Mercedes and Mclaren top the practise times so far. Not sure what you can read into that though. Will find out a lot more on Saturday.

1 N Rosberg 1:55.409
2 L Hamilton 1:55.854
3 M Schumacher 1:55.903
4 J Button 1:56.076

Saturday 13 March
Practice three: 0755-0855, BBC Red Button/online
Qualifying: 1000-1230, BBC One/online and BBC Radio 5 live/online

Sunday 14 March
Race: 1110-1415, BBC One/online and BBC Radio 5 live/online
Post race forum: 1415-1515, BBC Red Button/online
Highlights: 1900-2000 and 0150-0245, BBC Three (highlights then looped on Red Button)

Not quite what I expected. McLarens are a bit off the pace and can't see them winning tomorrow. Ferraris look strong but Vettel deserved the pole.

Grid for Sunday.

1 S Vettel Red Bull
2 F Massa Ferrari
3 F Alonso Ferrari
4 L Hamilton McLaren
5 N Rosberg Mercedes
6 M Webber Red Bull
7 M Schumacher Mercedes
8 J Button McLaren
9 R Kubica Renault
10 A Sutil Force India
11 R Barrichello Williams
12 V Liuzzi Force India
13 N Hulkenberg Williams
14 P de la Rosa BMW Sauber
15 S Buemi Toro Rosso
16 K Kobayashi BMW Sauber
17 V Petrov Renault
18 J Alguersuari Toro Rosso
19 T Glock Virgin
20 J Trulli Lotus
21 H Kovalainen Lotus
22 L di Grassi Virgin
23 B Senna Hispania
24 K Chandhok Hispania

"Stunning victory for Ferrari" said the BBC. Well, Vettel only lost because of a broken exhaust and the race, as a spectacle, didn't match up to all the hype to be honest.

Really unsure about the new rules but we need a few more races to see if they are all going to be paranoid processions with drivers worried about tyres. Hope not.

Points after Race 1.

1 Fernando Alonso Spa Ferrari 25
2 Felipe Massa Brz Ferrari 18
3 Lewis Hamilton GB McLaren-Mercedes 15
4 Sebastian Vettel Ger Red Bull-Renault 12
5 Nico Rosberg Ger Mercedes GP 10
6 Michael Schumacher Ger Mercedes GP 8
7 Jenson Button GB McLaren-Mercedes 6
8 Mark Webber Aus Red Bull-Renault 4
9 Vitantonio Liuzzi Ita Force India-Mercedes 2
10 Rubens Barrichello Brz Williams-Cosworth 1

Thanks Stu I only saw the last part.

Thought the the Spanish National Anthem dragged on a bit.

You didn't miss much Chris.

Watched the started fast forwarded to 30 mins in and then deleted the recording.

Most God awful boring track ever. No spectator areas really.

Hope the rest of the season is better than that.

Hi all -boring from beginning to end. the new rules are a joke I hope ,last year I always watched - not sure about the future now though.
cheers ray

Hi

Watched the started and the Fifteen last minutes, very boring and I hope it will change for the rest of the season but i don't think so because of the new rules

Hi,

I found this link, I don't know if some will find it of interest.

http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDeta ... yid=272497

HSI

Thought Brain was spelt B R A I N