[Official] Round One :Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix, Sakhir

[bravo]

Originally Posted by Cougar

6hrs to go!!!! Yeah baby!!!

*likes this*

A day and 6 hours you mean?

[Cougar]

Errr yes ... oops

[Jamesy-18]

Now I'm excited! Wow, the season has come round quite quick I think.

[Sodemo]

Classic F1 races are up on the BBC site and on the red button for those who watch them.

[ECW Dan Selby]

How beautiful were those 1984 cars..?

Those elaborate rear wings, shall we say!

Selby

[gregc]

Originally Posted by bravo

My freeview guide has refreshed and we have:

301 - Practice One - 07:00 - 08:30
301 - Practice Two - 11:00 - 12:30
301 - Practice Three - 08:00 - 09:00
301 - Qualifying - 10:15 - 12:10
301 - Race - 11:20 - 14:10
301 - Forum - 14:20 - 15:10

Got my PC set to record the lot

Just to confirm this, my STB is telling me the same. All on 301, all set up to record. Can't wait

[Bononi]

Who will bet if Hispania Racing would be able to hit the ground running ????

[broadrun96]

Wondering if other teams are going to give HRT a wide berth and hope they qualify in the back of the field, or if we are going to hear all weekend how they are ruining _____'s lap and why are they out here without testing.

Leaning toward the latter myself. Hoping HRT is at the end of the pit lane as soon as the track goes green to get laps in a dial it in as best they can.

[Andy77]

10 Tenth Chatroom is open too.
Stop by for a chat or discuss motorsport in general. Before, during and after the F1 sessions

[Jamesy-18]

I guess all the lead teams will only have to do one flying lap to get into Q2 based on the new teams being so far off the pace!

[jab]

Well, it's 24-17-10, isn't it? So 1 car still has to go outside the 3 new teams. So they still can't ease up, although I reckon it'll still be someone predictable, namely either Jaime or Petrov

[Born Racer]

http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2010/0...-could-return/

I would have a bit of an issue with this. With no testing, how on earth are the slow one/s of the new teams going to get any experience? Is it such a big deal for lapping cars to have to find a way round. They used to do that without the "3 strikes" blue flag rule.

I would have thought this is unlikely, as apparently it needs unanimous agreement from the teams.

[Andy77]

Originally Posted by Born Racer

http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2010/0...-could-return/

I would have a bit of an issue with this. With no testing, how on earth are the slow one/s of the new teams going to get any experience? Is it such a big deal for lapping cars to have to find a way round. They used to do that without the "3 strikes" blue flag rule.

I would have thought this is unlikely, as apparently it needs unanimous agreement from the teams.

we could return to pre-qualifying too !!

[frostie]

Originally Posted by Born Racer

http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2010/0...-could-return/
.........

I would have thought this is unlikely, as apparently it needs unanimous agreement from the teams.

I think not only with the lack of testing is it unfair but what would happen if a team decided that the weather was going to change for the race and set the car up for the wet on a dry track for quali or vice versa. They would obviously be miles off the pace in the qualifying session but their pace wouldnt be representative of their actual speed but with the 107 rule they would obviously not qualify

[duke_toaster]

The 107% rule had leeway about when a car would be allowed to race, France '99 for example. It certainly could have some advantages in certain circumstances.

[SSbaby]

Looks like Webber is talking up his chances... it's not the first time he's done so.

... in what’s tipped to be Webber’s best year to date, 2010 also marks the return of seven-time world champion, Michael Schumacher.

After three seasons in retirement, Schumacher, now 41, returns to the circuit with Mercedes, who raced under the Brawn GP banner last season.

While Schumacher’s comeback will be scrutinised, Webber is unfazed by the German’s return.

“I think it will be a hard season for him,” Webber told London's Daily Telegraph.

“I think he’ll go all right but I have never ever seen a phenomenal comeback. When has the second career ever been better than the first?”

Despite his nonchalance, Webber will face a tough breed of drivers this season.

He can’t ignore Schumacher, world champion Jenson Button, former champ Lewis Hamilton, dual former winner Fernando Alonso, now with Ferrari, or the sheer determination of his Red Bull teammate Sebastian Vettel.

Webber’s success won’t come easy, but perhaps that’s the way he likes it.

"It’s all motivation for me," Webber added.

"I’ll do my talking on the track."

Webber on the brink of greatness

[dsg]

Originally Posted by SSbaby

Looks like Webber is talking up his chances... it's not the first time he's done so.

Love it when a footy "journalist" takes a shot at reporting on F1, or any motorsport for that matter.

[Canada ALMS fan]

If anyone in the UK could put free practice one on justin.tv it would be greatly appreciated for those of us in N America who don't want to wait for FP2 on SPEED!

[Born Racer]

Yeah, I'm in America and hoping I'll get to see it.

[rustyfan]

A feed on Justin would be nice. Not that I would, you know, ever consider have it running in the background while at work or anything like that.

[Born Racer]

And it's go.

[rdjones]

12 mins gone and no sign of HRT !!!

[rustyfan]

Originally Posted by rdjones

12 mins gone and no sign of HRT !!!

I have a feeling they want to be as prepared as possible before even doing their installation lap so they, hopefully, make it around without a stoppage.

Or wait until they can be completely alone out there, for that matter.

[jab]

Bruno's said Chandhok's car is still being put together

[Born Racer]

Bob Bell having a big moan about the McLaren.

The "spirit" of the regulations shouldn't exist, only the regulations.