2010 Formula 1 Championship

[TarJak]

Looks like your Lewis Hamilton is keen to join the convict ranks: http://www.smh.com.au/sport/motorspo...27-r3km.html:D

On a serious note, for an F1 star this is rather silly behaviour.

EDIT: Webber fastest in 3rd practise session. Hope he can keep that form through Qualifying.

[stabiz]

Go Force India!


(Yes, I dont have a team to cheer for this year, so Sutil & Co are placeholders )

[TarJak]

@Stabiz LOL!

Webber just pipped by Vettel for Pole. Looking forward to watching the race tomorrow. Webber has a great chance of winning his home GP for once and I'd really like to see him do it this year. The RB cars are looking better each GP.

[stabiz]

Those Red Bulls are lethal yes, their achilles heel last year was the fragile Renault engine, so we will see. I have a suspicion that Alonso will pull it off again.

[XabbaRus]

I'm glad JB ou qualified LH.

I don't buy the statement that Lewis was a bit rattled after his run in with the law yesterday...

Jenson seems very calm..

[TarJak]

Originally Posted by XabbaRus

I'm glad JB ou qualified LH.

I don't buy the statement that Lewis was a bit rattled after his run in with the law yesterday...

Jenson seems very calm..

Lewis was probably more embarrassed than anything. Dunno how much that impacted his times.

[stabiz]

More:

BBC pundit David Coulthard has revealed that some in the paddock are questioning Lewis Hamilton's commitment in the midst of a rocky Aussie GP week. According to reports, while others arrived early in Melbourne, Hamilton took his time heading Down Under, stopping first in Los Angeles to spend some time with on-again girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger.
The McLaren driver then landed up in hot water with the Aussie police on Friday night when he was caught performing stunts in his loaned Mercedes road car, which was impounded.
His woes, though, weren't over as the Brit suffered a dismal Saturday afternoon, qualifying P11 for the Australian GP while his team-mate Jenson Button put his MP4-25 up into fourth place.
Hamilton's displays - both on and off the race track - this week have raised some eyebrows in the paddock with Coulthard admitting there are some concerns about the Brit, who also parted ways with his manager father earlier this year.
"Lewis jetted in quite late from LA; some people were questioning whether his commitment was there. His week, or should I say his few days, in Australia have not gone well," he told the BBC.
However, if that's the case then one has to wonder about Michael Schumacher and Heikki Kovalainen, who instead of getting a good night's rest on Thursday ahead of practice, attended a Lady Gaga concert.

[Jimbuna]

I'm looking for further improvement from Schumacher...he can only improve as the season progresses.

[XabbaRus]

Do you think with Lewis Hamilton it is a case of too much too soon.

If you look at Alonso, Schumacher, Raikonnen and Button, they in various parts of their careers had rubbish cars on which to cut their teeth. Lewis didn't. He walked into the best car on the grid and almost won in his rookie year.

I think he is into the life style a lot. OK Button admitted the same with himself but I think that was more what moeny could bring, he had to drive rubbish cars until last year. I think psychologically Jenson might have the edge over Lewis.

[Konovalov]

Happy with the RBR getting the lockout on the front row of the grid.

Being a big Webber fan since his early open wheeler days back in Formula Ford over here in the UK, obviously I am hoping he can notch up win number three of his F1 career and special one at that being a home win.

However I am also a fan of Seb Vettel. I think he is a great guy and a superb driver destined to win the world championship. So my heart says Mark for the win but my head says Seb. Alonso is in with a chance and forget the rest.

If I don't get my Red Bull drivers on the two top steps of the podium can I at least ask that we have an interesting race unlike that porcessional joke that was Bahrain.

[TarJak]

Not a great start for Webber. Massa through to 2nd, followed by some bad timing on his tire change and then a bit of a slide has meant he was back to about 8th. Hope he can get a few more places back and challenge at least for some points.

[Jimbuna]

Well done JB but a bit of a disater for MW and Red Bull

[stabiz]

What a race!

[Konovalov]

Originally Posted by stabiz

What a race!

What a disaster. A front row lockout and the best we could get was 9th. Vettel has missed the win twice now due to reliability issues. Meanwhile Webbo was hurt by having to pit the lap after Vettel and then from there he looked wild and erratic at times and I wasn't shocked to see him punt Hamilton off at the end as both were looking to jump Alonso. Kubica for me was drive of the day given the car he had.

[Konovalov]

Originally Posted by TarJak

Not a great start for Webber. .

To be fair to him he had a similar start to Alonso and those around him. Only Massa had a stormer of a start and blasted past Button, Alonso and Webber. So full credit to Massa who got the perfect balance of throttle off the line.

Almost forgot to add that this race was much better that that rubbish track at Bahrain. Plenty of passing although you could still see the dirty air problem with Alonso stuck behind Massa and then when Hamilton and Webber caught the Ferrari's at 1.5 sec a lap and then spent the next 8 plus laps stuck behind them.

Does anyone think that Schumi is now under immense pressure after such a poor race? Gotta admit it was enjoyable watching him have to bang wheels with a slow Toro Rosso.