Just like Monaco, the threat of rain is in the air here. It has been around most of the event so far and it has been dry up to this point. Practice 3 earlier was wet and drying – but it was also cut short due to a heavy crash at turn 11 in a […]
A bit of a change to these posts as I move to ten lap summaries. This is down to a few reasons, the main one being a short lap around Monaco leading to 1m15-16s lap times. The weather looks good today and the mixed weather of yesterday appears to have gone. Here’s how the grid […]
The threat of rain is in the air here – the first time in a long time that qualifying at Monaco may be wet. Three drivers face a tough battle after crashes in free practice 3 earlier. Romain Grosjean got the chaos started when he tagged the barrier at the chicane and needed to come in […]
Felipe Massa will receive a three-place grid penalty for the Spanish Grand Prix for impeding Mark Webber in the second part of qualifying yesterday. Esteban Gutierrez gets the same punishment for blocking Kimi Raikkonen earlier in the session. The starting grid for today’s race therefore looks like this (drivers with penalties in italics): Nico Rosberg, Mercedes […]
This is going to be a strange post to write. I’ll end up watching sessions 1 and 2 live, but a Grange Moor Band job will mean that I have to miss Q1 live and watch that on replay afterwards. After 4 rounds, it’s probably time to look at the qualifying battle so far in […]
Another relatively early Saturday morning for qualifying – it begins at 8 am here. Like yesterday, it is still snowing. Malaysia is well-known for its sporadic showers and some may well be due during the sessions. However, the heat there means that it takes a lot of rain to fall before it isn’t simply burnt […]
Up bright and early, 4 hours after going to bed, to watch this race. Settled nicely downstairs with Kit and a cup of coffee. I will certainly be taking a nap after this one even though it’ll be roughly 8am by the time the race is over. Nico Hulkenberg had a major fuel system problem on his […]
This post means that 2013 has now drawn level with 2005 for the most posts in a year. Although, that’s not strictly accurate as the Temperature Conversion infographic means that this is post 62 this year, placing it firmly on top! Today saw a little bit of work getting dragged out to fill what seemed […]
Most of today was spent doing very little (aside from finding a geocache, GC3K8QY, and changing the log sheet in our own, GC30PJJ). As an update on our attempt to fill our calendar grid, January and February now look like this: February needs a lot of work. The six gaps left in January mainly stem […]
Today another blogging landmark has been reached. 2013 has now surpassed 2006, 2009, 2008 and 2012 in post totals, which currently stand at: 2012: 13 2008: 24 2009: 29 2006: 31 2013: 32 2011: 35 2004: 37 2010: 45 2007: 54 2005: 61 As well as this, our geocaching friends – known as Lard and […]
