Why do they insist on starting races later in these countries with tropical climates - TV schedules are in real danger of denying us a full race whenever they go to the far east......
Brilliant - it's just started chucking it down again 🙄
Was hoping to catch this in the afternoon... not sure if I can justify to SWMBO 2 hours of watching rain drying.
GET THIS SAFETY CAR IN
First time in korea
First time the f1 thread has hit 3 pages before the racing starts.
First time i've ever wanted the rain to stop in an f1 race!
What did webber say? Rewound it 3 times and still can't make it out
he said he thought there wasn't much difference. hmmmm.
Basically "no change from before" i.e., I want the points Mr Whiting, ta very much, please stop the "race".
I think Martin's right. Whats the point in having a full wet tyre if they're not going to use them????
only slightly more of a procession than normal and I so hope the excitment of the pit stop still affects the race outcome ...Gripping stuff as always
Can we get a 'What tyre for a wet Korean F1race' thread?
This is ****ing ridiculous!!!
For what good its worth the FIA will be getting an email from me later on. As Brundle says what the point of developing and bringing full wets if they're not going to use them.
this is getting beyond a joke now.
This is stupid, get the safety car in for Gods sake. These blokes get millions to drive, surely they can handle a wet track?
At least it's probably gonna be awesome when they do start. Hamilton for the win if he keeps it on the blacktop
Definately seems to be getting slightly darker
So, the FIA have just done their fully scientific weather analysis
Spot on pdf! 😉
Lewis. The only racer out there.
I have to admit listening to the team radio I'm actually liking Lewis Hamilton more and more
thank **** for that
At ****in' last!!!
Yay!
Yay, they're gonna race!
When i woke up at 8 with groggy head,i was gutted. Then i found out i couldnt watch it live on my ps3 iplayer xperience cant use the big tv cause my mates sleepin in my lounge would kill me...
Balls i thought im gonna have to wait until this arvo when i want to be riding,balls and crap i thought.
And then i found the thread. Thank you naofreak for an amusing start,cheers pook for the vid, and thanks to the rest of you for making me feel like i'm there whilst playing ps3 games 🙂
Inters in next few laps
Legard couldn't bloody identify hamilton depsite the fac he's been watching him in formation for an hour.
Moron.
Oops
Oh Dear!
Webber you tit. Serves you right for trying to get points for nothing. Feel bad for rosberg
OOF
Ohh, this is going to be interesting 😈
Not much room for error then! Webber looked like he'd recover it until he got onto that astroturf!
Rosberg was looking confident, so that's a shame.
Legard as Rosberg appears on screen, with his name displayed prominently
"And there's Lewis Hamilton".
SACK HIM NOW.
[i]Webber you ****. Serves you right for trying to get points for nothing. Feel bad for rosberg
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+1 - Just need Vettel to fall off now.
To me this highlights the difference between McLaren and Red Bull . . . Red Bull are an exercise in marketing and will do anything to see their guys win and sod the fans, whereas McLaren are a proper racing team who's sole existance is to race.
Legard: "WIth Sutil making that move he lost a place"
Brundle: "But he didn't, as he simply rejoined"
It's obvious he's getting peed off with him. Think he said something about it recently too
Who's winning, what lap etc?
I got bored waiting and took the dog for a walk. Have I missed anything?
While out I remembered there is a stretch of road I use that doesn't kick up spray. The regular surface is horrendous in the rain, but there is one section of 4-5km with nothing. Why can't they improve the surface with all the money in F1??
It's complicated, but vettel. Check out f1.com for live timing info if you can't watch
Worked out well for hamilton. Would have liked to see him have a go at alonso, but I doubt he'd of played fair and given him space to pass had the situation arose.
They've all missed alonso taking hamilton when he went wide
¡Vamos Fernando!
Where are the marshalls? He's got himself out and walked off, suppose he was injured? Still no one there ffs
Petrov's f1 career over?
got to be
He's quick though
Not anymore.
Vettel haha. What a bitch
Surpirse ,surprise - we go past the 42 laps for full points and all of a sudden Vettel can't see properly because of the bad light!
Couldn't hear very well, but was Vettel saying that it's dangerous because he can't see the braking points???
The light level's fine.... ha ha ha!
And it just gets better....
vettel!!!!! hahaahhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahhaa
Serves him right!!
Karma? Vettel's engine is all over the straight!
How many parts came out there????? 😯
Can see alright now!!!
Boom!!!
Hahahaha!
yeah wonder if he'll find the pits in such dark conditions
😆
Hamilton back in the title mix.
Sutil has had some fun today
I'm deeply unimpressed with button today
damn - sutil is my fantasy f1 driver!
Button's not making much of an impression on that Red Bull or 2 Saubers!
his rear end has gone hasn;t it? McLaren have power but it's useless unless he can stick it down.
I wonder if that Red Bull engineer who was saying how easy it was before the start is still feeling quite so smug & positive?!
Pook - yeah both Mclarens look a bit tip-toey...just trying to get to the end now!
Apparently they are looking to make some circuit changes for next year!
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Enhorabuena Fernando!!!! 😆
well it's all mixed up again!
I wouldn't be too sure... From the BBC.
Lap 51: "I'm more confident now than I was before this race that I'm going to win this world championship," said Fernando Alonso after the British Grand Prix on 11 July, when he was 47 points adrift of the lead. That kind of belief is inherent. It cannot be taught. He's a very steely character, the Spaniard. Hamilton now 2.8 seconds behind Ferrari's race leader. We are going to get the full race distance.
Alonso won't win it. I doubt he'll even get 2nd place.
Spoilt child came first disappointingly... Massa's face said a lot on the podium too. Wonder if he will change teams for 2011... probably realises now that he is confirmed, like Brarachello was, as a professional number 2...
there's nowhere to go for him rick
Renault? Might be an opening soon
interesting....
Stunning race (when it finally got going!). I laughed my backside off, and scared the dog from leaping around the living room when Vettels engine went bang!
Think they had an eye on sutil but after today, maybe not so much
I'm deeply unimpressed with button today
He only likes it smooth and predictable doesn't he?
I understand Buttons brakes weren't working properly, and his tyres were pretty much done.
Alonso did well in shite conditions. Good win.
Has anyone seen naokfreek? It started so promisingly... 😀