Official F1 Barcelona Thread * may contain spoilers*

[woof]

Morning Chaps

First practice just started (live on http://www.itv-f1.com/VideoLive.aspx )
Weather looks good

Predictions ...

Ferrari are going to dominate the weekend - long straight - high speed and the Ferrari's seem to have the out rate pace by a fair margin

[woof]

does anyone know if the 1'18''339 Massa did last week was on slicks or was it in standard 2008 spec ?

[BazC]

Pretty sure he was on slicks - but not sure what kind of aero set-up he was running.

[GuildfordPaul]

the Mclarens look very unstable, losing .5sec per sector on average, stroll in the park for Ferrari this weekend or early days??

[woof]

Yep - Ferrari seem to have an easy 0.5 - 1.0 sec advantage - only hope it that massa throws it off and hit Kimi and the start - they we might have a good race

Weather forecast is for a dry & hot weekend - no rain at all

[sstein]

Is it just me or does the Renault engine cover look strange, it seemed to be pointy at the back as opposed to sweeping down?



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Stuart

[Scuffers]

in all the crown shot's, no 'Spank it to the MAX' shirts/posters.....

[DBSV8]

woof said:

Yep - Ferrari seem to have an easy 0.5 - 1.0 sec advantage - only hope it that massa throws it off and hit Kimi and the start - they we might have a good race

Weather forecast is for a dry & hot weekend - no rain at all

bets on who will take someone off at the first corner Hamilton over trying ??or Coulthard as a sympathy vote

[snotrag]

Kubica 'best of the rest' again so far. Although I'm loathe to use that phrase, as I dont think its such a clear cut Ferrari/Mclaren > Other teams type season.

BMW and Kubica/Hiedfeld are definitely on for a win this season.

[FourWheelDrift]

sstein said:

Is it just me or does the Renault engine cover look strange, it seemed to be pointy at the back as opposed to sweeping down?



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Stuart

They are copying the RedBull design, some sort of stability issue in fast corners I suspect.

Since they aren't McLaren and copying a Ferrari design they will not be punished.

[snotrag]

2nd live practice on in a few minutes.

http://www.itv-f1.com/VideoLive.aspx

[MrKipling43]

Scuffers said:

in all the crown shot's, no 'Spank it to the MAX' shirts/posters.....

Feel free to have this one printed...

[sstein]

I tried to listen to commentary on 5 Live Sport Extra but it keeps saying I can't listen to it due to rights restrictions

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Stuart

[thewave]

Hamilton all over the place, spun aswell.

[The Excession]

sstein said:

I tried to listen to commentary on 5 Live Sport Extra but it keeps saying I can't listen to it due to rights restrictions

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Stuart

Suck don't it. Never have that rpoblem with WRC Rally Radio.

Still, does anyone know a UK based free proxy we could run through?

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Ex

[sstein]

The Excession said:

sstein said:

I tried to listen to commentary on 5 Live Sport Extra but it keeps saying I can't listen to it due to rights restrictions

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Stuart

Suck don't it. Never have that rpoblem with WRC Rally Radio.

Still, does anyone know a UK based free proxy we could run through?

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Ex

I guess it thinks I am outside the UK then

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Stuart

[The Excession]

sstein said:

I guess it thinks I am outside the UK then

Yup, are you?
I'm in Ireland and I occaisionally get this with BBC Radio4 online.
They lookup your IP address and can tell which country you are in.

I think it's a pretty poor show really. Still, if we can find a proxy, we might be able to get it through there. (I've asked on the computers forum - so maybe something will crop up)

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Ex

[sstein]

I'm in Scotland, I'll let you decide if you class that as being 'outside' the UK

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Stuart

[mchammer89]

thewave said:

Hamilton all over the place, spun aswell.

He's really having a lot of trouble keeping the rear in line, especially in the final sector, losing about 0.7 of a second to Fisi, especially in the new chicane.

[MrKipling43]

Proxy - www.youhide.com or .co.uk, can't remember which.