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[OO7]

Let's talk.

[Zava]

Will Buxton ‏@willbuxton 6m
And so the rain begins to fall.

[SealTheDiffuser]

Will Buxton ‏@willbuxton 6m
And so the rain begins to fall.

weekend cancelled, thank you Bernie.

[MortenF1]

...not really expecting all trends and pointers from third free to carry over to qualifying. The teams will have to decide wether or not to tune their car towards the wet or not. Symonds says that today, the difference between a wet- and dry set-up, isn't more than around seven tenths, but that will mean a lot of places on the grid, when things are so close.

Hoping for Lotus and Räikkönen to find back to that good feeling with the car again.
Thinking we'll see better results from Williams and McLaren today, both looking much more competitive this weekend.
Ferrari looked less competitive than expected in third free, so it's tempting to air a thought of wet-settings for them.

Let's see......

Edited by race addicted, 23 March 2013 - 07:25.

[TomNokoe]

This whole European friendly thing is ridiculous. Is there that much difference between 6am and 8am? Those 2 hours are vital.

[MortenF1]

No! Rain?!

[Will]

Is it a big storm?

[TomNokoe]

If its only a few spits then it will burn up quickly.... hopefully

[barneygumble]

This whole European friendly thing is ridiculous. Is there that much difference between 6am and 8am? Those 2 hours are vital.

I live in europe and youre right. 2 hours isnt a massive difference

[MortenF1]

It dries up amazingly fast here. But if it's going to rain tomorrow, it might as well rain in qualifying too.

[TomNokoe]

No umbrellas on sky

[MortenF1]

I live in europe and youre right. 2 hours isnt a massive difference

I don't know why they couldn't bring it forward instead, so that europeans had it live around midnight or one o'clock. Better to stay up late.

[Mc_Silver]

Rain?

[jonpollak]

Is it a big storm?

Bright sunshine at the moment..
Jp

[TomNokoe]

I don't know why they couldn't bring it forward instead, so that europeans had it live around midnight or one o'clock. Better to stay up late.

I think it would be too early in Malaysia then

[SunnyENTP]

McLaren for pole!

[Xeriks]

Hope it stays dry, just so we can see the true pace of the teams over 1 lap.

[Lights]

For most of Europe it was already 7am originally, I don't see the problem with that.

[MortenF1]

I think it would be too early in Malaysia then

Yep, eight in the morning is too early probably, but nine then!

[muramasa]

Basically races shud start at 2pm local time.

for instance Suzuka now starts at 3pm but just one hour makes huge difference. if it starts at 2pm, race finishes at 4pm and you can take it easy and hang around the circuit before going home, while those who come from somewhere far can hurry. But recently race finishes at 5pm and suddenly alot less spare time and everyone hurry at once and everything packed.

maybe near-urban locations like Sepang, Melborne and Singapore can still handle it but not kind to spectators anyway.

[slmk]

Red Bull should easily bag another front row...

[Wheels23]

Let's hope we don't have a repeat of the Aussie Qualifying sess.

Damn you European audience.

[Wingcommander]

Didnt Bernie just say it's a world championship (while talking about the amount of races in europe)? It doesnt look that way.

[Wheels23]

So it is dry. It is not going to rain?

[swerved]

It looks dry, and the lights are green, Come on Kimi!!.

[Dalin80]

I used to love the really early races, made you feel a little special and part of the club being one of the devoted to get up and watch at silly o'clock, then F1 had to go all casual on me [dons hipster glasses/]

Early races also had the advantage that you could watch the race live and then a completely different repeat later in the day as none of it resembled what your tired caffeine addled brain remembered.

[mlsnoopy]

This whole European friendly thing is ridiculous. Is there that much difference between 6am and 8am? Those 2 hours are vital.

Also if you have a race at 5-6am you can show it again at 14pm. Those that want to sleep in can than easily do that.

[superdelphinus]

I'd actually prefer it at 6. 8 is definitely fully in the nagging zone

[SunnyENTP]

I cant see anyone coming out in the first 5 mins thanks to the tyres

[Kelateboy]

Track temperature 41C.

Nobody is keen to go out early.

[Santuri9]

Enough about moving the schedule, the european audience didn't ask for it, or even complain so its all on Bernie.

Q1 starting soon!!!

[STRFerrari4Ever]

"Okay Max lets go get them dude" *cringe*

[SCEPurple]

<3 chilton's race engineer.

[Santuri9]

I don't know if its the tyres or the track but I don't like it that nobody wants to go out first in q1 really bugs me for some reason

[Gene and Tonic]

The Marussia getting a lot of TV time here

[choyothe]

LT still failing miserably I see.

[STRFerrari4Ever]

Sutil you beauty

[Pingu Pi]

Check the tyre choice Brundle before you splurge.

[sheogorath]

Stabby McStab is a man on a mission this season. Good for FI

[swerved]

Kimi purple S1.

[y2cwr2005]

Most going medium in q1? These tyres baffle me.

[speednerd]

**** yeah Sutil!!!

[SCEPurple]

Sutil you beauty

Wow Di Resta seems to have hia hands more than full this year

[undersquare]

Why are they burning up tyres going round and round? Surely 1:37.x is safe.

[muramasa]

lol that massive analogue clock in that Rolex banner over the pitlane is actually working

[ChiltonsCats]

slow lap from Vettel...on MEDIUM tyres...

[fololo]

slow lap from Vettel...on MEDIUM tyres...

Sutil pole i will cry

[Pingu Pi]

Webber going out in q1 would be crazy

[DracoN]

wtf with RB-s

[Lotus53B]

Gambling on wet race, won't need as many tyres? Or possibly the harder tyre is what they want for the race - the soft goes off too quickly... I think that they know what they're doing...I hope they know what they're doing. I'd hate to think that they were flipping coins to decide