Australian Grand Prix 2016, Melbourne - Race 1/21

smr · 20 Mar 2016 at 12:11

Alonso will quit the sport by the summer. Guarantee it. Shocking mclaren-honda.

smr · 20 Mar 2016 at 12:18

Weird seeing webber interview vettel

smr · 20 Mar 2016 at 12:20

Webbers good on tv as well.. might watch some channel 4 coverage next race weekend.

koolpc · 20 Mar 2016 at 13:01

Glad Alonso ok. That was a very scary crash! Only seen bits on the F1 sites. Will watch the highlights in a bit. I was gutted as i didnt want to know the result, i went onto Channel 4 ready to watch, clicked the link for it in readiness and there was the ruddy result!!! I know better next time there are highlights!

smr · 20 Mar 2016 at 13:24

McLaren threw a points finish away by bad tyre strategy for Jenson then.

Skeeter · 20 Mar 2016 at 14:15

koolpc said:
Glad Alonso ok. That was a very scary crash! Only seen bits on the F1 sites. Will watch the highlights in a bit. I was gutted as i didnt want to know the result, i went onto Channel 4 ready to watch, clicked the link for it in readiness and there was the ruddy result!!! I know better next time there are highlights!

The BBC used to be really bad for that. They would put the result on the F1 page right next to where you click to watch the highlights show.

cu3ed · 20 Mar 2016 at 15:00

Skeeter said:
The BBC used to be really bad for that. They would put the result on the F1 page right next to where you click to watch the highlights show.

Will never beat ITV's announcer mess up..right before the highlights.

" and now the highlights of Lewis Hamilton's win at....."

Though I did Pin a tile direct to the BBC iPlayer to avoid their site mostly.

PinkFloyd · 20 Mar 2016 at 15:33

Not a bad race all in all. Glad to see Alonso was ok after that shunt, looks like a lot of the midfield is very close which will make for some excitement over the year.

Born_2_Kill_83 · 20 Mar 2016 at 15:41

Were people boooing Hamilton on his podium interview at the end?

benhaha85 · 20 Mar 2016 at 15:50

Well that was much more enjoyable than I expected. I still hate the rule that allows for tires to be changed under a red flag, it penalizes the drivers/teams who make a good call far too much.

Really glad to see Alonso walk away from that. The full speed footage was unbelievable.

Terminal_Boy · 20 Mar 2016 at 16:38

benhaha85 said:
Well that was much more enjoyable than I expected. I still hate the rule that allows for tires to be changed under a red flag, it penalizes the drivers/teams who make a good call far too much.

Really glad to see Alonso walk away from that. The full speed footage was unbelievable.

Being allowed to change them before the restart is equally unfair.

Guerrilla · 20 Mar 2016 at 16:39

Was a pretty good start to the season, hellish accident for Alonso glad to see he's ok.

Thought the channel 4 coverage was pretty good too, be good to see what their live coverage is like... Ben Edwards is still a terrible commentator though.

el_dazza · 20 Mar 2016 at 17:15

Born_2_Kill_83 said:
Were people boooing Hamilton on his podium interview at the end?

Would surprise me if they did, they cheered when Vettel spun off near the end.

Skeeter · 20 Mar 2016 at 17:24

benhaha85 said:
Well that was much more enjoyable than I expected. I still hate the rule that allows for tires to be changed under a red flag, it penalizes the drivers/teams who make a good call far too much.

Really glad to see Alonso walk away from that. The full speed footage was unbelievable.

They have to allow it due to the potential for it to be because of weather conditions, and because the cars are out of parc ferme.

smr · 20 Mar 2016 at 17:35

el_dazza said:
Would surprise me if they did, they cheered when Vettel spun off near the end.

i've finally realised why they boooed him, not that I was giving it much thought... wow they hold a grudge don't they - thought everyone had stopped booing Seb by now.

Hawk Tuah · 20 Mar 2016 at 17:51

Skeeter said:
People say Haas 'cheated' by being a Ferrari B Team.

Do these people also say Torro Rosso cheat by being a Red Bull B team?

MooMoo444 · 20 Mar 2016 at 18:00

Was a surprisingly interesting opener, hopefully more of the same in Bahrain.

Setroc · 20 Mar 2016 at 18:45

Bug One said:
Do these people also say Torro Rosso cheat by being a Red Bull B team?

No because they don't share the data that is prohibited by the FIA. The accusation is that Ferrari had an information exchange with Haas, which would not be allowed between two existing teams. The loophole has since been closed by the FIA, after Merc asked for clarification.

CaptainRAVE · 20 Mar 2016 at 18:55

Alonso has certainly been in some huge crashes in his time!

drunkenmaster · 20 Mar 2016 at 19:41

el_dazza said:
Would surprise me if they did, they cheered when Vettel spun off near the end.

I think they cheered Vettel off because... Vettel vs Webber and Vettel vs Ricciardo(though there was never really a big rivalry due to performance level and Riccy won anyway). I think they booed Hamilton more than anything because he passed Ricciardo in the race and took points off him, that and people think it's cool to boo the champion.

Bug One said:
Do these people also say Torro Rosso cheat by being a Red Bull B team?

TR chassis, overall design, front wing, rear wing, now engine, chassis, they are all different to RBR. Haas is nearly a carbon copy of the Ferrari, it's not exact but it is incredibly similar, it's quite blatantly designed by the same people with as few changes as possible.

very different situation and as Setroc said, there is a certain amount of breaking the spirit of the rules in how Ferrari used Haas for development work throughout last year in exchange for basically designing a car for/with them. Ferrari 'fired' like 80 aero guys who immediately got hired by haas, who being a not formally entered into F1 team yet had unlimited wind tunnel/computer simulation testing allowed. Ferrari effectively moved their aero team over to be allowed completely unlimited testing throughout the past year. It's not against the rules but obviously the rules never intended for Ferrari to be allowed unlimited aero testing for a year.