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[Tubie]

That Merc looks so good.

 

[nny]

Just by looking at the antennas, you can tell that Mercedes' TV reception is way better than Ferrari's.

 

[RoKKeR]

Crazy how much movement there is in slow motion of those T-wings/shark fins.

Edit: PINK!

 

[nny]

Wobble, wobble.

 

[Mastah]

It may be my stream, but pink on that Force India looks awful from onboard camera :/

 

[dubc35]

Wobble, wobble.

Haha, about to post: that Haas wobble

 

[DSN2K]

fins need to be banned, sure the FIA can come up with some reason.

 

[Spider from Mars]

McLaren is a mess!

Sad!

 

[DSN2K]

can Mclaren change engines providers mid season ?

 

[DBT85]

fins need to be banned, sure the FIA can come up with some reason.

If they all move like that it would be easy. But not sure they all do wobble that bad.



The best FP1 time last year which was 1:29.725, the best FP time at all was 1:25.624 from FP3.

Bottas has already gone 1:25.1.

2016 Pole time 1:23.837

 

[Zaru]

Haas is waggling that tail so hard it looks like it's gonna fly off any second

 

[Big Takeover]

I wish it would. It would be the last time we'd ever see them.

 

[nny]

Alonso already ahead of Max and Vettel, it begins.

 

[Aiii]

fins need to be banned, sure the FIA can come up with some reason.

Personally I think Bottas and Kimi being banned would be detrimental to the grid, but maybe that's just me.

 

[Lima]

Fixing Lewis' car with glue. Dem sneaky Mercedes engineers

 

[ElectronicOldMen]

Shoutout to that one australian kid's attempt at a dab. An effort was made

 

[nny]

The height difference in the floor between front and rear in the Red Bull, channeling a Space Shuttle beautiful.

 

[DBT85]

Danny/Bottas with a time just 1s off last years pole already.

Lewis with 0.4s off 2016 pole.

 

[Lima]

Personally I think Bottas and Kimi being banned would be detrimental to the grid, but maybe that's just me.

I chuckled.

 

[JadedWriter]

Soooo...I thought Ferrari were supposed to be fast...

 

[FuturusX]

Soooo...I thought Ferrari were supposed to be fast...

Sandbagging - this is the year.

 

[DBT85]

Sandbagging - this is the year.

Must have a whole feckin beach in them bags.

 

[Mastah]

I know it's only FP1, but there are some significant gaps between team mates, which is actually good to see. Let's see if it carries on into quali.

 

[Stratosphere]

I can't take another season of arrows dominance...

 

[bobnowhere]

Looks like Ferrari buried their sandbags so deep inside the car they can't get them back out again.

Red Bull lurking.

 

[FuturusX]

I can't take another season of arrows dominance...

Ferrari are not the arrows...

Looks like Ferrari buried their sandbags so deep inside the car they can't get them back out again.

Red Bull lurking.

Wait for quali...the beast will roar

 

[theignoramus]

The Red Bulls could be able to slot into a p2 starting position on these high down force tracks.
Let's see how Bottas pace handles Max and Ricciardo applying tremendous pressure.

 

[hamchan]

I know it's only FP1, but there are some significant gaps between team mates, which is actually good to see. Let's see if it carries on into quali.

Haha that top 6 looks about right and then the colors all get mixed up.

 

[Lima]

I bet you this will be the finish order come Sunday and the everyone will be like Idontknowwhatiexpected.gif

 

[Shaneus]

I know it's only FP1, but there are some significant gaps between team mates, which is actually good to see. Let's see if it carries on into quali.

Does that mean RBR are potentially closer given they didn't run ultras?

 

[Qblivion]

https://www.formula1.com/en/champio...esults/2016-australia-results/practice-1.html

FP1 from last year, for comparison.

 

[h3ro]

Time for Ferrari to start working on 2032's car.

 

[Blablurn]

Those new F1 cars look pretty good

 

[Yagami_Sama]

I must say that McLaren did better than what I was expecting. I thought that both cars would have some failure and would not do any lap.
At least Alonso was able to finish on 14th, so is not that far from last season. I hope that on FP2, they manage to do more laps and improve their times.

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

BlipShift has an amazing T shirt
https://www.blipshift.com/products/fernando-resume/

 

[SCHUEY F1]

Let's see how FP2 goes.

 

[FrankCanada97]

BlipShift has an amazing T shirt
https://www.blipshift.com/products/fernando-resume/

That's cold.

 

[bobnowhere]

Looks like they pulled the t-wing off the Haas. Or it fell off on the outlap.

 

[Pryce]

So NBC's going to add a timing chart/times on the screen, right?

 

[Yagami_Sama]

McLaren is already broken?

 

[brotkasten]

The cars look sooo good.

 

[ElectronicOldMen]

The new timing graphic, broken up by smaller sections, is ace, wanted something like that for ages. Being able to immediately see which exact corners people are gaining or losing time on is really cool.

 

[aspiegamer]

I like the new sub-sector timings in the lower left, though it'll take some of the suspense out of qualifying when someone is going to set a new fastest lap.

Premium official data access is a shockingly reasonable $3/month.

So NBC's going to add a timing chart/times on the screen, right?

They're just using the world feed. Was the same in FP1.

Oh joy, brakes on both Haas are already busted.

 

[SCHUEY F1]

The cars look sooo good.

Gotta enjoy it while we can before halo is introduced next year.

 

[brotkasten]

Haas with break issues again, damn.

 

[Chris R]

LOVING the timing loop info for laps.

 

[SCHUEY F1]

Big crash..Renault

Edit: That was an odd one.

 

[Yagami_Sama]

Red flag. Palmer crashed.

 

[bobnowhere]

Mark Webber, "That's not going to polish out."

Very early in the corner.

 

[Mastah]