Live Commenting: Brazil - Free Practice 1
It’s the 31st October, and Halloween, meaning everyone should be thinking about pumpkins, trick or treating, and fancy dress. Not us! Today is all about Interlagos and what’s going to happen this weekend. Free Practice has never been more important, as we try to gain the slightest inkling of who’s going to have the upper hand over the weekend.
If it rains, however, which is looking more and more likely (60% chance at the time of writing), we will probably not see an awful lot of action. Therefore, we will just have to make assumptions based on what we already know.
We know that Hamilton and McLaren are feeling quietly confident, but aware that no race weekend is entirely straight forward. Word on the street is that the team are bringing a new rear wing and other aerodynamic bits and pieces, even at this late stage of the game. It could be a risky business, as rear wings are integral to the performance of the car. However, I can’t believe they would jump in without whole-heartedly believing it will make them faster, so that will be something to look out for.
Meanwhile, in the Ferrari camp, Massa says he’s completely optimistic that he can win the title. I suppose you’d have to be, wouldn’t you? We’ve made a lot of the fact that he knows his only job is to win, and the rest is up to fate. Raikkonen seems a little bit more realistic about the fact, saying that Massa will need a complete miracle to clinch the title from seven points behind. Presumably he’d prefer that lightning doesn’t strike twice, and he remains the comeback king in championship showdowns.
Of course there are plenty of other drivers hoping to do well in Brazil. Alonso and Kovalainen have a great battle going on for 6th place in the championship, with Alonso just two points ahead. The Renault team have achieved their goals for this year, so Alonso can go out there and do what he does best. In the wet weather, we’ll be keeping an eye on those at the back trying to move forward. Sutil tends to perform well in damp conditions and he’ll be desperate for a point in this final race. Vettel scored his win in the rain, and Barrichello picked up a podium when the weather turned.
There’s all that and more to look forward to, but first we have to get ourselves set up. We’ll be in the Live Commenting Live… Thing, watching Live Timing and consuming ITV’s online stream. The BBC promise to be covering FP1 on Sports Extra, and we’ll be putting pics and links in drop.io throughout the session. The action kicks off at mid-day GMT, so I’ll see you in the comments.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:07Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
Go Senna!
October 31st, 2008 at 11:18Alianora La Canta said:
Go Jordan/Midland/Spyker/Force India/call-it-what-you-will and Fisi!
October 31st, 2008 at 11:19Spikey said:
lol morning! Iwill try my best to keep up with the comments later today, but I am typing one handed (broke my collar bone on Tuesday). Hours of bloody fun!!!
Hope you are all ok and looking forward to the race - I am
October 31st, 2008 at 11:20Christine said:
Crikey! Sounds painful! Hope you’re okay. Thanks for even turning up
October 31st, 2008 at 11:24Alianora La Canta said:
Sorry to hear that, Spikey. Hope Sidepodcast offers a pleasant distraction for you and that you have fun
October 31st, 2008 at 11:26Christine said:
Oops, have just updated the settings for Live Commenting to update comments more quickly. If you’ve got it open already, do a quick refresh and it should be fine.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:27Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
So its our last race weekend with ITV. Thank god, no more adverts. Plus much better coverage with BBC’s use of the red button and hopefully the iPlayer too.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:28Steve Oliver said:
Good morning everyone, this live thing is excellent!
October 31st, 2008 at 11:28Christine said:
Morning Steve
October 31st, 2008 at 11:29Dom said:
Ah, it’s been too long since i last saw Friday practice.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:30Christine said:
Is this on at a better time for you? Or you just happen to be free today?
October 31st, 2008 at 11:31Christine said:
And no more Steve Ryder
October 31st, 2008 at 11:32Dom said:
I’m wondering why the 5live guys don’t bother with some build up, seeing as nothing else is happening on Sports Extra.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:32Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
AND no more James Allen!
October 31st, 2008 at 11:33Christine said:
The 5live scheduling baffles me.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:33Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
Just to throw in something trivial, I learnt from my dad last night that someone he went out with, her daughter is going out with Alex Brundle, believe it or not
October 31st, 2008 at 11:34Christine said:
Well that’s a brilliant F1 Claim to Fame!
October 31st, 2008 at 11:35Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
When I heard it, I thought “Are you serious?!”
October 31st, 2008 at 11:35Alianora La Canta said:
Wow! That’s interesting to know, Scott.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:35Christine said:
Autosport Live reporting that there was rain last night, but this morning is dry, if cloudy. Possibly light showers this afternoon.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:36Christine said:
Temperatures are low, which will be worrying for a couple of teams.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:36me said:
morning… just.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:36Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
Better make sure that fuel’s not too cold then
October 31st, 2008 at 11:37Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
You still had 24 minutes
October 31st, 2008 at 11:38me said:
i’m guessing that the original contract didn’t account for FP coverage, so they’re not overly keen on putting in extra hours. next year though…
October 31st, 2008 at 11:38me said:
i woke up 15mins ago. thanks to a quick call from christine
October 31st, 2008 at 11:39Alianora La Canta said:
You think it’s cold in Brazil… …I’m considering wearing gloves due to the temperature in my house, and only wavering because it’ll make typing harder.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:40Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
So the concept of an alarm is foreign to you then.
