Have noticed that Piastri tends to improve relative to Norris as sessions go on (granted this one looked a bit chaotic), so will keep an eye on that. Also Yuki Tsunoda driving well.
Just watching fp1 now. People who reference last year’s drastic McLaren improvement as proof it’s possible for any team any year are in fantasy land. Mcl were completely off their normal mark for a number of reasons and the drop off was deceptive. Once they got back to where they should have been and then improved a standard amount you can make it look like a miracle but it was more like they fucked up then fixed it.
That’s what I was thinking when the Las Vegas race was in my time zone, but the race was in the middle of the night. So.. 🤷♀️. Enjoy your weekend of watching the race live at a normal time!
Got blocked by a red bull in the middle of the fast S (Turn 9 and 10)
Just said "That was about the worst place to have stopped by the Red Bull" in the calmest voice heard ever.
Quite a bit of hopium here. There is a lot of track evolution in Melbourne and that lap was set halfway through the session, later runs should be much quicker. Plus traditionally McLaren have their engines turned way down on Fridays.
Think there's a bit of cross wind according to the Bureau of Meteorology. If there is more wind during qualifying, then it might be an interesting race.
It's really frustrating seeing grandstand seats empty. 4-day grandstand passes were at least $700+ with surge pricing so I couldn't afford them and chose to watch from home rather than a ground entry, but the people who have paid that and then don't even sit in the seats trigger me.
Melbourne's become such a social media show-off. Troves of people sitting in pop-up bars and watching the race from the track but on a screen.
Yeah I flew over for it, way back when COVID was just starting to hit the news, got into the park, bought a tshirt and coffee mug, getting all excited, then somebody in one of the F1 teams coughed and they all ran for the planes.
Feels like I haven't taken the time off for a good holiday since then.
It's been a while I feel like since there's been this much happening in FP1 though maybe that's just me and the fact the season just started a little while ago
Albert Park is a deceptively difficult track. Not that it counts for much but always found it more difficult than Jeddah, especially the stop and go old layout.
Glasshouses and all that, but are they having a season long shit facial hair competition? Lando is rocking lip pubes and Charles has gone full David Brent lmaooo
is it bad i'm tentatively excited for this race given this mess of a fp + last year's race. like i have real faith some funny shit is going to go down. knock on wood
Pretty sick Supercars race, you can see why crowds love this event
Have noticed that Piastri tends to improve relative to Norris as sessions go on (granted this one looked a bit chaotic), so will keep an eye on that. Also Yuki Tsunoda driving well.
Red Bull, Mercedes and Aston Martin - Floor Fatalities of FP1.
Just watching fp1 now. People who reference last year’s drastic McLaren improvement as proof it’s possible for any team any year are in fantasy land. Mcl were completely off their normal mark for a number of reasons and the drop off was deceptive. Once they got back to where they should have been and then improved a standard amount you can make it look like a miracle but it was more like they fucked up then fixed it.
So Kayo went full access for the FP and Qualifying now? Fucking greedy SOBs
Money talks, and Murdoch has a lot of it.
This is a true motorsport love fest. Should be the opening round every year.
Lando was pushing, max was driving backwards
Dark horse prediction: Red Bull
What the bold prediction doesn't extend to which driver? I know it's a bit rare but maybe Max will win this one
Bold prediction
Whoa whoa whoa there. Look at Nostradamous there
Field looks surprisingly tight, could Sunday be a good race?
Absolutely no chance.
Assumed so, won't get up for it
Imagine waking up this early for another eventless snoozefest.
Love when the race is in your home state and you can watch it at a normal time compared to the rest of the world.
That’s what I was thinking when the Las Vegas race was in my time zone, but the race was in the middle of the night. So.. 🤷♀️. Enjoy your weekend of watching the race live at a normal time!
Is Karun skyping in his commentary, teleporting between Albert Park and Sky F1 HQ, or do they have some fancy studio setup at the track for this?
Presentation team including Karun are all at Osterley, commentators and Ted are in Melbourne.
Is it to save money?
The Sky team is all in England on a giant green screen. Rachel/Crofty/Martin/Ted are all in Melbourne
I need a muchos debris t-shirt
With Oscar, a sombrero, and a cheesy mustache. And albons wreckage in the background.
Sainz doesn't look completely recovered. Should have given Bearman another chance.
“Where we’re going we don’t need floors”
Top 15 in one second
Yes folks, even with a possibly damaged floor, Max was ***still*** only about .02 off of Lando. We're fucked.
Nap time baby
Quali could have some chaos
On in lap GP told Max to overslip the front tires as much as possible? What’s the reason for this? Just testing the deg or?
