Comments on: Spanish GP - Yawn http://www.formulaf1.com/2008/05/01/spanish-gp-yawn/ F1 news and pictures mixed with fun Fri, 16 May 2008 03:34:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: dScribe http://www.formulaf1.com/2008/05/01/spanish-gp-yawn/#comment-10164 Sat, 10 May 2008 10:23:51 +0000 http://www.formulaf1.com/2008/05/01/spanish-gp-yawn/#comment-10164 <strong>Caitlin</strong> - This is something that bothers me about Spanish MotoGP riders - they always ride SO much better in Spain :) Seems it could be true for Spanish F1 drivers too... 8) Caitlin - This is something that bothers me about Spanish MotoGP riders - they always ride SO much better in Spain :) Seems it could be true for Spanish F1 drivers too… 8)

]]> by: Caitlin http://www.formulaf1.com/2008/05/01/spanish-gp-yawn/#comment-10159 Fri, 09 May 2008 20:28:13 +0000 http://www.formulaf1.com/2008/05/01/spanish-gp-yawn/#comment-10159 You don't think it's weird that a Spanish driver almost got pole in his home country? Looks to me like he just wanted to give his countrymen something to cheer for... You don’t think it’s weird that a Spanish driver almost got pole in his home country?
Looks to me like he just wanted to give his countrymen something to cheer for…

]]> by: dScribe http://www.formulaf1.com/2008/05/01/spanish-gp-yawn/#comment-10134 Fri, 09 May 2008 03:01:35 +0000 http://www.formulaf1.com/2008/05/01/spanish-gp-yawn/#comment-10134 <strong>Robin Stephen</strong> - Piquet has been rather disappointing. Especially when you consider how good Rosberg has been going - he's certainly doing the family proud :) And yes, the IPL is fantastic :) I'm surprised it's taken so long for something like that to come around.. <strong>Michelangelo</strong> - Sure, Channel 10 do a pretty good job, but the IPL is on every single night. If someone was staying up to watch the IPL I'm sure another 5 mins for the driver interviews isn't going to make much difference to them :) As for satellite, I'll stick to free-to-air and live in hope for an official F1 stream over the internet one day... :) <strong>Caitlin</strong> - From memory, Alonso was 2 seconds off the pace in qualifying in the previous round. Then in Spain he almost got pole. Whether he was light on fuel or not, that's a massive improvement. But yes, bad marks for Renault on the reliability front (including their Red Bull engines going a few times this year).. 8) Robin Stephen - Piquet has been rather disappointing. Especially when you consider how good Rosberg has been going - he’s certainly doing the family proud :)

And yes, the IPL is fantastic :) I’m surprised it’s taken so long for something like that to come around..

Michelangelo - Sure, Channel 10 do a pretty good job, but the IPL is on every single night. If someone was staying up to watch the IPL I’m sure another 5 mins for the driver interviews isn’t going to make much difference to them :)

As for satellite, I’ll stick to free-to-air and live in hope for an official F1 stream over the internet one day… :)

Caitlin - From memory, Alonso was 2 seconds off the pace in qualifying in the previous round. Then in Spain he almost got pole. Whether he was light on fuel or not, that’s a massive improvement.

But yes, bad marks for Renault on the reliability front (including their Red Bull engines going a few times this year).. 8)

]]> by: Caitlin http://www.formulaf1.com/2008/05/01/spanish-gp-yawn/#comment-10065 Fri, 02 May 2008 21:48:30 +0000 http://www.formulaf1.com/2008/05/01/spanish-gp-yawn/#comment-10065 I don't understand why everyone is praising Renault for their effort this past race. Does anyone really believe that a RENAULT managed to qualify second without having to lighten up on fuel? Not a chance, especially if you look at where they usually end up qualifying in races. Also, everyone seems to have forgotten that NEITHER of their cars finished the race. Not such a good job in my books. I don’t understand why everyone is praising Renault for their effort this past race. Does anyone really believe that a RENAULT managed to qualify second without having to lighten up on fuel? Not a chance, especially if you look at where they usually end up qualifying in races.
Also, everyone seems to have forgotten that NEITHER of their cars finished the race. Not such a good job in my books.

]]> by: Michelangelo http://www.formulaf1.com/2008/05/01/spanish-gp-yawn/#comment-10045 Thu, 01 May 2008 09:52:46 +0000 http://www.formulaf1.com/2008/05/01/spanish-gp-yawn/#comment-10045 As for channel 10, you gotta give them some credits in broadcasting the race sooner than later. Obviously they arent broadcasting it live as we would like them to be, but compared to previous years where they would broadcast the race around 1oclock at the next morning, this year has seen some dramatic improvements. i think they showed it about 11 when the thing began at 10 local time.. word of advise, invest in a satellite. As for channel 10, you gotta give them some credits in broadcasting the race sooner than later. Obviously they arent broadcasting it live as we would like them to be, but compared to previous years where they would broadcast the race around 1oclock at the next morning, this year has seen some dramatic improvements. i think they showed it about 11 when the thing began at 10 local time..
word of advise, invest in a satellite.

