2015 Australian GP

[TheMonkeyDaft]

Welcome to the first race of the 2015 Season, like the last few years the season starts in Australia with many things we cannot predict.

Will Mercedes dominate again or will Red Bull, Williams, Mclaren or Ferrari make a huge knock on the dominance of the silver bullets? It all begins here!

Spoiler: News

• Manor will return to the grid for the race, they have had new investment and already have a driver ready and that driver is Will Stevens, they have yet to announce a second driver.
• There have been some rules changes for 2015, this includes the ban on helmet design, points not being doubled at the final round, virtual safety car and improvements on the front wing, you can read more of the changes here.
• The same tyre compounds from last year will be used for the first 4 events, so this round the drivers will used the soft and medium tyres. Tyres compounds for the next 3 events can be found here.
• Fernando Alonso will miss the first event on doctors advice after his crash in pre-season testing, Kevin Magnussen will take his spot at the first race of the year, Alonso should return for the second round.
• There has been a rumour around that teams could boycott the first round, that rumour is not true as explained here.

Spoiler: Drivers And Teams

#44
Lewis Hamilton
MERCEDES-BENZ GRAND PRIX LIMITED (DEU)
Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team
Mercedes
Mercedes

#6
Nico Rosberg
MERCEDES-BENZ GRAND PRIX LIMITED (DEU)
Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team
Mercedes
Mercedes

#3
Daniel Ricciardo
RED BULL RACING LIMITED (AUT)
Infiniti Red Bull Racing
Red Bull Racing
Renault

#26
Daniil Kvyat
RED BULL RACING LIMITED (AUT)
Infiniti Red Bull Racing
Red Bull Racing
Renault

#19
Felipe Massa
WILLIAMS GRAND PRIX ENGINEERING LIMITED (GBR)
Williams Martini Racing
Williams
Mercedes

#77
Valtteri Bottas
WILLIAMS GRAND PRIX ENGINEERING LIMITED (GBR)
Williams Martini Racing
Williams
Mercedes

#5
Sebastian Vettel
FERRARI SpA (ITA)
Scuderia Ferrari
Ferrari
Ferrari

#7
Kimi Raikkonen
FERRARI SpA (ITA)
Scuderia Ferrari
Ferrari
Ferrari

#14
Fernando Alonso
MCLAREN RACING LIMITED (GBR)
McLaren Honda
McLaren
Honda

#22
Jenson Button
MCLAREN RACING LIMITED (GBR)
McLaren Honda
McLaren
Honda

#27
Nico Hulkenberg
FORCE INDIA FORMULA 1 TEAM LIMITED (IND)
Sahara Force India F1 Team
Force India
Mercedes

#11
Sergio Perez
FORCE INDIA FORMULA 1 TEAM LIMITED (IND)
Sahara Force India F1 Team
Force India
Mercedes

#33
Max Verstappen
SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO SPA (ITA)
Scuderia Toro Rosso
STR
Renault

#55
Carlos Sainz
SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO SPA (ITA)
Scuderia Toro Rosso
STR
Renault

#8
Romain Grosjean
LOTUS F1 TEAM LIMITED (GBR)
Lotus F1 Team*
Lotus
Mercedes

#13
Pastor Maldonado
LOTUS F1 TEAM LIMITED (GBR)
Lotus F1 Team*
Lotus
Mercedes

#9
Marcus Ericsson
SAUBER MOTORSPORT AG (CHE)
Sauber F1 Team
Sauber
Ferrari

#12
Felipe Nasr
SAUBER MOTORSPORT AG (CHE)
Sauber F1 Team
Sauber
Ferrari

#TBA
Will Stevens *
MANOR GRAND PRIX RACING LTD (GBR)
Manor Marussia F1 Team **
Marussia
Ferrari

#TBA
TBA
MANOR GRAND PRIX RACING LTD (GBR)
Manor Marussia F1 Team **
Marussia
Ferrari

