2016 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix Qualifying

Complete destruction of one thing that worked well. I'd be pissed if I paid top dollar to witness that abortion

 

Waving the flag to an empty track...a sad indictment of f1. If it ain't broke don't fix it


Made q1 more interesting but that's it

 

Ugly cars
Ugly sounds
Ugly rules

F1 is DEAD. Killed by bureaucracy and political correctness

 

My prediction. Si car last year

 

am i still the defeatist? lol

 

OK awesome. Sleep ruined.

Had higher hopes for Ferrari. Doubt they overcome 9 tenths for race pace.

Now it's my turn to be defeatist

 

Just turned down my cousin to watch Singapore race live. F1 is long dead. Now it's just an empty track.

 

Verstappen in 5th will have a chance tomorrow if drama happens ahead

 

utter crap format

it looks good on q1 but after that its a farce

 

Crikey, could qualifying get any more boring? What a farce.....

Same old rubbish as last year for the order too, looks like we can call time of death on this championship already for Ferrari after that, far too big a gap to sensibly assume we will get that back. Five wins at odd races is my prediction for the year, it's up to rosberg to make this in the slightest bit interesting for the year, let's see if Wolff and Lauda let him have a proper tilt at the title for a change

I am so disappointed, I almost fell asleep during Q1 and Q2, and we knew before it kicked off that only at most four cars might do two runs, in the end, just two bother. What a shambles

 

Vettels all changed to jeans lol...

 

Ferrari never went out again - Kimi not allowed to try beat Vettel?

 

Hammi being stupid again.

 

Ferrari didn't even let Vettel try to beat the mercs...what are you even talking about

 

This.

 

+1

I'm sure Bernie is going nuts right now.

Hopefully, "tweaks" coming soon.

Cheers,
Ian

 

Toto on air saying new format is rubbish

I think Kimi had a chance of beating Vettel but mercs looked out of reach

 

What a sad show, watching F1 going down year after year :/

 

I noticed that. Qual wasn't even over yet, and Vettel was out of his jumpsuit and in jeans.

Was Kimi in jeans, eating ice cream and drinking vodka??

 

I've got a radical suggestion. Let's junk this quali system (the work of a true genius) and replace it with last year's system that worked and was great to watch! As I said, controversial eh?

 

Kimi needed at least 4 minutes to get out, run warm up, then finish his flying lap. He had no time unless he did a race day type pit with no telemetry review. The moment he went into the garage he was toast.

 

How to fix F1

Get rid of Kers
Let teams run V10's or V12's
Eliminate all pit radio communication that doesn't relate to safety
Ban all wind tunnels
Let the cars run and drivers drive

Pretty simple, isn't it?

You what is really sad? The post qualifying interview was more exciting than the last 5 minutes of qualifying

 

I don't think Ferrari would ever be happy to let Kimi have a pop at vettel like that, there's no point in the team changing places fourth to third at the expense of the mental strength of your recognised number one driver. If kimi was a couple places behind, they might have done it to get them both on the second row, and vettel wouldn't be affected in a negative way.

It would just have wasted a set of tyres, more wear on the engines and components, to beat your own team to third - pointless

 

It's easier than that... Limit amount of fuel cars can use for the race and let them find the best solution.

 

Actually I disagree. That would turn it into a fuel savings race where the slowest guy to finish wins.