The official Not606 Qantas Australian Grand Prix chat and predictions

Might want to include these links in the OP.

http://www.vipbox.tv/sports/motorsports.html

http://www.firstrowsports.eu/sport/motosport.html

 

Tough to call as always, but im going to say Button, if that Mclaren is hooked up nicely i dont see why he cant have a good shot at winning.

 

I think Hamilton is going to come out fighting and take it to Vettel from the off.

 

I can't see past Vettel I'm afraid but I do hope for a closer season and whilst I'm a big fan of Button I think Hamilton will be the man to take the challenge to Red Bull this year.

 

Fixed!

 

It's a lucky dip really, so I will go for Raikkonen due to the Lotus looking good during the tests.

 

So roughly, how far off the pace do you guys expect Ferrari to be in qualifying?



I'm saying:
Alonso +0.6
Massa +1.4

 

I expect Alonso to have a off chance of going for pole, but then the Ferrari will drop off in the race.

So Alonso +0.2
Massa +0.5

 

The ferrari is either good or bad over 1 lap according to people who were at Catalunya last week. If Ferrari can put it together I think they could challenge the front row.

Alonso +0.1
Massa +0.3

 

Hammy's got it in the bag, no worries mate.

 

Yeah I think you might focusing too much on Ferrari's problems, Forza. I wouldn't hazard a guess but I think any driver of maybe five teams could fill the front rows. Mercedes showed speed but had tyre wear issues. Red Bull are Red Bull but seem to have reliability issues. McLaren kept their powder a little drier but also lost time. It's kind of fun that, although it wouldn't be a complete surprise to see Vettel take pole by a large margin, we don't really know what'll happen behind or even if that'll happen. Qualifying could be extremely tight and even the race might not be as disastrous for Ferrari as Alonso and Pat Fry fear.

 

I reckon Lewis will get pole, but I don't reckon he will get the race as Seb will hound him every lap and force a mistake.

 

I think Q1 - Q2 - Q3 will be quite close for lots of teams.

BUT come the race - some will destroy tyres really quickly.

The usual suspects have it - without Alonso.

 

I honestly thought that I'd developed alzheimers for a moment there.

 

Hamilton now has more votes than Vettel and over double that of Button.

I hope 2011 was a blip

 

I was torn between Vettel, Hamilton & Button, last season I only scored points on Vettel, so I stuck with that.

 

F1 isn't a popularity contest.

 

oh yeah?

http://muzz606.maxforum.org/2012/03/06/popularity-contest/#post3

 

Wow, no-one voted for Alonso. So no-one else believes Ferrari could be doing some serious teabagging?

 

Quote from that thread:

Buemi?!