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Well, in terms of the actual show, it was not as bad as I expected

And do keep in mind folks, this is the worst version of these regulations we're going to get

It'll only get better from here

Because even though the FIA was really all about safety, in fact going as far as taking out one of the straight modes

In Fp3, the teams were able to lobby it back enough to get five straight modes back into the session

But the very fact that we got this cripple between

Oh, are we going to have a straight mode activation point at that back straight

Tells you all you need to know that even the FIA is still a little bit like

Oh, we're not exactly sure what's going to happen with these rules

There's still a long ways to go

But I can still say with confidence that this is not nearly as bad as 2014

There is something to work with and the crowd was plenty satisfied

As we'll talk about in Q3 later

But I know that you're going to want me to talk about this because Max the staff, but what was that?

Because even though we're all quick to blame Max and thinking, oh, he's got a skill issue

Or, oh, it was all about the Adrian UE Grand Effect car

Well, no, as was pretty much disputed very quickly

It was down to a mechanical issue where the rear just completely locked out on him

He had nowhere to go and there's even a little bit of a question mark

As to whether or not he injured his hand in some shape or form

Due to him gallantly not taking his hands off the steering wheel or at least his thumb

So he was nursing them so hopefully he's not hurt himself

But either way, this was not ideal

But as his teammate was able to show later on, that can't have some pace

Not quite as good as Mercedes, but certainly a lot more than Red Bull probably expected

As well as its sister team

So there's a lot to say about what Milton Keynes was able to do

And as you can probably tell, I am still quite happy even though it was a bit bit of sweet

But I think one of the other success stories as well was the fact that

As to Martin did not suck as hard as all of the headlines painted them to be

There's a big video in all of that

And it wouldn't surprise me at all if Papastro in a fit of peak

It's nice to drop Honda within the next year or two

You thought was that brown and McLaren were angry at Honda

Just you wait until the Canadian billionaire gets his hands on Koji Watanabe

And what on earth are you John Dewey team?

