Australian Grand Prix - Free Practice Two

3rd & 7 37yd

@RishabhBhardwaj: Yes.

by Nate Saunders 3/13/2015 6:21:45 AM
Aah! Okay... ROS seems to be a good choice for the pole if he holds the pace he currently has... But HAM is my choice for the win!

by Rohan Mehta 3/13/2015 6:21:49 AM
Is Manor not running still linked to the software? Will they run this weekend?

by crg38 3/13/2015 6:23:32 AM
@crg38: The team is working very hard to get the car out at some point this weekend.

by Nate Saunders 3/13/2015 6:23:47 AM
It's pretty weird. Mercedes are like a second faster than the rest of the field on a hot lap on Medium tyre but on soft tyre on a hot lap it's like only around 7 tenths and about 4-5 tenths slower than the gap is on the medium tyre is on the medium. It's pretty weird. On a hot lap the gap is about 1 second where on a hot lap on soft tyre it's only about 7 tenths. Looks like other teams can make the soft tyre work better than Mercedes.

by James 3/13/2015 6:23:59 AM
@James: True, but we don't know fuel loads and engine modes.

by Nate Saunders 3/13/2015 6:24:08 AM
#Magnussen "Just lost the rear. Need to check the data. It was on a fast lap but took me by surprise. I'm fine." #ausgp @F1 #FP2

by Aus Grand Prix via twitter 3/13/2015 6:24:11 AM
Interesting comments from Magnussen - especially the "took me by surprise" bit. Cue the conspiracy theories...

by Nate Saunders 3/13/2015 6:24:28 AM
In Japan '89, ESPN televised the race. One fan question they asked the drivers was what kind of road car do you drive. 75% of them said Mercedes. Mercedes dominance makes sense anytime.

by Steve Zeoke 3/13/2015 6:24:41 AM
Mclaren will be 17th and 18th at the grid...every weekend...Alonso make a wrong move....if he stay at Ferrari..he is 3rd of 4th...

by shien 3/13/2015 6:24:48 AM
@shien: I think you're jumping to conclusions very early.

by Nate Saunders 3/13/2015 6:25:00 AM
The cars sounds a lot better this season.

by Marais 3/13/2015 6:25:02 AM
Button's soft tyre lap puts him 3.731s down on Mercedes.

by Nate Saunders 3/13/2015 6:25:31 AM
@Nate: Yeah very true. I'm not worried about Ferrari, I'm more worried about Williams. I can't wait till the teams come back out on the long runs! Should be interesting! I'm expecting to see about 1 second per lap gap.

by James 3/13/2015 6:25:35 AM
@shien: maybe Ferrari is doing better because Alonso is actually gone.

by ForzaJulesBianchi 3/13/2015 6:25:47 AM
@ForzaJulesBianchi: It's not as simple as Alonso leaving. There's been a big period of change and Arrivabene has really revitalised the place a lot. Last year seemed to be a real low.

by Nate Saunders 3/13/2015 6:26:22 AM
I think if McLaren suddenly dominated the session and race Alonso would miraculously be healed and on the first plane to Malaysia.

by Neville 3/13/2015 6:26:37 AM
Hamilton delays Raikkonen at the end of the pit lane as he executes a practice start, before the two world champions head out on track in tandem.

by Nate Saunders 3/13/2015 6:27:12 AM
Rosberg returns to the pit lane for another practice start. Sounds like he was less happy with his first one.

by Nate Saunders 3/13/2015 6:28:11 AM
Hamilton also trundles down the pit lane and it looks like he'll do the same as his team-mate.

by Nate Saunders 3/13/2015 6:28:33 AM
Go Verstappen Go :-)

by Lavino 3/13/2015 6:28:46 AM
Is there any problem with Ricciardo and Massa's cars?

by vasud 3/13/2015 6:28:48 AM
@vasud: Yes. Ricciardo struggled with the driveability of his Renault in FP1 and the team is changing his engine this afternoon. Massa's car had a water leak and he won't be out in this session.

by Nate Saunders 3/13/2015 6:29:23 AM
The crash was my mistake. Just lost the rear on the entry and unfortunately hit the wall and damaged the left front. Another day tomorrow!

by Kevin Magnussen via twitter 3/13/2015 6:29:41 AM
@nate .. You must have a lot of patience answering the same question agian and again

by Questionaire 3/13/2015 6:30:12 AM
@Questionaire: Ha. It's fair enough if people have joined the session later and missed the original answer. Maybe I can give patience lessons to Fernando Alonso?

by Nate Saunders 3/13/2015 6:30:37 AM
@ForzaJulesBianchi;I totally agree. It didn't matter what the situation at Ferrari was, Alonso didn't help. No matter what Ferrari and everyone else says.

by rpr 3/13/2015 6:30:48 AM
Good Morning from Denmark Nate. Your circuit map does not show sectors. Where do S2 and S3 start please?

by MikeInDenmark 3/13/2015 6:31:11 AM
@MikeInDenmark: Good morning Mike. Sector one ends just before Turn 6, while the middle sector ends on the fast run down to Turn 9.

by Nate Saunders 3/13/2015 6:31:42 AM
Looks like Hamilton and Rosberg are doing longer runs now.

by Nate Saunders 3/13/2015 6:32:00 AM
2nd and 22nd, no difference.

by lepton 3/13/2015 6:32:14 AM
Thank you Nate.

by MikeInDenmark 3/13/2015 6:32:18 AM
After 5 years of frustration at Ferrari Alonso has a right to be impatient!

by AdiosAyrton 3/13/2015 6:32:54 AM
"It's still doing it. Are you guys doing something wrong?" asks the ever-blunt Kimi Raikkonen.

by Nate Saunders 3/13/2015 6:33:41 AM
I assume the Finn is still talking about the lack of front end.

by Nate Saunders 3/13/2015 6:33:51 AM
Nate, do you think the progress of the cars compared to last year is due to engine (tokens) or the tires?

by Domi 3/13/2015 6:34:21 AM
@Domi: It's a combination of things. The tyre compounds are better this year but everyone said last year that the development curve would be steep with these engines - they'll keep getting quicker and quicker.

by Nate Saunders 3/13/2015 6:34:58 AM
Sainz spins at the penultimate corner and carries on.

by Nate Saunders 3/13/2015 6:35:08 AM
ferrari gave @ shots at the title to alonso ... 5 years of frustration ... i dont think so

by Questionaire 3/13/2015 6:35:13 AM
@Questionaire: They gave him a shot in 2010. 2012 was largely his own consistency in a sub-par car.

by Nate Saunders 3/13/2015 6:35:44 AM
Wow without front ends ferrari is just 0.7 down :) superb improvement

by Tungath 3/13/2015 6:35:46 AM
When do we find out who used, how many tokens and how many Honda will get?

by Shane 3/13/2015 6:35:52 AM
@Shane: We are expecting to find out this weekend.

by Nate Saunders 3/13/2015 6:36:02 AM
24 minutes left of this session. Lots of longer runs taking place out there now.

by Nate Saunders 3/13/2015 6:36:17 AM
If Alonso was a Team player in the mould of MSC he would have sorted Ferrari out. From early in his Ferrari carreer he was openly critical about their performance.

by Neville 3/13/2015 6:36:24 AM

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