Malaysian GP 2012 - Sepang International Circuit

[outer_bongolia]

I'm a little rusty with these red flag rules... What's going to happen at the start?

[joseff]

IMO highlights the silly decision of starting the race at 16:00. It's usual to rain in the late afternoon here.

[myurr]

Poor choice to put the safety car out in my view. That's led to the red flag by bunching the cars up, which is bad for visibility, by stopping the cars from generating heat in their tyres due to running so slowly, and by stopping the cars from clearing some of the standing water. They'll struggle to get the race restarted as well as there's nothing to clear the standing water.

Okay some cars were running wide but at this circuit in particular that's not an unsafe thing. They should do far more to keep the cars racing.

[raymondu999]

how did FA det ahead of SV?

Pitstop undercut.

I'm a little rusty with these red flag rules... What's going to happen at the start?

Rollng start with 1 lap safety car

[FrukostScones]

what a SHAME! it is not raining.

Alonso pitted with Button

I think SC restart and teams can change settings like they want to on the car...

[joseff]

Spare a thought for Kimi Raikkonen here... I think he lost his ice cream in the fridge explosion.

[chepoi]

as a malaysian i don't really like Sepang starts during March-April-May... but i love if it will be as back to back with Singapore... during August where the possibility that the race begins in dry is high due to dry season on august.

[AnthonyG]

oh dear, the race direction destroyed the race, again.

Even Vergne can drive on inters, and I haven't realy seen anyone who did a better lap after switching to full wets.

[NathanOlder]

Rain is really bad now. They had to stop the race

[raymondu999]

oh dear, the race direction destroyed the race, again.

Even Vergne can drive on inters, and I haven't realy seen anyone who did a better lap after switching to full wets.

Quite slow though. He was taken around the outside of the T9 hairpin

[outer_bongolia]

Rollng start with 1 lap safety car

How about the positions? There was one HRT I think that didn't change tires.. Will it be starting from the midfield? That's gonna add some accidents for sure.

Are they allowed to change tires if the race is stopped with red flag?

[Goran2812]

IMO highlights the silly decision of starting the race at 16:00. It's usual to rain in the late afternoon here.

exactly! idiot bernie and his effin "let's please the european viewer"
i'd rather get up at 6 in the morning and enjoy actual racing than watch
the cars on the grid waiting for the rain to stop...

[NathanOlder]

It had to be stopped. No way could they continue in this storm! Plus lightning was hitting stands and power cut briefly.

[raymondu999]

Rollng start with 1 lap safety car

How about the positions? There was one HRT I think that didn't change tires.. Will it be starting from the midfield? That's gonna add some accidents for sure.

Are they allowed to change tires if the race is stopped with red flag?

Yes. Red flags mean you can even change some aspects of setup, do repairs, change tyres. Karthikeyan will start 10th

[Th0R]

Grosjean destroyed Schumachers race