[SPOILER] 2008 Australian GP

[nthfinity]

Just watched practice 2......

All I can say is....

WOW!

The cars don't have any TC, and just about every driver had moments during the practice session... and Hamilton had a beautiful looking drift early on in the session.

Alonso spun, as well as Massa....

it's going to be wild for the race!

F1 in 2008 looks to be a spectacle for sure!

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[HeilSvenska]

No Traction Control, eh? Excellent! That should provide some honest entertainment. :mrgreen:

[blue8]

Thanks for the updates!!!

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/5093/winamp2008031415434558rj6.jpg
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Videos of some off-moments by the drivers during free practice 1 and 2:
http://f1xtreme.com/f1/index.php?showtopic=4275
The site requires registration but it's just simple

[HeilSvenska]

I haven't paid attention to F1 for a while now. ...and I just noticed that the cars look a lot weirder. They all have sharp fins and edges that look like they hurt.

[blue8]

Practice 3:
Times
01 R. Kubica BMW 1:25.613 18 laps
02 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:25.950 16 laps
03 F. Alonso Renault 1:26.082 14 laps
04 N. Rosberg Williams 1:26.171 17 laps
05 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:26.385 14 laps
06 M. Webber Red Bull 1:26.407 17 laps
07 J. Button Honda 1:26.502 18 laps
08 S. Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:26.663 18 laps
09 G. Fisichella Force India F1 1:26.682 18 laps
10 J. Trulli Toyota 1:26.882 11 laps
11 F. Massa Ferrari 1:27.020 19 laps
12 L. Hamilton McLaren 1:27.084 14 laps
13 T. Glock Toyota 1:27.162 15 laps
14 K. Räikkönen Ferrari 1:27.163 17 laps
15 N. Piquet jr. Renault 1:27.284 13 laps
16 R. Barrichello Honda 1:27.333 18 laps
17 A. Sutil Force India F1 1:27.489 18 laps
18 S. Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:27.578 17 laps
19 K. Nakajima Williams 1:27.601 15 laps
20 H. Kovalainen McLaren 1:27.992 15 laps
21 T. Sato Super Aguri 1:28.363 13 laps
22 A. Davidson Super Aguri 1:28.912 15 laps

[styla21]

BMW 1 & 2!! Red bull showed some pace too.
Mercedes not even in the top 10.

Very, very close between all the teams... Can't wait for qualifying and the race!

[Bizi Jones]

this is the most unusual beginning to a season I ever recall...its like someone took names and drew them out of a hat...qualy better show the true order...:?:

[5vz-fe]

Kimi is out....<sigh>

[styla21]

And Webbers brakes exploded... Figures. :-(

But there is .100 of a second difference between the top 13 cars - so close!


EDIT: And where did BMW come from!! :clap:

[Bizi Jones]

wth, ferrari was way over rated after testing...Kubica could've prolly taken pole too...BMW sandbagging this hole time...:ohmy:

[xecutioner]

wow watta mad start so far with qualifying

to bad for kimmi, once again something goes wrong for him but well done to lewis but hes lucky to get pole after kubica went off on the grassy bit of one of the corners

kubica would of had pole for sure

im really impressed with the bmw drivers and there cars, there gonna be a real chance this year to get up there but we have to see if they can do well in the actual race

ferrari dont look good atm but there still in the top 3 teams anyways

massa looked like he didnt like hes car

suffer to asslonso hahah

dissapointing for nelson tho

lol webber haha he makes me laugh, such a useless person, he is bad luck for any car that he drives

hot day tomorrow for the drivers and for the fans and l'll be there suffering in 36 degree heat argh but its worth it

[blue8]

Kubica was very impressive! I've no doubt that he would have taken pole position if he hadn't committed the mistake. It would be nice to see him win over Hamilton! Kimi at P16 and Alonso at P13... no WCs at the top 10. Vettel also did well to enter Q3 but the car failed him. Watching the drivers make mistakes without traction control is fun :) Who would you want to win?

[5vz-fe]

So far, the ban of TC prove to be very entertaining. Can't wait for tomorrow night.

