at 06:02Dirty Scarab said:
Still no-one on softs (as I can see!!)
October 10th, 2008 at 06:02Jordan Allen said:
Those striped tires actually look like grooved slicks….
October 10th, 2008 at 06:02lou said:
morning, how is everyone?
October 10th, 2008 at 06:03Christine said:
Not installation laps then, I take it back., Fisichella sets the first time.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:03Jordan Allen said:
1:00 am in the land of the damp and soggy tundra….
October 10th, 2008 at 06:03Steven Roy said:
wide awake - ish
October 10th, 2008 at 06:03Christine said:
Hi Lou.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:03Christine said:
All but Ferraris, McLarens and Barrichello are out on track, and only four minutes gone.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:04me said:
surprising good.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:04me said:
except for the typing.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:04me said:
action packed session coming up then.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:04Christine said:
Barrichello joins the fun.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:04Dirty Scarab said:
Ha-Ha. Lack of traction control rocks. Fisi’s got a handful.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:05Jeremy said:
October 10th, 2008 at 06:05lou said:
lol, i’m very tired. i actually woke up at 5 thinking that FP2 started then…:/
October 10th, 2008 at 06:05Jordan Allen said:
You can barely make out the green stripes….. that’s good.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:05Christine said:
Bourdais seems to be the first benchmark. Won’t last long now McLaren’s are out on track.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:06Steven Roy said:
Alonso P1
October 10th, 2008 at 06:06gr said:
Was Lewis’s rear blinker on just for the pit lane or into the track? The latter: drizzly somewhere?
October 10th, 2008 at 06:07Jordan Allen said:
How long until we we to make out teams for Fantasy racers?
October 10th, 2008 at 06:07lou said:
haha lol kinda
October 10th, 2008 at 06:07me said:
what tyres is he on. there’s no outer stripe on the front left already.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:07gr said:
I think he’s reusing from the first session.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:07Christine said:
11 hours.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:08me said:
erm, apparently the site’s gone awol.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:08Jordan Allen said:
The Black ones .
October 10th, 2008 at 06:08Dirty Scarab said:
wow. webber’s left tire= no stripes at all… very odd.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:08gr said:
And it’d be nice if their site was up by then.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:08me said:
ahh right. i really like these stripes
October 10th, 2008 at 06:08Christine said:
Hamilton P1.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:08Christine said:
James Allen is going to have a field day with this.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:09Jordan Allen said:
Thanks.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:09gr said:
Wow, by 2 thousandths.
(Yeah, blame the Internet lag.)
October 10th, 2008 at 06:09me said:
not half as much as i am with lewis taking the bus
October 10th, 2008 at 06:10Dirty Scarab said:
So 1:18.910 currently the lap record) by Hamilton is the time to beat…
I reckon we’ll get way below that..
October 10th, 2008 at 06:10Christine said:
Kovalainen makes it McLaren 1-2.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:10Steven Roy said:
McLaren 1-2
October 10th, 2008 at 06:10me said:
last year fp2 time: 1:18.7
October 10th, 2008 at 06:11me said:
ian phillips pointing out on the radio that’s he’s colourblind and get tell the difference between the green and the white stripes.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:11Steven Roy said:
Understeer for Kovi
October 10th, 2008 at 06:11Christine said:
Ferrari’s leave the pits.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:11gr said:
Well have a wet qualifying and a dry race. I’d expect to see Kimi’s DHL fastest lap be a 1:16 on Sunday.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:11gr said:
(You know, and finish in 12th.)
October 10th, 2008 at 06:12Dirty Scarab said:
I suck at statistics
October 10th, 2008 at 06:12me said:
October 10th, 2008 at 06:12me said:
October 10th, 2008 at 06:12gr said:
I’m fully-sighted and can’t tell the difference, so he’s not alone.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:12Christine said:
That is unfortunate. However, Holly Samos said she couldn’t when she was stood right next to them, so I don’t think it can get any worse.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:13Steven Roy said:
Kimi P5
Massa P6
First flying laps
October 10th, 2008 at 06:13me said:
on the plus side, have we ever talked about bridgestone so much? shame it’s all negative.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:14gr said:
Okay, Kimi is DEFINITELY reusing tires. There’s no green left on the inside.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:14Jordan Allen said:
They only look like grooves in the tyre, and the paint seems to come off too quickly anyway…
October 10th, 2008 at 06:15Steven Roy said:
Massa P1
October 10th, 2008 at 06:15Dirty Scarab said:
Green stripes aside, we’re seeing some serious tire wear out there. Especially left front. If this gp stays dry, I reckon it’s going to be a killer on tires and brakes.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:15me said:
sutil fastest through the speed trap. he forget to brake?
