2014 Australian Grand Prix - Melbourne

[i70q7m7ghw]

Any onboard videos yet?

[i70q7m7ghw]

Mercedes has the best car.
Ferrari is solid and should compete for a podium.
Red Bull is Q3 material quite easily already.
Williams fast lap was nothing to write home about, but Bottas race sim was really good.

Tyres might be too durable...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Biq27FeIAAAbVDv.jpg:large

Going to completely ignore McLaren right in the middle of those lot huh? GG =D>

[BorisTheBlade]

About your first point. That heavily depends on the amount of rain - the more rain the less consumption. But I doubt that it could peak out at 30%. My suggestion would be 10-15%at most (out of thin air).
They can still change the brake balance if they want to. But because of the complexity of the bake by wire system "what you see might not always be what you get"
...

1.With a prospect of ~80% wet race I`m the only one who is thinking that RB is gonna gamble with an under-fueled car?
2.And regarding the BBW, this system it`s a kinda :
a) bias between the rear brakes and MGU-K (when acts like generator)
b) it`s just a bias balance between front and rear brakes now?
c) or does both a) and b) actions?

1. IMHO that would be braindead. It's the first race with a totally new technology - I would want to play it safe.
2. Well, done right the brake by wire system would adjust the brake force between rear brake and MGU-K dynamically so that the driver doesn't realise if the MGU-K harvests energy or not while braking.
On top of that you would have your brake bias. So the driver would simply change the amount of braking force applied to front vs. rear - no matter if it's the "real" brake or the MGU-K.
But the more problems you have with the brake by wire the less reliable a brake bias adjustment will be.

[gandharva]

Does any website have longrun times from FP2 already?

http://en.mclarenf-1.com/index.php?page ... 20Hamilton

Here you go m8. Mercedes looks even more dominant in longrun pace. Red Bull 2nd quickest funny enough.

Thanks!

Wow @Mercedes! Only team able to run 1:33.x consistent. RedBull seems second fastest (just crazy if you think about how they struggled at testing...) with Vettel running very inconsistent laptimes. Maybe due to lack of testing, but he also managed to do 2 laps in the high 1:33s.

[Vasconia]

Does any website have longrun times from FP2 already?

http://en.mclarenf-1.com/index.php?page ... 20Hamilton

Here you go m8. Mercedes looks even more dominant in longrun pace. Red Bull 2nd quickest funny enough.

I am very surprised with this, ok, I expected to see RB in a better shape for this race, but being the 3-4th team, but second? I dont want to see Vettel out of the battle, but I wanted to see Rb struggling a little bit.

It is incredibly embarrasing for the rest of the teams, to see how each year Rb is so superior in terms of downforce, I dont expect them to end the race but if they do it they will be in the top.

Ferrari also looks very good, isnt it???

[Jonnycraig]

Vettel: "In terms of speed we know there is a lot more to come but so far it feels very good."

Ricciardo: ""We were probably expecting to be a bit further off. Hopefully the gap doesn't get any bigger but if it stays where it is, within a second is better than expected coming here."

Suggests they've also yet to turn the wick up on the engines.

[thedutchguy]

Any onboard videos yet?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcMawL4278Q[/youtube]

(Part of the screen, focussing on RPM / Gearing on the straight.)

[Sevach]

Mercedes has the best car.
Ferrari is solid and should compete for a podium.
Red Bull is Q3 material quite easily already.
Williams fast lap was nothing to write home about, but Bottas race sim was really good.

Tyres might be too durable...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Biq27FeIAAAbVDv.jpg:large

Going to completely ignore McLaren right in the middle of those lot huh? GG =D>

Feel free to add your own impressions.

[i70q7m7ghw]

Any onboard videos yet?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcMawL4278Q

(Part of the screen, focussing on RPM / Gearing on the straight.)

Eh. People who film their TV should go straight to hell. I want a proper video, so I can hear the engine

[iotar__]

Rosberg: "It's definitely going to be very tough on fuel here, as we expected. The screen on my steering wheel shows the fuel target for each lap and we're going to have to be very disciplined in the race"
I fully expect Hamilton to bash "not pushing 100%" 2014 F1 every time he wins a race, true racer can't be enjoying himself driving like that. Sound replaced tyres in a whining department, will you stop it, it's OK.

Mercedes vs evil sensors championship, everyone else more or else sucks. Williams didn't run on softs(?)
Hard to read into times, Melbourne is a weird unrepresentative track anyway, next three may be different. Interesting how much below optimum Renault runs. Tyres too hard (Sutil again), softs much quicker and will last, thanks conservative approach. "Isolated showers and thunderstorms" on Sat, smaller chance on Sun so I wouldn't count on rain miracles.

[thedutchguy]

Any onboard videos yet?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcMawL4278Q

(Part of the screen, focussing on RPM / Gearing on the straight.)

Eh. People who film their TV should go straight to hell. I want a proper video, so I can hear the engine

You're welcome. As I said, it's meant to give an indication about gearing, not sound.

[Jonnycraig]

Rosberg confirms he was using too much fuel. Seems like it's going to be a real challenge for the first races balancing how fast you can go with how far you can go.

[rich1701]

What is the situation with Renault? Particularly for Redbull. If the power unit is unable to operate at peak efficiency and Redbull are producing this kind of pace; I am concerned.

[Sevach]

You're welcome. As I said, it's meant to give an indication about gearing, not sound.

The sound is what you will hear on TV...
Yes, it's that disappointing.

[TzeiTzei]

If you have the live timing app, you can check gearing, rpm and speed of any driver on any lap.