The speed traps recorded during qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix show more or less the same ranking order as in 2015. While Force India and Williams continue to be among the fastest in a straight line, McLaren are still at the bottom of the charts.
As was Grosjeans last lap when he ran out of time. Truly impressive =D>ripper wrote:Haas is probabily better than Sauber. If I remember correctly GUT's Second lap was more than enough to pass in Q2, but he didn't finish it in time
Of course they are closer. Last year in Melbourne Ferrari was 1.5s adrift. Maybe if Vettel ran 2nd time gap would probably be smaller, but it is still too large.FrukostScones wrote:I think Ferrari is closer than last year.
Rosberg: "The gap between us and Ferrari is not real because we used two sets SS while they only have one." -ME4ME wrote:Just watched Qualifying (overslept this morning)
- Mercedes still out of reach
- Ferrari a disappointment
- Toro Rosso very impressive! Especially considering their 2015 PU, and time constraints which they had to deal with.
- Underwhelmed by Williams, their car looks a mess on track.
- Mclaren quicker than expected! They could well surpass Williams and Force India this season.
- Great job by Jolyon Palmer and Verstappen.
- Raikkonen nowhere close as usual.
- Q1 pretty interesting. Q2 and 3 a total mess and let-down.
Why this? The race is not over yet. However here are last three Australina Q3 results for Ferrari. And they don't go for one more lap today.ME4ME wrote:- Ferrari a disappointment
Yea, Ferrari time on itself is impressive, but no body expected Merc to improve so muchMr.G wrote:Why this? The race is not over yet. However here are last three Australina Q3 results for Ferrari. And they don't go for one more lap today.ME4ME wrote:- Ferrari a disappointment
2014 ALO 5th -1.588s
2015 VET 4th - 1.430s
2016 VET 3rd - 0.838s
Sebastian Vettel: “In comparison to the Mercedes drivers we are a bit further behind than we expected, but we are happy with 3rd and 4th, especially for me as it was a bit difficult to find the rhythm in Qualifying. I felt quite good with the car in P3, but then it took some time to get back, and only in Q3 it really started to happen. I had a very good lap, and in the end, because the gap was quite big, I felt that my first lap had been good enough. There really wasn’t another half a second in there, so we called it off, and saved a set of tires, although surely we would have loved to be closer"giantfan10 wrote:Rosberg: "The gap between us and Ferrari is not real because we used two sets SS while they only have one." -ME4ME wrote:Just watched Qualifying (overslept this morning)
- Mercedes still out of reach
- Ferrari a disappointment
- Toro Rosso very impressive! Especially considering their 2015 PU, and time constraints which they had to deal with.
- Underwhelmed by Williams, their car looks a mess on track.
- Mclaren quicker than expected! They could well surpass Williams and Force India this season.
- Great job by Jolyon Palmer and Verstappen.
- Raikkonen nowhere close as usual.
- Q1 pretty interesting. Q2 and 3 a total mess and let-down.
Well obviously , but for Rosberg even 2-3 tenths is too much since he will be the one in the sight not Lewis.GPR-A wrote:Sebastian Vettel: “In comparison to the Mercedes drivers we are a bit further behind than we expected, but we are happy with 3rd and 4th, especially for me as it was a bit difficult to find the rhythm in Qualifying. I felt quite good with the car in P3, but then it took some time to get back, and only in Q3 it really started to happen. I had a very good lap, and in the end, because the gap was quite big, I felt that my first lap had been good enough. There really wasn’t another half a second in there, so we called it off, and saved a set of tires, although surely we would have loved to be closer"giantfan10 wrote:Rosberg: "The gap between us and Ferrari is not real because we used two sets SS while they only have one." -ME4ME wrote:Just watched Qualifying (overslept this morning)
- Mercedes still out of reach
- Ferrari a disappointment
- Toro Rosso very impressive! Especially considering their 2015 PU, and time constraints which they had to deal with.
- Underwhelmed by Williams, their car looks a mess on track.
- Mclaren quicker than expected! They could well surpass Williams and Force India this season.
- Great job by Jolyon Palmer and Verstappen.
- Raikkonen nowhere close as usual.
- Q1 pretty interesting. Q2 and 3 a total mess and let-down.
