Australian Grand Prix 2014, Melbourne - Race 1/19

Flibster · 15 Mar 2014 at 06:43

drunkenmaster said:
Yup, I don't know how much exactly it's about them not being able to charge enough in one lap. I presume they basically turn off most of the harvesting on a qualifying lap so they have better brakes, but leaves them down on power. Which leaves them needing to turn up the charging in between.

They can use twice as much power as they can harvest. So they'll still harvest during their hot lap.

And Button in 11th.

Kobayashi in 15th.

Skeeter · 15 Mar 2014 at 06:43

I never thought about how much the Australians must hate Vettel. But omg those cheers.

KautoStar · 15 Mar 2014 at 06:44

Button lol

drunkenmaster · 15 Mar 2014 at 06:44

Button "someone went faster than me on the last lap............. I don't like it,"

Flibster · 15 Mar 2014 at 06:45

drunkenmaster said:
Button "someone went faster than me on the last lap............. I don't like it,"

To be fair, 10 people went faster than him.

Skeeter · 15 Mar 2014 at 06:45

Flibster said:
They can use twice as much power as they can harvest. So they'll still harvest during their hot lap.

And Button in 11th.

Kobayashi in 15th.

The 2MJ harvest limit is only the MGUK. The MGUH harvesting is unlimited, so will be filling the additional 2MJ they can use per lap (as they can discharge 4MJ per lap).

el_dazza · 15 Mar 2014 at 06:46

Fair play, don't think anyone expecting one STR to get into q3 let alone both.

Glaucus · 15 Mar 2014 at 06:47

If nothing else button should get me good points in the fantasy league. 5points per place gained.

Irish_Tom · 15 Mar 2014 at 06:48

I for one an looking forward to seeing Kimi, Seb and Button fighting their way through the field tomorrow.

Flibster · 15 Mar 2014 at 06:48

And now to the longer Q3. 12 minutes instead of 10.

Vergne going to do 3 timed laps - 2 on new tyres.

drunkenmaster · 15 Mar 2014 at 06:48

Flibster said:
They can use twice as much power as they can harvest. So they'll still harvest during their hot lap.

And Button in 11th.

Kobayashi in 15th.

Skeeter said:
The 2MJ harvest limit is only the MGUK. The MGUH harvesting is unlimited, so will be filling the additional 2MJ they can use per lap (as they can discharge 4MJ per lap).

I really haven't seen any good info on precisely how much they can charge on an "average" lap vs what they can discharge. I would also presume that this changes from race to race. But it makes sense to me to have a relatively balanced limit. Do they start an out lap with any charge at all? I was under the impression they didn't but I'm not sure. If not then they have one lap to effectively get to full charge, and a slower out lap with less hard breaking.

Stryda09 · 15 Mar 2014 at 06:50

Gonna need to buy Sky F1 so I can turn off the annoying commentary. Brundle and Croft like to chat some rubbish to try make stuff more interesting.

Skeeter · 15 Mar 2014 at 06:53

drunkenmaster said:
I really haven't seen any good info on precisely how much they can charge on an "average" lap vs what they can discharge. I would also presume that this changes from race to race. But it makes sense to me to have a relatively balanced limit. Do they start an out lap with any charge at all? I was under the impression they didn't but I'm not sure. If not then they have one lap to effectively get to full charge, and a slower out lap with less hard breaking.

The FIA regs detail the power moving around quite nicely, with a handy picture. But at a top level they can store 4MJ max in the battery, and discharge 4MJ per lap. The MGUK is limited to harvesting 2MJ a lap, and the MGUH is unlimited. The MGUH easily generates the extra 2MJ so they will have 4MJ per lap available. They are not allowed to charge the batteries in pits.

Flibster · 15 Mar 2014 at 06:53

Ricciardo told light rain until the end.

Glaucus · 15 Mar 2014 at 06:53

Why no leader board graphics.

the1gooner · 15 Mar 2014 at 06:53

Woke up in time to catch q3 qualifying.

Vettel not sounding happy in his interview just now.

The cars sounding very different gonna take some getting used too.

Flibster · 15 Mar 2014 at 06:54

Other penalties from earlier. Bottas and Guiterrez both have had gearbox changes earlier today. So 5 place grid penalties for both of them.

Flibster · 15 Mar 2014 at 06:55

Gary Hartstein @former_f1doc · 4m said:
McLaren steering wheel has Retina Display. And fully connected to iTunes and App Store. Jenson clearly watching Braking Bad.

deuse · 15 Mar 2014 at 06:57

Is ricciardo going to get pole?

Glaucus · 15 Mar 2014 at 06:57

Is hammy & Alonso right on full wets, or everyone else who are on inters.