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• ‘Teams to hire spotters to avoid Mosley’ - Planet-F1 News
  “The Times claims that one team principal has told the newspaper that they ‘will keep an eye on Mosley so they can avoid him and have even considered an informal scouting system around the Monte Carlo paddock to warn them of his presence.’”
  (tags: MaxMosley FIA MonacoGrandPrix teams sex scandal)
• Webber praises Whiting over dogs response - autosport.com
  “It is a serious issue. Not only for the dogs, it is cruel, but they should not be allowed to get anywhere near or inside a racing environment. It is also very dangerous for the drivers as well…”
  (tags: BrunoSenna GP2 TurkishGrandPrix Istanbul IstanbulPark dog MarkWebber CharlieWhiting FIA)
• Ecclestone: No more races at Magny-Cours - autosport.com
  Pfff. We’ve all head THAT one before
  (tags: France FrenchGrandPrix Magny-Cours circuits BernieEcclestone)
• Singapore to increase night running - autosport.com
  “Fears about a lack of running in the dark at Formula One’s first night race in Singapore have been alleviated with a major timetable overhaul set to be rubber-stamped imminently, autosport.com can reveal.”
  (tags: Singapore SingaporeGrandPrix NightRace)
• Talking Turkey - Formula 1 Insight
  (tags: TurkishGrandPrix McLaren LewisHamilton HeikkiKovalainen GiancarloFisichella KazukiNakajima ToroRosso SuperAguri)
• The strange saga of Lewis Hamilton and his front-right tyre in Turkey(episode 2) - Times Online
  (tags: LewisHamilton TurkishGrandPrix tyres Bridgestone Turn8 McLaren)
• Debate: Are some starting grids unfair? - F1Fanatic
  Everyone who started on the dirty side lost out in Turkey
  (tags: grid TurkishGrandPrix Turkey Istanbul grip start IstanbulPark)
• BBC HD TV: Feedback - BBC Internet Blog
  “Regarding F1, we hope that this will be available in HD as soon as possible within our new contract, but this depends on demand from other international broadcasters as well as from us.”
  (tags: BBC television HD media)
• I can see clearly now the HD has come - Times Online
  “The BBC made a test broadcast of the Six Nations rugby in HD 3-D, and plans to do the same with Formula One.”
  (tags: HD 3-D HD3-D television media BBC)
• Ready For High Definition Formula One - Sidepodcast
  A look at the possible future of F1 broadcasting - where I got the previous links from
  (tags: television HD BBC BernieEcclestone F1Digital+ Bernievision 3-D HD3-D broadcasting media)
• Czech official apologises to McLaren - autosport.com
  “McLaren said on Wednesday they had received an apology from the head of the Czech Automobile Association after he suggested the team could have been involved in bringing to light the sex scandal surrounding FIA president Max Mosley.”
  (tags: McLaren MaxMosley FIA sex scandal RonDennis RadovanNovak)

• Renault Did What? - Formula 1 Blog
  Mark Webber: “Renault sh*t all over us.”
  (tags: humour swearing MarkWebber Renault RedBullRacing TurkishGrandPrix)
• Turkish GP organizers in trouble for dog mess - pitpass
  (tags: GP2 dog BrunoSenna TurkishGrandPrix Istanbul IstanbulPark security FIA CharlieWhiting)

• McLaren say Kovalainen could have won - autosport.com
  “If Heikki had not made that stop, he would have run longer than Felipe at the first stop and if he could have been close to Massa, which I think he could have been, he would have been able to take him at the first stop.”
