brotkasten
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So happy for Haas.
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Myoclonic Jerk
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That's great for HAAS
I just hope they don't set the bar there for them and be realistic with their expectations
I just hope they don't set the bar there for them and be realistic with their expectations
This is what alonso thinks whenever he wonders why he doesn't have 2 more championships.
Well done Rosberg. Dominated from the moment he took the lead.
Vettel almost brought the fight to mercs. Don't know if any other strategy might have worked better in the end. They hardly were able to hold the merc medium pace on softs....
Great start for Haas. Intersting to see what they can do when they start from further on the grid.
Vettel almost brought the fight to mercs. Don't know if any other strategy might have worked better in the end. They hardly were able to hold the merc medium pace on softs....
Great start for Haas. Intersting to see what they can do when they start from further on the grid.
darkinstinct
...lacks reading comprehension.
Third fastest car doing work. Gotta give it to Rosberg, he deserved this win. Now let's hope he can keep the momentum he had at the last season and give Hamilton a run for the win every time. Starts will make this season more interesting so the qualifying pace of Hamilton won't be as big a factor as it was in the past. Race intelligence will win the most races this year.
Psychotext
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Supersofts when others were nursing softs or mediums.
Redbull still have a great car and Ric is a true fighter.
Who knows, maybe they had no other alternative. Maybe they would not have managed to finish on mediums.
Mohonky
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Shit start from Hamilton, he blew his race in the first 5 seconds but coming second is still a good result after that.
Season is definitely not going to be a walk over for Hamilton or Merc.
Vettel gonna be there all year.
Torro Rosso blow up imminent. Verstappen got some growing up to do. A bit of Humility wouldn't go astray.
Haas coming in and scoring points. Don't think we're that surprised though.
So glad Alonso walked away from that crash. Would have shaken the shit out of him.
Horner and Mateschmitz having kittens over Kyvat DNS I'm sure. Ricciardo did well for 4th.
Season is definitely not going to be a walk over for Hamilton or Merc.
Vettel gonna be there all year.
Torro Rosso blow up imminent. Verstappen got some growing up to do. A bit of Humility wouldn't go astray.
Haas coming in and scoring points. Don't think we're that surprised though.
So glad Alonso walked away from that crash. Would have shaken the shit out of him.
Horner and Mateschmitz having kittens over Kyvat DNS I'm sure. Ricciardo did well for 4th.
Peter Ian Staker
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Haas was unreal.
The experienced drivers and the ferrari support paid straight away.
Also its really jarring seeing a team principal with an american accent.
The experienced drivers and the ferrari support paid straight away.
Also its really jarring seeing a team principal with an american accent.
The only reason TR dropped was because they too fucked up the strategy, and Verstappen had an issue with a missing tire as well, they should have finished fifth and sixth at least otherwise.
darkinstinct
...lacks reading comprehension.
LOL at Vettel throwing the Pirelli cap at Hamilton. 
Capgate 2.
Capgate 2.I think people underestimated Haas just a little bit.
Haas in NASCAR has had some of the best cars for a good 3 or 4 years now. They've all had experience and success at a high level. Gene Haas is also no idiot when it comes to this stuff. While NASCAR is not F1, it's not like these people have never raced before. Add in a Ferrari engine and a year to build their operation, they had a good chance to score points somewhat easily.
Maybe not the first race, mind you.
Haas in NASCAR has had some of the best cars for a good 3 or 4 years now. They've all had experience and success at a high level. Gene Haas is also no idiot when it comes to this stuff. While NASCAR is not F1, it's not like these people have never raced before. Add in a Ferrari engine and a year to build their operation, they had a good chance to score points somewhat easily.
Maybe not the first race, mind you.
Of course, and they were obviously the beneficiary of the red flag, but their pace in the second stint was really impressive. Force India, Williams, Torro Rosso behind them and he kept more than a second between him and that FI almost the entire way... pretty impressive stuff.
Myoclonic Jerk
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Did Nico throw the cap at Lewis?
