The purpose is to prove that the Championship is over, and Ferrari are done.
No need to be a killjoy man, I hope you have to eat your words sooner rather than later.
The purpose is to prove that the Championship is over, and Ferrari are done.
The purpose is to prove that the Championship is over, and Ferrari are done.
No need to be a killjoy man, I hope you have to eat your words sooner rather than later.
The purpose is to prove that the Championship is over, and Ferrari are done.
Feel free to pop back into the forum at the beginning of the 2020 season then
Only if there is a genuine competition, if not... don't bother. One second gap per lap in Australia says it all.
Wait, people are calling the championship already? How long have I slept for?
Only if there is a genuine competition, if not... don't bother. One second gap per lap in Australia says it all.
I think people need to chill a little. Australia is never a good indicator of the performance of the cars and being the first race and a flyaway race the cars are rarely complete or at their peak. Last years race was no different really.
Vettel won, but didn't win the Championship. Lewis was 5 seconds back, but no doubt Seb wasn't pushing and managing the gap. After the safety car came in on lap 31 the order didn't change. Albert park has, and likely always will be, a crap track for passing on.
1 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 58 1:29:33.283 3 25
2 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 58 +5.036 1 18
3 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 58 +6.309 2 15
4 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 58 +7.069 8 12
5 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Renault 58 +27.886 10 10
6 33 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 58 +28.945 4 8
7 27 Nico Hülkenberg Renault 58 +32.671 7 6
8 77 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 58 +34.339 15 4
9 2 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren-Renault 58 +34.921 11 2
10 55 Carlos Sainz Jr. Renault 58 +45.722 9 1
Actually Hamilton should have won that race. He just got unlucky that Vettel had the opportunity to pit under a virtual safety car. Hamilton had it won otherwise.
True, but Mercedes opened up a huge gap this year. I don't remember them having quite such a gap last year before the safety car shenanigans? I could be wrong.
People were calling the championship after Qualy in China saying that Hamilton was out of it and it was Vettel's year, and look how that turned out. It looks like we've upped it this year and are calling the championship after the first race. Ridiculous.I think people need to chill a little. Australia is never a good indicator of the performance of the cars and being the first race and a flyaway race the cars are rarely complete or at their peak. Last years race was no different really.
Vettel won, but didn't win the Championship. Lewis was 5 seconds back, but no doubt Seb wasn't pushing and managing the gap. After the safety car came in on lap 31 the order didn't change. Albert park has, and likely always will be, a crap track for passing on.
1 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 58 1:29:33.283 3 25
2 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 58 +5.036 1 18
3 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 58 +6.309 2 15
4 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 58 +7.069 8 12
5 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Renault 58 +27.886 10 10
6 33 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 58 +28.945 4 8
7 27 Nico Hülkenberg Renault 58 +32.671 7 6
8 77 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 58 +34.339 15 4
9 2 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren-Renault 58 +34.921 11 2
10 55 Carlos Sainz Jr. Renault 58 +45.722 9 1
People were calling the championship after Qualy in China saying that Hamilton was out of it and it was Vettel's year, and look how that turned out. It looks like we've upped it this year and are calling the championship after the first race. Ridiculous.
Like you said, Albert Park is a **** track to gauge performance on. It's like saying Ferrari were slower than a wounded Red Bull because they couldn't pass at Monaco. Let's see what's happening when we get to the European tracks.
Red Bull Racing manager Helmut Marko confirmed that Verstappen and his father, former Formula 1 driver Jos Verstappen, have been contacted on numerous occasions by Mercedes team principal and CEO Toto Wolff over the last several months.
The rumour mill is churning this morning saying that Verstappen is set to join Mercedes for 2020. I had to check it wasn't an old article from the 1st