2015 Australian GP - Race Thread

[ARUN M KARUNAN]

The count down has started for the first season opener race. Hope the best is going to happen FORZA FERRARI, FORZA KIMI AND SEB

[FerrariSteve]

Just been on the radio Bottas isn't going to race, can't find confirmation of it online but if it's true that helps us, only 1 Williams to fight?

[CurdaNeta]

Any good stream sites?

[Fer12]

#F1 Bottas did not appear for the drivers group pic. I heard he passed the FIA medical check & plans to try to race.

[FerrariSteve]

#F1 Bottas did not appear for the drivers group pic. I heard he passed the FIA medical check & plans to try to race.

My local radio station as reliable as ever then ;)

[Winter]

Bottas will not race. He didn't get out of the car fast enough in FIAs doctor test. Unofficial but reliable said Oskari Saari on Finnish TV.

That would be a shame and not the way I'd like us to gain a position.

[Sriharsha]

Bottas will not race. He didn't get out of the car fast enough in FIAs doctor test. Unofficial but reliable said Oskari Saari on Finnish TV.

That would be a shame and not the way I'd like us to gain a position.
Its official now He wasn't racing Sky just updated

[crn12]

Any live streams for the live race? Appreciate if you could send some links

[Fer12]

http://www.sportstream.tv/

[Scuderia85]

Good morning and forza Ferrari :wave

[mirafiori]

Good luck all for the first race of 2015, P6 will not race, which is good news for us, especially for the start off the grid With both our cars P4 and P5.

[DIEK]

MC Honda... http://st.forocoches.com/foro/images/smilies/facepalm.gif

[Winter]

Healthy looking macca I say:thumb

[FerrariF60]

MC Honda... http://st.forocoches.com/foro/images/smilies/facepalm.gif

looks like they're the JOKERS of the field at the moment...i'm sure they'll come around though

[Hornet]

This one is working for me at the moment, Skysports
http://www.fixalen.tv/20150313/vv-1024081-motorsports-5502363a5554d6.19869142.html

Damn, only 15 cars starting today

[SinanOzerS]

Kvyat is also out of the race. That's not cool.

[Aussie]

Forza ferrari love melb

[Winter]

Just learned that last time there has been so few cars on the grid was 1958.

That must be false info. 2005, was is USA GP when there was only 6 cars starting?...

[FerrariSteve]

Am I a bad person because I want the Mercs to DNF. ;)

[SinanOzerS]

Just 15 cars left ? I miss Mosley.

[Hornet]

All the best everyone. Hope we'll get an exciting race.

[Aussie]

Any news what vettel called his car

[mirafiori]

Just learned that last time there has been so few cars on the grid was 1958.

The whole F1 show is starting to look like a big joke,

[FerrariSteve]

Any news what vettel called his car

Eva

[tifosi1993]

:ferrarifl

[karvyin12]

Shame for F1. This is no longer about development for racing but for conserving.

[wacc]

Just learned that last time there has been so few cars on the grid was 1958.

That must be false info. 2005, was is USA GP when there was only 6 cars starting?...

They were on the grid, made a warm up lap and turned into the pits, so official, they were on the grid but retired.

[Nero Horse]

So it's time to go racing again. Hoping for a clean start. Go Seb & Go Kimi!

Forza Ferrari!!! :ferrarifl

[fratelliferrari]

Forza Ferrari :ferrarifl

[bonzo]

Any live timing link?

[wacc]

Forza Ferrari :ferrarifl

[Ferrarikkonen]

They have raised the cost of a years live timing data subscription to 26 pounds!! :furious

[Winter]

DAMN!!

[SinanOzerS]

Vettel ruined the Raikkonen's start.

[Ferrarikkonen]

OMg! Vettel and KIMI!:-E

[fratelliferrari]

Not a good start for Kimi :-s

[DIEK]

http://hasmaldonadocrashedtoday.com/

:rotfl

[Ferrarikkonen]

Not a good start? Kimi had the best start! until smebdy nudged onto him

[DJTaurus]

Despite i "hate" Vettel he was on the inside.... Kimi must wake up for once.

