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[GreenAccord]

So I fired up the DVR’ed qualifying this morning (just to make sure my DVR worked because it failed me for the Melbourne race - but that’s a different thread topic). Anyway, there at the intro was Bob Varsha’s voice. I did a quick bing search and found no news.

Anyone have any info on this? It’s all subjective, but I really really prefer Varsha to Leigh Duffey, so I am quite happy with this development. Wondering if Varsha worked a separate deal with NBC and it was just AGENT to NETWORK arm wrestling back when it seemed only Hobbs and Matchett were moving.

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the grid

Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired Gap Laps
1 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:36.935 15
2 7 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 1:37.003 0.068 15
3 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:37.104 0.169 21
4 3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:37.319 0.384 13
5 9 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:37.588 0.653 19
6 15 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:37.769 0.834 17
7 4 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:37.771 0.836 15
8 14 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1:37.773 0.838 15
9 10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:37.840 0.905 18
10 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:37.915 0.980 17
11 5 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:38.173 1.238 16
12 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1:38.673 1.738 16
13 6 Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1:38.830 1.895 17
14 11 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1:39.054 2.119 17
15 12 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:39.204 2.269 16
16 17 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1:39.208 2.273 19
17 18 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 1:39.284 2.349 17
18 19 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 1:39.567 2.632 16
19 21 Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1:40.728 3.793 17
20 22 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1:40.996 4.061 14
21 20 Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1:41.163 4.228 18
22 23 Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1:41.513 4.578 14

[Elle Bee]

happy to see Bob Varsha back ... i guess NBC decided to pay him when they realized that three english accents weren't going to be best suited to growing an american audience .... Varsha, Hobbs and machet (SP?) are a great broadcast team. They are part of what sets the sport apart from all others. I'm happy to see that they've made the transition now intact

I didn't see any incident for which Kimi was slapped three grid spots ... did you?

Räikkönen hit with three-place grid penalty

Kimi Räikkönen has been hit with a three-place grid penalty for the Malaysian Grand Prix, with the Finn adjudged to have blocked Mercedes's Nico Rosberg in qualifying.

The Lotus driver, who set the seventh fastest time, was deemed to have impeded Rosberg at Turn 14. The 2007 World Champion will now start Sunday afternoon's race from tenth on the grid, promoting Jenson Button, Adrian Sutil and Sergio Pérez.

Rosberg's starting position will remain unchanged, with the German qualifying sixth.

Damon Hill

Fernando second seat in a Cali

bitter Niki

Kimi on the track

Kimi in the gravel

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[mykroar]

Weber was po’d at the after race interviews......completely called out vettel,.......gonna be interesting

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/21922429

Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel should be suspended - John Watson

Red Bull should suspend Sebastian Vettel for one race as punishment for disobeying team orders in Malaysia, says former McLaren driver John Watson.

Vettel ignored a call to stay behind team-mate Mark Webber and overtook him with 13 laps left to win the race.

“The only purposeful way to bring him to book is to say ‘you will stand out one race’,” Watson told BBC Radio 4.

“I know that if other drivers in other teams disobeyed a team order they would be suspended or even fired.”

Northern Irishman Watson, 66, who won five grands prix and finished third in the 1982 drivers’ championship, was reacting to the dramatic conclusion to Sunday’s Malaysian Grand Prix.

[truth_seeker]

A site with several articles on F1.

http://www.newsonf1.com/

[Wurlitzer]

I just noticed the lap record holder at the top of the thread:
1:34.223 - JP Montoya (2004)

My, how far Montoya has fallen.