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[Spladam]

Damn that was some driving.

 

[GrizzleBoy]

Damn HAM.

Merc need Bottas to get up to speed and lock out the front row though.

 

[Xando]

Dat 0.001 difference between bottas and vettel

 

[brotkasten]

As expected.

 

[twofoldd]

0.001s between Vettel and Bottas. Jesus.

 

[Pryce]

Man. Red Bull is fucking horrible this year. Goodness.

 

[Chuck]

dat thousandth

 

[nny]

Great to see Ferrari mixing things up...but Red Bull is so far behind.

 

[Lunar FC]

 

[spuckthew]

Polemeister strikes again

 

[Stratosphere]

We have a battle on our hands this year gents. Feels good!

 

[Zeknurn]

Impressive work from Hülkenberg.

 

[Blastoise]

Damn Sebastian!

 

[RaySpencer]

Oh shit!

We might have a competition this year everyone!

 

[Zaru]

HAM VET BOT RAI and a Red Bull, same order as in Melbourne. Is this the new HAMROSVET?

 

[aspiegamer]

These cars are freaking awesome. I want the record at every single track broken, dammit.

Well done for Bottas, and massive Hulkenberg effort. I think Renault and Haas are both better than people were anticipating, after Grosjean managed 6th last race.

 

[Xando]

Wet race tomorrow should be awesome

 

[Grug]

Really curious what happened with Kimi between Q2 and Q3.

 

[Zeknurn]

HAM VET BOT RAI and a Red Bull, same order as in Melbourne. Is this the new HAMROSVET?

Bottas will move ahead of Vettel when he gets to grip with the oil burning.

 

[nny]

Vettel on a data collection mission.

 

[Juicy Bob]

I'm feeling good about tomorrow.

Great to see competition back at the front.

 

[Grug]

Wet race tomorrow should be awesome

Yeah the contest at the front will be great, plus the sideshow of Mad Max working his way from the back. Can't wait.

 

[RaySpencer]

I really came around on Hamiltons white helmet, and ended up really liking it...

...but Im really happy to see him back in a yellow one.

 

[Theorry]

Red Bull really in no man's land. 1 second behind the the top 4 and a gap of half a second behind them.

 

[Grug]

Red Bull really in no man's land. 1 second behind the the top 4 and a gap of half a second behind them.

Something something magic parts coming... something wait until Austria something something...

 

[Zaru]

It's kinda hilarious and historically ironic to see so many chinese fans holding up british flags.

Edit: Also Wolff is providing more rhythmic gif material

 

[PolarGamer]

Really curious what happened with Kimi between Q2 and Q3.

Q1: Raikkonen 1m33.341s
Q2: Raikkonen 1m32.181s
Q3: Raikkonen 1m32.140s

Yeah. He did not improve as expected. Unless he used max power already in Q2 for some reason.

Maybe if someone wants to check splits they can see if he had a really bad sector or something.

 

[olore]

Selfentitled douchebag nr 1. I liked him better when Ferrari was P5 all last season

 

[Born2Live]

Man watching F1 in 4K is something else. The slow motion replays are mesmerising.

 

[Grug]

Q1: Raikkonen 1m33.341s
Q2: Raikkonen 1m32.181s
Q3: Raikkonen 1m32.140s

Yeah. He did not improve as expected. Unless he used max power already in Q2 for some reason.

Maybe if someone wants to check splits they can see if he had a really bad sector or something.

He was complaining about his back end. Asked his engineers if they changed settings.

 

[brotkasten]

Selfentitled douchebag nr 1. I liked him better when Ferrari was P5 all last season

What makes you say that?

 

[Mastah]

Something something magic parts coming... something wait until Austria something something...

"That launch render is absolutely not the car we'll see during testing and then in the first race, Newey created another asphalt-ripping monster, no doubt!"

 

[John_B]

Hamilton is walking over Vettel, Bottas and Raikkonen in qualifying.

I still have Vettel as the favorite for the win in dry conditions.

 

[adamantypants]

Red Bull really in no man's land. 1 second behind the the top 4 and a gap of half a second behind them.

The Williams Zone of last year

 

[Elvin Atombender]

What happened to that nice timing system they used last race where you could see if drivers went purple or green in very small sections?

 

[Theorry]

Lol the difference between Vettel and Bottas is 5.9 cm on this track. Damn.

 

[theignoramus]

Hamilton is walking over Vettel, Bottas and Raikkonen in qualifying.

I still have Vettel as the favorite for the win in dry conditions.

Seems like this seasons WDC may come down to pit strategy and which car is easier on the tyres. Merc and Ferrari are just about evenly matched.

 

[M52B28]

Stroll's look when the presenters mentioned his dad haha

 

[Psychotext]

Merc still seems to have that little extra they can pull out in Q3. Damn shame.

 

[Theorry]

Merc still seems to have that little extra they can pull out in Q3. Damn shame.

Yeah its called Lewis.

 

[Joni]

Ferrari used different tires than everyone else? They are yellow on the graph and the others are red. Is that possible that they ran just on soft?

 

[Theorry]

Ferrari used different tires than everyone else? They are yellow on the graph and the others are red. Is that possible that they ran just on soft?

They ran softs for Q1.

 

[Ruruja]

What happened to that nice timing system they used last race where you could see if drivers went purple or green in very small sections?

I remember seeing some complaints that it took away some excitement of knowing whether they were going to beat a rival's lap or not, as you'd know before they hit the Sector/Finish Line. Maybe that's the reason.

 

[Theorry]

Pole lap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRV9tYj4KqE

 

[Loris146]

Insane lap by Lewis. Vettel is here though.

 

[Tempy]

Grosjean and Palmer penalized 5 places for ignoring double-waved yellow flags.

 

[Zaru]

Grosjean and Palmer penalized 5 places for ignoring double-waved yellow flags.

Double-waved seems to require a SERIOUS slowdown. Grosjean clearly slowed down quite a bit but that still wasn't enough

 

[Zeknurn]

Double-waved seems to require a SERIOUS slowdown. Grosjean clearly slowed down quite a bit but that still wasn't enough

Drivers have been ignoring and getting away with not caring for "Be prepared to stop" for a long time.

 

[John_B]

So what happens tomorrow if it rains at the start? Normal start or do they go behind the safety car?

It will be a bit crazy for the drivers that has no experience with the new wet tires to having to race on them.

 

[Zeknurn]

So what happens tomorrow if it rains at the start? Normal start or do they go behind the safety car?

It will be a bit crazy for the drivers that has no experience with the new wet tires to having to race on them.

A) The conditions are good enough for a formation lap and a normal start
B) It's too wet and they will start behind the safety car, dry up the track and then do a normal standing start.

B will no doubt ensue chaos.