Don
Do I actually stay up? Not sure I can manage it. Falling asleep on my feet at the moment!
Poll: Australian Grand Prix 2017, Melbourne - Race 1/20
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Don
Going to give it a few mins, hopefully see if Mclaren can actually do some laps. Then get to bed.
Soldato
McLaren still doing aero testing...
Soldato
Red Bull going with the snorkel nose in P1. Did it work from pre-season testing, or are they still testing?
Caporegime
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3.3seconds faster for Ham than his fastest lap in FP1 last year, and it's pretty much his first timed lap. Pretty damn fast. A Williams pretty much screwing up Ricciardo's lap. Not sure who it was, damn Bottas, I hear his name and I think Williams still, that is going to take a while to get used to.
4.2 seconds faster now, and I still think they are taking it easier last year than this year. Honestly it's just been so long since they had this level of downforce and these kinds of lap speeds it wouldn't surprise me to see them take a little time to almost relearn the tracks.
Crazy speeds.
Being reported, Mclaren have a water leak already...... pathetic.
4.2 seconds faster now, and I still think they are taking it easier last year than this year. Honestly it's just been so long since they had this level of downforce and these kinds of lap speeds it wouldn't surprise me to see them take a little time to almost relearn the tracks.
Crazy speeds.
Being reported, Mclaren have a water leak already...... pathetic.
Some nice new features from Sky here, seemless switching to onboard laps is pretty cool.
The new 3d track guide looks good too. Rapid switching with Race Control bit too. They're embraced interactive with the Q box.
Watch on HD Channel and press the red button to play.
The new 3d track guide looks good too. Rapid switching with Race Control bit too. They're embraced interactive with the Q box.
Watch on HD Channel and press the red button to play.
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Well, this could be a walk in the park from Hamilton. Bottas is nowhere, not surprising. The gap to everyone else isn't hugely different - you might get the odd race where RB or Ferrari mix it up depending on the track. Race pace could be even stronger if we look at testing long run pace.
Soldato
So probably another season of Mercedes being so much quick than the competition, really hope not 
So the Ferrari is faster stuff was BS then?
The only person who talked that up was Hamilton. No one else genuinely thought that, probably including Hamilton, but he has to talk them up so people can be fooled into thinking the driver is making a difference.
The trouble is if this gap stands people will think the car changes didn't work and we will get another load of f1 knee jerk changes. Mercedes are just doing an awesome job.
I fully expect Botas to get closer to Hamilton after a few races, he just needs time to get used to the new car.
As for Ferrari and RB, I guess we won't know their true pace until tomorrow, but it doesn't look promising based on this morning's performance.
As for Ferrari and RB, I guess we won't know their true pace until tomorrow, but it doesn't look promising based on this morning's performance.
Soldato
Just catching up on P1, Lewis's first lap 3.3s faster than fastest P1 time last year. Already talk of limited practise runs due to limit of 4 engines this year 
Andi.
Andi.