But then I can talk, since I’ve actually
October 31st, 2008 at 11:40Dom said:
Yep. No other duties for once.
Well, nothing major.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:40z-baumgartner said:
Go on Massa!!!
October 31st, 2008 at 11:41Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
Adding on from that post (i pressed post comment too quickly by mistake
)
But then I can talk, as I’ve actually ignored mine on a couple of occasions
October 31st, 2008 at 11:42Christine said:
I tried that a couple of days ago, it was slow going. Need some proper fingerless gloves, but I can’t find any I like.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:42z-baumgartner said:
Please play thunderstruck on the warm up lap!
October 31st, 2008 at 11:45Dom said:
Do you think this is why there’s no F1 in winter? Just for us commenters.
I left the window open overnight by accident. Have frozen.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:45Christine said:
I’m intrigued by this Alonso vs Kovalainen battle. Two points in it, with Alo having won twice in a much improved Renault, and Kovi struggling big time in a better car.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:46Christine said:
Has there ever been a race in the snow?
October 31st, 2008 at 11:46me said:
awww.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:47me said:
i hear music.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:47Christine said:
ITV has started.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:47Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
We have live streaming on ITV now, looks like some overhanging patches of dark cloud over the circuit.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:47Dom said:
Either one of them could finish the race in the back of Hamilton’s car.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:47z-baumgartner said:
That bmw thing last winter… not really a race though
October 31st, 2008 at 11:48Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
Looking at that shot, you’d be forgiven into thinking it was just another day at the circuit with no-one there.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:48Alianora La Canta said:
What’s with the disco music?
October 31st, 2008 at 11:48Dom said:
I don’t see anything…
October 31st, 2008 at 11:48me said:
silverstonbe testing was cancelled because of it one winter. cars looked great though.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:49Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
Couple of darker patches across the top of the screen in the sky?
October 31st, 2008 at 11:50me said:
i have white cloud and blue sky.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:50Christine said:
Someone is waving a green flag. Bit eager, or just practicing?
October 31st, 2008 at 11:50me said:
and a man waving a green flag.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:50Dom said:
Had to switch to Safari to get the ITV feed. Not a good start to the weekend…
October 31st, 2008 at 11:51me said:
the support vechicle just finished it’s lap. so i’m guessing it’s related to that.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:51Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
From what I can see, the sky is white and across it there’s a couple of dark patches overhead. I’m not seeing things, that’s what’s on the screen.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:52Alianora La Canta said:
It’s taking a couple of minutes to post anything, and my success at it is somewhat erratic
October 31st, 2008 at 11:52Dom said:
Wow. I seem to be quite far ahead of you now…
October 31st, 2008 at 11:52me said:
hmm, all is good here, and we’ve no embedded video or anything.
anyone else?
October 31st, 2008 at 11:52Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
*It’s ohh so quiet, shh, shh
And so peaceful until…*
October 31st, 2008 at 11:52Dom said:
It’s looking pretty grey…
October 31st, 2008 at 11:52Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
How’s that for overhanging cloud then?
October 31st, 2008 at 11:53me said:
hehe. i see it
October 31st, 2008 at 11:53me said:
looks windy out there.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:54Dirty Scarab said:
Arrgghh! Can’t find a live stream outside of the UK!!
Justin TV’s stream isn’t up anymore. Anyone know of another??
ps. Morning all!
October 31st, 2008 at 11:54me said:
hey ya. i’ll have a look.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:55Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
Is it just me or does that music make it feel like when you’re in an empty shopping centre just before closing, or something like that. Just looks so peaceful and quiet. You’d never think it was a championship deciding weekend with an atmosphere like that, would you?
Or it’s like one of those empty towns
October 31st, 2008 at 11:55Dom said:
Where’d that building come from?
October 31st, 2008 at 11:56z-baumgartner said:
Go on the red line!
October 31st, 2008 at 11:56Dom said:
Cut to FOM opening.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:56Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
And the silence is broken momentarily by the F1 intro
October 31st, 2008 at 11:56Dirty Scarab said:
Cheers me!
October 31st, 2008 at 11:56Dom said:
Back to the lift music…
October 31st, 2008 at 11:57me said:
flakey:
http://www.justin.tv/formula_one2008
i’ll try and find a better one.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:57Christine said:
Live timing doesn’t seem to be ready to go yet.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:58me said:
ooh, dc has a new suit too.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:58z-baumgartner said:
Coulthard!
October 31st, 2008 at 11:58Dom said:
Huh?
