[poonnassunlix]

Next race is up, as many of you know, Hamilton got disqualified in last race and Trulli his penalty removed, so the current standings are these:
1 Jenson Button British Brawn-Mercedes 10
2 Rubens Barrichello Brazilian Brawn-Mercedes 8
3 Jarno Trulli British Toyota 6
4 Timo Glock German Toyota 5
5 Fernando Alonso Spanish Renault 4
6 Nico Rosberg German Williams-Toyota 3
7 Sebastien Buemi Swiss STR-Ferrari 2
8 Sebastien Bourdais French STR-Ferrari 1

But now - Malyasia - Practice is on and Kimi is on fire! Literally that is, or at least his car, including the cabin, is full of smoke
Also, Kimi drove one corner wide - and then yelled to radio "don't talk to me in the middle of a corner!" when someone was giving him instructions or something
edit:
First Practice results:

[18holesin]

He actually fried his KERS...

Maybe that's what the dude was trying to tell him over the radio, hehe!

[poonnassunlix]

He actually fried his KERS...

Maybe that's what the dude was trying to tell him over the radio, hehe!

Actually he didn't do anything to it by himself, the batteries storing the power just overheated

anyway, practice 2:
1. Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1.35,707 40 kierrosta
2. Felipe Massa Ferrari + 0,125 38
3. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault + 0,247 40
4. Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota + 0,308 39
5. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault + 0,319 36
6. Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes + 0,454 37
7. Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes + 0,547 31
8. Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota + 0,583 35
9. Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes + 0,690 40
10. Nelsinho Piquet Renault + 0,694 35
11. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes + 0,808 30
12. Jarno Trulli Toyota + 0,809 34
13. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 0,921 32
14. Timo Glock Toyota + 0,932 29
15. Fernando Alonso Renault + 0,933 20
16. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes + 1,168 36
17. Robert Kubica BMW Sauber + 1,560 38
18. Sebastien Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1,571 30
19. Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes + 1,725 27
20. Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber + 2,223 37

[NudiJuicervich]

Interesting, Ferrari are performing better with a hotter track and tyre combo.

Brawn working on race fuel loads? Perhaps, they weren't fastest in either P1 or P2 in Melbourne.

I'd say it's 50/50 that either Ferrari have an edge, or Brawn are just holding back like in Melbourne.

Toyota have lost some pace, maybe it's from having to run a less flexible rear wing now.

Red Bull still showing strong pace[thumbup]

[poonnassunlix]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74204

5 place penalty for Barrichello, they had to change his gearbox

[hellencomstar]

Heavy rain forecast, should spice things up nicely:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/1478

[18holesin]

Interesting, Ferrari are performing better with a hotter track and tyre combo.

Brawn working on race fuel loads? Perhaps, they weren't fastest in either P1 or P2 in Melbourne.

I'd say it's 50/50 that either Ferrari have an edge, or Brawn are just holding back like in Melbourne.

Toyota have lost some pace, maybe it's from having to run a less flexible rear wing now.

Red Bull still showing strong pace[thumbup]

Don't forget the Brawns have done very little testing so I think they'll use all the time they have for race simulation during practice rather than trying to post fast laps.

[Ndptbudd]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74204

5 place penalty for Barrichello, they had to change his gearbox

how many gearboxes do they get to use each year?

[roundman]

Looking at the flags in the grid line up it occured to me that we have too many German drivers in F1. I think there should be max. 2 drivers per country allowed, so we have more countries involved.

[fiettariaps]

Looking at the flags in the grid line up it occured to me that we have too many German drivers in F1. I think there should be max. 2 drivers per country allowed, so we have more countries involved.

That's a bad idea, it is suppose to be the best drivers in the world. Skill does not respect country boundaries.

[Ndptbudd]

often you'll see a german driving for a german manufacturer. ie heidfeld drives a bmw. dont see so much of that right now though. it used to be the only way japanese drivers could get a drive. (sato at honda).

[NudiJuicervich]

Don't forget the Brawns have done very little testing so I think they'll use all the time they have for race simulation during practice rather than trying to post fast laps.

Good point, though alot of teams will be doing the same, given testing is banned during the season now.

Looking at the flags in the grid line up it occured to me that we have too many German drivers in F1. I think there should be max. 2 drivers per country allowed, so we have more countries involved.

I disagree strongly with this [surrender] I would rather they introduce a rule where you can only race billy carts in F1 before creating a quota limit on drivers from each country. We Don't need another A1GP.

[poonnassunlix]

That's a bad idea, it is suppose to be the best drivers in the world. Skill does not respect country boundaries.

Actually it's not a bad idea, since every year they do give (semi)official prize for the country with most points, too.

[fiettariaps]

It's a terrible idea. What if a team discovers a talented young driver and wants to give him a drive but can't because the quota from that country is filled. Vettel and Glock would never of got a drive for a start.

[poonnassunlix]

It's a terrible idea. What if a team discovers a talented young driver and wants to give him a drive but can't because the quota from that country is filled. Vettel and Glock would never of got a drive for a start.

True, just meant it by the "countries championship" side of things

[Ndptbudd]

is it me or do the bbc have their times of coverage all wrong?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ar/default.stm

all their GMT times looks wrong to me. im sure qualifying is at 10am not 6am.

[UvgpXK0J]

all their GMT times looks wrong to me. im sure qualifying is at 10am not 6am.

Methinks you are looking at the Australian GP times, not the Malaysian one. Scroll down a bit.

[Ndptbudd]

Methinks you are looking at the Australian GP times, not the Malaysian one. Scroll down a bit.

shhhhh

damit why would they leave those up!

[slimfifa]

I would have thought the "GMT" bit would have given you a clue; we're on BST now not GMT.

[Ndptbudd]

I would have thought the "GMT" bit would have given you a clue; we're on BST now not GMT.

you'd think so. they instructed me to say that though. im not a liar. i was mislead.