October 10th, 2008 at 06:15gr said:
I dunno, I think it’s easier to tell wear from more distant camera shots. That used to take an in-car shot.
I don’t like losing the ability to tell whose on what compound in the least, but we did do without that for a long time…
In any case, that all goes away no matter what next year, so it’s a bit trivial.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:16lou said:
i may go quiet fo a bit cause i’m laying in bed and may end up drifting off to sleep…. :/
October 10th, 2008 at 06:16gr said:
I agree.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:17Jeremy said:
Sutil is seriously quick - testing low downforce setup?
October 10th, 2008 at 06:17Steven Roy said:
Sutil P1
October 10th, 2008 at 06:17gr said:
Sutil in p1?!?!?!
October 10th, 2008 at 06:17Christine said:
No one will think any the less of you if you sleep, Lou. All you’ll miss is us going “What tyre is that!? Which one? Who knows!”
October 10th, 2008 at 06:17gr said:
And ge,, let’s see, where’s Fisi… Oh, 17th.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:17Dirty Scarab said:
I reckon I’ll join ya. (no physically, obviously).
Night all…
October 10th, 2008 at 06:18Jeremy said:
I think we’ll see the top guys in the mid 1:18s by the end of this. Still a good time by a Fifi though
October 10th, 2008 at 06:18Jordan Allen said:
And Lewis Hamilton loses the race and the championship becasue his tires went… What great PR for Bridgestone….
October 10th, 2008 at 06:18Steven Roy said:
Trulli purple S1 S2
October 10th, 2008 at 06:18Jeremy said:
here comes Trulli!
October 10th, 2008 at 06:18me said:
see ya scarab.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:18Jeremy said:
I think I’ll revise that already to high 1:17s
October 10th, 2008 at 06:19Jeremy said:
Even the Williams boys are quick
October 10th, 2008 at 06:19Jordan Allen said:
The locomotive broke loose from the Trulli Train! Runaway Locomotive!
October 10th, 2008 at 06:19me said:
trulli on softs?
October 10th, 2008 at 06:19gr said:
Kimi may be picking it up.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:20me said:
i see a white stripe
October 10th, 2008 at 06:20Christine said:
Vettel P1
October 10th, 2008 at 06:20Christine said:
Ooooh, me too!!
October 10th, 2008 at 06:20lou said:
hehe well i’d like to catch some of it… i have to get up by 7 to get ready for school anyway…so i may as well just stay awake.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:20gr said:
Or maybe live timing put Vettel’s times next to Raikkonen’s name. Never mind.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:20Steven Roy said:
Missed them
October 10th, 2008 at 06:21Jordan Allen said:
I have this song on my mind “Here Comes The Rain Again….”
October 10th, 2008 at 06:21me said:
soft tyre working well in these conditions.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:21Christine said:
So from further back, they seem brighter than the green ones. But on boards are hopeless.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:21Jeremy said:
Haha - I was just thinking of White Stripes songs!
October 10th, 2008 at 06:22Christine said:
Nakajima’s getting some good coverage now.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:23Jordan Allen said:
Sato would have had more. Give him a seat McLaren.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:24me said:
sato?
October 10th, 2008 at 06:24gr said:
McLaren?
October 10th, 2008 at 06:25Jordan Allen said:
Sure, at least as much as Takagi. Inoue would have had not coverage expect for his weird crashes…
October 10th, 2008 at 06:25Jeremy said:
Is that some fancy acronym for Anthony Davison?
October 10th, 2008 at 06:25lou said:
ach Hondas are last :s stupid rubbish ra108!!
October 10th, 2008 at 06:25me said:
haha.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:26Christine said:
hehe.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:26Christine said:
Don’t worry, Lou. Kubica and Heidfeld are both down there too, plus Webber. We may see more to come from these guys yet.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:26Jordan Allen said:
And is Barrichello beating Button?
