Good morning Heikki fans, welcome to a slightly late Heikki news. Has it really been four weeks already?
Since I last updated you the season has well and truly begun. Heikki has hit the track twice, and I was there to cheer him on both times. Unfortunately in Australia he retired on the 19th lap with a water leak, but successfully bought the car home in 15th in Malaysia after qualifying in 19th position. His team mate Jarno finished 13th in Australia so is technically leading him in the championship even though they’re both on zero points. I will not stand for this for too long! Many team members were positive about their performance after Malaysia and although I’ve missed all three practice sessions this weekend they appear to be doing OK. Twelfth or better Heikki, you can do it!
In Australia I was lucky enough to get a tour of the Team Lotus garage and after holding a piece of Heikki’s car for a photo, I would like to make it clear that the water leak was not my fault. Probably. I also learned from my tour guide Mabel that Heikki’s new trainer is a man named Adam. Never before have I sourced my Heikki news from directly inside the team!
Off track Heikki spent a bit of time in Kuala Lumpur before coming to Melbourne, and then headed straight back there for the two weeks before the Malaysian Grand Prix. While he was there he tweeted about Tutti Frutti icecream no less than three times! Driver endorsements must work because I had good intentions to try it while I was in Malaysia but never managed to stumble upon one.
Team CEO Riad Asmat also tweeted to say that the first person to spot Heikki in KL would win a team cap. It’s not often a team effectively gives the fans permission to stalk their drivers! That’s not a prize I’d ever win because I never approach anyone outside of the track. If they’re on their own time, I leave them alone!
Team Lotus ran a street demo of their car in Putrajaya before the Malaysian Grand Prix, if you haven’t watched the excellent video the team released, you should go do that now! Watch some other videos on the channel while you’re at it, they’re all brilliant.
Before taking to the track in Melbourne Heikki had to do the FIA post concussion test as a result of his accident at the Race of Champions last year. Obviously he passed so that was good news! David Croft mentioned on his 5Live commentary in Malaysia that he had talked to Catherine about the accident and she told him it took her eight weeks to recover. I hope this won’t stop Heikki from coming back to the RoC this year! This year's event will be held in Frankfurt, Germany on the 3rd and 4th of December.
Also in Melbourne, Heikki attended an Air Asia signing in the city on the Thursday before the race. That’s the same Air Asia tent where I entered their Uberfan competition. If you missed that news (this is where Heikki news briefly becomes Amy news), I won! Air Asia will be flying me to Korea to watch the Grand Prix with Team Lotus. I suppose none of the other entrants can lay claim to writing a monthly blog about what one of the teams drivers has been up to! Unfortunately I won’t be sitting up this end of the plane.
Time for me to end my Heikki news because qualifying is about to start and thats always a good reason to drop everything you’re doing. I shall leave you with what is obviously the greatest picture of 2011. Legendary.
Hello new Heikki news :)
Hello daily. Only 1/3 of the day late :D
perfect time for a daily :)
I am watching AFL while I wait for the F1 to start. About 8 men in a row just failed to pick up the ball as it was rolling along the ground. This sport suuuuucks.
Although they are only 1 point apart and it's always exciting when games are close :)
Is that the one where they all basically fight and kick a ball through poles and a guy stands behind the poles?
yes, and if you miss the main goal theres backup goals so you can still get a point for trying. Bah.
They always used to show it on Transworld Sport on Saturday mornings and I had nooooo idea what was going on :D
i like the combination of a heikki/amy news daily.
There is too much finnish awesomeness in that picture!
I may have squealed when I saw it.
:)
PIZZA IS HERE. 15 minutes early. That's like Christmas.
Mika's belt buckle is quite magnificent too.
goodnight all.
Nighty night :P
night mr c :)
Results pingles:
http://sidepodcast.com/post/china-2011-free-practice-3-results
http://sidepodcast.com/post/china-2011-qualifying-results
I could just go for pizza right now but I'll settle for sleeps.
Sleep sounds good but sadly work beckons for me. See you all later.
I have eaten two slices and decided I don't want any more right now. The sides however, amazing :D
Have a good sleep.
I just watched Webber be knocked out again. Not as shocking the second time :)
Is Eddie Jordan banned from china? In 3 years he has missed it 3 times
In other motorsport news i went to watch this last night http://www.redbull.com/cs/Satellite/en_INT/Video/Red-Bull-X-Fighters-Dubai---Best-Action-021242995441461
It was a tad wooo
He tried getting there last year but the volcano stopped him. I don't think he's banned but I have no idea why he is absent this year.
Have you seen these recent posts on sidepodcast.com?
- China 2011 - Qualifying Results
- China 2011 - Qualifying Highlights
- Daily: 16th April 2011
- Live: China 2011 - Qualifying
- China 2011 - Free Practice 3 Results
Bonjour!
hello!
je m'appelle Alex*taps side of head*
Sorry wrong language setting.
