Lord Lyman Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 I should feel sorry for you guys if you have to wake up for a 6 am race, but for me, 16 of the 19 races take place at 8 am and earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Mongoose Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 I made it. Lotus Renault looks impossible to drive. And it's starting to rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonius Pius Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Yeah, Grosjean's face said it all (as did Maldonado's bouncing around the track, for once perhaps not his fault).Love the sound of these turbo engines, but the cars all look horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Lyman Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Yeah, Grosjean's face said it all (as did Maldonado's bouncing around the track, for once perhaps not his fault).Love the sound of these turbo engines, but the cars all look horrible. They mentioned on the US broadcast that if the engineers of the 80's knew about aerodynamics like they do today, The cars of the 80's would look just as horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonius Pius Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 There were some monstrosities in the latter half of the nineties as well, when teams were desperate to find grip after the spate of changes to the rules.Wet Q2, cool. Race probably dry though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonius Pius Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 They mentioned on the US broadcast that if the engineers of the 80's knew about aerodynamics like they do today, The cars of the 80's would look just as horrible.They went allout with carbonfibre as well (light and strong), until it became clear that too much carbonfibre meant that the driver was absorbing all the impact in case of a crash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Mongoose Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Vettel 13th! And Raikkonen in a wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonius Pius Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Button out too. Looks like Kimi reacted to Perez going wide just ahead. Iceman all-over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Lyman Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 3- total number of laps I predict Lotus will complete tomorrow. All from Grosjean. I think Maldonado will be lucky to make it to the grid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonius Pius Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 You could well be right, though they may surprise us and go five laps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Lyman Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 I looked at the practice results and they've completed 33 laps combined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Mongoose Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 That Aussie crowd is fantastic, the cheer for Ricciardo followed by the groan as Hamilton goes faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonius Pius Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Oh dear... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonius Pius Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Well, that was interesting. Good work by Ricciardo, Vergne, Kvyat (who?) and Magnussen (who?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brAnthelAstgreenseer Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 That was an interesting qualifying after a long time . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Lyman Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Should be a very interesting start. We could see a few guys not even make the first lap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 That Aussie crowd is fantastic, the cheer for Ricciardo followed by the groan as Hamilton goes faster. Although they did cheer Vettel not making it but with Australians you know it's mostly in good humour (and not too vindictive). I wonder if it's a benefit of the quieter engine or was the crowd just that vocal? It was great to see Ricciardo do so well - I have to admit he was going to be another underling of Vettel but there is a glimmer of hope here. I hope Daniel doesn't back off if Vettel is behind him and they've been told to go into fuel saving mode (I'm sure Webber will be reminding him). It'll be good to see race pace in the dry as the cars don't seem as far apart from the qualifying, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvo Attano Posted March 15, 2014 Author Share Posted March 15, 2014 I think that the most surprising thing is that a) it wasn't a Mercedes front-row lockout, and b ) the car that did manage to split them was a Red Bull. Its good to see Magnussen in 4th as well - interestingly, Hamilton qualified 4th in Melbourne in 2007. Its also nice that Kobayashi not only made it into Q3, he beat one of the 'midfield' drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew_ Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 Ahh love hearing the roar of the engines from my bedroom window, and the jets flying overhead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 It'll be good to see race pace in the dry as the cars don't seem as far apart from the qualifying, Given the changeable conditions in the qualifying I think it's difficult to really tell yet how fast the various cars will be, although I think we can safely assume that Mercedes will be at the front. A damp track can help cover up some car problems and be a bit of a leveller so some cars might not be as close to the front as they've appeared so far. After all the predictions of disaster for the Renault-powered cars they'll probably be relatively happy with three of the cars in the top 10, although it's surprising that Vettel is the RB/TR drivers to lose out, it's not often that he's been as outclassed by a team-mate as Ricciardo managed today even if I suspect normal service will be resumed shortly. Out of the other Renault teams Lotus look to have horrible problems while Caterham seem to have moved closer to the midfield, it's good to see Kobayashi doing well. One potential concern for the Renault teams in future races might be the poor weather meant overheating would be less likely (which did seem to be a concern in the Bahrain tests), we'll have to see if that's more of an issue once they get to Malaysia. As well as Hamilton and Ricciardo I was also impressed with the debut performances from Magnussen and Kyvat (even if the latter did crash), McLaren do seem to think they've got someone special in Magnussen and he's certainly made a great start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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