Third practice starts in about 2 hours time, first 2 practice's below and also the standings going into the race!

Jenson Button will be world champion if; he comes in the top 3 or if Barrichello and Vettel fail to outscore him by 4 and 7 points respectively.

source = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/default.stm

FIA Formula 1 drivers' world championship

Last updated: Friday, 16 October 2009 15:37 UK

Position	Driver	Country	Team	Points
1	Jenson Button	GB	Brawn-Mercedes	85
2	Rubens Barrichello	Brz	Brawn-Mercedes	71
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ger	Red Bull-Renault	69
4	Mark Webber	Aus	Red Bull-Renault	51.5
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Fin	Ferrari	45
6	Lewis Hamilton	GB	McLaren-Mercedes	43
7	Nico Rosberg	Ger	Williams-Toyota	34.5
8	Jarno Trulli	Ita	Toyota	30.5
9	Fernando Alonso	Spa	Renault	26
10	Timo Glock	Ger	Toyota	24
11	Felipe Massa	Brz	Ferrari	22
12	Heikki Kovalainen	Fin	McLaren-Mercedes	22
13	Nick Heidfeld	Ger	BMW Sauber	15
14	Robert Kubica	Pol	BMW Sauber	9
15	Giancarlo Fisichella	Ita	Ferrari	8
16	Adrian Sutil	Ger	Force India-Mercedes	5
17	Sebastien Buemi	Swi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	3
18	Sebastien Bourdais	Fra	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	2
19	Kazuki Nakajima	Jpn	Williams-Toyota	0
20	Nelson Piquet Jr	Brz	Renault	0
21	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Ita	Force India-Mercedes	0
22	Luca Badoer	Ita	Ferrari	0
23	Romain Grosjean	Fra	Renault	0
24	Jaime Alguersuari	Spa	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	0

FIA Formula 1 constructors' world championship

Last updated: Friday, 16 October 2009 15:37 UK

Position	Team	Points
1	Brawn-Mercedes	156
2	Red Bull-Renault	120.5
3	Ferrari	67
4	McLaren-Mercedes	65
5	Toyota	54.5
6	Williams-Toyota	34.5
7	Renault	26
8	BMW Sauber	24
9	Force India-Mercedes	13
10	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	5

First Practice Results

Friday, 16 October 2009

Position	Country	Driver	Car number	Team	Fastest Lap
1	australia	Mark Webber	14	Red Bull-Renault	1:12.463
2	brazil	Rubens Barrichello	23	Brawn-Mercedes	1:12.874
3	germany	Sebastian Vettel	15	Red Bull-Renault	1:12.932
4	finland	Heikki Kovalainen	2	McLaren-Mercedes	1:12.989
5	great britain	Lewis Hamilton	1	McLaren-Mercedes	1:13.048
6	japan	Kazuki Nakajima	17	Williams-Toyota	1:13.067
7	great britain	Jenson Button	22	Brawn-Mercedes	1:13.141
8	germany	Nico Rosberg	16	Williams-Toyota	1:13.147
9	germany	Adrian Sutil	20	Force India-Mercedes	1:13.232
10	finland	Kimi Raikkonen	4	Ferrari	1:13.321
11	italy	Jarno Trulli	9	Toyota	1:13.326
12	germany	Nick Heidfeld	6	BMW Sauber	1:13.464
13	switzerland	Sebastien Buemi	12	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:13.503
14	poland	Robert Kubica	5	BMW Sauber	1:13.563
15	italy	Giancarlo Fisichella	3	Ferrari	1:13.619
16	spain	Fernando Alonso	7	Renault	1:13.787
17	italy	Vitantonio Liuzzi	21	Force India-Mercedes	1:13.829
18	japan	Kamui Kobayashi	10	Toyota	1:14.029

Second Practice Results

Friday, 16 October 2009

basically this a thread to discuss the race and the championship!

yeah, I hope Button can do it, another finish like last years will have me in fits!

Qualifying is at 1800GMT, live on the BBC, should be good

final practice just finishing, raining heavily, Rosberg fastest atm, and Button third, Barrichello down in 14th in the rain!

final practice over, qualifying in 2 hours time, almost certainly rain and standing water, should be fascinating!


1. N Rosberg - Williams
2. K Nakajima - Williams
3. J Button - Brawn
4. F Alonso - Renault
5. A Sutil - Force India
6. R Grosjean - Renault
7. S Buemi - Toro Rosso
8. J Trulli  -Toyota
9. N Heidfeld - BMW Sauber
10. M Webber - Red Bull
11. K Raikkonen - Ferrari
12. H Kovalainen - McLaren
13. J Alguersuari - Toro Rosso
14. R Barrichello - Brawn
15. S Vettel - Red Bull
16. V Liuzzi - Force India
17. L Hamilton - McLaren
18. G Fisichella - Ferrari
19. R Kubica - BMW Sauber
20. K Kobayashi - Toyota

qualifying is .... on now

well

sort of

rain delay and stoppages and still no grid, so far as I can tell anyway

Rain's stopped apparently.

Q2 due to start?

Booooooooooring. Stewards are the worst thing of the F1. Either let them die in the rain or stop the qualifying, don't give us this waiting, it's terrible having to see a medical car do a lap...and another...and another

Someone should fire all the stewards

well that went badly, Button down in 14th Hamilton 17th

I hope Barrichello does shit in Q3

Vettel's out
Button's out
Barichello through...