thanks guys,just call me bernie,if you want a rule change i will consider it,lol

last call for gridbids,you need to join before 1st practice,link on front page of thread,i won't be mentioning gridbids again as if you miss 2 weeks not much point but it is still worth playing if you want a good F1 game,i misssed the first week last year,

with the VGC game you can still join for a while if you are lurking as plenty of races left and i'll remind you if you want

2:00 am,6:00am,5:00am practices this week but 8:00am qualy and race which is quite good that is GMT

you can predict up until the race but put something down now if you think you won't be around or forget

It's looking like Lotus, Red Bull and Ferrari in any order.

1) Alonso
2) Vettel
3) Raikkonen

Retiree: Ricardo

At the moment I wouldn't be suprised if Raikonnen also wins in Malaysia, he's the man to beat atm.

haven't seen anything yet,i will just see the qualy in the morning,is kimi running riot,hope he can get off to a good start,ferrari and red bull will probably catch him up in the season as they have more cash i guess,what has happened to mclaren,do they spend time on their car in the off season or what,

@proclus i read that mclaren apologised to webber about the start in aus as they all use mclaren start up tech as do all nascar and indy racing apparently,that must net mclaren some cash in a season you'd think

He's not running miles away, but he was P2 in FP1, just .086 behind Webber and P1 in FP2, about .180 ahead of Vettel I believe

Yeah they apologises to Webber and RBR for a software issue that hampered the ECU which McLaren provides, I would imagine the ECU contract nets them some good cash. .

just updating this and if anyone still wants to join in then go ahead

Lotus looking mighty so far this weekend.

1 - Räikkönen
2 - Alonso
3 - Massa

Retiree - Grosjean

Updates still possible.

Everything can happen this weekend. It seems that the tire wear problems for all the teams not named Lotus persist.

Raikkonen needs to qualify higher than the last race, because starting from the middle of the grid is risky. He can end up in heavy traffic or involved in an incident.

Plus there's a chance of the race being stopped due to heavy rain, Lotus will need some ice cream ready.

Fast FP3, Red Bull and Mercedes on top with a blazing fast Sutil as well, Grosjean looked like he could have grabbed it, but that stupid Dutch rookie got in his way.

And another 1.5 hour wait untill Quali.

22 - 24 Mar 2013 2013 FORMULA 1 PETRONAS MALAYSIA GRAND PRIX

Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired Gap Laps

1 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:36.435 20
2 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:36.568 0.133 17
3 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:36.588 0.153 19
4 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:36.613 0.178 20
5 7 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:36.806 0.371 19
6 14 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:36.807 0.372 18
7 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:36.822 0.387 16
8 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:36.946 0.511 14
9 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:36.949 0.514 25
10 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:37.302 0.867 14
11 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:37.359 0.924 11
12 6 Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1:37.538 1.103 12
13 11 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1:37.685 1.250 23
14 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:37.690 1.255 14
15 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:37.936 1.501 16
16 12 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:38.294 1.859 17
17 18 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 1:38.376 1.941 16
18 19 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 1:38.425 1.990 15
19 20 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1:38.995 2.560 18
20 22 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1:39.717 3.282 21
21 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1:40.209 3.774 18
22 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1:40.495 4.060 18