The Official 2019 Australian Grand Prix Thread **SPOILERS**
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snake_oil said:
How the f
k has he got this gig? You've summed it up perfectly, he sucks the life out of the screen. He's achieved fk all in F1 and is also dull as ditchwater. The mind boggles.
Does he not epitomise SKYF1’s coverage, generally.k has he got this gig? You've summed it up perfectly, he sucks the life out of the screen. He's achieved fk all in F1 and is also dull as ditchwater. The mind boggles.I have just watched Marc Pristley’s video on YouTube and have learned much more than listening to the BS on SKY.
TheDeuce said:
Speed Badger said:
I predict there will not be a Mercedes in the top 4 in qualifying.
I agree, there will be two.HustleRussell said:
Anybody who doesn't believe Ferrari are sand bagging just because it's now free practice at Melbourne have another thing coming...
They weren't sand bagging, they really were 7 tenths slower. See below illustration for details 
However I am sad the gap is so big. I thought it would be closer to be fair. But I'm very glad to see Max splitting the two reds. RB are a big story this season I think.
Derek Smith said:
I know that no one knew the relative performances of the cars before this weekend but there are some surprises in the times, not the least being the 7/10s Hamilton has over Vettel. I was hoping for Ferrari to top the times - I've nothing against Merc or Hamilton, just wanted a challenge - or at the very least to be close. This is disappointing to say the very least.
HAAS up there again for the Ozzy GP. Let's hope they don't mess it all up again. That was a farce last season.
McLaren, at least in the hands of Norris, quite impressive, and the best of the rest, but early days. Sainz not showing well.
Williams though. The car's worse than last season's.
The timings do not suggest an exciting season at the front, but the midfield promises to be edge of the seat stuff.
Grosjean, bless him, won’t make it round the first lap without some form of contact that either finishes his race or means a trip to the pits. Hopefully Gunther won’t be making the “looking like a bunch of wHAAS up there again for the Ozzy GP. Let's hope they don't mess it all up again. That was a farce last season.
McLaren, at least in the hands of Norris, quite impressive, and the best of the rest, but early days. Sainz not showing well.
Williams though. The car's worse than last season's.
The timings do not suggest an exciting season at the front, but the midfield promises to be edge of the seat stuff.
kers” phone call again!Otispunkmeyer said:
Derek Smith said:
I know that no one knew the relative performances of the cars before this weekend but there are some surprises in the times, not the least being the 7/10s Hamilton has over Vettel. I was hoping for Ferrari to top the times - I've nothing against Merc or Hamilton, just wanted a challenge - or at the very least to be close. This is disappointing to say the very least.
HAAS up there again for the Ozzy GP. Let's hope they don't mess it all up again. That was a farce last season.
McLaren, at least in the hands of Norris, quite impressive, and the best of the rest, but early days. Sainz not showing well.
Williams though. The car's worse than last season's.
The timings do not suggest an exciting season at the front, but the midfield promises to be edge of the seat stuff.
Grosjean, bless him, won’t make it round the first lap without some form of contact that either finishes his race or means a trip to the pits. Hopefully Gunther won’t be making the “looking like a bunch of wHAAS up there again for the Ozzy GP. Let's hope they don't mess it all up again. That was a farce last season.
McLaren, at least in the hands of Norris, quite impressive, and the best of the rest, but early days. Sainz not showing well.
Williams though. The car's worse than last season's.
The timings do not suggest an exciting season at the front, but the midfield promises to be edge of the seat stuff.
kers” phone call again!. He's a big star in that show.The gap between the fastest Merc & fastest Ferrari is roughly the same as last year. Its probably just track specific to Oz as its an unusual one. Imagine if Mexico was the first race of the year and it was an all Red Bull front row, we would be all saying 'ooh the worm has turned now.' It will all be ok!
Although Ricciardo's move is looking ever more confusing.
Although Ricciardo's move is looking ever more confusing.
Somebody called it in the winter testing threads when they said it takes huge confidence to run 8 days of winter testing and do no real qually / performance runs until the very last day.
When I read that I looked at the data, looked at the way the team had carried themselves, and their history of running winter testing and had to concur with them.
I don’t think they are the 7/10’s in front that qualifying suggest, but the Merc is definitely faster.
When I read that I looked at the data, looked at the way the team had carried themselves, and their history of running winter testing and had to concur with them.
I don’t think they are the 7/10’s in front that qualifying suggest, but the Merc is definitely faster.
Speed Badger said:
The gap between the fastest Merc & fastest Ferrari is roughly the same as last year. Its probably just track specific to Oz as its an unusual one. Imagine if Mexico was the first race of the year and it was an all Red Bull front row, we would be all saying 'ooh the worm has turned now.' It will all be ok!
Although Ricciardo's move is looking ever more confusing.
