mclaren bashers hoping for rain.

Still here huh?

Autosport Live: 13:57 Drops of moisture are now falling around Interlagos. Very similar to Friday's rain at this stage, extremely light and not enough to wet the circuit at this stage, but weather is continuing to turn for the worse.

I'm a Ferrari fan >> I want rain.

I'm a Mclaren fan and I am very much looking forward to a rainy Mclaren 1-2 and Constructors Title.

Don't count you're chickens before they hatch.

Damn, I strongly prefer Massa to win the title but if we are going to have great and dramatic season finale let it rain!

The camera at Praia Grande (on the coast more or less directly south of the track) shows the highway completely wet, cars with their headlights on. Guess its just a case of which way the weather goes.

Anyone online who is going to the race? Last weather report said heavy rain in morning and showers in afternoon. Of course that's just a forecast, Lord knows meteorologists just throw darts at boards.

f1total.com predicts there is 80% chance of rain, but only 0.5 mm

Well, if its slightly wet and on normal tyres thats good for McLaren, if its slightly more wet and on inters on a drying track thats Ferrari advantage.

latest radar...

View from the paddock with less than three hours to go. The first shower has passed, but more are expected...

looks like it could be very similar to silverstone...

i hope that pic is just taken with a camera that makes things look darker than normal..........if not,thats insanely dark!

That looks cold and wet.

Damn, let's just get this race started. The wait is killing me :\

I'm a Ferrari fan but I'll be happy for it to be a wet start. If it's a dry race I can't see Lewis not finishing in the Top 5 but if it's wet, sure Felipe might not go well or Hamilton might shine but I think there's more chance of Lewis not finishing in the Top, than if it's dry - even if ever so slightly.

well rtl will start broadcast live in 5min, there was just a short commercial and the wetter didnt look as bad as on the picture above

no problem, sunshine at the moment, live pics from rtl

they did say there'd be a period of brighter weather before the rain came back

I'd tend to agree that a wet race might bizarrely favour Massa - Hamilton will find it very difficult to drive for points in the wet and aquaplaning is always an issue at Interlagos.In fact I suspect Hamilton will find it very difficult to drive for points full stop. The great racers rely on instinct. Who can forget MS labouring to eighth in one of his worst ever drives? These guys just have to go with the flow.

Spanish TV just said the race will start in wet conditions, probably for extreme wet tyres.

Wow. Then Lewis will win the race, hands down. He's been untouchable in the wet this season.

Perfect conditions for me - Race starts on inters and dries out midway, then as people are thrown the question on whether or not to move to dry tyres, it starts raining again.

That would be chaotic.

no pics from rtl at the moment, they are going through this years gp's, please no rain

If there's crazy weather, Lewis should just do exactly what Massa does with strategy. No need to take silly gambles, just cover Ferrari and he should be fine.

Remember 2003? Giancarlo Fisichella? Schumacher and half the field crashing?

Could be a crazy old race.

that was more due to the fact that the FIA only allowed 1 type of wet tyre and BS only had an inter...

The split was about 50-50 between Michelin and BS, it had little to do with the tyre and more to do with the random rivers.

still sunshine at the track

Also the drainage was bad were everyone was going off, there was bascially a river there, and you have aquaplaning, which is luck of the gods in how your car skims over that.
I think they've improved the drainage since then.

Excellent. I can tilt my laptop screen in such a way that it looks reassuringly bright.

Well the thing was that Michelin actually brought a real wet weather tyre where on the other hand Bridgestone brought along a intermediat so no surprise why the Bridgestone drivers were struggeling so bad and why Fisico caught back Kimi in the end when it became pretty dry.

track almost dry, the final pic off the drivers has just been taken

Thats not true.
The Michelin was just an Intermediate as well.
...it was only misleading to some people, cause Michelins Intermediate looked more like a wet tyre, while BS' was more obvious different.

HaPe

Well, Radio 5 has just lost the feed after a crack of thunder...make of that what you will...

First thunderclap struck at 13.55. Black cloud is drifting away, but a few of its mates are likely to be in the vicinity.

thunder nearby, but it should pass according to the germen commentators who have spoken to FIA, at the moment no rain

Ah, the FIA in control of everything

yes they ordered the rain only to arrive at race start