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Right, so here we are. This time next week we'll all be done and dusted, but for now we have just under seven days until the greatest show on earth kicks off for its 2009 tour.
[spoiler]Thursday March 26th 1100-1120: Historic Demonstration 1140-1200: Ultimate Speed Comparison - Practice 1215-1235: Formula Ford - Practice 1250-1310: Formula 5000 - Practice 1325-1345: Aussie Racing Cars - Practice 1400-1420: Australian GT Championship - Practice 1435-1505: V8 Supercars - Practice 1520-1540: Formula Ford - Qualifying 1555-1615: Mini Challenge - Qualifying 1625-1635: Ultimate Speed Comparison - Demonstration 1645-1705: Australian GT Championship - Qualifying 1720-1750: V8 Supercars - Qualifying 1805-1825: Formula 5000 - Qualifying 1840-1900: Aussie Racing Cars - Qualifying
Friday March 27th 1100-1120: Australian GT Championship - Race 1 - 8 laps 1140-1155: Aussie Racing Cars - Race 1 - 6 laps 1230-1400: Formula 1 - Practice 1 1415-1425: Ultimate Speed Comparison - Demonstration 1425-1440: Historic Demonstration 1445-1500: Mini Challenge - Race 1 - 6 laps 1510-1550: V8 Supercars - Shootout 1630-1800: Formula 1 - Practice 2 1815-1855: V8 Supercars - Race 1 - 15 laps or 1855
Saturday March 28th 1100-1115: Historic Demonstration 1125-1140: Formula 5000 - Race 1 - 6 laps 1200-1215: Mini Challenge - Race 1 - 6 laps 1230-1250: Aussie Racing Cars - Race 2 - 8 laps 1300-1310: Ultimate Speed Comparison - Demonstration 1315-1325: 2 Seater Minardi - Demonstration 1400-1500: Formula 1 - Practice 3 1515-1535: Formula Ford - Race 1 - 8 lap 1550-1610: Australian GT Championship - Race 2 - 8 laps 1700-1800: Formula 1 - Qualifying 1815-1855: V8 Supercars - Race 2 - 15 laps or 1855
Sunday March 29th 1100-1120: Historic and Exotic Marques Parade 1125-1145: Formula 5000 - Race 2 - 8 laps 1205-1225: Mini Challenge - Race 3 - 8 laps 1240-1300: Formula Ford - Race 2 - 8 laps 1310-1320: Ultimate Speed Comparison - Demonstration 1330-1350: Aussie Racing Cars - Race 3 - 8 laps 1400-1420: Australian GT Championship - Race 3 - 8 laps 1435-1515: V8 Supercars - Race 3 - 15 laps 1525-1530: Formula 1 - Drivers Photo 1530-1540: Formula 1 - Drivers Parade 1540-1600: 2 Seater Minardi - Demonstration 1700-____: 2009 Formula 1 ING Australian Grand Prix - Race - 58 laps[/spoiler]
Predicted Weather(thanks to andrewF1)
[spoiler]Friday Partly cloudy. Winds south to southwesterly averaging 15 to 25 km/h becoming light later in the evening. City: Sunny Min 13 Max 19
Saturday Sunny. Winds west to northwesterly averaging up to 25 km/h tending west to southwesterly during the evening. City: Sunny Min 10 Max 23
Sunday Partly cloudy. Isolated showers. Winds west to southwesterly averaging up to 30 km/h tending south to southwesterly during the evening. City: Shower or two. Min 12 Max 22[/spoiler]
Circuit History
[spoiler]Bernie Ecclestone, the president of Formula One Management, the group that runs modern-day Formula One in conjunction with the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), once famously said that it took 10 minutes to do the deal with Melbourne that would see the Victorian capital host the Australian Grand Prix from 1996. It is thought that Melbourne’s unsuccessful quest to stage the 1996 Olympic Games, and the subsequently successful bid by northern rival city Sydney to host the 2000 Olympics, was a driving force behind Melbourne’s motivation to wrest the Australian Grand Prix away from Adelaide.
Albert Park, within easy reach of the Melbourne central business district, became home to the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. A 16-turn circuit, which measures 5.3 kilometres in its current guise, was built utilising a combination of public roads within the park. The circuit is renowned as being a smooth and high-speed test for Formula One teams and drivers, and its characteristics are similar to the only other street circuit set in a public park currently used for a race in the Formula One World Championship, the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada.