[Schumiklub]

Wow, so many retirements and people not starting already.

[fratelliferrari]

http://hasmaldonadocrashedtoday.com/

:rotfl

:lol

[Rob]

http://hasmaldonadocrashedtoday.com/

:rotfl

wasnt his fault, so can not really count that.

[Rob]

lets not start this, Seb ran wide from the curbs, not his fault.

[totox]

woooow nasr!!!!

[Rob]

good to see the car is nice and solid. After the Sauber hit Kimi 2 times.

[totox]

huge top speed sauber...

[SinanOzerS]

C'mon Kimi get em !

[fronaldo]

Missed the start..what happened guys..? Why Kimi so far back?

[mirafiori]

Sky presenters trying to stir up trouble between Vettel and Kimi.:Hmm

[tifosi1993]

Come on Vettel, overtake that Williams

[totox]

kimi woke up!

[Nand0Nand0]

Missed the start..what happened guys..? Why Kimi so far back?

Kimi made a good start but was tagged by Nasr

[FerrariSteve]

Sky presenters trying to stir up trouble between Vettel and Kimi.:Hmm

Sky presenters are heavily biased, Ham fanboys and hate Ferrari.. always have done.

[Rob]

Marika ‏@I_Hart_F1 1m1 minute ago
@danielricciardo 's current face as he prepares to over take the Sauber #AusGP #HoneyBadger #F1 #RBwall

http://i57.tinypic.com/2r3ec91.jpg

[Rob]

Sky presenters trying to stir up trouble between Vettel and Kimi.:Hmm

just tweeted them asking why.

[fronaldo]

Kimi made a good start but was tagged by Nasr
Poor Kimi..I heard in the start also something like Vettel and Kimi make contact..Is it true?

[Rob]

Poor Kimi..I heard in the start also something like Vettel and Kimi make contact..Is it true?

dont think they touched.

[Nand0Nand0]

Poor Kimi..I heard in the start also something like Vettel and Kimi make contact..Is it true?

I've watched it closely a few times, the commentators said yes, but it's still unclear to me. If there was it was very light and 1 million percent a racing incident

[Rob]

come on Seb and Kimi

[totox]

we are clearly faster than RB

[DJTaurus]

Vettel dived into brakes and took the inside. Kimi probably lift his foot cause he was afraid that there wasn't enough space. But there was enough space to push and stay in front. He did not. The guys on sky are clowns for making comments like that. It was an overtake of who wants it more. No racing incident at all.

[mirafiori]

just tweeted them asking why.

Well done Rob.

[fronaldo]

Sky as always..Keep pushing Vettel and Kimi

[totox]

cant understand sauber pace

[SinanOzerS]

We still can't overtake cars.

[fratelliferrari]

Kimi pits

[totox]

because Ricciardo use DRS too

[SinanOzerS]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

[fratelliferrari]

Nooo :-(

[fronaldo]

Poor poor pit stop...

[tifosi1993]

Oh dear...:-s

[vcs316]

Horrible race for Kimi...

[FerrariSteve]

Awful pitstop :(

[Nand0Nand0]

Not sure the pitstop problem was the teams fault. Might have been a legacy from the impact at the start .....
Confirmed Kimi has front wing damage

[Alfa159]

Once again this season is shaping up to be a Mercedes whitewash.

[SinanOzerS]

1.31.960

[bonzo]

Arivabene just fired the mechanic??

[wacc]

Arivabene just fired the mechanic??

OF course not. That would be poor.

[vcs316]

Very impressed with Sauber. Well done!!

[mirafiori]

I rather see us take 5 seconds longer for a pit stop, rather do what both McLaren and Red Bull have done in the past and and see the tyres come off the car.

[wacc]

Kimi slower than what would be to expected.