During qualifying this morning my Dad and I were watching and the program and Katherine was in the room. During the break between the sessions Katherine piped up: "ooh I have an F1 question. Who's that?"
She was pointing at Bruno Senna. No need on information about the drivers just a name check on the cute ones :)
I have a question: in qualifying there was a shot of the Ferrari garage and several of the crew were wearing badges saying 'Rob Smedley, Panda Grand Prix 2011' on. Any idea what that is about?
It was like a kids party!
:D
Somebody on this train is the wife or girlfriend of Lewis or Jenson's physio.
:o!!!! Mikey is getting married soon i think.. if that helps.. he keeps tweeting about going to wedding fares..
how do you even know that!
http://yfrog.com/h7b5hfoj does she look like this?
*stops being a stalker now*
The conversation was about where [insert name which I didn't hear] was at the moment and she said China. Then there was a conversation about McLaren and then a conversation about getting out to China being a nightmare and about how it was a pain. And then the lady asked what he actually did and she said he was [mumbled name]'s chief physio. I mean it could be Pat Fry's physio for all I know.
ahh, I like :)
Ha ha. I can't see her from where I am.
She is getting married soon
In fac I think this might be a hen do
the things you learn on trains :)
can you throw your voice? Apparently her name is Harriet.
No it's Laura. I have just discovered!
So it's not her. I have just seen her.
isn't harriet Jake's wife?
They're both called Harriet. Is anyone outside of England called that? I've never met one. Or maybe I have and they were 80.
now that is confusing..
I got confused when he tweeted Jake once along the lines of "Harriet and I got engaged, don't tell Harriet, she'll be upset"
:D haaa
#WRC
Ogier wins Rally Jordan by 0.2s
1 2 Sébastien OGIER 2:48:28.2 +0.0
2 4 Jari-Matti LATVALA 2:48:28.4 +0.2
3 1 Sebastien LOEB 2:48:55.9 +27.7
4 3 Mikko HIRVONEN 2:51:12.9 +2:44.7
5 15 Matthew WILSON 2:54:13.1 +5:44.9
6 8 Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN 2:54:43.1 +6:14.9
7 7 Federico VILLAGRA 2:57:46.9 +9:18.6
8 10 Khalid AL QASSIMI 2:58:11.9 +9:43.7
Kimi did very well again and would have finished 5th but had a puncture on the second to last stage
uh oh, Andy Murray is about to play Rafa but the match is delayed because he's injured. So he won't even remotely be a challenge and he'll get steamrollered. Watching Rafa on clay is boring :(
Not too bad at all.....
Not sure if anyone has made the cmment but....
Di Resta to replace Schumey at Merc?....
I suspect that may be the plan in 2012 at this rate. Schumacher is contracted for then, meaning matters may be delayed until 2013. I have a feeling Vijay may even be depending on that replacement happening at some point.
So Hulkenberg step in for Paul?....
Correctamundo ;)
Except perhaps it would play better for Merc to have Nico in the Merc...
2 Nicos in the same team?....
Confusion!
Hey folks
Hello!
Hi Ali,
How are you?
Fine, thank you. Visited Grandma and had chicken pie with chips and peas.
Very nice.
:)
Later I have swimming club and then a reasonably early night (I've been promised there will be no Foal TV tonight)
I gather Mr Webber had troubles this morning...
Electric problems followed by KERS issues and finally tyre temperature deficiency.
Wow...
No wonder he wasn't a happy bunny in qualifying...
I read his post-quali Q&A - all one word answers brief retorts. Not happy.
i (hearts) toro rosso:
jaime: Finally got it step by step, still to improve a bit set up but was good qualy congrats to team mate seb he was quick as always! Tomorrow more
seb: Very day for the whole team today!!! very good job from Jaime as well!
You can feel the happiness jumping off the page :)
Still got that Minardi spirit in them.
:)
All the more sad that one of them could be ditched mid-season
both in the top ten this week though. pretty good stuff, even with webber out of the picture.
True, but I can't help but think they'll find a way to shoe-horn Ricciardo in.
i'm sure they will. buemi is making it a tough as possible though :)
Absolutely
Meanwhile
http://theformulaoneandmotorsportsarchive.wordpress.com/2011/04/16/2011-british-f3-round-of-monza-rd-1-qualifying-april-16th/
#rankings
I like that Nick Heidfelds twitter is going to stop with the on-track live updates. It's still pretty obvious he doesn't write it all himself though.
Monza update:
I love this message that just popped up on the timing screens
:D
what?!?!
:) :)
quite a few drivers do that. a 2nd account is helpful though.
