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Round 16: Japanese Grand Prix

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    #32
    Ghost Train
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    amacachi wrote: »
    Is Jake presenting it this week? Just saw him on the BBC's Commonwealth games coverage.

    Nope, what's her name is doing the F1

    Lee McKenzie
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    #33
    amacachi
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    Nice, just wish I could find an animated gif of Vic Reeves rubbing his legs to make my position on the matter clearer. :pac:


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    #34
    amacachi
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    Has there been any wet running at all yet this weekend? Hopefully they'll not sit in the pits for this whole session.


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    #35
    amacachi
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    I don't overall subscribe to the idea that F1 has gotten "too safe" in recent years, but I'll be very, very annoyed if they postpone qualifying. 5 minutes of 24 cars running around and it'd be fine.

    EDIT: Sounds like the teams are all pissing and moaning, doubt we'll get qualifying today. :(


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    #36
    lord lucan
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    Not sounding too good. Feckin typical after getting up at silly o'clock to watch it live!:rolleyes:


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    #37
    G-Money
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    Up myself.


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    #38
    lord lucan
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    Think i'll let Sky+ do it's thing and go back to bed,could be here all morning!


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    #39
    Ghost Train
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    so half an hour delay?


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    #40
    Ghost Train
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    pity if there's no qualifying today but does look wet-ish


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    #41
    G-Money
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    Anyone getting up for live Quali tomorrow then?


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    #42
    Ghost Train
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    a sure they're paid loads of money to drive, should just start the qualifying for the craic :D

    delayed another half hour till 3pm/7am


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    #43
    amacachi
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    Ghost Train wrote: »
    a sure they're paid loads of money to drive, should just start the qualifying for the craic :D

    delayed another half hour till 3pm/7am

    **** them, talking about danger, the cars are ****in tanks these days.

    Early qualifying tomorrow somewhat scuppers my planned sleeping pattern with being busy tomorrow night. Ugh.


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    #44
    amacachi
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    grandmaster wrote: »
    Anyone getting up for live Quali tomorrow then?

    I shall. Most likely be ****faced and be ready for bed then have to face qualifying and the race before I sleep. :pac:


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    #45
    Ghost Train
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    Part of me would love to see them scramble to put in a time

    but guess it would be a little dangerous

    Brundle really stretching out that Brawn interview with repeating obvious questions

    Eddie trying to make things interested with paper boats


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    #46
    Woden
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    Slept through the alarm and woke up 30mins in.

    Looks like I didn't miss much though!


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    #47
    Ghost Train
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    BBC calling it a day,

    Say qualifying will be 2am tomorrow


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    #48
    Ghost Train
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    FIA calling a day, qualifying tomorrow no confirmed time but probably 10am/2am


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    #49
    losthorizon
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    Would have liked to have seen a mixed up Grid! Hope its damp or at least a bit wet tomorrow


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    #50
    G-Money
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    Think I'm going to have to skip quali tomorrow and just watch the race live. Staying up all night or going to bed for 3 hours isn't really an option.


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    #51
    Woden
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    just considering that myself. ugh lets see how it goes!


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    #52
    frostie500
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    I've been critical of the race stewards this season for their "liberal" use of the safety car to close the pack up for any reason at all but the decision not to run today was the right call. I know we'd all like to see action on track, thank good there was MotoGP qualifying on at the same time so there was something to keep me occupied while waiting! If they had have tried to qualify it would have been clear after just a few minutes that it was too dangerous to keep going and we could have ended up with a crazy grid.

    The morning is still expected to feature showers but by all accounts they wont be as bad as today so we could still end up with a topsy turvey grid, but at least we should have a full session at least.


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    #53
    losthorizon
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    Hamilton 5 place grid penalty for changing his gearbox!


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    #54
    Ghost Train
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    losthorizon wrote: »
    Hamilton 5 place grid penalty for changing his gearbox!

    Damn, maybe shouldn't have backed him in the competition

    but I guess if it's wet it mightn't hurt too much


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    #55
    cubix
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    Lads is any channel showing a repeat of the qualys this morning as I cant see it listed anywhere.


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    #56
    amacachi
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    cubix wrote: »
    Lads is any channel showing a repeat of the qualys this morning as I cant see it listed anywhere.

    There was no qualifying this morning.


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    #57
    Ghost Train
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    bbc one were meant to show it at 1pm but I'm guessing there will be something else on instead


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    #58
    Myrddin
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    Ok so quali & the race on the same day. Thats a first for me, it's gonna be some marathon. Will that put added pressure on the engines, cramming it together like that?

    Who topped the sheets in FP3? Another one I missed due to some cyclists going around an oval.


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    #59
    IvySlayer
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    What time is the race on at?


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    #60
    amacachi
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    EnterNow wrote: »
    Ok so quali & the race on the same day. Thats a first for me, it's gonna be some marathon. Will that put added pressure on the engines, cramming it together like that?

    Who topped the sheets in FP3? Another one I missed due to some cyclists going around an oval.
    Wouldn't imagine it'd be any extra stress on the engine. Possibly less, though I'd be grasping at straws explaining why. :pac:
    Only two cars completed a lap in FP3.
    IvySlayer wrote: »
    What time is the race on at?
    Qualifying at 2, race at 6.
    EDIT: Race at 7, I bow to Ghost Train's superior timekeeping. :P


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    #61
    Ghost Train
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    EnterNow wrote: »
    Ok so quali & the race on the same day. Thats a first for me, it's gonna be some marathon. Will that put added pressure on the engines, cramming it together like that?

    Who topped the sheets in FP3? Another one I missed due to some cyclists going around an oval.

    shouldn't make much of a difference unless somebody damages car in qualifying and doesn't have the time to repair

    FP3 only saw drivers doing installation laps, I think Trulli and a Buemi each put in a timed lap Buemi being faster

    race is 7am tomorrow, qualifying 2am


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