2011 Australian GP

Re: 2011 Australian GP#247188

By Jensonb - 27 Mar 11, 07:46

- 27 Mar 11, 07:46#247188

bschuler wrote:Big question is if Hamilton's car will be ruled to be in an illegal state by the officials

Won't happen

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Re: 2011 Australian GP#247193

By supeindesu - 27 Mar 11, 07:59

- 27 Mar 11, 07:59#247193

Great race and great news, Red Bull seems to be not as powerful as it could like before... but we'll see in the next few races.
Great driving for Lewis, specially considering the situation of his car.
Renault... I just can wonder what could Kubica done with that car... hope he get ready to race really soon.
"Under investigation" for cutting a corner?... that was bad.

Re: 2011 Australian GP#247194

By ivey - 27 Mar 11, 08:02

- 27 Mar 11, 08:02#247194

What was Jenson thinking?

Anyway a nice start to a season, Red Bull still dominant but I think McLaren has a nice chance to catch up, because their car is practically NEW and there should be a lot of improvement to find.
So happy for Petrov, really hope he can maintain that level during the season and have less stupid accidents.

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if only the relationship worked..

Re: 2011 Australian GP#247195

By FerrariFan63 - 27 Mar 11, 08:05

- 27 Mar 11, 08:05#247195

Great race by Vettel. Kooks like it will be hard to beat him this year.

Re: 2011 Australian GP#247196

By Hexagram - 27 Mar 11, 08:06

- 27 Mar 11, 08:06#247196

Good race. Alonso fairly destroyed Mark but not enough laps left to get Petrov. But fair play to Petrov, he drove brilliantly.

Ferrari need to bring some upgrades to the F150 quick smart.

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Re: 2011 Australian GP#247199

By Frontrunner - 27 Mar 11, 08:10

- 27 Mar 11, 08:10#247199

Sauber look to be the best with tyre wear for now, 1 stop for Perez

Well done Sauber

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Re: 2011 Australian GP#247201

By Denthúl - 27 Mar 11, 08:14

- 27 Mar 11, 08:14#247201

Pretty good race really, strategies didn't work out for some people, did for others. Mega performance from Petrov, who would easily get my driver of the day nomination, although Pérez was fantastic with that one-stop strategy, too. How on Earth did he get the tyres to hold on for that long? Paul di Resta performed solidly, maturely and I think that we will see him put in some very good races later on in the season.

Disappointed by the double-retirements of Williams and Mercedes, really feel sorry for Rosberg as that move from Barrichello was crazy. Also had higher hopes from Webber and Button, but at least they registered points finishes and there are still plenty of races to go.

Congratulations are in order for Vettel, who drove a good (if perhaps a little boring) race, and Hamilton who I wouldn't have put on the podium based on testing performance.

Roll on Malaysia.

Re: 2011 Australian GP#247203

By F1er - 27 Mar 11, 08:15

- 27 Mar 11, 08:15#247203

Petrov outscored both Ferraris by himself,now imagine if Nick wasn't a bum. I said all along that ride belongs to HULK

Re: 2011 Australian GP#247204

By vlad - 27 Mar 11, 08:16

- 27 Mar 11, 08:16#247204

Like I said, Vettel DOMINATION!

Hamilton almost lost it there, his mistake is the reason. But, he was nowhere near Vettel, I watched some interviews, their goal was to keep him at least 3-4 seconds off.

Button said that Massa was really too slow, much slower than Alonso, and that he just had to cut the curve, or to lose it.

Webber... Hmmm, well, This is the part where you can say that RB isn't really that good. At the end of the race he just pulled over, some technical problems, or he was pissed!

Great day for Petrov, Perez, Kobi was also good!

So, I'm off to sleep now, really tired.

Enjoy!

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Re: 2011 Australian GP#247205

By F1er - 27 Mar 11, 08:18

- 27 Mar 11, 08:18#247205

I dont believe for a second Vettel&Webber were driving the same car

Re: 2011 Australian GP#247206

By racechick - 27 Mar 11, 08:21

- 27 Mar 11, 08:21#247206

Dont know yet if Lewis going off was a result of the underfloor damage or the cause of it. Either way he did damn well to get 2nd with it and he was closing down vettel before it happenned.

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Re: 2011 Australian GP#247208

By bud - 27 Mar 11, 08:24

- 27 Mar 11, 08:24#247208

It looked like it was damaged before he went off.

Re: 2011 Australian GP#247209

By Hammer278 - 27 Mar 11, 08:27

- 27 Mar 11, 08:27#247209

bud wrote:It looked like it was damaged before he went off.

Yep. I watched the replay many times and even before he hit the curb, the tray was rubbing the ground. Really hoping for no changes to race result due to this, Lewis couldn't have gained an advantage from this.

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Re: 2011 Australian GP#247213

By Jensonb - 27 Mar 11, 08:42

- 27 Mar 11, 08:42#247213

Hammer278 wrote:
bud wrote:It looked like it was damaged before he went off.
Yep. I watched the replay many times and even before he hit the curb, the tray was rubbing the ground. Really hoping for no changes to race result due to this, Lewis couldn't have gained an advantage from this.

No chance they'll throw the car out for that. They're stupid, but they're not that stupid.

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Re: 2011 Australian GP#247215

By F1er - 27 Mar 11, 08:46

- 27 Mar 11, 08:46#247215

Hammer278 wrote:
bud wrote:It looked like it was damaged before he went off.
Yep. I watched the replay many times and even before he hit the curb, the tray was rubbing the ground. Really hoping for no changes to race result due to this, Lewis couldn't have gained an advantage from this.

No way!
Then FIA will have to DQ every car that has incidents and breaks or loses parts in the process.
IIRC last year someone drove for 30+ laps with a broken FW scraping the ground.

If FIA takes away his trophy I wont watch F1 any longer

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