ROUND 3: 🇦🇺 Australia

FORMULA 1 ROLEX AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX 2024

Circuit stats

  • First Grand Prix: 1996
  • Number of laps: 58
  • Circuit Length: 5.278 km
  • Race Distance: 306.124 km
  • Lap record: 1:20.235Sergio Perez (2023)
  • 2023 winner: Max Verstappen

Track Map

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  • wes@lemmy.worldOPM
    10·
    9 months ago

    No one telling Daniel to back off and try again is pretty sad, not sure if it would have mattered though.

    • exanime@lemmy.world
      1·
      9 months ago

      It wouldn’t have … If he didn’t have enough gas there was no time for about stop.

      In any case, he didn’t show anything hiring at performance in the practice runs or earlier quali laps… Unfortunately he is not in the form of years past and by now I doubt he’ll get there

    • GreenEngineering3475@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      9 months ago

      I mean you could see on the broadcast,he went completely wide.

      They should have cancelled that lap and try to get a fresh lap in,I can’t recall if they had enough time for that.

      • DV8@lemmy.world
        3·
        9 months ago

        I think it was around 3 minutes and something left when he went wide. Considering how fast he was in that lap he might not have had enough fuel for that.

      • wes@lemmy.worldOPM
        1·
        9 months ago

        Yeah maybe they had the time but not sure if they had enough battery or the best tire temp for another run. But it would have been worth a try.

  • frank
    6·
    9 months ago

    Whew. I stayed up in the US, and all I got was a business as usual.

    Good showing from albon, tsunoda, and Carlos for sure

  • UESPA_Sputnik@lemmy.world
    6·
    9 months ago

    They just showed an onboard replay on F1TV of HUL being impeded by PER in the penultimate corner. Should be a grid penalty for PER.

  • LCP@lemmy.world
    2·
    9 months ago

    Not sure what Gasly was trying by crossing the pit line at the end.

    • alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      He might be playing it a bit safe, coz of the huge responsibility to bring in points this weekend especially after Logan’s sacrifice.

    • 50MYT@aussie.zone
      1·
      9 months ago

      He was hammering it pretty hard through 9 and 10.

      Would wiggle on the limit 10 exit a few times.

  • graeghos_714@lemmy.world
    2·
    9 months ago

    While it’s pretty cool to have a generational talent, it’s making the winner almost preordained. I was sort of hoping the Marko issue would get him to leave for Merc so we’d have more balance by not having him in a Newey designed car anymore.

  • Sentau@discuss.tchncs.de
    1·
    9 months ago

    We should give mercs the ‘masters of free practice’ title because that is the only place they are quick

  • LCP@lemmy.world
    1·
    9 months ago

    Dang was hoping to see a Ferrari 1-2. Max manages to eke out a banger every time.

  • Hal-5700X@sh.itjust.works
    21·
    9 months ago

    Albon proving the swap was the right thing to do.

    RIP Hamilton. He’s already thinking about next year.

    Sainz is on the warpath. I’m loving it.

    • exanime@lemmy.world
      3·
      9 months ago

      Absolutely… If Carlos keeps this up, I’m betting he’ll replace Perez at RB

      I do think Sainz deserves a seat in a top team… Even a Russell Sainz combo would be so much fun to watch with Merc

      • soEZ@lemmy.world
        1·
        9 months ago

        So much hope for that…might make next season super fun assuming he performs as well in rb as in ferarri…next year might be super fun to watch even if rb keeps dominating. Seeing how lewis does in a Ferrari will be fun…and how he manages fights with lacrec, hopefully sainz to rb and he brings a good fight to front. See if merc finally figures things out or keep trying for next upgradeTM.