2013 Formula 1 World Championship

[RustyCage]

only a couple of days to go!

[RustyCage]

Ferrari back to having a competitive car this season? Or red bull the team to beat once again?

for me Ferrari will be the team to beat this year

[purch]

Agreed. Alonso seems much more upbeat than this time 12 months ago. Ferrari were consistently near the top of the timing sheets in all 3 tests.

Lotus look quick too, but unreliable I fear. They had a lot of electrical troubles in testing, along with 2 gearbox changes, and did the lowest mileage of all teams..

Mercedes might be a dark horse out of the box.

McLaren look to be struggling, but we'll know a lot more come P3 this Sat.

[W.P.U.J.C.Vaas]

Wet quali, first outing for year normally sees a few surprises throw in some wet weather and we could see some interesting results here.

[The Sleeping Giant]

Did they get out for q2?

[The Apostle]

Did they get out for q2?

NO! Q2 and Q3 have been postponed until tomorrow morning...shit Melbourne weather!

[W.P.U.J.C.Vaas]

FIA made the right call to can the rest of quali. Albert park was pretty bloody wet, just look at the number of spins that occurred in the 15 mins of Q1!!

[RustyCage]

FIA made the right call to can the rest of quali. Albert park was pretty bloody wet, just look at the number of spins that occurred in the 15 mins of Q1!!

yeah they did, the first session was chaos! Interesting to see how quick the Mercs were in the rain. Massa was very lucky to get away with his crash.

[RustyCage]

Anyone with any advice on going to the Melbourne Grand Prix? First time for me since it left Adelaide where I didnt miss a race. Will only be there for the Sunday so was looking at the turn 15 premium zone. Staying in St Kilda and plan to hop a tram or walk.

you definitely have a bonus with qualifying this morning too!

[The Apostle]

Red Bull front row lockout!...Vettel 1st...Webber 2nd...

[RustyCage]

bloody Vettel again

[The Sleeping Giant]

Channel 10 cover is terrible.

[RustyCage]

Always is. I'll be hooking my laptop up to the tv and watching an online stream.

[RustyCage]

I'm sick of the interviews with the D grade celebrities

[The Apostle]

Winner will be one of the Red Bulls...the dark horse of the race will be the Mercedes...

[The Sleeping Giant]

I'm sick of the interviews with the D grade celebrities

Terrible isn't it. It's sport ffs, not variety hour.

[The Sleeping Giant]

Winner will be one of the Red Bulls...the dark horse of the race will be the Mercedes...

First cleanly through the first corner will win.

[The Apostle]

Keep an eye on Hamilton, Alonso and Raikkonen at the start...all on the racing side of the grid.

[RustyCage]

Hopefully Grosjean avoids a first lap bingle

[RustyCage]

Keep an eye on Hamilton, Alonso and Raikkonen at the start...all on the racing side of the grid.

Yes, even if webber was good at race starts he'd struggle today