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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 jido » Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:16 pm

Several cars were slipping off the road just a few laps back :)
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Post by mlittle » Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:16 pm

Ed wrote:Very good point mlittle. It will be a gamble though!

23 laps remaining
Reason I mention it is that one of the Speed announcers(Varsha, I think....) mentioned that he thought Bourdais was running inters, based on the fact that he's running about as fast as the leaders....you're right; it would be a roll of the dice, but from that far back, what do they have to lose?
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Post by mlittle » Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:17 pm

Kovalainen pits for what should be his only stop of the race
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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:17 pm

Kubica driving with a slightly dislodged front wing!!

He should pit!
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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:18 pm

Alonso makes his final stop from 5th
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Post by mlittle » Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:18 pm

Vettel resets fast lap, 1:53.684[lap 35]
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Post by mlittle » Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:20 pm

Ed wrote:Kubica driving with a slightly dislodged front wing!!

He should pit!
Quoting the F1 commentary............
Kubica running with a wonky-looking wing--his second nose of the race, of course.
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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:20 pm

Webber and Vettel trading fastest laps. Great stuff!

Bourdais in the meantime has another spin!
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Post by mlittle » Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:20 pm

Webber resets fast lap, 1:53.382[lap 32]

The Red Bulls' are seemingly on rails at the moment.........
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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:21 pm

Vettel now pits, he had a 17 second advantage over Webber
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Post by mlittle » Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:21 pm

Vettel pits from the race lead..........
Full wets, enough fuel to the end.........rejoins in 3rd
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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:22 pm

Alonso chasing Kovalainen spins, he recovers but loses a number of places. He is down in 13th now!
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Post by jido » Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:23 pm

BBC commentary on Alonso spin:

"Very graceful."
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Post by Ed » Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:24 pm

Vettel has rejoined in 3rd, 2.3 seconds behind Button who has to make another stop
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Post by mlittle » Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:24 pm

Parts of the track now showing dry lines......could someone gamble enough to go to either inters or, if they're really brave, drys?
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