:D
Oh ohhhh
"Team manager of team 24 to the race director immediately"
:)
What's the penalty for illegal paperwork wings?
Lewis Hamilton gets a drive through
Who's the scapegoat driver in team 24's series?
:)
Warning: next race may feature an unusually high quantity of mentions of sailing. Eddie Jordan isn't in China because he was busy winning a yacht race in the Carribean.
I wonder if this also explains Eddie's absence in 2009?
Murray is doing better than I thought he would.
He's having a good day today then?
they delayed the match 20 minutes because he was having treatment on his elbow, thats not good :D
Booo for the match being on Sky Sports 3, I can;t watch it on our TV downstairs :(
Afternoon all. Was going to say hello with something but movie maker has instead decided to be movie maker. Worst... anything... ever.
I am tempted to have a full on blog rant at this pathetic program. 45 minutes spent now trying to make a 1 minute video with 2 different clips.
I found out my favourite annuals (Formula 1 Yearbook) still exist. I thought they'd stopped making them after 2008, but I've discovered the 2009 and 2010 ones on Amazon - if I'm willing to pay nearly £80 and accept that they will both be in French!
Ohhh I used to get them every year. Was absolutely gutted they stopped doing the English ones (and in the Brawn year too!), they made for excellent Christmas day reading.
I'll have to consider getting the French ones when I have a reasonably secure job - my French isn't very good but it'll be worth it for the statistics and broader coverage alone...
Ping: http://mrschristine.com/2011/04/16/read-it-for-the-articles/
windows movie maker? have you considered trying the premiere demo? 45 day free trial and then you can rent it for a month for about £40.
I just wanted to make a quick video with basic software. Sadly, microsoft have other ideas and want to make the simplest things utter and absolute torture
It's still struggling to deal with it and it's been an hour now, I literally cannot do a thing without it freezing/crashing/forgetting the source video, quite astonishing for something as basic as that
Thought I;d take a piccie of mine all standing proudly on my cupboard :) http://twitpic.com/4ll6bi
:) I take it the green one is 1999 (which I've never seen anywhere in English)? I'm missing 1998, 1999 and 2001 out of the English volumes.
It is, 1999-2000
Why do they cover two years?
I don't know, they just cover the one season which is the first number. Something I've never understood!
They don't cover two years; they're published towards the end of the first year, but I think the publishers consider the drivers to be "the class of F1" until the next F1 season starts.
Heres something stupid: because the F1 was delayed on TV they had to delay the streaming of it on their website too.
"Our digital rights only permit us to simulcast what is broadcast on ONE - FOM won't allow us to live stream it outside of broadcast."
Absolutely pathetic.
same for the bbc though. they get away with it because of the red button. ONE need a spare channel.
They kind of have one, they were showing the AFL on both :(
ah.
Ooh that's a bit fail.
ONE is a digital only HD channel, so they show the AFL on their regular free to air channel too since not everyone has gone digital yet. But they can't just show it on the free to air because then all the people who are HD capable will whine that they can't watch it in HD.
It was nice to see @ONEHD getting lots and lots of tweets from F1 fans though, this is the first year they've had a twitter and have been able to get such feedback :)
#peoplepower
its only ever an issue during the Asian races, bring on Europe and 10pm qualifying! F1 in the daytime just isn't right.
That was waayyyyy harder than it should've been but yay!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRt5Q98GDk8
This video contains content from Formula One Management, who has blocked it on copyright grounds.
And that was the sound of Lukeh exploding.
That was quick...
BOOOOOOMM
Had qualifying on 11 PM on a Friday night! Felt... unusual. :D
Almost too quick
*looks outside the window*
time to get a posterous account maybe?
After 101,000 views they finally got to my Felipe Baby video :D They still haven't taken to my one of Seb failing at English. I kind of wish they would because people are still commenting on it and I don't like the notification emails. Which I assume I can turn off somewhere.
have made one but everytime I try to make a post it goes mental about Windows Live Mail?
Microsoft are trying their best to make everything difficult today :)
i hate technology.
Which is why you've spent all afternoon watching yawnsome videos :)
how about tumblr?
:D
*learning
Got it sorted now with posterous, was clicking the email button apparently :D
http://lukehmuse.posterous.com/i-dont-know-what-im-doing
Woohooo
Ohh I forgot to upload the video...
Not so woohoo.
i love technology.
Hiiiiiii :)
http://lukehmuse.posterous.com/omg-cat-watching-formula-1-chinese-gp-qualify
Proper woohoo now :)
heheheeh.
and, omg i moss croftie. sooo much better than brundle. :(
The video did have brundle but it didn't feel right so i got the iplayer 5 live feed just to have some ant and crofty goodiness :)
it's like watching a whole other (more exciting) qualifying session.
tut tut Crofty, the Shanghai surprise?
oooh Murray is doing well
Seems to be coming back into the match
Ohhh Jonathon Legard on Final Score. Scary times.
