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And top of the leaderboard after qually!
Well at least I'm not last 🙂
Just seen the fantasy league avi 😆
I'm towards the bottom....didn't realise that teams don't score points in quali ffs!
higthepig - Member
Cars are longer and wider, tracks have not changed size, I predict lots of broken carbon fibre and the safety car doing plenty of laps!
Come on, give me some credit
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axle_track
If anyone is watching on C4 soon look out for Grosjean's lap - there's a head on shot of him coming into an sharp left hand corner and the change of direction speed is immense.
My gamble on Stoll not paying off so far 😆
Talking of impressive footage of the new cars, one of the turns (3?) of LH's on board final qualifying lap is just incredible 😯 I'm surprised they don't need G suits.
I'm hoping that despite the cars inherently being harder to overtake, that the toughness of driving them for a couple of hours leads to some unexpected errors or just difficultly maintaining their potential pace later in the race.
@ prawny
You lost me a bit there, I meant the racetrack in my post, not the cars track, I think tomorrow will be a good day for carbon fibre salesmen!
And top of the leaderboard after qually
I'm also 1st......as in 31st! 😆
didn't realise that teams don't score points in quali ffs!
Likewise! However, chosing a top team instead of a top driver might pay off when the racing starts..
Yeah hopefully that'll be the case....I went for Merc and Ferrari as my two teams.....which left me rather short on budget for drivers....I too had to gamble on Stroll 😕
I take my previous comment back...
The cars don't look overly fast either, but then it is a low grip track so that should change at the next race.
...after seeing this:
If anyone is watching on C4 soon look out for Grosjean's lap - there's a head on shot of him coming into an sharp left hand corner and the change of direction speed is immense.
Surely that amount of sharp turning is going to snap the chassis in half 😯 😀
Really well set up for tomorrow, now I just have to decide whether to use my parent's SkyGo login and watch it on the laptop at 6am or wait until C4 does the highlights at lunchtime ❓
I'm also 1st......as in 31st!
Eat my dust suckaaaaa! 🙂
Anyone got any insight on the merc mirrors? They seem to have some sensor in them, but I thought tyre temp monitors weren't allowed during the race (might be wrong but thought they were only OK for fp sessions)
2nd 8)
Anyone got any insight on the merc mirrors? They seem to have some sensor in them, but I thought tyre temp monitors weren't allowed during the race (might be wrong but thought they were only OK for fp sessions)
New Facebook/instagram/WhatsApp message alert for Lewis.
5th place
Is there any difference in the amount of fuel they can use/max flow rate? Will cornering faster mean more time on the throttle and potentially more fuel saving laps during the race?
They have an extra 5kg of fuel, but the new cars will spend more time at full throttle so some races might need lifting and coasting.
[url= http://www.f1technical.net/news/21196?sid=3f605f20d20818f86da63df73fb3c793 ]Fuel consumption concerns[/url]
Morning!
Morning. Early one innit? Clocks changing. Doesn't help. Danny Ric out by the sounds of it
nope danny ric back in his car! but could be watching the lights for fun
How many Renault engined cars are going to go today?
Can't wait for this!
Hope it's a good one - I'm really not awake! Had friends round and only had 3 hours sleep.
all still running despite a tap by kmag / ericcson
oofff over or undercut? we'll see
wow well done pitwall
Some work to do now for Lewis
MB bosses obviously going to favor a German driver over a British one, right?
They might even favour a finnish driver too 🙂 Does Pat Symonds add any commentary value at the moment. early days but its just seems every time he says something he just rearranges the the words of the previous comment into an other order
Symonds, first name Pat, just repeats the the other commentators comments and adds nothing of value to the commentary. Give him time I guess, it's only the first race.
Good to see Massa well up the order!
Lewis must be furious
Even Alonso can't keep the Macca going - shame as it seemed he was going to get unexpected points.
Bottas must be furious.. I reckon if the places were switched ham wouldve ignored orders and headed past him.
Come on lets see the finger
Not a Vettel or Ferrari fan but that's a good result for the start of the season! Shame RedBull seem to be quite a bit off the pace compared to where they were expected to be but I have faith they'll sort it out over the next few races.
Very interesting all of that! Shapes it all up for the rest of the season well 😀
Looking good for a proper fight this season then. Let's hope they can overtake on the track at the other tracks, otherwise it will just turn into a snooze fest irrespective of having a different winner every weekend - can anybody say they're excited by a race where the only overtaking is in the pits? The only other downside is the finger.
I enjoyed that, surprised that they did not fall over each other very much at all, tyres not going to be such a factor this year must be good news.
Yes, enjoyed out but not much overtaking on track 😕
Tyres not a factor on the Ferrari.
On the Merc? Jury out.
Zzzzz, has has it finished? Glad I didn't get up for that. Highlight of the race was when I got a technical fault with recording message from Sky after a bird probably sat on the arm between the LNB and dish.
Good to see the pesky Red Baron win.
Cannot believe there was no carbon rain on the corners after the start, maybe everybody has to pay for their own wings this season?
Zzzzz, has has it finished?
The fight for tenth place was pretty thrilling.
And in STW fantasy F1...
[b]1st Racing Legend [/b] 523pts
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[b]2nd SvladCjelli[/b] 506pts
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[b]3rd Merchant Banker[/b] 502pts
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and bringing up the rear (no pun intended) for the coveted picolax prize
55th MattA 0pts
55th stevehine 0pts
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14th for me - a pleasing start, but Williams as a team pick let me down!
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I see the pointy German is back.
4th, just outside the podium lol
It's a lot more exciting with the fantasy team! Great idea 🙂