[FerrariSteve]

Once again this season is shaping up to be a Mercedes whitewash.

We knew that before the race started, surely?

[fratelliferrari]

Felipe in the pit now

[Rob]

I rather see us take 5 seconds longer for a pit stop, rather do what both McLaren and Red Bull have done in the past and and see the tyres come off the car.

:thumb

[SinanOzerS]

We could've been pit before the Massa. That's another mistake.

[Alfa159]

We knew that before the race started, surely?

I was hoping teams would be closer for the start of 2015.

[KimiBot]

Kimi slower than what would be to expected.

Kimi FL

[Kyss4k]

Wow, what a pace from Vettel now! Faster than Massa on new boots even!

[wacc]

Kimi FL

But the lap after that was slower than Sebastian. The lap times were erratic

[wacc]

Wow, what a pace from Vettel now! Faster than Massa on new boots even!

:clap

[SinanOzerS]

C'mon pit !

[bonzo]

Seb box. One stopper??

[totox]

so... if they are racing with differents configs like we saw yesterdey, the one that is in vettel's without monkey seat seems to be faster than the one of kimi

[SinanOzerS]

YEAAHHHHH

[fronaldo]

Yess...

[totox]

perfect strategy!!!!

[vcs316]

Well done Seb!!

[fratelliferrari]

We could've been pit before the Massa. That's another mistake.

Which mistake do you mean :lol

[tifosi1993]

:clap

[FerrariSteve]

Yes Seb!!

[SinanOzerS]

Which mistake do you mean :lol

Well, Ricciardo saved us.

[Tobes]

Up to third, podium beckons, come on Seb... :-)

[Sriharsha]

yessssss Great job sebastian :D

[Nero Horse]

Come on Seb! Go, go, go!

[DIEK]

Poor Carlos, nasty pit stop...

[Kyss4k]

This is looking really good. Really really good.

[DJTaurus]

Well, Ricciardo saved us.

Yes and no. Vettels laps with used tyres after massa pitted were impressive. At least it seems we are the best of the rest.

[fronaldo]

Lets get Massa Kimi..

[totox]

kimi took a shot of vodka and woke up ;-)

[SinanOzerS]

Yes and no. Vettels lap with used tyres after massa pitted were impressive. At least it seems we are the best of the rest.

Yeah that's absolutely right but, whatever...

[SinanOzerS]

1.31.681 Kimi

[bonzo]

Kimi purple!

[Kyss4k]

We are so fast, when we have a clean air, it's incredible! I love it :clap

[SashAlex]

Guys, if not for Ferrari, I'd never watch this boring show.

Great job by Vettel. :)))

[tifosi1993]

We are faster than Williams

[bonzo]

Kimi has to stop once more, however.

[wacc]

New FL by Kimi. He is on softs unlike all the other front runners.

[Nand0Nand0]

Kimi catching Massa :)
(love ya Felipe, but I need the Red car ahead)

[Nero Horse]

Seb and Kimi are going really well at the moment. The pace is very good. Keep it up, boys! :thumb

[elnano98]

We're even faster than Mercs

[gazoz]

Ferrari has great pace up with Mercs

[F1NAC]

Kimi catching Massa :)
(love ya Felipe, but I need the Red car ahead)

Ye but kimi on softs

[gazoz]

kimi may need to pit again

[SinanOzerS]

FL after FL after FL. Love it !

[Nero Horse]

Fastest lap from Kimi again. Very nice!

[DJTaurus]

Wow Massa can't even stay behind vettel.

[elnano98]

Poor Macca and Alonso

[bonzo]

kimi may need to pit again

He must

[Ste]

Why on earth did Kimi put softs on? Two stopper surely isn't going to work. Especially after losing so much time in the first stop and at the start.

Great job from Seb so for. His pit stop was slow as well though.

