2016 Rolex Australian Grand Prix

[GTPorsche]

That bad pitstop by Ferrari cost them, I think.

 

[FoRiZon]

Mercedes won one two

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

This right here, is why Mercedes are a championship winning group. They adjust rather quickly to the situation to win or gain the most from a bad situation their drivers put them in.

 

[GTPorsche]

8 points for Haas/Grosjean on debut.

 

[ukfan758]

And I was expecting them to just be on pace with Manor... What a fantastic result!

 

[Panoz]

Haas finishes 6th on debut. USA! USA!

 

[Bo]

Great job by Haas.

 

[catamount39]

HAAS IN 6TH!

 

[twitcher]

Wow what a finish for Haas!! I'll eat my words, I'm impressed 👍

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Massive congrats to Grosjean and Haas

 

[FoRiZon]

I hope Haas will be the next Brawn GP in terms of achievements

 

[ukfan758]

Haas finishes 6th on debut. USA! USA!

 

[GTPorsche]

Strategy with the red flag helped them out a ton, but they definitely had the pace to be 6th.

 

[sems4arsenal]

Awesome win dude

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

What moron thought this new parking for the three podium finishers was a good idea?

 

[Blitz24]

"This is like a win for us! I don't even know where we finished!"
Who will tell Romain that he actually placed 26th and was DQ'ed because Bernie?

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Great race, great start to the season 👍

Max will be on the naughty step now!

 

[DcrRaikkonen]

This right here, is why Mercedes are a championship winning group. They adjust rather quickly to the situation to win or gain the most from a bad situation their drivers put them in.

They have made bad strategy moves before and they are quite lucky today.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Strategy with the red flag helped them out a ton, but they definitely had the pace to be 6th.

Grosjean's projected lap time at the end of Q1 - the lap he couldn't complete - had him on-target for fourteenth on the grid.

 

[mustafur]

What moron thought this new parking for the three podium finishers was a good idea?

Always been there.

 

[mustafur]

Grosjean's projected lap time at the end of Q1 - the lap he couldn't complete - had him on-target for fourteenth on the grid.

Yet he was a clear 2 seconds ahead of the Force India.

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

They have made bad strategy moves before and they are quite lucky today.

Every group has made bad strategies, but blow for blow they are the best and have been the best. Most times it's the drivers that screw that up because of bickering egos. Ferrari had just as much opportunity to do the same thing and thought they had a better shot at the route they went. But if some guy like me can sit here analyze the fact that rear aero wake has been hurting these cars due to the significant aero changes made over testing...then clearly they saw it and realize it was too late.

I don't see the luck in it at all unless it's the red flag but that's an easy cop out.

 

[ukfan758]

What this finish by Haas could do for F1 in the US has potentional to be monumental.

 

[Peter.]

Can't pass the Haas!

Never mind the fact that it's another "Mercedes wins lol" result, the midfield scrap this year will be terrific. I'm already a fan of Haas, they've set the bar very high for new teams haven't they. Also good to see Ferrari good enough to trouble Mercedes if they get their strategy right, and McLaren not a moving chicane on the straights.

 

[Northstar]

Grosjean's projected lap time at the end of Q1 - the lap he couldn't complete - had him on-target for fourteenth on the grid.

Qualifying isn't the race though.

It's saying something that Nico was within a second at one point and still couldn't get by him and eventually fell back (I'm guessing something happened there though).

 

[GTPorsche]

Grosjean's projected lap time at the end of Q1 - the lap he couldn't complete - had him on-target for fourteenth on the grid.

What's your point? That was qualifying, and an awful qualifying format to boot. He managed to finish 6th and wasn't holding up everyone behind him in the process. If that's not having the pace to finish 6th, then I don't know what is.

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

Always been there.

No it hasn't, images from prior years show the entrance for the cars to be more open, it's different

 

[Akmuq]

Realistically, Kvyat would have been ahead and Bottas and the two Toro Rossos both should have been, but Haas might ligitimally have top 10 pace, or not far off. They will pick up more points I feel.

 

[Bo]

Grosjean's projected lap time at the end of Q1 - the lap he couldn't complete - had him on-target for fourteenth on the grid.

Quali pace is completely different to race pace. It was a competitive package from the first lap on.

 

[aarror]

Good to see proper trophies, not that corporate B.S