Brands Times?

[TwoSheds]

Originally Posted by Andrew Kitson

Who is driving for South Africa?

From the A1 GP web site here you can see all the nominated drivers.

For SA the drivers are Stephen Simpson and Gavin Cronje.

[Andrew Kitson]

thanks chaps.

[mabs_nsx]

India is the only team that hasn't done any laps in Practice.

[mabs_nsx]

Red Flag!

[Alan Green]

Has it been red flagged from 16:30, or is this a fresh stoppage showing on MST?

Conditions wet/raining - guess that's the reason for the stop?



EDIT: Gone green as soon as I clicked back over to MST!


EDIT 2: Quote from MST "Comment Line - Lots & lots of Red Flags !!!"

[strider]

No, there have been at least a couple since 16:30. Parente (sorry, Portugal) is going well in the wet...

[Asp]

Originally Posted by Alan Green

EDIT 2: Quote from MST "Comment Line - Lots & lots of Red Flags !!!"

Just saw that myself!
Chequred is now belatedly out, final results should be ready soon.

[Alan Green]

Session 2 finished

1 55 BRAZIL 1:25.122
2 44 GREAT BRITAIN 1:25.360 0.238
3 51 PORTUGAL 1:25.639 0.517
4 27 SOUTH AFRICA 1:26.294 1.172
5 33 FRANCE 1:26.328 1.206
6 11 CANADA 1:26.346 1.224
7 53 IRELAND 1:26.540 1.418
8 01 USA 1:26.664 1.542
9 49 GERMANY 1:26.818 1.696
10 41 SWITZERLAND 1:26.947 1.825
11 52 MEXICO 1:27.552 2.430
12 92 PAKISTAN 1:27.738 2.616
13 39 ITALY 1:27.891 2.769
14 81 JAPAN 1:28.109 2.987
15 43 AUSTRIA 1:28.154 3.032
16 60 MALAYSIA 1:28.193 3.071
17 62 INDONESIA 1:28.241 3.119
18 64 NEW ZEALAND 1:28.351 3.229
19 31 NETHERLANDS 1:28.594 3.472
20 96 LEBANON 1:28.806 3.684
21 42 CZECH REPUBLIC 1:28.828 3.706
22 61 AUSTRALIA 1:29.346 4.224
23 07 RUSSIA 1:30.208 5.086
24 86 CHINA 1:35.768 10.646

[AlMillion]

Good old Robbie - rain really sorts the men from the boys!

[strider]

I'm probably a bit late catching up with this, but has anyone else realised how the competition numbers are allocated?

[Bentley03]

Originally Posted by foxy mole

I'm probably a bit late catching up with this, but has anyone else realised how the competition numbers are allocated?

I noticed earlier and also thought I had probably been a little slow on the uptake, or that it was common knowledge. Are you thinking International dialing codes, foxy mole?

[rdjones]

Now I thought I read in yesterday's Autosport that none of the cars are carrying numbers.

[Bentley03]

Originally Posted by rdjones

Now I thought I read in yesterday's Autosport that none of the cars are carrying numbers.

That may be the case, I haven't seen the cars today, but certainly the live timing was using International dialing codes to reference the cars.

[FIRE]

Originally Posted by Bentley03

I noticed earlier and also thought I had probably been a little slow on the uptake, or that it was common knowledge. Are you thinking International dialing codes, foxy mole?

I think you are right about dialing codes, at least +31 is the dialing code for Holland.

[Alan Green]

For the observers and timekeepers there needs to be numbers. F1 have numbers, but only the stewards/timekeepers use them, everyone else recognises the branding c/w helmet colour.

If they're neutral numbering (like phone code numbers) it make sense, they don't want an arguement brewing about who's ranked higher I suppose (AUSvNZ, PAKvIND, etc etc). Before anyone had mentioned it, I hadn't noticed the connection though.

Al.

[strider]

Originally Posted by Bentley03

I noticed earlier and also thought I had probably been a little slow on the uptake, or that it was common knowledge. Are you thinking International dialing codes, foxy mole?

Yes, exactly.They have to have numbers for timing purposes, if nothing else, and that's a really neat way of settling the issue.

[Steevp]

Ha! No, I hadn't spotted that.. International dialing coes.. great idea!

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[Suze]

Yes, it's the international dialling codes as they need numbers....but is this only an MST thing?

[JAG]

Originally Posted by foxy mole

The times were way slower than predicted, so there must be more to come.

You need to take into account that A1GP is a spec series, so the cars may not be as quick as a similar spec car, with more technical freedom.

[strider]

The A1GP website is talking of times in the 1m 10s bracket. Piquet holds the F3 lap record for the previous, slightly slower (I'd say) version of the track in 1:18.865, so surely a 1:15 should be possible?

[Suze]

What's the forecast like for Saturday / Sunday though? I know it's supposed to be raining, but is there any period it's expected to dry off ie not a damp track therefore?

[strider]

Wait and see, I'd say. All race circuits I know seem to have their own pocket weather climates. If you look here, which is Sevenoaks, it looks pretty good!

[Mr Jinxx]

Luckily, it's likely to be dry on Sat/Sun.

The timesheets flattered us (TeamGBR) I fear, as we stayed out much longer on the drying track. I think we are probably about 7/10ths off the pace in the wet.

The fastest guys seem to be Brazil, Portugal, USA - I think they are our biggest threats at the moment. We were very good, as you might expect, but despite the timesheets, I suspect we are not quite there ... Ireland and Canada were impressive too. Ditto Switzerland. This is already pointing towards being a great championship - any one of 10 teams could take a win, the way it's shaping up. We should definitely be up there, in with a shout, but it's no walk in the park, I promise you.

[AlMillion]

I think you're wrong Mr Jinxx (am always an optomist) - Robbie never uses practice sessions to try and go faster than anyone else while it is clear that USA/Brazil/France were going for glory at Paul Ricard (low fuel runs, using the boost buttons, etc.). He just plugs away trying to get the setup of the car just right - I doubt he'll show his true hand until this morning or qualifying.