Spoiler: 2015 Calender

Round Grand Prix Circuit Date
1 Australian Grand Prix Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne 15 March
2 Malaysian Grand Prix Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur 29 March
3 Chinese Grand Prix Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai 12 April
4 Bahrain Grand Prix Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir 19 April
5 Spanish Grand Prix Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona 10 May
6 Monaco Grand Prix Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo 24 May
7 Canadian Grand Prix Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal 7 June
8 Austrian Grand Prix Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 21 June
9 British Grand Prix Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone 5 July
10 German Grand Prix To be announced 19 July
11 Hungarian Grand Prix Hungaroring, Budapest 26 July
12 Belgian Grand Prix Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot 23 August
13 Italian Grand Prix Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza 6 September
14 Singapore Grand Prix Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore 20 September
15 Japanese Grand Prix Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 27 September
16 Russian Grand Prix Sochi Autodrom, Sochi 11 October
17 United States Grand Prix Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas 25 October
18 Mexican Grand Prix Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City 1 November
19 Brazilian Grand Prix Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo 15 November
20 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi 29 November

Calendar changes
Returning races

• The Mexican Grand Prix is scheduled to return to the Formula One calendar for the first time since 1992. The race is to be held at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez circuit located in the centre of Mexico City, which also was the location of all of the Mexican Grands Prix in previous decades. The circuit will be substantially reconfigured to accommodate the sport's return.

Pending changes

• The German Grand Prix was set to return to the Nürburgring, in accordance with the event-sharing agreement established between the Nürburgring and the Hockenheimring in 2008. The Nürburgring had previously hosted the race in 2013 and so was scheduled to host it again in 2015, but the venue was left off of the provisional calendar. With leaving the event-sharing agreement unresolved, doubts were cast about the race going ahead at all.

Failed race bids

• The Grand Prix of America, originally aimed for a debut in 2013 at the Port Imperial Street Circuit in New Jersey, was again delayed for a third straight year.
• The Indian Grand Prix was canceled for the second consecutive year following tax disputes between the FIA and the Uttar Pradesh government.
• The Korean Grand Prix was scheduled to return to the Formula One calendar after being removed in 2014, but the plan was ultimately abandoned.

Spoiler: 2014 Driver Standings

2014 DRIVERS' CHAMPIONSHIP
POS DRIVER TEAM PTS DEFICIT
1 LEWIS HAMILTON

MERCEDES 384
2 NICO ROSBERG

MERCEDES 317 -67
3 DANIEL RICCIARDO

RED BULL 238 -146
4 VALTTERI BOTTAS

WILLIAMS 186 -198
5 SEBASTIAN VETTEL

RED BULL 167 -217
6 FERNANDO ALONSO

FERRARI 161 -223
7 FELIPE MASSA

WILLIAMS 134 -250
8 JENSON BUTTON

MCLAREN 126 -258
9 NICO HULKENBERG

FORCE INDIA 96 -288
10 SERGIO PEREZ

FORCE INDIA 59 -325
11 KEVIN MAGNUSSEN

MCLAREN 55 -329
12 KIMI RAIKKONEN

FERRARI 55 -329
13 JEAN-ERIC VERGNE

TORO ROSSO 22 -362
14 ROMAIN GROSJEAN

LOTUS 8 -376
15 DANIIL KVYAT

TORO ROSSO 8 -376
16 PASTOR MALDONADO

LOTUS 2 -382
17 JULES BIANCHI

MARUSSIA 2 -382
18 ADRIAN SUTIL

SAUBER 0 -384
19 MARCUS ERICSSON

CATERHAM 0 -384
20 ESTEBAN GUTIERREZ

SAUBER 0 -384
21 MAX CHILTON

MARUSSIA 0 -384
22 KAMUI KOBAYASHI

CATERHAM 0 -384
23 ANDRE LOTTERER

CATERHAM 0 -384

Spoiler: Last Time Out

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 57 1:32:58.710 3 25
2 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 57 +26.777 4 18
3 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 57 +30.027 10 15
4 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 57 +35.284 5 12
5 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 57 +47.639 15 10
6 27 Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 57 +50.718 7 8
7 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 57 +57.675 11 6
8 25 Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso-Renault 57 +1:00.441 6 4
9 26 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Renault 57 +1:03.585 8 2
10 11 Sergio Pérez Force India-Mercedes 57 +1:25.916 16 1
11 99 Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 56 +1 Lap 13
12 21 Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber-Ferrari 56 +1 Lap 20
13 4 Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 55 +2 Laps 17
NC 17 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 49 +8 Laps 18
Ret 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 43 Power unit 22
Ret 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 29 Power unit 21
Ret 9 Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 27 Oil pressure 19
Ret 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 3 Engine 12
Ret 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 2 Engine 1
Ret 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 0 Collision 9
Ret 10 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 0 Collision 14
DSQ 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault 57 Disqualified2 2

Spoiler: Weekend Schedule

THURSDAY 12 MARCH
Time Activity
10:30 GATES OPEN TO PUBLIC
11:00 11:20 SHANNONS HISTORIC DEMONSTRATION
11:30 12:10 V8 SUPERCAR AND PORSCHE TRACK ACTIVITY
12:15 12:30 ALBERT PARK CHALLENGE DRIVEN BY RENAULT
12:40 13:00 PENRITE OIL HERITAGE TOURING CARS PRACTICE SESSION
13:15 13:45 MSS SECURITY V8 SUPERCARS CHALLENGE FIRST PRACTICE SESSION
13:55 14:10 RAAF ROULETTES
14:10 14:30 ULTIMATE SPEED COMPARISON FIRST PRACTICE SESSION
14:40 15:00 PORSCHE CARRERA CUP FIRST PRACTICE SESSION
15:10 15:40 MSS SECURITY V8 SUPERCARS CHALLENGE SECOND PRACTICE SESSION
15:50 16:10 PENRITE OIL HERITAGE TOURING CARS QUALIFYING
16:20 16:35 ULTIMATE SPEED COMPARISON DEMONSTRATION 1
16:45 17:05 PORSCHE CARRERA CUP QUALIFYING
17:15 17:45 MSS SECURITY V8 SUPERCARS CHALLENGE QUALIFYING
20:00 GATES CLOSE TO PUBLIC


FRIDAY 13 MARCH
Time Activity
10:30 GATES OPEN TO PUBLIC
11:00 11:20 PENRITE OIL HERITAGE TOURING CARS FIRST RACE
11:30 11:45 SHANNONS HISTORIC DEMONSTRATION
12:00 12:15 RAAF ROULETTES
12:30 14:00 FORMULA ONE® FIRST PRACTICE SESSION
14:20 14:50 MSS SECURITY V8 SUPERCARS CHALLENGE FIRST RACE (30 MINS)
15:00 15:20 THE ULTIMATE SPEED COMPARISON DEMONSTRATION 2
15:30 15:55 PORSCHE CARRERA CUP FIRST RACE (10 LAPS)
15:55 16:05 RAAF F/A18 JET - AIR DISPLAY
16:30 18:00 FORMULA ONE® SECOND PRACTICE SESSION
18:20 18:50 MSS SECURITY V8 SUPERCARS CHALLENGE SECOND RACE (30 MINS)
20:00 GATES CLOSE TO PUBLIC


SATURDAY 14 MARCH
Time Activity
10:30 GATES OPEN TO PUBLIC
11:00 11:20 SHANNONS HISTORIC DEMONSTRATION
11.35 11:55 TRACK ACTIVITY
12:10 12:30 PENRITE OIL HERITAGE TOURING CARS SECOND RACE
12:45 13:10 PORSCHE CARRERA CUP SECOND RACE (8 LAPS)
13:30 13:45 RAAF ROULETTES
14:00 15:00 FORMULA ONE® THIRD PRACTICE SESSION
15:20 15:55 MSS SECURITY V8 SUPERCARS CHALLENGE THIRD RACE
16:05 16:20 THE ULTIMATE SPEED COMPARISON DEMONSTRATION 3
16:30 16:40 RAAF ROULETTES
17:00 18:00 FORMULA ONE® QUALIFYING SESSION
20:00 GATES CLOSE TO PUBLIC


SUNDAY 15 MARCH
Time Activity
10:30 GATES OPEN TO PUBLIC
10:50 11:05 SHANNONS HISTORIC PARADE
11:15 11:35 PENRITE OIL HERITAGE TOURING CARS THIRD RACE
11:40 11:55 FERRARI ROAD CAR PARADE
12.05 12.45 MSS SECURITY V8 SUPERCARS CHALLENGE FOURTH RACE
12:55 13:20 PORSCHE CARRERA CUP THIRD RACE
13:35 13:50 JUNIOR GP CHALLENGE
14:00 14:15 ULTIMATE SPEED COMPARISON DEMONSTRATION 4
14:30 14:40 FORMULA ONE® DRIVERS PARADE
14:40 14:55 RAAF ROULETTES
14:45 15:15 STARTING GRID PRESENTATION
15:10 15:20 RAAF F/A18 JET AIR DISPLAY
15:30 FORMULA ONE PIT LANE OPENS
15:46 15:48 NATIONAL ANTHEM
15:48 QANTAS JET FLYOVER
16:00 18:00 FORMULA ONE® ROLEX AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX (58 LAPS OR 120 MINS)
20:00 GATES CLOSE TO PUBLIC

All Times Local

Spoiler: Circuit Info

Race Date: 15 Mar 2015
Circuit Name: Albert Park
First Grand Prix: 1996
Number of Laps: 58 laps
Circuit Length: 5.303 km
Race Distance: 307.574 km (191.118 mi)
Lap Record: 1:24.125 - M Schumacher (2004)

Spoiler: UK TV Schedule

BBC F1
BBC One
11/03 – 23:15 to 00:25 – 2014 Review (R)
14/03 – 12:50 to 14:00 – Qualifying Highlights
15/03 – 13:15 to 14:40 – Race Highlights

BBC News Channel
13/03 – 18:45 to 19:00 – Inside F1
14/03 – 18:45 to 19:00 – Inside F1

BBC Red Button
10/03 – 22:00 – Season Preview

BBC Radio 5 Live
05/03 – 19:30 to 20:00 – Season Preview
12/03 – 21:00 to 22:00 – Australia Preview
15/03 – 04:30 to 07:00 – Race

Sky Sports F1
Sessions
13/03 – 01:00 to 03:20 – Practice 1
13/03 – 05:15 to 07:30 – Practice 2
14/03 – 02:45 to 04:15 – Practice 3
14/03 – 05:00 to 07:45 – Qualifying (also Sky1 and Sky Sports 1)
14/03 – 06:00 to 08:45 – Qualifying (Sky1 +1)
15/03 – 03:30 to 08:15 – Race
=> 03:30 – Track Parade
=> 04:00 – Pit Lane Live
=> 04:30 – Race
=> 07:30 – Paddock Live

Supplementary Programming
06/03 – 20:00 to 21:00 – The F1 Show
06/03 – 21:00 to 22:00 – Mercedes F1 Team: Road to 2015
07/03 – 20:30 to 21:00 – Sauber’s Secrets of F1
12/03 – 04:00 to 04:30 – Driver Press Conference
12/03 – 20:45 to 21:00 – Paddock Uncut: Australia
13/03 – 07:30 to 08:15 – Team Press Conference
13/03 – 09:30 to 10:30 – The F1 Show
18/03 – 20:30 to 21:00 – Midweek Report

NEW Classic Races
09/03 – 21:00 to 23:00 – 1995 Pacific Grand Prix
10/03 – 21:00 to 23:30 – 1999 Canadian Grand Prix

Spoiler: US TV Schedule

• 03/12/15-First Practice, 11:30pm, NBCSN
• 03/13/15-Second Practice, 1:30am, NBCSN
• 03/13/15-Final Practice, 11pm, NBCSN
• 03/14/15-Qualifying, 2am, NBCSN
• 03/15/15-Race, 1am, NBCSN

All Times New York Area

Enjoy the weekend, just 1 week to go!

 

[CinnamonOD]

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[TheMonkeyDaft]

Sticky threads exist for a reason

Sorry, can someone look this thread or remove please until tuesday.

Thanks