2017 Rolex Australian GP. Melbourne. .24 MAR - 27 MAR 03/23/17 (Thu) 16:13:28 e190af No. 63088 [View All]
New year, new cars, a few new drivers, but same old story? Lets find out!
As one might have noticed, the cars have gone back to being more aero focused meaning they are quite fast around the corners again. The tyres should not need no more nursing around which in theory lead to divers being more aggressive.
New comers this year are Stroll and Stoffel.
Ocon now starts his first full season in Force Pinkdia.
Other notable driver changes are Bottas to Mercedes, Hulk to Renault and K-MAG to HAAS.
Australia traditionally doesn't offer up the most exciting racing as the teams are still finding their feet but that is not going to prevent you from watching this race in an ungodly hour does it?
Things to watch out for:
Is Mercedes still the top dog?
Is Ferrari the real deal?
Can McLaren Honda complete one lap without an engine change?
Can RedBull find their aero magic again?
Can HAAS perform a miracle like last year again?
Session times: All are local Melbourne times
FP1: 12 to 13:30
FP2: 16 to 17:30
FP3: 14 to 15
Quali: 17 to 18
Race: 16:00
F1.com has a very handy 'Convert to local time' feature.
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Backmarker 03/26/17 (Sun) 06:26:59 e190af No. 63274
Classic Vettel.
Going for win and fast lap
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Backmarker 03/26/17 (Sun) 06:27:06 e190af No. 63275
what happened to the radio messages that weren't in english
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Backmarker 03/26/17 (Sun) 06:28:10 e190af No. 63276
>weesha lapped perez
>perez is P7
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Backmarker 03/26/17 (Sun) 06:29:24 e190af No. 63277
first time ferrari will lead the championship since 2013?
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Backmarker 03/26/17 (Sun) 06:29:36 e190af No. 63278
>graffiti has the merc in the lead
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Backmarker 03/26/17 (Sun) 06:30:16 e190af No. 63279
>"street art"
ask the singaporeans about that
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Backmarker 03/26/17 (Sun) 06:30:54 e190af No. 63280
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Backmarker 03/26/17 (Sun) 06:31:03 e190af No. 63281
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Backmarker 03/26/17 (Sun) 06:31:49 e190af No. 63282
yes yes yes unbeliefubble
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Backmarker 03/26/17 (Sun) 06:32:00 e190af No. 63283
Vettel is back. No one is safe.
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Backmarker 03/26/17 (Sun) 06:32:17 e190af No. 63284
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Backmarker 03/26/17 (Sun) 06:32:26 e190af No. 63285
>>63275
here it is, a German talking in Italian
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Backmarker 03/26/17 (Sun) 06:33:38 e190af No. 63286
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Backmarker 03/26/17 (Sun) 06:33:39 e190af No. 63287
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Backmarker 03/26/17 (Sun) 06:33:48 e190af No. 63288
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Backmarker 03/26/17 (Sun) 06:35:36 e190af No. 63289
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Backmarker 03/26/17 (Sun) 06:36:26 e190af No. 63290
>>63286
> You can't go out there
Fuck off ya dick head cunt.
Aussie aussie aussie.
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Backmarker 03/26/17 (Sun) 06:37:29 e190af No. 63291
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Backmarker 03/26/17 (Sun) 06:39:10 e190af No. 63292
driver cooldown now in public
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Backmarker 03/26/17 (Sun) 06:39:11 e190af No. 63293
I'm already missing the awkward silence between Hamilton and Rosberg. Maybe there's gonna be a podium with Gimi and Goattas with awkward silence.
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Backmarker 03/26/17 (Sun) 06:40:11 e190af No. 63294
this looks more like it
>get fucked germany
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Backmarker 03/26/17 (Sun) 06:41:28 e190af No. 63295
>retro theme songs
MAX VOLUME
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Backmarker 03/26/17 (Sun) 06:42:23 e190af No. 63296
missed this combo so much
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Backmarker 03/26/17 (Sun) 06:42:51 e190af No. 63297
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Backmarker 03/26/17 (Sun) 06:44:19 e190af No. 63298
are these the shittiest bespoke trophies of the year
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Backmarker 03/26/17 (Sun) 06:46:03 e190af No. 63299
>>63293
Now you get awkward interviews.
