imlach

Anyone else staying up? I'm in two minds - 3am start - another 90 minutes to go, but will prob fall asleep at 3.05am!!!!

Then will feel knackered Sunday morning........

*Sonic*

my aim is to do that, but im a couple of beers in now, and I *will* fall asleep again

so I will start the video again just in case

boomer

Coverage starts in just over half and hour, so as long as the intro-hour isn't too boring then you should be able to make it

mb

imlach

to be honest, I find the build-up hour the best bit these days anyway - see what celebs Brundell chats to on the grid (not when he's licking Bernie's posterior though!) - then seeing a bit of tension before the start....and of course, the highest chances of bumps & scrapes are from the start.....by lap2, prob ok to fall asleep and wake up to the result - it'll no doubt be the scarlet pimpernell anyway!!!

boomer

It will be imteresting to seen whether the team (i forget their name) that cut short their qualifying lap will gain anything from starting from the pits. If it rains, they can have the correct tyres, they will probably be full to the brim with fuel - so a whole new dimension of complexity in the tactics!

mb

Little Miss WRX

It is on it's way to 1pm over here, I will be watching it after having had a good nights sleep.

Robertio

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'chelle, that's cheating

Stayed up to watch the qualifying last night, and will be watching the race tonight, who needs sleep anyway?

Little Miss WRX

LOL

But a very effective one.

imlach

...only a few minutes to go now....adverts then it begins...

XT

I am watchin it too, but have also to go the the meet tomorrow....

Little Miss WRX

Do you get all the V8 and other pre-race races too?

imlach

no - just pre-race chat and analysis....
Starting now.......

Here we go!

bigjohn

it will be interesting to see if the changes have an impact and turn what was becoming a very dull sport into something more exciting rather than a one (prancing) horse race

boomer

Well what a brilliant race - 'cos that's what it actually was - cars racing each other.

At first, as the two Ferarris pulled away into the distance, i though "oh no, not that again", but it was not to be the case

I don't think it was the rule changes that made things interesting - because other than a couple of clever tactics at the start, most of the race was run as usual. For some reason, many (if not most) cars were evenly matched - and thus we had 100 minutes or so of non-stop action.

I s'pose i better get some shut-eye though. Roll on Kuala Lumpur

mb

andrewdelvard

Coultard!!!!!!!!!!

Driver Team Points Time Deficit Laps

1 David Coulthard McLaren 10 1:34:42.124 58
2 Juan-Pablo Montoya Williams 8 1:34:50.799 +00:08.675 58
3 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren 6 1:34:51.316 +00:09.192 58
4 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 5 1:34:51.606 +00:09.482 58
5 Jarno Trulli Renault 4 1:35:20.925 +00:38.801 58
6 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber 3 1:35:26.052 +00:43.928 58
7 Fernando Alonso Renault 2 1:35:27.198 +00:45.074 58
8 Ralf Schumacher Williams 1 1:35:27.869 +00:45.745 58
9 Jacques Villeneuve BAR 1:35:47.660 +01:05.536 58
10 Jenson Button BAR 1:35:48.098 +01:05.974 58
11 Jos Verstappen Minardi + 1 lap 57
12r Giancarlo Fisichella Jordan + 6 laps 52
13r Antonio Pizzonia Jaguar + 6 laps 52
r Olivier Panis Toyota + 27 laps 31
r Nick Heidfeld Sauber + 38 laps 20
r Justin Wilson Minardi + 42 laps 16
r Mark Webber Jaguar + 43 laps 15
r Cristiano da Matta Toyota + 51 laps 7
r Ralph Firman Jordan + 52 laps 6
r Rubens Barrichello Ferrari + 53 laps 5

XT

It was a great race......

Chris L

Imlach no comment then??

Best bloody race I've seen in years

Chris

imlach

As predicted, I fell asleep at 3.15am....

Saw the result but not seen the race yet, so will watch the highlights tonight.

Chrisgr31

It was an excellent race. I went to bed at 10pm, got up at 2am, and went back to bed at 4pm.

I tried to watch the qualifying life on Friday night from 12-4 or whenever it was. However spent most of the time asleep, hence the revised tatcics. Wasn't helped by the fact I wasn't at home and therefore more difficult to raid the fridge, and no PC to sign on to the net with.

However hope all the races are that good. Maybe I will get tickets for Silverstone after all.