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Grand Prix thread Official Not606 2016 Australian GP Chat and Predictions

Discussion in 'Formula 1' started by EternalMSC, Mar 11, 2016.

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Who Will Hit The Ground Running?

Poll closed Mar 19, 2016.
  1. Lewis Hamilton

    65.5%
  2. Nico Rosberg

    17.2%
  3. Sebastian Vettel

    13.8%
  4. Kimi Raikkonen

    3.4%
  5. Valtteri Bottas

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  6. Felipe Massa

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  7. Daniil Kvyat

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  8. Daniel Ricciardo

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  9. Sergio Perez

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  10. OTHER (PLEASE STATE)

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  1. SgtBhaji

    SgtBhaji Well-Known Member

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    He's lost sight of the big things and too wound up in fiddly details.
     
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  2. TopClass

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    The Mercedes looked frighteningly quick when Lewis did those sectors 2 and 3 to go from half a second down to posting comfortably the fastest lap in FP2. Just seems good in every area. Ferrari have their work cut out based on that but let's see where the land lies in dry conditions tomorrow.
     
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  3. moreinjuredthanowen

    moreinjuredthanowen Mr Brightside

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    looks like hamilton's got himself in some tepidly hot water as per.....

    It looks to me like the rain's certianly helps the mercedes more than ferrari.

    Kimi is 0.8 sceonds down in p2.

    have they pushed? has anyone really pushed?

    roll on tomorrow!
     
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  4. Big Ern

    Big Ern Lord, Master, Guru & Emperor

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    "Hamilton fastest as Rosberg crashes' with a nice picture of Lewis laughing.
     
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  5. El_Bando

    El_Bando Can't remember, where was I?
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    Soo.... is the Force India quick? They looked good in pre season and still up the top in practice
     
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  6. ErnieBecclestone

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    Hamilton is in Megga form and so are Mercedes, sorry but it's all over, unless !!!! nah couldn't be could it, is that a Honda I hear in the distance,
     
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    Davidson commenting on a Honda engineering saying it doesn't look good, but 2017 should be much better #LMFAO #Deluded
     
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  8. ErnieBecclestone

    ErnieBecclestone Well-Known Member

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    We can but hope eh. I can remember the days when !!! ah well

    I can also remember Honda's very first foray into F1, that wasn't a total success either.
     
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  9. Big Ern

    Big Ern Lord, Master, Guru & Emperor

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    It's all gone a bit LFC at McHRT
    'next year is our year'
     
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  10. SgtBhaji

    SgtBhaji Well-Known Member

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    Well... that was a short season ladies and gents..back to The Chain with you all. See ya next season! x
     
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  11. SgtBhaji

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    But next year is our year! :p
     
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  12. allsaintchris.

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    Quite, tragic consequences as well for making a car with a magnesium tub.

    Why do they always try and do things differently, when they do they get it wrong. Their best period from the mid 80's to early 90's was when they followed convention and made it better with the V6 turbo's and V10 atmo's. Nothing came close to them. They then decided, for no apparent reason, to go for a V12 which ended up being worse then the V10 it replaced. What they need is European design with Japanese engineering. They just get so many of their concepts wrong when they try and do it all themselves.
     
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  13. EternalMSC

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    Anybody up for Sp3?
     
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  14. Mrcento

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    Haryanto (who i think is far out of his depth) made to look a bit of an idiot by his own team there as he crashes into Grosjean in the pit lane!
     
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  15. EternalMSC

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    Manor and FI will have a good weekend.
     
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  16. Mrcento

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    Wehrlein looking very handy in the Manor.
     
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  17. EternalMSC

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    Rosberg looks spooked.
     
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  18. EternalMSC

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    Haas-Renault-Mclaren-Manor, from bottom up it seems.
     
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  19. Mrcento

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    The McLarens....actually not putting on too bad a show, setting times pretty close to Williams on the same tyres
     
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  20. Mrcento

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    My feeling looking at the cars is that the order is- Mercedes, Ferrari, Red Bull, Toro Rosso, Williams, Force India, McLaren, Renault, Sauber, Manor. Haas,

    The midfield looks ridiculously close though! The Sauber and Williams look comparatively disappointing from where they were last year compared to the teams they were competing with. Ferrari about 2-3 tenths in pure pace of Mercedes.
     
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