Hello. That was an interesting if slightly cold round of golf.
I'm going for a shower and a nice cup of tea, will anyone here be watching the FA Cup semi? I may do.. for a while anyway. :)
I shall be for sure!
Woohoo
http://theformulaoneandmotorsportsarchive.wordpress.com/2011/04/16/2011-british-f3-round-of-monza-rd-1-race-1-april-16th/
Day nearly done at Monza - I'm going to see if I can catch some driver types before I go for a lie down
:)
grrr youtube conments grrr
Lovely hot water.
Oh I missed the start.
How's Italy?
#WRC
Kimi's team has overtaken Petter's team in the manufacturer's standing.
Ice 1 Racing is now fourth
Summary of the thrilling 2 minutes you missed:
A guy kicked a ball, he lost it, someone else lost it, and so on
Great for him! Mixed feelings though.. I'm a Petter fan too..
Sounds riveting.
Halfback passes to the center. Back to the wing. Back to the center. Center holds it. Holds it.
...Hooolds it.
:)
:D
I'm watching because it is the Manchester derby in the Cup... but I'm also sort of aware it might not be the most exciting game.
Yeovil drew, looks like they'll stay up
This match is already tremendously dull, bah.
why am i watching the football?
you're not even at uni!
Such a football fan... :P
How much of that is due to the commentary? zzzz
ITV's coverage is always pretty mindnumbing
i know.. i'm painting my nails.. it's just on in the background.. i like the colours..
It's not a very exciting match sadly. Needs a goal badly.
i may fall asleep..
I like their chatty people better than Linekar though. They seem happier.
See, football would be perfect for Bernie. The sprinklers are there ready to be used to create excitement.
Although I'm not sure how you could implement his shortcut idea. Perhaps every 15 minutes for a minute the goal gets twice as big?
You could have like the Bud ad with Multiball!
Heheh that was awesome :)
Nah, I say we make the goals smaller...
Hi people.
Afternoon sir :)
Afternoon, good birthday?
Aye, pretty decent. Hasn't rained either which makes a nice change.
as in the studio people?
Doctor Who will be on in precisely 7 days :D
Woooo!
Yea. Watsisface that did the One Show and that.
Just find the BBC stuff to be really subdued.
Chiles. I don't like him, but yeah the BBC can be very staid and dry.
Of course, I don't know if either is more sensible than the other in terms of football talk, I just like the jovial atmosphere and the pretty pictures :)
Usually thats more interesting anyways :)
Oooh Man City scored, noooooo
Utd are supposed to be better, noo.
Something happened!
ohh yaay a goal!
Oooh the match has some life now :)
Good, let's see a counterattack :)
Noooo, Nadal won. bah.
i am gutted i missed it but it was always gonna happen. love the monte carlo masters tho.
Nadal has won it 7 times in a row so I was hoping Andy could cause an upset. Least it wasn't straight sets :)
Oops, 6 times even
hahah murray was never gonna win the monte carlo masters.. not this year, he's really not on form this season .
Plus Nadal is very good on clay too I believe, although constantly winning the monte carlo masters is enough proof :)
Yaaaaaay Chicharito.
The second best mexican after Sergio Perez of course :)
Third. You appear to be forgetting Esteban Guiterrez.
Have you seen these recent posts on sidepodcast.com?
- China 2011 - Qualifying Results
- China 2011 - Qualifying Highlights
- Daily: 16th April 2011
- Live: China 2011 - Qualifying
- China 2011 - Free Practice 3 Results
uh oh
Ooooooooh dear, Paul Scholes you numpty.
Shocking challenge though, yeesh...
Seems so stupid
Always been a very weak part of Scholes' game, even though he's one of United's greatest midfielders. The man defines the term 'foul'.
Well done to the wrong team. :)
:D
Ping - http://thoughtsofpat.wordpress.com/2011/04/16/a-round-of-golf-16th-april-2011/
Some words and numbers about today's golf game which are probably only of interest to a few. :)
Dad's a lifelong Man Utd fan so I grew up watching them.. I'm not really a fan of any Premier League team but if I had to pick one it would be them.
They're my 'adopted team' too. My mate from Trinidad loves Arsenal so I always tease him ;)
Did you guys enjoy qualifying? I must admit I was too tired to wake up (woke up at 11!)
q2 was a bit mad but it was very anti-climatic
It was okay. Q1 was the usual routine until the surprise at the end, Q2 was a bit of fun, Q3.. the split between people doing one run and two took the fun away
I couldn't be bothered to get up & go into the lounge so I stayed in bed & listened to Ant & Crofty. I think it looked better inside my head as they made it sound really exciting.