This is probably the result of their preseason medium only testing.
I wonder what kind of problems did Lewis had (FW damage from the impact in 1st corner), because it was quite obvious that car was not on the level. Lauda said that something happened in second warm up lap for the ORF during the race.
Eh, say this now... but it'll get there soon enough.
Button was stuck behind Nasr for something like 20-25 laps. Seems like the car is a lot faster, but still not good enough to overtake anyone.
Very entertaining race. Worth getting up for and an exciting start to the new season.
Feel sorry for Vettel. Drove brilliantly and was caught out by the red flag and the team making what turned out in hindsight to be the wrong strategy call.
Rosberg continues his winning streak, which I hope is a good omen for the rest of the season. Interesting that Hamilton had such problems getting past cars in the early stages.
Max Verstappen is young. He'll learn to keep his head cool more over time. Looking forward to a good scrap between the Toro Rosso team mates this year.
Congratulations to Haas on scoring points on debut for pulling off the risky 'no-stop' strategy. Got lucky with the red flag, but Grosjean showed he had the pace to deserve that sixth place throughout the entire second half of the race. Well done to all involved.
Very relieved to see everyone is fine after that horrible Turn 3 accident - drivers, marshals and fans. Had terrible flashbacks to 2001 for a few moments. I think it's really hard to place blame on either driver. It's just one of those slight mis-communications that results in major problems.
All in all, it's fantastic that we have so much to talk about after the opening race of the season and can leave that qualifying nonsense firmly in the past.
Feel sorry for Vettel. Drove brilliantly and was caught out by the red flag and the team making what turned out in hindsight to be the wrong strategy call.
Rosberg continues his winning streak, which I hope is a good omen for the rest of the season. Interesting that Hamilton had such problems getting past cars in the early stages.
Max Verstappen is young. He'll learn to keep his head cool more over time. Looking forward to a good scrap between the Toro Rosso team mates this year.
Congratulations to Haas on scoring points on debut for pulling off the risky 'no-stop' strategy. Got lucky with the red flag, but Grosjean showed he had the pace to deserve that sixth place throughout the entire second half of the race. Well done to all involved.
Very relieved to see everyone is fine after that horrible Turn 3 accident - drivers, marshals and fans. Had terrible flashbacks to 2001 for a few moments. I think it's really hard to place blame on either driver. It's just one of those slight mis-communications that results in major problems.
All in all, it's fantastic that we have so much to talk about after the opening race of the season and can leave that qualifying nonsense firmly in the past.
darkinstinct
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That might be a real problem, yes.
darkinstinct
...lacks reading comprehension.
I think that much was clear when Honda decided to axe Arai just weeks before the first race.
Heh, frustrated 18-year-old acts like a frustrated 18-year-old. I bet he storms off and puts on some Linkin Park for an hour before coming out.
Or whatever the angsty kids listen to these days.
Psychotext
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They're fine now. They've done a bunch of interviews together.
...and besides, Seb just broke the ice.
Phenomenal result for Haas, but they got ultra lucky with that red flag just when they would go into the pits. We will see on the next races where they really are.
Electrical issues
Second year in a row that he did not start. Last year his car died in warmup lap iirc
Electrical issues
Second year in a row that he did not start. Last year his car died in warmup lap iirc
Psychotext
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so could you say it haas gotten better?
* sad trombone *
Hah, yeah it looks like they get along fine. Apparently Webs gets drunk easily and sings Summer of '69 lolsThey're fine now. They've done a bunch of interviews together.
...and besides, Seb just broke the ice.
Hopefully just the old dominant driver gets booed thing. Not that I'm saying that's acceptable, just hopefully it's not anything more.
Race was more boring than it should have been. Ferrari have closed up on Mercedes but Red Bull and Williams both seem to have lost ground. Toro Rosso look surprisingly quick right now but the engine rules make it difficult for that to last. Mclaren struggling to even fight with Renault - oh dear.
And of course, congratulations to Haas!
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