High temperatures for first qualifying session of 2015

20 comments on “High temperatures for first qualifying session of 2015”

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   CountryGent (@countrygent)
   12th March 2015, 10:06

   On a track that is already a workout for the rear tyres, that could be interesting. For me, a discrepancy between practice and qualifying conditions would hand the advantage to Hamilton in the W06P1 category, whereas predicting anything in the F1P2 class is impossible at the moment.
2. 

   Blackmamba (@blackmamba)
   12th March 2015, 10:11

   FP1 is just a few hours away! Yeahhhh….
3. 

   Trido (@)
   12th March 2015, 10:20

   Uhhh, 29 isn’t that hot. That’s an Aussie summer.
   1. 

      Aaron
      12th March 2015, 11:06

      That’s a melbourne summer….. Not very representative of the rest of Australia which is much hotter!
      1. 

         gDog
         12th March 2015, 15:27

         Last year Melb had 4 (maybe 5) days in a row over 44. That was warm.
   2. 

      @HoHum (@hohum)
      12th March 2015, 22:07

      It is not really hot, but we are 2 weeks into autumn.
4. 

   Kazihno (@kazinho)
   12th March 2015, 10:46

   Interestingly, the warm temperatures are predicted to be felt for Saturday only. Friday and Sunday will be luck to break 20°C.

   Today (Thursday) saw a low of 16°C and a high of 19.9°C.

   The interesting thing about the forecast is the wind. Today the wind was from SSW around 15km/h gusting up to 35. Friday is expected to be the same, but Saturday the wind is expected to change direction (resulting in warmer weather) from the North. Sunday is expected to be the same conditions as Friday.

   We may have an unexpected qualifying result that doesn’t fit with what we see on Friday.
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   Little_M_Lo (@pezlo2013)
   12th March 2015, 11:16

   Lucky they don’t have to contend with when it gets to 40 degrees plus! If the race was in late Jan (which thankfully shouldn’t happen), good luck…
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   VMaxMuffin (@vmaxmuffin)
   12th March 2015, 11:24

   This year’s race will start at 4pm local time which is one hour earlier than last year. The change follows a recommendation made in the wake of Jules Bianchi’s crash during last year’s Japanese Grand Prix that races should not start “less than four hours before either sunset or dusk”. Sunset is due around 7:45pm on Sunday.

   7:45-4:00 = 3:45 <4:00 so they refuse to follow even their own safety recommendations in favour of better European viewing times? Wow.

   Admittedly it shouldn’t be a problem because the race is unlikely to be under red flag for 2 hours, but still – they make a new guideline for the purposes of improving safety and they don’t take it seriously?
   1. 

      Patrick (@paeschli)
      12th March 2015, 11:45

      To be honest I’m happy it’s isn’t 2 hours earlier than last year. Waking up a at 6 am in the weekend is already hard enough :P
   2. 

      Keith Campbell (@keithedin)
      12th March 2015, 12:40

      Yeah i spotted the obvious flaw there too… Giving them the benefit of the doubt on this occassion, perhaps it was deemed too close to the race event to change the start time given many would already have made their travel arrangements. Or maybe they just like contradicting themselves, who knows.
   3. 

      MattB (@mattb)
      12th March 2015, 13:01

      COTD for me. F1 all over.
   4. 

      Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
      12th March 2015, 16:29

      @vmaxmuffin “Sunset or dusk” is presumably the key phrase here.
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         Mike Dee (@mike-dee)
         13th March 2015, 8:51

         @vmaxmuffin @keithcollantine

         And dusk is not a very precise definition. If I recall correctly, there are three types of dusk: civil, nautical and astronomical, which are defined by different angles of the sun below the horizon…

         I just checked, and the relevant angles are -6°, -12° and -18°. For Sunday, the relevant local times in Melbourne are:

         Sunset: 19:40
         Civil Dusk: 20:07
         Nautical Dusk: 20:37
         Astronomical Dusk: 21:09

         By starting the race at 16:00, they are early enough to be within their own recommendations regarding dusk (whatever the definition) but not sunset.
   5. 

      George (@george)
      12th March 2015, 18:08

      It’s well overdue that they made this change at Melbourne, the drivers have been complaining about it for years. The FIA are fortunate that there were other causes behind Bianchi’s crash really, if it had been put down to poor light conditions they would have had serious questions to answer.
7. 

   Sean
   12th March 2015, 12:00

   29 degrees is considered normal for us in Malaysia..haha…we even averaged at 30-32 degrees
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   Tristan (@skipgamer)
   12th March 2015, 13:17

   Take Melbourne weather forecasts with a big pinch of salt, it’s super common for forecasts to change for the day ahead, or even throughout the day, especially trying to predict what time specifically rain will come on any day is more or less a fools errand. The “four seasons in a day” can strike at any time!

   That being said here’s hoping for a dry qually/race so the performance of the cars can be gauged well :)
9. 

   Moryc
   12th March 2015, 20:21

   It is reported that it is especially hot in the Sauber garage.
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      @HoHum (@hohum)
      12th March 2015, 22:10

      And yet also so cool as to be almost frigid.
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    Toxic (@)
    12th March 2015, 21:39

    Yeah weather forecast for Melbourne…. will see. I was at the track for the past two years and the weather was awful, now when I decided not to go you say that it will be ok? I really doubt it.

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