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Driver of the day ?

Sebastian Vettel
7
70%
Mark Webber
3
30%
Jenson Button
0
No votes
Rubens Barrichello
0
No votes
Heikki Kovalainen
0
No votes
Lewis Hamilton
0
No votes
Timo Glock
0
No votes
Sebastien Buemi
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 10
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Post by mlittle » Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:10 pm

1 hour to the race

Current weather conditions....................
68 degrees(F)
sprinkling rain
barometrics, 29.7 inches
88% humidity
winds 18mph NE
(weather info courtesy of MSN Weather)
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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:32 pm

It is raining in Shanghai!

Teams and drivers can choose which compound to start on. I don't believe it is regulated that teams inform the FIA which compound they are using.
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Post by mlittle » Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:37 pm

Ed wrote:It is raining in Shanghai!

Teams and drivers can choose which compound to start on. I don't believe it is regulated that teams inform the FIA which compound they are using.
I thought as much, Ed; I just didn't know one way or the other.
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Post by mlittle » Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:38 pm

Pre-race activities on-going in the rain............
Speed's Peter Windsor doing his customary grid walk..........talks about Sebby V's pole-winning effort Saturday, then moseys along talking about the diffuser issue for a moment............
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Post by mlittle » Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:41 pm

Windsor goes over to Webber for a pre-race talk............goes back to the Speed Channel broadcast team(a/k/a the Three Amigos: Bob Varsha, David Hobbs and Steve Matchett)
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Post by mlittle » Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:44 pm

Race control reporting that the Toyota of Timo Glock will start from the end of pit lane; he suffered a 5-spot penalty when the team had to change gearboxes, so they have opted for the pitlane start(could there be a podium in the works.........it worked for Trulli in Melbourne, right? :lol: :lol: :shock: )
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Post by mlittle » Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:46 pm

Windsor continuing his grid-walk; talks to Mercedes boss Norbert Haug for a bit; talks about Kaz Nakajima's season to date and talks to Kaz's engineer for a moment
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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:48 pm

10 minutes to go and it continues to rain in Shanghai!
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Post by mlittle » Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:48 pm

about 10 minutes from the roll-off and the start of the race
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Post by mlittle » Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:50 pm

Windsor now talking to Ross Brawn........Brawn mentions that there could be a safety car start if it's raining hard enough........... :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
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Post by mlittle » Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:51 pm

nice pre-race segment on Speed concerning "Diffuser-Gate", principly, how it will affect the teams who aren't running the diffusers that Brawn, Toyota and Williams have at present(most are saying it will take a couple of races to catch up...... :shock: )
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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:52 pm

Sebastian Vettel starts from Pole with Fernando Alonso alongside him.
Mark Webber is 3rd with Rubens Barrichello alongside him
Jenson Button is 5th with Jarno Trulli alongside him

Due to the wet conditions, the race is going to start behind the safety car
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Post by mlittle » Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:54 pm

OT......I still don't know why they're complaining about the diffusers; the three teams in question(Brawn, Toyota, Williams) figured out how to build a better mousetrap and both the stewards and the FIA agreed w/them, so why are the others still complaining.........?
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Post by mlittle » Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:54 pm

Ed wrote:Sebastian Vettel starts from Pole with Fernando Alonso alongside him.
Mark Webber is 3rd with Rubens Barrichello alongside him
Jenson Button is 5th with Jarno Trulli alongside him

Due to the wet conditions, the race is going to start behind the safety car
Just out of curiousity, when was the last safety car start? IIRC, it was Fuji 08', correct?
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Post by mlittle » Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:56 pm

Glock'll have company in pitlane at the start...T/S shows that Kubica is in pitlane also
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