  (tags: MartinWhitmarsh HeikkiKovalainen FelipeMassa McLaren TurkishGrandPrix KimiRäikkönen)

• All set to Twitter the #F1 Turkish Grand Prix. Remember the liveblog too http://tinyurl.com/59vt5p #
• This morning’s GP2 race was disrupted by stray dogs on the track. Let’s hope they don’t make an appearance during the grand prix #
• Awful start for Raikkonen #
• Crash at the back with a Force India and a Williams #
• Kubica is up to third! #
• Safety Car comes out #
• It was Fisichella who was knocked out. Didn’t really see what happened, he had a tussle in turn 1 #
• Alonso is in 5th ahead of Raikkonen in 6th. The Williams was Nakajima which has lost its front wing. Sutil needs a new front wing #
• This was totally Fisichella’s fault - he completely forgot to brake! What on earth was that about? #
• Alonso’s start was fantastic - his move on Raikkonen in turn 1 through to turn 2 was brilliant #
• FOM bring us - for the first time - a camera view from *inside* the Safety Car. Nice work #
• Kovalainen has pitted - but why? #
• Raikkonen re-takes Alonso, and he made it look really easy. That Ferrari is such an awesome car #
• Gutted that Nakajima has retired. I’m in a minority, but I rate him. This crash was all Fisichella’s fault. #
• Kovy and Sutil touched while Kovy overtook - that’s Kovy’s second tap of the race after Kimi hit him on lap 1 #
• The track is getting quickly getting quicker (if you know what I mean). Hamilton FL 1:26.742 #
• Alonso pits while Hamilton gets the gap to Massa down to 0.7s #
• Alonso was disappointingly light. I thought he’d be able to make a few more laps than this #
• Hamilton pits, but the McLaren mechanics seem to be surprised? #
• Is this tactical because he was getting in Massa’s dirty air? That was a short stop #
• @somefool - I get a feeling in my water that this is Hamilton’s race - he looked too good behing Massa #
• Massa pits now on lap 19, and it’s another set of softs waiting for him #
• Massa comes out still ahead of Hamilton #
• The gap is much larger now. Did Hamilton fall asleep after his pitstop? #
• Now Raikkonen leads and is setting the fastest laps. He was, as I suspected, heavier than his rivals #
• Ferrari mechanics ready for Kimi, so he wasn’t *that* much heavier #
• Raikkonen doesn’t look good for the lead, but he is now ahead of Kubica #
• is there rain in the air? Kotenok on liveblog reporting that he’s seen spots of moisture on the cameras #
• OMG Hamilton has overtaken Massa! Awesome!! #
• But does this just signify that Hamilton is much lighter than Massa? Could he really be on a 3 stop strategy? #
• Hamilton is now already 1.8s ahead of Massa. He *must* be on a 3 stopper, in which case Hamilton is in trouble #
• LOL: Retweeting @craigblog: Massa left a flippin’ welcome mat out for Lewis there #
• Bourdais is in the gravel, he is beached #
• Kovy pits - perhaps in case the SC comes out #
• Radio problems for Kubica yet again - his team can’t hear him at all #
• Hamilton pits! Earlier than i expected again #
• Hards for Hamilton again - he’ll have to make another stop #
• Nightmare for Kovy today. He is all over cars at the back, but is struggling to overtake. He remains in 14th #
• Kovy takes Glock at last. And Glock gets him back! Incredible! #
• And Kovy gets him again! I remember this… it’s called racing! This is what F1 should be all about! #
• While that was happening, Piquet was also attempting to pass Button but it didn’t stick #
• Now Piquet makes it stick again, at the same portion of the circuit. And Kovy gets Button on the pit straight! #
• You have to hand it to Tilke, those last few corners of the circuit are *brilliant* for overtaking #
• Keith on liveblog that the FIA has - rightly - reacted quite strongly to the incident in GP2 where dogs were on the track. #
• It’s worth remembering that Bernie Ecclestone owns this circuit! Whoops #
• Massa pits now #
• A lot now comes down to which is worse between a McLaren on softs or a Ferrari on hards. Massa has lost a lot of pace #
• Has Massa’s race been ruined by his relatively long third stint? Raikkonen comes into the pits now #
• Hamilton still has to pit - can he maximise the length of time he remains on the hard tyres that suit his car? #