October 10th, 2008 at 06:27me said:
seems to be quite a few green sectors throughout the field. track is rubbering in nicely.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:28gr said:
I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t stop laughing for a few days if the current standing were at the end of Q3.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:28Jordan Allen said:
So much for the environment when the track is more green than the tyres… :D.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:28Jeremy said:
two one thousandths of a second between Vettel and Hamilton - thats why I love F1
October 10th, 2008 at 06:29lou said:
maybe, i’m hoping one of yhem might scrap into q2 tomorrow…
October 10th, 2008 at 06:29me said:
honda and rbr are practicing efficient driving right now.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:29Christine said:
Trulli and Glock seem to have improved somewhat.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:30gr said:
Hamilton will certainly take the leed this lap.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:30Christine said:
With an hour to go: Vettel, Hamilton, Trulli, Kovalainen, Glock.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:30me said:
williams looking far more racey in this session.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:30me said:
or stay 2nd
October 10th, 2008 at 06:31Christine said:
Glock P1.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:31gr said:
No, I meant the one after the one I saw finish on live timing 30 seconds or so before video.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:31Jeremy said:
or even get bumped to third?
October 10th, 2008 at 06:31me said:
who’s going to be first to break 1:17 then?
October 10th, 2008 at 06:31Jeremy said:
Massa
October 10th, 2008 at 06:32gr said:
Wow, or not. Nice second sector, Glock.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:34me said:
phillips on the merc engine deal:”we’ve spoken to everybody in the pitlane”
sounds like it’s kers related rather than specifically engine related. all about packaging.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:34gr said:
(Just saw the shot of F’s pit wall) I guess Michael couldn’t be bothered with the flyaway.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:35me said:
ferrari non-committal on kers system. fif1 denied option of building their own.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:35Christine said:
they denied it, or they have been denied it?
October 10th, 2008 at 06:36me said:
ferrari would rather they didn’t try and integrate with the engine… i think.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:36Christine said:
Interesting.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:37Jordan Allen said:
October 10th, 2008 at 06:37me said:
rumours have it that a non-kers car will win next years championship.
who’s actually going to run these things?
October 10th, 2008 at 06:38Jordan Allen said:
Max will force everyone bar Ferrari to use the KERBS then….
October 10th, 2008 at 06:39me said:
October 10th, 2008 at 06:39Jordan Allen said:
That’s because Ferrari gives max such wonderful models of their cars to display on the BBc…. He is completly unbiased in any way…. really. <em>
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October 10th, 2008 at 06:41Rocket said:
Just got here. Some interesting comments to start live commenting this afternoon…If only I had time to read the lot. I’m sure Christine and me will add the interesting bits in the digest. Anyhoo, back to the cars.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:42Jordan Allen said:
“Cars” You listening to Gary Numan, there Rocket?
October 10th, 2008 at 06:42me said:
mmm, good session so far, track action all the way.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:42gr said:
That really is an obscenely long straight.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:43me said:
kimi pushes, but not moving forward.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:43me said:
it is isn’t it?
October 10th, 2008 at 06:44gr said:
Looks like wheather coming in over the mountain, too.
Yeah, they flash the times up when someone rounds the corner and you figure “Oh, he’ll totally swamp that, he’s got 4 seconds”. Yeah, not so much.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:44Jordan Allen said:
It was supposed to the second longest straight after the one in Paul Ricard I think….
October 10th, 2008 at 06:44Rocket said:
They are cars aren’t they? I had to ask Mrs Rocket who Gary Numan is/was, so no. I was about to say race but that’s not for a few days…just trying to be accurate.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:45gr said:
And Christine exposes her Goth youth…
October 10th, 2008 at 06:46me said:
fissi struggling with brakes.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:46Christine said:
What did I do?
October 10th, 2008 at 06:46me said:
massa still not found a way into the 1:18’s.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:47Christine said:
We’ve got 14 cars under a second apart.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:47gr said:
Gary Numan! How do you feel about Ian Curtis? (I’m teasing, of course.)
October 10th, 2008 at 06:47Steven Roy said:
Alonso on new hard tyres? All grooves still green
October 10th, 2008 at 06:47Rocket said:
Go MW!
There once was a man called Mark Webber
Who wasn’t exceedingly clever
But let’s give him a rap
He’s fast over one lap
Bound seemingly midfield forever
October 10th, 2008 at 06:48Christine said:
Not me, I don’t know either of them.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:48Jordan Allen said:
Sorry no musical knowledge whatsoever pre-1960.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:48me said:
that’s mighty optimistic
October 10th, 2008 at 06:49Christine said:
Kubica has pulled up to 5th, Heidfeld still down in 17th.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:49Jordan Allen said:
Massa stopped!
