2015 F1 News and Prediction Tournament

[PeteC]

Hamilton on poll in Melbourne. Looks as if the Hamilton vs Rosberg show is starting again. Pete

1. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 1m26.327s
2. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) 1m26.921s
3. Felipe Massa (Williams) 1m27.718s
4. Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) 1m27.757s
5. Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) 1m27.790s
6. Valtteri Bottas (Williams) 1m28.087s
7. Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) 1m28.329s
8. Carlos Sainz Jr (Toro Rosso) 1m28.510s
9. Romain Grosjean (Lotus) 1m28.560s
10. Pastor Maldonado (Lotus) 1m29.480s
11. Felipe Nasr (Sauber) 1m28.800s (eliminated Q2)
12. Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso) 1m28.868s (eliminated Q2)
13. Daniil Kvyat (Red Bull) 1m29.070s (eliminated Q2)
14. Nico Hulkenberg (Force India) 1m29.208s (eliminated Q2)
15. Sergio Perez (Force India) 1m29.209s (eliminated Q2)
16. Marcus Ericsson (Sauber) 1m31.376s (eliminated Q3)
17. Jenson Button (McLaren) 1m31.422s (eliminated Q3)
18. Kevin Magnussen (McLaren) 1m32.037s (eliminated Q3)
19. Will Stevens (Manor) NTR (eliminated Q3)
20. Roberto Merhi (Manor) NTR (eliminated Q3)

[PeteC]

Australian GP: Valtteri Bottas to miss race after injury

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/31893787

Bad luck for those of us (Me! ) who have him on the list for today. Pete

[PeteC]

Hamilton wins. More details later. Superbru is not completely updated yet. BBC is not letting me copy drivers names from their charts this season. Why I don't know, or if it is permanent or not. Until resolved charts will come from other sources. Pete

1 Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes 1:31:54.067 25
2 Nico Rosberg GER Mercedes +1.36s 18
3 Sebastian Vettel GER Ferrari +34.523s 15
4 Felipe Massa BRA Williams +38.196s 12
5 Felipe Nasr BRA Sauber +95.149s 10
6 Daniel Ricciardo AUS Red Bull +1 lap 8
7 Nico Hulkenberg GER Force India +1 lap 6
8 Marcus Ericsson SWE Sauber +1 lap 4
9 Carlos Sainz ESP Toro Rosso +1 lap 2
10 Sergio Perez MEX Force India +1 lap 1
11 Jenson Button GBR McLaren +2 laps 0
RT Kimi Räikkönen FIN Ferrari DNF 0
RT Max Verstappen NED Toro Rosso DNF 0
RT Romain Grosjean FRA Lotus DNF 0
RT Pastor Maldonado VEN Lotus DNF 0
DNS Daniil Kvyat RUS Red Bull DNS 0
DNS Kevin Magnussen DEN McLaren DNS 0

[PeteC]

The Superbru chart still shows everyone with 0, so below is the manual version. Congratulations to Terry who had the best race with 18 points:

Terry 18.0
Vital Spark 17.5
Pete 16.0
pharvey 15.5
Richard 14.5
lindosfan 14.5
BigBoy 14.0
redzonerocker 13.5
mwbrown 12.5
Parahandy 11.5
bsdk1960 11.0
JJBones 9.5
buksida 9.0

Race highlights: http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/31893665

...and how about Sauber. All the driver controversy and they score more points in this one race than they did in the entire 2014 season. Overall still quite a mess with drivers and many teams so hopefully things will calm down going forward.

Next up Malaysia GP. Good luck to all!

Qualifying: Saturday 28 Mar 16:00 (Thai time)
Race: Sunday 29 Mar 14:00 (Thai time)

[PeteC]

Chart removed temporarily for adjustments.....

[PeteC]

Ignore the above chart. This new one should be correct:

[PeteC]

Ok, after an email to them they've finally updated our chart:

1 - Terry [Yellow Cap) 18.00
2 - Vital Spark 17.50
3 - Pete 16.00
4 - pharvey 15.50
5 - Richard 14.50
6 - lindosfan 14.50
7 - BigBoy 14.00
8 - redzonerocker 13.50
9 - mwbrown 12.50
10 - Parahandy 11.50
11 - bsdk1960 11.00
12 - JJBones 9.50
13 - buksida 9.00

[Big Boy]

Half way

That's the highest I've ever been

[PeteC]

Thinking out loud.....if Alonso doesn't show up for Malaysia I don't think his problem has anything to do with a concussion, but with the dire state of affairs with the McLaren car and Honda engine......IMO. He may be doing a for deciding to move from Ferrari.

[PeteC]

Hockenheim boss rules out 2015 German Grand Prix

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/31930827

[Pleng]

Thinking out loud.....if Alonso doesn't show up for Malaysia I don't think his problem has anything to do with a concussion, but with the dire state of affairs with the McLaren car and Honda engine......IMO. He may be doing a for deciding to move from Ferrari.

We still don't know the potential of that McLaren Honda package. Button's pace was pretty good in the last few laps, when they turned the power up a bit. It'll be interesting to see how far up the grid they got when they get all their issues sorted out.

[PeteC]

Confirmation that it's definitely cancelled......

German Grand Prix cut from Formula 1 schedule

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/31994404

[pharvey]

Sad to see.... I assume the same is not going to happen for the British GP after the change in management at Silverstone earlier this year!!

[PeteC]

As a reminder....Malaysia practice #3 and qualifying this afternoon. Pete

[PeteC]

I'm finding it harder and harder folks finding a web site which allows me to copy driver's names along with qualifying and race results....I'll keep looking for a source. Below is the link for Malaysia qualifying. Hamilton - Vettel - Rosberg.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/2015/ ... qualifying