20-Feb-08: Wet Weather Conditions See Massa Fastest
I’m Christine, this is F1 Minute and it’s the 20th February.
Barcelona took the brunt of the wet weather today, with Felipe Massa topping the timesheets just ahead of Mark Webber in the Red Bull. Massa was also the cause of a red flag, spinning off in the morning, along with Timo Glock in the afternoon. McLaren were due to run but decided not to use up any of their limited testing miles in the wet weather.
Over in Valencia, BMW had improved conditions. The track was wet in the morning, but dried up in the afternoon. They carried out a full race simulation, and overall Kubica was slightly faster than Heidfeld.
In other news, the Fuji circuit have announced plans to improve customer satisfaction after complaints in 2007. Transport to and from the circuit is set for an overhaul, whilst fans should benefit from better viewing screens, more accessible walkways, and an increased number of staff.
Two very quick snippets to finish, Trulli has changed his mind and decided Toyota are capable of challenging the top cars next year, whilst Rosberg says his goal is simply to be better than in 2007.
That’s all for today, please join me tomorrow for another F1 Minute.
me on Wed, 20th Feb 2008 20:41
what is it with disorganised circuits these days?
Christine on Wed, 20th Feb 2008 20:54
Maybe we’re just expecting too much.
Vittorio84 on Thu, 21st Feb 2008 16:55
Last year at Fuji the organizers built a new stand just few days before the race, but they closed the sight to another stand! So people were not that happy of this… and people at the track had to leave the car very far to take a bus to the track. Probably these were the problems they are referring to today.
Anyway… Williams is improving a lot: Nakajima is fastest in Barcelona
me on Thu, 21st Feb 2008 18:04
at some point someone must’ve authorised that. and someone must’ve put the damn things up.
how come nobody thought that it might be a problem?