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The Formula 1 2015 Season |OT| Formula E Feeder Series
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brotkasten
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I'm sure Sauber had a fantastic weekend...
nature boy
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Alonso down one. If of course they can't repair it.
Elvin Atombender
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Great work by the Sauber-team and both their drivers today.
They've had quite a difficult week - no running in FP1, Ericssons car broke in FP2 and he had brake-problems yesterday. Nasr fifth in his first ever race and Ericsson got his first points in F1 as well.
They've had quite a difficult week - no running in FP1, Ericssons car broke in FP2 and he had brake-problems yesterday. Nasr fifth in his first ever race and Ericsson got his first points in F1 as well.
JadedWriter
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Nice win, but I want other teams to compete
I wouldn't hold my breath.
From near DNS on Friday to 3rd in constructors after first race, yeah that was a thrill ride for them
bobnowhere
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I suspect Wolfe would then take Williams to court. I imagine she turns up every weekend for a reason and with a stack full of cash attached.
Formula E highlights from Miami look more exciting than the F1 race today: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=921619264544622
Court over what? Williams will pick the driver that will score them the most points and she's just their test driver.
Edit: Unless they can somehow find someone better they will probably get GP3 champion Alex Lynn to drive.
Indeed. All she can do is be royally pissed off.
30yearsofhurt
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Yep it's gonna be a very boring year...
Incidentally, as much as I like to see McLaren suffer does anyone know what's allowed in term of engine developments this year? I recall there was some kerfuffle because Honda was allowed to release revisions while Renault and Ferrari weren't. Is that the case?
Incidentally, as much as I like to see McLaren suffer does anyone know what's allowed in term of engine developments this year? I recall there was some kerfuffle because Honda was allowed to release revisions while Renault and Ferrari weren't. Is that the case?
Yeah, he was a pure collateral damage today
So many cars...
Souldestroyer Reborn
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What a race. All the meme's were there.
McLaren blowing up before the race even starts.
Crashdonaldo crashing on the first lap.
Mercedes miles from everyone else.
McLaren being terrible.
The only uncertain thing that happened today was Sauber being......good.
Although even more surprising was seeing Button actually finish the race
Lol. Okay that one caught me off guard
McLaren blowing up before the race even starts.
Crashdonaldo crashing on the first lap.
Mercedes miles from everyone else.
McLaren being terrible.
The only uncertain thing that happened today was Sauber being......good.
Although even more surprising was seeing Button actually finish the race
Lol. Okay that one caught me off guard
nature boy
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And the pic we all wanted to see
Honda used a token to make a single change, by replacing the entire engine with the Merc one.
Edit: Too many people to feel sorry for this race, too. Mostly Verstappen and (somehow?!) Maldonado. And Grosjean (did anyone notice that on the grid preview, at least at the circuit, it said Romain ROSBERG?). Must've had some Renault parts still installed in the Lotus.
Souldestroyer Reborn
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Baka Sempai
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Ok, last season i was definitely cheering for hamilton, but really, this season .... get out of the way, let someone else win.
I'd be so in for a battle between vettel and rosberg.
I'd be so in for a battle between vettel and rosberg.
in my 20+ years of watching F1 i never once fell asleep during the race and was absolutely fine with it afterwards.. Halfway through the race i decided it just wasn't worth my time anymore.
what an absolute bore fest that was..
Pre-season testing needs to be expanded to at least double the dates.. It's obvious that basically half the field has come to Australia with barely working cars.. FIA needs to stop this shit of constantly changing rules where teams can't catch up to the regulations fast enough to make a working car in 3 months time... what little i watched today was an embarrassment to the sport only topped by the 6 car race in 2005. If you add to that the Sauber driver Line up issue.. i doubt i have seen a more chaotic start to a season than this one.
what an absolute bore fest that was..
Pre-season testing needs to be expanded to at least double the dates.. It's obvious that basically half the field has come to Australia with barely working cars.. FIA needs to stop this shit of constantly changing rules where teams can't catch up to the regulations fast enough to make a working car in 3 months time... what little i watched today was an embarrassment to the sport only topped by the 6 car race in 2005. If you add to that the Sauber driver Line up issue.. i doubt i have seen a more chaotic start to a season than this one.
