Monday 11 October 2010

Japan - "Semi Live" Blog Part 1 - Quali that was never

Justin: What I mean by the title is that, I stayed up for quali and the race, no re-runs needed here, and made some notes to use directly on the blog as I went along basically.

"One Man And His Boat" - Quali, Sat 9th October, 6:30am

Up to watch the business end of quali only to find torrential rain and no quali at all. Good job I didn't get up at 5am for the start of the programme!

Difficult start for Lee Mackenzie as the BBC people increasingly struggle to find things to report on to fill in the time as they wait for the rain to cease.

Cue the surreal...Mike Gascoyne waiting years for a computer to load whilst Ted Kravitz gets really excited, then those two being interrupted by Heiki - having constructed a floating device (which I guess was meant to be a raft or a boat) out of two cans with a little flag on top....he proceeded to demonstrate said device in the pitlane river.

The camera stayed on said contraption for around 5 minutes....with Ted, Mike and Heiki all getting far too excited.

No quali on Saturday means quali on race day morning...for us in the UK thats a hardcore 2am quali and a 7am race with coverage starting at 6am.

Oh Dear!

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