Always funny.
F1 2018 Season
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Mega lap from Lewis, straight into his ever-growing collection of stonking poles. Shame Vettel and Verstappen didn't hook up good laps but I imagine they'll be on it tomorrow.
Brilliant Qualifying. Hamilton is just different class, just incredible. Roll on race day!
Wouldn't read too much into the first few fly-aways, all the tracks have very different requirements and the teams are still figuring out the sweet-spots for their cars, how the tyres work etc. We'll know how the season will be by the end of the Spanish GP.
Ferrari actually ahead of Merc in the published speed traps, perhaps the trick-mapping centres more on application of power rather than peak power. Hamilton is gun over 1 lap at Albert Park, expect the race will be closer.
Ferrari actually ahead of Merc in the published speed traps, perhaps the trick-mapping centres more on application of power rather than peak power. Hamilton is gun over 1 lap at Albert Park, expect the race will be closer.
Lewis nailed it in his last lap in qualifying set up , race set up will be different and the cars will be closer.
We have all seen him do laps like that before, expecting a tight race, not the foregone conclusion some are expecting, not so much on here but elsewhere.
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Lewis was almost 7 tenths quicker than Raikkonen. That's not the track, it's his superior qualifying (+ his Mercedes of course). It happens with him all the time, that's why he's the leading pole setter of all time with 73 and counting.
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Is it gonna rain tomorrow? If so, it could be interesting.
Netflix are making a 10 part documentary about this season.
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2018/3/formula-1-and-netflix-in-2018-season-deal-.html
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2018/3/formula-1-and-netflix-in-2018-season-deal-.html
Met Office are saying 23 degrees with 15% chance of rain, but 40 mph winds, that could be the killer, cold track , cold rubber going to be a game changer I think.
Hope so. At least we would see an interesting race
Probably one of the best laps from him today for Q3, nailed every apex perfectly. Means nothing tomorrow though, so it's going to be interesting if Kimi is up for a fight tomorrow.
McLaren must be seething tonight, a lot of work for them to do.
McLaren must be seething tonight, a lot of work for them to do.
The W09 is ridiculous, the time Hamilton gained alone in t1 compared to Kimi was ridiculous.
People like to think the PU alone is the reason Mercedes are so dominant but they have the perfect combination of chassis, engine and driver.
I still think the gap to P2 was a lot bigger than usual because of the mistakes the other drivers made, Vettel should have been able to get a lot closer if he nailed his lap.
The race should be a lot more interesting, I expect Ferrari to give Kimi an alternative strategy to try and put pressure on Hamilton, but It will be fun watching what Max does on the more durable tyre, I expect him and Ricciardo to go for a 1 stop.
I wish Ricciardo wasn't penalized in FP since it would have made it a lot more exciting tomorrow but I still expect him to be in the mix somehow.
People like to think the PU alone is the reason Mercedes are so dominant but they have the perfect combination of chassis, engine and driver.
I still think the gap to P2 was a lot bigger than usual because of the mistakes the other drivers made, Vettel should have been able to get a lot closer if he nailed his lap.
The race should be a lot more interesting, I expect Ferrari to give Kimi an alternative strategy to try and put pressure on Hamilton, but It will be fun watching what Max does on the more durable tyre, I expect him and Ricciardo to go for a 1 stop.
I wish Ricciardo wasn't penalized in FP since it would have made it a lot more exciting tomorrow but I still expect him to be in the mix somehow.
nice low pass by a C17
Australia Race Start
Here we go , small risk of rain and it looks a bit windy that could cause problems.
Will Lewis get the perfect start to his season, looks that way , but you never know.
Will Lewis get the perfect start to his season, looks that way , but you never know.
Good start from Lewis, already pulling away.
wish they would get rid of DRS , 3 sections in this race !
Sirotkin out of his first race in lap 6.
Lap 8 Lewis is 2.25 seconds ahead of Kimi.
HAAS are doing excellent , 4th and 6th on lap 8.
Max spins out and drops down to 8th from 3rd.
HAAS are now 4th and 5th
HAAS are now 4th and 5th
Kimi first in for new boots.
Lewis next in.
Lewis back out in second 12 seconds behind Seb and 3.35 in front of Kimi in 3rd.
Good battle for 4th , between the 2 HAAS and Riccardo.
Think they sacrificed Kimi knowing Lewis would have to cover him, Vettel will presumably keep going on then put on the supersofts later on. Should get him up to second at least.
Magnassun out , looks due to left rear wheel not attached correct, bad luck for him he was doing dso well.
wtf going on at Haas?
OMG both HAAS are now both out , looks like both due to pit stop problems.
VSC
Incredible luck for Vettel, thoroughly underwhelming all weekend and he's going to win it. Shame Haas can't copy the Ferrari pit crew too.
Dodgy wheel guns on the left hand side.
WOW that helped Seb out massively.
Seb comes out in fron , Lewis will be seething, expect to see a race now.
Seb comes out in fron , Lewis will be seething, expect to see a race now.
proper SC out now.
Merc's did nothing wrong , just Seb was very lucky to get the VSC when he did.
what a disaster for HAAS , they we looking at the best ever finnish.
They look devastated, I bet it wont happen again.
They look devastated, I bet it wont happen again.
Lewis is itching to pass Seb
Well, that was pure luck 
Nando doing well. Happy for him
HAAS could well have handed this race to Seb !