2013 FORMULA 1 ROLEX AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX: RACE *** SPOILERS ***

+1 lol

 

Kimi: It was easy race.

 

Some sponsor is going to be pizzed!

 

Kimi not care.

 

Malaysia will really show the F car's pace. I have a feeling it's very good on high speed events.

 

Pass the Champagne!

 

NBC flubs at the end....

I didn't know Ferrari was running 3 cars in the event!
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Rather ominous that Kimi could 2 stop and back off then set a fast lap at the end. They are stronger than they look, Lotus are possibly. Great stuff. Worth getting up early for today.

 

Who's Romain Gorsjean??? And why is this previously unknown Ferrari test driver on the scoring grid?

 

Oops... No love for Lotus... Foretelling Massa's replacement next year?

 

If Massa does well he will most likely be with Ferrari, per LdM last week.

 

I like the post race debrief. This is something Speed didn't do.

Also I like the side-by-side racing with TV commercials.

Bob Varsha coming back next week? So, it's Speed reprised?

 

Yep. Not quite sure if I like the studio set. Looks nice but I liked the informal chair talk of the Speed set.

 

1. Kimi Raikkonen Finand Lotus-Renault 58 laps 1hr 33m 03.225s
2. Fernando Alonso Spain Ferrari-Ferrari +00m 12.4s
3. Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault +00m 22.3s
4. Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari-Ferrari +00m 33.5s
5. Lewis Hamilton Britain Mercedes-Mercedes +00m 45.5s
6. Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault +00m 46.8s
7. Adrian Sutil Germany Force India-Mercedes +01m 05.0s
8. Paul di Resta Britain Force India-Mercedes +01m 08.4s
9. Jenson Button Britain McLaren-Mercedes +01m 21.6s
10. Romain Grosjean France Lotus-Renault +01m 22.7s

11. Sergio Perez Mexico McLaren-Mercedes +01m 23.3s
12. Jean-Eric Vergne France Toro Rosso-Ferrari +01m 23.8s
13. Esteban Gutierrez Spain Sauber-Ferrari +1 lap
14. Valtteri Bottas Finland Williams-Renault +1 lap
15. Jules Bianchi France Marussia-Cosworth +1 lap
16. Charles Pic France Caterham-Renault +2 laps
17. Max Chilton Britain Marussia-Cosworth +2 laps
18. Giedo van der Garde Holland Caterham-Renault +2 laps

Rtd Daniel Ricciardo Australia Toro Rosso-Ferrari 40 laps completed
Rtd Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes-Mercedes 26 laps completed
Rtd Pastor Maldonado Venezuela Williams-Renault 24 laps completed

Dns Nico Hulkenberg Germany Sauber-Ferrari

Fastest lap:

Kimi Raikkonen Finand Lotus-Renault 1m 29.274s lap 56

 

-Gearbox problems for Nico
-No KERS for Webber for 10 laps
-Grosjean only had Saturday to set up all the new parts of his car, 2 dry laps hence his pace issues today. Kimi had the parts longer.

 

i can't help wonder if lotus is proving healthy for kimi, thinking about comparison to his stint at ferrari, he seems more part of & more in tune with this team, and visa versa

 

Clearly. The team are not putting a collar on him so to speak. They knew this up front and I doubt he would be with them otherwise. It appears things are on his terms. Good for us!

 

that's exactly what i mean, and it shows, not just because of the race result today, but his entire demeanor & interactions with the team, very good!

 

I think their final tyre choice was suspect. He was going much faster on the Medium. The supersofts they sent him out on for his final stint sent him backwards.

 

I think he started on mediums, so he had no choice anyway.

 

oh yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....duh! silly me.

 

So much for certain someone's saying that Lotus looked like they didn't really update the E20 and therefore will suck.

Forza Kimi, best start to the season!

 

one thing to worry is the tyre become the factor in this year championship

 

love it!!!!