Poll: Official 2024 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread - Albert Park, Melbourne - Race 3/24

Rate the Aussie race out of ten

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el_dazza said:
Same. Everyone knows the result anyway and it's far too early. When I was a kid I'd get up for the crazy early races like Australia but sod that nowadays.
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With the way results have been going it's barely worth watching anything other than the post race highlights!
 
For first time in the last quarter century, I'm not sure I'll bother getting up for this. With so many races in the calendar, it just doesn't feel worthwhile.

On other matters: do we have confirmation on whether Sainz is back in the car yet?
 
Does anyone know the options to watch the race later in the day - how long before Sky have the replay, or, extended highlights up?
 
SDK^ said:
Does anyone know the options to watch the race later in the day - how long before Sky have the replay, or, extended highlights up?
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Can't speak to the UK for certain, but assuming it's the same as Germany, they're replaying it several times during the day. I think I'll probably watch the 9am replays of both Quali and Race. And you can always just record it on your SkyBox anyway.

Quartz said:
I'd like to see Lawson get a second race.
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I assume you meant to type Bearman here? Or did I miss something?
 
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From a racing standpoint, especially in the hybrid era, Melbourne has produced dull races and that is even after the last set of track modifications to improve overtaking. One to miss I think.
 
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Mr Jack said:
For first time in the last quarter century, I'm not sure I'll bother getting up for this. With so many races in the calendar, it just doesn't feel worthwhile.

On other matters: do we have confirmation on whether Sainz is back in the car yet?
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So will I but it is so difficult not to catch the results, only have to open chrome on tablet and it'll be on the front page.
Also the house has to have a total news blackout until I've watched all the practices and the race. At least the advantage with a recording is you can skip through any boring preamble...
 
SDK^ said:
I don't have a SkyBox - I access F1 through the NowTV app on my TV.
Good to know there are re-runs :)
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Trying to find the on demand re-run a couple of weeks back in the mass of seemingly tiles in the NowTV interface was awful. In the end I lucked out and found it playing on one of the channels.
 
el_dazza said:
Just been confirmed that Sainz will be back for this race.
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Hope that isn't too hasty. Having your appendix out is a routine/common procedure, but a fairly large one still. I had mine out when I was younger and was in hospital on a drip for 4 or 5 days after and then had to have a further two weeks off with no strenuous activity to ensure the massive stitched up opening on my stomach didn't rip apart!

I'm sure Sainz is getting much better care and medical attention than I did :p


Edit: just read up on it and he may well have had a laproscopic appendectomy which avoids making one large incision and has a shorter recovery time. Two weeks still seems about on the limit though.
 
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Jono8 said:
Hope that isn't too hasty. Having your appendix out is a routine/common procedure, but a fairly large one still. I had mine out when I was younger and was in hospital on a drip for 4 or 5 days after and then had to have a further two weeks off with no strenuous activity to ensure the massive stitched up opening on my stomach didn't rip apart!

I'm sure Sainz is getting much better care and medical attention than I did :p


Edit: just read up on it and he may well have had a laproscopic appendectomy which avoids making one large incision and has a shorter recovery time. Two weeks still seems about on the limit though.
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These guys are fit and yes these days it's usually keyhole surgery, Sainz was back at the race the day after his op I believe, Albon was in a induced coma after his appendectomy because he had respiratory failure due to an adverse reaction to the anesthetic and he still took part in the next race.
 
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KiNgPiN83 said:
Trying to find the on demand re-run a couple of weeks back in the mass of seemingly tiles in the NowTV interface was awful. In the end I lucked out and found it playing on one of the channels.
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Yes, the NowTv tile layout is awful - on the F1 page, often the live broadcast is mixed 3-5 icons across or down within the later sessions
 
cuke2u said:
Albon was in a induced coma after his appendectomy because he had respiratory failure due to an adverse reaction to the anesthetic and he still took part in the next race.
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Albon said afterwards that he didn't fully recover until after the season was over. Probably should have skipped that next race and recovered fully instead. The current calendar is absolutely brutal.
 
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