Poll: Official 2023 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread - Albert Park, Melbourne - Race 3/23

[muon]

Just saw the C4 replay. What a farce.

I thought artificially creating drama was finished.

 

[Mr Jack]

Haas protest dismissed.

Ocon vs. Gasly ruled as racing incident.

 

[muon]

So to get this right - 30+ minutes after the red flag - we are getting a lap behind the safety car.... To "decide" this race...

Complete nonsense...

Can't tell in the C4 replay there was such a large gap.

Sainz ended up screwed then?

 

[Psycho Ned]

Can't tell in the C4 replay there was such a large gap.

Yeah they've truncated it massively it was probably best part of an hour from KMags initial crash till the chequered flag!

There was only about 20 minutes of the 3 hour race window left!

 

[Terminal_Boy]

Well, that was different.

Russell can’t have been happy, but is probably less upset than the Alpine boss…

 

[mattx4]

Well, that was different.

Russell can’t have been happy, but is probably less upset than the Alpine boss…

I don't think Binotto was particularly happy either

 

[Kelt]

F1 is just a bad joke now.

A shadow of what it used to be, particularly since the yanks took over.

Utter farce.

 

[Slam62]

I don't think Binotto was particularly happy either

Binotto? Because he was fired?

 

[mattx4]

Binotto? Because he was fired?

Yes lol Binotto was probably very happy Vasseur not so much

 

[Terminal_Boy]

Fred Vaseur was reasonably upbeat after having a pop at the Stewards.

 

[mattx4]

Fred Vaseur was reasonably upbeat after having a pop at the Stewards.

Sainz's pace was on par with Merc and Aston so that's not a bad takeaway, but they are closer to McLaren in standings than Merc right now if they don't start converting speed into points I don't think he will be there long

 

[cuke2u]

Bizarre end to the race livened things up..

 

[cuke2u]

Max still having a pop at Lewis

Pathetic

He was asked the question and gave his answer just like any other driver would do..

 

[Scam]

Just finished the highlights. Promising to see some good pace from the Mercs - and also some unforced errors from Verstappen. Let’s hope for more of those. So it is possible to finish a race under the SC, lol…

 

[Hodders]

Problem with F1 can be summed up with one word.

Contrived.

DRS, daft safety cars, daft restarts, etc.

All designed to make the sport more marketable at the expense of all that was great.

 

[hudson86]

Masi turns up for the weekend like a bad smell and it all goes to pot. Starting to wonder if he's been cursed, maybe did a hit and run on a gypsy ?

 

[chrismscotland]

Masi turns up for the weekend like a bad smell and it all goes to pot. Starting to wonder if he's been cursed, maybe did a hit and run on a gypsy ?

Honestly some of the stuff on here is ridiculous. Yeah the presence of Masi caused the shambles

 

[Flibster]

 

[Flibster]

 

[Hawk Tuah]

Do you guys watch F1 just to come on here and moan about it.

I thought it was a great race. Considering all the drivers were saying it's really hard to pass, there was loads of action.

Glad to see McLaren finally starting their season.