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My top secret inside source in the Paddock has just sent me some top secret inside information on the starting fuel for tomorrows race. According to my top secret inside source, the cars have enough fuel to run until lap: Button - 22 Rubinho - 23 Vettel - 20 Kubica - 17 Rosberg - 20 Massa - 18 Raikkonen - 18 Looking good for Brawn and JB in particular. Just hope the car is reliable and they don't make any silly mistakes. http://www.itv-f1.com/Feature.aspx?Type=James_Allen&id=45376

Ditto. For me when I went to Spa last year, I wasn't so much bothered about Hamilton, but it was hugely significant for me because it would be the only chance I'd get to see DC race live. I was actually stood next to a bloke proudly flying a Colombian flag on a pole, with JPM splashed accross the front. Fair play to him.

Ah ok, my bad. Humphries said rear wing diffuser at the end of the qualy repeat and I assumed he was on about the floor diffuser.

Toyota (Glock 6th and Trulli 8th) and Lewis (15th) demoted to the back of the grid. The FIA have suddenly decided Toyota's difuser is illegal after all (nothing to do with them outqualifying the Ferraris I'm sure). Lewis needs a gearbox change. Apparently the FIA are looking into the legality of the other teams difusers late into the night. So we can probably expect a final grid of: 1. Vettel 2. Kubica 3. Massa 4. Raikkonen ... Kubica goes on to win from the 2 Ferraris, but is then disqualified for having an illegal haircut.

Ah, I guess there's nothing wrong with it really, I just had a traumatised childhood. And by that I mean I've been a fan of David Coulthard since I was 8 years old. I know a few Man Utd/Arsenal fans. You know the type, one from Pompey, one from Exeter, one from Swansea, never been to a game but always there to take the p*ss out of small teams. No previous interest in F1, but when Hamilton pops up as a Champ contender in mid 2007 they're all suddenly Hamaniacs. I don't know. To me it's like a family member not wanting to know you when your house burns down, you get divorced and your dog gets run over all in a weekend. Then you win the lottery and it's all "Ooooh look, how is my favourite uncle/son/nephew etc." To answer your question, the Championship winner is usually the best driver out of the two in the best car. By best I include reliability and consistency as well as raw pace.

There is if you only do it when they are winning. Kind of defies the point of support.

Fookin' brilliant! Wonder how many of the Hamilton muppets who had no interest in F1 before 2007 will now jump on the Button band-waggon. I just hope the Ferrari's are that sh*t and aren't carrying a massive fuel load. Beeb commentary seems to be holding up well so far. Great that they've kept Brundle and Legard seems much less of a mong than James Allen. The chemistry isn't really there with Humphries, DC and Jordan yet but they seem an interesting bunch and certainly better than Steve Ryder.

That makes no sense what-so-ever.

Saw a balloon festival in Staffordshire once. Woke up one morning to see a giant pot of Nescafe and a post box drifting 50ft above my back garden and land in the field next to it. Balloons are cool.

I haven't seen this video. Which part makes you feel ill? Is there any graphic violence or scenes of unusual sexual behaviour? I saw the end of Watership Down on Film 4 earlier. F**k me that's a horrible film.

The Prodigy: Firestarter Whilst we're on the subject, anyone willing to provide a false alibi for between 1am and 3am? Thanks in advance.

Hint: Check the 'F1 diffuser legality' thread. Anyone else hardcore getting up to watch qualy at 6am?

Tonight - Off out into Ayr Tomorrow - Watch Aussie GP qualifying, clean fish tank Sunday - Watch Aussie GP, possible go-karting

Got his autograph by pure chance after the qualifying for last seasons Belgian Grand Prix. I was in the Red Bull area in the big merchandise park by Eau Rouge buying a big RBR flag, when he appeared. Just about managed to get a quick photo, a signed postcard (which I gave to Minibaj) and got him to sign the flag. Sadly it was a dark blue flag and you can barely see it. He nearly ran me over on a moped about 10 mins later too.

I went go karting last week, what's April 12th got to do with anything. :confused:

Raikkonen is finished IMO and Massa overperformed last season. If anyone is going to give Sutil a run for his money it will be Fisi or one of the Torro Rossos. I expect STR to come on strong in the second half, like last season.

Well spotted. I really hope they don't ban it, otherwise it'll just be Webber and Vettel slogging it out for the title.

Rosberg sets the pace in Friday practice. Ferrari had a hit and miss session. Red Bull, Toyota and Brawn GP put in strong showings. McLaren and BMW very disappointing. Button is the bookies favourite for the race, although Rubinho has outpaced him in the practice sessions. Second Practice session times: 1. ROSBERG Williams 1m26.053s 2. BARRICHELLO Brawn 1m26.157s 3. TRULLI Toyota 1m26.350s 4. WEBBER Red Bull 1m26.370s 5. BUTTON Brawn 1m26.374s 6. GLOCK Toyota 1m26.443s 7. NAKAJIMA Williams 1m26.560s 8. VETTEL Red Bull 1m26.740s 9. SUTIL Force India 1m27.040s 10. MASSA Ferrari 1m27.064s 11. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1m27.204s 12. ALONSO Renault 1m27.232s 13. FISICHELLA Force India 1m27.282s 14. HEIDFELD BMW 1m27.317s 15. KUBICA BMW 1m27.398s 16. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso 1m27.479s 17. KOVALAINEN McLaren 1m27.802s 18. HAMILTON McLaren 1m27.813s 19. PIQUET Renault 1m27.828s 20. BUEMI Toro Rosso 1m28.076s I suspect Ferrari are sandbagging a little, but I would love it if Macca, Ferrari, BMW and Renault (sorry Ponty) were nowhere near the pace this weekend.

I don't want Skacel to leave either, but he's handed in a transfer request and I can't see Lowe going overboard trying to convince him to stay. Lallana and Surman have both been ineffective of late, Lallana especially, but I feel both have the potential to be very good players if they get their collective a*ses in gear. Dyer is inconsistent and Holmes is always injured. I don't think there will be many games when both are playing and playing well.

Bill Bailey had got to be the best for me.

Ok, I feel I should clarify RE: the wage thing. I was refering to the players who left at the end of last season, who's wages were crippling the club, compared to who will be left on large contracts come the end of this season. Surman, that's a fair point. Also I'm guesing Dyer is on fair whack as we got rid of him a couple of weeks after he signed a new contract. Personally I'd like to keep Surman, but Dyer is far to inconsistent to justify that wage. I agree with your second and third paragraphs. If we go down we may have to lose Rasiak and/or Saga to soften the impact of the reduced income. There is no way we should consider keeping BWP or Euell on the wages they're on. I've said this before, but if it's a choice between Rasiak and Euell, Rasiak every time. 3-5 good games a year from Euell just isn't enough.

Well, at the very leat they can keep each other company in the physio room. Who do we play on the pitch though? If Surman, Skacel and Lallana leave, we really will be struggling for creativity, and we're hardly Brazil at the moment.

Possibly that it's made from zinc and is on fire.

Kravets out of the Ukraine squad. Most of you have probably never heard of him, but he's been playing well of late and scored a couple of goals to knock Valencia out of the UEFA Cup. Shame.

Whenever I've spoken to anyone about Saints (in England or Scotland) they usually say something like, "oh you're not doing to well at the moment are you?" When all's said and done, there are at least a dosen clubs in England badly underperforming. I don't think we stand out as being worse than Charlton, Leeds, Middlesborough, Newcastle, Pompey, West Brom or Norwich. It's only people in the UK who really have any idea about Saints current plight at all. Laughing stock of European football is a ridiculous overstatement IMO.