It was for a while
Evening all.
Early night I think, as soon as I catch up with the score in the London Irish game.
Hi Stuart, still in Jordan?
Yup. Had quite a lot of post-race stuff to do. It's not like a certain WEBSITE where there are people at home who can transcribe sound files and spin up news stories from them...
Flight isn't until 8pm local tomorrow, and hotel check out is at 12, so...
I see, busy day then.
:)
RG around ?
Even the attendant mozzies haven't tried to do that...
Certainly looks like a close WRC title fight for the time being, I hadn't realised.
Well I've got a pizza and a pile of DVDs I should catch up with, see you in a while. :)
Not sure if I'll watch the ALMS race.. it is on really late, but it is Long Beach, but there are hardly any LMP entrants, but it is livestreamed for free by the series...
Great! NOW the fridge is re-stocked.....
The leading four seem to be very equally matched. Solberg (P) is quite stretched keeping up. Kimi isn't doing very much (sorry Lady Snowcat). Private Fords are a bit hit and miss although Solberg (H) came back under Superally and did some quick times.
Looks like VW are announcing a comeback to WRC in Sardinia. They've sent 'save the date' emails. Solberg (P) is telling anyone who'll listen that he'll be driving for them. He even barked it into my dictaphone and he doesn't know me from Adam.
In other news, loving this:
Do it!
I thought Kimi would be faster this year but I'm just glad the Solbergs are still in let alone quick.
Hah, not a closely guarded secret then :)
oh!
May do, it'll be mainly a GT race, and I do like GT racing. 2 hour timed race from 12.30am with a 7am start for F1. 8am if I ignore Jake. Probably will watch it. :)
Right, I'm off to bed. Audi-os...
blockquote>Right, I'm off to bed. Audi-os...Night Stuart !
Night mr Stuart
night
Just time for 4 episodes of 24 series 2 #longwaybehind
Pingle: http://www.f1minute.com/news/qualifying-for-the-chinese-grand-prix-goes-vettels-way
Brilliant timing, just syncing my iPod :)
Oh my word. Just watching Quali. Q2 is like wacky racers....!!!
Holy moly,
I have just had the most hellish two hours ever, but it's all good now.
Lovely cupcakes have been tested and taste lovely. Three of them are being kept for tomorrow because the chocolate is very rich. Ridiculously tasty though - thumbs up from me and my parents :)
Good to hear it's good now.
Sweet... literally
:)
:)
Aye - I lost my wallet, all my cards and travel papers in a taxi leaving me just €3. Thankfully the unbelievably ace taxi driver dropped them back in a half hour ago
:D
If it's starting at 12:30, I'll see how I am when it's due to start. Could be a lot of fun but don't want to fall asleep in the middle of the F1 and my energy levels have been strange this weekend.
:D I love taxi drivers that return abandoned possessions :D
Thank you, wonderful anonymous taxi driver :)
Amazing, but it would have left me utterly stranded. I don't even have enough credit left to make a phone call either
Woah, lucky he was an honest guy
Hell yeah
:)
Right, I need sleep and my wake up call is 6am - night
:)
Goodnight!
Weird red mclaren overalls clash with different red on badly designed cap. Why? Just why?
The competition winner thought it was a good idea (perhaps having not seen this year's version of standard McLaren red).
Ping: http://www.f1bigpicture.com/news/mirror-mirror
Will there be a Marathon thread this year?
yo #severalhourslater
Evening folks
Well that answers Christine's question about why we should keep racing in China
This year he was in a boat race in the Caribbean, if that helps explain things. (It's an annual race, so future years may see an EJ-less race on the second week of April).
Evening all
Just started the quali preview show and found out the good news about EJ
I'm just enjoying the mental image of Oxford-Cambridge meets the Malibu adverts
I noticed that the BBC reporter at today's Aston Villa match was none other than Jonathan Legard
On the spur of the moment today I cleaned out my garage. I've been putting it off forever. It took 7+ hours, but it is done. Now I have a ton of stuff to throw out. It'll take multiple trips to get rid of it all, but it's a good thing.
Sounds about the right pace for the typical Villa match
Sounds like a lot of work
That's Christine's team you know
It was. I'm sore all over and could barely make myself dinner, but I really have been putting it off for years. It was a nice rainy, cool day to work in the garage.
I destroyed a lot of mouse habitat, though. I hope they forgive me.
I thought the plan was start her off on slow moving teams and move up from there?
:D
I think she is only planning to ever go to one match
Villa have that effect
:D
I think they will.
they'd probably been putting off doing it themselves for years
True, seeing as they had mousey condos built up in there. And they were not very tidy at ALL. They must have teenagers.
