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Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:10 pm
by mlittle
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)
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:32 pm
by Ed
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.
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:37 pm
by mlittle
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.
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:38 pm
by mlittle
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............
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:41 pm
by mlittle
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)
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:44 pm
by mlittle
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?
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Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:46 pm
by mlittle
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
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:48 pm
by Ed
10 minutes to go and it continues to rain in Shanghai!
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:48 pm
by mlittle
about 10 minutes from the roll-off and the start of the race
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:50 pm
by mlittle
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:51 pm
by mlittle
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......
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Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:52 pm
by Ed
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
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:54 pm
by mlittle
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.........?
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:54 pm
by mlittle
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?
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:56 pm
by mlittle
Glock'll have company in pitlane at the start...T/S shows that Kubica is in pitlane also