Formula 1 2011 season

Kymmy · 24-03-2011, 14:06

All the teams are now in Melbourne Australia and are setting up for the start of Practice session #1 in less then 12 hours. So Welcome to the start of the 2011 Formula 1 Championship.

Details for Australia are as follows (GMT)

Australian Grand Prix
Albert Park, Melbourne, 25-27 March
Friday 25 March: Practice one - 0130-0300; Practice two - 0530-0700
Saturday 26 March: Practice three - 0300-0400; Qualifying - 0600-0700
Sunday 27 March: Race - 0700BST (6.00 GMT)

That means you have just slightly over 10 hours left to vote for your choice of who will win the 2011 team and driver championship. Voting at http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/88...ip-voting.html

Hom3r · 24-03-2011, 16:39

If BBC does the same this year, all practice sessions will be available via the red button, and after the race will be the forum.

Kymmy · 24-03-2011, 16:58

Yep, sorry I should have said that the practice times are from the BBC website and yes they are doing the usual red button

It'll be interesting to see how the Mclaren is after their drastic overhaul of the car after the latest testing

mr_bo · 24-03-2011, 18:03

Don't forget to adjust your clock for the hour we lose!

Kymmy · 24-03-2011, 18:09

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Originally Posted by mr_bo

Don't forget to adjust your clock for the hour we lose!

Altered first post to signify BST and GMT

sherer · 24-03-2011, 19:25

as I need to catch up on my beauty sleep I think I will record it and watch it when I eventually get up

adzii_nufc · 25-03-2011, 02:28

Live practice:

Times above

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/9433946.stm

- Chandhok crashed, Gotta see it to believe it haha

Kymmy · 25-03-2011, 10:01

Was shattered last night so recorded it myself and just watched both sessions..

It would be fascinating to see the fuel levels for both sessions to make sense of the times.

I hope the DRS works better than KERS did in giving an overtake advantage

Kymmy · 26-03-2011, 08:43

I wonder if Sutil has gone to change his underwear after his unscheduled stunt driving near the end of Q2 ??

I really do hope that Vettel isn't turning into another Schummie.. it gets boring when someone gets clinical in their driving.. I'd rather watch Kobayashi drifting round the track

Hom3r · 26-03-2011, 14:54

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Originally Posted by Kymmy

I wonder if Sutil has gone to change his underwear after his unscheduled stunt driving near the end of Q2 ??

I really do hope that Vettel isn't turning into another Schummie.. it gets boring when someone gets clinical in their driving.. I'd rather watch Kobayashi drifting round the track

Sutil did a superb job keeping his motor out of the wall, its better to trash the lap than the car.

adzii_nufc · 27-03-2011, 06:19

Link for BBC online stream

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/9436948.stm

Starts at 7am, managed to miss the obvious 7am in Kymmy's post so I've been up since 5

Come on Hamilton!

Great chance for him to get some early points that he may need to fall back on again this season after his results in the last few races last year.

Vettel looked stupidly quick so this could also be a 1st place start to finish for him.

Kymmy · 27-03-2011, 07:39

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Originally Posted by adzii_nufc

Starts at 7am, managed to miss the obvious 7am in Kymmy's post so I've been up since 5

And just think that 5am was 4am GMT

You could of at very least woke me up with a coffee then

mind you it might have been a bit cold with the 200+mile trip

Regarding Vettel I just have bad feelings this year that he's going to push it a bit to far this year..

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So much for DRS making a difference.. Perhaps it'll be better on longer straights but I still think they should activate the DRS for the whole lap if within 1 second

adzii_nufc · 27-03-2011, 07:55

Seen Button do the only overtake so far using it.

Much of what I expected so far with Vettel flying off, This lad is as good as Schumacher was.

I believe Button's move on Massa was stupid with 2/3 of the race left.

Quite an eventful opener though, Rubens attacked the side of the Mercedes and earned himself a Drive-Through and Button's Drive-Through earlier in the race.

Ferrari's look well off the pace so far

Update: Hamilton looks out now, Damaged something under the front wing from what I'm hearing

Titanium strip has dropped the plank underneath but he's fighting on. Could face a penalty if the Plank is worn.

Race Finished - Results http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ts/9417656.stm

Great race from Vettel, untouchable

Hamiltion played with the damage car fantasically

And even though these two dominated the race.

A MASSIVELY great performance by Petrov and Perez

Ferrari's really did look poor today though, Still sticking with my earlier comments

sherer · 27-03-2011, 12:48

Seems both Saubers have been disqualified due to the bodywork. Shame for Perez as he had a great race

adzii_nufc · 28-03-2011, 04:22

Yep, Both Saubers disqualified from seventh and eighth places for a technical infringement to do with the rear wing actuators.

Real shame considering his drive, Not really that brilliant with these cars but do you reckon this could have something to do with Perez only having 1 stop. If not I wonder what Sauber have come up with that the rest clearly have not!