I had hoped the Merc Race pace would not be as good as the Quali pace. I was wrong.

I guess we now hope the other teams have better pace on a proper race track.

Looks like Red Bull made the right choice switching to Honda, I thought it was a mistake.

Also Bottas has put a stamp on this season as his, lets see if he can survive the mental onslaught he is about to get from his team mate.

I suspect Ferrari realized there was no hope and dialed back the cars saving the engines.

I've been doing the same thing for a few years now. Sometimes I just read the condensed race report after it's over and that's good enough. If you compare qualifying results and race results over the last few years, they are usually about the same.

I realize the series has frequently been one of domination (i.e., McLaren-Honda, McLaren-Porsche, Williams, Ferrari, Benetton, etc.). But it seemed different back then and not boring. Not sure why.

Race didn’t record for some reason. After reading the race notes I realize I saved two hours. Sebring was the exiting race to f the weekend.

Didn't they do this last year?

The conspiracy theorists spun that the caution it brought out helped Ferrari.

Repeat of last years stop for Haas

Ferrari’s team orders came in quick. Leclerc was asked to stay behind Vettel.

Apparently a chunk of floor was missing from the rear of Ham’s car explaining the pace difference. TV also skipped the Bottas “to whom it may concern, F you” victory lap radio communication..

Also, I take it back on Kubica looking dismal: apparently he had a lot of damage on his car from contact with Gasly, and also lost his mirrors, etc... Patience grasshopper, let's see what happens next.

I signed up for ESPN just for F1 and INDY Car yesterday. I watched qualifying last night as I am prone to do. It's not as good of a program as it used to be as the camera work is lacking compared to not that long ago.

After reading all the comments here I don't know if I'll tune in for the rebroadcast. Might just skip to Bahrain.

Won’s wing won. Congrats!

Let's just hope that Melbourne is not very representative - and once on a real race track it's a little closer. Not so much because I'd like Ferrari to win but because I'd prefer Mercedes to be challenged.. Leclerc's interview with Buxton seemed to indicate that - he thought they would do much better on a track with more flow...

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Now they're saying that Hamilton had floor damage. I certainly didn't see any incidents during the race that might have caused that.

https://www.planetf1.com/news/mercedes-discover-floor-damage-on-hamiltons-car/

Won's wing won but the wrong wing won for Won! :D Bet you can't say that quickly 3x

Very sad news about Charlie :( He contributed more to F1 safety than anyone else in the history of the sport, his unwavering guiding presence will be sadly missed. Will take at least 3 or 4 people to continue on his work

William's is in a real mess, not sure how or if they will recover from where they are now. Trouble with F1 is the competition doesn't wait for any team no matter how impressive their heritage is

I thought the race was kind of boring, but it was nice to see Bottas win. Stroll did pretty good with the new team, too bad about Richardo was hoping for more. LeClerc did well, but then again it’s team Ferrari...

Looks like the aero changes didn’t do much for overtaking.

Is Mother's sponsoring the non-stop race coverage again? I didn't see who the sponsor was this year and I want to know what I need to go out and buy to support seeing the race non-stop.

I did not see the mother's logo at the top corner of the screen. So far it appears to not have a sponsor.

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Mother's LOGO was on the upper corner still commercial free!!:)

(Place tin foil hats now.)

So Hamilton sets a very fast qualifying lap, his car is in park firme, and suddenly he has floor damage at the start of the race? Very strange...

I was pleased to see Lando Norris do well in his debut with McLaren. It appears that the team is finally making some progress. Still outside the points, but a nice showing for a 19 yr. old.

Yea, that floor was damaged during his start. He started so fast the floor was getting damaged so he had to slow down to prevent more floor damage. Yea, that the ticket, sure. Right!

No doubt he is a better driver than all the folks on this board, and he actually did act sorta mature in his support of the team win. I was really hoped to see Ferrari to be able to battle for the lead, but Botas was out front by a mile.

I do like the new extra point for fastest lap. That will add some interesting laps near the end of ever race.

It was really weird seeing a McLaren finish a race without making 12 pit stops.

https://sports.yahoo.com/pictured-missing-part-hamilton-floor-085808026.html

Floor was damaged when he ran over something.

OK, who dis?

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Ricciardo?

Close, it's Daniel Avocado. :D





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Its amazing how young the F1 grid looks today.

Used to be most of those drivers would be in the most junior of junior formulas at that age.

Sauce, https://twitter.com/anniemaykearney/status/1106740035028541440

I read it’s the youngest grid since 1950


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Is it considered bad etiquette not to remove one's 'do rag for the national anthems?
We never did to see the coif under the rag - maybe next race if it's all in place?
We should be so lucky.

I stayed up till 2:30 AM EDST and saw maybe one actual on-track pass - then watched the remaining laps on replay Sunday (with commercials) and saw pretty much what I expected - zero passes. Big Yawn.

Bill K

Head
 

Good to see Patrick Head back at Williams. Hope it's a help in some way. Can't hurt.

^ ^ . Gotta be good for morale, at the very least.

herr_oberst, I love that quote you have below the line. So much so, that I felt compelled to Google it, and stumbled onto an awesome article about the 1934 Alfa Romeo Tipo B that Nuvolari drove at the 'Ring in 1935, beating the mighty Silver Arrows.

Thanks for that.

Always had this question. Why, in the driver interviews after not qualifying, do they always have a "handler" with them recording every word they say. Are the teams scared of drivers saying something bad about them. Why not just let the driver be himself. Every time you see them sticking a recorder in their face. Oh well.

Hoping it's going to be a good race tomorrow, I think Ham likes the challenge. IMO

Soon the young guys will be taking over. I expected Ver, Dani, and Rai would be farther forward. Mag was doing well, good for him.

So was Ferrari sand-bagging last race?
Maybe for a favorable adjustment to the index of performance, if there is such a thing in F1?

I'll trade you one Steve Matchett for ten Martin Burndle's.

Bill K

Or, maybe Merc is s/bagging today?

horses for courses

the red guys won pole last year there
they like that track

I think it is for the respective teams PR departments so they can use some of the interview for their own news feeds.

Nice to see Mercs on the second row, although barely.

Will be an interesting race tomorrow, I am not convinced Ferrari are on top yet. I do not think Merc was sandbagging but the lap times were too close to say anyone is dominating the other.

It should be an interesting race with Chuck in P1. Will Binotto let them race?

Maybe one of those whoever-makes-it-to-T1-first-gets-to-keep-it deals. While Vettel is the team's lead driver, the last thing the Scuderia wants is for both cars to DNF on that first corner. The second to last thing is for one of the Silver Arrows to come in P1. Better to have Leclerc lead Vettel for the first lap (and then maybe figure out team orders later on), than it is for either of the above scenarios.