Malaysia Practice ***SPOILER***

Thanks for the update Carol ..

Without me reading thread how are the Ferrari's looking..?

 

Afternoon/night Carol I'am not sure...

Thanks again for the sum up.

Yes I tend to agree, Massa has had more than his fair share of Flak of late..

 

it did shower here for a while. a heavy, but short shower. that was around 4-5 local time.

 

JB in the Honda looking good, bring it on.

 

Yep, in Autosport, Kimi was quoted as saying that his first session was not optimal because of "communications problems within the team," which jibes with the "ran out of gas."

Massa is pretty strong in the head. He learns quick and he's quicker than Kimi right now... Let's give him a chance.

Short answer, they're looking good.

 

DC's crash

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdDgEaOyg_8

 

that broadcast looked HD- it was widescreen at least
obviously is loses a lot of its fidelity passed through youtube

I'd imagine the biggest issue here is the fact the wheel came off- that becomes a dange to everyone - race stewards, spectators, other drivers

 

http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/weekend/KUL:9


Looks like rain. I'm usually pretty happy about this, but the top two finishers of the last heavy rain race we had now drive for the wrong team; furthermore, Ferrari is in desperate need for some constructor's points.

John

 

Thanks for the link. lukcy Bernie didn't take it off..

 

agreed. i thought they developed some sorta thing to prevent the wheel from flying off...

 

You can see both wheels retained by the mandated teathers. Didn't stop the right one from leaving the area!

 

So Brian are you predicting rain during qualifying today, or does it usually come later in the day?

 

With carbon fiber suspension components, it sure makes the car fragile. All he did was run over a nasty curb due to missing a turn.

 

I think the problem is that Adrian Newey has a similar mindset to Colin Chapman and makes the car to the razor's edge when it comes to weight and longevity of components.

 

Which would work great if his driver could keep the car on the circuit

 

+1

 

This is a typical tropical forecast. It might rain it might not = 50%. Try Florida in the summer or Singapore on a daily basis. You could make this forecast in your sleep as long as its not monsoon season. This is a decent forecast. Usually rain is in the afternoon or early evening. Tropical.

The night race in Singapore has real good chance of rain. Stupid! I dont like rain as I like them to race in conditions where the car and driver can perform at the max. Rain HARDLY provides such an environment. Its time to end deluge/pace car racing in F1. It might make them interesting but it is not ideal. Ya I know they did it in the old days. Who cares we dont live in the old days.

 

Watch the reply gents, the car broke in mid turn causing the car to straighten. DC isn't to blame.

 

I'm sure after he's done buying grocery stores in poor neighborhoods just so he can close them, he'll call Youtube and have it pulled.

 

No one has ever doubted Massa was a fast driver. i don't know how much more clear I can make my opinion. He lacks Racecraft. he'll get passed like a rookie by FA and then click off purple in all sectors... IF YOU ARE THE FASTEST DRIVER, WHY ARE YOU GETTING PASSED!????

 

I'm going to say that I fully expect to see Vettel replace DC at Redbull next year. Unless DC pulls something amazing out of his ass, like a couple podiums or something, it's his final year in F1.