Formula 1 2013

[Roy]

I was in the Brabham stand too and thought it was Bottas going off...though it was Pastor who finally beached it.

In other news after looking at the Mazda stand I want an RX7 SP rather badly. Would look sick next to my Sierra

..and on other other news...Webber had no KERS for the first half of the race. So sorry Mark for abusing you from the stands for not being able to get the job done on Button

[sh@un]

RBR still haven't shaken that particular monkey off their back

[navdan]

RBR still haven't shaken that particular monkey off their back

They'll want to sort it properly for next year when it'll be worth an additional 160ish HP for 30 secs per lap

[ctjet]

This Pirelli tyre business is going to get annoying, the talking point should be the cars. No spectator in the world gives one single shit about the rubber

It's been one race and the words 'graining' and 'banding' are clearly the go to phrases for this season

[sh@un]

They'll want to sort it properly for next year when it'll be worth an additional 160ish HP for 30 secs per lap

yes, they'd really wanna

[tweety bird]

Nico Rosberg has revealed that it was an electrical problem that caused his W04 to stop during Sunday's Australian GP.

http://www.planetf1.com/driver/18227/8572631/Electrical-problem-cost-Rosberg

Australian GP: Webber hit by telemetry, KERS issues

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner revealed that the issues were caused by the McLaren-supplied standard ECU.

"Mark's problems were hugely frustrating as it was an ECU issue that is supplied by a third party - I will let you guess who that is," he said.

"So we lost all telemetry on the formation lap and then you cannot do the preparation you need to for the start, and then he is in the blind for the start.

"That ECU issue shut the KERS down as well. By the time we had reset the whole system, obviously he had lost the start and lost ground.

"It is something they need to get on top of as there have been a lot of issues in testing.

"It was nothing to do with Mark today."

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/106121

[tweety bird]

http://www.planetf1.com/photo-gallery/8572511/Sunday-s-Shots-From-Australia#photo=18

[tweety bird]

omg.

i has the same bike.

but mines bettera because it's black.

[tweety bird]

I was in the Brabham stand too and thought it was Bottas going off...though it was Pastor who finally beached it.

In other news after looking at the Mazda stand I want an RX7 SP rather badly. Would look sick next to my Sierra

..and on other other news...Webber had no KERS for the first half of the race. So sorry Mark for abusing you from the stands for not being able to get the job done on Button

what happened to getting a two door r31?

[JAS-25T]

omg.

i has the same bike.

but mines bettera because it's black.

dizzer 650.

full of gaids

*says the owner of a dizzer 400*

[ctjet]

i bet those brakes loved going from super heated to super cooled in under 5 seconds

Edited March 18, 2013 by ctjet

[sh@un]

now they've had a super special foam heat treatment that allows them to cope with an extra 300 degrees, no drama

true story

[PN-Mad]

I think you will find an amazing number of drivers who win in Aus go on to win the WDC. From there the constructor that wins in Aus normally goes on to seal the deal

Stoked Kimi got up and made it easy. Made flying my Lotus colours today a lot easier. Shame that Webber, Dan and Romain all struggled.

60% was the figure I heard.

But one of the teams also said that the Aus GP wasn't a good representative of the tracks they have to deal with for the rest of the year.

Closest I got to fame was walking in to the Park one day with Monisha Kaltenborn, team principal for Sauber. (Yes I had to google that name!) Oh, and I thought I saw Takuma Sato in a Ferrari on Thursday. Who did everyone bump into over the weekend?

[89CAL]

http://www.planetf1.com/photo-gallery/8572511/Sunday-s-Shots-From-Australia#photo=18

I can see me! Kinda.....

Saw Kimi in a SV6 Commodore coming into the track, made my weekend to know he was in a commodore lol. Think he was driving to

[Gareth]

anyone know how the laptimes of the porches compared with the v8's? the v8's were around the 1:56 kinda mark not sure about the porches though

[PN-Mad]

anyone know how the laptimes of the porches compared with the v8's? the v8's were around the 1:56 kinda mark not sure about the porches though

Could just look it up on Natsoft

For the sunday races fastest lap times

TEKNO Team VIP Shane Van Gisbergen Holden Commodore VF 5000 12 24:49.7835 9 1:57.3781*

Wilson Security Karl Reindler (WA) Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 3800 P 8 16:17.1421 6 1:59.4744*

[Gareth]

ahhh yes i knew there was a website like that somewhere, thanks.

[Jimmy_8472]

I had brabham seats all weekend and I gotta say the lotus was looking in great shape the entire time.

it seemed to me like Pasta cooked the brakes and over shot T1 nearly every lap.... retard.

it would also seem that hamilton may have made the right move in going to merc as well.

[89CAL]

My photos from the weekend, sorry they arent all F1 photos, havent got through some yet and spent more time watching them then taking photos (Also didn't really have the right lense/weather conditions to get good shots of them, will know for next time )

IMG_4362 by 89CAL, on Flickr

IMG_4442 by 89CAL, on Flickr

IMG_4458 by 89CAL, on Flickr

IMG_4571 by 89CAL, on Flickr

Amazing week, finally home and I think I'll download the TV coverage to watch the race again. Of all the races for Kimi to win, I was at one

[tweety bird]

I was at the race for his first win in a lotus.