Impressions from someone who hasn't played since 2011

I haven't played F1 since I think it was the 2011 version, m '16 copy arrived today and I did the first race of my career on 50% with no assists.

Wow, what a difference to the last version I played. Too much throttle and round you go, I couldn't attack the kerbs without spinning. I have to say the braking is the best I have experienced in any game, somehow even through I'm using the pad I can feel when the inside wheel is about to lock going into a turn.

I started in a McLaren on hard difficulty (started on Legend but knocked it down when I was getting nowhere near the times needed in practice). Qualified 8th, finished 14th after two stopping when most people ended up stopping once. I think I need to look after my tyres more! Having said that Australia is never a good track for me so it will be interesting to see how I go on a track I'm more familiar with.

I had difficulty when the engineer suggested different strategies to me - I needed a longer straight to review - is there a way to do this in the pause menu?

All in all, great first race, no bugs that I saw, I'm hoping Codemaster have finally cracked it.