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[swerved]

Four and a half hours or so to go until FP1, munchies & cold drinks are in and the sofa is booked.

 

Will there be stormy weather ? More Testicular Talk ? When Webber broke his leg did he receive the full benefit of traction ?

[Anja]

I'm not working tomorrow and thought that I'll be finally able to watch FP1 and FP2... Then I remembered it's the Asian part of the season now and FP1 starts at 3 AM here.

[tomisumi]

FP1 starts at 3 AM here so I will watch it and then go to bed...

[swerved]

I'm off for 2 weeks   It's 02:00 AM and 06:00 AM here in the UK, dont know whether i'll stay the course but i intend giving it a go, providing of course its not to badly weather affected.

[jrg19]

Ill be up for the sessions, might skip the first 30 mins of FP1 as there is never any running. 

[Tron]

Meh, going to bed. Will only stay up for qualifying and the race...

[eronrules]

let it  rain ... (slightly, drizzle will be good, not torrential rain though, specially in the qualy and race)

 

[Longtimefan]

Meh, going to bed. Will only stay up for qualifying and the race...

This ^^ but I don't think I'll bother with qually.  

[Tron]

let it  rain ... (slightly, drizzle will be good, not torrential rain though, specially in the qualy and race)

 

I want torrential rain, chaos, mayhem, safety cars, and wet balls.

[chisharpe]

Got the weekend off but it's on record. Really looking forward to waking up with two sessions to watch. Not sure if I will watch or record quali but will be up bright and early for the race. A sprinkle of the wet stuff would do us good. Give all the teams a shuffle.

[muramasa]

about the weather, always rely on local met service, not all those crappy international ones

 

korea met - yeongam

http://web.kma.go.kr...00000&x=39&y=11

 

according to mid-term forecast, there's chance of rain in sunday afternoon.

http://web.kma.go.kr...st/mid-term.jsp

[rockdude101]

Any helpful motivation for the weekend people? I haven't felt so utterly uninterested in a race for at least a year...

[muramasa]

let it  rain ... (slightly, drizzle will be good, not torrential rain though, specially in the qualy and race)

 

 

I think this thing is japanese thing, and korea dont have.

 

 

 

btw put upside down if pray for rain

 

[Kerch]

Normally I'd stay up for this no problem, but not sure about this time.

[TomNokoe]

F1 at night is special. Whether its practice/quali/race

[weareracing]

Taking the LAZY approach to FP1 & FP2.

Re-run on Sky F1 from 11.00am-15.00pm.

I LOVE my bed

[SamH123]

Any helpful motivation for the weekend people? I haven't felt so utterly uninterested in a race for at least a year...

 

Maybe just ignore Vettel?

Should be a good fight between the Ferraris/Lotuses/Mercedes

Can Grosjean continue his strong form?  Can Rosberg get on top of Hamilton again

[bauss]

got the day off tmrw so nothing better to do but watch...

 

but meh, the total domination of RB has dampened my excitement for any of the GPs left this year. Thank God footie has become interesting again

[swerved]

Well, weather looks very good, bright and dry Track temp 28, Air Temp 20, wind 1.1mps

 

Pit lane looks weird at first glance. Looks to be a massive bump in it, that'll do Kimi the world of good

Edited by swerved, 04 October 2013 - 01:02.

[swerved]

The pit exit is shocking, its not unlike a roller coaster with a kerb running across it

[SamH123]

Well, weather looks very good, bright and dry Track temp 28, Air Temp 20, wind 1.1mps

 

Pit lane looks weird at first glance. Looks to be a massive bump in it, that'll do Kimi the world of good

 

Oh yeah, that sucks for him

 

The track and location looks quite cool with how sunny it is  , I remembered it as always quite grey 

[swerved]

Yeah it looks really bright, can even see the sun glinting off the Marussia!

[toofast]

Rodolfo Gonzalez is the track janitor of the day. 

[swerved]

Rodolfo Gonzalez is the track janitor of the day. 

 

Was, front wing gone.

[SamH123]

Gonzalez not impressing to be honest!