Ping: I was feeling controversial... "Where Red Bull Went Wrong"
http://www.vivaf1.com/blog/?p=6363
:D
Good read, Maverick. Do you think something else was going on with the car electrically? Obviously KERS isn't working right for him, but do you think there's anything more to it?
I know precision is the name of the game in F1, but RBR really did cut it too fine and shot themselves in the foot.
Steven did you wake up after your 4am nap in time?
I didn't manage to sleep at all until after FP3 so 5am. I woke before 7am for quali then had one hour after that. I should be shattered now but I am wide awake
So you're back to your old self. :)
Who knows, I'm sure they would have said something if it was. But there was nothing wrong with the only timed lap of the second stint - he just needed a second lap to get the best from the tyres
Good point. It's just not coming together for Mark so far this season.
I am starting to think Amy assymilated me and I have become Borg
I was going to say back your old Borg self, in fact.
I think it was just a KERS problem
they need to fix that puppy and get on with it.
It has been an odd week. Until Thursday night I was awake 36is hours straight apart from an unintended 45 minute nap.
does anyone have anything for the daily?
Either that or take it out. Whatever the advantage of it, it has cost Webber more this weekend than he could possibly gain from using it over the next 6 races
I didn't wake up at all last night :D Mysterious stomach pain has vanished without having to go OUTSIDE
You could plug the McLaren racesuit design thing since people have been asking about the red overalls this weekend.
I don't know if it's ok to plug the SidepodBoston write up? http://sidepodcast.com/post/two-pints-of-guinness-and-a-seltzer-with-lemon
Pains that appear and disappear?
well you can plug this please: http://www.vivaf1.com/blog/?p=6363
I think blaming the KERS entirely for the grid position is deflecting the responsibility. They should have got out of Q1 with that car while it was towing a caravan forget a bit of KERS weight. I mean look at the cars it has to beat.... 6 new team cars and only 1 other.
awesome, will do. am still working on a design for mine.. i wish it was a voting thing... will do anything to go to silverstone :(
I want them to have tyre marks down their back :-)
They should have considered that without KERS the soft tyres might have been necessary. Yes, there were technical issues but it was poor tactical choices that sunk Webber's boat.
They look like firemen.
Why did it happen to Webber & not Vettel?
Leigh has a post on F3 from Monza that could be plugged
http://theformulaoneandmotorsportsarchive.wordpress.com/2011/04/16/2011-british-f3-round-of-monza-rd-1-race-1-april-16th/
I agree but they lost time in FP3 due to KERS and wasted a load of time between then and quali trying to sort it. They would have been far better concentrating on the basics of the car
In FP3 every time Webber pitted the mechanics put on rubber gloves and when Vettel pitted they used standard gloves. Figure that out
Webber has KERS and not Vettel?
hehe course! :)
It would seem so. Either that or Vettel was not using it
Thank you.
Why would Webber allow the team to sabotage his race like that?
Also, why doesn't Adrian Newey take a stand and not run the system, if he hates it that much?
The announcers kept saying they were using the rubber gloves because Webber's was broken and Vettel's was not, but they are usually wrong about most things.
No idea. Maybe he feels he needs KERS to overcome Vettel's advantage
If they thought that, then couldn't they just have turned it off even at that stage? I just see it as classic Red Bull reliability issues and incompetent strategy. They've always been champion at shooting themselves in the foot strategy wise. It's just that of late, the car's been fast enough to hide a multitude of sins.
ehehhe! i was thinking a nice smart suit with some patriotic things on it.. seeing as all the ones chosen already seem to have something to do with the individual race on it.
i was thinking i'd maybe upload any design ideas i have.. but then i'm not sure about anyone randomly using my idea?.. #reallywantstogotoarace
not anyone in the comments btw.. not accusing anyone.. just you know.. a random person on the internet.?.
Seems that way. As brilliant as Newey is, he pushes his cars way too close to the limit so a system like this is bound to have cooling issues
The rubber gloves are supposed to be used on all KERS cars unless the system is known to be disarmed in such a way that re-arming is impossible without tools. That's basic safety.
While they were working on Webber's car after he returned to the pits with some kind of electrical fault Newey stood in front of the car with a sketchpad drawing the front right suspension and brakes.
Yes
That would have meant being sensible...
Clearly Webber's got the experimental wagon. It could pay off at some point but it's patently not now.
I thought that was a precaution because of the fault itself - they didn't know if it was in a safe condition
Madness. Has he resigned himself to being number 2?
He'll be actually resigning at this rate... Is his contract up at the end of the year?
The Speed guys were saying that it was odd that Webber's guys had them on and Vettel's did not. And they said it was because they didn't know if kers had discharged and that was proof it was malfunctioning.
Whatever.