October 31st, 2008 at 11:58Dom said:
DC’s last FP1!
October 31st, 2008 at 11:58me said:
bag pipes??
October 31st, 2008 at 11:58Alianora La Canta said:
Bagpipes LOL
October 31st, 2008 at 11:58me said:
team are wearing kilts. love it.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:58z-baumgartner said:
Oh deary me
October 31st, 2008 at 11:59Dom said:
Red Bull guys wearing kilts!!!
October 31st, 2008 at 11:59lou said:
good morning everyone
how are you all on this lovely kinda sunny morning? 
October 31st, 2008 at 11:59Dom said:
Thankfully, DC isn’t…
October 31st, 2008 at 11:59Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
I’m thinking of that bit in Shrek when Shrek and Donkey walk into the town and no-one’s there and all you can here is just some music quietly in the background.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:59me said:
hey. never better, ‘cept for the bag pipes.
October 31st, 2008 at 11:59Christine said:
Fireproof kilt, that’d be a sight!
October 31st, 2008 at 12:00Flibster said:
Bag pipes… The worst torture the scots ever invented.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:00Kathi said:
October 31st, 2008 at 12:00Alianora La Canta said:
Five Live is late again, as is live timing.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:00Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
Piquet has an altered helmet design for his home race. Brazilian flag in the areas that are normally red.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:00me said:
thank your lucky stars
October 31st, 2008 at 12:00Dirty Scarab said:
Yep, big black nothingness on that one, but thanks for trying…
October 31st, 2008 at 12:01Alianora La Canta said:
I’ve got garbled mess for live timing…
October 31st, 2008 at 12:01Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
Live timing just came up with a load of gibberish and weird symbols.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:01me said:
me too. quite pretty though.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:01Dank said:
Think he needs some ‘go-faster’ stripes more than anything.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:01Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
Fisi first man out
October 31st, 2008 at 12:01lou said:
mine is blank… just a black screen :/
October 31st, 2008 at 12:01me said:
5live is up.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:02Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
Also a Toro Rosso out too if I spotted it correctly
October 31st, 2008 at 12:02Dom said:
I have some great big Red text.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:02me said:
no holly this weekend. she’s pregnant?
lee mckenzie in the pits. she coulda waited a week
October 31st, 2008 at 12:03Dirty Scarab said:
Finally found a good stream for those outside the UK:
http://pt-br.justin.tv/ferrarivermelha
October 31st, 2008 at 12:03me said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_McKenzie
October 31st, 2008 at 12:03Dank said:
Touch of humour in the Red Bull garage by the sounds of it
October 31st, 2008 at 12:03Alianora La Canta said:
My live timing’s now blank again.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:03me said:
ahh, nice one.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:04Dom said:
Ah, now i have a blank screen…
October 31st, 2008 at 12:04Alianora La Canta said:
Coulthard’s head camera.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:04me said:
helmet cam!!
October 31st, 2008 at 12:04Flibster said:
Helmet cam for DC as well
October 31st, 2008 at 12:04z-baumgartner said:
helmet cam!!
October 31st, 2008 at 12:04me said:
kathi… i need that shot
October 31st, 2008 at 12:04lou said:
That helmet cam thing is awesome!
October 31st, 2008 at 12:04Felipe Leite said:
Morning everybody!
This is my home race weekend. Unfortunately I won’t be able to be there at Interlagos, but next year I’ll be there for sure. I went to Interlagos 5 times this year, to watch a whole lot of different races, from GT3 to Superclassic races (more than 30 years old cars), so it’s kind of odd knowing that a lot of action is happening there and I’m here, stuck at work just 5 miles from the circuit
But that’s ok, you lose some to win some others
The weather here in Sao Paulo has been very weird this week. At this time of the year it is usually hot all day and at the end of the afternoon a heavy rain falls from the sky. But this week it is way chiller than expected, and at least twice a day a light rain comes, it rains for a little while (15, 30 minutes) than it goes away.
I expect it to rain during the race, but just a light rain, probably they won’t even need the intermediates. Just to make things a little bit slippery
Today I’m at work so I won’t be able to comment too much. But tomorrow and during the race I’ll be able to be sidepodcast correspondent around here
October 31st, 2008 at 12:04Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
Brown and an F1 car don’t mix in my book
October 31st, 2008 at 12:04Dom said:
Helmet cam! Woot!
October 31st, 2008 at 12:05Flibster said:
So DC’s car is going to be very slow this weekend - 47 different cameras on it…
October 31st, 2008 at 12:05Alianora La Canta said:
I still can’t get a link to Five Live…
October 31st, 2008 at 12:06Dom said:
Rubens has a special helmet.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:06me said:
thank you for the insight felipe. we’ll have to watch out for that.
looking forward to it.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:06Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
Rubens with a new helmet too. Very colourful!
