2008 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix

[alamanda_star]

Here is the BBC's forecast for the weekend. Traditionally they have been pretty reliable in their predictions:

somehow, you may want to search sepang instead of kuala lumpur because the 2 cities are quite far from each other... it takes 30 minutes to reach sepang via the monorail and more than an hour by a car from kuala lumpur...

but according to my mom, it's rainy season now in malaysia.. yeay!! i hope it'll rain..

izzit true jean todt is not working for ferrari anymore? no schumi, no jean todt, i wonder what will happen to ferrari next..
mc laren is rising... hurm~ but i think mc laren's car is somehow fragile... if you push hard, it'll break down...

can anybody tell me what is the problem with ferrari in the melbourne gp last week? izzit the gearbox failure again? the same issues as f2005 i guess?

[iceman1]

A little preview of how the weather is at Sepang

[alamanda_star]

yeay!!! the track looks wet and slippery~

i love that...

i still remember, there was once, when i went to sepang to watch F1, (in 2005 if i'm not mistaken) one side of the track looks like it's going to rain heavily but the other side shows no sign that rain will come. The teams were busy discussing what will happen if only one side of the track only is raining and what type of tyres should they use but then, the rain didn't fall until the end of the race...

[premier]

According to http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/MYXX0008_c.html
it will certainly rain on weekend.

[JoostLamers]

A Dutch site reported: Heavy showers expected at Malaysia... :sad:

[alamanda_star]

joostlamers, y r u sad? it's a good thing!

[Vormel1]

Rainy weather... good ... then anything can happen ;)

[phil1993]

Same circuit 2001 springs to mind...

[86alexs]

Lets hope Ferrari can stop Lewis. It would be a pretty poor year if it stays like Australia.

[xdama]

If it rains I think it will be an easy win for Kimi, but I hope it can be a championship like last year, cuz it was the best in years.

[phil1993]

'easy win for kimi'?? not sure about that. Alonso and Hamilton are both very good in the rain and car quality doesm't really matter. Maybe Webber might sneak a good result

[durkop]

This will be an amazing race if will raining. I love rainy races!

[McLaren-Mercedes]

I'm also hoping for a wet race. Then we could see which drivers are the best wihtout TC. I expect to see Kimi and Lewis fighting for the victory and Massa in the midfield :cheezy:
The McLaren car should be also very good in such conditions like last year in the European and Japanese GP.

[Łukasz]

http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=HQZqktfgG1I

Two Ferraris go out on the same corner...
Absolutely amazing race.

[iceman1]

Today's PC:

Q: Did you hear David’s threat on television...?
FM: I was a bit surprised, to be honest, because we are there to race. I tried to pass him. I was inside and he closed (the door on) me and we crashed. I think everybody knows two cars cannot be in the same place in a corner and usually the guy who’s outside has more possibility to go off, so that’s it.

Q: So you haven’t apologised then?
FM: No, because I didn’t do anything wrong. When I do something wrong, I will apologise but this time I don’t need to.

Q: David, you haven’t carried out your threat then?
David Coulthard: Well, no, and obviously apologies for my strong language but I was frustrated because…
SV: What was it? What was it? Can you repeat it?
DC: You can read it on the website. The reality is, in this situation, Felipe is not racing me for the world championship so he can do the same manoeuvre for the next 17 Grands Prix and have the same result, because quite clearly my eyes point forward, they don’t point rearward. He’s got a much clearer view as to how much space there is and I didn’t take a different line than I took any other lap so… I was fully prepared for him to pass me in corner three because a Ferrari has a much better top speed, it’s a much quicker car. He made his choice. If he makes the same choice (again), he’ll get the same result. I can’t make my car invisible but as I say, I’m not fighting for the world championship, he is, so next time he should wait until corner three.