Daffy Duck
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That was a boring race!
Says it all when you hardly see the person in first.
The best bit was the podium interview with Arnie, that was awesome.
Says it all when you hardly see the person in first.
The best bit was the podium interview with Arnie, that was awesome.
Again, I don't understand how testing is the issue here.
We had no fewer pre-season testing days than we had had in the previous four or five years and everyone has been fine up to this race. If lack of testing was the problem, then why did the three least-tested cars that actually started the race (one McLaren, two Force Indias) make it to the chequered flag just fine?
The biggest issues responsible for the lack of finishers today were the lack of money in the sport (Manor, Caterham) and the fact that both Renault and Honda have unreliable engines at this stage of the season. Everything on the Mercedes and Ferrari front look just fine - the only reason Raikkonen retired was because of a wheel hub issue, after all.
I'm glad missed this one, might as well skip the rest of the season, watching a car on rails winning every race and the rest 30+ seconds off the pace racing for scraps is not what I call fun or interesting to watch, perhaps this is the best TV show for the British, for the real F1 fans this is a boring fest bigger than the Kilimanjaro.
i wouldn't call Ferrari fine.. under normal circumstances being more than 1 second behind the fastest car would make you a middle of the field car and not the best of the rest.. their apparent "success" is a product of the absolute failure of the rest of the field. Ferrari moved nowhere from last season. Everyone else just got way worse.
The lack of money is one thing sure, but that has always been an issue especially with smaller teams.. But what could be the cause for big engine suppliers like Renault and Honda failing to deliver working engines?? to me the obvious answer is the constant rule changing by the FIA coupled with the strict testing rules that won't allow even the manufacturers to properly test the engines until 1-2 month before the first race.
Basically these cars are nothing but prototypes for the next season because they can't make big enough changes to properly improve the car to a competitive standard and
on top of that have to hope that the current set of regulations are still the standard for next season. And if not, basically start from scratch because the car they kept developing and spend money for throughout the season is for the most part worthless when it comes to developing the next one.
Great result for me, but boring race. Great for Mercedes to get both cars in the points while Ferrari, Williams and Red Bull couldn't.
Losing Bottas didn't help as a 3 way with him Vettel and Massa would have been nice. Even Kimi had he not got knocked back so early.
On Maldonado, only seen it once so not sure if he could have just not turned in or if he was hit. On first watching it seemed like he turned in more than he needed to at that time in the race. Sad to see Grosjean have to retire too.
McLaren were a surprise frankly, I didn't think they'd get to the end or be as fast as that. Some nice work by JB to keep the car going and fighting with Perez.
Oddly it seems that Christian Horner thinks that a virtual safety car will bunch the pack up? To my knowledge, under a VSC everyone will at the same time be forced to lap at a set pace, meaning nobody can gain or lose time unless they pit.
Best podium interviews ever.
According to the sporting regulations, its 4 per driver.
http://www.formula1.com/content/fom.../inside-f1/rules-regs/Power_Unit_and_ERS.html
So Fernando will get to run one less race with his 4 engines.
Well that would all depend on her contract with Williams. If it says that she will be the first replacement in case of the main drivers not being able to participate then she'll have to get the seat. Since she was given some testing time it only makes sense that she would be the one as she'll know the cars systems better than anyone else.
Losing Bottas didn't help as a 3 way with him Vettel and Massa would have been nice. Even Kimi had he not got knocked back so early.
On Maldonado, only seen it once so not sure if he could have just not turned in or if he was hit. On first watching it seemed like he turned in more than he needed to at that time in the race. Sad to see Grosjean have to retire too.
McLaren were a surprise frankly, I didn't think they'd get to the end or be as fast as that. Some nice work by JB to keep the car going and fighting with Perez.
Oddly it seems that Christian Horner thinks that a virtual safety car will bunch the pack up? To my knowledge, under a VSC everyone will at the same time be forced to lap at a set pace, meaning nobody can gain or lose time unless they pit.
Best podium interviews ever.
According to the sporting regulations, its 4 per driver.
http://www.formula1.com/content/fom.../inside-f1/rules-regs/Power_Unit_and_ERS.html
So Fernando will get to run one less race with his 4 engines.
