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Post by Wß on Mar 21, 2016 12:58:24 GMT
A really good analysis over at Motorsport on the various strategy calls over the weekend. A lot of what we've already discussed.
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Post by LRW on Mar 21, 2016 13:05:02 GMT
This was all over twitter last night - the voting system didnt prevent you from voting more than once - so a load of people were deliberately voting multiple times Haryanto - just to show how much F1 can fuck things up.
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Post by Wß on Mar 21, 2016 13:08:40 GMT
Ugh... I voted for Haryanto, this just cheapens my vote.
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Post by LRW on Mar 21, 2016 13:15:33 GMT
But even with the vote rigging - only 62k votes were cast. From a worldwide viewership of around 400 million -thats a vote rate of 0.03%.
Yeah - I dont think F1 viewers care too much.
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Post by Wß on Mar 21, 2016 13:21:16 GMT
The day there's a Chinese driver on the grid, F1 will have to get a bigger server. Anyway, just realized... Alonso is going to need a new engine and transmission for Bahrain.
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Post by Hammer on Mar 21, 2016 13:33:15 GMT
Wow now that's a real farce, a driver who wasn't even on live feed for a second (was he?) and didn't complete half race distance wins DOTD......fking lame.
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Post by the2ndcoming on Mar 21, 2016 13:34:36 GMT
It was a great season opener. Yeah the guy I root for didn't win, but it's always more fun when he comes back like a powered up pack man. 3) For anyone that didn't notice it, the Lewis/Rosberg rivalry is still sportsmanlike, it was nice to see Lewis pulling up along Rosberg at the end to give him the thumbs up, Rosberg won the day. Re 3) Yeah I spotted that, very nice to see although if you look in that instance and when getting out the car it was Hamilton who approached Rosberg. Interestingly when getting their hats and cleaned up a bit Vettel & Hamilton were the ones talking and getting along, I would have thought it would be either all 3 talking or Hamilton & Rosberg (Teammates) OR Rosberg & Vettel (Both German) It's been my opinion that over the last few years, especially last year, Lewis and Seb have become good mates... mates a strong word perhaps...counterparts maybe more appropriate. There is a certain mutual respect both have on and off the field that each earned with the other whereas Nico hasn't earned that with either of them. One could even look at it through jaded glasses that it's a members-only (WDC) 'Appreciation Society.' Nico has to earn several before his membership card is minted. (I think he will be standing on the outside looking in through the glass window for the rest of his career. "No card for you!")
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Post by racechick on Mar 21, 2016 13:34:48 GMT
There was nowhere to vote until after the GP. Everyone on Twitter was saying where do we vote? Then it appeared. So I suspect the votes for Kvyat( who didn't race at all) and Haryanto were protest votes. Another FIA screw up.
I voted for Palmer. I'm liking him.
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Post by racechick on Mar 21, 2016 13:39:43 GMT
Re 3) Yeah I spotted that, very nice to see although if you look in that instance and when getting out the car it was Hamilton who approached Rosberg. Interestingly when getting their hats and cleaned up a bit Vettel & Hamilton were the ones talking and getting along, I would have thought it would be either all 3 talking or Hamilton & Rosberg (Teammates) OR Rosberg & Vettel (Both German) It's been my opinion that over the last few years, especially last year, Lewis and Seb have become good mates... mates a strong word perhaps...counterparts maybe more appropriate. There is a certain mutual respect both have on and off the field that each earned with the other whereas Nico hasn't earned that with either of them. One could even look at it through jaded glasses that it's a members-only (WDC) 'Appreciation Society.' Nico has to earn several before his membership card is minted. (I think he will be standing on the outside looking in through the glass window for the rest of his career. "No card for you!") On the chatting in the pre podium room. Did anyone notice Vettel toss Hamilton the 'number two'hat and they both giggled/ smirked a bit, Rosberg just looked on. Thats is how it appeared to me . I'd like to see it again.
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Post by LRW on Mar 21, 2016 13:52:13 GMT
.................I'd like to see it again.
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Post by Hammer on Mar 21, 2016 13:53:12 GMT
I think they both don't really take Rosberg seriously....which is why Vettel has a go at him at almost every opportunity and even Lewis said "when Vettel was behind me I was excited because it was Sebastian I was racing", Nico is just a daddys boy in a hot car to these two. In terms of talent they're both well aware he can be put away at will. Plus he isn't really a sharp character to have a worthwhile chat with either.
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Post by racechick on Mar 21, 2016 14:06:46 GMT
Thanks for that LRW, makes me laugh a lot Hammer I think that analysis of the situation is spot on.
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Post by LRW on Mar 21, 2016 14:20:22 GMT
To be fair though. On the podium interviews - I noticed that Hamilton and Rosberg were being quite pally and chatting whilst Vettel was being interviewed.
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Post by Wß on Mar 21, 2016 18:49:45 GMT
So much happened this weekend, I didn't even aknowlege the fact that Ricciardo in his Red Bull tied the highest position ever by an Assie at the Australian GP.
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Post by dogued on Mar 21, 2016 23:42:46 GMT
There was nowhere to vote until after the GP. Everyone on Twitter was saying where do we vote? Then it appeared. So I suspect the votes for Kvyat( who didn't race at all) and Haryanto were protest votes. Another FIA screw up. I voted for Palmer. I'm liking him. Apparently they have reviewed the vote and Romain is now DOTD. "Multiple votes from the same IP were not counted"
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Post by Hammer on Mar 22, 2016 1:56:26 GMT
That's much better, but did Romain get multiple votes as well as did others? It would be great if they had a proper system where the vote is only counted once and they show the final tally at the end of the race or smth....how does Formula E do their fan boost count? Shouldn't be too challenging.
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Post by racechick on Mar 22, 2016 8:08:11 GMT
It was cool that Romain won. It was him or Palmer for me. I like them both and thought they both had a great race. But what are the FIA doing messing with votes? If their system allowed for multiple votes, then that should stand. You can't just delete a load of votes because you don't like the result!
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Post by Frontrunner on Mar 22, 2016 8:49:07 GMT
F1 can be so stupid sometimes (nearly all the time) but glad to see they sorted that out and Grosjean was the right choice in the end.
Also the podium was interesting, Nico giving Webber a hug, they weren't that close as mates, probably Nico was just so happy he would have hugged anything. The good banter with Vettel and Webber was unexpected and that Mark sings "Summer of 69" when he's drunk. The Aussie fans have no dislike/hate towards Vettel anymore, I still remember 2014 when Vettel got knockout in Q2 and the crowd went nuts with the biggest cheer ever. And Hamilton, I'm not sure but his reception from the Aussie crowd was a bit 50-50, not sure but I think there were boo's towards Lewis??? I could be wrong.
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Post by LRW on Mar 22, 2016 9:42:39 GMT
Ok - Im going to put this out there - but I think Grosjean lucked into that position with the Red Flag.
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Post by racechick on Mar 22, 2016 10:39:12 GMT
He was certainly lucky with the flag ( as Lewis would have been had he planned to pit a lap later) but he still brought the bacon home. New car, new team and he delivered. Can't help but be pleased for him..... And the team.
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