Posted by ashleigh on
March 24, 2008
Malaysia a full runthrough
It was not quite the race that McLaren and Lewis were hoping for after their domination in Australia. It was however an interesting race, as it showed that the season is not going to be the two horse race that we have had in recent seasons.
Ferrari shone all weekend, and where pretty much unbeatable, Felipe was looking fast, as was Kimi, and the Ferrari with it’s minor changes to improve cooling looked strong.
The race started under a little cloud, the McLaren team had been penalised five grid spots for both of their cars, this was because Lewis and Heikki had impeded Heidfeld and Alonso’s fast laps at the end of the Q3 session.
This put the two lower fueled McLarens into eight and ninth place, in and around heavier fueld cars. This did however show us that both the McLaren and Lewis are quick away from the line, the Brit lined up ninth on the grid, and finished the first set of corners in fifth, Mark Webber did well getting the Red Bull into fourth as well.
Posted by ashleigh on
March 22, 2008
Final Practice
Why ITV does not show this session I don’t know, but looking at the timing screen it’s a strange layout in the times.
David Coulthard and Mark Webber where on track, and both finished the session, so it looks like the car has been cleared for qualifying at least.
The BMW in the hands of Nick Heidfeld is looking racey again (at least on one lap), the Ferrari’s are both there in the times, as is the Toyota of Trulli.
Piquet did a decent enough time, so perhaps he is settling into the sport, and Button looks good in the Honda.
The top 11 drivers were inside a second of each other on this session, and some of the drivers will have no doubt been working on race configurations for the wet weather that is forcast.
Qualifying should be interesting.
Posted by ashleigh on
March 20, 2008
Ferrari still with car issues?
Just watching the Live coverage of the test session 1, and it looks like Kimi has again been forced to leave his car out on track, and walk back to the pits.
Have Ferrari still got the same issues as they did in Australia? it is another hot session in Malaysia. Kimi seemed to loose drive, as the onboard shots had him trying to change up, with the engine then not wanting to rev, and eventually shutting itself down, forcing Kimi to coast.
Also David Coulthard will not be taking any more part in this session, after missing the apex at a chicane entry, he ran over the second part of the corners grass inside, he then hit what must have been a kerb sticking out of the grass, and had the front end of his Red Bull collapse on him. Lots of work for the Red Bull Mechanics if he wants to be out in session 2.
DC’s off caused the session to be Red Flagged so that the track could be cleaned, and the car moved.
Posted by ashleigh on
March 20, 2008
F1 Live Stream
Just a quick reminder that the Practice sessions, Qualifying and the Race will be streamed live through the ITV-F1.com site.
Also have a look at my previous post’s on the streaming, as people outside the UK can get it
Oh, and here is the Direct Link / UPDATE - New Direct Link to the video feed. I have left the old direct link up, as this will go live if there is issues with the ‘new’ way that ITV have integrated the player.
UPDATE - I’ve tried out a couple of UK proxies, and they seem to work for me (after remoting through one of our US network locations), so it seems that works ok. Also ITV, please up the bitrate you broadcast in, it looks rubbish on my media center through the telly.
Oh and another quick thing, Oliver has a poll going over on BlogF1 to see who you think should be in the BBC commentary team, go have your say.
