The Official 2017 Australian Grand Prix Thread **Spoilers**

[Teppic]

red_slr said:

Sauber drop PW over his back injury I can see a big legal bill!

Hmmm... Ferrari customer team drops Mercedes development driver in favour of Ferrari development driver.



It'll be interesting to see if this move is temporary or permanent. After all, Monisha Kaltenborn has previous with regards to driver contracts (in 2015), and I wouldn't be surprised that if this is a permanent change, Ferrari would pay the legal bill, as it would be in their best interests to do so.

[Spawn]

Vettel 0.5 clear on FP3.

Give him the trophy now eh.

[MockingJay]

God I hope that Ferrari is quick in qualy.

[Pickled]

MockingJay said:

God I hope that Ferrari is quick in qualy.

So do I, I've stuck a few quid each way on Kimi at 12/1

[Crafty_]

Teppic said:

Hmmm... Ferrari customer team drops Mercedes development driver in favour of Ferrari development driver.



It'll be interesting to see if this move is temporary or permanent. After all, Monisha Kaltenborn has previous with regards to driver contracts (in 2015), and I wouldn't be surprised that if this is a permanent change, Ferrari would pay the legal bill, as it would be in their best interests to do so.

It appears to have been his choice not to race. It wouldn't really make sense for a team to sign a driver and then bench him right away, but this is Sauber so who knows...

[DanielSan]

Pickled said:

So do I, I've stuck a few quid each way on Kimi at 12/1

Snap! Done the same with Vettel at 4/1 aswell .

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Teas brewing, morning sports fans

[MockingJay]

Crafty_ said:

It appears to have been his choice not to race. It wouldn't really make sense for a team to sign a driver and then bench him right away, but this is Sauber so who knows...

BBC are reporting its his choice not to race due to the injury, lack of winter training and fitness. I would imagine doing two full practice sessions when you're not fit might leave you feeling a bit rough the next day.

[Crafty_]

Penalty for Stroll, FP3 damaged meant new gearbox. 10 mins to quali and the team don't have it in once piece yet..

[DanielSan]

Crafty_ said:

Penalty for Stroll, FP3 damaged meant new gearbox. 10 mins to quali and the team don't have it in once piece yet..

Well we at least know that from 3 practice sessions and 1 crash he's on the same level as Jolyon Palmer...

[Rick101]

1 Hamilton
2 Vettel
3 Bottas

[London424]

Morning all...let's see where things shake out. Think Merc were runnng heavier in FP3.

Lewis pole...Ferrari next.

[Pickled]

DanielSan said:

Snap! Done the same with Vettel at 4/1 aswell .

I did a smaller one for Danny Ric at 25/1 as well, you never know the session might get red flagged and throw the local boy a bit of luck - gamblers hope

[Leithen]

Morning everybody.

Looking forward to seeing these new cars on the limit.

[Rick_1138]

morning, 2017 is go.

Hopeful a good session

[Vocal Minority]

Hopefully fp3 will have calmed everyone's nerves a bit!

At least it gives hope for a competitive q3......

Ive a tenner on it for charity with tommunster!

[LaurasOtherHalf]

DR not even in the car? 44% chance of rain too

[PDP76]

Christ I'm tired, worth it though. Looking forward to this

[DanielSan]

Pickled said:

I did a smaller one for Danny Ric at 25/1 as well, you never know the session might get red flagged and throw the local boy a bit of luck - gamblers hope

Anything is possible in Melbourne. It has a special ability to produce some truly brilliant races and the odd mad result.

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Don't these cars look good driven in anger?