2014 Australian Grand Prix Thread - A New Dawn?

Jocke1 · Post by **Jocke1** » 16 Mar 2014, 06:41

Massa wants Kobayashi banned.

sswishbone · Post by **sswishbone** » 16 Mar 2014, 06:44

Kobayashi has said sorry but yeah, not a great return! Plenty of options for ROTR this week

Paul Hayes · Post by **Paul Hayes** » 16 Mar 2014, 06:44

Jocke1 wrote:Massa wants Kobayashi banned.

Seems early in the season for that!

Paul Hayes · Post by **Paul Hayes** » 16 Mar 2014, 06:45

Crikey, that Hulkenberg lock-up sounded like someone screaming! I'm quite enjoying the fact we can hear them these days.

rachel1990 · Post by **rachel1990** » 16 Mar 2014, 06:46

Paul Hayes wrote:Crikey, that Hulkenberg lock-up sounded like someone screaming! I'm quite enjoying the fact we can hear them these days.

I know I thought it was the future Mrs Rosberg!!!

Post by **Londoner** » 16 Mar 2014, 06:46

Anyone who hates the sound of these new cars is a complete philistine. Just saying.

sswishbone · Post by **sswishbone** » 16 Mar 2014, 06:47

We always said lock ups were hair-raising, that certainly was! Good lord!! can hear the PA!!

Maldonado has ended up behind Grosjean despite Grosjean having a drive through!

S951 · Post by **S951** » 16 Mar 2014, 06:51

sound isn't loud enough never heard the pa so clearly before during a race

sswishbone · Post by **sswishbone** » 16 Mar 2014, 06:53

Good thing there though is that pressure will be off Spa this season!

Paul Hayes · Post by **Paul Hayes** » 16 Mar 2014, 06:56

No points for Caterham, then.

sswishbone · Post by **sswishbone** » 16 Mar 2014, 06:56

Ericcson out!! :-(

Button using DRS in yellow flags? Isn't that normally disabled remotely?

S951 · Post by **S951** » 16 Mar 2014, 06:58

will talent talent talent get marussia first point(s)?

sswishbone · Post by **sswishbone** » 16 Mar 2014, 07:00

Maldonado comes to a screeching halt!!

rachel1990 · Post by **rachel1990** » 16 Mar 2014, 07:00

and there goes the Pastor- Surprise Surprise :roll:

Jocke1 · Post by **Jocke1** » 16 Mar 2014, 07:02

Ricciardo is about to do something Webber could never manage, get onto the podium in Australia.

sswishbone · Post by **sswishbone** » 16 Mar 2014, 07:03

Loving how you hear the wheel spin out of the box now! Broken nose for JB!

Post by **Londoner** » 16 Mar 2014, 07:06

Button's McLaren has been circumcised. :lol:

That said, he's absolutely flying at the moment.

Kimi has clearly stopped giving a bathplug. :lol:

sswishbone · Post by **sswishbone** » 16 Mar 2014, 07:06

Raikonnen epic fail!

S951 · Post by **S951** » 16 Mar 2014, 07:07

Bottas to make the podium maybe??

Post by **Londoner** » 16 Mar 2014, 07:08

rachel1990 wrote:and there goes the Pastor- Surprise Surprise

Boo, stop hating on the Pastor. He lasted 10 times longer in the race than I though he would.

Paul Hayes · Post by **Paul Hayes** » 16 Mar 2014, 07:10

Stop seems to have worked out quite well for Button, let's hope there's no serious damage to the car. McLaren won't be happy about a pit stop issue, especially as they seem to have worked so hard to try and eliminate them.

rachel1990 · Post by **rachel1990** » 16 Mar 2014, 07:13

East Londoner wrote:
rachel1990 wrote:and there goes the Pastor- Surprise Surprise

Boo, stop hating on the Pastor. He lasted 10 times longer in the race than I though he would.

I was more being sarcastic about the lotus not making it

sswishbone · Post by **sswishbone** » 16 Mar 2014, 07:14

Mclaren so far have really got the pace on these primes

sswishbone · Post by **sswishbone** » 16 Mar 2014, 07:17

Bloody hell go on Magnussen!!!

roblo97 · Post by **roblo97** » 16 Mar 2014, 07:19

sswishbone wrote:Bloody hell go on Magnussen!!!

Please DNF Magnussen! I don't want to loose my avatar challange with go_Rubens this early in the season!!!!

ryangregg12345 · Post by **ryangregg12345** » 16 Mar 2014, 07:20

Oh no, not again

Hamilton starts from pole, then fails to make it to the flag

First time the polesitter has retired since the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix, a mere 20 races ago, and the first since I joined this forum.
And we went through 2013 without one. And those last four polesitter DNF's came from Hamilton.