• Here comes the thermal cam. More good work from FOm #
• Hamilton pits - will this short third stint be enough for him to catch Massa? I doubt it #
• Hamilton is now ahead of Raikkonen! This strategy has partially worked for McLaren (for once!) #
• But how much will Hamilton struggle on softs? He was reluctant to use this tyre even for one lap in quali yesterday #
• Massa and Raikkonen are setting identical times just now. Hamilton is slightly slower #
• Kovalainen overtakes crash magnet DC cleanly #
• Amazing move by Kovalainen on Rosberg! he is on fire, and such great racing there from both drivers! Exquisite move from Kovy #
• Kovy iis now on course to score a point! Incredible! #
• Oh dear, unfortunately Kovy has had to go into the pits! #
• Heidfeld has had a good race. He’s made four positions from the start, more than anyone else #
• Hamilton is 5.1 seconds down on the final lap, so he can’t win now. But he has to keep an eye on Kimi, who is just 0.7s behind #
• Massa wins! His third Turkish GP victory in a row! #
• Hamilton is 2nd, with Kimi 3rd. #
• Kubica and Heidfeld make up a BMW 4-5. A good day also for Red Bull - Webber 7th, Coulthard 9th #
• Toyota will be disappointed. After a couple of good races, Trulli could only make 10th, while Glock is 13th #
• Kovalainen had a heroic drive which was ruined a bit by a 3 stop strategy. He finished 12th #
• Ron Dennis is saying that the 3 stop strategy was for "safety" reasons - "internal delaminations" apparently #
• Well that was a great race if you ask me. One of the best I’ve seen for a while; certainly the best this year so far #
• Will someone please give David Croft some cough medicine? The poor man has been hacking away since the start of the season #
• Just been watching some replays. That turn 1 accident was really dangerous. Fisi climbed right on top of Nakajima. Could have been nasty #
• Result: 1 MAS, 2 HAM, 3 RAI, 4 KUB, 5 HEI, 6 ALO, 7 WEB, 8 ROS, 9 COU, 10 TRU, 11 BUT, 12 KOV, 13 GLO, 14 BAR, 15 PIQ, 16 SUT, 17 VET #
• Not classified: BOU, NAK, FIS #

• The future course of KERS - Grandprix.com
  (tags: KERS MaxMosley FIA teams)
• Webber seeking new Red Bull deal - autosport.com
  “Webber says Red Bull’s current form has convinced him to seek a new deal, and he says he is already in talks about the future.”
  (tags: MarkWebber RedBullRacing)
• Hamilton unmoved by GPDA calls - autosport.com
  “I don’t understand why I need to. I pay for my racing licence, which goes towards the FIA safety regulations. So I don’t understand why I need to be paying more.”
  (tags: LewisHamilton FIA safety GPDA superlicense)
• Pressure piles on Piquet - F1Fanatic
  (tags: Renault NelsinhoPiquet)
• Thermal Imaging - Sidepodcast
  A new innovation from FOM - Thermal Image. This is really cool. I missed it because ITV didn’t show it
  (tags: FOM ThermalImage television)
• Howett and Brawn confident other manufacturers will enter F1 - pitpass
  (tags: manufacturers teams RossBrawn Honda JohnHowett Toyota #)
• Honda first to run KERS in car - autosport.com
  “Although most teams are still finalising their concepts and working on the devices on test dynos, Honda’s team principal Ross Brawn revealed at the Turkish Grand Prix that his team have already taken to the track with theirs.”
  (tags: KERS Honda)
• Brawn surprised by Massa’s strong form - autosport.com
  “Brawn, who worked with Massa when he was at Ferrari in 2006, said he had not expected the Brazilian to compare so well against Kimi Raikkonen in recent races following his difficult start to the season.”
  (tags: RossBrawn FelipeMassa KimiRäikkönen Ferrari)
• Hamilton plays down tyre choice frustration - autosport.com
  “Although Hamilton initially regretted not going with the softer ‘option’ tyre for his final attempt on taking pole position, subsequent examination of the data with his engineers has convinced him he did actually make the correct choice.”
  (tags: LewisHamilton tyres TurkishGrandPrix qualifying McLaren)
• Barrichello targets 300 Grands Prix - autosport.com
  “Rubens Barrichello has set his sights on making it to a record 300 Formula One starts, as he celebrates his landmark 257th Grand Prix appearance in this afternoon’s Istanbul race.”