October 31st, 2008 at 12:06Dom said:
20% chance of rain in FP1.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:06Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
20% chance of rain this session
No rain expected in the next 25 mins
October 31st, 2008 at 12:07Alianora La Canta said:
Felipe, hope you’re having a good time at work.
I’m working tomorrow, so I can sympathise…
October 31st, 2008 at 12:07Steve Oliver said:
If you stick your head out of the window, you could maybe hear the cars.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:07RubberGoat (Gavin Brown) said:
20% chance of live timing working too!
October 31st, 2008 at 12:07Kathi said:
noted.
And if you don’t mind me saying you are all behind
October 31st, 2008 at 12:07me said:
hehe. that would be cool.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:07Dom said:
0% chance i’m gonna bother with it this weekend.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:08me said:
October 31st, 2008 at 12:08Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
the iPlayer is currently being a douche and causing FF to close down everytime I try to load it for 5Live. Guess I’ll have to go without
October 31st, 2008 at 12:08Flibster said:
I knew that I was behind…. but thts my normal state of mind.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:08Dom said:
Honda using their traffic light?
October 31st, 2008 at 12:08lou said:
i still have no live timing :/
October 31st, 2008 at 12:09Dirty Scarab said:
So Honda have adopted Ferrari style pitstop lights… probably not a good idea considering…
October 31st, 2008 at 12:09RubberGoat (Gavin Brown) said:
Normally works OK on Fridays…
October 31st, 2008 at 12:09Dom said:
Nor me…
October 31st, 2008 at 12:10lou said:
ah but they have Ross Brawn. I’m betting nothing goes wrong
October 31st, 2008 at 12:10Kathi said:
Who is that on Vettel’s helmet?
October 31st, 2008 at 12:10Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
has 5 live even started yet?
October 31st, 2008 at 12:11Alianora La Canta said:
I have the garbled timing screen again. I’ve figured out Fisi is the one with four squares in it, Massa has an accented O and Raikkonen’s race number is P, but I still don’t know which the other 17 are…
October 31st, 2008 at 12:11Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
it’s images of his and the team’s win at Monza
October 31st, 2008 at 12:11RubberGoat (Gavin Brown) said:
So the Live Timing is in Danish then?
October 31st, 2008 at 12:11Dom said:
They have.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:11Dirty Scarab said:
I think it’s not just live timing online - the whole thing seems to be down. We’re not getting Heidfeld’s time…
October 31st, 2008 at 12:12Kathi said:
nice camera angle
October 31st, 2008 at 12:12Dom said:
We could put together a collection of screenshots from when live timing goes wrong.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:12Dom said:
Which is half the time…
October 31st, 2008 at 12:12me said:
ahhh, ok.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:13RubberGoat (Gavin Brown) said:
http://live.autosport.com/commentary.php/id/61
http://live.f1-live.com/f1/en/results/live_flash/index_data.shtml?1
Try these…
October 31st, 2008 at 12:13me said:
oooh, working now.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:13Dom said:
I have names on live timing now!!
October 31st, 2008 at 12:13Rocket said:
Evening all. Can’t believe it’s the last time this season that I’ll be virtually joining you all. Hope it lives up to its potential.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:13Flibster said:
HURRAH! names and times!
October 31st, 2008 at 12:14RubberGoat (Gavin Brown) said:
same here
October 31st, 2008 at 12:14me said:
aww. it’s been fun though.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:14Dom said:
and now times! wow!
October 31st, 2008 at 12:15Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
aha, there is a way for me to listen. I run the iPlayer in IE, but everything else in FF
October 31st, 2008 at 12:15Steve Oliver said:
Working now!
October 31st, 2008 at 12:15Alianora La Canta said:
The F1-live link doesn’t work for me at all. At least I get the frame for the official page…
…though after that last refresh, everything is fine for the official timing
October 31st, 2008 at 12:15Dom said:
Unfortunately, Interlagos’s corner names don’t need changing.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:15Dirty Scarab said:
No installation laps for Ferrari again. I wonder why they always leave it late to do ‘em?
October 31st, 2008 at 12:16Alianora La Canta said:
Amendment - I’m pretty sure it took Nick less than 8 minutes and 16 seconds to get round Interlagos…
October 31st, 2008 at 12:16lou said:
argh, i have to go out for abit now. stupid doctors. but wil be back soon. byee
October 31st, 2008 at 12:16me said:
the over head pit gantry lights are on. is it really dark there?
October 31st, 2008 at 12:17Christine said:
I think Pinheirinho might be my new favourite corner name.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:17Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
Kimi getting into his car
October 31st, 2008 at 12:17RubberGoat (Gavin Brown) said:
Wow - that’s almost as bad as Geoff Brabham in Pre-Qualifying in a Life-F1!
