2010 F1 Season

[Marco-R34GTT]

Oh, I bet re-fuelling will be re-introduced in 2011... Heard it here first...

[sh@un]

There's one (maybe two) things they could do to guarantee some on-track passing: go back to H-pattern gearboxes with foot-operated clutches, and toss the power-steering systems as well

[JAS-25T]

that would be insane.

missed shifts and all

[sh@un]

how good would that be; everyone would be getting all extra-worn out 'n shiz

it'll never happen...

[JAS-25T]

we can only dream?

everyone would stack at the speeds they go at these days

[TALBO]

Great result for Ferrari

I think the 6Km + track added to the pretty non eventful GP. Big mistake using the extra part of that track imo

[Marlin]

damn mustnt be on up here in darwin and darwin doesnt get one hd!!

MAte, I watched it live on One HD then afterwards switched to Normal Ch10 to see it was being broadcast there, with about a 25 lap delay....... did you get to see it?

[hrd-hr30]

you didn't miss much anyway. i was hoping something would happen with all the extra fuel and longer stints on the tyres - you know like tyres going off or some cars getting faster than others with the decreasing fuel loads, but nothing happened at all. except for a dodgy spark plug it would have been a complete procession.

[iamhe77]

Wow...

Rookies retiring, teams not taking their starting positions due to their cars not being ready, little if any passing among the top 8....

3 hours of my life I can't get back.

Glad the top level of motorsport has its act together. What a SHIT RACE (I was looking for the right wording, thanks Roy).

*praying HARD that it had more to do with the track than anything else*

[petern]

I cant help but think Alonso will win thisw weekend, Webber 2nd, Hamo 3rd and Vettel 4th. You read it here first

Nice call 3 out of 4!!

[ctjet]

lock in nando for the title

vettel is the only one outside the team that can stop him, because massa has no fkn chance. as soon as he had clear air, he was gone!!

madatory pit stops is the only thing that will save 2010

[Roy]

But my loyalty to Webber cost me

How sad was it to see the worlds fastest cars running around between 4-10 seconds a lap slower then their quali pace.

I loved how in teh closing laps Webber backed it off then went over two seconds quicker then Button for a lap or two..just to say, look what this car could do in free air. The no refuelling has dumbed down strategy which has been one of the ingredients for good racing the past few years

As for improving the racing, its rather easy. Let them keep their gearboxes etc, just give them steel brakes which means more mass the suspension has to control, less road grip, longer braking distances...for a start. Re-introduce re-fuelling and allow teams and extra 3,000rpm for 12 seconds per race, with a max of 3 seconds per lap. You dont need KERS, just let them use the revs they were using 3 years ago

[Roy]

lock in nando for the title

vettel is the only one outside the team that can stop him, because massa has no fkn chance. as soon as he had clear air, he was gone!!

madatory pit stops is the only thing that will save 2010

Massa did have car problems though. But was impressive to watch Alonso clear out. I was impressed by Massa first race back. I suspect it will be a 3 way shootout for the championship, what will be real interesting is the new points system. Webebr has a chance of another top 4 finish in the WDC simply because he should have the car speed to win a few GPs this year and whoever wins will bag a shit load of points

[sav man]

so who's going to be the first team to rock up with kers. Surley someone is going to brake the agreement

[Marlin]

I wasn't suprised but I was still shocked with how slow the cars looked early in the race. Eight seconds or so off qualy is massive. I was half expecting Brisby to appear from the pits in his 32 and challenge Vettel early on.

[Roy]

I would have laid down more smoke into Turn 1 then Webber, thats for sure

But it is pretty shithouse to see F1 cars lumbering along so far off their real pace. Gone are the days of almost doing quali laps as you come up to your stop....the cars are always wounded with fuel load or tyre wear

[Marlin]

Not to mention the cars are nearly long enough to be mistaken for an Indycar.....

[sh@un]

lock in nando for the title

too early mang

[scarface_au]

Let's not forget that this is only the first race, and Bahrain is not typical of the tracks they will be racing on most of the year. We'll see what happens after a few more races, then we'll be able to draw some better conclusions.

I agree with what most people have said, not the most thrilling race ever. Turning F1 into an economy run ... I'm not sure. But it may be better on the Euro tracks.

At least the top few teams are relatively even. Yes it was a Ferrari 1-2, but Vettel probably would have won it but for his mechanical, and McLaren aren't that far off. Mercedes are up there too, although "old-man-Schumacher" performed as I expected him to, average but not great.

Come Australia I think you will see a much stronger performance from Webber, he had a dud run in qualifying and that buggered up his race. Not saying it wasn't his fault but I don't think his result was representative of his potential.

The new teams ... all I can say is that they didn't seem to get in the way too much. I didn't think it was possible for an F1 car to be as slow as the HRT cars are. I think it's likely that the new teams will get testing dispensation (extra days) later in the year. I have to say though, it's really nice to see the Lotus-Cosworth combination together again. The car looks good too.

Don't despair guys! It's only one race, let's hope things pick up in Australia.

[chuckie]

WHERE TO for F1 ,

for me the only GOOD POINT was to see LOTUS back in F1 having grown up not far from the team base & trying to get a job at the F1 team in the mid 80`s was great to see them back at the top again,

CC would smile to see them back in F1 ,