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Backmarker 03/26/17 (Sun) 06:47:05 e190af No. 63300
webbo just happy to not be drinking toe fungus
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Backmarker 03/26/17 (Sun) 06:49:05 e190af No. 63301
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Backmarker 03/26/17 (Sun) 06:50:47 e190af No. 63302
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Backmarker 03/26/17 (Sun) 06:55:43 e190af No. 63303
at least the nigger didn't win/10
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Backmarker 03/26/17 (Sun) 07:09:05 e190af No. 63304
>all this sky bottass praise for being worse than weesha but not so much
its almost as if button never existed
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Backmarker 03/26/17 (Sun) 08:22:19 e190af No. 63305
guess who is back in action
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Backmarker 03/26/17 (Sun) 15:15:39 e190af No. 63306
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Backmarker 03/26/17 (Sun) 20:56:56 e190af No. 63307
they have to hire extra beefy cameramen to protect even their most androgynous reportresses
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Backmarker 03/28/17 (Tue) 13:07:46 e190af No. 63308
will lewisham ever recover, lads?
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Backmarker 03/28/17 (Tue) 20:05:54 e190af No. 63309
>now f1i has gone to shit
thanks obama
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Backmarker 03/29/17 (Wed) 23:15:24 e190af No. 63311
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Backmarker 03/29/17 (Wed) 23:26:34 e190af No. 63312
greedo getting a little shot in at sauber
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Backmarker 03/30/17 (Thu) 00:03:35 e190af No. 63313
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Backmarker 03/30/17 (Thu) 04:32:52 e190af No. 63317
a quick read about the bongs and jokers at FACT (an organization so incompetent it couldn't take down Henno even with the assistance of a certain australian until the UFC and its crack team of jewish lawyers got involved) at it again:
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/mar/29/premier-league-illegal-streaming-tv-audiences
warning: article is about kicking-ball. but relevant because of Sky and many of the F1 streamers are predominantly kickball streamers. also because the looming worldwide total surveillance state and the UK leading the world in being pieces of shit re: the internet etc
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Backmarker 03/31/17 (Fri) 01:04:08 e190af No. 63318
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Backmarker 03/31/17 (Fri) 02:10:06 e190af No. 63319
joe's:
>The word in Melbourne was that [Supercars] will be hosting a championship round at the Grand Prix next year, something which Mr E always rejected. The new management of the Formula One group has a very different approach and there have even been suggestions that they might be willing to share the billing with IndyCars
the day indycar agrees to be a support race for an f1 event
although indycar is so broke red bull could probably buy the entire thing and use it to waste more youth talent
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Backmarker 03/31/17 (Fri) 02:22:18 e190af No. 63320
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Backmarker 03/31/17 (Fri) 13:07:47 e190af No. 63321
scarbs on overtaking
https://drivetribe.com/p/auZby7jDQhuGAz6N9TEP-g
tl;dr: advocating yet another major redesign of the cars
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Backmarker 03/31/17 (Fri) 13:19:15 e190af No. 63322
meanwhile consider an active aero solution, something along the lines of a blocked off double diffuser rigged to open in a downforce loss situation. yes it would fuck the balance but make the drivers deal with that. there are any number of similar things that could be done and put on the existing cars in a next-season time frame.
never mind we have yet to see the full overtaking situation with the current cars on a representative track. or for that matter who really wants a sport with easy overtakes every twenty fucking seconds.
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Backmarker 03/31/17 (Fri) 13:34:55 e190af No. 63323
>>63318
Canal+ ma boi !!
thx
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Backmarker 03/31/17 (Fri) 17:54:26 e190af No. 63324
>>63321
>tl;dr: advocating yet another major redesign of the cars
I've always thought that that's a bit backwards, the design of the cars should come the engineers trying to make the fastest machine on the grid, not from the rule makers and an overly restrictive formula.
>>63322
>meanwhile consider an active aero solution
So just DRS 2.0?
If they are this obsessed with close racing and the disturbance of aero they should just remove the wings all together and let the cars run purely on ground-effect.
I don't get this overfixation on overtakes in general, if anything DRS just made the sport duller.
Imo what would help the sport most is just ironing out some of the over-regulation that the formula seems to suffer from. Allow for more freedom in wing/body-work design, bigger better tires, allow for more ground effect and mainly allow for more engine designs/configurations a la WEC.
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Backmarker 04/01/17 (Sat) 00:48:09 e190af No. 63325
>Maldonado returns to F1 with Sauber
it's still the 31st here lads
>Female karting ace Garcia joins Renault junior programme
was wondering when they'd get around to replacing carmen
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Backmarker 04/01/17 (Sat) 01:55:56 e190af No. 63326
>>63324
i have a long-winded response but i agree with you so i'll skip it
it would be nice if the rulemakers revisited some freedoms that were banned on cost grounds (nm saving the whales), as costs and benefits have undoubtedly changed over time. rather than forcing everyone to spend all their budget on mgu-h garbage
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Backmarker 04/06/17 (Thu) 11:56:46 e190af No. 63330
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