The promotional theme for the first race in Melbourne was “Melbourne – What a Great Place for the Raceâ€. Some 401,000 people turned out for the first race in 1996, which remains a record for the event. The logistics of creating a temporary circuit and hosting an event of the magnitude of a Formula One Grand Prix from scratch weren’t lost on the international visitors, with Melbourne winning the F1 Constructors’ Association Award for the best organised Grand Prix of the year in its first two years of 1996 and 1997.
The move of the Australian Grand Prix to Melbourne saw a change in the time of year that the F1 teams and personnel made their annual voyage Down Under. Adelaide, for each of its 11 years, was the final race of the F1 season, usually in October or November, while Melbourne has been the first race of the season in every year since 1996 with the exception of 2006, when it was the third race of the year to allow for the Commonwealth Games to take place in the city. As such, the Albert Park circuit has seen the Formula One debuts of every prominent driver in the last decade. 1997 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve made his race debut in Melbourne’s first year of 1996, and became one of three men to secure pole position in his maiden Grand Prix. Other prominent names to debut in Melbourne are two-time World Champion Fernando Alonso, Juan Pablo Montoya and Kimi Räikkönen in 2001, and Australia’s current F1 driver, Mark Webber, in 2002.
As part of celebrations for the 10th running of the event at Albert Park in 2005, Webber drove his Williams F1 car over the Sydney Harbour Bridge in a promotional event, and the Melbourne city streets hosted a parade of F1 machinery and V8 Supercars, Australia’s highest-profile domestic motor sport category.[/spoiler]
Grand Prix Information Information on Grand Prix races on current track only. [spoiler]
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Laps 58 Circuit length 5.303 km (3.30 miles) Race length 307.574 km (191.117 miles) Turns 16 Direction Clockwise
Most wins by single driver Michael Schumacher (4) Most wins by single constructor Ferrari (6)
Lap Record Race 1:24.125 Lap Record Driver Michael Schumacher Lap Record Team Ferrari Lap Record Year 2004
Tires Prime Super Soft Tires Optional Medium
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Last Year's Race Statistics from the last race on this track. [spoiler]
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Winner Lewis Hamilton Winning team McLaren Winning time 1:34:50.616
Pole time 1:26.714 Pole driver Lewis Hamilton Pole team McLaren
Fastest lap 1:27.418 on lap 43 Fastest lap driver Heikki Kovalainen Fastest lap team McLaren
TBK Rating 8.13 TBK Rating Position 7th of 17 TBK Rating # Votes 261
TBK TV Rating 5.59 TBK TV Rating Position 8th of 16 (some races not counted) TBK TV Rating # Votes 118
Finishers in points:
1: Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) 2: Nick Heidfeld (BMW) 3: Nico Rosberg (Williams) 4: Fernando Alonso (Renault) 5: Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren) 6: Kazuki Nakajima (Williams) 7: Sebastien Bourdais (Toro Rosso) 8: Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)
Teams and Drivers (from Farruquito's excellent 2009 thread, so credit to him)
Teams
[spoiler]Vodafone Mclaren Mercedes
Chassis: McLaren MP4-24 Engine: Mercedes-Benz FO 108W Tyres: Bridgestone Potenza Main Sponsor: Vodafone First Season: 1966 World Championships: 8 Highest race finish: 1 (x162) Pole Positions: 141 Fastest Laps: 136 Drivers: 01- Lewis Hamilton 02- Heikki Kovalainen Test Drivers: - Pedro de la Rosa - Gary Paffett Official Website:http://www.mclaren.co.uk/
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro
Chassis: Ferrari F60 Engine: Ferrari Type 056 Tyres: Bridgestone Potenza Main Sponsor: Marlboro First Season: 1950 World Championships: 16 Highest race finish: 1 (x209) Pole Positions: 203 Fastest Laps: 218 Drivers: 03- Felipe Massa 04- Kimi Räikkönen Test Drivers: - Luca Badoer - Marc Gene Official Website:http://www.ferrariworld.com/FWorld/fw/index.jsp