October 31st, 2008 at 12:18Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
aha, i have 5Live on IE now, everything else on FF
October 31st, 2008 at 12:18Alianora La Canta said:
I hear that the Brazillians are still playing music to keep themselves amused in this time of total non-action on track…
October 31st, 2008 at 12:18Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
It’s worse. He only took 7 minutes at Imola.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:18Dom said:
I can’t post comments on the live commenting thing now.
Everything is going wrong.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:19Rocket said:
Sure has. And before I forget I’d like to thank Me and Christine for all their hard work this year and adding a more enjoyable dimension to my F1 world. Cheers guys.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:19Dom said:
Eight minute lap for nick there.
Oh dear.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:19Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
You reckon the Brazilian drivers are doing the samba in their pit garages. When in Rome and all that…
October 31st, 2008 at 12:19me said:
do you think someone typed some figures into live timing, in order to pretend something’s working.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:19RubberGoat (Gavin Brown) said:
That’s a bit like the Schroedinger’s Cat Paradox!
October 31st, 2008 at 12:19Christine said:
Both DC and Webber are wearing kneepads. I never noticed before.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:19me said:
i see your comment dom, wassup?
October 31st, 2008 at 12:20me said:
tis bumpy in there… and they’re geting old.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:21Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
They did resurface the circuit last year didn’t they?
October 31st, 2008 at 12:21Dom said:
Have had to resort to old-style commenting.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:21Alianora La Canta said:
According to my live timing, Nick Heidfeld went round at 20.1mph. This is about half the speed of the Life car at Monza…
October 31st, 2008 at 12:21Dirty Scarab said:
And they have cod liver oil instead of water in their drinks bottles
October 31st, 2008 at 12:22Christine said:
Bourdais and Piquet out according to timing. Who knows if that’s true though…
October 31st, 2008 at 12:22RubberGoat (Gavin Brown) said:
That’s slower than the Safety Car!
October 31st, 2008 at 12:22me said:
how retro. is it a homage to our first ever fp1 commenting session?
are you seeing errors, a just nothing happening?
October 31st, 2008 at 12:22Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
Yeah it is, I See NP coming out now
October 31st, 2008 at 12:23Alianora La Canta said:
Scott, they resurface nearly every year and it’s still always a bumpy surface…
October 31st, 2008 at 12:23me said:
something to do with the lakes?
October 31st, 2008 at 12:24me said:
piquet giving the homw crowd something to cheer about.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:24Dom said:
I press post and nothing happens.
The F5 days have returned.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:24me said:
how odd. all seems good here.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:25Christine said:
I do wish these drivers would give us warning when they’re going to change their helmets. I need time to re-learn who is who.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:25Kathi said:
Rubens has special shoes for the weekend
October 31st, 2008 at 12:25RubberGoat (Gavin Brown) said:
I couldn’t post on the inside track post earlier today
October 31st, 2008 at 12:25me said:
aww, bless ya.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:25Chris said:
does anyone know of a website other than f1.com that i can access the time sheets? f1.com’s java script doesnt work on my computer here at work.
thanks,
Chris
New York, NY
October 31st, 2008 at 12:25Rocket said:
That new looking front wing on the Renault is moving about a bit freely for my liking.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:25me said:
i found your comment, sorry. it went into moderation for some reason
October 31st, 2008 at 12:26me said:
damn, you are ahead.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:26Dirty Scarab said:
He must have got dressed in the dark this morning…
October 31st, 2008 at 12:26Dom said:
tests
October 31st, 2008 at 12:27RubberGoat (Gavin Brown) said:
Because it was posted from dodgy Denmark!
October 31st, 2008 at 12:27me said:
hahahaha.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:27Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
hahaha! what a lap by glock!
October 31st, 2008 at 12:27Flibster said:
Nice. 21 minute lap from Tim O’Glock.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:27me said:
at least they’re not on his hands.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:27Dom said:
Have had to move live timing, ITV feed and live timing from Firefox to Safari.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:27me said:
glock does a 21min lap.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:28Dom said:
21 mins for Glock!
October 31st, 2008 at 12:28Christine said:
You could walk it faster!!
October 31st, 2008 at 12:28Guio said:
hey guys! it’s my first time here…
and yeah… the drivers seem to be walking the track today lol
October 31st, 2008 at 12:28Dank said:
Maurice Hamilton on Five Live questioned how this was possible when ‘practice only started ten minutes ago’ er… no it didn’t
October 31st, 2008 at 12:29me said:
that was mark hughes, and he’s quite confused
October 31st, 2008 at 12:29Dom said:
He just went 20 mins faster.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:29me said:
howdy guio.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:29Alianora La Canta said:
Glock’s actual time was 1:14.707.
Heidfeld’s time has completely disappeared.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:29me said:
awesome.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:29Dank said:
Mark, Mark… they’re all the same (maybe!)
