Seems like Kimi himself did not feel comfortable getting handed down the position back.
I think despite not popular decision, it's still the right decision to demote Max from the podium because as per the rule you cannot gain an advantage by going all 4 wheels outside of the track which unfortunately he did when he overtook Kimi.

As for Max fan, yeah I don't think there's any hardcore Max fan here who is actively participating with us in the F1 thread. I like Max but I'm not a true fan of any current driver actually, just a fan of F1 in general. 

sorry I know it is not related here but deng I want 2 do some track testing drive one day in the off season  

now I am in my 4th month self employed and I project I can afford the hire purchase in 2 years time being early 30s  

https://www.carlist.my/recon-cars/2014-niss...c-unreg/4138266

anyone like 2 be my guest on the passenger seat  

boring race at the front

but some good action midfield

As long as i can stream races for free... I will kept watching. Haha

Seems like TR running fine with Honda engine.. Really interesting to see if they can outperform McLaren. Haha

I actually felt honda engine is not that bad. It performed nicely on dyno, just that when it bolted to the chassis, all problems came out. Might be communication break down between both party... But it is really unfair to put all the blame to honda.

Final combined test times
1. Sebastian Vettel GER Scuderia Ferrari 1:17.182 (H) T2D3
2. Kimi Raikkonen FIN Scuderia Ferrari + 0.039s (H) T2D4
3. Fernando Alonso ESP McLaren F1 Team + 0.602s (H) T2D4
4. Daniel Ricciardo AUS Aston Martin Red Bull Racing + 0.865s (H) T2D2
5. Carlos Sainz Jr. ESP Renault Sport Formula One Team + 0.910s (H) T2D4
6. Kevin Magnussen DEN Haas F1 Team + 1.178s (SS) T2D3
7. Pierre Gasly FRA Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda + 1.181s (H) T2D3
8. Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport + 1.218s (US) T2D2
9. Romain Grosjean FRA Haas F1 Team + 1.230s (US) T2D4
10. Valtteri Bottas FIN Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport + 1.378s (US) T2D2
11. Nico Hulkenberg GER Renault Sport Formula One Team + 1.493s (H) T2D3
12. Stoffel Vandoorne BEL McLaren F1 Team + 1.673s (H) T2D3
13. Brendon Hartley NZL Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda + 1.767s (H) T2D4
14. Esteban Ocon FRA Sahara Force India F1 Team + 1.785s (H) T2D4
15. Charles Leclerc MON Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team + 1.936s (H) T2D4
16. Sergey Sirotkin RUS Williams Martini Racing + 2.007s (S) T2D4
17. Marcus Ericsson SWE Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team + 2.062s (H) T2D3
18. Robert Kubica POL Williams Martini Racing + 2.447s (SS) T2D3
19. Sergio Perez MEX Sahara Force India F1 Team + 2.452s (H) T2D3
20. Max Verstappen NED Aston Martin Red Bull Racing + 2.660s (S) T2D3
21. Lance Stroll CAN Williams Martini Racing + 2.782s (S) T2D4
22. Nikita Mazepin RUS Sahara Force India F1 Team + 8.446s (M) T1D1

Yeah Williams is apparently struggling and FI doesn't look as good as last year. Renault & Haas seem the best out of the midfield with TR pretty decent too. Haas with Kevin times using just the SS tire looks pretty promising.

Ferrari also  achieved their best times after using hyper softs on qualifying simulation runs. Analysts said Merc has the best long run pace as shown by Bottas race simulation laps where his fastest laps were faster than Ferrari and the rest by over 1 secs! Merc did not even bother to bring the hyper softs for this test.

I actually didn't like the Schumy era. When still got Hakkinen challenging was still ok but after that was bad. Then only became good again after Alonso won. RB dominated era actually not as bad as Schumy era in terms of competition, coz at least got Alonso and Hamilton stealing a few wins here & there. To me Schumy era was the worse, coz full of cheating and controversy.

Can anyone lemme know any alternatives watching F1 live?

I've cancel my Astro with sport subscription and now looking for alternatives way such as streaming. Any good streaming site?

For unifi Hypptv which sport channel do the F1 broadcast to?

I watched the interview just for that... But didn't happened. Haha

Yeah exactly, I was already anticipating that Seb would fire back with stinging joke at Ham but surprisingly he did not! Maybe he decided to be classy and just did not want to rub the salt in the wound.

What do you guys think of Saturday sprint race for F1? I'm all for it but they would still need to determine the sprint race grid position with qualifying on Friday. Then there's the case of engine + gearbox lifetime, should allow for more allocation per season.

http://www.planetf1.com/news/formula-1-con...for-qualifying/

wow williams last!

madmax crash

and gasly in 6th!!! and start 5th after hamilton penalty

camne ni alonzo..lol

That Ferrari pit guy punya kaki..ouch

Once again Kimi got screwed

ermmmm 4th place a honda..LOL!!!!

how lah alonzo how now lol

demm full of details. yeah iceman always didn't have luck since with mclaren. only have best luck renault last period. hahaha

The thing is Vettel is faster when it matters i.e. raceday. too often kimi is slower on some stints of the race or throughout the whole race. I think he is just racing for the pay cheque, no motivation to win and accepted his no2 role in Ferrari.