And now guess which 3 time champion is slightly panicking because his team can't tell him anymore which engine settings to use in traffic. He's going to tilt and destroy the car.
Totally happened yo.
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Totally happened yo.
It'll be like when the Pirelli tyres first came in. Everyone will be in chaos for the first few races then the best choices will become obvious and there'll be little variation.
Especially with 3 useful practice sessions.
so could you say it haas gotten better?
:lol please
yeah opening up the strategy opportunities is really positive.
yes but it will give drivers who had their race ruined or had some unexpected thing happen an opportunity at a different strategy. Like Hamilton before the Red Flag
darkinstinct
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They cleared the air two years ago, where have you been?
AstroNut325
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Is there a digital/online subscription for this season?
I have a suspicion that the fact Hamilton hasn't really had to race other cars for the past 2 seasons is going to give him real troubles as Ferrari starts breathing down his neck. He's definitely had trouble with the pressure of actually racing.
Nico gonna Nico. He'll either do really well on his own or be a complete mess.
darkinstinct
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Would've if a two time champion didn't crash his car and let the three time champion run to his pit stand to talk strategy.
What's this... is this a new rule?
Psychotext
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The fuck do you think this is, 2010? They don't call F1 the pinnacle of technology for its coverage you know.
Smells like rubbish tbh.
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Nice to see one race in to a new season Hamilton is being written off lol.
Psychotext
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If you're in the US, Playstation Vue has NBC Sports. It isn't the subscription service everyone wants, but it's something.
If you're in the UK I think Sky has something, and in the US you can get Playstation Vue.
Pirelli now defines three compounds that can be used on the weekend.
GrizzleBoy
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So one thing I noticed......... There was absolutely ZERO wheel to wheel racing.
People on different tyres and stints EVENTUALLY passed each other, but when it came down to attack and defend in cars on similar strategies and tyres....... it literally didn't happen.
Sure it isn't easy to overtake I Australia, but it was literally like Monaco levels of difficulty when it came to. Overtakes.
The biggest position changes happened in the pits. Nobody could overtake. Fast cars like the Ferrari and merchants couldn't. Slower cars like the TRs and others couldn't.
I dont know, just seemed way too difficult to overtake for my liking. Hope it doesn't stay like this all season.
People on different tyres and stints EVENTUALLY passed each other, but when it came down to attack and defend in cars on similar strategies and tyres....... it literally didn't happen.
Sure it isn't easy to overtake I Australia, but it was literally like Monaco levels of difficulty when it came to. Overtakes.
The biggest position changes happened in the pits. Nobody could overtake. Fast cars like the Ferrari and merchants couldn't. Slower cars like the TRs and others couldn't.
I dont know, just seemed way too difficult to overtake for my liking. Hope it doesn't stay like this all season.
darkinstinct
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Did Hamilton actually overtake anyone in this race aside from Ricciardo? First he earned a place due to Raikkönen dropping out, then we had the safety car, afterwards he was stuck behind others until they all had to pit, then he overtook RIC. Pretty passive race. Oh, he did pass Massa at the beginning.
darkinstinct
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PdotMichael
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Lol, Verstappen was once again the most annoying driver on track.
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
It's more to do with the aero on that car than anything else.
I'm not writing him off at all. He'll likely be the winner this season if Nico doesn't get his shit together. I just think we're probably going see more slip ups from him this year then we have in the past couple if Ferrari keep the pressure up.
Psychotext
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Now TV. Is pretty damn expensive though if you want to watch all the races.
£6.99 for only 24 hours (no quali for you!), or £10.99 for the week.
If you know you're basically guaranteed to start from the front, you might as well configure the car for it. Had exactly the same with Red Bull in their glory days.
brotkasten
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Disappointing outcome after the great start, but not really unexpected. I'll wait for the next three or four races, before I'm going to give up on this season.
However, I'm still not seeing Ferrari in the position to challenge Mercedes on a regular basis. Not to mention that they should also focus on getting both cars to the end. It's getting Alonso/Massa embarrassing.
However, I'm still not seeing Ferrari in the position to challenge Mercedes on a regular basis. Not to mention that they should also focus on getting both cars to the end. It's getting Alonso/Massa embarrassing.
PdotMichael
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Red Bull had also the weakest engine in the field while Mercedes has a power unit adventage over anyone else.
Guy knows how to start. He has seen it often enough from other drivers in his career.
Btw regarding aggressive strategy what I generally noticed last years is that softer compounds may give a small boost but they fail so soon that drives tend to lose most of the advantage they gained even before they pit to swap.
The only aggressive thing that I've seen working out some times is if you aim to put a soft tire 10 laps before the end, no longer. And that's if the other drivers tires have started failing. Which doesnt seem to be the case very often now since the teams have adapted to that.
PS: Button just said it was wrong to start on soft and put super softs after the red flag.
The only aggressive thing that I've seen working out some times is if you aim to put a soft tire 10 laps before the end, no longer. And that's if the other drivers tires have started failing. Which doesnt seem to be the case very often now since the teams have adapted to that.
PS: Button just said it was wrong to start on soft and put super softs after the red flag.
PdotMichael
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The problem was that the softs were closer to the supersoft than to the medium.
Yeah, based on this evidence I wonder how long it will (won't) take for the ultra softs to fall apart.
And didn't have a corresponding performance increase.
AstroNut325
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I'm not seeing NBC Sports being offered with PS Vue in Los Angeles!
Stratosphere
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Heck of a race after that turd qualifying. Super excited for Haas! Never would I have imagined that they would score points in their first ever GP, and 8 at that. Their pace looks surpisingly good too!
I'm really hopeful that Ferarri will be able to challenge Mercedes this year, but concerned that they might not have the pace on Mediums. Bring on Bahrain!
I'm really hopeful that Ferarri will be able to challenge Mercedes this year, but concerned that they might not have the pace on Mediums. Bring on Bahrain!
Lionel Richie
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Great race until the red flag, not so much afterwards. I really don't think Mercedes outsmarted Ferrari as much as they lucked out very big on how it lined up after the accident. It's not like they predicted it and well luck does happen. My man Vettel tried hard for 2nd but he was driving soap. Oh well.
Great start for the season. Ferrari cars are looking great, they're always the same and shit but this year they look even more beautiful than usual.
Great start for the season. Ferrari cars are looking great, they're always the same and shit but this year they look even more beautiful than usual.
I'm not seeing NBC Sports being offered with PS Vue in Los Angeles!
NBCSN will have a replay of it later this afternoon.
I don't think Live Extra streams the race?
frontieruk
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Alonso is a classy guy, saying no one to blame for the crash, the important thing that neither of them were hurt in the accident.
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