[James]

It's raining. Hamilton, Alonso and Massa out in Q1. Button slid off too.

[James]

Red Bulls and Mercs will probably contest poll now.

[James]

Red-flagged for the rain again, like happened last year. Time to get the canoes out.

[James]

Nice tyre choice there for Webber. Pole.

[30stone]

Massa starts in 20th?

Fantastic.

[pinkmichk]

yep the big names were all out in Q1 the rain was crazy they really need to change race time i'm still calling the 12 laps before its flagged the grid is rather messed up tbh cos those big names are gonna have to contend with the weather and the traffic as well

[Iceman]

woop for button and co down the grid. make an interestign start (if the race goes ahead)

[pinkmichk]

i'm a bad mclaren fan but i laughed and cheered when button went in the gravel

[Iceman]

like i cheered the year lewis did it and it cost him the title!

[Wildcat!]

Nice win for Vettell. HE deserves one!

FOr me the drivers of the seson so far, are Kubica, and Hamilton! Kubica the biggest surprise, how he's been performing the last 2 races. ANd Lewis just doing a great job coming from behind! HE needs to qualify well next time, to contend!

[Iceman]

Great race for lewis, shame vettel won, webber messed up on pitstop....looking forward to China!

[pinkmichk]

was a super race hamilton drove another fab drive meh over vettel winning
was anyone else happy that alonso retired and sorry but i did cheer when schumi did too :P

[Iceman]

Originally Posted by pinkmichk

was a super race hamilton drove another fab drive meh over vettel winning
was anyone else happy that alonso retired and sorry but i did cheer when schumi did too :P

evil woman!

was sad for alonso had a great race up until then, really surprised by suitl and hulkenburg.....

[pinkmichk]

if it were lewis you know full well you'd have done the same

[Iceman]

I have done the same last week when he went off, and ill continue to do the same when he keeps making rookie mistakes :P

[Iceman]

Fri 16 April 2010
Practice 1 03:00 - 04:30
Practice 2 07:00 - 08:30
Sat 17 April 2010
Practice 3 04:00 - 05:00
Qualifying 07:00
Sun 18 April 2010
Race 08:00

Round 4 kicks off in two weeks time!

[pinkmichk]

meh another early start roll on the european leg for normal times
if lewis qualies well it should be his race

[Iceman]

Originally Posted by pinkmichk

meh another early start roll on the european leg for normal times
if lewis qualies well it should be his race

Can't wait for Europe, mercedes have a few updates coming for there, expect them to step up in qualifying......i think webber/vettel has the chinese GP in the bag already though

[Wildcat!]

Heres a comparison of what the standings would be under the old system with the new system

1. Massa 16 1. Massa 39
2. Alonso 15 2. Alonso 37
3. Vettel 15 3. Vettel 37
4. Rosberg 14 4. Button 35
5. Button 13 5. Rosberg 35
6. Kubica 13 6. Hamilton 31
7. Hamilton 12 7. Kubica 30
8. Webber 9 8. Webber 24
9. Sutil 4 9. Sutil 10
10. Schumacher 3 10. Schumacher 9
11. Liuzzi 2 11. Liuzzi 8
12. Barrichello 1 12. Barrichello 5
13. Alguersuari 2
14. Hulkenberg 1

[Iceman]

puts into perspective a lot...

[Iceman]

On this weekend.

[pinkmichk]

excellent cant wait
i follow a lot of teams/drivers on twitter but isnt there a ban on twitter in china so will we still get trackside updates from those in the garages etc?

[Iceman]

Originally Posted by pinkmichk

excellent cant wait
i follow a lot of teams/drivers on twitter but isnt there a ban on twitter in china so will we still get trackside updates from those in the garages etc?

theyre not sure what they will be able to do....virgin racing had something about it on thier twitter today...

[pinkmichk]

nightmare i love the little snipets they give esp what lotus team tweet with lots of pics from garages hopefully they'll be able to do something

[Iceman]

yeah they said they'll try and figure out something so we can get info....maybe send them to people outside of china and then they will post them...