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Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:57 pm
by Ed
Timo Glock and Robert Kubica are starting from the pits.
Air temperature is 20 degrees and track temperature is 19 degrees
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:59 pm
by Ed
I beleive you are right, it was Suzuka 08
Formation lap about to get underway
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:00 pm
by mlittle
And they're off on the sighting lap; all cars are on full wets
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:01 pm
by Ed
Vettel is looking good, last year in Monza he won in the Toro Rosso.
The track is very wet and there is a lot of spray. Doubt the race will start straight away
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:05 pm
by mlittle
Race has begun under the safety car; it will be up to race control to decide when to, as they say, "release the hounds......."
Cars kicking up lots of rooster-tails; an in-car shot showed almost no visibility............Alonso reports that the grip is okay; Button radios that visibility is poor
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:06 pm
by Ed
2 laps covered so far under the safety car
Massa goes wide but recovers
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:07 pm
by mlittle
there are pockets of standing water visible on-track; Vettel radios that "track is okay, but there has been worse"
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:09 pm
by mlittle
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:09 pm
by Ed
There is a lot of spray at this low speed. When the race starts, the visibility will be near zero!
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:10 pm
by Ed
Yeah lets hope Heikki's luck is better today!
Sutil goes off avoiding a very slow Piquet
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:10 pm
by mlittle
Ed wrote:There is a lot of spray at this low speed. When the race starts, the visibility will be near zero!
They were talking about that on the Speed broadcast, Ed. Also, there were a couple of in-car shots and there wasn't much visibility[one can only imagine what the driver is seeing; those in-car cameras are above the driver.....]
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:11 pm
by Ed
The safety car starts the 4th lap of the race
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:12 pm
by mlittle
Massa's team is telling him to keep the temps up as much as possible
Sutil just about ran into the Renault of Piquet; also, Rosberg radios that there is aquaplaning on the main straight
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:13 pm
by Ed
Sutil pits and rejoins. That maybe a good strategy as he doesn't loss many places and can fill up.
Kimi Raikkonnen goes wide in the same place Massa goes off, he recovers
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:14 pm
by Ed
Rosberg makes his stop.
It will be interesting to see if this strategy works