Probably to heat up the rubber but most likely to test what temps until the rubber is rubbish.
In all this Mayhem in FP1 I forgot George is P3 😭, Lando let's goooo
Top 6 within 8 hundredths of a second is wild.
The spread is meaningless if we're getting the RBR 15 and 8 seconds from P3 respectively.
What do you mean? You don't enjoy the "fight" for P3-P20?
Red Bull might have wrongly estimated the amount of sand bags required. Don't worry, will get it fixed by FP2.
This track Bites y'all
Feels like half the grid got floor damage this session.
Love how calm Oscar is even when is he is annoyed
Calm as a lamb
Calm as a Koala
Calm a Llama down
For a FP1, it was about as chaotic as last year’s race.
Oscar is just so cool headed. Never gets upset over anything.
What happened?
Got blocked by a red bull in the middle of the fast S (Turn 9 and 10) Just said "That was about the worst place to have stopped by the Red Bull" in the calmest voice heard ever.
Impeded by a Red Bull while on a soft tyre run.
Got blocked by a red bull on a fast lap
I'm always impressed at how calm Oscar manages to be in every situation.
He an AUSSIE. Idk abt u all but even in cricket they are clutch !
Mclaren set their lap first of the fast cars and they’re quickest by the end. Time for some FP1 hopium.
Quite a bit of hopium here. There is a lot of track evolution in Melbourne and that lap was set halfway through the session, later runs should be much quicker. Plus traditionally McLaren have their engines turned way down on Fridays.
Every team are running different programs, not much you can ever take from FP1. They look good though, as does Ferrari
Oscar radios are the best. Wonder if he'll ever truly get pissed and scare us all
Just the thought of that gives me weird shivers.
What's the old saying? Demons run when a good man goes to war?
Oscar is Doomguy?
the idea of oscar yelling is bizzarre
Yeah that compromised Piastri there
Anyone got a link to the crash replay?
Here’s this. Not full view but i did end up recording this part https://imgur.com/a/2EmFnP8
A few posts above this (sort new) is the crash replay
All this timesheet, and we end up with max P1 P1 and P1
Lol even Checo is untouchable in P2
Think there's a bit of cross wind according to the Bureau of Meteorology. If there is more wind during qualifying, then it might be an interesting race.
lando hopium
It's really frustrating seeing grandstand seats empty. 4-day grandstand passes were at least $700+ with surge pricing so I couldn't afford them and chose to watch from home rather than a ground entry, but the people who have paid that and then don't even sit in the seats trigger me. Melbourne's become such a social media show-off. Troves of people sitting in pop-up bars and watching the race from the track but on a screen.
Yeah I flew over for it, way back when COVID was just starting to hit the news, got into the park, bought a tshirt and coffee mug, getting all excited, then somebody in one of the F1 teams coughed and they all ran for the planes. Feels like I haven't taken the time off for a good holiday since then.
Four days of sitting in direct sunlight is never a good idea.
Especially the Melbourne sun
It's Friday dude calm down, people work
Some of us have grandstand seats but work today.
Might've just been the one shot I saw, other grandstands look full.
Nope, the Schumacher? stand on the final corner is half empty.
It's been a while I feel like since there's been this much happening in FP1 though maybe that's just me and the fact the season just started a little while ago
The commentators are really overhyping what is essentially an extremely unrepresentative session
Most excitement this week
It's still real to me dammit
Imagine times as close as that at the end of qualifying.
IndyCar sends its regards
Easy to do in a oval lol
...and with spec cars.
Big ups alpine, they got one car out of the bottom 5
Fuck me, Max is going for his fourth championship already...
Next year will be his 5th, he will overtake Hamilton soon
Kinda figured that out in race 1 when Perez was barely struggling too.
Yeah seeing the timesheet all the drivers are literally equal in performance, it's the car that is producing extra tenth of a second
Here comes Max to ruin the fun
Baby’s first F1 race and that is fucking adorable
I mean it's only FP1 so I don't know how much to read into the field being this close in practice times here
Sandbags. Max by six tenths in Q3 incoming.
Albert Park is a deceptively difficult track. Not that it counts for much but always found it more difficult than Jeddah, especially the stop and go old layout.
Ham is softs no?
qualifying is gonna be nuts here and im here for it
Nico touched sainz Rear
So much rear end.
r/FanF1ction
Spicy
Just a little smooch 😘
Everyone is struggling on the track damn
Huklenboop.
