The Official 2019 Australian Grand Prix Thread **SPOILERS**

The Official 2019 Australian Grand Prix Thread **SPOILERS**

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DanielSan

19,432 posts

182 months

Saturday 16th March 2019
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AllyBassman said:
Anyone worrying that it might be a boring season just remember, this time last year there was a sizeable gap between Mercedes and Ferrari too, this is just race 1!

So really it looks like nothing has changed then, Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull nipping at their heels. Hopefully it should be a good race tomorrow.
If things are similar then expect the Ferrari to be closer possibly even slightly quicker in race trim.

davidd

6,575 posts

299 months

Saturday 16th March 2019
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That Mercedes looks like a handful. It’ll be interesting how it goes over a race distance .

snake_oil

2,039 posts

90 months

Saturday 16th March 2019
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The biggest story of the day is surely WHAT STRANGE CREATURE IS RESIDING ON SEBASTIEN'S TOP LIP yikes

craigjm

19,170 posts

215 months

Saturday 16th March 2019
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PompeyM3

1,847 posts

220 months

Saturday 16th March 2019
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I think most people didn’t pay much attention to pre season testing times. It carrys on where we left off from last season.
Great lap by Lando Norris to get the McLaren into Q3.
Williams have a lot of work to do, let’s hope they can turn it around and work their way up the grid.

Oi_Oi_Savaloy

2,314 posts

275 months

Saturday 16th March 2019
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Anyone else get kicked off autosport's live text feed start of Q3? Had to sign in (but forgotten password and all that phaffing).

Gave up.

Tried motorsport. Com.. Had to sign in. Went back to BBC for their text updates. Which are s.l.o.w.....!


48Valves

2,354 posts

224 months

Saturday 16th March 2019
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DanielSan said:
If things are similar then expect the Ferrari to be closer possibly even slightly quicker in race trim.
Don't forget Ferrari are sand baggingsmile

Supersam83

1,219 posts

160 months

Saturday 16th March 2019
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So Mercedes were sandbagging then shock horror... biggrin

Power unit must be pushing 1000bhp in Q3 party mode.

PhillipM

6,535 posts

204 months

Saturday 16th March 2019
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If they gave out trophies for testing Ferrari would need a new building to store 'em - never been any different.

Rick_1138

3,848 posts

193 months

Saturday 16th March 2019
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snake_oil said:
The biggest story of the day is surely WHAT STRANGE CREATURE IS RESIDING ON SEBASTIEN'S TOP LIP yikes
Seb rocking the Deutschland 85 look smile

Teddy Lop

8,301 posts

82 months

Saturday 16th March 2019
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Lol at all the very confident early predictions of mercs lack of pace.

Leclerc looked to be give vettel some ag, hope that'll give us some fun, and bottas too keep Hamilton honest? The mrs says the new weight rules help him.

jimPH

3,981 posts

95 months

Saturday 16th March 2019
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Toto sounded pleasently surprised at their pace... Let's see how they fare in the race, but he didn't sound on top of it, more suck it and see

DanielSan

19,432 posts

182 months

Saturday 16th March 2019
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Is it too early to have any hope for Mclaren? I seem to recall they've done ok in Melbourne for the last couple of years...

pits

6,605 posts

205 months

Saturday 16th March 2019
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Matthen said:
Rick_1138 said:
"interviews hosted by Paul Do Resta".....yay.
Yeah... As a first experience of Skys offering, its pretty.. average.
He just sucks all the life and energy out of me every time he opens his mouth, monotone voice and just utterly boring with an air of "look at me" about him, sack him off, it's time, get Karun in his place full time.


Interesting weekend so far.
Merc- one lap fast? Looks very wobbly for tyre longevity and race distance
Ferrari- not sure what's happened there, strong effort from Leclerc
Red Bull- the Honda motor sounds very poppy, but I'm sure first break down will be soon.
Haas- strong effort
McLaren- poorly timed, well don't Norris, good effort
Racing point- haha stroll, great drive Perez, let's continue to make Lance look the fool he is
Alfa- quietly just there
Williams- is getting worse, kubica, twice into the wall?!? Hopefully just a bit rusty, but not good for them
Torro- business as usual
Renault- was hoping for better to be honest, let's see how the race goes

Get Karter

1,950 posts

216 months

Saturday 16th March 2019
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So glad I haven’t subscribed. I nearly fell for the Merc sandbagging but had my suspicions.
0.7 seconds is massive. This season will be about how easy Merc can treat their cars and still win by half a lap.

Edited by Get Karter on Saturday 16th March 08:14

Carmo99

1,308 posts

201 months

Saturday 16th March 2019
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Trying F1 TV this season, i had the TV on the normal view and the iPad on Hamilton's drivercam. Made for a great combination plus you get all Hamitons radio messages . I’m looking forward to see how this adds to the experience in the race tomorrow. I just need 2 sets of eyes now. :-) Highly recommended for those who can subscribe - ie Not UK, sorry

westtra

1,542 posts

216 months

Saturday 16th March 2019
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Is it March 2018??? As other than the change of teams drivers the comments are pretty similar to then and look how tight the season was until ferrari imploded.

Wait till the start of the european races before we claim Merc will walk the championships again as even though Hamilton had pole with a similar gap last year he didn't win here.

TheInternet

5,001 posts

178 months

Saturday 16th March 2019
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Get Karter said:
This season will be about how easy Merc can treat their cats
<Insert racing feline pun here>

lauda

3,899 posts

222 months

Saturday 16th March 2019
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Get Karter said:
0.7 seconds is massive. This season will be about how easy Merc can treat their cats and still win by half a lap.
They just need to stroke them around the lap getmecoat

Doink

1,675 posts

162 months

Saturday 16th March 2019
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I see we've got the boring again glad I don't watch any more comments already, it's bloody comical it really is