F1 Malaysian GP

So I can't seem to think of anything to write about so I'll just liveblog what I'm watching on TV again. Race is just starting, Giancarlo Fisichella on the pole and he's still got the lead, with Alonso jumping right from 8th to 3rd place. They've finally banned launch control in F1 but the Renaults are still lightning fast on the starts, which just doesn't make sense.

Hah, Raikonnen just spun out into the sand, his luck is as it's always been, it seems.

I love this Malaysia track, it seems to be the only track that's designed to host the modern F1 cars, the other new tracks are just generic and boring collections of twists and chicanes. Sepang's track has wonderfully wide corners which gives the cars lots of room to approach corners at different angles and attempt interesting passes.

Nico Rosberg's nationality is lited as German, I wonder what Finnish racing fans think of that.

Fisichella is setting the fastest sector times, so he might be safe at the front for a while. If he wins today his team might decide to treat him as their #1 driver since Alonso is leaving for McLaren next year.

Nico Rosberg's Cosworth engine just blew up, that's disappointing since he had started 3rd in just his 2nd F1 race. Looks like it had an oil fire and as soon as all the oil burned off the right engine bank sized up and let go.

The Ferrari cars are looking like they have a front air foil that bends away from the nose of the car when under a lot of air current. To my mind this should count as a moveable aerodynamic device, which is a nono in F1. Last year the big battle was with the tires, a few years ago it was purely engine power, I think this year the big gap will be between teams that can find little aerodynamic advantages and the ones who don't push every little angle of the chassis into shape.

Both of the Red Bull cars are out of the race, it looks like the Ferrari engines they're eing given aren't the most reliable ones in the world. I wonder what the difference between them and Ferrari's own engines is, since this is the first year they're making the V8s they wouldn't just be the previous year's model like was the usual custom for Ferrari's customer deal with Sauber.

OK, I'm in bed now (TMI, sorry) so I might end up nodding off before the end of this race.

There goes Mark Webber, also looks like enginetrouble. That's both Cosworth engines gone this week. They switched his off before it failed spectacularly so they can examine what's wrong with it. This is things they should have worked out in the pre-season.

And Fisichella wins, with Alonso in 2nd and Button in 3rd, so Alonso is still on top of the championship. He was faster through almost all of the race. This could be his year. This is the first time in a while that I've heard the Italian national anthem played for the driver and not the team.
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