BMW Sauber F1 Team
Chassis: BMW Sauber F1.09 Engine: BMW P86/9 Tyres: Bridgestone Potenza Main Sponsor: Petronas First Season: 1993 World Championships: 0 Highest race finish: 1 (x1) Pole Positions: 1 Fastest Laps: 2 Drivers: 05- Robert Kubica 06- Nick Heidfeld Test Drivers: - Christian Klien Official Website:http://www.bmw-sauber-f1.com/
ING Renault F1 Team
Chassis: Renault R29 Engine: Renault RS27 Tyres: Bridgestone Potenza Main Sponsor: ING First Season: 1977 World Championships: 2 Highest race finish: 1 (x35) Pole Positions: 50 Fastest Laps: 27 Drivers: 07- Fernando Alonso 08- Nelson Piquet Jr. Test drivers: - Romain Grosjean Official Website:http://www.ing-renaultf1.com/
Panasonic Toyota Racing
Chassis: Toyota TF109 Engine: Toyota RVX-09 Tyres: Bridgestone Potenza Main Sponsor: Panasonic First Season: 2002 World Championships: 0 Highest race finish: 2 (x3) Pole Positions: 2 Fastest Laps: 1 Drivers: 09- Jarno Trulli 10- Timo Glock Test Drivers: - Official Website:http://www.toyota-f1.com/
Chassis: Red Bull RB5 Engine: Renault RS27 Tyres: Bridgestone Potenza Main Sponsor: Red Bull First Season: 2005 World Championships: 0 Highest race finish: 3 (x3) Pole Positions: 0 Fastest Laps: 0 Drivers: 14- Sebastian Vettel 15- Mark Webber Test Drivers: - Brendon Hartley - David Coulthard Official Website:http://www.redbullf1.com/
AT&T Williams F1 Team
Chassis: Williams FW31 Engine: Toyota RVX-08 Tyres: Bridgestone Potenza Main Sponsor: AT&T First Season: 1975 World Championships: 9 Highest race finish: 1 (x113) Pole Positions: 125 Fastest Laps: 129 Drivers: 16- Nico Rosberg 17- Kazuki Nakajima Test Drivers: - Nico Hulkenberg Official Website:http://www.williamsf1.com/
Brawn GP Formula One Team
Chassis: Brawn BGP 001 Engine: Mercedes-Benz FO 108W Tyres: Bridgestone Potenza Main Sponsor:Unknown First Season: 2009 World Championships: 0 Highest race finish:Debut this season Pole Positions: 0 Fastest Laps: 0 Drivers: 18- Jenson Button 19- Rubens Barrichello Test Drivers: - Official Website:http://www.brawngp.com/
Force India F1 Team
Chassis: Force India VJM02 Engine: Mercedes-Benz FO 108W Tyres: Bridgestone Potenza Main Sponsor: Kingfisher First Season: 2008 World Championships: 0 Highest race finish: 10 (x1) Pole Positions: 0 Fastest Laps: 0 Drivers: 20- Giancarlo Fisichella 21- Adrian Sutil Test Drivers: - Vitantonio Liuzzi Official Website:http://www.forceindiaf1.com/[/spoiler]
Drivers
[spoiler]01 - Lewis Hamilton Team: Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Podiums: 22 Points: 207 Grand Prix entered: 35 World Championships: 1 Highest race finish: 1 (x9) Highest grid position: 1 (x13) Date of Birth: 07/01/1985 Place of Birth: Stevenage Official Website:http://www.lewishamilton.com/
02 - Heikki Kovalainen Team: Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Podiums: 4 Points: 83 Grand Prix entered: 35 World Championships: 0 Highest race finish: 1 (x1) Highest grid position: 1 (x1) Date of Birth: 07/01/1981 Place of Birth: Suomussalmi Official Website:http://www.heikkikovalainen.net/
03 - Felipe Massa Team: Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Podiums: 27 Points: 298 Grand Prix entered: 106 World Championships: 0 Highest race finish: 1 (x11) Highest grid position: 1 (x15) Date of Birth: 25/04/1981 Place of Birth: Sao Paulo Official Website:http://www.felipemassa.com/
04 - Kimi Raikkonen Team: Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Podiums: 57 Points: 531 Grand Prix entered: 140 World Championships: 1 Highest race finish: 1 (x17) Highest grid position: 1 (x16) Date of Birth: 17/10/1979 Place of Birth: Espoo Official Website:http://www.kimiraikkonen.com/
05 - Robert Kubica Team: BMW Sauber F1 Team Podiums: 8 Points: 120 Grand Prix entered: 40 World Championships: 0 Highest race finish: 1 (x1) Highest grid position: 1 (x1) Date of Birth: 07/12/1984 Place of Birth: Krakow Official Website:http://www.kubica.pl/