October 31st, 2008 at 12:29Felipe Leite said:
Pinheirinho = small pine tree
some other corner names from Interlagos:
S do Senna = Senna’s S
Curva do Sol = Sun’s corner (because at the orginal track the drivers would face the sun uphill)
Curva do lago = Lake’s corner
Laranjinha = small orange - the most challenging corner of the track IMHO
Bico de pato = Duck’s beak
Junção = junction
October 31st, 2008 at 12:29Christine said:
It looks like just the Ferrari’s have yet to go out.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:30RubberGoat (Gavin Brown) said:
This is the guy who gets his inside info that he mentioned on the Chequered Flag Podcast from Ian Philips of Spyker…
October 31st, 2008 at 12:30Alianora La Canta said:
Hello, guio.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:30me said:
aww. that’s what we need in valencia.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:30Alianora La Canta said:
Massa looked extremely bored just then.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:30Christine said:
Aw, even better. Thanks Felipe, they’re great. Also quite like Bico de pato
October 31st, 2008 at 12:30RubberGoat (Gavin Brown) said:
I love the corner names here - small orange???
October 31st, 2008 at 12:31Christine said:
Duck’s beak!
October 31st, 2008 at 12:31Dank said:
Not watching the ITV feed - I take it Trulli has soldered into work today? Read reports that he was suffering from a high fever and had to attended by the Toyota doctor yesterday?
October 31st, 2008 at 12:32Dirty Scarab said:
Yeah, it’s weird. They don’t even do installation laps like the other teams. Seems that they do it every GP though…
October 31st, 2008 at 12:32Alianora La Canta said:
I think Heidfeld and Glock’s erroneous times might be the time since the session started, which live timing was posting by mistake…
October 31st, 2008 at 12:32me said:
ooh, didn’t know that. he is there, yup.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:32Dom said:
He’s out now.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:32Felipe Leite said:
look at the circuit map and try to see a duck’s beak
October 31st, 2008 at 12:33Alianora La Canta said:
Dank, that’s interesting. Good to see Trulli is going to try racing regardless of feeling unwell, though.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:33Dirty Scarab said:
A small orange is a satsuma isn’t it?? or a nectarine. I always forget…
October 31st, 2008 at 12:33RubberGoat (Gavin Brown) said:
Valencia could have corners in spanish for:
- Tight twisty bit
- Another tight twisty bit
- overtaking place if you’re crazy
- Trulli-train section
- Dodgy pit entry for FIA fines
- artificial Tilke section
October 31st, 2008 at 12:34Christine said:
If he can’t race, then we’ll have a driver change and all my rabbiting on about this being the only season without will have been for nothing.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:34Dom said:
They weren’t gonna call a corner satsuma, were they?
October 31st, 2008 at 12:35me said:
hahaha. ahh, good times
October 31st, 2008 at 12:35Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
5Live just said Massa used to deliver the food to the current Ferrari chef when he was working at Benetton in 1989. How times change!
October 31st, 2008 at 12:35me said:
rubens helmet clashes badly with that car.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:35Dirty Scarab said:
I think it’s got a nice ring to it. Very Pithy.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:36RubberGoat (Gavin Brown) said:
Now Ferrari are hoping he can deliver the goods this weekend!
October 31st, 2008 at 12:36Christine said:
Doesn’t everything?
October 31st, 2008 at 12:36Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
At least this time you’re able to tell who’s who.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:36me said:
doh!
October 31st, 2008 at 12:36Christine said:
Very good!
October 31st, 2008 at 12:36me said:
oh yeah.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:36Dank said:
Deliverying food at the age of 8? Labour laws in Brazil must be pretty relaxed!
October 31st, 2008 at 12:37me said:
slow kimi?
October 31st, 2008 at 12:37Dom said:
Erm…
The tyres don’t…
October 31st, 2008 at 12:37Felipe Leite said:
Now why the corners have those names:
Laranjinha - in the original track, this corner was named Laranja (orange). laranja in portuguese is a slang term for coward, like the “chicken” slang in english. In the new track they shortened this corner a little bit, so it went from Laranja to Laranjinha
Pinheirinho - When they built the circuit, there was a small pine tree in the inside of this corner. Now the small pine tree is actually a big pine tree, but the name remais. It is possible to see the tree in the footage sometimes, depending of where the camera is.
Curva do lago - At the original track, there were two lakes araound this section of the circuit, (so the name Interlagos = interlakes).
October 31st, 2008 at 12:37Alianora La Canta said:
RubberGoat, in that case there would have been corners named:
- Pedacito twisty apretado
- Otro pedacito twisty apretado
- alcanzar el lugar si usted está loco
- Trulli-entrene a la sección
- Entrada arriesgada del hoyo para las multas de la FIA
- sección artificial de Tilke
October 31st, 2008 at 12:37me said:
nope, he’s okay now.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:37Flibster said:
What labour laws?
