Formula 1 2017: Round 1 - Melbourne

Ghost Train

Excellent

How many stops are we expecting?

Faugheen

Ferrari have got lucky with that one. Fair play though.

Cool_CM

Noooo! Sky go just stopped working!

Harika

Ghost Train wrote: »

Excellent

How many stops are we expecting?

1

Faugheen

Hamilton is really struggling, and I don't think VER is the problem.

Ghost Train

Harika wrote: »

1

I guess we will see if overtaking might be possible this year before end of race

Well played by Ferrari so far

Cool_CM

Ah bollocks, missed the stop. Came back in time to see angry Toto - obviously a good sign.

Cool_CM

Ricciardo out.

skipper_G

The on screen graphics have been pants all weekend. It's annoying not being able to see the usual information

Ghost Train

Unlucky for Ricciardos home race

Ghost Train

Wonder how Hamilton will react to a challenge from Bottas, hope they let them race

Cool_CM

I can't see Mercedes letting Bottas race Lewis - hope I'm wrong!

Edit: Vettel is 8 seconds in front

skipper_G

Kimi is miles off the pace, while he's funny and all I don't think he's that quick anymore.

skipper_G

Cool_CM wrote: »

I can't see Mercedes letting Bottas race Lewis - hope I'm wrong!

Well they've already set a tone in the team from how they dealt with the Rosberg / Hamilton relationship. Wouldn't it be bad PR to change that now

Ghost Train

it would be nice to see Hamilton feeling a bit of pressure from it, a few tense radio messages, even if Bottas isn't going to get by, it's good that the second car can take the race to the assumed number one driver

I can see Bottas being happy enough with third for his first race. Unfortunately overtaking might be difficult in similar cars

Skihunta13

Is Hamiltons radio the only one working today? Constant moaning!

Cool_CM

skipper_G wrote: »

Kimi is miles off the pace, while he's funny and all I don't think he's that quick anymore.

He thinks that normal time is stupid and chooses to operate in Kimi-Time instead.

Jordan 199

Great driving by Ocon.

skipper_G

That was a tasty fight for the last point, hopefully Ocon can keep Hulk behind him now. Alonso drove the wheels off his ****box today shame it ended the way it did.

Cool_CM

Anybody else find it a bit weird that the braking zone makers look like red flags?

Ghost Train

Pity to see Williams so far off the pace

Andrew76

Fastest lap (at the minute) from Vettel on those old softs. Nice. :cool:

/Edit: Lost the fastest lap but get in!! Delighted.

skipper_G

Good for F1 to not have a Mercedes win.

Cool_CM

Excellent stuff, Come on Seb!

skipper_G

Ferrari guys on the radio unable to hide their excitement........they didn't sound anyway excited at all

skipper_G

Woah fans all over the track while the cars are still coming back to the pits. Somebody will be in trouble

Cool_CM

Wow, it's been ages since I've seen spectators let onto the track before the cars are all back in Parc fermé.

Mike Litoris

Not a great race but good result.

Cool_CM

The German & Italian National Anthem combination - forgot how good it is to hear!

Andrew76

Cool_CM wrote: »

The German & Italian National Anthem combination - forgot how good it is to hear!

Was going to post the same thing, it's great!

The Ferrari looks to have proper pace, please let it be more than just this track.

Mike Litoris

Boos for Lewis! Did he do anything in particular to upset the Aussies?

Cool_CM

Mark Webber is probably the only Australian who is happy that Ricciardo isn't on the podium

Ghost Train

Crowd not too warm towards Lewis

Did Webber just call Lewis the world champion, I think thats Rosberg, lol

Andrew76

Ghost Train wrote: »

Crowd not too warm towards Lewis

Did Webber just call Lewis the world champion, I think thats Rosberg, lol

Yeah think he meant a world champion rather than the.

Highlight of the race other than the Vettel win was Toto banging on the desk twice in anger at Hamilton losing the lead. Knows they're in a fight now.

Jordan 199

Mike Litoris wrote: »

Boos for Lewis! Did he do anything in particular to upset the Aussies?

Can't think of anything myself.

christy c

Mike Litoris wrote: »

Boos for Lewis! Did he do anything in particular to upset the Aussies?

Besides being a dick? No

christy c

christy c wrote: »

Besides being a dick? No

Yeah, it's not that hard to figure out!

Cool_CM

Mike Litoris wrote: »

Boos for Lewis! Did he do anything in particular to upset the Aussies?

Flouting their road-traffic laws.

Aussies never forget.

skipper_G

Sky coverage was better than usual. What a difference the absence of Johnny Herbert makes. Keep him in a deep dark hole and send Ted to join him

Cool_CM

Cool_CM wrote: »

Flouting their road-traffic laws.

Aussies never forget.

Aussies love doing burnouts in their Toranas. It's definitely just that he's a dick.

ricimaki

The Ferrari and Mercedes look well matched on pace. Mercedes don't seem to be able to follow cars at all. This could be an interesting season at the front. Whats worrying is how far behind the rest of the pack are. Red Bull weren't close, and next-best Massa was very close to being lapped in 6th place.

skipper_G

ricimaki wrote: »

The Ferrari and Mercedes look well matched on pace. Mercedes don't seem to be able to follow cars at all. This could be an interesting season at the front. Whats worrying is how far behind the rest of the pack are. Red Bull weren't close, and next-best Massa was very close to being lapped in 6th place.

The spread in the field was always going to happen when they changed the formula again. The field converges with stable rules, if you change the rules the big teams generally find more advantage because they have the extra resources to run parallel development programs.

Jordan 199

Pat Symonds is good.

skipper_G

Jordan 199 wrote: »

Pat Symonds is good.

Very good indeed, he actually has technical insight unlike so many others.

ro_chez

Not one thing to suggest there will be any possibility of legitimate overtaking this season.

Only overtake in the race was due to Alonso being slower than Hulkenberg and Ocon.

Once the pitstops are finished, thats it race over.

And with no timing info, you couldn't really follow the race, bit of a disaster really.

PukkaStukka

Felt sorry for Alonso as a point would've been some solace for all of the problems they have had. Despite being underpowered, he did seem to be able to stay ahead of the Force India till the MCL got sick.

Great result for Vettel and hopefully they can maintain the pace throughout the year to stick it good and proper to Hamilton and Mercedes.

ro_chez

And where the hell was Kimi? Ferrari need to get rid and put Giovanazzi in the car.

Cool_CM

PukkaStukka wrote: »

Felt sorry for Alonso as a point would've been some solace for all of the problems they have had.

Didn't hold back in his interview. Basically saying that the car came last and at a normal circuit it would also come last.

Ghost Train

ro_chez wrote: »

Not one thing to suggest there will be any possibility of legitimate overtaking this season.

Only overtake in the race was due to Alonso being slower than Hulkenberg and Ocon.

Once the pitstops are finished, thats it race over.

And with no timing info, you couldn't really follow the race, bit of a disaster really.

Hopefully different tracks might allow for more overtaking

thierry14

What was the fastest lap?

Looked a bit leisurely from highlights