[blue8]

Full results:
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/7272/08f1rd1qualios4.jpg

[Mattk]

McLaren and BMW seemed to be on fire during the qualifying sessions. Ferrari needs to pick up their game.

[styla21]

Fourth isn't a terrible spot though... A blown fuel pump / running out of fuel / whatever happened on the other hand, sucks balls. :-(

[toffytofik]

No Traction Control, eh? Excellent! That should provide some honest entertainment. :mrgreen:
I'm desperate to see the first rain race, preferably the one where it starts raining out of a sudden in the middle of the race when they are running slicks! :twisted::mrgreen:

[Carbodiox]

That Kubica's second place is kinda well suprising....

We wait and see

[HeilSvenska]

I'm desperate to see the first rain race, preferably the one where it starts raining out of a sudden in the middle of the race when they are running slicks! :twisted::mrgreen:
Nah. If they're like this in the dry, you know they'll just red flag it. :thumbdown:

[nthfinity]

Race about to start!

[styla21]

Race, what race?

[styla21]

Bye Bye Button! Both he and fisichella out first lap!

[nthfinity]

as somebody just told me..... we need to Force India out :P

[nthfinity]

Race full of n00bs, they just need to STFU, or get pwned LOL

[04RCSTI]

Ridiculous race, what a mess! Thats such a crappy way to start the season off. Come on Ferrari wtf.

Anyway, GJ again Hamilton.

[styla21]

Only 7 to finish..... Wow!!
It was more like watching UFC than F1.
Couldn't believe Coulthard - saying he "can't wait to beat that little shit" referring to Massa? :2guns:
Despite of course the fact he drove into Massa... :mad:

Go BMW!!

[xecutioner]

the 1st race always brings out the accidents

i dont think the drivers are use to the heat we have in melbourne lol

DC's comments about massa where the greatest ive heard for awhile "kick the shit out of the lil bastard" lolllllll

well done to lewis and to heidfeld and rosberg

i felt for bourdais

i laughed at asslonso and laughed even more at webber

dunno wat massa was doing in the 1st corner lol

kimmi would of been 1st or 2nd if he didnt get stuck behind a slow ass honda and if he didnt have so many mistakes, its like ferrari had 2 rookies today

only good thing ferrari can take out of this is that they get a fresh engine and gearbox for next weekends race and mayb this time they can race like where use to seeing them race and mayb BMW can perform well in qualifying and in the actual race this time around

ahh well im glad its back

[cheeeeeeeese]

It was more like watching UFC than F1.


I agree on that point.

And I liked the BMW showing, but the praise really goes to Williams Toyota.

I felt for Bourdais too, I'm serious. Less than 10 laps to go more than half the field out...damn that sucks...that guy deserves more points.

[blue8]

Wow! Only 7 cars finished! I wonder how many would finish the Monaco GP... 1? We might even have an exciting race in Hungary if drivers keep making mistakes.

The race was very exciting and I'm hoping it continues through the next 17 rounds. Highlight was definitely the tussle between Kovalainen in the McLaren and Alonso in the Renault. I would have loved to see Ron Dennis' reaction when Alonso immediately overtook the Finn...:-)
EDIT: Reason why Heikki was easily passed by Fernando
http://www.planet-f1.com/story/0,18954,3213_3311048,00.html
Very disappointing for the Ferrari drivers, I'm not sure what it was with them. They drove terribly:-(

Word is that Barrichello was officially disqualified, thus Raikkonen gets a point, Bourdais 2 and Nakajima 3! Williams must be happy, they got 9 points from this race. Honestly though I wasn't too impressed by Nakajima's performance especially in hitting Kubica

[Jabba]

Full race can now be downloaded here :

http://www.mininova.org/tor/679

[blue8]

Thanks again Jabba! :thumbup:
Official results:
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/3664/08f1rd1racegh7.jpg

[styla21]

Barichello must be pissed!! I guess he only has himself to blame though.:hammer:
All in all, an excellent race.