06 - Nick Heidfeld Team: BMW Sauber F1 Team Podiums: 11 Points: 200 Grand Prix entered: 152 World Championships: 0 Highest race finish: 2 (x7) Highest grid position: 1 (x1) Date of Birth: 10/05/1977 Place of Birth: Monchengladbach Official Website:http://www.nick-heidfeld.de/
07 - Fernando Alonso Team: ING Renault F1 Team Podiums: 52 Points: 551 Grand Prix entered: 123 World Championships: 2 Highest race finish: 1 (x21) Highest grid position: 1 (x17) Date of Birth: 29/07/1981 Place of Birth: Oviedo Official Website:http://www.fernandoalonso.com/
08 - Nelson Piquet Jr. Team: ING Renault F1 Team Podiums: 1 Points: 19 Grand Prix entered: 18 World Championships: 0 Highest race finish: 2 (x1) Highest grid position: 7 (x1) Date of Birth: 25/07/1985 Place of Birth: Heidelberg, Germany Official Website:http://www.npiquet.com/
09 - Jarno Trulli Team: Panasonic Toyota Racing Podiums: 8 Points: 214 Grand Prix entered: 202 World Championships: 0 Highest race finish: 1 (x1) Highest grid position: 1 (x3) Date of Birth: 13/07/1974 Place of Birth: Pescara Official Website:http://www.jarnotrulli.com/
10 - Timo Glock Team: Panasonic Toyota Racing Podiums: 1 Points: 27 Grand Prix entered: 22 World Championships: 0 Highest race finish: 2 (x1) Highest grid position: 5 (x1) Date of Birth: 18/03/1982 Place of Birth: Lindenfels Official Website:http://www.timoglock.de/
14 - Sebastian Vettel Team: Red Bull Racing Podiums: 1 Points: 41 Grand Prix entered: 26 World Championships: 0 Highest race finish: 1 (x1) Highest grid position: 1 (x1) Date of Birth: 03/07/1987 Place of Birth: Heppenheim Official Website:http://www.sebastianvettel.de/
15 - Mark Webber Team: Red Bull Racing Podiums: 2 Points: 100 Grand Prix entered: 123 World Championships: 0 Highest race finish: 3 (x2) Highest grid position: 2 (x4) Date of Birth: 27/08/1976 Place of Birth: Queanbeyan, New South Wales Official Website:http://www.markwebber.com/
16 - Nico Rosberg Team: AT&T Williams F1 Team Podiums: 2 Points: 41 Grand Prix entered: 53 World Championships: 0 Highest race finish: 2 (x1) Highest grid position: 3 (x1) Date of Birth: 27/06/1985 Place of Birth: Wiesbaden Official Website:http://www.nicorosberg.com/
17 - Kazuki Nakajima Team: AT&T Williams F1 Team Podiums: 0 Points: 9 Grand Prix entered: 19 World Championships: 0 Highest race finish: 6 (x1) Highest grid position: 10 (x1) Date of Birth: 07/01/1985 Place of Birth: Aichi Official Website:http://www.kazuki-nakajima.com/
18 - Jenson Button Team: Brawn GP Formula One Team Podiums: 15 Points: 232 Grand Prix entered: 155 World Championships: 0 Highest race finish: 1 (x1) Highest grid position: 1 (x3) Date of Birth: 19/01/1980 Place of Birth: Frome, Somerset Official Website:http://www.jensonbutton.com/
19 - Rubens Barrichello Team: Brawn GP Formula One Team Podiums: 62 Points: 530 Grand Prix entered: 271 World Championships: 0 Highest race finish: 1 (x9) Highest grid position: 1 (x13) Date of Birth: 23/05/1972 Place of Birth: Sao Paulo Official Website:http://www.barrichello.com.br/
20 - Giancarlo Fisichella Team: Force India F1 Team Podiums: 18 Points: 267 Grand Prix entered: 214 World Championships: 0 Highest race finish: 1 (x3) Highest grid position: 1 (x3) Date of Birth: 14/01/1973 Place of Birth: Rome Official Website:http://www.giancarlofisichella.com/
21 - Adrian Sutil Team: Force India F1 Team Podiums: 0 Points: 1 Grand Prix entered: 35 World Championships: 0 Highest race finish: 8 (x1) Highest grid position: 16 (x1) Date of Birth: 11/01/1983 Place of Birth: Starnberg Official Website:http://www.adriansutil.com/[/spoiler]
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Seeing as I decided to make the opening post, I will add information as to drivers/teams, event scheduling and the like throughout the next few days. I'll also try to have a chapter system with quick links to when we talk about each session and various amusing posts etc.
