best circuit of the year.

even if you don't like F1, go watch these highlights from the 1998 race.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8222487.stm

the most unbelievable pile-up at the start of the race, and then... well let's just say the rest of the race was brilliant. that link is for a video with highlights of the race, 10 mins long. and it has Murray Walker commentating.

anyway, we're currently in Q2, Schumacher's car spontaneously lost a wheel before setting a lap so he'll start from 24th, the furthest back he's ever started, 20 years on from his remarkable debut.

di resta made a mistake and didn't make it into Q2.

the other big news of the weekend is heidfeld being dropped in favour of bruno senna, heidfeld is taking renault to court over the matter. it seems like a strange decision, given that he's actually scored more points than petrov so far this season, despite being comprehensively beaten in qualifying.

lap times dropping very fast as we're reaching the end of Q2