2008 Malaysian GP - Race 2/18

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The bleep over DC's interview may have only just faded out yet we're already off to Sepang, just outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Form is a bit difficult to predict, in 9 years there have been 4 Ferrari wins, 2 each for Renault & Mclaren and one for Williams. Of course with thunderstorms forecast all bets could be off.

Friday practice : 0200 - 0330 & 0600 - 0730
Saturday practice : 0300 - 0400
Saturday Qualifying : 0600 - 0700, ITV 0600 - 0720 . Re-run 1340 - 1510 ITV.
Sunday Race : 0700 - 0900, ITV from 0615. Re-run ITV 1445 Highlights, Monday 0020 (ITV) & 1800 (ITV4)



Drivers
Code: 
Pos Driver           Nationality   Team              Points 
1  Lewis Hamilton       British    McLaren-Mercedes   10
2  Nick Heidfeld        German     BMW                8
3  Nico Rosberg         German     Williams-Toyota    6
4  Fernando Alonso      Spanish    Renault            5
5  Heikki Kovelainen    Finnish    McLaren-Mercedes   4      
6  Kazuki Nakajima   	Japanese   Williams-Toyota    3
7  Sebastien Bourdais   Italian    STR                2
8  Kimi Raikkonen       Finnish    Ferrari            1

Constructors
Code: 
Pos Team              Points    
1  McLaren-Mercedes   14       
2  Williams-Toyota    9        
3  BMW                8        
4  Renault            5        
5  STR                2        
6  Ferrari            1


Calendar
Code: 
01 2008 FORMULA 1 ING AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX (Melbourne) 		14 - 16 Mar 
02 2008 FORMULA 1 PETRONAS MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX (Kuala Lumpur) 		21 - 23 Mar 
03 2008 FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX (Bahrain) 		04 - 06 Apr 
04 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPANA TELEFONICA 2008 (Catalunya) 		25 - 27 Apr 
05 2008 FORMULA 1 PETROL OFISI TURKISH GRAND PRIX (Istanbul) 		09 - 11 May 
06 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE MONACO 2008 (Monte Carlo) 			22 - 25 May 
07 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DU CANADA 2008 (Montreal) 			06 - 08 Jun 
08 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE 2008 (Magny-Cours) 			20 - 22 Jun 
09 2008 FORMULA 1 SANTANDER BRITISH GRAND PRIX (Silverstone) 		04 - 06 Jul 
10 FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS SANTANDER VON DEUTSCHLAND 2008 (Hockenheim) 	18 - 20 Jul 
11 FORMULA 1 ING MAGYAR NAGYDIJ 2008 (Budapest) 			01 - 03 Aug 
12 2008 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE (Valencia) 			22 - 24 Aug 
13 2008 FORMULA 1 ING BELGIAN GRAND PRIX (Spa-Francorchamps) 		05 - 07 Sep 
14 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO SANTANDER D'ITALIA 2008 (Monza) 		12 - 14 Sep 
15 2008 FORMULA 1 SINGTEL SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX (Singapore) 		26 - 28 Sep 
16 2008 FORMULA 1 FUJI TELEVISION JAPANESE GRAND PRIX (Fuji Speedway) 	10 - 12 Oct 
17 2008 FORMULA 1 SINOPEC CHINESE GRAND PRIX (Shanghai) 		17 - 19 Oct 
18 FORMULA 1 GRANDE PREMIO DO BRASIL 2008 (Sao Paulo) 			31 Oct - 02 Nov





If you're interested in seeing what the tracks look like I've updated my Google Earth links and flyovers. Unfortunately it's still not perfect, Fuji for example is still low res and the imagery for Valencia is a fair age so the purpose built bridge isn't visible. To play the flyovers select the flyover folder and press the play button at the bottom of the Places pane.

Some links for Sepang

Official GP Site
Wikipedia
Circuit details on the official F1 page
 
Where are the weather forecasts coming from? Are we expecting rain all weekend? Or will we be stuck with dry weather practice and qualifying to predict a wet race?

So, who did well in the wet last year...... Hamilton (second time, not so good in Germany), Button as always, Vettel untill he crashed...

Wet Race + No TC + Early Season Unpredictability = Good Reason To Get Up Early!
 
It may be worth getting up early again just to see the world champion bin it at every possible opportunity...

*n
 
Ferrari back on track this weekend. Just hope that Kimi hasnt lost his head after Australia.

Hopefully should be a nice lot of overtaking, Sepang is usually quite good for that due to the 2 long straights.
 
I am surprised that it took till the last couple of races for Hamilton to show his lack of experience. It does show he has quite an old head on young shoulders, but shows that no matter how talented/mature you are, there is no substitute for experience.
 
penski said:
It may be worth getting up early again just to see the world champion bin it at every possible opportunity...

*n
Click to expand...

Amen to that

I could hear him doing those Mutley impressions in his helmet on Sunday. A true champion would bounce back and obliterate the opposition this weekend.... lets see if hes got the minerals!
 
well ill be up early again, although the pub isnt open for it again this week. so i dont get to droll over the fit barmaid again haha.

well try chatting her up again..... :D
 
The timing is all good for me, I start work at 7am on Sunday and hopefully won't have much work on :)

Hope it does rain, should make it an interesting race without TC.
 
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