Formula 1 2013 Season Opener Melbourne 17th March

[Panoz]

Ricciardo backed into the garage.

 

[Beerz]

Go Kimi!

 

[gorsad]

Ricciardo retires, wonder why though?

 

[mattythedog]

Great pass by Webber!

 

[GTPorsche]

Ricciardo out with an exhaust failure.

Looks like this race is coming down to a battle between Alonso and Kimi, with Kimi most likely winning it.

 

[Brutaka]

Hamilton pits as Alonso gets fastest lap

 

[RX-7_FD3S]

The UPS logo on the Ferrari looks like such an afterthought

Technically, if my calculations are correct, Kimi's got a considerable shot at this?

If there is no rain and no trouble it's gonna be

Raikkonen
Alonso
Vettel

 

[mattythedog]

Hamilton pits, and holds 6th.

 

[mattythedog]

Raikkonen takes the lead.

Oops, double post, sorry.

 

[gorsad]

Awesome move by Webber. But looks like an overall disappointing race for him.

 

[RX-7_FD3S]

Alonso seems pretty fast tho, he's gaining a lot of time on Raikkonen, now the question, will the tyres last long enough for Alonso.

 

[Terronium-12]

Come on, Massa!

And fantastic move (read: bone chilling) by Webber! So swift that maneuver.

 

[Brutaka]

Kimi in lead.

 

[Beerz]

Yup, really bad home race for Webber.


Also... Yay, Kimi's da man! 👍

 

[GTPorsche]

Go Kimi!

 

[mattythedog]

Now hopefully we're in for a good battle.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Alonso takes Sutil for second..can he catch Raikkonen?

 

[Brutaka]

Sutil had to pit.

 

[gorsad]

Sutil pits, gets out in 5th place. I wonder if he can catch up to Massa in 10 laps.

 

[-Fred-]

Still, a great performance so far by Sutil, I certainly wouldn't have placed him 5th at this point.

 

[Panoz]

Alonso losing time on Kimi.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Raikkonen pulling out even bigger lead over Alonso...

 

[Brutaka]

10 laps to go as Kimi leads Alonso by 8 sec.

 

[gorsad]

Still, a great performance so far by Sutil, I certainly wouldn't have placed him 5th at this point.

True, a great performance by him but I was hoping he'd be able to get it on the podium. Still a great race for him.

 

[Beerz]

Alonso not catching up with Kimi now. Maybe his tyres are dropping down slightly already?

 

[mattythedog]

The gap between 1st and 2nd isn't really changing.

 

[GTPorsche]

Alonso's tires are gone.

I'd have to say, Sutil put on an amazing drive today after not being in the series for a year.

 

[Mic_Col]

It's all been pretty clean . . . so far.

might be a bit early to post that.

 

[-Fred-]

Sutil's rear tires are already shot, look at those black stripes!

 

[mattythedog]

Shame for Sutil, he was doing so well.