October 10th, 2008 at 06:49gr said:
Doh. that’d be Jeremy. My apologies.
Also, get back on the island, Massa.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:49Steven Roy said:
Lewis on softs
October 10th, 2008 at 06:49Jordan Allen said:
Why on earth did Massa stopped outside of the pit?
October 10th, 2008 at 06:49Rocket said:
Oooh….don’t quite know what to make of that.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:50me said:
treating them gingerly.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:50me said:
practice start, offline.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:50Steven Roy said:
No idea but someone else pulled away from the same spot just as he arrived. Most odd
October 10th, 2008 at 06:50Christine said:
Sutil is showing Fisichella up a little bit so far, isn’t he?
October 10th, 2008 at 06:51gr said:
That’s the first team radio we get? Piquet? Really?
October 10th, 2008 at 06:51me said:
sutil is doing a grand job out there. fissi where he’s expected to be.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:52me said:
alonso currently in 15th. scheming another win then.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:52Christine said:
You can tell Red Bull are struggling when both cars are below Bourdais.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:53gr said:
haha… he’s yet to go drift off the track under momentum, but I guess that’d be for Q2.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:54Alex Andronov said:
Morning All! I forgot this was on now! Everyone still awake?
October 10th, 2008 at 06:54Steven Roy said:
Ian Phillips has been at the back of the grid too long if he thinks drivers and teams are more affected by fines than sporting penalties
October 10th, 2008 at 06:54me said:
clearly hasn’t met kimi.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:54gr said:
Seriously, Alonso and Piquet are running very similar sector times, just as they were in FP1. I think it’s more likely that the team’s actually, um, practicing or testing something.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:54Christine said:
Think so.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:55me said:
hey ya.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:55me said:
le seb purple s2.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:56Alex Andronov said:
I had my first meeting. Sat back at my desk and thought, “oooh I better see what’s happening”. I thought it would all be over.
Any kind of summary of what’s happened so far?
October 10th, 2008 at 06:56gr said:
As … someone, but I’ve forgotten who at this point observed during FP1, it’s S3 where the winner will be made. Nobody’s doing well there, yet.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:56LadySnowcat said:
I have decided that I am getting bored with sitting in Lewis’s car….
October 10th, 2008 at 06:57me said:
heheheh
October 10th, 2008 at 06:57Jordan Allen said:
Great minds thinking alike LadySnowcat….
October 10th, 2008 at 06:58me said:
times are all over the show in this session. earlier it was neck and neck between the front runners and sutil outdriving the car.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:58Steven Roy said:
Kimi on a quick lap
October 10th, 2008 at 06:58gr said:
Typical top 4, in FP1, but some interesting places after that (Alonso, Vettel, … Bourdais? I’d have to check and that’d mean not watching… erm, sitting in Lewis’s car, right).
More than that, it’s DRY in Fuji. It wlll probably drizzle tomorrow and be dry and sunny and hot for the race. (Yeah: what?)
October 10th, 2008 at 06:58gr said:
Oh, right, and that: Sutil and Piquet finally performing like they have a pair.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:59Christine said:
With 30 minutes to go: Glock, Hamilton, Raikkonen, Vettel, Trulli.
October 10th, 2008 at 06:59Jordan Allen said:
Kimi in P3!
October 10th, 2008 at 07:00LadySnowcat said:
Massa on softs… I think Kimi is too…
October 10th, 2008 at 07:00gr said:
Honest question: how can you tell?
October 10th, 2008 at 07:01Rocket said:
I am. It’s 5pm here.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:01Alex Andronov said:
Thanks all
October 10th, 2008 at 07:01Steven Roy said:
Why are they having wear problems if the compound selection was conservative.
Does not compute
October 10th, 2008 at 07:01Alex Andronov said:
Time for a nap then?
October 10th, 2008 at 07:01Jordan Allen said:
Why can not Bernie replace the Hungarian GP with a “Grand Prix of the Pacific” to be run here at Fuji. It is not a bad circuit, it is just that Suzuka is a superb circuit.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:01gr said:
Ah, okay, on the onboards, I see.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:02me said:
good point. given it’s the home gp and the factories just up the road, they should know what the heck they’re doing.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:02Jordan Allen said:
0201 in the land of the Midday Moon.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:02me said:
there was a close up of massa in the pits.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:03LadySnowcat said:
You can see the white line quite clearly on Massa so I guess Kimi wasn’t?…
October 10th, 2008 at 07:03Rocket said:
Indeed.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:03Jordan Allen said:
Maybe the normal test track for Bridgestone is Suzuka?