Because as to Martin's all about image

But the image of Fernando Alonso just getting out there anyway

Not only getting through the 100% limit comfortably

But almost getting into Q2

That was crazy under three seconds behind the fastest time

The spread in terms of who actually got into Q2

Was not nearly as bad as expected

So you really got to get points for Fernando Alonso here

I don't know what this team would do without him

Because he's just riding through the pain

In fact, he's just saying

Oh, it's not the big deal

It's a phenomenon and we'll get me through

As in like, he's got balls, man

This team really needs him right now

Because well, he's strolled it and even qualified

And I mean, we'll get on to Alpine in a moment

But they seriously dropped the ball

Maybe it was not all about the power unit after all

This might be a McCarran 2018 situation

Which ironically, Renault did highlight for us all

So that ended itself as weird

Yes, the Mercedes did show off the pace

And the McCarranians were certainly out there

And Ferrari did sort of fall off a little bit

Although they did use a very interesting tactic

Which would not surprise me if we see time and time again in Q1

At least with the big four

Considering that we got the Cadillacs in the Aston Martin's at the moment

Taking up four spaces in the Q1 drop zone

There's only going to be really two

Who's going to fall out? Well, I mean, with Colour Science

Continuing to have problems

There was only one spot

Which was really up for grabs

And that was taken up by Alonzo

And then the sapon having his crash

There wasn't really that much jeopardy

So Ferrari just gave it a go

I think it might actually hold out

Because as the commentator was saying

It might be more to do with the way you deploy your energy

Rather than the small difference between the C5 and the C4 tyre

That's going to be another strategic twist

That we might be getting ourselves used to

But okay, the Cadillacs points for trying

They get on with it, they did drop out

But they certainly just showed up

And they qualified within the 107% limit

So that's all we really can ask from Caddy really

They gave it a good effort, they showed up

They didn't embarrass themselves

It can only be uphill from here

Not that, Caddy, good job

And Fernando, man, my goodness

That was just a spirited recovery drive

After all the stuff that we'd been privy to the last few days

Then it gets into Q2

And as I touched upon, Alpine

I don't know what to do here

Something tells me that we probably might get Christian Horn

As swooping in to try and recover this

Well, I don't even know what this is

Because we all thought that in terms of development

Alpine might have stumbled upon something

When it came to their trick-rear wing

Going a very different direction

In regards to deploying the active error mode at the back

But as it goes to show

They still got a long ways to go to recover

Their entire structure from within

In terms of the error and chassis department

Because, well, they've got plenty more cash

Coming in from Renault to be able to do that

Davi Sonshaz's effort seemed to be not really doing much

And even though Colin Pinter did give many fans a stare

And not getting into Q2

He did at least give it a try

And Gassley gave it a try

But it was really not much cop there

And it really just makes me think that Flabio

Is going to be spitting feathers right now

He'll be wanting to find somebody to blame here

But at least neither of them crashed

That is something

But this is not the fifth best team at the moment

I mean, that's easily being contested

By racing balls, my goodness those two

Especially Arvid Limblad

But as we will touch upon

He is not a stranger to controversy

As we saw him for me the two

He did get into a fair few scrapes

As Curacy enough last year in his rookie year

Propping rookie year did all of the better men

Because coming into the pit lane

My other boy, Gaby

Having gotten into Q3

Which for Audi is fantastic

One step higher than what Gaby was able to do in the summer

Last year

His car conked out

For reasons as of yet unknown as a recording

If I do find out I'll add it to the screen

But he conked out in the pit lane

Lawson spotted it

But according to Limblad and racing balls

There was a communication issue

As in, it wasn't Lawson backing Arvid up

Because I know many will be quick to

Just point at Liam and say

It's your full Liam

Because yeah, previous

According to sources

Was not told about what happened with Gaby

I mean, I think it just shocked the world

I mean, it certainly gave me pause for thought

I saw plenty of memes

I was celebrating

How are you getting into Q3 and then

Hold your horse's law

Yeah, that happened

Yeah, that was gutting

After all of the solid reliability

From the Bahrain testing

And FP1s through 3

That was a bit of a time down

But just so you know

Limblad almost colliding with a teammate

Was down to the pit wall

Not informing him in time

And when you take that into account with what

Call up Pinto had to deal with

In regards with Hamilton

It's simply down to communication issues

You need to tell these drivers a lot sooner

About what's going on ahead of them

I think the teams are discovering that for themselves

Because if you look at Colin Pinto's report from practice

It was simply down to the fact, Colin Pinto

He was told to stay on the line by his own team

Because if he had moved outside of the racing line

He probably would have been considered a dangerous driving

It would have been even worse

He wasn't formed by his crew

To remain where he was

And in the case of Limblad

He simply wasn't told anything at all

So that is a very important chestnut in regards to

Who are you going to blame?

In this case

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It's the pet wall

Limblad, it was very, very lucky

Not to have caused any damage or hurt himself

In the very point, pit lane entry

I mean, you gotta give Albon points for trying

He wasn't able to get into Q3

He did get into Q2 though

It just shows that Williams got a lot of things to try and solve in the next few months

To try and get some weight off that car

Even though I think they did bring some parts to Melbourne

They have to really get that car lighter and lighter and lighter

Like they did throughout 2024

Only then will they be able to find hand over fist when it comes to actual pace

And they might get themselves back in the equation

To within me be getting in within as much of P7 or P6 or something like that

I don't think right now P5 is really something that you can hope for

Which I remember James saying that

For after 20, 25, P5 was the bare minimum

P5 now is looking a bit of a distant dream at the moment

And that is very unfortunate

This is going to be a very slow burner period for Williams and I'm just sorry

But Audi fans

Oh wow

I'm sorry, I'm showing my buyers here

And you might be thinking you're a McCarran Turnclaw

But come on

Audi, I've really been standing for the last couple of years

And this was proof that they are going to be a really big force to be reckoned with