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After the daft points rule change was scrapped, I'm back to really looking forward to the season again.
Will be extremely interesting to see if the testing times were accurate, and what the order will be in Melbourne. First time in years where we don't really know who the front runners will be.
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Bridgestone brings super soft and medium tyres to the Australian GP. The softer ones will have a green stripe on the side in order to support FIA's Make Cars Green campaign. (where's rolling eyes smiley?)
A Brazilian Grand Prix was first held at Interlagos in 1972, although it was not part of the Formula One World Championship. The following year, however, the race was first included in the official calendar. In 1978 the Brazilian Grand Prix moved to Jacarepaguá in Rio de Janeiro, briefly returning to Interlagos for the next two seasons before becoming the sole host from 1981 onwards. In 1990 the Grand Prix returned to Interlagos, where it has stayed since. In 2005, for the first time, the Brazilian GP decided the World Championship, won by Fernando Alonso. On October 22, 2006, Felipe Massa became the last home winner of the Brazilian GP.
While its 68 years old facilities are subpar compared to most circuits on the calendar, the Interlagos circuit has created some of the most exciting and memorable races in recent Formula One history, and is regarded as one of the most challenging and exciting circuits on the F1 calendar. Along with Spa-Francorchamps, it is rare in that the circuit in its modern form is one of the few with a lengthy history in the sport not considered to have lost much of its mystique or challenge in its adaptation for the modern, much more safety-conscious era of 21st century Formula One.
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Circuit History [spoiler]
F1.com wrote:
In 1938 a huge plot of land was bought in Sao Paulo by two local property developers who intended to build a large housing development. It soon became clear, however, that one part of the land was not suitable for housing and so they decided to build a racing circuit instead. Sao Paulo grew at an incredible speed though and soon the circuit was surrounded by houses.
When, in the 1970s, Emerson Fittipaldi began to have international success, the Brazilians started to want a Grand Prix. In 1971 and 1972 Interlagos hosted non-championship events but in 1973 the track hosted its first championship Grand Prix. The track became a lucky charm for local racers, Fittipaldi, Carlos Pace and Carlos Reutemann all taking the spoils of victory in the 1970s. Interlagos was the scene of Pace's first and only Formula One victory, and following his death in a plane crash the circuit was renamed in his honour.
In 1978 the grand prix moved to Rio, but in 1979 Interlagos got its race back. By 1981 however Rio had retaken the Grand Prix, Sao Paulo's slums being at odds with the glamorous image Formula One wanted to portray. When a $15m redevelopment programme was agreed in the heyday of Ayrton Senna, a Sao Paulo local, the race finally moved back to Interlagos.
And there it has stayed. Since Senna's death there may have been no Brazilian world champion, but the passion of the Brazilian fans keeps the sport coming back every year.
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Grand Prix Information Information on Grand Prix races on current track only. [spoiler]
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Laps 71 Circuit length 4.309 km (2.677 miles) Race length 305.909 km (190.083 miles) Turns 15 Direction Anti-clockwise
Most wins by single driver Alain Prost (6) Most wins by single constructor Mclaren (11)
Lap Record Race 1:11.473 Lap Record Driver Juan Pablo Montoya Lap Record Team BMW-Williams Lap Record Year 2004
Tires Prime Soft Tires Optional Medium
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Track Preview [spoiler]18. F1 Grand Prix Brazil, Allianz preview, Interlagos, Brazilian GP
F1 2007 - Brazil Interlagos - Pole
Last lap, Kimi Wins, 2007 (RAI comments) [/spoiler]
Last Race (2007) Statistics from the last race on this track. [spoiler]
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Winner Kimi Räikkönen Winning team Ferrari Winning time 1:28:15.270
Pole time 1:11.931 Pole driver Felipe Massa Pole team Ferrari
Fastest lap 1:12.445 Fastest lap driver Kimi Räikkönen Fastest lap team Ferrari
TBK Rating 8.63 TBK Rating Position 3rd of 17 TBK Rating # Votes 166
