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Wow. Sky off to a bad start on the Qualifying session broadcast. Second power failure in a row in Melbourne. What is going on over there? :\
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Looks like the Thunderstorm in Melbourne is causing the power cuts. Just as Brundle said the word "power cut", too. 
Everyone's seeing a blank screen. |I
More time for Red Bull to sort out Seb's car... Hmmm
Everyone's seeing a blank screen. |IMore time for Red Bull to sort out Seb's car... Hmmm
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Flash ~ Bahahaha... that's his name! I remember him doing this Renault F1 ride-along too! LOL
Yeah, Chris Goodwin was the best part of the commentary back in the day. He obviously had a McLaren-bias, but I think he was reasonably balanced when commentating... the best part of it was his technical knowledge, which he spent a lot of time correcting Slater! And as did Karun later on! I also remember Slater trying to get into the technical talk (like how having tires in the tire-warmers too long "baked" the rubber compounds too much), but when I later asked a technical-race engineer online (he's legit) about that, he said it was all BS. Basically, Slater's tech knowledge is limited.
Chris was/is a driver-mentor-coach-manager for Bruno. Bruno's doing endurance racing this year (I think?) and Chris has a lot of experience with that so it makes sense I guess.
The power's down at the Melbourne TV compound... this could be trouble, with only 20+ mins left.
Yeah, Chris Goodwin was the best part of the commentary back in the day. He obviously had a McLaren-bias, but I think he was reasonably balanced when commentating... the best part of it was his technical knowledge, which he spent a lot of time correcting Slater! And as did Karun later on! I also remember Slater trying to get into the technical talk (like how having tires in the tire-warmers too long "baked" the rubber compounds too much), but when I later asked a technical-race engineer online (he's legit) about that, he said it was all BS. Basically, Slater's tech knowledge is limited.
Chris was/is a driver-mentor-coach-manager for Bruno. Bruno's doing endurance racing this year (I think?) and Chris has a lot of experience with that so it makes sense I guess.
The power's down at the Melbourne TV compound... this could be trouble, with only 20+ mins left.
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Robin Kung! Oh yes!
Streaming is back on. Back in time for the Pinkham beach tennis segment. 
Streaming is back on. Back in time for the Pinkham beach tennis segment.
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EDIT: My stream just died. Found another one that works.
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this quali would be a disaster :x
i would gamble to go out early to pull a Vettel/STR stunt
i would gamble to go out early to pull a Vettel/STR stunt
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I %&$^ing love that Crofty, Martin and Ted are on my audio for Star!!!
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THEY'RE BASICALLY STREAMING THE SKY SPORTS F1 COVERAGE ON ESPN STAR!!!! 
Hopefully on Race Day all season, as well.
Raining really hard over here, too. Definitely in the mood for a wet session.
Hopefully
Raining really hard over here, too. Definitely in the mood for a wet session.
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That was a tough first qualifying session.
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Q1 is crazy...
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Giedo van der Garde is very eloquent...
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Q2 delayed a further 20 minutes. Resumes at 18:30 local time. Getting rather late in the day over there... ESPN Star Sports is probably not happy with this dragging on.
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Q2 delayed further yet again for another 20 minutes. Support races all but cancelled now.
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its not ESPN anymore. its FOX SPORTS ASIA, i believe this is one of their upgrades. earlier this year they aired Superbowl, more college bball(US NCAA) and more NBA games and other big mainstream sports
as i posted a while a go, they aired P3 tho im not sure about P1 and P2 yesterday.
still kinda wierd Martin doin the commentary now. he rarely does quali though.
as i posted a while a go, they aired P3 tho im not sure about P1 and P2 yesterday.
still kinda wierd Martin doin the commentary now. he rarely does quali though.
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Q2 and Q3 11 am local time tomorrow. Race at 5pm. Bummer. 
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Star aired (and will be airing all season) all the FP's, with Crofty and Ant commentating. For Quali and Race, it has always been Crofty and Martin for Sky.
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11am Melbourne time is 8am in our time zone (GMT +8 ), right? So that means the race is on at 2pm local time here.
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Yep... Q2&3 are tomorrow morning at 8:00
Race should be unchanged... 2:00.
Race should be unchanged... 2:00.
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yeah Martin does quali too even with BBC. I was referring to Crofty. he usually does P1, P2 and P3 with Karun. so i guess Crofty jumped too from BBC. still wierd listening to Ted doin his thing now with Star.
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Yeah, it was weird for me too. Lol.
Crofty used to do 5Live BBC radio (with Ant, I think), while Martin and Legard did the TV-side. Legard was dropped after 1 year and they put Martin as the main guy with DC. Then when Sky stepped in, they paired Crofty with Martin, while DC, Jake & EJ all stayed with BBC. This was all Q and R, I think. For FP's, it was Crofty with Ant on Sky. And of course, before the BBC, it was James Allen and Martin at ITV.
Karun usually stepped in during FP's with Crofty and Ant, but it was more of a "special guest" role.
Crofty used to do 5Live BBC radio (with Ant, I think), while Martin and Legard did the TV-side. Legard was dropped after 1 year and they put Martin as the main guy with DC. Then when Sky stepped in, they paired Crofty with Martin, while DC, Jake & EJ all stayed with BBC. This was all Q and R, I think. For FP's, it was Crofty with Ant on Sky. And of course, before the BBC, it was James Allen and Martin at ITV.
Karun usually stepped in during FP's with Crofty and Ant, but it was more of a "special guest" role.
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Anyone watch12 hours of Sebring?
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I know it's on, but no, I don't watch...
Anyway... some love for the mid-to-backend teams!
And here's Bottas' WAG! Olympic swimmer too!
Looks kinda like a blonde Katie Holmes...?
Anyway... some love for the mid-to-backend teams!
And here's Bottas' WAG! Olympic swimmer too!
Looks kinda like a blonde Katie Holmes...?
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Just woke up. Good morning, gents.
Supersofts in the wet :x These tyres really don't like cold weather. Seeing a McLaren driver with a yellow helmet on makes you think Lewis was still with the team.
Supersofts in the wet :x These tyres really don't like cold weather. Seeing a McLaren driver with a yellow helmet on makes you think Lewis was still with the team.
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I don't think NBCS is going to broadcast the remainder of Qualifying 
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Red Bull in the dry :x not even close.
Massa is back. Just as fast as Fernando now.
Good pace for Lewis and Britney for Mercedes. Jenson starts 10th; Checo 15th.
Come on rain for the race!
Massa is back. Just as fast as Fernando now.
Good pace for Lewis and Britney for Mercedes. Jenson starts 10th; Checo 15th.
Come on rain for the race!
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