F1 2016

[1%er]

I'm going to watch the rest of qualifying from my bed. so I'll catch you tomorrow for the race

 

[Limejuice]

Red flag again, as Hulk loses a front left wheel.

You don't see that very often these days.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

I guess from Hamiltons point of view at least this is a track with decent overtaking opportunities...

 

[Bungle73]

Does anyone know what's happened to Damon Hill on Sky's coverage? I don't think he's shown up at all yet this season has he?

 

[1%er]

Today's qualifying for those who missed it and want to see what happened, click on "proceed to video" and you'll get a pop-up then click on the "X" to close the advert and off you go

No need to log-in or register, if you get that screen it is an advert.

 

[Limejuice]

I'm looking forward to this.

A Mercedes first and last on the grid. Red Bull up in the mix with Ricciardo in the front row. A pair of Ferraris right behind. A track that allows overtaking. Lots of tyres available for strategy types to puzzle over.

Shoe-in for Rosberg? I hope this race there's a change to the usual results. That said, if Hammy's car stays in one piece I wouldn't be surprised to see him rescue a few points for his day's work.

 

[Limejuice]

Watching Sky - how the living hell did Paul di Resta ever fit into a F1 car? The guys is 11 feet tall.

 

[1%er]

Good morning, we are under starters orders

 

[Limejuice]

Indeedy.

 

[1%er]

With the grid set up as it is, we should see some great racing

 

[Limejuice]

Lots of mixing up. Lots of overtaking.

 

[1%er]

According to Charlie Whiting the guy who parked his pick-up truck on the side of the tract yesterday "This man had been brought in specially to drive the pick-up that was cleaning the track, ironically a new measure this year meant to improve safety by cleaning the track better, and it was used to very good effect. The driver lacked experience and won't do it again, but it must be emphasised this is not a normal run-off area and the risk was low. Unacceptable nonetheless."

I bet he got a massive bollocking

 

[Limejuice]

A lot of the marshals are volunteers from around the world. The thing is, the volunteers tend to be the racing nuts who know the rules best.

If you drag in someone from the dole queue to drive the pick-up truck, they may be a great driver but clueless about the bigger picture.

It's like driving around an airport air-side. Depending on the the lines painted on the concrete, the rules change dramatically.

 

[1%er]

Good morning Badgers

 

[1%er]

not lewis's weekend

 

[Limejuice]

Wow.

What a mess.

 

[yardbird]

Come on. Need a safety car.

 

[Limejuice]

Safety car.

Handy for Hammy and Kimi.

 

[yardbird]

Ah good.

 

[1%er]

We have a plan LOLOLOL

 

[Limejuice]

Who the hell is Fan Bingbing?

 

[1%er]

Who the hell is Fan Bingbing?

Don't know but a great name, wasn't it bingbang, or was that Vettel on the first lap

 

[1%er]

Fan Bingbing is a Chinese actress, television producer and pop singer. She topped the Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2013, 2014, and 2015, after ranking in the top 10 every year since 2006

A big shot in the area

 

[Limejuice]

Unless she's driving a car, I really don't want to see nameless celebs during a GP.

 

[1%er]

Unless she's driving a car, I really don't want to see nameless celebs during a GP.

We don't seem to see as many WAGS as a couple of years ago

 

[Limejuice]

We don't seem to see as many WAGS as a couple of years ago

Good!

 

[1%er]

Lots of jokes about bingbang and pingpong keep running through my head

 

[Limejuice]

Lots of jokes about bingbang and pingpong keep running through my head

Bit of a ding-dong battle out there...

 

[1%er]

My youngest nearly pissed himself when we met a bloke called Willy Cock a year or so ago

 

[1%er]

Honda doing well