But GO MAGNUSSEN

sswishbone · Post by **sswishbone** » 16 Mar 2014, 07:22

Grosjean parks the car, bad to worse for Lotus, Hulkenberg must be giggling at missing out on that drive

Post by **Londoner** » 16 Mar 2014, 07:24

Grosjean out. Lotus have done so well today. When they get that car properly reliable, they'll be up there. They get some sympy from the people.

Sauber must be worried. No pace whatsoever, and even the Lotus in it's current state was faster.

sswishbone · Post by **sswishbone** » 16 Mar 2014, 07:34

Great to see fresh talent heading the positions

sswishbone · Post by **sswishbone** » 16 Mar 2014, 07:42

Dominant by Rosberg and underlining their championship favourites, great from Mclaren though to have some damn good pace, awesome from Ricciardo to survive in that Red Bull and a good race from Alonso too, pity hampered by electricals

Why has Rosberg parked at Position 2? Unless it is for a PR favour to Ricciardo?

Paul Hayes · Post by **Paul Hayes** » 16 Mar 2014, 07:44

A good race all-round, I think. We've certainly had worse starts to the season. Now, if someone can just close the gap to Mercedes, we should be in for a good 2014... (But I can't see them being as bulletproof as Red Bull have been in recent years, anyway...)

Cynon · Post by **Cynon** » 16 Mar 2014, 07:46

Kinda dull finish, but happy Rosberg won.

Ricciardoes what Webber couldn't. Swallow that one, Wibbah.

S951 · Post by **S951** » 16 Mar 2014, 07:49

kevin does look to be something special

Post by **Londoner** » 16 Mar 2014, 07:51

Two unrejectifications in the same race! When was the last time that happened?

Ricciardo looks like a schoolboy who's been kissed by his childhood sweetheart for the first time. Massively pleased for him and Mags.

What a fantastic race.

go_Rubens · Post by **go_Rubens** » 16 Mar 2014, 07:52

Magnussen - 1
Button - 0

I like that. And Mags unrejectified along with Ricciardo. Rob, you are the proud wearer of an Arsenal avatar, I think!

Benetton · Post by **Benetton** » 16 Mar 2014, 07:53

Kevin Magnussen. Wow! What a debut weekend! On the limit and didn't put a foot wrong.

good_Ralf · Post by **good_Ralf** » 16 Mar 2014, 07:56

Epic result for Ricciardo, the first Australian to finish on the podium of his home race (not including Webber's debut)
And well done to Magnussen, the first Dane on the F1 rostrum. I can't remember the last time two drivers finished on the podium for the first time in the same race.

That was the first race since Germany '94 with two new podium finishers in the same race.
And to prove how dull 2013 was, already we have the first new podium finishers in F1 since Japan 2012.

Post by **mario** » 16 Mar 2014, 08:03

Paul Hayes wrote:A good race all-round, I think. We've certainly had worse starts to the season. Now, if someone can just close the gap to Mercedes, we should be in for a good 2014... (But I can't see them being as bulletproof as Red Bull have been in recent years, anyway...)

Mercedes seem to be very strong right now - you'd have to assume that it would have been a fairly comfortable 1-2 finish if Hamilton hadn't broken down - but it might be a minor worry for Mercedes that Hamilton's failed fuel injection system was the first time that problem had cropped up. Reliability was actually fairly strong in this race - only three retirements due to mechanical failure, which is the same mechanical failure rate as in 2013 - but we'll see how the teams cope with the more arduous conditions in Malaysia and Bahrain once the engines have more mileage on them.

good_Ralf wrote:Epic result for Ricciardo, the first Australian to finish on the podium of his home race (not including Webber's debut)
And well done to Magnussen, the first Dane on the F1 rostrum. I can't remember the last time two drivers finished on the podium for the first time in the same race.

They both did excellent jobs there - Ricciardo for withstanding pressure from Magnussen whilst driving an essentially unproven car and Magnussen for a very mature drive that belies his inexperience. Credit where it is due, it was actually a pretty solid weekend for the rookie drivers all round - Kvyat caused a few problems in the practise sessions where his inexperience showed, but he was able to keep Kimi very honest in that race and was quite level headed when having to deal with Bottas forcing his way back up the field (speaking of which, it does make you wonder what Bottas might have done if he hadn't had hit the wall - he'd probably have beaten Alonso at the very least given that both Ferrari drivers were reportedly slightly down on power).

Post by **Londoner** » 16 Mar 2014, 08:07

I'm heartened by how well Lotus ran, after all of their problems they got both cars running for over half the race. And even though both cars dropped out, they were already faster than Sauber.

Sauber look like they're in a whole world of trouble. Two very average drivers, and seemingly no race pace at all.

ryangregg12345 · Post by **ryangregg12345** » 16 Mar 2014, 08:13

History has been made for many reasons

Ricciardo becomes the first Australian to finish on the podium on home soil
Magnussen is the first ever Dane on an F1 podium and matches Hamilton's feat of finishing third on his debut in a McLaren at Albert Park
Kvyat also scores on his debut with tenth place