October 10th, 2008 at 07:03me said:
is lou asleep? honda are looking baaaad.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:03Alex Andronov said:
It is much harder to tell from outside the car though.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:04gr said:
Well, you can sometimes. Kaz obviously is on the softs.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:05lou said:
i’m here. just nothing much to say. yeah i did notice…
October 10th, 2008 at 07:05gr said:
But I only know that because we’ve had about 45 seconds solid looking at him.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:06Alex Andronov said:
Maybe Bridgestone are trying to get Bernie to push for High Definition?
October 10th, 2008 at 07:06Jordan Allen said:
Kimi’s on the softs.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:06gr said:
And those look like hards on Kimi to me, LS.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:07me said:
i can imagine they hate the sightof this track mind you.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:07gr said:
Right, so I go back to: it’s too hard to tell.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:07Jordan Allen said:
Are not the white stripes the softs?
October 10th, 2008 at 07:08gr said:
Jordan, they are, but you saw white stripes and I didn’t. I’m not saying which of us is right.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:08Steven Roy said:
Yes
October 10th, 2008 at 07:08Alex Andronov said:
Those greens are very green on DCs car
October 10th, 2008 at 07:08Rocket said:
I’m sorry. I just don’t “get” Nick Heidfeld, what is with those times?
October 10th, 2008 at 07:08Jordan Allen said:
DC with four green stripes ont eh tyres.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:08lou said:
yeah, howeverit may rain and they might even get a piont if only 8 people finish
October 10th, 2008 at 07:08me said:
am with ya.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:09Jordan Allen said:
October 10th, 2008 at 07:10LadySnowcat said:
Interesting discussion about Canada…
I had planned to go…just liked I had meant to go to Indy this year….
I see some diversity as to Kimi’s tyres guys…
October 10th, 2008 at 07:10Jordan Allen said:
It is called Practice. He does decent in Qual and most importantly, the race.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:10Jordan Allen said:
Nothing like local knowledge. Both Toyotas in the top six.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:10me said:
didn’t that toyota have front wheel bins earlier?
October 10th, 2008 at 07:12Jordan Allen said:
There is none. Both parites argee that Kimi’s tyres are round and blank.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:12Steven Roy said:
What on earth was Fisi doing? If you apex early you exit early. Absolute basics
October 10th, 2008 at 07:12Steven Roy said:
First purple sector in ages
Massa purple S1
October 10th, 2008 at 07:13lou said:
they have made a relitively simple observation of which tyre compound a driver is on in to an art form :/
October 10th, 2008 at 07:13gr said:
Yes, agreed.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:13me said:
October 10th, 2008 at 07:13gr said:
Texting Alonso to try to get back in a decent car.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:14Jordan Allen said:
What is DC’s Position?
October 10th, 2008 at 07:14gr said:
13
October 10th, 2008 at 07:14me said:
he’s sitting.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:14Christine said:
13th to Webber’s 16th.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:14gr said:
(and in the pits)
October 10th, 2008 at 07:14Steven Roy said:
P13 3 ahead of Webber
October 10th, 2008 at 07:15lou said:
haahaha
October 10th, 2008 at 07:15gr said:
woah
Massa… what?
October 10th, 2008 at 07:15me said:
massa must be testing cooking his brakes.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:15Jordan Allen said:
Thanks. I still keep wondering why Red Bull are using the square tyres….
October 10th, 2008 at 07:15Steven Roy said:
Massa parked at the pit exit again with smoky brakes
October 10th, 2008 at 07:15LadySnowcat said:
Good point about the heat in Singapore….
Hard on the spectators as well…
Night made sense…
October 10th, 2008 at 07:15gr said:
Um, seems to be popular. Practicing starting from the pits?
October 10th, 2008 at 07:15Steven Roy said:
That must be a designated practise start area
October 10th, 2008 at 07:16me said:
either that or figuring a safe route around sutil.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:16gr said:
Ouch.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:16Jordan Allen said:
Darn. Button 19th. I wonder if Barrichello’s in 18th?
October 10th, 2008 at 07:17gr said:
Nope. 20th.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:17Christine said:
Nope.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:17Jordan Allen said:
Barri’s Higher than 18th?
October 10th, 2008 at 07:18lou said:
nope
October 10th, 2008 at 07:18Steven Roy said:
Also nope
October 10th, 2008 at 07:18gr said:
Nice try.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:19me said:
happy to supply a screenshot?
October 10th, 2008 at 07:19gr said:
See, now THAT’s sufficient warning.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:19me said:
ten mins remaining and glocks held that position for a while now.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:19Jordan Allen said:
Crap. Well, then, it is obvious that the Honda car stinks….
October 10th, 2008 at 07:20lou said:
haha
October 10th, 2008 at 07:20Steven Roy said:
Video and radio both just froze
October 10th, 2008 at 07:20Alex Andronov said:
October 10th, 2008 at 07:20lou said:
yeah it really does… and people thought the ra107 was bad :/
October 10th, 2008 at 07:21Alex Andronov said:
I still have video
October 10th, 2008 at 07:21Alex Andronov said:
I don’t have the radio on.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:22LadySnowcat said:
With the times so close, they’ve got to say Heikki’s lost out in the car design stakes….
October 10th, 2008 at 07:22Jordan Allen said:
But showing that your car stinks on the competitors test track is not a good way to sell your cars….
October 10th, 2008 at 07:22me said:
radio’s fine. great conversation. think we need an IAN! news jingle.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:22Steven Roy said:
Top 16 within a second. Very odd
October 10th, 2008 at 07:23me said:
i’d argue he lost out in the talent stakes too.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:23Christine said:
#Ba ba, do be do, ba ba, IAN NEWS!#
October 10th, 2008 at 07:23lou said:
:)l this watching free practise in bed is working out for me, i have just been presented with breakfast
October 10th, 2008 at 07:23LadySnowcat said:
Some peeps get a quick lap out of softs…
Massa, Alonso, Webber….
October 10th, 2008 at 07:24Steven Roy said:
Do your parents deliver?
October 10th, 2008 at 07:24lou said:
Ian news doesn’t sound as catchy as ted news
October 10th, 2008 at 07:24me said:
phillips news?
October 10th, 2008 at 07:24Steven Roy said:
Weber purple S2
October 10th, 2008 at 07:25me said:
okay, so webber was sandbagging then.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:25Christine said:
No, it’s too many syllables. Ted is just one.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:26me said:
rats.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:26Jeremy said:
Come on Mark!!
October 10th, 2008 at 07:26Jordan Allen said:
Massa on a flyer.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:26lou said:
lol i doubt it.
tis only cause i have to start getting ready for school after the session. have also been given money for diet coke today so that i can stay awake 
October 10th, 2008 at 07:26LadySnowcat said:
.
I am not so sure…
It’s clear cars got developed in a different way at the Silverstone point…
It happened to several teams… but Macca specifically… up ’til then Heikki was pushing Lewis and Lewis wasn’t as stitched on…
October 10th, 2008 at 07:27Alex Andronov said:
I think it might be because Ian ends in an n and news starts with an n.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:27LadySnowcat said:
Lots of sliding from Lewis…
October 10th, 2008 at 07:27Steven Roy said:
Rubens P15
Button last
October 10th, 2008 at 07:28lou said:
maybe honda were too
October 10th, 2008 at 07:28lou said:
oo and as i say thay rubens up to 15… come on button you can do better than 20th!
October 10th, 2008 at 07:28me said:
fair point.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:28Jordan Allen said:
Situtation Normal. Folks…..
October 10th, 2008 at 07:29LadySnowcat said:
Lewis’s victory last year was a walk over ‘cos he was on pole…
He didn’t have to overtake anyone…
October 10th, 2008 at 07:29Jeremy said:
ah ha ha ha ha! Poor deluded Lou! Sorry BG (Birthday Girl)
October 10th, 2008 at 07:29me said:
the other problem is, it’s not really news. they’re mostly talking about the 80’s and 90’s.
it’s more like IAN! anecdotes.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:29LadySnowcat said:
Kimi now clearly on softs so he definitely wasn’t before…
October 10th, 2008 at 07:30Alex Andronov said:
Is it your Birthday today lou? Or at the weekend?
