Chinese Grand Prix

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THU - October 16:
(late Thu night / Fri am)
2:00 am - 3:40 am E - Practice 2 (only airing) (LIVE)
1:00 am - 2:40 am C
12:00 am - 1:40 am M
11:00 pm - 12:40 am P

FRI - October 17:
(late Fri night / early Sat am)
12:30 am - 1:30 am E - F1 Debrief (Japan) (only airing)
11:30 pm - 12:30 am C
10:30 pm - 11:30 pm M
9:30 pm - 10:30 pm P
1:30 am 2:00 am E - Inside Grand Prix
12:30 am - 1:00 am C
11:30 pm - 12:00 am M
10:30 pm - 11:00 pm P
2:00 am - 3:30 am E - Qualifying (LIVE Time-slip)
1:00 am - 2:30 am C
12:00 pm - 12:30 am M
11:00 pm - 12:30 am P

SAT - October 18:
(very late Sat night / very early Sun am)
2:30 am - 3:00 am E - F1 Race Preview (LIVE)
1:30 am - 2:00 am C
12:30 am - 1:00 am M
11:30 am - 12:00 am P
3:00 am - 5:00 am E - F1 Race (LIVE)
2:00 am - 4:00 am C
1:00 am - 3:00 am M
12:00 am - 2:00 am P

SUN - October 19:
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm E - Race Preview / Race (2nd airing)
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm C
12:30 pm - 3:00 pm M
11:30 am - 2:00 pm P

We had to borrow the Speed Insider Forum schedule this week. Thanks guys!

With only one race remaining after this one, we can only hope that the Chinese GP doesn't turn into the cluster that was Japan. With some crazy driving and some crazy officiating, this week has got to be better. Will we see Hamilton choke and beach his McLaren like he did last year? Will he banzai turn one again. Will Massa crash into anybody and get away with it? Oh, we can hardly wait.

We do admit that this one is going to be tough. On late on the west coast and on in the wee hours in the east. Looks like there is some overlap time with MotoGP too and of course, they're saying a 60% chance of rain for the race. Boy howdy!

[ÜberDoober]

Practice two will be coming on TV in about 20 minutes but until then, here's the results from session 1

Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:35.630 23
2. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:36.020 + 0.390 24
3. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:36.052 + 0.422 23
4. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:36.103 + 0.473 21
5. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) 1:36.507 + 0.877 25
6. Alonso Renault (B) 1:36.661 + 1.031 25
7. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) 1:37.040 + 1.410 23
8. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:37.070 + 1.440 32
9. Piquet Renault (B) 1:37.180 + 1.550 30
10. Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:37.278 + 1.648 25
11. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:37.491 + 1.861 26
12. Button Honda (B) 1:37.619 + 1.989 25
13. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) 1:37.630 + 2.000 23
14. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:37.638 + 2.008 22
15. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:37.638 + 2.008 26
16. Glock Toyota (B) 1:37.664 + 2.034 29
17. Barrichello Honda (B) 1:37.827 + 2.197 28
18. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:38.219 + 2.589 24
19. Sutil Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:38.285 + 2.655 25
20. Fisichella Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:38.479 + 2.849 26

[ÜberDoober]

I ended up watching the live feed on motogp.com for the two wheel boys in Malaysia and switching over to catch the last 25 minutes of the F1 second practice.

Looks like I'm going to have the same conflict for qualifying tonight but will set up for dual simultaneous viewing and try to keep up and try to keep awake. :) Planning for some nappy time this afternoon.

Practice 2 Results:
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:35.750 33
2. Alonso Renault (B) 1:36.024 + 0.274 36
3. Piquet Renault (B) 1:36.094 + 0.344 38
4. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:36.159 + 0.409 32
5. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:36.375 + 0.625 38
6. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:36.480 + 0.730 31
7. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:36.529 + 0.779 32
8. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:36.542 + 0.792 34
9. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) 1:36.553 + 0.803 38
10. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:36.556 + 0.806 33
11. Glock Toyota (B) 1:36.615 + 0.865 33
12. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) 1:36.775 + 1.025 37
13. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:36.797 + 1.047 33
14. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:36.808 + 1.058 36
15. Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:36.925 + 1.175 38
16. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) 1:36.975 + 1.225 31
17. Fisichella Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:37.473 + 1.723 38
18. Sutil Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:37.617 + 1.867 33
19. Button Honda (B) 1:37.800 + 2.050 37
20. Barrichello Honda (B) 1:37.904 + 2.154 36

[ÜberDoober]

LittleAlguy, it is past your bedtime!