  (tags: RubensBarrichello record)
• FIA to investigate Turkey security - autosport.com
  “Formula One race director Charlie Whiting is to submit a report to the FIA about track security at the Turkish Grand Prix following the dog incident that marred the GP2 sprint race on Sunday morning.”
  (tags: security GP2 Istanbul IstanbulPark TurkishGrandPrix Turkey dog BrunoSenna)
• Did Bridgestone compromise McLaren? - F1Fanatic
  (tags: McLaren tyres Bridgestone TurkishGrandPrix LewisHamilton)
• Felipe Massa joins the F1 title hunt - F1Fanatic
  (tags: FelipeMassa KimiRäikkönen LewisHamilton TurkishGrandPrix)
• 2008 FORMULA 1 PETROL OFISI TURKISH GRAND PRIX results
  (tags: race TurkishGrandPrix results)
• Tyre problem specific to Hamilton - autosport.com
  “Lewis Hamilton’s style of driving triggered the concern about his tyres that cost him a possible Turkish Grand Prix win on Sunday, tyre maker Bridgestone said.” Confirmation of what we had suspected: Hamilton is poor at tyre management
  (tags: LewisHamilton tyres TyreManagement Bridgestone TurkishGrandPrix)
• Vettel relieved after first race finish - autosport.com
  (tags: SebastianVettel TurkishGrandPrix ToroRosso)

It will be liveblog time from 12 noon!

Don’t forget I’ll also be on Twitter over here.

• Getting set for #F1 qualifying. Don’t forget the liveblog - http://tinyurl.com/5ffarw #
• Kimi Raikkonen seems to be having a lot of problems today. Struggled in prac 3 and looked a bit uneasy on his outlap #
• But he goes fastest on his first lap #
• Nakajima has a spin #
• The McLaren looks closer to Ferrari this weekend. Kovy and Hamilton lock out the front row for the time being #
• It also looks like Red Bull have the pace. After a great Prac 3, they currently sit 5th and 6th #
• With three minutes to go, a couple of big names in the drop zone: Piquet and Barrichello. The Force Indias are nailed to the bottom #
• Bourdais is out - he can only manage 16th as the chequered flag comes out #
• Trulli goes 4th! #
• The Toyota is good - Glock beat Trulli in the end to 4th #
• Out of Q1: 16 NAK, 17 PIQ, 18 BOU, 19 FIS, 20 SUT #
• Over 3 minutes gone and STILL no cars out #
• Kimi is on fire, half a second ahead of Alonso at the front #
• Kimi’s gone off at turn 8 - he got distracted while he was letting a quicker car pass #
• The BMW - well, Kubica at least - suddenly looking good as Kubica goes 4th #
• Red Bull again looking good. Webber in 5th and Coulthard in 7th, sandwiching Hamilton in 6th (who was on track when the chequered waved) #
• After a good Q1, Timo Glock finished last in Q2 - he’ll be 15th on the grid! #
• Out of Q2: 11 ROS, 12 BAR, 13 BUT, 14 VET, 15 GLO #
• This could be the first time five different drivers have taken pole on five consecutive races for the first time in 49 years #
• Heidfeld went out for an installation lap and came straight back in. Eh? #
• Almost halfway though Q3 and still nothing interesting has happened #
• Massa rings all three bells #
• Hamilton has a big sideways moment through turn 8 #
• Scrubbed hard tyres go onto Hamilton. Is this a gamble? #
• Hamilton really struggling here. This gamble hasn’t paid off, he is sliding all over the place #
• Nonetheless, he has gone green in S1 and S2 #
• And a purple S3! He goes 2nd! #
• But Kovalainen is now quickest in S2! #
• Kovy goes P1, but Massa is on fire - what can he manage? #
• Massa goes P1! .2s ahead of Kovy! #
• Raikkonen had a slide on in the final corner, he can only make 4th #
• David Coulthard must be really heavy on fuel - he is over one second behind 9th placed Heidfeld! #
• This looks moderately good for McLaren - 2nd and 3rd, ahead of Raikkonen. But Kimi looks like he might be heavy #
