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[RelaxedOtter]

oh no

 

[Mastah]

What the fuck is with Red Bulls out of the race even before lights go out? That's the THIRD year in a row it's happening.

 

[Spider from Mars]

Yep and a 5 spot grid penalty.

Welp.

Bullboyz ;(

 

[DarkestHour]

That is a bummer for Ricciardo

 

[johancruijff]

Hell of a start for RB

 

[jey_16]

not danny ric

 

[Shaneus]

Stupid Australian commentary taking over Danny's radio :/ Have they said anything?

 

[DarkestHour]

Stupid Australian commentary taking over Danny's radio :/ Have they said anything?

They dunno what the deal is yet (as in how to fix it)

 

[Jezbollah]

Stupid Australian commentary taking over Danny's radio :/ Have they said anything?

His gearbox was stuck in 6th.

 

[GrizzleBoy]

It's possible but then we've had shark fins before and drivers were still able to recover back then. The mixture of high mechanical grip and absolute downforce in these cars seems, in my uneducated opinion, to mean that a considerable instantaneous loss of either results in a catastrophic loss of both

That's why we see both rookies and Riccis losing their cars - I'll see myself out

I do wonder if that same issue will result in cars not being able to follow each other - the car in front stalling the airflow of a car following it.

We had shark fins, but not hybrid engines with such huge amounts of strategically deployable electrical energy.

The huge down force and tyres these cars are now allowed to have is due to the engines being waaaay too powerful for what the old cars could manage.

Now that the cars have enough down force and mechanical grip to actually deal with the monstrous torque an electrically pushed engine can provide, a stalled rear wing will also remove the relevance of how fat the tyres are because there's no load pushing them into the road.

Even when not sliding, I've been of the opinion that these shark fins are just not going to allow total efficiency of the rear wing under yaw(while turning)

And as pat said, the more sideways you get, the more that shark fin is going to be ruining airflow to the rear wing.

 

[golem]

Damn

 

[Spider from Mars]

Need Max to save the bull.

 

[dakun]

who would've thought it's actually a Red Bull not even going 1 lap and not a McLaren.

 

[Shaneus]

This won't be fun to watch at all with no Danny: (

 

[Lach]

Still a chance to start from the pits?

 

[Deaf Spacker]

Dammit Danny.

 

[Jezbollah]

Kyvat's extinguisher's gone off apparently - and you're not allowed to race with it empty according to Brundle.

 

[FuturusX]

;( Oh Danny boy....

 

[Mastah]

Kvyat's extinguisher going off. He can be out of the race too, lol.

 

[Shaneus]

Still a chance to start from the pits?

Sounded like it, but that basically means he'll be lucky to get points, let alone a podium :/

Glad I'm not there today!

 

[Deaf Spacker]

The Toro Rosso looks fantastic.

 

[Mohonky]

Man poor Daniel, going from bad to worse.

How many laps do we expect for McLaren? The installation lap?

 

[Theorry]

Kvyat's extinguisher going off. He can be out of the race too, lol.

Sounds like Kvyat and Australia haha.

 

[Mastah]

Nice idea:

 

[TTG]

I can't take my eyes off his NBCSN guy capering through the grid.

 

[Deaf Spacker]

Has Vettel got rid of his beard?

 

[Shaneus]

Fuck, Danny's helmet coming off :/

 

[Lach]

Nice idea:

I'm no aussie and even I know that's not the name of the national hymn

 

[GrizzleBoy]

Dan looks like he's been fucking crying man.

 

[Ark]

Danny Ric ;(

 

[DieH@rd]

Danny lost his smile.

 

[Lucius86]

Yay, managed to get someone's Sky Go.

You can do it Mr. Grojean.

 

[JDB]

"It's not an ideal start"

uh

yeah

 

[Jezbollah]

Horner stating if they can reset the car Danny Ric can start from pit lane.

 

[Qblivion]

Fuck. I'm going to miss the first 10 minutes. That is always the most exciting part these days lol

 

[TTG]

I thought you guys were taking issue with Hamilton bringing an umbrella with him for the anthem. That's kinda weird.

 

[Tubie]

Feel bad for Ric

 

[Hackbert]

What a night. Had a Store Alarm at 3 a clock. Made it Back just right. Hoping for a great season.

 

[Juicy Bob]

'Advance Australia Flair'?

 

[Tubie]

Come on German Jesus, make this a real race.

 

[Zeknurn]

I'm predicting absolute carnage at the start.

 

[Jezbollah]

Here we go boyz.

Here's to a new season.

 

[ElTorro]

Bwoah.

 

[Juicy Bob]

Let's go motherfuckers.

 

[Draconian]

I hope this race and season are entertaining.

 

[Deaf Spacker]

The first corner will be tight.

 

[Tempy]

That's a huge Sauber.

 

[Zeknurn]

rofl, who let the super imposing team at it again?

 

[nekkid]

Who parked that Sauber there ?

 

[Pryce]

so fucking nervous.