October 10th, 2008 at 07:30Christine said:
Something must be up with Heidfeld, he’s been in the pits for aaaages.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:30me said:
i tried to pass the safety car if i recall.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:30Christine said:
That really isn’t as catchy.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:30lou said:
lol, am trying to be optimistic
October 10th, 2008 at 07:30Jeremy said:
It’s Sunday right? I am a firm believer in birthday weekends
October 10th, 2008 at 07:30lou said:
nope on sunday.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:30me said:
good spot.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:31Alex Andronov said:
I was thinking of Ianupdates - it’s quite hard to say
October 10th, 2008 at 07:31Jeremy said:
or weeks - stretch it as much as possible
October 10th, 2008 at 07:31me said:
he tried to pass… damnit.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:31Steven Roy said:
He has done 37 laps which is sort of average
October 10th, 2008 at 07:31Christine said:
Better than anecdotes though.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:31Alex Andronov said:
Me too! (just didn’t want to have not said Happy Birthday)
October 10th, 2008 at 07:32lou said:
haha lol tired typing is funny
October 10th, 2008 at 07:32me said:
birthday weeks?
October 10th, 2008 at 07:32Christine said:
Ian’s Tales? Like Duck Tales but different.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:32Alex Andronov said:
Almost gave away your secret Identity there
October 10th, 2008 at 07:32Jeremy said:
Timo Tops Times at Fuji
October 10th, 2008 at 07:32gr said:
Hey, birthmonths.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:33Alex Andronov said:
Oh yes! It’s birthday weeks around here!
October 10th, 2008 at 07:33lou said:
lol
have you guys had any sleep?
October 10th, 2008 at 07:33Jordan Allen said:
Go for 52 birthday weeks! Come on, you can do it!
October 10th, 2008 at 07:33Christine said:
October 10th, 2008 at 07:33Alex Andronov said:
hahaha
October 10th, 2008 at 07:33me said:
“go timo”
October 10th, 2008 at 07:33gr said:
Holding out against what looked like solid F challenges on both parts… until sector 3.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:33Jeremy said:
I missed most of the session so sorry if this has already been discussed ad nauseum, but I had no problem picking the white stripe on close up shots
October 10th, 2008 at 07:34Steven Roy said:
800+ comments over two sessions. That’s good for the middle of the night
October 10th, 2008 at 07:34gr said:
So, it’d really be great if fantasyracers.com weren’t STILL down…
October 10th, 2008 at 07:34me said:
that is stunning.
nice one peoples.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:34Alex Andronov said:
Heikki playing a little song on his legs there
October 10th, 2008 at 07:34Jordan Allen said:
Well, its 02:34 in Tundraland, so nite everyone!
October 10th, 2008 at 07:35me said:
damn.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:35Steven Roy said:
I wonder why Vettel did so few laps. Only 23. Kovi next lowest on 32. Trulli highest on 45
October 10th, 2008 at 07:35Alex Andronov said:
Goodnight Jordan!
October 10th, 2008 at 07:35me said:
night jordan.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:35Christine said:
If I don’t get to choose a random system this week, it’s all gonna go wrong.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:36Jeremy said:
That mantle normally goes to Hamilton
October 10th, 2008 at 07:36gr said:
It depended a lot on the lighting and the camera angle.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:36lou said:
nah just the one day is good enough for me. i’ve never been a fan of the whole presents and singing thing.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:37me said:
australia fp2 (on roughly similar timing) = 93 comments:
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2008/03/14/australia-free-practice-2/
October 10th, 2008 at 07:37Steven Roy said:
Surely you get to keep the team that scored you thousands of points at the last race
October 10th, 2008 at 07:37Jordan Allen said:
And my Anti=Christ(ine) plan only works after you do your selection….
October 10th, 2008 at 07:37lou said:
lol the one time i can actually change my team without having to rush home and the site is down :/
October 10th, 2008 at 07:37Christine said:
Yes, but that’s not random is it? That’s consecutive.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:37gr said:
See, I haven’t, until after last race, bothered to join the sidepodcast league, since I started extremely late. But since I had 1st best points across the site at Singapore, i decided I’d go ahead and do so… but… I don’t think last time’s picks will work so well for this race.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:38lou said:
right i need to have a shower and get ready for school back soon
October 10th, 2008 at 07:38Rocket said:
Webber’s middle sector?! Is that right? A full second faster than anyone else? What was he doing the rest of the lap, having a cuppa?
October 10th, 2008 at 07:38me said:
hehe. what are the chances?