[gazoz]

Wow Massa can't even stay behind vettel.

yes we are a lot quicker

[Scuderia85]

great pace by ferrari

[tifosi1993]

Kimi should stay out for 7-8 more laps, he is more than a second faster than the Sauber

[totox]

after all it was a matter of clean air. just that what we need

[bonzo]

They are telling kimi he races massa?? He could do it only if massa tires are gone

[gazoz]

this bodes well for us in coming races with upgrades and engine ups

[Nero Horse]

Our progress compared to Williams has been huge over the winter. Fantastic! :-D

[gazoz]

Ferrari is approx .5sec faster at present to massa

[Rob]

Massa no pace on the mediums, as long as Kimi can close that gap again, we may have 4th aswell.

[gazoz]

Agree Awesome Indeed
QUOTE=Nero Horse;879255]Our progress compared to Williams has been huge over the winter. Fantastic! :-D[/QUOTE]

[sachin]

With the boost in our performance, I am pretty sure we will be the team that will stop the mercs juggernaut , surely not this season.. Maybe not next but surely after that:thumb

[fratelliferrari]

Poor Macca and Alonso
It's always nice to see a Macca being lapped :-D

[Ferrari_fan89]

I feel kinda sorry for Ric actually, i know he's the enemy but damn the Red Bull is painfully slow :/

[bonzo]

Hmmm, macca may get a point:-D

[totox]

I feel kinda sorry for Ric actually, i know he's the enemy but damn the Red Bull is painfully slow :/

Yeah it's very hard to see them struggling that way after those strong years

[zike]

I feel kinda sorry for Ric actually, i know he's the enemy but damn the Red Bull is painfully slow :/

Good :-D

[SinanOzerS]

We're gonna get Nasr and Ricciardo easily.

[DIEK]

Poor Macca and Alonso


It's always nice to see a Macca being lapped :-D

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h202/sekuzo/chopsFC/alonsocabezado_zpsjasz9qgj.gif

[gazoz]

Lol

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h202/sekuzo/chopsFC/alonsocabezado_zpsjasz9qgj.gif

[Kyss4k]

Yeah it's very hard to see them struggling that way after those strong years

It's not really :-)

[Fabulous]

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h202/sekuzo/chopsFC/alonsocabezado_zpsjasz9qgj.gif

LOL

[fratelliferrari]

Hmmm, macca may get a point:-D

I really hope not!

[DJTaurus]

Did the sky reporter just said to Horner that their cars will be like sitting ducks on Malaysia ?

[fratelliferrari]

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h202/sekuzo/chopsFC/alonsocabezado_zpsjasz9qgj.gif

:rotfl

[Ferrari_fan89]

Did the sky reporter just said to Horner that their cars will be like sitting ducks on Malaysia ?

With those loooong straights? hahaha yeah totally

[sachin]

I feel kinda sorry for Ric actually, i know he's the enemy but damn the Red Bull is painfully slow :/
Whattttttt... I am loving it, RBR Struggling is a beautiful scene.

[bonzo]

Kimi cannot catch massa

[totox]

Whattttttt... I am loving it, RBR Struggling is a beautiful scene.

would be nicer if that were silver cars :lol

[Nero Horse]

It'd be nice to get a mechanical failure or two from the Mercs now. One can hope, right. ;-)

[bonzo]

Rosberg tires gone?

[Ferrari_fan89]

Kimi cannot catch massa

He was 10 seconds behind, of course not

[Schumiklub]

Some slower laps from Vettel, I'm just hoping he's saving fuel.

[Sriharsha]

Even after the final pitstop Kimi will be P5. Can he catch Felipe is to see

[SinanOzerS]

That's not about the lap times, he's already have to pit again.

[totox]

seems that all the mechanics from all the teams are a bit rusty :-P

[Sriharsha]

Some slower laps from Vettel, I'm just hoping he's saving fuel.
He just upped his pace

[bonzo]

Nooooo

[fratelliferrari]

Kimi gone NOOOOOO

[SinanOzerS]

Are you kidding me ?

