2019 Australian Grand Prix - Melbourne, March 15-17

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This is looking like an easy win for Bottas.
Meantime, Ricciardo is the first victim of the wider front wing getting in the way during overtaking.

Overtaking looks just as difficult as before.

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Phil
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Looks like Hamilton is seriously compromized as a result of having to cover Vettels early pit stop. If they will have to pit again, they’ll both fall behind Leclerc and Verstappen. Nicely played Ferrari, i think it was a brilliant move.
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What happened after Hamilton's pit stop. He was 7 seconds ahead of Vettel before pit then suddenly only 2 seconds ahead?

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Phil wrote:
17 Mar 2019, 07:54
Looks like Hamilton is seriously compromized as a result of having to cover Vettels early pit stop. If they will have to pit again, they’ll both fall behind Leclerc and Verstappen. Nicely played Ferrari, i think it was a brilliant move.
Idiotic strategists strike again.
Covering Vettel so early on was obviously dumb.

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proteus wrote:
17 Mar 2019, 01:26
bdr529 wrote:
16 Mar 2019, 23:42
PlatinumZealot wrote:
16 Mar 2019, 22:08
Whelp.. Looks like the Renault move was a bad choice for Ricciardo. At least he gets more money.
Don't forget the company car he gets, a shinny new Twingo
Actually if i saw correctly, he has a Clio RS for transporting himself, which is one of the best cars in its segment, so i dont get the sarcasm, or were you reffering to Twizy which he gets in the promo video?
That wasn't sarcasm, that's what I thought he got as a company car

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Why doesnt vettel pit for softs now?

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GrandAxe
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Bottas has gone totally mad with fastest time after fastest time. 8)

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Phil
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Good point, they could lure Hamilton/Mercedes into another stop. If it doesnt work, switch with Leclerc the order back to what it was. Win/win.
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Id just pit vettel on softs, lewis will not pit cause he is ahead of verstappen.

If lewises tyres die, vettel has him. If not, leclerc can let him pass.

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Vettel obviously has power problems. Red lights at the back blinking quite often. Verstappen overtook him very easily and now he loses massively to Leclerc behind. Also least top speed by quite a margin.

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Phil
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Dont forget, Vettel stopped really early too (like Hamilton who covered him). Leclerc has much fresher tires.
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z.topoln
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If they wont let leclerc pass , then let him pit and take a point for fl!

Ffs ferrari!

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LM10
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Phil wrote:
17 Mar 2019, 08:27
Dont forget, Vettel stopped really early too (like Hamilton who covered him). Leclerc has much fresher tires.
I know, he still has clear speed disadvantage. Verstappen overtook him like he wasn’t there when they were side by side. Vettel asked on team-radio why he’s so slow.

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Honestly, sometimes it is so frustrating to be a Ferrari fan... They have retards working in strategy department.

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Phil
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LM10 wrote:
17 Mar 2019, 08:32
Phil wrote:
17 Mar 2019, 08:27
Dont forget, Vettel stopped really early too (like Hamilton who covered him). Leclerc has much fresher tires.
I know, he still has clear speed disadvantage. Verstappen overtook him like he wasn’t there when they were side by side. Vettel asked on team-radio why he’s so slow.
Verstappen had much better tires then and set the pass up nicely. Anyway, i am backing Ferrari on this one with keeping Vettel in front. Vettel is nursing his car, not a fair fight anyway.
Not for nothing, Rosberg's Championship is the only thing that lends credibility to Hamilton's recent success. Otherwise, he'd just be the guy who's had the best car. — bhall II
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