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[adamantypants]

Kvyat too? Nooooo

I think he put in a total of like 20 laps the whole weekend

 

[Lach]

Red Bull as well?!??!?!?! Wtf is going on????

 

[Jibbed]

Hahahahahhaha.

Kvyat out. This is shocking.

 

[Fox Mulder]

Lol, f1 looking great.

 

[JadedWriter]

NBCSN comes back from a commercial break on the pre show and a McLaren goes out in flames, mother of fucking God. I wonder how much Tequila Alonso is drinking while watching his feed...and Kvyat is crawling to a stop...holy shit. 4 cars are probably going to survive this race, dis shit gonna be a blood bath.

 

[bobnowhere]

Lol and Kvyatt went through the sandtrap and is now stopped before the second last turn.

And dead as well, getting out the car.

 

[RoKKeR]

Jesus, dropping like flies.

 

[adamantypants]

At this rate all the remaining drivers will be getting points just by starting their engines

 

[Pimpwerx]

And a Bull out early too? McLaren might score points if they just don't do anything. PEACE.

 

[Lach]

This the the season opening everyone was expecting last year!

 

[chadskin]

 

[Chris R]

Formula 1 2015 Season |OT| At least the Formula E race was good

 

[Jibbed]

2014 came a year late it seems. Predicting <10 cars to finish right now.

 

[NewDust]

After the US tyre debacle, I think this race will have the record for lowest amount of starting drivers.

 

[Sloane]

Holy crap. This will either be the most interesting or the worst race ever.

 

[Keyser Soze]

One man still stands

 

[Ganzlinger]

@andrewbensonf1 13m13 minutes ago

The grid will be closed up following Bottas's withdrawal, with every car behind him moving up a place


I'm a bit confused. I thought they usually leave the grid slot empty if the driver can't make it.

Are they gonna use Susie Wolff today starting from the boxes? I actually don't know if they can replace Bottas in this situation.

 

[JadedWriter]

Getting up at an unholy hour.
Turning on the tv.
First thing i see is a mclaren stopping on outlap.

A detuned engine outlap at that too. Ron will be next seen running to the bathroom so he can vomit by the time the race is done.

Spoiler

for his team 3 laps after it starts.

 

[Draconian]

And a Bull out early too? McLaren might score points if they just don't do anything. PEACE.

This is what McLaren has become.

 

[Sloane]

Button should only drive around with 50 km/h or something, he might have a shot winning this just by surviving.

 

[Razgreez]

And Australian TV is talking about a fucking cooking show. Woeful.

Can't be worse than the south african supersport presenters. One's a former race engineer with poor elocution and the other is a recent turbo production class champ who basically repeats everything the former states. The icing on the cake is the third presenter (not currently present) is a radio MC with no racing experience. The three combine to form a trifecta of F1 ignorance

 

[JadedWriter]

Formula 1 2015 Season |OT| At least the Formula E race was good

At least the Formula E cars survive the outlap.

 

[Aiii]

See, this shit is what you get when you restrict testing and development in F1.

Only 12 test days in pre season is madness.

 

[Chris R]

At least the Formula E cars survive the outlap.

I was shocked to see them all make it around the track for a few laps with no crashes.

 

[Pimpwerx]

See, this shit is what you get when you restrict testing and development in F1.

Only 12 test days in pre season is madness.

Gotta cut costs so they can continue to pay Ferrari an appearance fee. PEACE.

 

[Juicy Bob]

See, this shit is what you get when you restrict testing and development in F1.

Only 12 test days in pre season is madness.

If they had much more, you'd have even less cars on the grid...

 

[Tempy]

This is a weird start to the season.

 

[Chris R]

Hope Ron's wearing waders since the mountain is SHIT mountain. Good luck climbing that

 

[JadedWriter]

Hope Ron's wearing waders since the mountain is SHIT mountain. Good luck climbing that

His mountain to climb is like trying to scale Everest wearing nothing but flip flops.

 

[Mohonky]

Ferrari and Merc must be going down the field right now handing out contracts for engines........

 

[Pimpwerx]

Will Buxton has improved a lot. He no longer talks over pit communications, and his vignettes are actually informative now. He's also getting more respect from people in the paddock. I used to badmouth the tit, but he's grown on me. PEACE.

 

[Razgreez]

See, this shit is what you get when you restrict testing and development in F1.

Only 12 test days in pre season is madness.

Let's also be honest that mc-honda are doing a far worse job right now than caterham or marussia ever did so it's all on them. Also, renault moving backward is entirely down to themselves

 

[Mobius 1]

Just tuned in...

 

[Aiii]

If they had much more, you'd have even less cars on the grid...

They're not mandatory, and i'd rather have proper testing for proper teams, than some weird kind of protection for grid fillers like Manor. Those teams come and go.

 

[Mohonky]

That Honda engine is an absolute piece of shit.

Noone was this bad last year. What a joke.

 

[stryke]

The Terminator looks so out of place.

 

[dubc35]

I expect to last 10-15 laps before I retire. Mercedes domination I (and everyone else) predict.

btw, NBCSN sucks

 

[Jorav]

Every driver can stay still look straight ahead when the aussie anthem is on except......Hamilton. Hope he loses.

 

[Fox Mulder]

If they had much more, you'd have even less cars on the grid...

Having three car teams from the well funded bunch would be better than cutting costs so a few mid field nobody teams can still be broke anyways.

 

[Lach]

Haha swiss tv just showed an interview with vettel and tested his italian. Didn't sound half bad and he said he still had some from his TR days...

 

[Vostro]

Lol Honda engines are so shit.

 

[NewDust]

Are they gonna use Susie Wolff today starting from the boxes? I actually don't know if they can replace Bottas in this situation.

I believe a driver has to qualify to be eligible for the main event. Replacement can be granted afterwards by the race stewards, but I believe Bottas retraction was very late, so that's probably why they (either Williams or the stewards) didn't let her drive.

 

[Juicy Bob]

Having three car teams from the well funded bunch would be better than cutting costs so a few mid field nobody teams can still be broke anyways.

I strongly disagree.

We need variety of teams no matter now good or bad they are for sporting, technical and political reasons. The more the merrier.

 

[Lucius86]

Just woke up and found I've already missed some engine explosions? Booooooo.

 

[hamchan]

Mark Webber: "Pastor Maldonado, he's still surviving somehow, we'll see how long he lasts."

lol Webber still cracking digs at him.

 

[Mobius 1]

Mark Webber: "Pastor Maldonado, he's still surviving somehow, we'll see how long he lasts."

lol Webber still cracking digs at him.

Good man Webber hahahah

 

[Dead Man]

Can't be worse than the south african supersport presenters. One's a former race engineer with poor elocution and the other is a recent turbo production class champ who basically repeats everything the former states. The icing on the cake is the third presenter (not currently present) is a radio MC with no racing experience. The three combine to form a trifecta of F1 ignorance

Yeah, okay, you win. Sympathies.

 

[SunhiLegend]

Just woke up and found I've already missed some engine explosions? Booooooo.

 

[Keyser Soze]

Guesstimate on how many cars we will lose during Formation Lap?

 

[dubc35]

Guesstimate on how many cars we will lose during Formation Lap?

Three.

2x Macca
1x RBR