October 31st, 2008 at 12:37Christine said:
Just Massa still to go now. He was being strapped in moments ago.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:37Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
Kimi on circuit?! No, surely not
And he almost got his nose chopped off my Nico
October 31st, 2008 at 12:37RubberGoat (Gavin Brown) said:
I suspect he may have done it to meet an F1 boss a la Lewis Hamilton and Ron Dennis…
October 31st, 2008 at 12:37Alianora La Canta said:
Lost streaming for a split second there.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:37RubberGoat (Gavin Brown) said:
I love it!!!
October 31st, 2008 at 12:37Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
5Live says it’s starting to spit with rain!
October 31st, 2008 at 12:37me said:
lee saying it’s raining lighty.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:38Guio said:
massa’s gearing up now…
October 31st, 2008 at 12:38Christine said:
Brilliant. They’re a bit long though. My track guides would go on for aages
October 31st, 2008 at 12:38Dom said:
Massa is coming out and it’s starting to rain.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:38RubberGoat (Gavin Brown) said:
so she’s not doing A1GP anymore?
October 31st, 2008 at 12:38Flibster said:
Glock fastest with 2 purples.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:38Rocket said:
Have the Honda horns…grown horns?
October 31st, 2008 at 12:38Alianora La Canta said:
There may be labour laws in Brazil, but geography class has taught me that they are not enforced spectacularly well…
October 31st, 2008 at 12:39Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
How ironic that it starts to rain a bit and Massa is just about to go out
October 31st, 2008 at 12:39Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
Hamilton slightly off track?
October 31st, 2008 at 12:39Dirty Scarab said:
Rain didn’t stop Kovy putting in a corker
October 31st, 2008 at 12:39Dom said:
Jenson P7
October 31st, 2008 at 12:40Dom said:
Heikki 1st?
October 31st, 2008 at 12:40Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
Glock the driver who’s done the most laps with 12
October 31st, 2008 at 12:40Dom said:
Felipe’s out!
October 31st, 2008 at 12:40Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
Brazilian fans cheering Heikki?!
October 31st, 2008 at 12:41Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
Fernando’s team radio says few light spots of rain.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:41Dom said:
The ITV feed is ludicrously far behind…
October 31st, 2008 at 12:41Dirty Scarab said:
Lol. The Brazilian commentators on my live stream are going nuts at Massa going out. Bless ‘em.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:41Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
wow, lewis quickest by nearly half a second. He’s not messing about!
October 31st, 2008 at 12:42me said:
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/formula-1/brazilian-gp/2008/free-practice-1.html
October 31st, 2008 at 12:42RubberGoat (Gavin Brown) said:
Get in there Lewis!
October 31st, 2008 at 12:42Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
Hehe, Massa chasing hamilton with Fernando chasing the Ferrari, cool.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:42Alianora La Canta said:
Is Force India ever going to attempt a full lap this session?
October 31st, 2008 at 12:42Kathi said:
Have you guys seen Ted’s prediction for the weekend?
October 31st, 2008 at 12:42Dirty Scarab said:
You gotta admit, Hamilton’s awesome on a greasy track.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:42RubberGoat (Gavin Brown) said:
Fearless forecast for the race perhaps?
October 31st, 2008 at 12:43me said:
nope. what’s he saying?
October 31st, 2008 at 12:43Guio said:
i thought the race was still on sunday? haha
October 31st, 2008 at 12:43Kathi said:
http://www.itv-f1.com/Feature.aspx?Type=General&id=44440
October 31st, 2008 at 12:43Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
He’s awesome when it gets more than greasy as well. unlike a certain Ferrari driver…
October 31st, 2008 at 12:44Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
DC’s car bottoming out a lot on the pit straight as Heikki is shown locking up twice on the same lap.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:44Guio said:
massa can’t quite match hamilton… yet
October 31st, 2008 at 12:44Dirty Scarab said:
So Piquet’s done 14 laps and Alonso’s done no flying laps?
EDIT: He’s out now…
October 31st, 2008 at 12:45Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
playing a bit of music now on my laptop to help the session along
October 31st, 2008 at 12:46Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
massa takes the gap down to under a tenth.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:47me said:
alonso taking this session very easily so far.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:48Alianora La Canta said:
The rain is getting more intense…
October 31st, 2008 at 12:49me said:
massa’s driving would confirm that
October 31st, 2008 at 12:49Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
wow massa looking very ragged there.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:49Dirty Scarab said:
Raikkonen will be kicking himself if he doen’t get any dry running.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:50RubberGoat (Gavin Brown) said:
Don’t be mean!
October 31st, 2008 at 12:50Alianora La Canta said:
Nico demonstrates the slipperiness of the circuit.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:51Christine said:
Both Hondas seem to be doing okay so far.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:52Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
Wonder if anyone here’s gonna go on a texting spree to 5Live.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:52Flibster said:
Theres something very wrong then…
October 31st, 2008 at 12:52Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
Vettel off the track there in front of Alonso?