[ÜberDoober]

It's not quite the same without Bob. :o

I'm sick as a dog and have a raging fever tonight. I was sleeping but got up because not only is F1 qually on, so is MotoGP qualifying from Malaysia through my subscription package through motogp.com. Track is wet at Sepang but it's drying out.

[LittleAlguy]

I know he's subbed before but it's odd listening to Diffey do commentary with the other two amigos.

edit: yeah, this is the absolute worst timing for races for me. :/

edit 2: sorry to hear that you're still sick. :(

[LittleAlguy]

They're cutting it way close with Kubica. He'll only have one lap to do it if they get him back out there.

[LittleAlguy]

Out of Q1: Coulthard, Nakajima, Button, Sutil, Fisichella

Kubi barely makes it. :ack2:

[ÜberDoober]

Man, that was close for Kubica!

Out in Q1
Coulthard
Nakajima
Sutil
Button
Fisichella

Oh, thanks. I actually felt okay all week until today.

[LittleAlguy]

That's bad timing.

It's too bad that a Can-Am type series isn't possible these days.

The main steward is a lawyer? :eek:

[ÜberDoober]

Tough luck for Kubica. :(

[LittleAlguy]

The only good thing is that BMW can be a little creative with their fuel load. Not sure how much they can do, though.

[ÜberDoober]

Man qualifying is exciting! MotoGP qual was insane too!

Hamilton on pole followed by Raikkonen and Massa. Let's just hope everybody keeps it together and runs a better race than Japan.

Can't wait for tomorrow. Hope I'm not dead. :ack2:

Nite nite.

[LittleAlguy]

Hamilton with another pole at China. Not sure if he'll feel too comfy with the two Ferraris alongside and behind him.

[LittleAlguy]

Goodnight. :seeya:

[ÜberDoober]

You awake AGAIN? :)

MotoGP just finished. Switching over for the last 10 min of the pre-race.

[LittleAlguy]

You awake AGAIN? :)

MotoGP just finished. Switching over for the last 10 min of the pre-race.

Yup. Just had some Red Bull, lol.

I can't wait for this race to start. Hopefully, it's just a straight battle. :)

How was the MotoGP race?

[ÜberDoober]

Hamilton gets the holeshot!

[LittleAlguy]

Good start for Hamilton, Kovi just couldn't eek by Massa.

Kubica to 8th.

[ÜberDoober]

They said rain around lap 14, just about time for pit stops? LuHam is flying.

[LittleAlguy]

They said rain around lap 14, just about time for pit stops? LuHam is flying.

Oh boy. Let's see if he and McLaren learned from last year's mess.

In the rear, Bourdais is making progress after his rendez-vous with Trulli.

[LittleAlguy]

Webber in. 7.6 s stopped in his pit.

Ferrari in. It's Massa

edit: ouch, pulled out behind Kubica

[LittleAlguy]

So two-stoppers (?):
Hamilton, Heidfeld, Raikkonen, Massa, Alonso, Kovalainen, Vettel, Webber, Barrichello, Piquet, Bourdais, Kubica

one-stoppers (?):
Nakajima

[LittleAlguy]

Wait, huh? Hamilton was in two positions at once. :D

[LittleAlguy]

Long 2nd stint for Kovi.

[ÜberDoober]

How much longer do you think they'll let Raikkonen stay ahead of Massa? :ack2:

[LittleAlguy]

How much longer do you think they'll let Raikkonen stay ahead of Massa? :ack2:

Yeah, I'm not sure how they can pull this off unless they switch Kimi to a three-stopper.

edit: so much for that. Massa has been pulling up about .5 seconds on Kimi the last few laps.

[LittleAlguy]

Nakajima for his only stop.

Glock with his 2nd stop.

[ÜberDoober]

Kovalainen with a flat. :mad:

[LittleAlguy]

Kovalainen with a flat. :mad:

Yeesh.

I was hoping for a little more from Kovalainen this year. Maybe next year, I suppose.

[ÜberDoober]

That's pathetic.

[LittleAlguy]

Nah, that didn't look obvious at all. :p

[LittleAlguy]

Let's not make it as though 2nd drivers giving the team leader his car was commonplace. ;)

[ÜberDoober]

Looks like it all comes down to Brazil. At least that race will be on at a reasonable time. :)

That was a perfect race for Hamilton.

[ÜberDoober]

Well, I'm heading out. LittleAlguy, you're one heck of a dedicated fan and I appreciate you hanging out. We'll see you soon. Take care. :)

Now get to bed, young man!

[LittleAlguy]

I will. Have a good night (or morning, I should say). :seeya: