2015 Rolex Australian Grand Prix
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To be fair, it was a nice day to sit in the sun on a hillside and get drunk.
The fast cars going around are just a bonus. You can only see one or two corners at best anyway, so even if it was the most exciting race ever chances are you're not gonna see any of it.
If you were watching on TV, probably boring as. If you were watching from a grassy knoll, whether it was exciting or not made little difference.
The best bit was the McLaren making farty noises every time it went past.
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Silly question: is Australia the only country that got the ridiculously over-produced introduction video with the contextually-inappropriate poem narrated over it, or is that now a part of the world feed?
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No further action taken against Manor. This time.
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Feel like the unpopular opinion puffin in this thread. Here's all of my unpopular opinions in one place for those who want to judge for themselves;
- Croft and Brundle are horrendously biased and I prefer the Australian commentators over them.
- FIA stewards frequently blame the wrong driver for collisions because of extremely flawed rules.
- Said flawed rules also allow Lewis Hamilton to drive like a thug and get away with it because of tarmac run-off.
- Kvyat will be disappointingly average at Red Bull and eventually get dropped for Sainz or Verstappen.
- The new engine sounds are better. Less going deaf in both ears.
- My life is being ruined by people disagreeing with me on the internet.
- Croft and Brundle are horrendously biased and I prefer the Australian commentators over them.
- FIA stewards frequently blame the wrong driver for collisions because of extremely flawed rules.
- Said flawed rules also allow Lewis Hamilton to drive like a thug and get away with it because of tarmac run-off.
- Kvyat will be disappointingly average at Red Bull and eventually get dropped for Sainz or Verstappen.
- The new engine sounds are better. Less going deaf in both ears.
- My life is being ruined by people disagreeing with me on the internet.
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http://m.speedcafe.com/2015/03/15/horner-calls-for-fia-action-on-engine-disparity/
Since when did Roland Dane start racing F1 cars?
Since when did Roland Dane start racing F1 cars?
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Meh. Maybe. Everyone has their biases.
Sometimes yes, frequently, no. If you know the rules, you drive within them. If you don't, that's not the stewards' fault.
No.
http://topgear.com.ph/news/racing-n...vertake-and-defend-your-position-in-formula-1
It's worth noting all the top drivers have practiced aggressive defense on corner exit at one point or another. The only time it's ever penalized is if it's on the straight or in a long, constant radius corner, such as at Monza.
Most likely.
I quite like it myself.
Welcome to the internet. First rule of the internet: Nobody agrees with anybody on the internet.
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You can get a lot of unsubstantial likes and "hearts" if you play your cards right and play directly to the audience.
Missed this race as well...needing sleep from travelling all day. Thanks for the play-by-play, everyone!
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So seems the supposed pinnacle of world motorsport threw up a boring race at Melbourne. When Melbourne is boring, you know the season might be in trouble. Yawn, good job Lewis.
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You know, I'd say about a third of the opening races are a bit dull; we're usually so giddy with excitement that the new season has dawned, so we kind of forgive it.
But you have a lot of the ingredients for a dull race: one team runs away with it, one driver from said team distances himself from second place, a weak grid, missing drivers...but it seems some of the rookies made things interesting. Two first-time drivers scored points on their debut, although I guess that's a lot more common now.
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Would not have picked Red Bull to be beaten on equal terms by a Sauber. Not promising.
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Indeed. Very disappointing. I would not have picked Renault to be more even more lacking than last year in terms of relative performance to Mercedes and Ferrari.
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You can get a lot of unsubstantial likes and "hearts" if you play your cards right and play directly to the audience.
Missed this race as well...needing sleep from travelling all day. Thanks for the play-by-play, everyone!
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. If Nasr keeps peforming well this season in a Sauber I could see him replacing Jenson next season I think Jeson should retire from f1.
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Maybe if Alonso leaves and K-Mag takes his place.
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You mean you haven't noticed Channel 10's bias towards Ricciardo and Webber before him? And don't get me started on Alan Jones' completely obvious preference towards Rosberg over the last year and a bit of the Mercedes dominance.
Anyway, wasn't the most exciting race today but I'm happy my favourite team got off to a good start (like that wasn't expected though). Both Hamilton and Rosberg drove very well today, Hamilton seemed to have a bit more in him today but Rosberg wasn't far off at all.
Vettel did well to come out on top of the Williams/Ferrari battle, but that was cut short by the first lap incident and eventually Raikkonen's retirement. Massa looked quite strong in the beginning but it seems like Williams' long run pace wasn't quite on the same level as Ferrari's this weekend. I'm hoping Williams make a strong comeback in Malaysia, this time with both cars fighting for the third step of the podium on race day.
Down the order, it was great to see the Toro Rosso young guns going so strong, it's a shame how the race panned out for both of them though. I'm already a big fan of those two, they've both got strong future's ahead of them.
Nasr was another stand out, I had no doubt he would be strong this weekend and it was such a relief to see Sauber back in the points.
And I guess McLaren did well to get at least one car home to the finish line. That's a big improvement but they've still got a long way to go.
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Channel 10s coverage is shockingly bad, only Webber saves it who is excellent with unrivaled knowledge, but is working with Bell*nds.
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If Nasr keeps peforming well this season in a Sauber I could see him replacing Jenson next season I think Jeson should retire from f1.
Why would he want to do that, Besides I can see him as the obvious Massa Successor at Williams.
Channel 10's F1 advertisements show horrendous bias towards Ricciardo to the point of making me want to puke. But the commentary itself isn't any more biased than you would expect from a broadcast only shown in Australia. At least they don't flat out lie by claiming that Hamilton has huge fan support in the USA and that the crowd were 'cheering wildly' when he took the lead there last season...
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Lewis is now 5 race wins from equalling Vettel's record and 7 from Senna
