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Mercedes | 6 | 12.00% | |
Ferrari | 1 | 2.00% | |
Williams-Mercedes | 0 | 0% | |
Red Bull-TAG Heuer | 1 | 2.00% | |
Force India-Mercedes | 0 | 0% | |
Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 0 | 0% | |
Renault | 1 | 2.00% | |
McLaren-Honda | 0 | 0% | |
Sauber-Ferrari | 0 | 0% | |
MRT-Mercedes | 0 | 0% | |
Haas-Ferrari | 41 | 82.00% | |
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20 Mar 2016, 07:46 (Ref:3625063) | #1 | |
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Team of the Grand Prix: Australian Grand Prix 2016
Who is the team of the season-opener for you?
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20 Mar 2016, 07:59 (Ref:3625070) | #2 | ||
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Haas
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20 Mar 2016, 08:10 (Ref:3625074) | #3 | |
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Haas. Impressive début from the team.
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20 Mar 2016, 09:26 (Ref:3625087) | #4 | ||
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Haas for me - impressive first up performance, looked they belonged and in the points at their first hit-out. Good stuff!
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20 Mar 2016, 10:13 (Ref:3625098) | #5 | |
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Haas - great debut!
Sixth place - genuine points! |
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20 Mar 2016, 12:32 (Ref:3625125) | #6 | |
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20 Mar 2016, 15:30 (Ref:3625159) | #7 | ||
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It's got to be Haas. Early days but hope they can keep this up.
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20 Mar 2016, 15:51 (Ref:3625172) | #8 | |
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Can only be Haas
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20 Mar 2016, 16:04 (Ref:3625182) | #9 | ||
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yep Haas to be Haas.
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20 Mar 2016, 16:31 (Ref:3625201) | #10 | ||
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Mercedes.
Yes I thought about Haas, but it's "Team of the Grand Prix" not "Better than I thought they would be". |
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20 Mar 2016, 16:52 (Ref:3625208) | #11 | |
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Haas. Best debut race for a new team since Sauber in 1993. In their first race, they scored more points than the 2010 newcomers in their whole time in F1.
Yes, they got lucky with the red flag, but if the car was off the pace, Grosjean couldn't have defended his position against a Williams and a Force India for almost forty laps. Also keep in mind the minimal preparation they had, which hits a new team worst. |
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20 Mar 2016, 16:57 (Ref:3625210) | #12 | ||
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Can I take the opposite view and vote for my NOT Team of the race: Ferrari?
I don't know what the Italian phrase is for "Tyre Change Strategy Operative" but I'm sure it will be appearing in a Job Centre near to Modena first thing tomorrow morning! (What on earth were they thinking by deciding not to change tyres like everyone else did during the red flag?) |
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20 Mar 2016, 17:37 (Ref:3625225) | #14 | ||
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Haas to be Haas ;-)
For not just getting a car to the finish of their debut GP, but to get decent points as well. In one race they have three times the entire points haul of Marussia/Manor, Lotus/Caterham & HRT combined. |
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20 Mar 2016, 18:15 (Ref:3625236) | #15 | ||
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Haas, with a runaway!
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20 Mar 2016, 18:46 (Ref:3625248) | #16 | ||
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Mercedes, lets see how Haas does without a red flag.
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21 Mar 2016, 01:22 (Ref:3625364) | #19 | ||
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21 Mar 2016, 02:38 (Ref:3625383) | #20 | ||
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So I pick Haas over Mercedes because what Haas did today was likely harder than what Mercedes did "given their respective situation prior to the race or start of season". As I watched the tail end of the race and a sixth place looked real, I was worried that it would vanish because there was a train of cars behind Grosjean. I was thinking just a small bobble by him could cause him to easily drop out of the top ten. That the sixth place would be a pure fluke even if he was lucky enough to keep it together and prevent a pass. But then I noticed that Grosjean had the real pace to pull away from Hulkenberg and expand his gap and prevent DRS. Haas was for real (at least for this race) And it also wasn't because Hulkenberg was slowing to defend his own position. Yes, there was some of that, but Hulkenberg was able to maintain his gap (even if it was about a second or so) with Bottas. The real fun was behind Bottas with Renault and Toro Rosso. Richard |
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21 Mar 2016, 03:41 (Ref:3625389) | #21 | ||
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Haas. Ok, I would have picked them anyway. Well done Grosjean for a mature and measured drive. Bravo Haas F1 for flying in the face of all the naysayers. |
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Ferrari.....if it hadn't been for the tyre cock up and Kimi's car bursting into flames it would have been a prancing horse 1-2..
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Haas.
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21 Mar 2016, 12:57 (Ref:3625500) | #24 | |
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21 Mar 2016, 12:58 (Ref:3625501) | #25 | ||
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Haas for a solid debut.
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