60% chance of rain, anyone?
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60% chance of rain, anyone?
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It would be good, but I doubt it will happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Malllen
Could be the first race where a driver that retired stands on the podium :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Malllen
Yes I'll also wait and see. However, it has been raining almost without fail in Kuala Lumpur for almost two weeks now.Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
Would be brilliant if the year started with two kickarse races on back to back weekends though! :D
You should youtube "Monaco gp 1982" Taz... Only one driver finishes! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Tazio
I hate back to backs week ends. Mostly because it means that we will have 3 and 4 weeks long breaks following them. And it's easier to justify having to stay home every 2nd week end (although now I can take my laptop and TV stick everywhere I go!).
This year is much better in that regard. There was two 4-week breaks between the first 5 grands prix last year, whereas there's none at all this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
Three-week breaks I can stand thanks to MotoGP. :p
It would be a great GP, thought after this last chaotic australian GP all the teams would be more relaxed, in addition we don't forget that sepang has a big track
It's going to be pretty wild with rain in the mix. I can't wait. :)
Vettel would be impressive if it would rain both in qualifying and race, that's all I know.
Actually 4th and 5th placed Lotuses finished too, although a lap down. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Malllen
If it rains, I think that Alonso and Vettel could challenge Lewis and will be faster than the Ferrari cars.
As a Ferrari fan, you don't seem to have much confidence in your drivers F1boat, do you?Quote:
Originally Posted by F1boat
Alonso through it away in the wet in '07 with TC, in a better handling car.....Quote:
Originally Posted by F1boat
Lewis did that twice in the three wet races of 2007 in the best car on the grid. Does that mean he is not a contender either?Quote:
Originally Posted by SGWilko
Matter of fact, of the three wet races of 2007,
Alonso scored 18 points
Raikkonen scored 16 points
Lewis scored 10 points
all from a possible 30.
Barrichello is a good bet in a wet race...as for the top guys, I think Kimi is better in the wet than Alonso and Hamilton but we will see.
Looks like should be a good race either way.
I can remember heavy rain in KL. It really buckets down. The deployment of the safety car in heavy rain conditions could make staying on the track very difficult. I think there is a tyre choice called monsoon tyres, isn't there?
There's a)wet, b)intermediate and c)dry.Quote:
Originally Posted by Valve Bounce
There was a monsoon tyre once upon a time, but as explained by Martin Brundle in Fuji last year, whenever it was ever wet enough for that tyre to be used, the Safety Car was deployed anyway, hence making that specific tyre redundant.
Exactly what I was thinking!Quote:
Originally Posted by Malllen
Where's MS when you need him?! He would have had a pretty nice score with 3 wet races.
Anyway we now got Vettel to impress in the rain.
:up: Both Senna and Schumi displayed a rare talent in the wet without TC equiped cars.Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
I expect many odd lines being tried in the wet this season to find the grip.
I have one image (in my memory) from Suzuka I think, not quite sure if it's '95 or '96, of Hill pulling out of a corner really having to play with the throttle to find the grip, being chased down by Michael.
where was he in Hungary in 2006? at one point I know he was on the inside and FA on the outside... and if I remember it right at the next turn he was behind and FA in front... and after a few laps back together with MS in front and FA behind.. or I could say that MS was some 4 kms and some meters behind FA... you could see it either way though it's not that relativeQuote:
Originally Posted by ioan
This brought me such good memories! Where's Schu when you need him? I shouldn't be so nostalgic. I have this ex-young prospect, now proven product filling up the empty place MS left in my heart.
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Originally Posted by Malllen
I believe they are now called 1) Extreme Wet 2) Wet 3) Dry
just a matter of terminology ofcourse.
And your point about monsoon tyres are correct, they are no longer used in F1
i hope that if we have another wet race they won't decide again to make some 20 laps with the safety car on track like they did in Japan.
What about China 2006?!Quote:
Originally Posted by eu
MS went past FA like if he was napping in a parking! :p :
Next time you want to poke fun at someone (without being invited) prepare to get it back doubled, at least from me. I've seen many like you before and they all vanished sooner or later!
you are right.. I got kind of bored about all this non sense yapping but if i leave you shouldn't take credit for it because you are the reason I still come here :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
Feck me, sometimes you are just so funny sonshine... :rotflmao:
That's how my car gets scratched up in car parks, inconsiderate feckers driving way too fastQuote:
Originally Posted by ioan
Oooohhhh, get you big boy, we need your royal seal of approval now, do we?Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
Let me guess, with brass nobs on as well? :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
I see you want some too! :p :
Well, at last year's Nürburgring race, Michael Schumacher (retired) stood on the podium - to hand a trophy to his "friend" Ron Dennis ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tazio
in the engines and I think that Kimi is competent, but not the best in wet conditions.Quote:
Originally Posted by aryan
Are you quite sure you'll be here to see that? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
And Massa scored 17. ;) Not bad compared to these three. :p :Quote:
Originally Posted by Malllen
How dare you?! Didn't you know that he is an average driver? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by jens
I would say a wheel to wheel lover!!! I hope this race Massa can stay away from other cars! :D
If it rains I think Alonso, Vettel, Bourdais and Sutil can shine above the rest. About Kimi i have never regarded him as a very good driver in wet conditions, though he is not a bad driver at all!!!! I expect Massa to have a harder time in the wet and without TC... It can be a nightmare to manny drivers, even those that are supossed to be more skillfull.
I would love to see a wet race!!!!
Hmm... Remember Kimi smoked out of 3rd at the Nurburgring... so he may have got 22 - but that's just playing with statistics.Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
I'm still sitting on the fence about Vettel and his abilities. In the dry he wasn't faster than Liuzzi last year. His wet-weather skills are almost fabled, but I don't think they're really that brilliant. In Fuji he gambled on an extreme wet set-up on Saturday and the conditions remained on Sunday. He didn't spin during the race and set the 5th-fastest lap time, but spun Alonso and wiped out Webber and himself under SC.
In China he didn't spin out and had a very fortuitous pit strategy regarding the weather changes, setting the 13th fastest lap time.
He's quite a talent, but as I said, I have a hard time believing that he's quite as good as some people are saying, at this point in time.
As for the race:
There's still a 60% chance of rain for Saturday and Sunday.
We all know who's fault that was and how the rules were changed afterwards because of that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Malllen
According to ital media the chances are now 90% ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Malllen
Yeah, and by Saturday it will be 10% and only 0.1% Sunday. :sQuote:
Originally Posted by pino
Yes we do. It was Vettel's fault.Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
Wrong answer! It was Webber's fault! :p :Quote:
Originally Posted by theugsquirrel
Well, it has been raining over here for the past few days...
No drivers aid + rain = ???
= mess
Should be fun to watch...
but like ioan said....often it ends up being totally dry on sundays when its predicted to be wet :s