Grand Prix thread Official Not606 2016 Australian GP Chat and Predictions

Aparently kimi Raikkonens flame grilled and Fernando Alonsos tumble dried engines actually survived the Australian grand prix and will race on!

Luckiest engines in the world

 

I cant believe McLaren are taking the risk to be honest.

 

Another interesting read that bodes well for the season:

http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12...uld-challenge-mercedes-for-victory-in-Bahrain

• Last year Ferrari qualified 1.4s slower than Mercedes around Melbourne. This time Ferrari qualified within 0.8s of the Mercedes pole time.
• Furthermore, last year Albert Park was the furthest off the pace Ferrari qualified all year (when expressed as a percentage).
• Mercedes engineers looking at the numbers suspect that Ferrari were running their engines less aggressively than in Barcelona testing
• In Melbourne this year, Ferrari again was carefully managing their power units during the race.
• Something was giving Ferrari concern about being able to run with full deployment for extended periods.

 

By race on, it'll probably be used in free practices, and with all the periphery components changed. I guess a solid metal engine block is fairly robust.

 

Until it springs a leak in P1 and they lose 90 minutes of running - if they manage it then fairplay.

 

I'm pretty sure all the hamsters that power the McLaren died in the crash.

 

Nah. They love spinning around.

 

Unluckiest drivers in the world.

 

If anybody wants to make the Bahrain thread now they can. Otherwise I was planning on doing it tomorrow.

 

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