You'd think he'd already know what they look like
Think so
Maybe he had just dreamt up an improvement
I think this may be a last-ditch attempt to avoid permanent No. 2 status. After all, if the advances pay off, Mark will end up getting the initial advantage and then be able to build on it while Vettel's still learning how Mark mastered the new stuff.
Unless he thought there was a possibility those areas might have been affected by the problems...
I don't see any evidence that Mark is getting advances or whatever? No-one's reporting a different aero package between the two cars are they?
It's not like he can help with an electrical problem anyways.... He probably had an idea about something that he wanted to write down before he forgot it.
Too late. Vettel has too many points and the team will just say "Well he's the driver in the lead, so we will back Vettel"
Ted was looking over his shoulder reporting what he was drawing
Fast but unreliable, sounds right up Adrian Newey's street ;)
4x eps of 24 watched in a row. I like DVD nights.
The glove situation indicates that Mark is using KERS and Sebastian isn't. That in itself would affect things like ballast emplacement and quantity, cooling and braking systems. A Red Bull in tune in KERS will be very different to the current one that isn't, just as the cars would be if the aero systems were different. In fact, the cooling situation may logically lead to slightly different aero to get the right amount of cool air in the car the right way.
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When Vettel is that far ahead of the McLarens, I don't think that having or not having KERS this weekend would make the slightest difference during qualifying.
He only needs it at the start of the race
For this year, yes. However, if Mark can turn this around quickly, Red Bull may not cast him away. If he does a really good job of the turnaround, he may even get a 1.5-1.5 system re-established for 2012 (though this is admittedly unlikely).
In Q1, Vettel was only 0.9 km/h quicker through the speed trap with KERS than Webber was without it.
Hmmmm Mark is not on good form. I'm biased because I've never really rated him but if it were up to me, I'd be looking to replace him at the end of this season. Tbh I think he was lucky to survive last year with his outbursts. I've decided I want them to hire Di Resta and have a little fluffy dream team :D
Someone said that during quali, I think diResta is more likely to replace Schumacher
BOOOOO!!
I'm not convinced Vettel has KERS. Why weren't the mechanics using gloves with his car, as would be good safe practise if KERS was being used?
I will acknowledge that. If the gamble goes pear-shaped, we might not see Mark in 2012 F1 at all.
I've never seen those odd marigold gloves in use before today and almost every car on the grid has KERS. Although I can see that it seems sensible to use them all the time, were they not only using them because there was a fault?
I totally disagree. I didn't see them as 'outbursts'. Vettel is much more of a crybaby and I can't stand him, but I like Webber and you don't, so we agree to disagree.
And I've just spent 7 hours cleaning my garage, so I don't have the energy nor inclination to go back and forth.
cool, cool data from the malaysian grand prix from tony: https://gist.github.com/923481
data crunchers will love this.
It's possible that they were just using it because of the fault
it was showing as charging and discharging on the graphics
I don't see what he's gambling with? Horner said Vettel would be running KERS although I guess he might have taken it off if there were problems with it. I was under the impression it was running on his car. I think Mark's just well off the pace.
And Webber's was not discharging as I remember?
indeed
The gloves can also be worn under standard gloves.
GAVIN!!!!!!
charts!
KERS is not working.
OK, that convinces me. Vettel had KERS and Red Bull's gloving principles are unsafe...
Mmmm. Sounds like a mathematical chocolate bar.
Even without KERS he should have been a lot faster than he was
no tyre temp, the team let him down.
ALMS Long Beach starts shortly. Free streaming: http://www.americanlemans.com/primary1.php?cat=live
(US viewers need to go to ESPN3)
Live timing: http://scoring.americanlemans.com/scoring.php
But this'll be a GT race as there are only two LMP1 cars and one LMP2, and a handful of LMPC. No Audi/Peugeot. Lots of BMWs and Ferraris and Corvettes and Porsches.
Yes, true. He needs to get it all together, for sure. Right now it all sucks.
he was faster than Vettel - but with a one lap stint that's no good to him
Yeah, do you not need a couple of laps back to back to get the harder tyre working properly? Without the time for that, it was dense not to just use the soft tyre.
Not in quali
You should read Mav's post that he linked to a little while ago
"...added to that we had tyres that were not up to temperature"
either they weren't warmed enough or were out of the warmers too long.
Yes he was - Vettel didn't get through to Q2 off his first timed lap of his stint either!
That's what I've been saying: http://www.vivaf1.com/blog/?p=6363
People need to pay attention. :)
Streaming locked up my browser so I think I'll give the race a miss :(
Booooo streaming. I'm still not happy about that whole not on TV thing.
