Definitely, they found an Austrian flag in Senna's car after the crash, apparently he'd planned to unfurl it after the race in tribute to Ratzenberger. It's a shame he is generally forgotten by most.
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Definitely, they found an Austrian flag in Senna's car after the crash, apparently he'd planned to unfurl it after the race in tribute to Ratzenberger. It's a shame he is generally forgotten by most.
There is a special on Sky F1 tonight about Ratzenberger. 6pm
Saw it last week. Very good!
I heard Prost was complaining that they didn't feature the reconciliation between him and Senna. That was weird alright cos he was a pallbearer and in the credits at the end they mentioned he's a trustee of Senna's foundation.
Just finished the documentary then, very sad stuff.
Had goosebumps watching this.
Senna is on ITV4 tonight after the Europa League.
Corinthians last night in honour of Senna
Cheers for the heads up, have never managed to catch that film yet, to my annoyance - Sky+ set!
No F1 driver has died in a race since then, the silver lining out of a very dark cloud.
Yeah it's a cracking film. Not going to spoil it for you but the anxiety levels you build up in the last half an hour of the film is a very strange experience considering you already know how the film ends.
I was going to say... I do know what happens in the end, no need for a spoiler alert!
More dangerous for the stewards than the drivers these days.
I was going to say... I do know what happens in the end, no need for a spoiler alert!
oopsWhen people say "film" they mean the documentary, right? I'm not missing out on another film having seen the documentary am I?
No
You mean the Ron Howard Film?
No, I meant the Asif Kapadia documentary. I'll have to give the Ron Howard film a watch too.
Nigel Stepney, the former Ferrari mechanic at the heart of the 2007 "spy-gate" scandal, has died in a road accident, aged 56.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/27262470
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/27262470
Hamilton looks absolutely untouchable around Spain here, 4 tenths ahead on quali pace in FP but his race pace run is sillyness, he's like a second ahead of anyone with increasingly better lap times when the rest are experiencing degredation.
Looks like another Mercedes procession.
So who is the leading runner to get third this race then?
Vettel only ran 4 laps in FP1 and none in FP2, anyone know what's going on there?
They had to change the whole wiring loom, sounds like a massive job.
Sebastian Vettel was forced to sit out second practice in Barcelona due to an electrical problem.
The issue manifested itself just four laps into FP1, meaning Vettel had to pull his RB10 to a halt on circuit.
His car was returned to the garage but he was unable to return to the fray, and Red Bull subsequently confirmed that the four-time world champion would also miss Friday's second session in order to cure the problem.
"Due to an electrical problem that has damaged the wiring loom of Car No. 1, Sebastian will not be able to take part in FP2," Red Bull said on Twitter.
"The Team will use the time to fix it to be ready for FP3 tomorrow."
In 2014, Vettel has suffered his worst start to a Formula One campaign since joining Red Bull. In contrast to last season, he has scored just one podium and 33 points over the opening four races, and in addition has finished behind new team mate Daniel Ricciardo in the last two Grands Prix in Bahrain and China.
Red Bull provided the German with a new chassis for Barcelona, a decision he admitted on Friday had been at least partly influenced by his recent struggles.
As a result of this latest setback, Vettel will have just one hour in FP3 to prepare for qualifying, which commences at 14:00 local time on Saturday.
Lovely segment on Senna on BBC right now. 
Maldonado
Maldonado. Beyond hopeless.Good riddance.
Such a clown.
Problem with that is imagine the chaos he is going to cause going through the pack... Literally through them.
sounds like Lewis has a few problems 0.4 secs behind Nico in Q1
lots of cars seem to be running very wide on the corners, no grip in the tyres?
Complete contrast from yesterday for Hamilton then, he was about as hooked up as I'd ever seen him then.
I heard on his radio he was saying the cars in worst than before, I take that to mean they have done something and its not worked.
very scruffy lap from Lewis, missed quite a few apex's
Yeah he wasn't happy with it this morning, don't know what changed overnight really. Track temps look about the same, he's on the backfoot now anyway. I think Rosberg might take this one.
Maldonado is a major accident just waiting to happen, he is a clown.
Maldonado should have just let that spin out surely rather than crash into the wall!
if Lewis had the best Friday FP of the season and the car looked to be running perfect, why change it?
Track evolution I guess.
Good lap by Button, Alonso so close to being out in Q2.