Peacehaven Wild Kids
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Hopefully everyone who was interested has watched the race by now or at least seen the result or highlights.Race 1 in the bag.
Nothing like a little light rain to help spice things up. So, what can we conclude from race weekend 1?
- McLaren do appear to be starting the season in a strong position. Everyone else will need to be on top of their game to challenge them.
- Oscar and Norris very closely matched? So even if McLaren are dominant, we might have a decent WDC chase regardless.
- Ferrari, Red Bull, Mercedes do appear to fill the rest of the top 4 - but in what order will it all settle down?
- Lots of rookies on the grid = a bit of chaos. Hadjar will a formation lap spin, Doohan caught out on lap 1, Bortoleto and Lawson caught out when the rain came back. But Antonelli - what a drive from him (although he had his own off-track spin).
- Doohan matched Gasly, even slightly shaded him, all the way until Qually 2 when a Hamilton yellow flag got in the way.
- Sainz and Hamilton both still have work to do getting comfortable in their new cars.
Hopefully everyone who was interested has watched the race by now or at least seen the result or highlights.
Interesting to note that "even tougher" rear wing flex checks will be done in China. This as a result of observing all teams in Melbourne so perhaps nothing to change the pecking order immediately. However, front wing flex is going to come under scrutiny from Spain onwards. Will this affect the McLarens in your opinion?
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Chinese Grand Prix: Formula 1 teams face tougher tests on flexi-wings
Tougher tests aimed at restricting the flexibility of rear wings have been introduced for this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix.www.bbc.co.uk