Australian Grand Prix 2016, Melbourne - Race 1/21

[Skeeter]

That's a bit of an over reaction - does she know that there's still a race the next day?

It's an expensive trip to make for 1 day.

We've been to Spa loads and are always there from before P1 on Friday right through to being kicked off Eau Rouge as they want to shut the track.

We have no desire to watch Qualifying so going all that way for a Sunday only is a waste. It would be impossible to follow qualifying without having a TV.

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

There basically isn't any point going to a qualifying session.

Hilarious that it's the people selling tickets that wanted the change. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot.

 

[Skeeter]

Horner apologising to the fans for the shambles.

 

[Irish_Tom]

Horner apologising to the fans for the shambles.

 

[Skeeter]

Hilarious that it's the people selling tickets that wanted the change. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot.

They wanted a change. They didn't specify this specific change.

 

[The_Abyss]

There's still practice and the other feature races though - qualifying is just 60 minutes of the whole weekend (or 3 x 5 minutes now!).

Anyway, each to their own. Seems like a knee jerk reaction though.

 

[Skeeter]

"Formula 1 needs to act collectively"

Ha! Like that is ever going to happen!

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

A knee-jerk reaction, just like these **** rules!

 

[The_Abyss]

Horner apologising to the fans for the shambles.

The format or his team's performance?

 

[Irish_Tom]

I see what DM is talking about - in the past it was two flying laps per session and that hasn't changed.

However, they really have taken away the drama of the final flying laps as the chequered flag drops. Whether that makes any difference to the final result or not, it does make a difference to the spectacle and entertainment value.

 

[Skeeter]

There's still practice and the other feature races though - qualifying is just 60 minutes of the whole weekend (or 3 x 5 minutes now!).

Anyway, each to their own. Seems like a knee jerk reaction though.

It's the requirement to watch on TV. Im not going to watch it at home on Saturday and then drive to Spa for Sunday.

 

[Skeeter]

A knee-jerk reaction, just like these **** rules!

This is going to seem like a mole hill compared to the mountain of **** that is the 2017 rules.

 

[Skeeter]

They are dancing around it, but looking through that, the Sky pundits are ripping F1 apart.

 

[drunkenmaster]

Is there a list anywhere of lap records and rules/situation the lap was done? Because that 1:23 was freaking epic. The lap record is Schumi with a 1:24 in 2004 but I'm really bad with memory and what the rules were in a given year. Would that have been right after or before a pitstop, new tires medium fuel, or pit the next lap with tires that last.

At a glance it's way faster than times done in qualifying any time in the past like decade, in Q1/2/3. I'm just surprised they gained this much time, was thinking maybe another 0.5-0.75 seconds car, 0.5-0.8 from tires, 2.5 second gain is HUGE.

 

[UTmaniac]

Must have been bad, even Ted was sounding more depressing than me!

 

[Skeeter]

Key snippet from Hamilton:

"What do the fans want, has anyone asked?"

 

[Irish_Tom]

I missed that bit with Ted, which team is in trouble for camber / pressure settings?

 

[Skeeter]

Williams.

They haven't submitted their suspension geometry to the FIA in time.

 

[Irish_Tom]

Williams.

They haven't submitted their suspension geometry to the FIA in time.

Thanks.

 

[Dimi]

^ Williams

You know the running of the sport is a shambles when they vote something like this in without thoroughly thinking it through, only then to ditch it for the next race.

F1 has a management crisis it needs to sort out ASAP before we get even more stupid rules in the future. 2017 looks like another stupid set of rule changes.

Edit: Beaten!