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Well here we go then, only 45 minutes to the start. Hoping for a good one, lots of action, bit of rain to spice things up maybe, couple of (non-harmful) crashes, that sort of thing. Or will it be a boring procession?
Like the bit with Jake, David and Eddie on the what do you call them, Triandems?
Andy predictions?
di resta to crash out before lap 10Andy predictions?
Ooh, spitting according to Brundle out on the track...
Why's that band drummer got a dead tiger draped over him? Not ver environmentall sound that, sis it? 😕
Oh here's Harry Hewitt....
id love to see ecclestone get run over.....
First few laps could be good, if there's half the track wet and the other half dry. Could be just what Lewis needs to get a few places back, and of course Jensonbutton is brilliant in 'intermediate' conditions.
I think it's possible there may be the odd spin or two...
Any luck on a live stream for my iPad?
iplayer?
Surely your Och AyePad will work in Aberdeen, Bruneep?
We'll give you live updates.
Buttons going very slow in conditions he excels in? Problem already 😕
How awesome is that camera on the zip wire!?!
Yeah love it - it's like a computer game as that angle is shown
What a move!!!!
What a race!
An incredible race, go Macca!
BEST CIRCUIT IN THE WORLD!
Hmm I'm sure it's a sh1 te race, away for a swim then breakfast
This race needs Falonso, Hammo or Jensonbutton to win it; sod the Red Bulls. Webber to catch then try to pass Vettel, takes them both off.....
Yeah it is bruneep - nothing to see, get yourself off for a swim.
Alonso takes 1st place! Hammo in 2nd!!! Red Bulls 3rd and 4th!!!!!
😀
There you go elfin - got that sorted for you 😉
Ring ding ding ding ding ding ding doh!
Can't see hamilton keeping second
Mental! Alonso proper on it now, good to see. We need Alonso, Hammo and Jensonbutton to start winning some races to make the DWC interesting again.
Hammo looking vulnerable to Vettel though. Hope he can stay in front. Let Jensonbutton catch up and we could have a proper barnstormer of a race on....
Vettel still not overly impressive when it gets a bit racy. Was it Spain where he said he enjoyed the race as it was him against the clock with no other cars involved?
Balls. Jensonbutton out. 🙁
Hammo down to [s]4th[/s] 3rd.
All going wrong for McLaren.
Hammo won't keep 3rd as he's in fuel saving mode. Looks like Alonso 1st, Vettel 2nd and Webber 3rd.
And now here comes Massa. Much, much faster. Lewis is not a happy bunny.
C'mon Markwebber; have Vettel. The less points Vettel gets the better...
What a finish!! Heart pumping here!
Webber could've had him, easy. Team orders = guff.
ALONSO!!!!!!! GET IN!!!!!
Woohoo! What an exciting finish!
Hammo and Massa contact; be interesting to see what the stewards have to say about that one! Whad'you reckon??
Team orders from Red Bull. 🙂
Didn't like Red Bull telling Webber maintain the gap - should have let them race especially as Vettel is so far ahead in the Championship. Hope Hamilton doesn't get a penalty for the last few corners action either.
Yawn what time are the motorbikes on?
Yawn what time are the dull people going to get bored of logging on to an f1 threadri just to criticise it? You must lead a bitter little antagonistic life.
Cracking race
I think redbull are due a hefty fine for telling weber to hold off
Hadge - MemberDidn't like Red Bull telling Webber maintain the gap - should have let them race especially as Vettel is so far ahead in the Championship. Hope Hamilton doesn't get a penalty for the last few corners action either.
Totally agreed, this interview ain't helping their cause! Good to see Ted getting in some tricky questions
Tfm, team orders are allowed
Ooh, interesting slow-mo of the Hammo-Massa incident; Massa has the corner, more or less, Hammo locks up and is sliding into the corner, then flicks the steering wheel presumably to correct the slide, but this then takes him further into Massa. Question is, was that an [i]avoidable[/i] incident? Hammo just saying he was 'struggling massively', so could the Stewards deem that he should have made attempts to prevent a collision?
Heh! He's joking about the 'platinum card', but with his record, he doesn't need to antagonise the stewards!