October 31st, 2008 at 12:52me said:
i have no phone, and christine’s at work. but feel free.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:53Dom said:
Keeping it in the top ten
October 31st, 2008 at 12:53me said:
and he manages to drag his backside up to 7th.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:53Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
hehe, ok I’ll take up the challenge. Gimme something to text them, I’m stuck for ideas
October 31st, 2008 at 12:53Dom said:
DC’s go faster stripes aren’t working…
October 31st, 2008 at 12:54Alianora La Canta said:
The Force Indias are propping up the timesheets again. To nobody’s great surprise.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:54Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
Neither is that brown paint on it either
October 31st, 2008 at 12:54me said:
oh dear.
what’s up with kimi?
October 31st, 2008 at 12:54Rocket said:
There’s something not quite right with FAlonso’s sector times there.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:55Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
No idea.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:55me said:
i missed it, what did it say?
October 31st, 2008 at 12:55Dom said:
He said he wouldn’t fight Massa but this is ridiculous…
October 31st, 2008 at 12:55Dirty Scarab said:
He’s probably Lulling Mclaren into a false sense of security.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:56Dom said:
Alonso off.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:57me said:
did he bottom out his car there?
October 31st, 2008 at 12:57Jeremy said:
Hello everyone! Midnight here in Aust. Super tired - just got home from a 12 hour working day and a 3 hour drive home from Canberra. Just in time!
October 31st, 2008 at 12:57me said:
ok, i can’t bit that
October 31st, 2008 at 12:57me said:
beat.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:57Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
Just texted 5Live asking why kimi hasn’t come out yet.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:58Alianora La Canta said:
Good to see you, Jeremy
October 31st, 2008 at 12:58Rocket said:
His final sector was a almost a second slower yet he was just a tenth off Heidfeld and M Webber. Things didn’t add up. Seems to have rectified itself now.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:58Christine said:
In which case, I will say Go Lewis! on your behalf!
October 31st, 2008 at 12:59Dom said:
He just stole your text, Scott!
October 31st, 2008 at 12:59Rocket said:
Actually no. But it is midnight here and haven’t slept much so I might be seeing things and adding up all wrong.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:59Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
Goddamn you, David!
October 31st, 2008 at 13:00Kathi said:
?
October 31st, 2008 at 13:00Rocket said:
Why would you leave Canberra? Smashing place what!
October 31st, 2008 at 13:01Kathi said:
Fisi almost spins
October 31st, 2008 at 13:01Jeremy said:
Thank you! I do like the Go Senna at the beginning of this thread.
October 31st, 2008 at 13:01Dirty Scarab said:
Ferrari’s got a big advantage over Mclaren in the middle sector it seems…
October 31st, 2008 at 13:02Alianora La Canta said:
That looked a bit of a handful for Fisi there…
October 31st, 2008 at 13:02Dom said:
Fisi nearly in the wall.
October 31st, 2008 at 13:02Jeremy said:
So is Wollongong - girlfriend, beaches, home etc.
October 31st, 2008 at 13:02Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
Right, just sent a text about the possible force india-mercedes partnership. Don’t you dare steal it, David!
October 31st, 2008 at 13:03Dom said:
Crofty’s running out of ideas…
October 31st, 2008 at 13:03me said:
haha. you may wanna ask ian philips that one later.
October 31st, 2008 at 13:03Kathi said:
somebody spun
October 31st, 2008 at 13:03Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
kimi finally out.
October 31st, 2008 at 13:03Kathi said:
Kimi
October 31st, 2008 at 13:03Dom said:
Wha? Kimi spin?
October 31st, 2008 at 13:04Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
kimi spins!
October 31st, 2008 at 13:04Rocket said:
Fair enough. Can’t help but plug me home town. Which by the way is not far from Mr Webber’s home town of Queanbeyan.
October 31st, 2008 at 13:04RubberGoat (Gavin Brown) said:
That will be Maurice Hamilton’s “inside info” on Chequered Flag later!
October 31st, 2008 at 13:04Flibster said:
36 second s1
October 31st, 2008 at 13:04Dom said:
I haven’t seen it yet…
October 31st, 2008 at 13:05Dirty Scarab said:
reversing onto the gras could have gone horribly wrong
October 31st, 2008 at 13:05Flibster said:
there it is…. about a minute behind here
October 31st, 2008 at 13:05Dom said:
P10 for Kimi
October 31st, 2008 at 13:05me said:
ouch!
October 31st, 2008 at 13:05Scott Woodwiss (Gotta beat Christine in FR) said:
now that’s a flat spot
October 31st, 2008 at 13:05lou said:
hey ya everyone i’m back from the doctors. Have i missed much?
October 31st, 2008 at 13:05lou said:
oh it’s raining…
October 31st, 2008 at 13:05me said:
just lost video
October 31st, 2008 at 13:06Christine said:
Honda’s are in 11th and 13th.
October 31st, 2008 at 13:06