October 10th, 2008 at 07:38Rocket said:
That can’t be right.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:39me said:
did he miss the chicane?
October 10th, 2008 at 07:39Steven Roy said:
But it is totally random that it is this race that it is consecutive
October 10th, 2008 at 07:40Steven Roy said:
TIme to grab another hour’s sleep. That will make three. Enough for anyone
October 10th, 2008 at 07:40gr said:
It “should” have been axed from the scoring if he did.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:40cesar said:
good night everybody, well… good morning I think, have a nice day…. is almost 2am here.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:41me said:
ahh, bright sunshine now.
thankyou cesar and thanks again to everybody. good times.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:41Christine said:
Well, that’s true, I suppose. Hmm.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:41Journeyer said:
Hey guys. I’m guessing that’s the case. No other possible explaination, really.
October 10th, 2008 at 07:42me said:
that’s foxed ya
October 10th, 2008 at 07:44me said:
if he did, that’s a big shame, cause that was the only pace he had
October 10th, 2008 at 07:44Alex Andronov said:
So just to throw another variable into the mix…
I am about to have Pizza - for breakfast.
Ahem
October 10th, 2008 at 07:46Alianora La Canta said:
Finally, I manage to get this site to stay loaded without locking up the browser…
October 10th, 2008 at 07:48Alianora La Canta said:
Steven, I’m running on three hours’ sleep and can confirm it’s enough…
October 10th, 2008 at 07:51me said:
ahh. i just removed the embedded video.
interesting, we might have to look into that - sorry!
October 10th, 2008 at 07:53Alianora La Canta said:
Did you embed it part-way through session 1?
October 10th, 2008 at 07:55lou said:
am running on 4 hours and after a slow start i feel pretty energetic…
October 10th, 2008 at 07:56Alex Andronov said:
With the stock market about to open here in London you could probably live comment that… It’s just like watching the times tumble in quali sadly.
October 10th, 2008 at 08:02lou said:
am off to school. have a go day everyone!
October 10th, 2008 at 08:02Alianora La Canta said:
Enjoy yourself lou!
October 10th, 2008 at 08:03Alex Andronov said:
Have fun Lou!
October 10th, 2008 at 08:03Alianora La Canta said:
I’ve found that a glass of orange squash is useful for removing any remaining sleepiness. That and the knowledge that my favourite team gets most of its airtime at the start of practise sessions…
October 10th, 2008 at 08:05me said:
yup.
October 10th, 2008 at 08:06LadySnowcat said:
Just heard an interview with Schumey on 5Live…. Hamilton one of a number of good drivers… slightly bursting the Lewis hype… actually Croft’s comments were pretty balanced and made the point that he thinks that tyre degradation looks like being an issue if it’s dry and that could hurt Lewis… and help the Ferrari…
October 10th, 2008 at 08:06me said:
embedding the video solves the problem of people enquiring about the location of a live feed.
not so useful if it kills you browser though.
October 10th, 2008 at 08:08LadySnowcat said:
5Live just had a snippet from Schumey, saying Lewis is one of a number of good drivers… bursting the Lewis hype… although Croft was very balanced saying that tyre degradation could be key if it’s dry… meaning Lewis could have a problem and Ferrari helped…
We’ll see…
October 10th, 2008 at 08:19LadySnowcat said:
Sorry guys…
Browser probs…looked like I’d lost contact without posting and editing just freezes the whole thing so apologies for the double comment…
October 10th, 2008 at 08:22Alianora La Canta said:
embedding the video solves the problem of people enquiring about the location of a live feed.
not so useful if it kills you browser though. {me - 3 comments ago}
True. And the problem is worse because I’m pretty sure my own computer doesn’t have quite the same reaction to it, even though I generally use the same browser (Firefox) for both. (Note that I’ve been using Dad’s computer tonight for noise reasons - my parents wanted a full night’s sleep even if I didn’t). I did hear my dad complaining about the amount of resources various little auto-loading programmes took up, so it may simply be that it was trying to shift too many resources in one go to process the video and the other (mostly text-based) sites I run during the session.
I ruled out the ITV video as the cause when I loaded my set-up of tabs and instances without it the second time around. The whole thing lasted about five seconds before crashing again. Strangely, it didn’t affect the Live Timing (which was in IE, but for other reasons I can only have one instance of that loaded at one time without having to reboot the entire computer).
October 10th, 2008 at 08:53Journeyer said: