2015 FORMULA 1 ROLEX AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX

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2015 FORMULA 1 ROLEX AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX

Post by KevC » 12 Mar 2015, 16:24

2015 FORMULA 1 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON


The 2015 Formula One World Championship is GO!

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Teams and Drivers

Team
Constructor
Chassis
Engine
Drivers

Scuderia Ferrari
Ferrari
SF15-T
Ferrari
5 Germany Sebastian Vettel
7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen

Sahara Force India F1 Team
Force India-Mercedes
VJM08
Mercedes PU106B Hybrid
11 Mexico Sergio Pérez
27 Germany Nico Hülkenberg

Lotus F1 Team
Lotus-Mercedes
E23 Hybrid
Mercedes PU106B Hybrid
8 France Romain Grosjean
13 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado

Manor Marussia F1 Team
Marussia-Ferrari
TBA
Ferrari 059/3
TBA United Kingdom Will Stevens
TBA Spain Roberto Merhi

McLaren Honda
McLaren-Honda
MP4-30
Honda RA615H Hybrid
20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen
14 Spain Fernando Alonso
22 United Kingdom Jenson Button

Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team
Mercedes
F1 W06 Hybrid
Mercedes PU106B Hybrid
6 Germany Nico Rosberg
44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton

Infiniti Red Bull Racing
Red Bull-Renault
RB11
Renault Energy F1-2015
3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo
26 Russia Daniil Kvyat

Sauber F1 Team
Sauber-Ferrari C34
Ferrari
9 Sweden Marcus Ericsson
12 Brazil Felipe Nasr

Scuderia Toro Rosso
Toro Rosso-Renault
STR10
Renault Energy F1-2015
33 Netherlands Max Verstappen
55 Spain Carlos Sainz Jr.

Williams Martini Racing
Williams-Mercedes
FW37
Mercedes PU106B Hybrid
19 Brazil Felipe Massa
77 Finland Valtteri Bottas

2015 Helmets
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2015/03/09/2 ... -pictures/

2015 FIA Formula One World Championship® Race Calendar
01 2015 FORMULA 1 ROLEX AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX (Melbourne) 13 - 15 Mar
02 2015 FORMULA 1 PETRONAS MALAYSIA GRAND PRIX (Kuala Lumpur) 27 - 29 Mar
03 2015 FORMULA 1 CHINESE GRAND PRIX (Shanghai) 10 - 12 Apr
04 2015 FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX (Sakhir) 17 - 19 Apr
05 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE ESPAÑA PIRELLI 2015 (Catalunya) 08 - 10 May
06 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE MONACO 2015 (Monte Carlo) 22 - 24 May
07 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DU CANADA 2015 (Montréal) 05 - 07 Jun
08 FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS VON ÖSTERREICH 2015 (Spielberg) 19 - 21 Jun
09 2015 FORMULA 1 BRITISH GRAND PRIX (Silverstone) 03 - 05 Jul
10 FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS VON DEUTSCHLAND 2015 (TBA) 17 - 19 Jul
11 FORMULA 1 PIRELLI MAGYAR NAGYDÍJ 2015 (Budapest) 24 - 26 Jul
12 2015 FORMULA 1 SHELL BELGIAN GRAND PRIX (Spa-Francorchamps) 21 - 23 Aug
13 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO D'ITALIA 2015 (Monza) 04 - 06 Sep
14 2015 FORMULA 1 SINGAPORE AIRLINES SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX (Singapore) 18 - 20 Sep
15 2015 FORMULA 1 JAPANESE GRAND PRIX (Suzuka) 25 - 27 Sep
16 2015 FORMULA 1 RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX (Sochi) 09 - 11 Oct
17 2015 FORMULA 1 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX (Austin) 23 - 25 Oct
18 FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE MÉXICO 2015 (Mexico City) 30 Oct - 01 Nov
19 FORMULA 1 GRANDE PRÊMIO DO BRASIL 2015 (São Paulo) 13 - 15 Nov
20 2015 FORMULA 1 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX (Yas Marina) 27 - 29 Nov


Tyres
Intermediate - Green
Full Wet - Blue
Super Soft - Red
Soft - Yellow
Medium - White
Hard - Orange

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Driver Changes

OUT
Jean Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso)
Esteban Gutiérrez (Sauber)
Adrian Sutil (Sauber)
Kamui Kobayashi (Caterham)
Max Chilton (Marussia)
Jules Bianchi (Marussia)

IN
Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso)
Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso)
Filipe Nasr (Sauber)

MOVED
Fernando Alonso (from Ferrari to McLaren)
Sebastian Vettel (from Red Bull to Ferrari)
Daniil Kyat (from Toro Rosso to Red Bull)
Marcus Ericsson (from Caterham to Sauber)
Will Stevens (from Caterham to Manor)


Technical Regulation Changes

- The number of power units that a driver may use in a season will be reduced from five in 2014 to four in 2015.
- The rules regarding engine development that were introduced in 2014 will change, with the manufacturers allowed to perform half the development permitted in 2014; the development will be halved again in 2016.
- Following the backlash over "ugly" nose designs in 2014, the FIA moved to amend the rules surrounding nose designs for the 2015 season. Noses will now be lower than in 2014, retaining a minimum cross section, but they must taper to a point at a fixed linear rate, effectively outlawing the dramatic finger shapes seen in 2014 in favour of a more gradual shape. Furthermore, the design of the nose must be symmetrical and consistent with the centreline of the car, thereby banning the more exotic designs, such as the "twin-tusk" approach used by Lotus on the E22 chassis.[56]
- The minimum weight of the cars at all times during an event was increased to 702 kilograms (1,548 lb).
- The ban on Front-and-Rear Interconnected suspension systems (FRIC) implemented in the middle of the 2014 season was formalised, with the regulations stating that the front and rear suspension must be designed in such a way that any change in performance must be a direct result of a change in load applied solely to them.
- The anti-intrusion panels on both sides of the survival cell have been extended upwards to the rim of the cockpit and alongside the driver's head.

Sporting Regulation Changes

- The replacement of a complete power unit will no longer result in a penalty. Instead, penalties will be applied cumulatively for individual components of the power unit. If such a grid place penalty is imposed and the driver's grid position is such that the full penalty cannot be applied, then the remainder of the penalty will no longer be carried over to the next race, but will instead be applied in the form of a time penalty during the race corresponding to the number of grid spaces remaining in the penalty.
- In addition to the existing five-second penalty that may be served during a driver's scheduled pit stop, a new ten-second penalty that will have to be served in the same manner, will be introduced.
- If a car is deemed to have been released from its pit stop in an unsafe manner, the driver will receive a ten second stop-and-go penalty. Further penalties will be applied if the stewards believe that the driver is aware of this and attempts to drive the car regardless.
- The qualifying procedure has been further clarified to cater to different sizes of starting grids: if twenty-four cars are entered for the race, seven will be eliminated after the each of the first two qualifying segments; if twenty-two are entered, six will be eliminated after each qualifying segment and so on if fewer cars are eligible.
- The partial ban on pit-to-car communication introduced at the 2014 Singapore Grand Prix will be extended to include a blanket ban on sharing technical data between team and driver, such as specific fuel consumption settings.
- Double points will no longer be awarded at the final event of the championship.
- In light of a regulation introduced in 2014 dictating that a race can not run for more than four hours and following recommendations from the report into Jules Bianchi's accident the previous season, the start times of five Grands Prix have been brought forward by one hour, so that races do not start with less than four hours until dusk. Thus, the Australian, Malaysia, Chinese, Japanese and Russian Grands Prix will start an hour earlier than in 2014.
- In the aftermath of Bianchi's accident, a new procedure called virtual safety car (VSC) will be introduced, obliging drivers to reduce their speed to match the one indicated on their displays on their steering wheels. The procedure may be initiated when double waved yellow flags are needed on any section of a circuit where competitors and officials may be in danger, but the circumstances are not as such to warrant deployment of the actual safety car.
- The safety car procedure was amended. Once the last lapped car has passed the leader, the safety car will return to the pits at the end of the following lap. This is a change of the previous practice which required the unlapped cars to have caught up with the back of the pack before the safety car could return to the pits.
- If a race is suspended, the cars will no longer line up on the grid but will slowly proceed to the pit lane instead. Pit exit will be closed and the first car to arrive in the pit lane will proceed to the exit with the other lining up behind the first one.
- If any team personnel or team equipment remain on the grid after the fifteen-second signal has been shown before the start of the formation lap, the driver of the car concerned must start the race from the pit lane. If the driver concerned fails to obey this, they will receive a ten second stop-and-go penalty.
- Drivers are no longer permitted to change the design of their helmet in-season.

