Hi gents. I am a long time F1 fan. Lost my way a bit during latter Schumi years but bug returned after he left. OH NO HE'S BACK!!! Not to worry, the Mclaren boys will sort him out.

Is anyone in a fantasy F1 league? I do the METRO one online which is free to enter. It is fairly basic but there is a cash prize every race.

Sorry, forgot to say. The first two races of the season are a practice to allow you to get to grips with the new cars/drivers, etc.... Race three begins the real scoring for the final prize so it isn't too late to enter.

www.metro.co.uk

Thanks for that housey

Also mate, just a bit of friendly advice if you want to add something to your already posted post can you please use the EDIT button .

got no electric at the moment,transco said 2-4 hours and there will be an engineer on my door step.that was at half 8.if i miss so much as a second of the grand prix somebody will pay.aaaaggghhh.

Congrats to Alonso on win and Ferrari who was the strongest...

Poor Vettel exaust probs(looool)but he did a fine job getting 4th imo...

Go Virgin.... hehehehehe

Cheers Kevin

YESSSSSS

What a disapointing opening to the season. Hardly any overtaking unless you get a faulty spark plug...poor Vettel. Good to see Massa on the podium following his return from that bump on his head 'BOING'
Did anyone get a team entered in the fantasy F1? How did you get on?

Well after all the hype, build up and the mention of 4 World Champions, this seasons F1 looks on paper to be absolutely awesome.

However after watching the first race, I was left a little bored and frustrated. I know it's still early days yet and the teams and drivers didn't quite know what to expect, so maybe for the first race it was expected to be like that.

Vettel did and excellent job and pulled out a healthy lead, with ease I might add . I know Alonso closed down a 5 second gap on him, but once he got in Vettels dirty hot air he had to take another line on the track due to the Ferrari's engine running on the hot side, so Vettel once again increased his lead, only to be foiled by "a broken exhaust?".

I'm not taking anything away form Alonso, he is after all a top class driver. It was also nice to see Massa back in action and getting a place on the podium.

I personally think the idea of the tyres and pit stops needs to be re-thought. I'm not to fussed about watching F1 if all season it's going to be about driving and managing the car to make the tyres last the race. Correct me if I'm wrong but, weren't the qualifying lap times around 1'54.xxx and the fastest race lap time was 1'58.xxx a whole 4 seconds slower, that is just really poor.

Well, Craig, I have a few comments about your words (and also my feelings after this season start).

A big part of that 4 seconds "vanished" are coming from the dramatically different setup os the cars for qualifying vs. race. Absolutely different. I don't think last sunday anyone would be able to go into 1'57s even with new soft tyres no fuel.

What I'm absolutely opposed to is for implementing NOW a 2n mandatory tyres change (as it´s being suggested heavily since last Sunday). No, man. Rules are fixed since many months ago. Cars were designed and built according to be as fast as possible for being competitive in a 300km distance race. If only 1 tyre change was the best option, you can't now modify the rules for being mandatory a 2nd change. It's foolish, I think.

In any case there were just as many overtaking maneuvres than in previous years. No more, no less. Problem is aerodinamics -known for everyone-. Something has to be changed, but I´m not sure related to tyres nor refuelling...

By the way, I didn't saw that kind of presure 1 year ago when we saw one car (Brawn GP in which the master of all this show was taking economic part - curious-) using an unexpected difusser that became key of the season.

I heard Vettel's problems were originated by some spark plugs failure (even initially exhaust problems were reported). A real pity for him. His weeked was superb.

Anyway, let races go by... I'm sure we we'll see many fantastic races this season. Hopefully McLaren will improve their performance soon.

And of course I'm very happy with Alonso's result after last 2 sad years for him. It's allways great having the top drivers on the top cars!

This has just started. I'm sure we'll see awesome races this year

I see Alonso is winning friends and influencing people again.

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/25032010/58/alonso-bored-fans-switch.html

Lets see what he says when Ferrari don't win.

Also looks like Lewis thinks he's playing gt5

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/26032010/58/hamilton-stopped-police.html