And they're not too distant in future

Already getting a car into Q3, Q2 comfortably

And just showing that they can easily throw it in amongst the main pack

That have been around for a much longer time

With a brand new power unit

With a vitally refreshed Salber team

And much more resources coming in from Moiburg, the Audi HQ

And I think soon or maybe right now their headquarter is in Bister

Around motorsport valley

But yeah, I'm not going to lie, the reliability issue

And not being able to get it to the white line in time

Meaning that it was dragged away by marshals

So Audi couldn't even try and repair it to give at least Gabi one running Q3

Maint that that must end of their day for them

There is still a point to be had

But then again, their starts according to testing statistics

Are one of the worst on the grid

So it wouldn't surprise me if they did fall back in terms of the order

But if Gabi can remain in the top 10 or Holcombberg

Rise up the order actually actually getting into Q2

Unlike last year and many times last year

There might be some points afforded to Audi and if that did happen

That would be a huge achievement for them

I would just be happy for them to even finish the race quite frankly

So a cheeky P10

I'll take that

But now we must get into Q3

Because that's the real bread and butter here

And yes, sure enough Mercedes did look dominant

However, that's not the main story here

Because as of recording this very video

Things are not looking so smooth but total squad

Because even though I must give them a huge amount of kuda

So getting Kimi Antonelli to Q1 at all

After his shunt in FP3

Photo giving him a very much needed pep talk

Yes, Kimi did ascend to the front row alongside George Russell

Within I think 2 to 3 tents

After the matter is that not only did I think one of the pit crew

Put a literal foot or toe out of line

To trigger an FIA stewards inquiry after the session

But then also leading two cooling fans

And that probably would have been a hefty fine on its own

But the back that Lando Norris hit that luckily

Primarily with his front left tire

And only clipping the front wing just a little bit

I really do think on the grounds of safety

Mercedes will be docked a grid place

Or maybe 2 or I think according to the rules a maximum of 3

Even if they don't get that

It's going to be a very

A very shoddy impression in terms of overall competence

That's what you were really trying to bank on this season

This was a wookie error

This was a really big glaring oversight

Two fans, one of them actually landing on the track

And being obliterated into smitheroos

That's just bad form there

What that might entail

Is the other standout story of Q3

Was that Isaac Hajar, Max Verstappen's teammate

Got into the top three

Very very close but he still did

He bested the Ferrari, he bested the McLaren

There's potential in that Red Bull car just yet

And it didn't come from the Dutchman

So maybe, just maybe

The second seat curse might be on its way out

Isaac might have been able to help Red Bull crack it

Or at least he's much closer to Max

It doesn't make you wonder where Max might have been

Had he actually not had that mechanical issue

And crashed out of Q1

But the other story is that Ferrari

Were just simply not there

Even though we all thought at testing

That they were going to be the stars of the show

They were very much within the middle of the Q3 roster

But granted, given their race starts as we've seen

From practice at Melbourne and at Bahrain

They are very much going to be thinking

Before P7, bad fine

I mean, it might be P3, former Claire

If Kimmy gets a three-place grip drop

This might throw a cat amongst the pigeons

Just because George Russell got on to pole

Doesn't necessarily mean he'll remain in P1

Even though he is a dynamite when it comes to race starts himself, George

And as for the McLaren's

Even though they were punching much above their weight

They were still in the running in maybe making a case of being the third best team right now

But PS3 was able to use the hometown hero advantage

To be able to pick himself ahead of Lando

And throughout the entire session

He just looked more planted, whereas Lando

It was just one thing after another for him, quite frankly

Him not being quite as settled with the MCL40

As is Australian teammate

How that will translate throughout the season

It remains to be seen

It might be just a case of Lando getting himself up to speed

Whereas PS3 was just worried on it

Things might start to converge as the season progresses

Or maybe we might see, like last year, a sudden surge

If a certain mechanical part is afforded to Lando

And it just transforms his feeling and vides with the car

So it's too early to say who has the exact advantage

But first blood goes to PS3 in that regard

And then the two racing bulls

I mean

Lawson just about out qualifying Limblad at the 11th hour

Or be a bite over a second

But the fact that Limblad was even the equation at all

Should give Liam Lawson the PBGBs

Because we've all got Nikola Solo in our minds in F2

And if he wins the F2 Championship this year

I would very much be concerned for the Kiwi

Even though Red Bull is not nearly as cutthroat

As it was just six months ago or something

The fact remains is, though, is that I really did enjoy this qualifying session

It was quite tense, there were mistakes along the way

There are going to be with a brand new regulation cycle

But given my experience with previous regulation changes

Sure, it wasn't as cut and dry as 2022 as far as I recall

But it's certainly nowhere near as bad as 2014

It's something that will take some getting used to

There will be many who are railing and raging against the system for the fact that

In this era formula one, as of now

You have to slow down going into high speed corners

To try and get enough recharge for the remaining sector of the lap

But this is all just binding their feet right here

The regulations will be modified over time

They will be afforded means to upgrade their systems

The race starts, I think the teams will be able to patch it

Or make better use of the turbos or the MGUK they've already got

The FIA might be able to provide some development tokens

To improve the race starts and the spectacle

And if we do see a reduction of 350 kilowatts to 250

We might no longer see situations where teams and cars are compromised

In terms of having to slow down lifting and coasting

Just going to take time to get some real world data

But it's nowhere close to the disaster many were fearing

The teams being so paranoid it was going to be 2014

They commissioned Barcelona, the second to Catalonia

To have that shake down in the first place

May I remind you that was organised by the teams

That's why the private security was intense

And then for me the one was just like

Can I get in on this please? Can I show some coverage?

And the teams were like

Fine I suppose

But they were very much limited in what they can do

As we saw in Bahrain

And Australia, even though the optics are very much from the FIA and for me the one management too

Really show that everything is fine

I genuinely believe as I saw in qualifying

Everything is not looking that ropey

It's looking okay

This is a good baseline

And even though Mercedes are showing themselves to be the favourites

It's not as imposing as I thought it would be

I thought it was going to be over a second or something like that

The actual spread for seconds, not that terrible

Or it's actually under three

If you take Cadillac out of the equation

Then just getting up to speed

So I'll just bear that in mind as we go into the race itself

I'll be producing the winners and losers video

Not that long after the race itself

It might be a little bit limited

Things might have developed as I've been editing this video

I'll try and make sure I put a capture on it

But there you go

I would say as an Audi fan

I'm quite pleased

And I say for the show

Yes Ferrari did very much

Drop the ball in comparison to what they showed in testing

But it might not matter that much qualifying

Because Ferrari are not afraid to try different things as we've seen

And with Toto, I'm sorry

You wanted to look bulletproof

Well, there was plenty of strength

No, I'll give you that

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