2022 Australian GP Thread - Buildup, Practice & Qualifying

[Gilles]

Charles: "For now it is not too much of a limitation lap time wise [the porpoising].

It is just not so comfortable on the straights but I am not here to have a car that is comfortable.
I am here to have a fast car*(smiles) and for now it is looking good!"

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[tpe]

It's too early.
Yes it looks good, but we will see. If the difference between S1 and S2 is what we see, I don't expect any DRS problem tbh, provided that we will not have a SVC or SC.

[FerrariF60]

It's too early.
Yes it looks good, but we will see. If the difference between S1 and S2 is what we see, I don't expect any DRS problem tbh, provided that we will not have a SVC or SC.

Tell that to boner Latifi, he’s always bound to bring either the VSC or full SC.....lol

[WS6TransAm01]

Feet on the ground boys... feet on the ground.

[ferrari4life]

screw it... hope we dominate. Let's bring this home

[wisepie]

Porpoising may be a bigger issue over a race distance, on cars and drivers, hope it can be dialled down a little in the interests of both. A slight chance of showers on Sunday?

[tpe]

This doesn't look good.
https://twitter.com/_ProjectF1/statu...X6FCAPleA&s=19

[Tifoso]

This doesn't look good.
https://twitter.com/_ProjectF1/statu...X6FCAPleA&s=19

I think the “Leclerc has edge over Verstappen” part looks decent to me.

[jgonzalesm6]

Niels Wittich has announced the removal of a DRS zone.

For safety reasons, DRS Zones will be reduced to 3 for the remainder of the event.

Wittich: "DRS detection 1 will be moved to before Turn 9, DRS activation 1 will be after Turn 10, DRS detection 2 will remain unchanged, with the following activation zones will be renumbered accordingly."

[gump1480]

Niels Wittich has announced the removal of a DRS zone.

For safety reasons, DRS Zones will be reduced to 3 for the remainder of the event.

Wittich: "DRS detection 1 will be moved to before Turn 9, DRS activation 1 will be after Turn 10, DRS detection 2 will remain unchanged, with the following activation zones will be renumbered accordingly."

So is it that the DRS on the new long straight has been removed...where we were porpoising a lot?

[jgonzalesm6]

So is it that the DRS on the new long straight has been removed...where we were porpoising a lot?

Yes, the porpoising needs to be addressed for Ferrari.

[jgonzalesm6]

SKY f1 still crying about what happened at Abu Dhabi.



Kravitz asked Wolff: Will you give justice to Lewis Hamilton for what happened at Abu Dhabi???

Wolff's response: Wolff: I think it's too early to write off the championship. You can see that with a double DNF that Red Bull have had at the beginning of the season and you could see last year we didn't have a competitive car at the start of the season and Silverstone we unlocked the potential.

[tifosi1993]

Carlos improved on 12 laps older soft tyres. These tyres are not dropping off.

[jgonzalesm6]

That W13 is also porpoising.....badly.

[elnano14]

Glory runs from McLaren and Fernando or what ? They seems so close to us

[jgonzalesm6]

Glory runs from McLaren and Fernando or what ? They seems so close to us

Maybe, let's see what qualifying brings for Norris and Alonso.

[elnano14]

The removal of 4th DRS zone seems affect the performance of those cars quite a lot

[tifosi1993]

FP3

NORRIS: 27.155 - 18.094 - 33.868 - 1:19.117 - 315

LECLERC: 27.241 - 18.059 - 33.875 - 1:19.249 - 310

PEREZ: 27.234 - 17.882 - 33.973 - 1:19.265 - 322

ALONSO: 27.227 - 17.911 - 34.137 - 1:19.275 - 323

SAINZ: 27.237 - 18.094 - 34.056 - 1:19.419 - 310

RICCIARDO: 27.265 - 18.253 - 34.175 - 1:19.693

VERSTAPPEN: 27.223 - 17.969 - 34.316 - 1:19.809 - 323

HAMILTON: 27.141 - 18.113 - 34.302 - 1:19.896 - 315

BOTTAS: 27.361 - 17.996 - 34.468 - 1:20.008 - 316

TSUNODA: 27.362 - 18.217 - 34.300 - 1:20.071 - 317

RUSSELL: 27.392 - 18.217 - 34.300 - 1:20.096 - 316

GASLY: 27.479 - 18.261 - 34.393 - 1:20.133 - 316

OCON: 27.369 - 18.042 - 34.514 - 1:20.205 - 320

SCHUMACHER: 27.598 - 18.387 - 34.707 - 1:20.692 - 315

ZHOU: 27.951 - 18.328 - 34.557 - 1:20.836 - 313

ALBON: 27.746 - 18.215 - 34.880 - 1:20.958 - 313

MAGNUSSEN: 27.810 - 18.363 - 34.655 - 1:21.025 - 314

LATIFI: 27.720 - 18.175 - 35.155 - 1:21.050 - 316

STROLL: 27.718 - 18.133 - 35.144 - 1:21.636 - 312

VETTEL: 28.093 - 18.244 - 38.523 - 2:04.805 - 314

[Cavallino]

there's a chance the removal of that DRS zone may hurt our chances for pole, but I think it helps us as far as the race is concerned.

It would be nice to be the quickest on a Saturday, but it's not the end of the world.

[stefa]

[stefa]

Ferrari bounce a lot, but it is fast!

[gump1480]

VES now purple in S3 !! Its very very close between Ferrari and Redfools.

[bogs1207]

Yes its close. I hope we come out on top in q3.

[Kyss4k]

Did we messed something up with the setup? We were not struggling this much with bouncing in previous GPs... And now RB is faster in S3 as well? Umm... I hope the beast is yet to be unleashed in Q2 and Q3.

[bogs1207]

Stroll hits latifi

[stefa]

NL! Red flag!

Stroll! Idiot!!

Both Idiots!!!

[paolo lalli]

Well thank God for daddy's money he does not have a clue.

[Kyss4k]

What the hell did I just watch? Latifi and Stroll, the 2 worst drivers in F1 in all their glory I guess.

[bogs1207]

Well thank God for daddy's money he does not have a clue.

[gump1480]

With this porpoising how the hell will our drivers race !! With the RB unleashed now....I really hope we have something up our sleeves in Quali.