[toffytofik]

Spectacular race! I love new F1! :mrgreen:
Now everyone cross your fingers for the heavy rain in Malaysia next week!!! :twisted::twisted::twisted:

[blue8]

According to the Yahoo! weather forecast, scattered thunderstorms are expected on Saturday and Sunday in Sepang next week :mrgreen:
http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/extended/MYXX0031

Nakajima would be given a 10-place grid penalty in Malaysia for colliding with Kubica:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/65817

[Mattk]

Ferrari was disappointing. Both Raikonnen and Massa ruined their races by trying too hard. They didn't really drive well tactically. Hamilton, on the other hand, was brilliant. Rosberg showed he was a future challenger and Heidfeld showed the world that BMW has race-winning potential. Bourdais did well to stay out of the carnage and had some well-timed pit stops, unfortunately, he was bumped down the classification because he car blew up with two laps to go.

[ManiacOM]

What a terrible way to start the year!!! Good Job everyone 5 cars finished!!! And more than that Lewis Im-a-good-boy-and-i-love-my-father-soooo-much Hamilton won!!! At least that shows how worthless most of todays drivers are. Something must be done guys each year is worse than the last. From the top motorsport on the earth now it is just an other way to spend our time...

[styla21]

What a terrible way to start the year!!! And more than that Lewis Im-a-good-boy-and-i-love-my-father-soooo-much Hamilton won!!! At least that shows how worthless most of todays drivers are.

I have no idea what you are saying......

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[toffytofik]

^ LOL, Samuel pwns! :rofl:

According to the Yahoo! weather forecast, scattered thunderstorms are expected on Saturday and Sunday in Sepang next week :mrgreen:
http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/extended/MYXX0031
Nice! :twisted:
Thanks, blue8.

[LEXION]

What a shity race! Who can put 900 HP in a 600 kg car and no traction control? Offcourse the first car on the grid, that didint had to overtake anyone else at high speeds, won....but the rest? Every time someone tried to overtake another car, something bad happened....

This is not a competition anymore, its just a way to show of and spend useless money. PATHETIC

I propose these rules and regulations for the 2009 season:

Every car should signal when overtaking,
All races to be held during the night,
No more pit stops,
No front or back spoiler, because that reduces the probability of an accident, and FIA cant have a clean race , because no one will watch,
The final race of the season should be held at Pikes Peak Hill,
No truck or plane transport between countries, F1 cars should be driven on road from race to race.

[nthfinity]

What a shity race! Who can put 900 HP in a 600 kg car and no traction control? Offcourse the first car on the grid, that didint had to overtake anyone else at high speeds, won....but the rest? Every time someone tried to overtake another car, something bad happened....

This is not a competition anymore, its just a way to show of and spend useless money. PATHETIC


I disagree tremendously.

1. F1 cars had 1500 hp, and no TC, and did well. These drivers are total N00bs
2. Not every pass attempt killed a car.... read Kimi's first few laps, and others doing well like Sato.
3. What do you think F1 is.... the pinical of motorsport should be just that. 2009 is going to be visually slower, which is stupid.
4. You want more competition, watch LMS, ALMS, FIA GT etc. ;)

[pagani]

I wachted a bit of f1 but it's boring as ever.

[Mattk]

No front or back spoiler, because that reduces the probability of an accident
Huh? They are there to prevent accidents.

No truck or plane transport between countries, F1 cars should be driven on road from race to race.
Is this supposed to be funny? I'm not sure you can drive across water.

[LEXION]

Huh? They are there to prevent accidents.


Is this supposed to be funny? I'm not sure you can drive across water.


Yeah, I kinda had the stupid ideea that the rear spoiler increases air flow under the body, which promotes downforce at the rear of the car , and the front wing creates downforce that enhances the grip of the front tires, while also optimizing (or minimizing disturbance to) the flow of air to the rest of the car which makes the car more stable , therefor more controllable and the risk of an accident is reduced. But who knows, maybe there on the cars just to display big sponsor adds.

And , notice how I said no TRUCK and PLANE , I didint said anything about boats ;)

[HeilSvenska]

Nooooooo! Top Gear ruined the race for me! I hate it when BBC does that.