[lammaredder]

This must have been the best F1 race I have watched for a long, long time. I must say that after today, racing in Australia will never leave Albert Park. What an exciting race. We had everything, drama, overtaking moves galore and almost at will, dumb moves, prangs, ................what more could anyone ask?

I wonder if the cynics still want to insist that Bahrain is a better venue.

[Gorlummm]

Australia for season opener, period!

Great race.

[pkxlugbsbv]

A great race indeed! But largely thanks to the bit of wet, I think. I really don't think it would be a bad idea to artificially wet the track before every race, and then let it dry.

[mylittlejewelaa]

Races in Albert Park are usually very, very interesting. One of my favorite tracks.

[dexterljohnthefinanceguy]

Just what I posted in another thread... best race since who knows when...

[xanonlinexan]

it was good, but only the best race since Brazil last year to be fair

[Unamannuato]

I think most of us knew that Bahrain wasn't the place to start the season. Australia always gives us an interesting race, in fact I can't think of the last time there was a dull one.

Fingers crossed that it stays at Albert Park for the forseeable future..

[dexterljohnthefinanceguy]

it was good, but only the best race since Brazil last year to be fair

Oh, I liked this far more than Brazil...

[lammaredder]

Oh, I liked this far more than Brazil...

Me too. Drivers were overtaking like it was fashionable.

[dexterljohnthefinanceguy]

God, how much I love F1, is not real!!!

[lammaredder]

God, how much I love F1, is not real!!!

It would be wonderful if we can have another race as exciting next, and next, and next.

[Immusaatmonna]

Great race but without the rain it would have been follow my leader.

[PilotJargon]

I think it showed that all the doom and gloom after Bahrain was premature. Don't think the rain was the cause either as Button was onto slicks on lap 6 so 90% of the race was dry.

Button was asked why there was so much passing and one of the things he mentioned was the differing states of the tyres. Maybe they should be encouraging less pitstops and not mandating more? Remove the need to use both tyres and maybe we will get some exciting finishes?

[mloversia]

Remove the need to use both tyres and maybe we will get some exciting finishes?

Yep. Forcing teams to use both types of tyres seems pretty stupid to me.

[XIMHOTEP-X]

It is worrying that so many drivers could race so many laps on softs without having serious tyre issues.

I think, teams and drivers should be allowed total freedom in how many tyre stops they can made in a race - and that includes none. And the least said about the stupid rule where the top 10 qualifies have to start the race on the tyres they use in Q3, the better. Also need to increase the range of compound of tyres available.

On a slightly different note, it would bhe beneficial if the FIA looked at incidents of weaving from side to side on the straight to defend positions, rather than punish drivers all the time for making mistakes of judgement when trying to overtake.

[standaman]

It was down to weather and changing track conditions.
As soon as things evened out overtaking became something rare and most often the tries finished in the kitty litter and on tears.
It was obvious that a car on fresh tires and almost 2 seconds a lap faster could not overtake a car struggling with 40 laps old tires.

[standaman]

On a slightly different note, it would bhe beneficial if the FIA looked at incidents of weaving from side to side on the straight to defend positions, rather than punish drivers all the time for making mistakes of judgement when trying to overtake.

Everyone is allowed one move to defend their position and then a move to take the best line into the corner.

Given that one of the stewards was a great race driver I don't think we are in a position to contradict their decisions.

[standaman]

Great race but without the rain it would have been follow my leader.

Exactly.

[XIMHOTEP-X]

Massa was weaving from one side of the track to the other at least twice at one point to try and defend his position from Webber down the straight. There were reports of Alguesari weaving in front of Schumacher also (although this wasn't shown on TV so how true this is, who knows).
I think offering a greater choice of tyres and strategy would be beneficial. At least then if there isn't laways overtaking or even drivers on a strategy with more pitstops catching drivers on a more conservative strategy, there is the prospect of this happening. The question of : is the driver ahead going to be caught by the driver behind or can he increase his speed enough to prevent this happening? And, if he increases his speed will that put an even greater strain on his maybe extremely old set of tyres.

[dexterljohnthefinanceguy]

If all races were great, for us they would be average... so I enjoy what I have. I am sure that there will be more exciting races this year