]]> by: Robin Stephen (India) http://www.formulaf1.com/2008/05/01/spanish-gp-yawn/#comment-10043 Thu, 01 May 2008 06:01:55 +0000 http://www.formulaf1.com/2008/05/01/spanish-gp-yawn/#comment-10043 Oh!!! and I forgot to mention... Indian Premier League IPL is awesome... A good race needed for the next weekend if I am not to be tempted to change channels to watch the cricket matches... Oh!!! and I forgot to mention…
Indian Premier League IPL is awesome…
A good race needed for the next weekend if I am not to be tempted to change channels to watch the cricket matches…

]]> by: Robin Stephen (India) http://www.formulaf1.com/2008/05/01/spanish-gp-yawn/#comment-10042 Thu, 01 May 2008 05:57:57 +0000 http://www.formulaf1.com/2008/05/01/spanish-gp-yawn/#comment-10042 Loud-mouth Alonso did some driving this weekend,Yawn...Oh well. The rest of the time he talks talks talks about the plight of his team, Renault as if they were indebted to have him in the team....its vice versa.... Alonso might have had no team vacancies or the lowly seats of F1 hadn't Briatore given him some consideration. And look at how he repays them back. Every press conference is a banter of the plight of the Renault team, No wonder Montezemolo doesn't want him at all. He probably drove the race raking up the revs in his car just to impress the home crowd.. just look how lowly he will seem in the next race. Wanna bet???? And dont compare him with his teammate... You all know how Piquet got his seat in Formula1 Loud-mouth Alonso did some driving this weekend,Yawn…Oh well. The rest of the time he talks talks talks about the plight of his team, Renault as if they were indebted to have him in the team….its vice versa…. Alonso might have had no team vacancies or the lowly seats of F1 hadn’t Briatore given him some consideration. And look at how he repays them back. Every press conference is a banter of the plight of the Renault team, No wonder Montezemolo doesn’t want him at all.
He probably drove the race raking up the revs in his car just to impress the home crowd.. just look how lowly he will seem in the next race. Wanna bet???? And dont compare him with his teammate… You all know how Piquet got his seat in Formula1

]]> by: dScribe http://www.formulaf1.com/2008/05/01/spanish-gp-yawn/#comment-10039 Thu, 01 May 2008 00:09:40 +0000 http://www.formulaf1.com/2008/05/01/spanish-gp-yawn/#comment-10039 <strong>Parag</strong> - Funny you should mention how big the comment about Fernando was because I was considering splitting it up into 2 comments - one about Fernando and one about James Allen's commentary being somewhat better... but as his best comment was related to Fernando so it just worked better as one. :) I don't understand the Bourdais comment? He qualified in 16th. Not exactly newsworthy no matter how much quicker he was than his teammate. But both him and Vettel are doing a great job regardless. As for Super Aguri, you're right. I really hope they survive too. They showed up Honda last year big time and deserve to at least finish the season. Parag - Funny you should mention how big the comment about Fernando was because I was considering splitting it up into 2 comments - one about Fernando and one about James Allen’s commentary being somewhat better… but as his best comment was related to Fernando so it just worked better as one. :)

I don’t understand the Bourdais comment? He qualified in 16th. Not exactly newsworthy no matter how much quicker he was than his teammate. But both him and Vettel are doing a great job regardless.

As for Super Aguri, you’re right. I really hope they survive too. They showed up Honda last year big time and deserve to at least finish the season.

]]> by: Parag Dhungana http://www.formulaf1.com/2008/05/01/spanish-gp-yawn/#comment-10037 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:28:13 +0000 http://www.formulaf1.com/2008/05/01/spanish-gp-yawn/#comment-10037 Does Fernando deserve such a big paragraph for one good qualifying? If qualifying is the case, why didn't you mention Bourdais?? Piquet's retirement means we'll never know how much fuel he had on board, so, we can never have a good comparision, but even though for alonso's supporter thats a joy... Toyota's radio was a worry, had it not been, Jarno would have finised 2 places higher... i would rate super aguri though for finishing the race... drivers haven't had any running throughout the winter and still they were doing their best... if i could only finance 2 million per week... Does Fernando deserve such a big paragraph for one good qualifying? If qualifying is the case, why didn’t you mention Bourdais?? Piquet’s retirement means we’ll never know how much fuel he had on board, so, we can never have a good comparision, but even though for alonso’s supporter thats a joy…
Toyota’s radio was a worry, had it not been, Jarno would have finised 2 places higher…
i would rate super aguri though for finishing the race… drivers haven’t had any running throughout the winter and still they were doing their best… if i could only finance 2 million per week…

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