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F1 is back baby! Yay. Hoping against the odds that it won't be borefest as last year.

Looks like there is 3rd DRS zone on the straight between turn 12 and 13.

Thanks for starting this. Looking forward to watch the races again!! I hope the changes and the winter break will bring excitement and real competition into F1 this season. Good luck to all the teams and the drivers. Race Days, here we come!

Rain is expected on Saturday, and scattering showers on Sunday. Maybe this will add to excitement.

Thanks for starting the thread.
Here are the FP1 results. Mercedes are off to a solid start to the season.

FP2 done and indicates interesting weekend ahead.

Only 0.1 second between Hamilton and Max. Whats more only 0.5 second separate the top three teams.


HAAS with the Ferrari power is oh so close to the top runners.


Halos look ordinary across many of the cars.

Ferrari, Williams and Force India seem to have rudimentary aero aids in the Halo. Not sure how many more have from the Youtube videos on FP1 and FP2.


Mclaren seems to have a more interesting Halo.


Intricate tiny aero additions on the Halo would add to more dangerous flying shrapnel in case of accidents. Probably as the season progresses we could see more interesting variations or rules from the F1 management to ban these.

Which channel is broadcasting qualifying tomorrow?

Star Sports Select HD and Star Sports Select @ 1125 hrs.

Cheers

Live feed on hotstar as well. Watching it now on my phone. Very good video quality but I suspect its maybe a min delayed footage.

Mighty lap from Hamilton, mighty it was.
1. HAM
2. RAI
3. VET
4. VES
5. RIC
6. MAG
7. GRO
8. HUL
9. SAI
10. BOT

0.664 seconds to P2 is insane.

Contrary to what Lewis says, Mercedes surely got something going on for Q3. But I want to take nothing away from Lewis here. It was a brilliant combination of both the man and machine in their pomp.

Relive that mighty lap here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i20YjED5gTc

Miss the nose in that traditional view. I wish the camera was on the halo instead.

For the sake of this season, lets hope both Ferrari and Red Bull are closer to the champions on race trim. :)

Edit:

Here is F1 on Charles Leclerc' journey so far and why he is one to watch. I think the title should have been Tragedy And Triumph though. Hope Sauber can bring it all together later this season, the car is a bit too complex and needs work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5klrZThDFHY

Any Kimi fans around? Am very much looking forward for the Finn to strike the podium and shame the duo rivals - #seb #Ham :D

Heartbreak for Haas ! They were going so well P4 P5 . Double DNF because of pit crew error.

Yes its just sad that they lost both the cars!:Frustrati They were comfortably leading Max and Alonso!

Vettel comes P1 followed by Hamilton and Kimi. LH couldn't drop the hammer on him today. Pretty chase it was between them. Pressure well managed by Seb. I guess Hamilton had to back off to save the engine? Good to see Kimi on the podium. Looks like this season will be a fight between Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes