The Official 2017 Australian Grand Prix Thread **Spoilers**
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Have to agree, the cars look much better, even on TV they're impressive on turn in and cornering - also looks like the drivers are being much more aggressive with the tyres both with turn in and generally slipping them, might just be down to dialling in the setups but hopefully the new compounds are part of it and we'll see it all the time.
Anyone watch the full session care to give a quick overview?
Judging by the times and reports alone it looks like Merc were massively sand bagging in testing and Bottas is perhaps a bit out of his depth?
And what the hell is going on with Williams, I hope they have more pace than they are showing so far... it would be sad to see them hanging around towards the back this year.
Judging by the times and reports alone it looks like Merc were massively sand bagging in testing and Bottas is perhaps a bit out of his depth?
And what the hell is going on with Williams, I hope they have more pace than they are showing so far... it would be sad to see them hanging around towards the back this year.
It's only practice I guess, and yours never. Wholly sure what everyone is up to - but that's ominous from Hamilton.
A lot of big gaps kicking around the timing screens
Possibly a little premature to say Bottas is out of his depth. We'll see how he is squaring up come Europe
A lot of big gaps kicking around the timing screens
Possibly a little premature to say Bottas is out of his depth. We'll see how he is squaring up come Europe
Edited by Vocal Minority on Friday 24th March 07:01
VolvoT5 said:
Anyone watch the full session care to give a quick overview?
Judging by the times and reports alone it looks like Merc were massively sand bagging in testing and Bottas is perhaps a bit out of his depth?
And what the hell is going on with Williams, I hope they have more pace than they are showing so far... it would be sad to see them hanging around towards the back this year.
Looks like Hamilton is massively ahead. TBH Williams lost a lot of time with massa having gear problems.Judging by the times and reports alone it looks like Merc were massively sand bagging in testing and Bottas is perhaps a bit out of his depth?
And what the hell is going on with Williams, I hope they have more pace than they are showing so far... it would be sad to see them hanging around towards the back this year.
rdjohn said:
Derek Smith said:
HustleRussell said:
Dare I predict that we'll see a red car on the front row?
I think we're going to see some interchangeability in the order among the Mercedes and Ferraris in the top 4. I think the relative performance of the cars will be such that Mercedes are generally on top but if, for instance, Bottas doesn't quite manage his tyres into the right window for his quick qually lap, one of the Ferraris will start 2nd.
I think the 3rd row of the grid will be purple for much of the season.
Ferrari always promise to be on the front row at the first race of the season. It's a tradition.I think we're going to see some interchangeability in the order among the Mercedes and Ferraris in the top 4. I think the relative performance of the cars will be such that Mercedes are generally on top but if, for instance, Bottas doesn't quite manage his tyres into the right window for his quick qually lap, one of the Ferraris will start 2nd.
I think the 3rd row of the grid will be purple for much of the season.
The only important message from pre-season testing is - DONT BELIEVE THE HYPE!
MrOnTheRopes said:
parabolica said:
Anyone else see the clip from the driver's conference of Alonso taking a pop at Honda? 
they were asked a fluff question - what would you like to add to F1 to make it more interesting (or something like that):
DR: A race in Vegas
SV: A race in Germany
LH: A race in Miami
FA: Equal engines
Anyway; I can't predict quali or race - I'm just hoping it is so close that it's bordering on pandemonium.
.. and then Lewis saying "not Honda" they were asked a fluff question - what would you like to add to F1 to make it more interesting (or something like that):DR: A race in Vegas
SV: A race in Germany
LH: A race in Miami
FA: Equal engines
Anyway; I can't predict quali or race - I'm just hoping it is so close that it's bordering on pandemonium.
Despite having to be in work today I stayed up and watched both sessions...
Initial impressions are that the cars are fast, look good (especially in the corners) and, I fear, this is Lewis' championship to lose.
All that said, the reduction in the number of engines allowed meant that there was little meaningful running in FP1 and even FP2 wasn't as busy as I recall from previous years.
Initial impressions are that the cars are fast, look good (especially in the corners) and, I fear, this is Lewis' championship to lose.
All that said, the reduction in the number of engines allowed meant that there was little meaningful running in FP1 and even FP2 wasn't as busy as I recall from previous years.
El stovey said:
All the talk is about possibly catching Bottas. Pretty negative in the interviews and press conference really.
What do you mean I'm not sure what you are saying?IMO Bottas is going to be under huge pressure over the first 5 or 6 races this year because he is only on a 1 year deal with Vettel and Alonso both out of contract for 2018. So unless Bottas is getting consistently close to Hamilton within a few races Mercedes are going to be starting negotiations to replace him already.... and of course if that happens he would be damaged goods and the likes of Ferrari would probably lose interest.
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