Brilliant action though.
Major disaster for McLaren with Button's pit. Nuts. 🙁
Oh yeah, forgot about that pook. ferrari change the rules so often, it's hard to keep up!
Still out out order though
TheFunkyMonkey - MemberOh yeah, forgot about that pook. ferrari change the rules so often, it's hard to keep up!
Still out out order though
To be honest I can understand it, but for Red Bull to do so smacks of hypocrisy:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/sportvideo/formulaonevideo/8193967/Red-Bull-no-team-orders-in-2011.html
After this and the comment last week from CH about not having/wanting to have two world class drivers in his team, I bet Webber is fuming. Not sure where he can go from here though. Developmental role at a smaller team maybe.
Yeah but in truth, Vettel is simply a better driver. By some way. Same with Alonso/Massa and when Kovalaainen was at McLaren with Hammo.
If I were Webber I'd either stay at RB and hope to win the odd race or two, or move to Sportscars or something.
Either way, he has to accept the truth, and that is that Vettel is the better driver.
Ooh, interesting slow-mo of the Hammo-Massa incident; Massa has the corner, more or less,
I do sometimes wonder if you're watching the same race as the rest of us, elf. How does coming round the outside, with LH on the inside racing line, and having at best only a 2ft lead mean Massa has the corner? What exactly is LH meant to do in such a situation, when basic physics prevents him from avoiding the bit of track Massa's decided to occupy?
True, he's still not as good as alonso and hamilton though. They both would have passed on the old startline into copse
Either way, he has to accept the truth, and that is that Vettel is the better driver
sorry, was i watching another race? the only reason Webber didn't pass Vettel was that the guys who pay most of his wages told him not too, Webber dealt with the conditions and tyres much better than Vettel today
Massa had out-braked Hammo and turned in, and had the racing line for the exit. Hammo by his own admission was 'struggling massively', and coon't get it slown down enough for the corner. Was trying to defend but just coon't turn in enough cos of his knackered tyres. Had to flick the wheel to correct the slide.
Was an audacious move by Massa, but he had overtaken Hammo into that corner. Both entitled to race/defend, so a 'racing incident'.
What the stewards will be looking at is whether either driver cooduv avoided a collision, and whether their actions caused the collision.
Good to see drivers battling right to the end and not giving up, unlike The Red Bulls....
Webber dealt with the conditions and tyres much better than Vettel today
That's just one race. As always, Webber fluffed his start and Vettel got ahead. Then pulled out a big lead. As well as having a disaster in the pit stop.
Vettel is better. Accept it, or continue to be wrong. You know I'm right, so, listen to Primal Scream.
F1 is blinding at the moment
F1 threads however, are not... 😛
Vettel is [s]better[/s] lets christian horner use his finger
i'd be better if i was given team priority, updates and latest data but i don't have the digit skills
Ah, diddums.
It must be awful being wrong, RD. 🙁
I have no idea what that feels like though, obviously.
Oh, so it's "Hammo" now is it?
I suppose that's going to be followed shortly by "Vetto", "Webbo", "Schumo" and, er, "Butto"?
Karthikeyeno! 😀
Massa should know that you overtake round the outside at your peril. Especially this year with the "fall off a cliff" tyres.
Did I miss owt?
Nah it was crap and boring Bruneep.
Yeah it was so crap I have just come round from a semi-catatonic state here myself.
When did Fred start talking like a 12yr old Yorkshireman?
pass the buck there Hamilton, why dont you 🙄
sheesh/
It's not his fault they changed the rules at the last possible minute and didn't put enough fuel in
Oh and look! Vettel on Top Gear shows a tad more personality than Webber too! 🙂
Better. So shut up.
Vettel does need babysitting a bit though if he's not waaaay out in front.
I was there 🙂
Got very wet just before the start but soon dried out, cracking atmosphere a good number of overtakes in front of us - the old start finish straight. Difficult to follow even with the big screens in front of us, need to watch the highlights now to see all of what happened
"Good to see drivers battling right to the end and not giving up, unlike The Red Bulls...."
Webber said he ignored the team orders.