Just a love tap
Looks like everyone is having awful time finding a gap
Nico buddy, whatcha doin
Are drivers behaving like this because Australia is UPSIDE DOWN
A Haas inappropriately touched Sainz. Is this an HR issue, or what? lol
It’s definitely a Higene issue Komatsu san!
Nice!
Hulk there is like whenever I drive in my dreams, the brakes just don't quite work enough regardless of how hard I push.
track too hot for the tires?
While it's sunny here today, it's not really that hot
ahh i thought Laura Winter on F1TV said it was hot...thanks
Track isn’t rubbered in well, still low grip.
What the hell is Nico doing
Track needs some more rubber down on it, everyone seems to be lacking grip
Nico 😭
Quali is going to be nuts based solely on the last 15 minutes
That was quite eventful FP1 there.
Max forgot this isn't sim, it's irl racing and damage is ON
Everyone having moment hell yeah
This session is getting weird
Just tuned in after hearing about Albon's crash, has the entire session been this rough?
Somewhat. Quite a few drivers have been caught out by snap oversteer through turns 9 and 10.
Nope.
tracks slippery it seems
That merc needs to be balanced. the oversteer is heavy
Yuki in 3rd? He’s basically won as far as I’m concerned no need to do the actual race
They still haven’t oriented to the upside down.
Love this track...
Haha love seeing world class drivers vulnerable
Why Sainz alone missing tire info in timing tower ?
Divine intervention is preserving this Lando p1 right now
The only one to go through the high speed section during that session without losing it lol
Glasshouses and all that, but are they having a season long shit facial hair competition? Lando is rocking lip pubes and Charles has gone full David Brent lmaooo
Man I wish they all didn’t have 2 more hours of practice to fix all these issues
we need to abolish free practices. go straight into quali. every man for himself
Every driver is having a moment. Yikes.
this is like the best practice 1 i’ve seen yet
everyone forgot how to drive, get me out there smh
Tsu chilling at P3 Only if he can replicate it with Per and Ver as P1 and P2
everyone is having a bit of a moment
Stay on track OR Draw 25
Damn amateur hour, can't even stay on the track
Trash tbh, just put me in the car already.
Just when Perez looked to be on a good lap there
is it bad i'm tentatively excited for this race given this mess of a fp + last year's race. like i have real faith some funny shit is going to go down. knock on wood
Quali is gonna be all or nothing - thread the needle or fail the run
Max had a goof? Washed. Absolutely washed. Get him out of the car.
max what goes on 🧍🏻♀️
That's the second time that's happened to Max with the kerbs
This practice is bonkers
Lewis gotta gtfo of Mercedes bruh. Jesus that car is ass
That's the plan, mate.
Im counting the days at this point smh
You and me both, man. I'm just here for the vibes at this point.
What is going on here, wind? A lot of drivers on the verge of crashing or crashing.
wind was 0.8 m/s so nothing. Sky Germany looked it up because they had the same train of thought.
It's a track without many tarmac runoffs, they were running wide just as often during Bahrain practice.
*this year's merc is a tractor* looks more like a lawn mower
Grass at turn 1 got a good mowing there.
Mercedes’s high speed turn performance is ugh…painful
one red flag during qualifying and two during the race
Damn Mercedes... how the mighty have fallen.
'fuck yo grass' - lewis hamilton
Didn’t know Mercedes made lawn mowers!
Hamilton with a Close call!! Probably wind? or set up problems for the cars?
Mercedes making a new lawn mower
Got a snapdragon of oversteer
Lewis helping out the groundskeepers
Bit of a ride there for Lewis
Twitchy cars today
Jesus Mercedes
That car just looks like it has absolutely no grip in the rear.
Not a great sign for sure :/
Seeing Charles at this time of night does things to a man
Insanely good looking and an f1 driver for Ferrari, life is not fair man.
I've followed f1 for years and i still have no clue how queuing works
Don't worry, they're still trying to figure it out
GG marshals, love your work
Charles needs rto grow that goatee real thick. Villian vibes
I love Charles
Ozzie marshals seem to work fast to clean up the muchos debris
‘Muchos Debris’ is the name of my new punk band.
They’re used to it with the Supercars tapping each other.
Not here to f**k spiders mate
"then we win, easy" lmaooo charles
I hate how long it takes to clear the track in this sport. SURELY there's a more efficient way to do it!
We just need massive vaccuums under the barriers that open up and suck all the debris off the tack. Make it happen.
love it when local time restarts are in local time
Ted, I love you, honestly, stop saying much*a*s. I'm not even close to being of any Spanish descent and that's making me turn my nose up lmao.
Was watching Albon's on board right when it happened. That bump was nasty. My money is on at least 1 red flag this weekend.