* Spoilers* 2013 FORMULA 1 ROLEX AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX Qualifying

Kimi is always enteertaining, but I'll raise a beer for a good start for the scuderia.

 

Looking forward to qual and the race. I'm glad I'm here in Australia this weekend; the coverage is awesome compared to what I typically see in the US.

 

Prac 3 is still 2hrs away.

 

Showers have stopped. Clearing skies with the sun coming through. Starting to warm a little.

 

No more clouds. Roads are completely dry. Sun still has a sting in it at this time of year, so it's starting to warm up.

 

Hearing the sun is only temporary. Conditions will reportedly degrade by the time qualifying is here.

 

Still drinking here in ny; the forecast looks good that I'll make it to qualifying...it was questionable for a bit though

 

I am watching the "pre-game" show before qualifying online at vipbox and the talking heads introduced a new segment, Kimi Quote of the Week. That should be entertaining

 

Jacques Villeneuve just called Michael Schumacher "the best driver of all time"

Sorry Tif12!

 

awoooo!!!

 

"When the flag drops, the BS stops...."

I'm loving the times for once.

Ready to get it on.

Cheers,
Ian

 

Formula 1 drivers will be left without in-cockpit warning lights in the Australian Grand Prix because of a telemetry problem.

The problem, which the FIA revealed this afternoon, also means that race control will not be able to deactivate the DRS.

"Due to reliability problems with the telemetry link between race control and the cars we will be disabling this with immediate effect," said an FIA note to the teams, which has just been issued.

The in-cockpit warning lights are colour-coded to supplement the use of trackside flags.

Usually, yellow, blue or red warning lights appear on the steering wheel display, but on Sunday drivers will have to rely only on trackside flags and warnings from their team over the radio.

The same problem also means that the blue-flag warning system, whereby race control notes every time a car passes a blue flag with penalties issued for any driver failing to heed them, cannot be used.

However, the FIA statement says that "we will do our best to give as much information from race control as we can."

The telemetry problem means that, once the DRS has been enabled after each car has completed two laps, race control will not be able to switch it off.

Usually, race control will deactivate the DRS if there is a yellow flag in the zone in question, if the safety car is deployed or if there is limited visibility.

Drivers will also have to avoid using the DRS for two laps after a safety-car restart even though the system will be usable.

Race control will still issue notifications to the teams that the DRS has been disabled in such circumstances, but the drivers will then have to be informed not to use it by radio until such time as race control says it is enabled again.

If the safety car is deployed, race control will also be unable to switch the cars into 'safety car mode' automatically.

Instead, race control will issue a notification to the teams and the drivers will have to do it manually, either when prompted or if they see the safety car board or light panels trackside.

 

Where's the 'oh my gosh the Red Bull is now unreliable because it had a hydraulic problem today' crowd?? Ugh.

 

I don't know but SkySports is unreliable because their feed is dead right now.

>8^)
ER

 

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Great. Sky is acting up......

 

Any online feed?

 

The only one I use is Sky and the channel itself is having issues so the 'feed' isn't working either. Not sure who else is broadcasting. They have time to fix this though...

 

this one says NBC feed, but showing something else at the moment?!

Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix - Qualifying Live Stream Online


edit: sky back up and running, and stays, i hope?!

 

is the vipbox stream down for anyone else?

 

SKY Is on! Thunderstorm and power failed in Melbourne

 

Sky is back.

Guess I could be upset if I were paying for it...

>8^)
ER

 

I am paying but its better than any other system for F1 In my opinion. Very much worth it.

 

Looks like its going to be a wet one !