Betting Odds

Drivers Championship 2015

1.57 Lewis Hamilton
3.75 Nico Rosberg
17.00 Sebastian Vettel
21.00 Daniel Ricciardo
26.00 Valtteri Bottas
29.00 Kimi Raikkonen
34.00 Fernando Alonso
51.00 Felipe Massa
67.00 Jenson Button
126.00 Daniil Kvyat
251.00 Romain Grosjean
501.00 Pastor Maldonado
1001.00 Max Verstappen
1001.00 Carlos Sainz Jnr
1001.00 Sergio Perez
1001.00 Nico Hulkenberg
2001.00 Felipe Nasr
2001.00 Marcus Ericsson


Constructors Championship 2015

Mercedes 1.07
Ferrari 21.00
Williams 21.00
Red Bull 29.00
McLaren 34.00
Lotus 251.00
Toro Rosso 1501.00
Force India 2001.00
Sauber 2501.00


2015 FORMULA 1 ROLEX AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX


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Melbourne
Race Date: 15 Mar 2015
Circuit Name: Albert Park
First Grand Prix: 1996
Number of Laps: 58
Circuit Length: 5.303 km
Race Distance: 307.574km (191.118 miles)
Lap Record: 1:24.125 - M Schumacher (2004)

UK Times
Fri 13 March 2015
Practice 1 01:30 – 03:00
Practice 2 05:30 – 07:00
Sat 14 March 2015
Practice 3 03:00 – 04:00
Qualifying 06:00 – 07:00
Sun 15 March 2015
Race 05:00

Previous Winners
2014 Nico Rosberg Mercedes Melbourne
2013 Kimi Raikkonen Lotus Melbourne
2012 Jenson Button McLaren Melbourne
2011 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Melbourne
2010 Jenson Button McLaren Melbourne
2009 Jenson Button Brawn GP Melbourne
2008 Lewis Hamilton McLaren Melbourne
2007 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari Melbourne
2006 Fernando Alonso Renault Melbourne
2005 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault Melbourne
2004 Michael Schumacher Ferrari Melbourne
2003 David Coulthard McLaren Melbourne
2002 Michael Schumacher Ferrari Melbourne
2001 Michael Schumacher Ferrari Melbourne
2000 Michael Schumacher Ferrari Melbourne


Hamilton on board 2014


Vettel 2008, ’10, ’11 and ’13



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Wow, amazing Vettel video!
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Post by iceman1 » 14 Mar 2015, 06:20

I knew McLaren will be s***, but not to this level.

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Post by F1EA » 14 Mar 2015, 07:44

Oh my god. Mercedes is waaaay too fast. That is insane.

And Mclaren was waaaaay too slow. That Mclaren pace can't be real, possibly just the car not ready yet. At least they finally got some laps under their belt :D

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Post by donald29 » 14 Mar 2015, 09:08

iceman1 wrote:I knew McLaren will be s***, but not to this level.
I wish Alonso we could see Alonso's face :p

Does anyone have any comparison with times last year? I know it's tricky as qualifying was wet, but the "one year behind" excuse only works if the times would have been decent 12 months ago. And I don't think they would...

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donald29 wrote:
iceman1 wrote:I knew McLaren will be s***, but not to this level.
I wish Alonso we could see Alonso's face :p

Does anyone have any comparison with times last year? I know it's tricky as qualifying was wet, but the "one year behind" excuse only works if the times would have been decent 12 months ago. And I don't think they would...
Maybe he knew this will happen, so he made that accident and stayed at home :lol:

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Post by KevC » 14 Mar 2015, 16:14

Ron said they're not running at full speed yet. They don't want to risk eating in to the power unit quota. But then again, it's very bad PR to be last. I wonder if they might crank it up at the next one.

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Post by ourafilmes » 14 Mar 2015, 18:49

Man, I really didn´t expect McLaren to be so slow!!!
In my humble opinion, they are making too complicated cars... they are killing the sport... One of these days, the cars will only need 4 mechanics to change the wheels and about 50 engineers to deal with binary code issues... Then, they will be hiring hackers!

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Post by iceman1 » 14 Mar 2015, 19:14

We can say Massa was right after all.

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Post by luque75 » 15 Mar 2015, 04:54

Good night everybody here from Argentina! hope to have a good race!

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Post by luque75 » 15 Mar 2015, 04:58

this isn´t very crowded, right?

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Post by iceman1 » 15 Mar 2015, 04:59

We are ready to go!

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Post by luque75 » 15 Mar 2015, 05:02

Nice! i´ts been a while since my last time, so i was a little lonely

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Post by iceman1 » 15 Mar 2015, 05:08

luque75 wrote:Nice! i´ts been a while since my last time, so i was a little lonely
:lol: :lol:

You'll be lonely again :p

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