Moderator MBKF1 91 Posted March 17, 2016 Moderator Share Posted March 17, 2016 The first race of the season is finally here!I think we discuss this every year, but who's staying up for practice and who's gonna sleep?!I've got to be at work for 8am tomorrow so I need sleep lol. I'm going to set an alarm for 6am and skip through both sessions in time for 7am so I can get ready to go. I would love to stay up and watch it if I had the day off, but also it looks like the practice is going to be wet, so if they don't do any running then it'll be a complete waste of time. Link to post Share on other sites
onetwothree 0 Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 I'm staying up for practice.Body is 12 characters too short. Link to post Share on other sites
buttonfan 5 Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 I'm staying up (or at least I'll try :p ) Link to post Share on other sites
Mexicola 10 Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 I honestly think this first race could decide the championship. If Nico wins, then he's got a shot. If Lewis gets the upperhand, psychologically he's finished - dead and buried.I'm rooting for Palmer. His dad's cool, he seems cool and he looks like a cross between Paul Banks from Interpol and Ed O'Brien from Radiohead. Marvellous. Link to post Share on other sites
Chadwick8505 0 Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 I'm staying up but in America it's only 930pm, so perfect time to watch F1 haha Link to post Share on other sites
Syn 2 Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Chadwick8505 said: I'm staying up but in America it's only 930pm, so perfect time to watch F1 haha Currently watching as well. Link to post Share on other sites
RevolvingPrawn 1 Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 SynGamer said: Chadwick8505 said: I'm staying up but in America it's only 930pm, so perfect time to watch F1 haha Currently watching as well. Just past 3am here now :| As much as I love Albert Park being the opening race, I sometimes wish it wasn't! Link to post Share on other sites
Chadwick8505 0 Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Pretty boring session because of the weather. No real issues for anyone (except Sainz apparently). Great to see an American F1 team, hopefully they have something. Renault may have gone with a boring livery... But damn does yellow look good on track. No no one really got to show what they really have yet, maybe in FP2. Link to post Share on other sites
VetteIfan 0 Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Mexicola said: I'm rooting for Palmer. His dad's cool, he seems cool and he looks like a cross between Paul Banks from Interpol and Ed O'Brien from Radiohead. I think I'm just rooting for Renault in general. Two very likeable drivers, a livery with some colour and the fact it's just glorious to see a team with such a long racing heritage back in competition. To be fair, and to not make it seem like I'm just jumping on a bandwagon, I have been a big detractor of Renault over the past few years. Clearly they have not had a strong start to the hybrid era. But I sincerely hope they can turn it around. Link to post Share on other sites
Moderator f1since08 110 Posted March 18, 2016 Moderator Share Posted March 18, 2016 I'm having an interweb ban tomorrow morning until the qualifying highlights have been on C4! Link to post Share on other sites
Moderator MBKF1 91 Posted March 18, 2016 Author Moderator Share Posted March 18, 2016 I'm gonna watch the Sky coverage of Qualifying tomorrow as I have to be up for 6am anyway as I'm going out early, but I'll definitely record C4's highlights and give them a watch when I get home. Really looking forward to their coverage, they've been doing a lot of good things by the look of it. Link to post Share on other sites
Jiggy 5 Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 This new quali format is hilarious. It's also retarded, but it's hilarious. They also need to get rid of it ASAP, but it's hilarious.Haas would've been quick though. Link to post Share on other sites
Jiggy 5 Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Okay, it's official, the 2016 season is going to be absolutely trash as well. Link to post Share on other sites
GoldenColt 1 Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 The new quali format is crap. I expect it to be scrapped alltogether until Bahrain. In other news: 50th pole for Lewis and Mercedes looking as dominant as ever. :p Link to post Share on other sites
ImDyingYouIdiot 0 Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Yep, that was absolute and complete trash. Mucking up the one thing that works in F1 is an achievement in itself though. Link to post Share on other sites
Moderator MBKF1 91 Posted March 19, 2016 Author Moderator Share Posted March 19, 2016 That was a lot worse than I thought it was going to be. If that makes the end of the season then I'll be very surprised. Link to post Share on other sites
VetteIfan 0 Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Yep, awful. Instead of bringing about surprising results, if anything it just distances the field as the top guys can just do one lap and save all their tyres. The Ferrari was 1.4 seconds off Mercedes' in qualifying here last year. This year it's 8 tenths. So I'm going to use McLaren logic and say they've got closer and that's promising for the race pace. But, more than likely, congratulations to Lewis Hamilton on his 4th world title. Spectacular acheivment. The one happiness I can take from that session is Toro Rosso. After the 2nd test I predicted they might have the 4th best car. They actually look like they have the 3rd best car. And that is close to where they would've been throughout last year if they had a decent engine. Very much looking forward to seeing Verstappen and Sainz in that car this season now they can fight on the straights. Link to post Share on other sites
GoldenColt 1 Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Lewis' pole lap was only 0,3 off Vettel's 2011 EBD-assisted pole. And back then, they were allowed to use DRS everywhere during quali. These cars are seriously fast. Imagine proper tyres being fitted to them. Link to post Share on other sites
Jiggy 5 Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 I think Verstappen or Sainz might actually win a race with some luck. It's like the 1997 Jordan line-up, with the difference that Verstappen and Sainz are a lot more smarter and composed than Fisichella and R. Schumacher. Link to post Share on other sites
VetteIfan 0 Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 GoldenColt said: Lewis' pole lap was only 0,3 off Vettel's 2011 EBD-assisted pole. And back then, they were allowed to use DRS everywhere during quali. These cars are seriously fast. Imagine proper tyres being fitted to them. 2011 lap was on softs, today's lap was on super soft. Plus the engines now are some 150-200bhp ahead of the power limited V8's, which more than makes up for the unlimited use of DRS. Cars are also different weights. So it's kind of like comparing apples with oranges, but the pace is certainly strong. Bear in mind the 2017 rule changes are apparently going to make the cars 2-3 seconds faster as well. Frightening. Link to post Share on other sites
GoldenColt 1 Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 But weren't the 2011 tyres softer than the 2016 ones? You're right about the engines though, but then again, the cars also weigh considerably more than they did back then. Link to post Share on other sites
Hughesy 254 Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 First things first, what a lap from Hamilton! Whoever came up with this new qualifying format deserves to be shot in the bollocks, actually shoot each ball individually for maximum pain! Bloody awful, hope they go back to the old format as nothing was wrong with it..... MBKF1 said: That was a lot worse than I thought it was going to be. If that makes the end of the season then I'll be very surprised. If it makes it to the next race I won't be watching qualifying. Link to post Share on other sites
ImDyingYouIdiot 0 Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 https://twitter.com/SkySportsF1/status/711146056956911616Anybody surprised? No? Thought so. Link to post Share on other sites
GoldenColt 1 Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Let's hope the only change will be to revert back to the old quali-format. Link to post Share on other sites
Jiggy 5 Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Seriously, the guy that designed it should be taken to a dark room and get the creativity beaten out of him. Link to post Share on other sites
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