I'm confused. I see your times and yes Vettel's first lap wouldn't have been enough but all three were successively quicker and all quicker than the corresponding lap from Webber. Where was Webber faster?
unless they're double gloving
Webber's time on his second stint was 1min36.468
Vettel only did a 1min36.744 on his first lap
They had to beat Kobayashi with 1:36.147
Could Vettel have done that given only one lap on the hard tyres?
green flag at Long Beach
Probably not, it's hard to compare lap for lap like that though. I mean presumably Vettel knew he was winding up for a run of a few laps. If it was do or die on that first lap, I'm sure there were a few 10ths at least that he could have pulled out the bag.
Your post makes a very good point. Knowing how the tyres behave, choosing the hard tyre to have that last attempt just looks even stupider than it did originally.
Paul Gentilozzi in the wall, yellows
It should be on TV and on web, I'm glad I can watch them live now
Hello
I was just given a Jesus flyer on the night bus, one of two especially selected!
Does this mean I looked as though I needed saving or that I just made eye contact?
You must look like you need to be saved
I definitely think you need help!
Hey Bassano
Probably the person handing them out had a leaflet distribution quota to meet...
Have you seen these recent posts on sidepodcast.com?
- China 2011 - Qualifying Results
- China 2011 - Qualifying Highlights
- Daily: 16th April 2011
- Live: China 2011 - Qualifying
- China 2011 - Free Practice 3 Results
I think yo ate not looking with open eyes
In a leaflet?
Hey Kai
DO they have night buses in CT?
Can I have that in something close to English?
Yes, in the cities. Nowhere near me, though, so I miss all the excitement.
Steven did you resolve your muffin dilemma?
I'm tOld that JW's have a heaven quotient to meet. If so, they may need some direct marketing training
It is an ex-muffin. It has ceased to be
No, don't be silly
:D :D
hehe
I am blacklisted by them because I unconverted one. They came to my door and I was bored so I kept them talking for over two hours so it is their own fault
from the facebook wall:
Has anyone else noticed the remarkable resemblance between the layout of the Shanghai Circuit and Willow the Wisp?
http://wtw.tarka.org/images/willothewispflipped.jpg
ayou need tO get out more, maybe on a SidepodTour
I'm putting the kettle on, anyone else want a cuppa?
:D
Please.
I thought I was already kind of in the process of that...
Does it lOok like Gavin's dog?
We should visit Steven!!!
Well done for the unconversion :)
Your O's are Out Of cOntrOl.
Shh, they'll expect you to blog it. Oh...
gavin has a dog that resembles willow the wisp?
I look like this apparently so I should be easy to find
https://twitter.com/bassanoclapper/status/58956894609481728
18 mins under yellow at ALMS Long Beach. Now back to green.
Didn't know Gavin had a dog
hehe
The hat makes it.
Hahaha :D
;)
Shhhh, he'll find out!
oh my!
Oooh you're all sensible adults ;) you might be able to help me with this.
I've lost my polling card and have NO idea where my local polling station is. How can I find out? I tried to google it, but not really having any joy.
That was a MESS of a turn around by Tommy Milner. What a disaster, pulling out in front of his teammate who was leading.
#longbeach
They're gOing tO rule the wOrld!
There must be an election website somewhere with that kind of info.
Crazy, think it was Auberlen broadside across the track, cost his teammate the GT lead
Wait, it wasn't Milner.
Ask Pat for accurate facts, I just do what I can.
Hello all
That was unreal to watch.
they've exceeded the quotient (decades ago). new members will have to hope someone drops out.
See how many are due to go to Steven's house.
Not one has visited me in about 15 years. Maybe I need to move every few months to pick off a few more
what is it, six hours till the race?
Do yoou actually care or is it s a whinge mission?
I'm going to vote. I'd rather not have to ring an 0845 number for my polling station. I thought perhaps I was being dense.
Isn't there an online option?
we got a countdown for that :)
http://factbytefactbox.com/live
Long vs Hand for the GT lead, fantastic
I can't find it at all. www.aboutmyvote.co.uk gives me a number for my local registration office but no polling station.
I think I'm going to try something and go to bed now (8:15pm) and get up for it.
Mr. C! And a good day to you, Sir!
I'm going to DVR the race and watch it at 0800 like most races here
Good night
Night :)
Presumably your local council can tell you where the polling station is
See you
I guess I'll have to ring them next week. Not sure the info is up to date though as I can see the address given and I know that building isn't in use for the next year as it's undergoing major refurbishment.
G'night Kai [don't believe you]
You can believe me. I'm asleep right now, as a matter of fact.
I bet there's a dub dub dub for that
Long got the lead then hit the wall! Damaged suspension.
Yu forgot the "[not here]"
#busted
:D Sorry, I just thought someone might know where I could look it up. I can't believe there isn't a list somewhere.
drat and blast.
Ok, really going now.
zzzzzzzz
I believe you
I can safely say I will timeslip this race
If you would be so kind to not head ping the result, I would be most appreciative