• Relatively disappointing for BMW - Kubica goes 5th, but Heidfeld can only make 9th #
• Top ten: 1 MAS, 2 KOV, 3 HAM, 4 RAI, 5 KUB, 6 WEB, 7 ALO, 8 TRU, 9 HEI, 10 COU #

• Getting set for #F1 qualifying. Don’t forget the liveblog - http://tinyurl.com/5ffarw #
• Kimi Raikkonen seems to be having a lot of problems today. Struggled in prac 3 and looked a bit uneasy on his outlap #
• But he goes fastest on his first lap #
• Nakajima has a spin #
• The McLaren looks closer to Ferrari this weekend. Kovy and Hamilton lock out the front row for the time being #
• It also looks like Red Bull have the pace. After a great Prac 3, they currently sit 5th and 6th #
• With three minutes to go, a couple of big names in the drop zone: Piquet and Barrichello. The Force Indias are nailed to the bottom #
• Bourdais is out - he can only manage 16th as the chequered flag comes out #
• Trulli goes 4th! #
• The Toyota is good - Glock beat Trulli in the end to 4th #
• Out of Q1: 16 NAK, 17 PIQ, 18 BOU, 19 FIS, 20 SUT #
• Over 3 minutes gone and STILL no cars out #
• Kimi is on fire, half a second ahead of Alonso at the front #
• Kimi’s gone off at turn 8 - he got distracted while he was letting a quicker car pass #
• The BMW - well, Kubica at least - suddenly looking good as Kubica goes 4th #
• Red Bull again looking good. Webber in 5th and Coulthard in 7th, sandwiching Hamilton in 6th (who was on track when the chequered waved) #
• After a good Q1, Timo Glock finished last in Q2 - he’ll be 15th on the grid! #
• Out of Q2: 11 ROS, 12 BAR, 13 BUT, 14 VET, 15 GLO #
• This could be the first time five different drivers have taken pole on five consecutive races for the first time in 49 years #
• Heidfeld went out for an installation lap and came straight back in. Eh? #
• Almost halfway though Q3 and still nothing interesting has happened #
• Massa rings all three bells #
• Hamilton has a big sideways moment through turn 8 #
• Scrubbed hard tyres go onto Hamilton. Is this a gamble? #
• Hamilton really struggling here. This gamble hasn’t paid off, he is sliding all over the place #
• Nonetheless, he has gone green in S1 and S2 #
• And a purple S3! He goes 2nd! #
• But Kovalainen is now quickest in S2! #
• Kovy goes P1, but Massa is on fire - what can he manage? #
• Massa goes P1! .2s ahead of Kovy! #
• Raikkonen had a slide on in the final corner, he can only make 4th #
• David Coulthard must be really heavy on fuel - he is over one second behind 9th placed Heidfeld! #
• This looks moderately good for McLaren - 2nd and 3rd, ahead of Raikkonen. But Kimi looks like he might be heavy #
• Relatively disappointing for BMW - Kubica goes 5th, but Heidfeld can only make 9th #
• Top ten: 1 MAS, 2 KOV, 3 HAM, 4 RAI, 5 KUB, 6 WEB, 7 ALO, 8 TRU, 9 HEI, 10 COU #

• Getting set for #F1 qualifying. Don’t forget the liveblog - http://tinyurl.com/5ffarw #
• Kimi Raikkonen seems to be having a lot of problems today. Struggled in prac 3 and looked a bit uneasy on his outlap #
• But he goes fastest on his first lap #
• Nakajima has a spin #
• The McLaren looks closer to Ferrari this weekend. Kovy and Hamilton lock out the front row for the time being #
• It also looks like Red Bull have the pace. After a great Prac 3, they currently sit 5th and 6th #
• With three minutes to go, a couple of big names in the drop zone: Piquet and Barrichello. The Force Indias are nailed to the bottom #
• Bourdais is out - he can only manage 16th as the chequered flag comes out #
• Trulli goes 4th! #
• The Toyota is good - Glock beat Trulli in the end to 4th #
• Out of Q1: 16 NAK, 17 PIQ, 18 BOU, 19 FIS, 20 SUT #
• Over 3 minutes gone and STILL no cars out #
