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Old 16 Mar 2019, 14:27 (Ref:3890999)   #51
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Q1 was close and chaotic. Gasly and some others were victem.

Mercedes class on it's own.
Good to see Verstappen splitting the Ferraris. Still not really convinced of Honda.


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You have to admire Mercedes's performance. I wonder whether Ferrari have flattered to deceive in testing or if Melbourne is not representative of typical performance.

Bottas does look refreshed. I'm hoping he can take the challenge to Hamilton more over the season.

Excellent job by Lando Norris. Also kudos to Romain Grosjean for pulling his lap out. The midfield will be tightly packed this year and driver performance will come to the fore.

The track evolution in Q1 was interesting, but what an error by Red Bull (and a number of others) to not put one of their drivers out for a second lap. A reminder that you can have all the computing power in the world, but you need to think sensibly too, because Gasly really should have been out on track.
He had a good start last year but then lost it.
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Old 16 Mar 2019, 15:17 (Ref:3891021)   #52
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The track evolution in Q1 was interesting, but what an error by Red Bull (and a number of others) to not put one of their drivers out for a second lap. A reminder that you can have all the computing power in the world, but you need to think sensibly too, because Gasly really should have been out on track.
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Q1 was close and chaotic. Gasly and some others were victem.
Q1 was excellent. the track evolution provided some solid drama as the soft tires (C4 i think) came to life.

im still trying to figure out whats the point of hard C2 compound but more curious to know just how much further the lap times could have dropped if they had a few sets of C5s to play with.

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Norris did alright didn't he? That was good to see and a refreshing change from having Alonso talking himself up in a bad car.
definitely did all right! shame for Sainz who apparently was also caught out by Kubica's puncture.

Kubica looked ragged. to early to judge (he has admitted as much himself) but he looked considerably worse then expected if im being honest.
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Old 16 Mar 2019, 16:09 (Ref:3891045)   #53
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if i was renault i’d be trying to figure out ways of anonymously highlighting that on social media
But then people would point out that Hülkenberg had another electronical faillure which doesn't look very good either I think!
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Old 16 Mar 2019, 16:48 (Ref:3891060)   #54
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I can see that Leclerc will be capable of giving Vettel a thrashing right out of the box. I am sure Vettel is looking over his shoulder after qualifying. Shame Leclerc made an error.

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Old 16 Mar 2019, 17:07 (Ref:3891072)   #55
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Fantastic show by Norris, great start to life in an F1 car.

Kubica? Driving a dire car, but I don't see him lasting half a season, personally....
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Fantastic show by Norris, great start to life in an F1 car.

Kubica? Driving a dire car, but I don't see him lasting half a season, personally....
I was surprised Kubica got the drive, considering the injuries he sustained.
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Old 16 Mar 2019, 17:20 (Ref:3891079)   #57
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While there have been some surprising performances in Melbourne, the Australian GP is not always a true predictor of form for the rest of the season.
I suspect it will be places like China and Spain before we get a better picture of everybody's true form.
It was also noticeable how the midfield has tightened up in terms of time as there was only about a second between 5th place and 17th at the end of Q1.
I suspect there will be a mad scramble to avoid Q1 departure in future races with Williams unfortunetly at the bottom of the field for the early part of the season.
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Old 16 Mar 2019, 17:36 (Ref:3891081)   #58
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I was surprised Kubica got the drive, considering the injuries he sustained.
Surprised? I was absolutely astonished.....
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Old 16 Mar 2019, 18:08 (Ref:3891089)   #59
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Another Mercedes domination, but at least Bottas gave Hamilton a good run for his mony, which is encouraging

Shocking bad tactic by RBR to let Gasly slip out of Q1 like that. At least Max managed to split the Ferraris

Well done to Norris on getting in the top 10. Times are so close atm, I predict we’ll see a good variety in the midfield race by race
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Old 16 Mar 2019, 18:19 (Ref:3891091)   #60
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I wasn't surprised to see Mercedes at the front.It was no great shock to see Leclerc doing well either.We can clearly see that Honda have made progress and Williams are clinging to the back of the grid.Kubica has my very best wishes for a good season and I applaud him for getting back on the grid;I don't see him lasting the season if he stays so far off the pace in addition to being behind Russell.
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Old 16 Mar 2019, 18:21 (Ref:3891093)   #61
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I'll rephrase that, astonished.
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I wouldn't go as far as to say astonished, but I doubt anyone other than Williams in its current form would have given Kubica the drive.




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Kubica looked ragged. to early to judge (he has admitted as much himself) but he looked considerably worse then expected if im being honest.

It's hard to know what to expect. The car is awful and Russell is a bit of an unknown quantity (to me, anyway). I've heard he's highly regarded by Merc so perhaps all told we should expect him to have the beating of Kubica?
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If Red Bull did say they were better off with Honda, would that be another way of saying that by remaining third fastest, they're doing even worse than last year?
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I wouldn't go as far as to say astonished, but I doubt anyone other than Williams in its current form would have given Kubica the drive.

It's hard to know what to expect. The car is awful and Russell is a bit of an unknown quantity (to me, anyway). I've heard he's highly regarded by Merc so perhaps all told we should expect him to have the beating of Kubica?
I suspect most of the up and coming hotshoes would have the beating of him which makes the selection all the more bewildering.....
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Old 16 Mar 2019, 19:04 (Ref:3891112)   #65
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Is it known if Kubica brought in any sponsors? That's usually a big deciding factor on who gets a seat in my experience.
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No idea, but if he didn't it would make the decision that much more absurd..... (IMO)
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definitely did all right! shame for Sainz who apparently was also caught out by Kubica's puncture.

Kubica looked ragged. to early to judge (he has admitted as much himself) but he looked considerably worse then expected if im being honest.
Kubica's "puncture" was a result of bottling the car into a wall, second time in the day, having hit the pit entrance wall in free practice.
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Here we are again.

That was a cleanish start, as Bottas takes the lead and Ricciardo destroys his front wing.
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Wow, Vettel and Hamilton completely messed up their strategy! Nice overtake by Verstappen too, Ferrari are nowhere!
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