Brazilian GP 2011 - Interlagos

[raymondu999]

I'd much rather trust weather.com, but they're saying it'll be rain too so yeah. I'd love dry quali, wet rain

rain does tend to be wet!

Oh b*ll*cks
I meant wet race of course

[kalinka]

Alonso out. Technical problem. Engine failure.

By the way. Vettel carries an excellent new helmet-cam. Don't know if they're allowed to keep it for the race.

[raymondu999]

Where are they mounting it? Seems awfully high. Can't see much though - it's shaking to bits

[beelsebob]

Where are they mounting it? Seems awfully high. Can't see much though - it's shaking to bits

I'm loving the view, even though it is high – it really shows how busy the driver's world is, how quick stuff comes at you, how much they're being shaken around etc.

[raymondu999]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ5wSPVeWIo[/youtube]

[Pierce89]

Sorry Ray but this is trash. No one cares about Lewis's travails with American celebrities. He's a racer not an actor.

[raymondu999]

I'm just putting up all the BBC Friday interview vids as I always do

[raymondu999]

Interesting that Button closed DRS through Mergulho - I would've thought that Mergulho would have been flat out with DRS for the drivers.

[JohnsonsEvilTwin]

That says he's concentrating on race setup.

[raymondu999]

He had his DRS open everywhere else - then on the exit of 10 (the Bico de Pato hairpin) he opened DRS; he shut it as he turned in to Mergulho, then opened it on the exit of Mergulho again. Hence why I said Mergulho in specific. That would not be a race setup

[JohnsonsEvilTwin]

Right, so what were the other cars doing through mergulho?

[raymondu999]

I didn't see too many through Mergulho on their hot laps (I saw a few in their race simulations; where obviously they would be closing DRS) but I did see Webber, flat + DRS through Mergulho

[Mr Alcatraz]

Sorry Ray but this is trash. No one cares about Lewis's travails with American celebrities. He's a racer not an actor.

No sh1t Ray

Off topic:

Lewis Hamilton said he was ready for a new beginning in Brazil at the end of the Formula One season and spoke on Thursday of his hope of re-kindling his romance with singer Nicole Scherzinger.

The McLaren driver arrived at the Interlagos circuit, where he won his 2008 title, after spending time with his ex-girlfriend in Los Angeles. ...

Get outa' here

[Mchamilton]

lewis could have been a couple of tenths quicker in P2, pretty sure he locked up into turn 11 on his fastest lap.

[beelsebob]

lewis could have been a couple of tenths quicker in P2, pretty sure he locked up into turn 11 on his fastest lap.

It was a pretty big lock up too – pretty sure it's more than a couple of tenths. Further evidence – his fastest lap was only 0.5 faster than his fastest lap on primes – that suggests there's another half a second in there at least. That said, I think vettel still has another half second at least too.