Was looking messy even before the crash

[Disgrace]

Oh look, something happened.

Edited by Disgrace, 04 October 2013 - 02:30.

[DKMoto]

Kimi nooo

 

lol @ "i hit the wall"

Edited by DKMoto, 04 October 2013 - 02:32.

[swerved]

Ouch, that looks like a heavy one.

[Kelateboy]

It is going to be a busy next few hours for Lotus mechanics to get that car ready for FP2.  

[toofast]

Can they fix that in time? 2h 30m to go.

[SamH123]

Good session for Mercedes

Maybe they won't be quicker in quali but will at least be there to take pole if Vettel makes mistakes

[bourbon]

Hopefully they'll have her up and ready for FP2.  Kimi walking it off was a good sight. 

[fatd]

Hope they can get the car ready in time for FP2!

[lbennie]

Did the RB's do their quickest time on 20+ lap old tyres?

[LH08WDC]

Did the RB's do their quickest time on 20+ lap old tyres?

 

Vettel did. Mark one and a half tenths off his best on the last run.

[SamH123]

Did the RB's do their quickest time on 20+ lap old tyres?

 

They did, but there weren't that many quick laps in those 20

Not that I'm saying RB are struggling for pace..

Also Hamilton's best splits were 3 tenths quicker

Edited by SamH123, 04 October 2013 - 03:21.

[eronrules]

I think this thing is japanese thing, and korea dont have.

 

 

 

btw put upside down if pray for rain

 

 my anime knowledge ... oops!! 

Edited by eronrules, 04 October 2013 - 03:32.

[eronrules]

Kimi nooo

 

lol @ "i hit the wall"

Nooo ... not now kimi ...   ... que in 'have you lost motivation' or 'deliberate crash not to drive' ... BS from the journos ... 

 

Frak the car, i could care less, but HOW IS HIS BACK???   i'm yet to watch the FP1 (waiting for DL)

[OO7]

Damn, I missed FP1!!!  .  For some reason I was thinking of a 'kind to the European audience' late start as we saw in Singapore, forgetting that Korea isn't an evening/night race.

[Kvothe]

Hamilton beautifully flicking the back end of that car through the corners,

[Vesuvius]

Nooo ... not now kimi ...   ... que in 'have you lost motivation' or 'deliberate crash not to drive' ... BS from the journos ... 

 

Frak the car, i could care less, but HOW IS HIS BACK???   i'm yet to watch the FP1 (waiting for DL)

Kimi and his car are both fine and able to drive at FP2 according to MTV3..hopefully the accident didn´t have anything to do with the new longer wheelbase, as we know it didn´t pass safety/crash tests for weeks.

[SamH123]

hmm, RB normally come out in FP2 and blitz it

 

Mercedes might be in a fight for pole.. let's wait to see SS runs though

[eronrules]

Kimi and his car are both fine and able to drive at FP2 according to MTV3..hopefully the accident didn´t have anything to do with the new longer wheelbase, as we know it didn´t pass safety/crash tests for weeks.

was he driving the LWB??? if so, it has atleast done one thing right ... protect kimsta in a crash  

Edited by eronrules, 04 October 2013 - 05:24.

[eronrules]

btw, anyone ... how the weather holding up??? sorry as i'm still waiting for torrents/DL to become available 

[SamH123]

Saturday looks dry, and Sunday's forecast is different depending on the weather model

So chance of rain, chance of dry for Sunday I think

[vista]

From an aesthetic point of view I think the track looks great. On mediums it is very close between Merc and Bulls. 

[Kelateboy]

btw, anyone ... how the weather holding up??? sorry as i'm still waiting for torrents/DL to become available 

 

It will be a dry weekend.

[Vesuvius]

was he driving the LWB??? if so, it has atleast done one thing right ... protect kimsta in a crash  

yes he and Romain both did.

[vista]

Because it's too mainstream to run supersofts; Vettel won't even bother.. 

 

Wait, now he is on supersofts with a 1.38.781.

Edited by vista, 04 October 2013 - 05:56.

[OO7]

Vettel will find at least half a second, watch this space.