[Fabulous]

Kimi's race over...

[bonzo]

What happened?

[tifosi1993]

:-(

[Rob]

:-??

[FerrariSteve]

Nooooo!!!!

[Kyss4k]

My goodness... I saw that, right as he was coming from the mechanics.

[Fabulous]

Bad luck today for Kimi. He was having a good race too...

[fronaldo]

Why why why....

[Sriharsha]

What happened ?? We should have got more points :SIGH:

[Tobes]

Don't think the left rear was on properly...

[Winter]

You can't be serious!!!:furious

[SinanOzerS]

What the hell is wrong that left rear !

[bonzo]

Rear tire again?

[Winter]

Rear left again!

[DJTaurus]

Someone on the left rear or the lollipop man will get fired.

[Fabulous]

Left rear, again.

[fronaldo]

Unsafe release?

[Schumiklub]

WTH is going on there...

[Sriharsha]

Again :(
it we are giving points to rivals

[FFFerrari]

Please fire that tyre guy and the lollipop guy. :furious

[Nero Horse]

The wheel wasn't properly put on. Sad. :-(

[bonzo]

Did this mechanic use the same tool?

[Ste]

Please fire that tyre guy and the lollipop guy. :furious

Don't be ridiculous.

Very frustrating but you don't fire someone for miscommunication.

[Nand0Nand0]

Lol, the British media wanting Kimi to get a penalty .... rofl, they are sooooooooooo obvious

[Fabulous]

Just threw away points.

[Kyss4k]

Why on earth they let Kimi go so far from the pits?

[Winter]

And I thought Williams were stupid to waste a test day with pit stop practice!

[crn12]

So now a penalty in Malaysia? a Ten Sec stop Go

[Ste]

Will be a penalty for the next race too. Fortunately you can overtake there but a total bummer.

[Ste]

So now a penalty in Malaysia? a Ten Sec stop Go

Will be a grid drop.

[bonzo]

This mechanic will be relocated to the car washing:rotfl

[zike]

Kimi was having a good race :-(

[fronaldo]

10s penalty at Msia..?

[vecchiasignora]

shame for kimi. but lot positive this race for future.

[Kyss4k]

Massa is picking up the pace now.

[Nand0Nand0]

Two problems with the left rear ... I'm thinking there was some residual damage from the start. Impact was on other side I know, but was directly on the wheel so would have traversed from side to side.

[Rob]

nothing can be helped if the spindle or nut damaged, and will not torque up.

[tifosi1993]

Please fire that tyre guy and the lollipop guy. :furious

LOL

[bonzo]

Seb is saving fuel, bad...

[Nand0Nand0]

Massa is picking up the pace now.

We are saving fuel, he isn't

[mirafiori]

Can't believe it especially with the first stop, I rather see us take a few seconds longer. Shame for Kimi and Ferrari and us Ferrai fans. Normally we are the best at pit stop.

[Nero Horse]

Such a silly and avoidable mistake from the mechanics. Good points gone. Dammit. *smh*

[Sriharsha]

Come on Sebastian take that to Podium dont let Williams on your back. We need to kick start ahead of Williams

[totox]

now massa is chasing us :-??

[KimiBot]

this is racing, things happens

good to know that car is fast, bright future for sure

[gazoz]

Agree 100%
this is racing, things happens

good to know that car is fast, bright future for sure

[stefa]

Shame for KR. We throu away nice bunch of points...

[fratelliferrari]

Please fire that tyre guy and the lollipop guy. :furious

That's ridiculous. Human beings make mistakes...

[mirafiori]

nothing can be helped if the spindle or nut damaged, and will not torque up.

I hope Kimi does not get penalised for the next race Rob.

[bonzo]

One more dnf and button gets a point:lol

[stefa]

Come on Sebastian take that to Podium dont let Williams on your back. We need to kick start ahead of Williams

:thumb

[totox]

well, all the top teams with one car except mercs... its time for their failure to come ;-)

[stefa]

I hope Kimi does not get penalised for the next race Rob.

