#australia2019

[umgeorge]

george russell in the paddock on media day, australia - march 14, 2019 📷 glenn dunbar / motorsport images

[umseb]

sebastian vettel leaves an f1 live event ahead of the grand prix weekend, australia - march 13, 2019 📷 william west / getty

[elementalmoments]

Aaaand we're back! Welcome to the 2019 season, watching Episode 1 (Australian GP weekend) like:

• Is there anything more Brundle-y than ending an in memorium with, "the world keeps turning" like sir, please

• Oh, fun that this is George Russell's rookie season - get to watch the legend of Mr. Saturday grow

• Brrr, but these are the bad times for Pierre. P17 in quali.

• Weird to hear Pierre Hamelin talking to Alex

• "A ghastly debut for Gasly" Oh they they they're so clever

• I want Pierre to have the car he deserves but he's so much hotter in the AlphaTauri race suit sorry to say

• Ugh. Jos? Why do I have to look at his face...

• Every reference to Drive to Survive makes me twitch lmao. Like, they're becoming self aware!

• I appreciate their mild yet obvious disapproval of how Guenther treats Grosjean

• Sad Daniel ☹

• Pierre just said there were only four overtakes in the 2018 race?? Yikes

• I don't care if Ferrari was cheating I get Seb and Lewis in interviews together from week one!

• Knife, butter, and jam! Delightful little way to remember the tire compounds (though one of the first pieces of F1 content I intentionally consumed was a podcast episode literally just about tires, so I do at least get the tires)

• Heyyyyy Valterri!

• Ugh, such a bummer for Daniel. I knew that this race didn't go well but 😕

• Did they even mention this Kubica person on DtS?

• Get OUT of the car Carlos!!! OUT!!! JFC. NOW PLEASE!!!!

• I keep thinking the silver Mercs are AlphaTauri when they ride along but AlphaTauri was still Toro Rosso and they were ugly happy meal cars

• Turn 3 does not seem the place to do it, kids

• I'm sure they could mention again that Lando is a teenager, if they tried

• Dislike having to root for a Red Bull but then I love Pierre 🥺

• Why do they keep cutting to Jos? Dislike

• This race is less than inspiring

• Maybe the final ten or so laps here will be fun, the long game playing out

• Or not

• The post-race was sweet. Love to see Valterri happy and Lewis supportive from second

f1tv to mute recaps

[dearsenna]

Australian Grand Prix of 2019 ∟ Lewis Hamilton

[reachle]

Melbourne

Pizza Pizza Pizza is one of those great little bars hidden down an alley. It looks like a tiny pizza place, but you walk through the “refrigerator” and it’s a super cool bar!

The bathrooms were pretty rad too.

[lordofnarwhals]

June 2019 trip to Australia. (part 1/14) Views from the flight there.

[umgeorge]

george russell signing autographs on media day, australia - march 14, 2019 📷 jerry andre / motorsport images

[umgeorge]

george russell with a helmet squish before practice, australia - march 15, 2019 📷 mark sutton / motorsport images