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Its no surprise given previous form really. Theres been no reports of what the problems are, but they've completely redesigned the turbo architecture along with many other things. They're effectively 2 years behind the drag curve.

Having worked at McLaren the logistics are staggering, everything is built in Japan, with people flying half way round the world and back to test fit bits, dyno run engines etc. Its a bit of a mess

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Thought VB would have been closer

 

Australian GP Practice Two Timesheet

 

1. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 1:23.620

2. Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari + 0.547

3. Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes + 0.556

4. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari + 0.905

5. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull +1.030

6. Max Verstappen, Red Bull +1.393

7. Carlos Sainz, Toro Rosso +1.464

8. Romain Grosjean, Haas +1.816

9. Nico Hulkenberg, Renault +1.858

10. Daniil Kvyat, Toro Rosso +1.873

11. Sergio Perez, Force India +1.971

12. Fernando Alonso, McLaren +2.380

13. Esteban Ocon, Force India +2.525

14. Felipe Massa, Williams +2.711

15. Marcus Ericsson, Sauber +2.878

16. Lance Stroll, Williams +2.905

17. Stoffel Vandoorne, McLaren +2.988

18. Pascal Wehrlein, Sauber +3.299

19. Kevin Magnussen, Haas +3.659

20. Jolyon Palmer, Renault +3.929

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A lot closer than i thought it would be, fingers crossed for a race tomorrow

 

Looks like Merc have it in the bag for the 4th year in the row. Hoping to be proved wrong after the 1st handful of races.

 

Very impressed with Bottas for his 1st Qualli with Merc - lets see if he can match or beat LH in a few races.

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Looks like Merc have it in the bag for the 4th year in the row. Hoping to be proved wrong after the 1st handful of races.

 

Very impressed with Bottas for his 1st Qualli with Merc - lets see if he can match or beat LH in a few races.

 

Yeh have to agree ,good effort for his first qualifying !

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I want a race at the end of the season, when nothing is secret, when drivers swap cars and you can find multiple world champions like Hamilton and Vettell in Haas and Renaults, and Lance Stroll in a Mercedes. F1 is easily weighted towards car performance more than driver ability, would be an interesting study

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Boring Track as always - good win for Ferrari and an impressive performance by Bottas. If this is representative of things to come then THIS will be the most competitive season of the V6 hybrid era (which doesn't say much about the racing of the past few years).

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