2019 Australian Grand Prix

[Get That 88 Up There !!]

Time again for the start of the Formula One season. Ready for Ferrari to get my hopes up just for them to let me down like always and hopefully Riccardo can do decent in the Renault. Besides that , hopefully we have a good season, even though that is asking alot

 

[FLRacingFan]

Not gonna say McLaren are 'back' by any stretch of the imagination but I think they'll be a lot better. I think how Leclerc does at Ferrari, how Alfa Romeo does, and how badly Williams can plummet will be interesting. I don't see Red Bull's Honda switch doing too much for them.

They're also giving 1 bonus point for fastest lap, so long as you finish in the Top 10 now...

 

[donthaveanickname]

Leclerc is a wheelman, not a wingman. Would be great if he could win the championship this year.

They're also giving 1 bonus point for fastest lap, so long as you finish in the Top 10 now...

Some old school stuff They already used to do that in the 50's.

 

[FLRacingFan]

 

[LewTheShoe]

I think how Leclerc does at Ferrari, how Alfa Romeo does, and how badly Williams can plummet will be interesting.

I agree, these are three intriguing storylines. Last year the racing sucked... about a 1 on a scale of 1 to 10. But we did have an exciting points battle for the first half of the season, so that was one redeeming thing. And the commercial-free TV coverage was another.

For 2019, I'm pessimistic on the quality of the racing... hopefully some improvements from last year, but F1 has a long way to go before we have scintillating head-to-head competition. I'm more optimistic about a good points battle (I seem to say that every year).

I'm rooting for Ferrari... as I've done every year since 1963... except when Mario was in the Lotus!

 

[DUN24]

Charlie Whiting passed suddenly, on the eve of the season, at 66. Wow. RIP.

 

[Marcingak]

Charlie Whiting passed suddenly, on the eve of the season, at 66. Wow. RIP.

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/charlie-whiting-obituary/4352149/

 

[DUN24]

Honda's sound good and look good.

 

[Kiante]

Mercedes is looking good again, but I think that quali pace is going to come back and haunt them. This means either they have a damn good car or this car eats tires as well. Leclerc looked good on long runs and so did Seb.

Williams technically did not make the old "107% rule". Yikes what a mess for them.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Charlie Whiting passed suddenly, on the eve of the season, at 66. Wow. RIP.

Embolisms...scary as hell.

 

[Kiante]

Embolisms...scary as hell.

The big three in Bernie, Professor Watkins, and Whiting are gone and have nothing to do with F1 anymore...

From reddit. I legit got choked up when I saw this after work.

 

[Kiante]

Hmmmm....

Vettel put down a 1:22.5 and Vettel messes up the last corner... The Ferrari looks glued.

 

[Kiante]

Wow.

Lewis just put down a 22.2. Good lord Merc and Ferrari have torpedoes.

 

[Kiante]

Drivers are starting to gain more confidence in their cars. Dudes are all elbows out right now.

 

[Get That 88 Up There !!]

 

[Kiante]

So everyone is going to accuse Haas of copying Ferrari again?

 

[FLRacingFan]

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Ferrari nowhere to be found relative to Mercedes. Ouch.

 

[kyle18fan]

7 tenths in qualifying .......... I guess I will be skipping another season

 

[kyle18fan]

Ferrari nowhere to be found relative to Mercedes. Ouch.

7 tenths is indeed nowhere

 

[Kiante]

Ferrari nowhere to be found relative to Mercedes. Ouch.

Going to be a long season... Ferrari better tighten up on R&D this year.

 

[donthaveanickname]

Charlie Whiting passed suddenly, on the eve of the season, at 66. Wow. RIP.

I was really shocked to read that. I hope they'll do some sort of tribute tomorrow.

 

[donthaveanickname]

Gotta go to bed now so I can catch the race race tomorrow at 6.10 am.
I really hope the Ferraris can pick up the pace over the course of the season since Leclerc is my favourite to win the world championship.

 

[Hotrod]

So everyone is going to accuse Haas of copying Ferrari again?

Be great if Haas can get the " best of the rest " award this year. They looked good in quali.

 

[FLRacingFan]

 

[Mispeedway15]

At least it’s blue

 

[KodiakRusty89]

Ready for the green flag!!

I've been on a sports bender today that started at 11 A.M with the America East basketball championship. I've watched parts of 22 bball games, a Xfinity race and The Players golf tournament. I'm hoping to make it to the end of the Formula 1 race then wake up and do it all over again tomorrow!! Relatively speaking...lol..

 

[KodiakRusty89]

These prerace interviews seem very forced. Like the drivers just want to be left alone...

 

[donthaveanickname]

The racing seems to be the same as last year.
It's gonna be a long season.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Really good start by Bottas. If there's anywhere he could hold off Hamilton it's a place like Melbourne.

 

[Kiante]

Oh boy... I can see how this is going to go for now...

 

[Mispeedway15]

The racing seems to be the same as last year.
It's gonna be a long season.

Last year was bad? Lol I was thoroughly entertained

 

[Kiante]

Renault!

Red Bull begins to laugh

 

[FLRacingFan]

Same ****, new pile.

 

[donthaveanickname]

A McLaren blows up... business as usual

 

[Kiante]

Lewis is matching Valtteri.

Valtteri sets new fastest lap

 

[Kiante]

Haas ****** up the pit-stops again...

Good lord.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Haas are so ******* bad at pit stops. They must work with the NASCAR guys.

 

[donthaveanickname]

Last year was bad? Lol I was thoroughly entertained

Maybe 95% of all overtakes happened on straightaways. They couldn't overtake anywhere without the DRS crap.
And at tracks like Albert Park and Sochi, they can't overtake at all.

BTW. It is ridiculous that about 20 people work on the cars during pit stops.

 

[Kiante]

Danny Ric's debut has not gone to plan at all.

 

[donthaveanickname]

AN OVERTAKE!!!