Spanish Grand Prix – Race
The first of the European races could be interesting thanks to Alonso’s comments (see Practice notes) and a strange grid (Qualifying notes)
Provisional grid: LH, PM, FA, RG, KR, SP, NR, SV, MS, KK, JB, MW, PRe, NH, JV, DR, FM, BS, VP, HK, CP, TG, PRo, NK* (*outside of 107% time)
My GridBids picks for this weekend: JB, LH, FM, FA, NR & NH
Air temperature 22°C, track 33°C; windy again but not as strong as it was in Qualifying.
LH stopped his car on track after his qualifying lap; he was excluded from qualifying because “the F1 rules require the car to return to the pits with one litre of fuel on board – running less fuel gives a performance advantage.” [source: BBC]
Revised grid: PM, FA, RG, KR, SP, NR, SV, MS, KK, JB, MW, PRe, NH, JV, DR, FM, BS, VP, HK, CP, TG, PRo, NK, LH
Expectation is 3 stops, with the options only lasting 12-15 laps
PM leads everyone away on the formation lap … once he passes FA who jumped off the grid very quickly
Radio for JB – everyone is starting on options
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Spanish Grand Prix – Qualifying
It’s dry but very windy on the main straight. Air temperature 28°C, track 41°C, wind 2.7m/s, humidity 35%
Tyre compounds for this weekend are hard (silver band) and soft (yellow).
FA was fastest in Free Practice 1 at his home Grand Prix; JB was fastest in FP2 and SV in FP3.
(See my Practice notes for other news/updates.)
Lotus have repaired RG’s car after a fuel pressure problem in Free Practice 3
MS was reprimanded for going off track in FP3
Qualifying 1
Pit lane lights turn green, marking the start of the session but no-one rushing to leave their garage
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Spanish Grand Prix – Practice
Everyone survived the Bahrain GP weekend and now the circus moves on to Europe. Following the stewards’ decision not to penalise NR for either of his moves which resulted in first LH and then FA being pushed off-track, FA said “I think you are going to have fun in future races! You can defend position as you want and you can overtake outside the track! Enjoy! 
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SV tops the Drivers’ Championship table (4 points ahead of LH), and Red Bull is 9 points ahead of McLaren in the Constructors’ battle.
Tyre compounds for this weekend are hard (silver band) and soft (yellow), so that’s a 2-compound spread because they’re not using the mediums.
McLaren have confirmed they have made some personnel changes in their pit crew following their problems in the previous Grand Prix.
My GridBids picks for this weekend: JB, LH, FM, FA, NR & NHu
Free Practice 1
Even after last week’s test sessions in Mugello there are lots of changes being tried out
McLaren have a new nose design – a little stepped but not as ugly as the other cars
PRo lost a piece of bodywork from his HRT
FA was fastest (1:24.430) followed by SV, KK, JB, Valtteri Bottas (test driver for Williams), MS, RG, LH, KR, NH
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Photo updates, April 2012
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- Dim Sum photo walk – actually took place March 25th but I missed it in my March round up.
- TOPW: Brickworks and Todmorden Mills
This was the first Toronto Photo Walk to happen on both Saturday (March 31st) and Sunday (April 1st), so I didn”t post my photos from those 2 walks in the March round up.
- Easter Weekend with Kerri’s parents
- Cherry blossom – High Park, 2012
- TOPW: Eglinton West
- Rollover at Coxwell and Danforth
- TOPW: River, Dundas, Queen, Eastern
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Marillion’s North American tour 2012
You know Marillion are my favourite band and I see them whenever I can, so here’s your chance to see them too:
This 13 date summer tour will be the band’s first visit to the US since 2004. The tour will hit several cities across North America, with 2-consecutive-night events planned in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.
Tour info is @ http://www.marillion.com/tour/index.htm
They’re in Toronto (at The Opera House) on Wednesday 20 June 2012, supported by Sun Domingo.
I’m really hoping I can take my camera and get some more shots!
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