OT-FORMULA 1 ROLEX AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX 2024; 3/21-24 OT

lousubcap

Race schedule below: (All times EDT with broadcast channels listed.)

24MAR

Race

00:00 (ESPN2)

23MAR

Qualifying

01:00 - 02:00 (ESPN2)

22MAR

Practice 3

21:30 - 22:30 (ESPNNews)

22MAR

Practice 2

01:00 - 02:00 (ESPN2)

21MAR

Practice 1

21:30 - 22:30 (ESPNNews)

Albert Park Circuit

Can't wait although DVR will be in play.  

Ozzie_Isaac

Kind wish Ollie had a seat in this race.

lousubcap

The race isn't here yet...

unoriginalusername

I hate two week gaps lol

lousubcap

Bump as it is "Game On" in less than an hour!

lousubcap

Here is the starting grid for the top ten for the race:

POS	NO	DRIVER	CAR	Q1	Q2	Q3	LAPS
1	1	Max Verstappen	RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT	1:16.819	1:16.387	1:15.915	21
2	55	Carlos Sainz	FERRARI	1:16.731	1:16.189	1:16.185	18
3	11	Sergio Perez	RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT	1:16.805	1:16.631	1:16.274	22
4	4	Lando Norris	MCLAREN MERCEDES	1:17.430	1:16.750	1:16.315	19
5	16	Charles Leclerc	FERRARI	1:16.984	1:16.304	1:16.435	20
6	81	Oscar Piastri	MCLAREN MERCEDES	1:17.369	1:16.601	1:16.572	18
7	63	George Russell	MERCEDES	1:17.062	1:16.901	1:16.724	23
8	22	Yuki Tsunoda	RB HONDA RBPT	1:17.356	1:16.791	1:16.788	18
9	18	Lance Stroll	ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES	1:17.376	1:16.780	1:17.072	23
10	14	Fernando Alonso	ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES	1:16.991	1:16.710	1:17.552	21

Hopefully Ferrari can put up a challenge against Red Bull but Verstappen is gonna be tough to beat.

lousubcap

Not a lot of close wheel-to-wheel racing but there were some moments:
The finish (top 10):  Ferrari came thru and Verstapppen was out early with mechanical issues.  

CLA	DRIVER	#		LAPS	TIME	INTERVAL	KM/H	PITS	POINTS
1	C. SainzFERRARI	55		58				2	25
2	C. LeclercFERRARI	16		58	2.366			2	19
3	L. NorrisMCLAREN	4		58	5.904			2	15
4	O. PiastriMCLAREN	81		58	35.770			2	12
5	S. PerezRED BULL RACING	11		58	56.309			2	10
6	F. AlonsoASTON MARTIN RACING	14		58	1'20.992			2	8
7	L. StrollASTON MARTIN RACING	18		58	1'33.222			2	6
8	Y. TsunodaRB	22		58	1'35.601			2	4
9	N. HulkenbergHAAS F1 TEAM	27		58	1'44.553			2	2
10	K. MagnussenHAAS F1 TEAM	20		57	1 lap			2	1

On to Japan:
Round 4, April5-7

FORMULA 1 MSC CRUISES JAPANESE GRAND PRIX 2024 (Separate post later).

Ozzie_Isaac

Unfortunate his string of wins ended because of brake failure.  2 years with no DNF is impressive.

lousubcap

Alonso dropped to eighth after penalty for a move that impacted Russell at the close of the race. Linked here:
https://racer.com/2024/03/24/alonso-dropped-to-eighth-after-penalty-in-melbourne/

Ozzie_Isaac

lousubcap said:

Alonso dropped to eighth after penalty for a move that impacted Russell at the close of the race. Linked here:
https://racer.com/2024/03/24/alonso-dropped-to-eighth-after-penalty-in-melbourne/

Looking at a replay of his telemetry, it looked fairly deliberate.  Not sure if that is racing or penalty worthy though.  I lean towards penalty personally.

Ozzie_Isaac

Didn’t Alonso have a wicked bad crash in 2016 because he ran up on another car too fast and misjudged an over take?