2012 Australian Grand Prix Thread - Official

Well done Grosjean and MS!
Appalling Ferrari and Raikkonen.

Looks like a race for Button to win, he's only marginally slower than Hamy in Q3.

Great job by Grosjean. Heidfeld and Petrov both got podiums in the Renault at the beginning of last season... I wonder how long they'll be able to sustain that level of performance this year.

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Originally Posted by N4D13

Impressive laps from Hamilton and Grosjean. Congratulations to all their fans. ;)

What a huge disgrace for Kimi. Yes, I know he's back from rallying and all, but the fact remains that his teammate is third on the grid while Kimi will be eighteenth.

Oh, and no glory for Ferrari this year either. It's Ferrari, they will fight back and all the drill, but only Alonso could have got that car into Q3 and even if he had had the chance, it would have been by a very slim margin. Fighting against Toro Rosso and Williams is certainly not what they bargained for.

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I still don't know why they chose such a radical design. They had a decent car last year and now have made a balls of things. I was at the first Barcelona test and it looked like a pig of a car. I really doubt they'll do much this year. Looks like McLaren could be the team to beat this year along with Mercedes a close second.

Hamilton will have to have a spectacular 3 laps to avoid the Mercedes DRS advantage
Button better watch out too from Grosjean

But all things considered this is terrific for Hamilton to have button right behind him
...but will he be there after the first corner?
cause button isn't the best starter and Schumi is lining up right behind him

Incredible... Ferrari needs to scrap the car....what a truck!

Blimey I fully expected Red Bull to suddenly be quick when it really mattered, as they did throughout 2011, but it turns out their testing pace was genuine and that McLaren really were faster.

Amazing effort from Grosjean, I wonder what Kimi could have done had he not made a mistake. Ferrari were hopeless, Alonso's cock-up probably didn't make that much difference in the end.

Now on to the stewards' room: will Merc's wing be protested and will Karthikeyan be sent to the opticians?

Lotus are going to appeal the result of qualifying on the basis they believe the Mercedes rear wing to be illegal. I hope they don't finish tomorrow. I really hate this sort of rubbish in f1 every year. Whitmarsh has said he believes the rear wing to be legal.

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Originally Posted by The Black Knight

I still don't know why they chose such a radical design. They had a decent car last year and now have made a balls of things. I was at the first Barcelona test and it looked like a pig of a car. I really doubt they'll do much this year.

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they might be the first with a nose job

Alonso beached it! I almost spilled my Scotch whilst laughing.

I'm happy for Hamilton for getting rid of that saccubus and getting back to achieving great results.

I still think Button has the advantage tomorrow because of his tire management, so we'll see how it goes.

Finally, Grosjean gets to strut his stuff ever since the fat man stupidly kicked him out of F1.

Red Bull are struggling more, but I have faith in the team and drivers that they'll be competitive eventually.

Mercedes: w00t!! I haven't seen Norbert smile like that for years!

Happy St. Patrick's Day! I can't wait until tomorrow night.

Apart from Grosjean and Schumacher, Maldonado also did an excellent job. :up:

Pity about the mistakes of Räikkönen and Rosberg... They should have done much better.

Refreshing to see Red Bull so far back. :D