He will. Those are the rules for unsafe release...

[bonzo]

That's ridiculous. Human beings make mistakes...

But two identical mistakes in one race is unforgivable

[Nero Horse]

One possibility is of course that the wheel nut was damaged and they simply couldn't put it on properly.

[Sriharsha]

well, all the top teams with one car except mercs... its time for their failure to come ;-)
Would Jump at that but unfortunately time is running out of that :(

[Fabulous]

well, all the top teams with one car except mercs... its time for their failure to come ;-)

Would like that but very unlikely.

[Ed Harley]

It is what it is.

Hope SV gets the podium.

[Nand0Nand0]

I hope Kimi does not get penalised for the next race Rob.

If its up to the British media we'll be given 100 grid place penalty plus 50 lashes.

[FFFerrari]

That's ridiculous. Human beings make mistakes...

After the first stop they knew something was up and they could have been a bit more careful with it. Nnow they messed up massively.

[fronaldo]

Massa bringing heat to Vettel now

[Black Adder]

How much more bad luck can you have in a race?

[Kyss4k]

Would be a good time to stop with the fuel saving :)

[bonzo]

One possibility is of course that the wheel nut was damaged and they simply couldn't put it on properly.
So we did not have a spare nut?? Didn't they realise it the first time it happened? It is unforgivable

[Rob]

After the first stop they knew something was up and they could have been a bit more careful with it. Nnow they messed up massively.

nothing you can do, unless you can make new spindle or nut in back of garage.

[mirafiori]

It is what it is.

Hope SV gets the podium.

Yeah podium will be brilliant especially with all the Ferrari fans.

[Ste]

Kimi definitely seems different to usual this year. There's no way he'd have been back in the garage discussing his retirement in previous years.

[totox]

Sauber are at party with this results and Beating RB. Really improved our PU

[SashAlex]

I almost forgot that there are two Mercedes cars ahead. :lol

[Kyss4k]

So we did not have a spare nut?? Didn't they realise it the first time it happened? It is unforgivable

The nuts are part of the wheel.

[FFFerrari]

nothing you can do, unless you can make new spindle or nut in back of garage.

True, but they could have atleast retired to the box and save him from the extra penalty. Now they messed up this race and made the next one more difficult.

[Nand0Nand0]

Seb now increasing the gap to Massa

[totox]

I almost forgot that there are two Mercedes cars ahead. :lol
Forget them, life is easy without thinking of their league

[Aussie]

Lot better then last year

[TonyRizza]

Seb doing well, shame for Kimi back to old form I hope!
Skyf1 seem to love Ferrari :lol

[bonzo]

Seb ie 30 sec down from Lewis in 53 laps. That makes it more than 2sec per lap. This seems to be the current picture. Again Merc season.

[Katu]

Kimi definitely seems different to usual this year. There's no way he'd have been back in the garage discussing his retirement in previous years.
maybe he now knows that if he doesn't work with his team, then it's OUT and he's too old to be considered by other top teams..

[Rob]

True, but they could have atleast retired to the box and save him from the extra penalty. Now they messed up this race and made the next one more difficult.

Why you trying "blame" the team? guys on the rear left do not know it will not work next time, its just one of of things you cannt predict. If it worked forst time, then, 50 50 chance will work next time.

[Kyss4k]

Good Seb that's way better :-)

[gazoz]

Well Ferrari has got a lot of pace and it looks for even better as season goes i think we will definitely be faster than Williams Very Exciting for us

[KimiBot]

Seb ie 30 sec down from Lewis in 53 laps. That makes it more than 2sec per lap. This seems to be the current picture. Again Merc season.

math is not your strongest thing.

[Ed Harley]

Kimi definitely seems different to usual this year. There's no way he'd have been back in the garage discussing his retirement in previous years.
Perhaps they listen to him nowadays?