TBK TV Rating 4.17 TBK TV Rating Position 15th of 17 TBK TV Rating # Votes 89
Finishers in points: Pos Driver Team Laps Time Grid Points 1 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 71 1:28:15.270 3 10 2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 71 +1.4 secs 1 8 3 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 71 +57.0 secs 4 6 4 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 71 +62.8 secs 10 5 5 Robert Kubica BMW 71 +70.9 secs 7 4 6 Nick Heidfeld BMW 71 +71.3 secs 6 3 7 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 70 +1 Lap 2 2 8 Jarno Trulli Toyota 70 +1 Lap 8 1
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Best Times Last Race (2007) Best times set during the race weekend. [spoiler]
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Fastest lap 1:11.810 Fastest lap driver Felipe Massa Fastest lap team Ferrari Session Saturday Practice
Sector 1 time 18.263 seconds Sector 1 driver Kimi Räikkönen Sector 1 team Ferrari Session Saturday Practice
Sector 2 time 36.398 seconds Sector 2 driver Felipe Massa Sector 2 team Ferrari Session Saturday Practice
Sector 3 time 17.031 seconds Sector 3 driver Felipe Massa Sector 3 team Ferrari Session Qualifying
Combined best lap 1:11.692
Notes: Best sector times of races are unavailable, the sector times presented are the fastest ones of those that are available and may not represent the fastest times during the weekend.[/spoiler]
Timetable [spoiler]
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Local time: GMT - 2 Hours Central European Times (Spain, Andorra, etc.) GMT + 1 (CET) Western European Times (UK, Portugal, etc.): GMT Eastern European Times (Finland, Greece, etc.): GMT + 2 Hours Eastern Daylight Times (New York, Quebec, etc.): GMT -4 Hours
Session GMT CET EDT Stream / Channel Friday 31th October Formula BMW Americas Practice Session 10:50-11:15 11:50-12:15 06:50-07:15 Unknown Formula One Friday Practice 1 12:00-13:30 13:00-14:30 08:00-09:30 Several Available (See Streams) Formula One Friday Practice 2 16:00-17:30 17:00-18:30 12:00-13:30 Several Available (See Streams) Porsche Cup Practice Session 17:40-18:15 18:40-19:15 13:40-14:15 Unknown Trofeo Maserati 18:30-19:00 19:30-20:00 14:30-15:00 Unknown Formula BMW Americas 19:25-19:55 20:25-20:55 15:25-15:55 Unknown
Saturday 1st November Formula One Saturday Practice 13:00-14:00 14:00-15:00 09:00-10:00 Several Available (See Streams) Formula One Qualifying 16:00 17:00 12:00 Several Available (See Streams) Porsche Cup Qualifying Session 17:10-17:45 18:10-18:45 13:10-13:45 Unknown Trofeo Maserati Qualifying Session 17:55-18:25 18:55-19:25 13:55-14:25 Unknown Formula BMW Americas First Race (25m.) 18:50-19:20 19:50-20:20 14:50-15:20 Unknown
Sunday 2nd November Formula BMW Americas Second Race (25m.)12:00-12:30 13:00-13:30 08:00-08:30 Unknown Trofeo Maserati Race (30m.) 12:50-13:20 13:50-14:20 08:50-09:20 Unknown Porsche Cup Race (30m.) 13:40-14:15 14:40-15:15 09:40-10:15 Unknown Formula One Race (71 laps) 17:00 18:00 13:00 Several Available (See Streams)
Note: This timetable is subject to changes without prior notice.
CHANNEL STREAM STREAM ID TYPE FP1 FP2 FP3 Qualifying Race ITV ITV Web N/A Flash - Web based X X X X SpeedTV Wheels N/A TVU Player X X Star Sports Star Sports 10005 TVU Player X X Star Sports N/A PPMate X X CCTV5 CCTV5 10007 TVUPlayer X CCTV5 6002 SopCast X RTL RTL Web N/A MMS - Web based X X Eurosport France Eurosport (?) N/A TVAnts X X X
For future use of the ITV stream you can save the .swf file to your hard drive and play it from there. You may lose the player controls though. It is possible that you may need a UK proxy for the ITV stream at some point.
There should be a SopCast stream for FP3, but it is very unstable due to it's high load and will suffer from a lot of buffering. Avoid it if you can.
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About fucking time, still a week to go though.
Someone please post the "I want to believe" pic with the Brawn car. I think I'll open up an expection from my usual Kimi and BMW supporting role to go for Brawn, for this GP only.
Also depends on how their paint scheme will look like.
Some WITH KERS, some without. How much will change during the season ? Will the teams with KERS get it dialed in and dominate later, or will they scrap it ? It seems this season will have a LOT of unknowns. I just hope the guys I root for get it right !
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