***Official Formula 1 Discussion Thread***

[Burgey]

Wel, it's on again this weekend and every year it seems to be getting less important. Does anyone have an alternative view?

And what about Mark Webber? Does he EVER finish anything he starts? Fair dinkum, he'd fail to finish a drug test, that bloke!!!

 

[Johnners]

As a diehard motorsport fan, and an F1 follower i look foward to it each year, however losing the V8 Supercars as a support group will really hurt the credibility of the even as a whole, as F1 doesn't have a huge following in Australia.

Webber will never win a GP, Mark my words. He's a very good driver, but not as good as the likes of Kimi & Alonso which is why he'll never get a drive in the top teams, nor win a GP. Red Bull are another mid pack team, as Williams was when Webber Joined, and as Jaguar was before then.

 

[GIMH]

Hope pasag sees this thread soon tbh

 

[Simon]

Lewis Hamilton for the win this weekend, DC to score in the points, other than that im not fussed...

 

[age_master]

Hamilton has certainly looked good so far.

 

[Johnners]

2007 Australian Grand Prix    
 
 
Pos  No  Driver Team  Q1 Q2 Q3 
          
1  6  Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari  1:26.644 1:25.644 1:26.072 
          
2  1  Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes  1:26.697 1:25.326 1:26.493 
          
3  9  Nick Heidfeld BMW  1:26.895 1:25.358 1:26.556 
          
4  2  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes  1:26.674 1:25.577 1:26.755 
          
5  10  Robert Kubica BMW  1:26.696 1:25.882 1:27.347 
          
6  3  Giancarlo Fisichella Renault  1:27.270 1:25.944 1:27.634 
          
7  15  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault  1:26.978 1:26.623 1:27.934 
          
8  12  Jarno Trulli Toyota  1:27.014 1:26.688 1:28.404 
          
9  11  Ralf Schumacher Toyota  1:27.328 1:26.739 1:28.692 
          
10  22  Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda  1:27.365 1:26.758 1:28.871 
          
11  23  Anthony Davidson Super Aguri-Honda  1:26.986 1:26.909  
          
12  16  Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota  1:27.596 1:26.914  
          
13  4  Heikki Kovalainen Renault  1:27.529 1:26.964  
          
14  7  Jenson Button Honda  1:27.540 1:27.264  
          
15  17  Alexander Wurz Williams-Toyota  1:27.479 1:27.393  
          
16  5  Felipe Massa Ferrari  1:26.712   
          
17  8  Rubens Barrichello Honda  1:27.679   
          
18  19  Scott Speed STR-Ferrari  1:28.305   
          
19  14  David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault  1:28.579   
          
20  18  Vitantonio Liuzzi STR-Ferrari  1:29.267   
          
21  20  Adrian Sutil Spyker-Ferrari  1:29.339   
          
22  21  Christijan Albers Spyker-Ferrari  1:31.932

Some definite suprises on the grid. No-one would've expected Sato & Davidson to qualify any higher than 17th/18th so for them to reach 10th & 11th is a fantastic effort. Same goes for Webber, the car has been a dog all pre-season for him, and i wouldn't have expected to see him start any higher than 12th, so 7th is a great acheivement.

The other big suprise is Massa, apprently he was struck with Gearbox troubles, so it'll be fascinating to see if he can storm through the field and challenge for a podium finish. His car has been on of the quickest all weekend so it's a definite possiblity.

 

[Hoggy31]

Raikkonen & Alonso then daylight.

New Schu and Hakkinen, tbh.

 

[Hoggy31]

As a diehard motorsport fan, and an F1 follower i look foward to it each year, however losing the V8 Supercars as a support group will really hurt the credibility of the even as a whole, as F1 doesn't have a huge following in Australia.

Webber will never win a GP, Mark my words. He's a very good driver, but not as good as the likes of Kimi & Alonso which is why he'll never get a drive in the top teams, nor win a GP. Red Bull are another mid pack team, as Williams was when Webber Joined, and as Jaguar was before then.

Nah, he'll win at least one, with a budget as big as that, Red Bull have to come good sooner or later. Renault were just a mid pack team until 4-5 years ago.

 

[Matteh]

Raikkonen & Alonso then daylight.

New Schu and Hakkinen, tbh.

Daylight? Heidfeld is less than a tenth of a second behind them. Will be interesting to see how the BMW races.

 

[Hoggy31]

Daylight? Heidfeld is less than a tenth of a second behind them. Will be interesting to see how the BMW races.

Meh, qualifying.

 

[Johnners]

Raikkonen killing it here, has a 14 second lead over Alonso,

 

[age_master]

Fantastic stuff from the Ferrari's, Kimi was so far in front of anyone else today and Massa went through the field well. Alonso was solid and Hamilton drove well for a podium on debut.

 

[Matteh]

Based on this, Damon Hill was spot on at Hamilton having more of a chance than Button at being the next Brit world champion. BMWs did well, looks like they could very well finish as the 3rd best team but reliability is a fair issue for them.

 

[Johnners]

Top stuff from Raikkonen, really put them all to the sword. Alonso & Hamilton were good, but the Ferrari was in another league. Hamilton will win Championships, mark my words.

 

[Simon]

Hamilton a good performance, Raikkonen showed what class he has and Alonso was a bit down imo...

 

[Dick Rockett]

Renault were just a mid pack team until 4-5 years ago.

Renault was Benetton a few years ago

 

[Matteh]

Renault were their own team about 20 years ago too, gave Alain Prost a few wins iirc.
I know far too much F1 history.

 

[Johnners]

Renault were their own team about 20 years ago too, gave Alain Prost a few wins iirc.
I know far too much F1 history.

haha nah, you can never know to much F1 history imo.

 

[jasonnorin]

Seems like there has been a slip up between the members Mercedes team as neither Hamilton nor Rosberg made it tot he top 3 spots. Will this be a jump start win for Vettel?

 

[Furball]

As a diehard motorsport fan, and an F1 follower i look foward to it each year, however losing the V8 Supercars as a support group will really hurt the credibility of the even as a whole, as F1 doesn't have a huge following in Australia.

Webber will never win a GP, Mark my words. He's a very good driver, but not as good as the likes of Kimi & Alonso which is why he'll never get a drive in the top teams, nor win a GP. Red Bull are another mid pack team, as Williams was when Webber Joined, and as Jaguar was before then.

It's funny how things change in F1. Factually this post is spot on, particularly about Red Bull, but things have turned out a little bit differently.