Even based on this result I think the RB worm has turned. I questioned it before today but am now all but convinced, Ferrari are now competing with Mercedes AND Red Bull. Albeit more often than not I think they'll be attacking Mercedes and defending from Red Bull.Although Ricciardo's move is looking ever more confusing.
But whichever track had hosted the first race, I think I would feel the same. I would and do feel that this year we have a genuine top 3 battle, and specifically the battle for second in the WCC and WDC is going to be heated.
Whilst initially dispiriting (sorry Merc/Hamilton fans), I'm still hopeful for a close season. It's not that representative a track.
I expect Hamilton to scamper off, Verstappen to insert himself in front of Bottas/Vettel and become a roadblock that refuses to be passed in the fashion of G Villeneuve, (but without any notion of what might constitute fair blocking).
It's the midfield that will be fascinating. For the sake of Haas, I hope they pull off a good result. McLaren looks better than expected - great performance by Norris. I've warmed a lot to Sainz, good chance for him to impress with a charge from the back.
Kimi's well positioned for a points score.
Given that we knew Williams was going to be bringing up the rear, biggest disappointment has been Renault. I hope for both Ricciardo and Hulkenberg's sake they can develop a car worthy of their drivers talents.
I expect Hamilton to scamper off, Verstappen to insert himself in front of Bottas/Vettel and become a roadblock that refuses to be passed in the fashion of G Villeneuve, (but without any notion of what might constitute fair blocking).
It's the midfield that will be fascinating. For the sake of Haas, I hope they pull off a good result. McLaren looks better than expected - great performance by Norris. I've warmed a lot to Sainz, good chance for him to impress with a charge from the back.
Kimi's well positioned for a points score.
Given that we knew Williams was going to be bringing up the rear, biggest disappointment has been Renault. I hope for both Ricciardo and Hulkenberg's sake they can develop a car worthy of their drivers talents.
rdjohn said:
snake_oil said:
How the fk has he got this gig? You've summed it up perfectly, he sucks the life out of the screen. He's achieved fk all in F1 and is also dull as ditchwater. The mind boggles.
Does he not epitomise SKYF1’s coverage, generally.k has he got this gig? You've summed it up perfectly, he sucks the life out of the screen. He's achieved fk all in F1 and is also dull as ditchwater. The mind boggles.I have just watched Marc Pristley’s video on YouTube and have learned much more than listening to the BS on SKY.
The rest of the sky team are knowledgeable to be fair, why they haven't got Ted doing Di Restas job is baffling, or even Davidson, annoying chap at times but at least he's enthusiastic about it.
Can you imagine fighting year long to win the championship, you win by 2 points after a hellish race, you get out your car and Paul is there for interviews? I'd probably just restart the car and drive off
Hats off to the boys and girls building that Merc and the management team that seems to have pulled one over most people's eyes in testing.
Hamilton is the all time greatest at pulling a last lap pole out the bag, he just doesn't seem to feel the pressure, in that respect he's a genius behind the wheel.
That Italian work ethic is going to have to do some catching up.
Cant wait to see Verstappen and LeClerc piling into turn 1 together. I also hope William's don't ruin Russell's career the same way McLaren shafted Vandoorne.
Hamilton is the all time greatest at pulling a last lap pole out the bag, he just doesn't seem to feel the pressure, in that respect he's a genius behind the wheel.
That Italian work ethic is going to have to do some catching up.
Cant wait to see Verstappen and LeClerc piling into turn 1 together. I also hope William's don't ruin Russell's career the same way McLaren shafted Vandoorne.
Derek Smith said:
I know that no one knew the relative performances of the cars before this weekend but there are some surprises in the times, not the least being the 7/10s Hamilton has over Vettel. I was hoping for Ferrari to top the times - I've nothing against Merc or Hamilton, just wanted a challenge - or at the very least to be close. This is disappointing to say the very least.
HAAS up there again for the Ozzy GP. Let's hope they don't mess it all up again. That was a farce last season.
McLaren, at least in the hands of Norris, quite impressive, and the best of the rest, but early days. Sainz not showing well.
Williams though. The car's worse than last season's.
The timings do not suggest an exciting season at the front, but the midfield promises to be edge of the seat stuff.
On the basis of a fast lap he was held up Sainz isn't showing well? Really? It's the first qualifying and already people are writing drivers and the championship as a whole off? HAAS up there again for the Ozzy GP. Let's hope they don't mess it all up again. That was a farce last season.
McLaren, at least in the hands of Norris, quite impressive, and the best of the rest, but early days. Sainz not showing well.
Williams though. The car's worse than last season's.
The timings do not suggest an exciting season at the front, but the midfield promises to be edge of the seat stuff.
ChocolateFrog said:
It's also very ominous for Kubica.
Nearly 6 seconds off the pace...He can blame the car for the first 4 seconds of that. The last 2 were his. Russell underlined that fact.
It's interesting that we have a team here that can ONLY fight with themselves. P18? That's just a pipe dream for both these guys.
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