2008 Australian GP - Race 1/18

[Stellios]

15 minutes till practice 2.

 

[Mad_Jay]

Im still here, waiting for the stream to start

 

[Bennah]

Great to see Kimi back at the top :d

Some lead he had there in practice 1.

What happened in practice 2?

 

[Duke]

Friday Practice 1 Times

Pos 	Driver 		Team 		T 	Time 		Gap 
1 	Raikkonen 	Ferrari 	B 	1:26.461 	137.204 mph 
2 	Hamilton 	McLaren 	B 	1:26.948 	0.487 
3 	Massa 		Ferrari 	B 	1:26.958 	0.497 
4 	Kovalainen 	McLaren 	B 	1:27.114 	0.653 
5 	Webber 		Red Bull 	B 	1:28.263 	1.802 
6 	Alonso 		Renault 	B 	1:28.360 	1.899 
7 	Kubica 		BMW 		B 	1:28.579 	2.118 
8 	Glock 		Toyota 		B 	1:28.913 	2.452 
9 	Vettel 		Toro Rosso 	B 	1:28.957 	2.496 
10 	Trulli 		Toyota 		B 	1:29.014 	2.553 
11 	Button 		Honda 		B 	1:29.124 	2.663 
12 	Fisichella 	Force India 	B 	1:29.230 	2.769 
13 	Coulthard 	Red Bull 	B 	1:29.301 	2.840 
14 	Bourdais 	Toro Rosso 	B 	1:29.363 	2.902 
15 	Barrichello 	Honda 		B 	1:29.533 	3.072 
16 	Heidfeld 	BMW 		B 	1:29.561 	3.100 
17 	Sutil 		Force India 	B 	1:30.155 	3.694 
18 	Piquet 		Renault 	B 	1:30.357 	3.896 
19 	Sato 		Super Aguri 	B 	1:31.048 	4.587 
20 	Davidson 	Super Aguri 	B 	1:31.771 	5.310 
21 	Nakajima 	WilliamsF1 	B 	1:35.053 	8.592 
22 	Rosberg 	WilliamsF1 	B 	No Time 	-

Friday Practice 2 Times

Pos 	Driver 	 	Team 	 	T 	Time 	 	Gap 
1 	Hamilton  	McLaren  	B 	1:26.559 	137.049 mph 
2 	Webber  	Red Bull  	B 	1:27.473 	0.914 
3 	Massa  	 	Ferrari  	B 	1:27.640 	1.081 
4 	Kovalainen  	McLaren  	B 	1:27.683 	1.124 
5 	Coulthard  	Red Bull  	B 	1:28.037 	1.478 
6 	Raikkonen  	Ferrari  	B 	1:28.208 	1.649 
7 	Trulli  	Toyota  	B 	1:28.292 	1.733 
8 	Rosberg  	WilliamsF1  	B 	1:28.352 	1.793 
9 	Fisichella  	Force India  	B 	1:28.469 	1.910 
10 	Glock  	 	Toyota  	B 	1:28.582 	2.023 
11 	Button  	Honda  	 	B 	1:28.632 	2.073 
12 	Heidfeld  	BMW  	 	B 	1:28.731 	2.172 
13 	Alonso  	Renault  	B 	1:28.779 	2.220 
14 	Barrichello  	Honda  	 	B 	1:28.849 	2.290 
15 	Kubica  	BMW  	 	B 	1:28.860 	2.301 
16 	Nakajima  	WilliamsF1  	B 	1:29.077 	2.518 
17 	Sutil  	 	Force India  	B 	1:29.161 	2.602 
18 	Vettel  	Toro Rosso  	B 	1:29.193 	2.634 
19 	Piquet  	Renault  	B 	1:29.518 	2.959 
20 	Bourdais  	Toro Rosso  	B 	1:29.605 	3.046 
21 	Sato  	 	Super Aguri  	B 	1:30.663 	4.104 
22 	Davidson  	Super Aguri  	B 	1:31.527 	4.968

 

[Steedie]

Great to see Hamilton putting in great times for the practise

Duke what happened to Williams in the first practise?

 

[rpstewart]

Friday Practice 1 Times

Thanks Duke, got a problem in work at the moment so too busy to do them myself.

 

[GravyMonster]

What the hell have you Red Bull boys been doing to Webber's car over the winter??

It's probably lower fuel loads, but I'd love it if that was pure pace

 

[Type_R]

Interesting times....seems like Toyota have taken a step forwards and BMW half a step back

 

[Mr Jack]

So... looks like Ferrari have a slight edge over McLaren, and then? Probably Red Bull (!)

 

[Sparky]

It is Pace

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

Renault... Pull your finger out!!!

 

[Overlag]

i stayed up for the 2nd session.

fell asleep at the keyboard

need some redbull for race night

 

[Stinky]

i stayed up for the 2nd session.

fell asleep at the keyboard

need some redbull for race night

get to a pub for it

 

[Overlag]

pub at 3am?

 

[Stinky]

White Hart holsworthy

£25 gets you

Champers and Canape's on arival at midnight.

1.30 - 3 course meal including Hot Wings, Kanagroo Steak OR Rump Steak, desert of some kind, and coffee (or beer )

get to watch the race on 22 Screens. including BIG screen with cinema seating. and the bar is open untill 30mins after the race GET IN!!

so i can now start my day of sports at 1pm with the rugby, followed at 3pm with more rugby followed by rugby at 5pm. and get going with the F1 party at midnight.

good day to come

 

[sunama]

So, it would appear that the surprise package has to be Red Bull. They are right behind the McLarens.

I think we all knew that Ferrari would be the quickest out of the blocks. Ferrari's pre-season testing had shown this to be the case. So no surprise there.

I only hope that Hamilton/McLaren can try and compete against the Ferrari/Raikkonen combo as they look to be strong and I expect them to continue in the same vein as the 2nd half of last year (which is mighty impressive).

McLaren have put their full weight behind Hamilton now and as the season progresses, we shall see if this pays off. By losing Alonso, they have taken a big risk, as last year, Hamilton's weakness seemed to be setting up his car. Needless to say that I would've loved to see Hamilton Vs Alonso, round 2, but alas, it wasnt to be.

 

[Sone]

So, it would appear that the surprise package has to be Red Bull. They are right behind the McLarens.

If they are up there in the race i don't think its a big surprise. They appear to spend there money very well getting the right people. Not doing a BAR/Toyota spending a fortune on overrated people.

I assume this is Coulthards last year so it would be nice to see what Vettel or whoever replaces him could do there now the old timers have put the work in getting a decent package together.

 

[Mad_Jay]

Haha they could have used a pic of DC in the car and not Webber.

 

[Witor]

Inconclusive on Honda. They "seem" to be lower-mid pack, not tail enders as per last years.

If so, best start realistically for them.

 

[sunama]

Inconclusive on Honda. They "seem" to be lower-mid pack, not tail enders as per last years.

If so, best start realistically for them.

Yep. Wait and see how they do in qualifying.

I have to say though, that they seem to be doing better than their pre-season form indicated.