• Kimi is on fire, half a second ahead of Alonso at the front #
• Kimi’s gone off at turn 8 - he got distracted while he was letting a quicker car pass #
• The BMW - well, Kubica at least - suddenly looking good as Kubica goes 4th #
• Red Bull again looking good. Webber in 5th and Coulthard in 7th, sandwiching Hamilton in 6th (who was on track when the chequered waved) #
• After a good Q1, Timo Glock finished last in Q2 - he’ll be 15th on the grid! #
• Out of Q2: 11 ROS, 12 BAR, 13 BUT, 14 VET, 15 GLO #
• This could be the first time five different drivers have taken pole on five consecutive races for the first time in 49 years #
• Heidfeld went out for an installation lap and came straight back in. Eh? #
• Almost halfway though Q3 and still nothing interesting has happened #
• Massa rings all three bells #
• Hamilton has a big sideways moment through turn 8 #
• Scrubbed hard tyres go onto Hamilton. Is this a gamble? #
• Hamilton really struggling here. This gamble hasn’t paid off, he is sliding all over the place #
• Nonetheless, he has gone green in S1 and S2 #
• And a purple S3! He goes 2nd! #
• But Kovalainen is now quickest in S2! #
• Kovy goes P1, but Massa is on fire - what can he manage? #
• Massa goes P1! .2s ahead of Kovy! #
• Raikkonen had a slide on in the final corner, he can only make 4th #
• David Coulthard must be really heavy on fuel - he is over one second behind 9th placed Heidfeld! #
• This looks moderately good for McLaren - 2nd and 3rd, ahead of Raikkonen. But Kimi looks like he might be heavy #
• Relatively disappointing for BMW - Kubica goes 5th, but Heidfeld can only make 9th #
• Top ten: 1 MAS, 2 KOV, 3 HAM, 4 RAI, 5 KUB, 6 WEB, 7 ALO, 8 TRU, 9 HEI, 10 COU #

• The future of Super Aguri F1 - Grandprix.com
  What the administrators are trying to do
  (tags: SuperAguri administration ConcordeAgreement)
• Fry denies involvement in Aguri collapse - autosport.com
  Yeah right
  (tags: SuperAguri Honda NickFry BernieEcclestone Weigl AguriSuzuki)
• Axis Of Oversteer: Hamming it up.
  Hamilton’s acting début. Fabulous darling
  (tags: humour LewisHamilton acting video)
• Rumors and Regulations - Formula 1 Insight
  “What I do find very interesting, however, is the fact that the engine freeze regulations contain such loopholes as allowing changes in the engines to solve reliability issues.”
  (tags: Ferrari FIA FIArrari engine EngineFreeze)
• Alonso baffled by non-GPDA drivers - autosport.com
  “As I have said another time, everyone can choose what they want - but it is difficult to understand how drivers don’t want to be involved in an association of drivers that want to save our lives when we are racing.”
  (tags: FernandoAlonso GPDA HeikkiKovalainen SpanishGrandPrix crash safety LewisHamilton FelipeMassa JarnoTrulli KimiRäikkönen)
• 2008 FORMULA 1 PETROL OFISI TURKISH GRAND PRIX Qualifying results
  (tags: qualifying results TurkishGrandPrix)
• Button - I’ll be with Honda in 2009 - Formula1Sport.net
  (tags: JensonButton Honda)
• Hamilton rues wrong tyre choice - autosport.com
  “Lewis Hamilton was left lamenting his tyre choice after failing to fight for pole position ahead of the Turkish Grand Prix.”
  (tags: LewisHamilton TurkishGrandPrix qualifying tyres)
• Bourdais critical of Force India drivers - autosport.com
  (tags: SébastienBourdais ToroRosso ForceIndia GiancarloFisichella AdrianSutil qualifying TurkishGrandPrix)
• BMW drivers left hoping for more - autosport.com
  “BMW drivers Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld admitted they were expecting a better result from qualifying in Turkey.”
  (tags: BMW NickHeidfeld RobertKubica TurkishGrandPrix qualifying)