2018 Australian Grand Prix - Melbourne, 22 -25 March

[Restomaniac]

Can others join with me and report the obvious troll?

Never in live will everyone alwasy agree with you and say only say what you like to hear, get real.

You know who I'm talking about then seeing as you are so quick to respond. Also after the insane stuff you have been posting for the past 30 mins you tell me to 'get real'

[CriXus]

Was that the condition on which Ferrari sold their last year's car to Haas, that they would come into play whenever Ferrari needs them? Aka... Singapore 2008!!!

Sore loser!!!

[Juzh]

Martin Brundle has just said that RedBull, Ferrari and Mercedes have the same pace.

How can someone with so much experience in F1 not see what is smacking him in the face?

Yeah i know . Then a few mins later he said "but in clean air he was 7 tenths faster on older tyres"

Thats not the same pace Martin

Just some classic brundle garbage.

[Chene_Mostert]

First of all guys Chene is a "she" and not a "he".Not that it makes any difference...Trolls are all the same either male or female! In their world Vettel was the super master today and won on pure pace alone!

He actually didt, think about it, he started behind and finished 5sec+ ahead so he had to have better pace. After restart he was only 0.5 ahed and finishe 5+ ahead so he had better pace! Just Math

[Sierra117]

If your in a marathon and the guy in front is faster, would you really be proud if you won by getting in a car for half a mile of the marathon?

That's essentially what happened.

I would be proud because the faster guy was faster because of his prototype Adidas running shoes whereas I am running with something from the Walmart discount section. Major difference in the scenario.

That's quite inaccurate and this has been argued to death - it's common sense that skill is required to tame whichever beast you are in control of. Case in point - Bottas v Hamilton. Same car, different skills.

Following the same example, seems like Walmart's discount section brand could not produce something worth the extra 100 million they get.

[GPR-A duplicate2]

First of all guys Chene is a "she" and not a "he".Not that it makes any difference...Trolls are all the same either male or female! In their world Vettel was the super master today and won on pure pace alone!

He actually didt, think about it, he started behind and finished 5sec+ ahead so he had to have better pace. After restart he was only 0.5 ahed and finishe 5+ ahead so he had better pace! Just Math

By that standard, McLaren is faster than Red Bull !!!

[FrukostScones]

Lol guys get a grip. Great season ahead.

[TheGkbrk]

It was surprising to see Bottas verily stuck behind a Renault on actual race pace for more than 20 laps.

And don't get so negative about the remaining of the season. Things looked better than that killing Mercedes pace on Q3.

[Sierra117]

First of all guys Chene is a "she" and not a "he".Not that it makes any difference...Trolls are all the same either male or female! In their world Vettel was the super master today and won on pure pace alone!

He actually didt, think about it, he started behind and finished 5sec+ ahead so he had to have better pace. After restart he was only 0.5 ahed and finishe 5+ ahead so he had better pace! Just Math

Please watch the part where Hamilton adjusts his engine mode. Yet again, this is nothing new in F1. You save the engine for later and you will obviously lose massive time playing around on the steering wheel + turning the engine down.

[Restomaniac]

First of all guys Chene is a "she" and not a "he".Not that it makes any difference...Trolls are all the same either male or female! In their world Vettel was the super master today and won on pure pace alone!

He actually didt, think about it, he started behind and finished 5sec+ ahead so he had to have better pace. After restart he was only 0.5 ahed and finishe 5+ ahead so he had better pace! Just Math

By that standard, McLaren is faster than Red Bull !!!

Don't start using logic it will only confuse some folk!

[FrukostScones]

All I can say is that Merc Trapped Into the Rai trap.

First VSC sector oft HAM was too slow. That is where he lost it.

[Phil]

Apparently, Ferrari was running way less wing (relative to Mercedes) to be more fuel efficient. That is probably why the Ferrari in qualifying (and the race) lost that much in the corners and was quick on the straights.

Melbourne is very heavy on fuel.

Mercedes are very strong, but the gap might just be a little exaggerated.

As for the race... almost typical Melbourne. Mercedes was vulnerable by only having one car at the front, Ferrari gambled by leaving Seb out and got extremely lucky. Gutted for Hamilton, after such a flawless display to lose like that is a hard, but it will make the season more interesting.

[bauc]

Good Race, well played by Ferrari and the pitstop overtake. What a disaster for HASS. both cars were in place for a big finish but 2 pitstops mistakes one after the other is really bad. Mclaren is kinda back but a lot of work is needed. Disappointment of the weekend must be Bottas but hey, its only the first race. As for Honda, I'm afraid they are still far away.

[LM10]

Ferrari struggling, still much to learn. So every lucky win is even more worth in this stage of the season.

Mercedes was clearly faster and they were able to go several laps in "Attack" mode (you actually could read this on Lewis' display), until Lewis deactivated it 5 laps before end of race. So, the potential and reserves in this Mercedes are massive.

Let's see what will happen in following races.

[CriXus]

I am really surprised by the reaction of the Sky pundits. The problem with pitting under VSC has been there since the start, but somehow was never mentioned until the Brit boy did not get screwed up .