Chinese Grand Prix practice 1 live blog
17th April 2009, 2:45 by Keith Collantine 200 Comments »
Review the live blog for the first free practice session for the Chinese Grand Prix below…
Some of the teams have already revealed details of changes this weekend.
On the KERS front, Ferrari are ditching the device having run it for the first two races. Robert Kubica, meanwhile, will be trying out the system for the first time at a race weekend. If he’s happy with it today, he could run it in qualifying and the race.
McLaren and Renault are both expected to have new diffusers – here’s a sneaky pic of McLaren’s. But will it be enough to get them in among the leaders?
Ferrari have also replaced Luca Baldisserri on the pit wall and brought back chief track engineer Chris Dyer as they bid to eradicated the mistakes that have plagued them in recent races.
This weekend the teams will be using the medium and super-soft tyres – the super-soft tyres have the green stripe.
Change to live blogging
There’s also change on the live blogging front. For the first time in over a year, we’re not using CoverItLive this weekend. The live blogs have been so busy this year that it’s become very difficult to moderate them, so as a trial for this weekend please post your comments below as you would on a normal article and we’ll see how things go.
Sadly, this will mean having fewer features to play with. But it should also mean far fewer comments being missed. I haven’t set the page to refresh automatically as it may cause a problem when you are typing a new comment. Click refresh on your browser (or press F5) to see new comments.
I have been looking for alternative live blogging solutions without much success. If you know of a good one please post a comment below or drop me a line.
Useful links
Andrew White said on 17th April 2009, 2:51
morning
Del said on 17th April 2009, 2:52
no live blog? aww
hello anyway!
Macca said on 17th April 2009, 2:53
hi everyone
Macca said on 17th April 2009, 2:55
live pictures at http://www.justin.tv/vip_racing
Keith Collantine said on 17th April 2009, 3:00
Thanks Macca – if anyone else has a video link please post it.
Chua said on 17th April 2009, 2:55
Morning all, from Singapore. First time participating in a live blog. I’m actually posting from work
Really looking forward to this weekend of racing.
Keith Collantine said on 17th April 2009, 3:08
Morning Chua!
Keith Collantine said on 17th April 2009, 2:55
Hi guys – session just getting started now.
Alianora La Canta said on 17th April 2009, 2:56
Good morning everyone!
benno said on 17th April 2009, 2:57
Hello from my office desk in Sydney – which feels abit odd!
Andrew White said on 17th April 2009, 2:58
live timing up and running, no bbc feed yet
Keith Collantine said on 17th April 2009, 2:58
Mike Gascoyne reporting for BBC this weekend and he says Renault aren’t using a new specification of diffuser in this session.
Keith Collantine said on 17th April 2009, 2:58
Lewis Hamilton has a new front wing on the McLaren.
Rui said on 17th April 2009, 2:59
Hello all
Keith Collantine said on 17th April 2009, 3:00
The session has officially begun.
Rob Wilson said on 17th April 2009, 3:01
no live session on bbc yet! im missing it! noooooooooo!
Keith Collantine said on 17th April 2009, 3:02
I’m watching right now – Red Button on BBC1.
Andrew White said on 17th April 2009, 3:04
its working online now rob