Well that would all depend on her contract with Williams. If it says that she will be the first replacement in case of the main drivers not being able to participate then she'll have to get the seat. Since she was given some testing time it only makes sense that she would be the one as she'll know the cars systems better than anyone else.
I think that even if we go back to V8, Mercedes would still be the force to beat. They have such insane advantage that I think that only massive rule change will dethrone them. And with their mechanical expertise, they would be back in the game quite soon.
Bottas DNS today could be quite beneficial later in season, when engine fatigue will kick in
Lewis is 5 wins behind Vettel and 7 behind his idol
Bottas DNS today could be quite beneficial later in season, when engine fatigue will kick in
Lewis is 5 wins behind Vettel and 7 behind his idol
Doh how did I miss that!
Oh well, Both are going to have to take penalties anyway so its not exactly a surprise.
I honestly can't decide what's the worst part of this gif, the fact that's 35MB for 5 seconds of footage, or the fact that it's 35MB and the tit that made it had the audacity to watermark it as if he was doing the world a favor.
Wax Free Vanilla
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The engine was running at 50% power range according to Arai plus ers problems, things will get much better, McLaren will win grand prix this season.
The guy must have a lot of pride.
captainraincoat
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Just got back from watching this race and im glad that im not the only one thinking it was a boring race to watch.....the crowd was absolutely dead where i was sitting and apart from the odd cheers for Ricardo going past many people were leaving by about lap 35 as once everyone got their stops out of the way it was all over.
Some observations from the track
The race also seemed pretty small with all the cars that got knocked out before the race
The Mercs sounded and looked in another class...their cornering was smooth the engines sounded nice and the gear changes were also quick and crisp
One thing i noticed about the other cars is how the engines sometimes bottomed out
or backfired up-shifting causing the cars to jolt...(noticed this on riccardios car)
Vettels Ferrari was also doing this and he almost touched the wall on the pit straight because of it
The Saubers put in a shit load of laps in practice and seemed consistent
Arnold needs to ease off the tanning bed...
Some observations from the track
The race also seemed pretty small with all the cars that got knocked out before the race
The Mercs sounded and looked in another class...their cornering was smooth the engines sounded nice and the gear changes were also quick and crisp
One thing i noticed about the other cars is how the engines sometimes bottomed out
or backfired up-shifting causing the cars to jolt...(noticed this on riccardios car)
Vettels Ferrari was also doing this and he almost touched the wall on the pit straight because of it
The Saubers put in a shit load of laps in practice and seemed consistent
Arnold needs to ease off the tanning bed...
Don't let the door hit you on the way out Marko!
Have to say, Red bUll always appear to be the most childish team regardless of how well they are doing. Toys and prams are forever parting ways.
EDIT: Regarding Susie Wollf
http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/2...liams-have-slipped-behind-a-resurgent-ferrari
Dutch Gronk
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Poor Toto would be very worried if his miss would race. I think that he would turn to Petronas green that day.
Wax Free Vanilla
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lol
LoveCake
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It's going to be one of those seasons by the looks of it
When Brawn were winning nearly every race they were the underdogs & it was a true success story from a basically bankrupt team, thus it was still interesting to watch because of the story behind the team.
When Schumacher was winning all the time in the Ferrari, even though everyone knew he was going to win, it was like watching Dick Dastardly race & there was always something interesting, either there was a furor over something Ferrari or Schumacher had done or people were mesmerized by the perfect driving machine putting in a perfect performance.
When Brawn were winning nearly every race they were the underdogs & it was a true success story from a basically bankrupt team, thus it was still interesting to watch because of the story behind the team.
When Schumacher was winning all the time in the Ferrari, even though everyone knew he was going to win, it was like watching Dick Dastardly race & there was always something interesting, either there was a furor over something Ferrari or Schumacher had done or people were mesmerized by the perfect driving machine putting in a perfect performance.
EarsOfASnake
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It's going to be one of those seasons by the looks of it
When Brawn were winning nearly every race they were the underdogs & it was a true success story from a basically bankrupt team, thus it was still interesting to watch because of the story behind the team.
When Schumacher was winning all the time in the Ferrari, even though everyone knew he was going to win, it was like watching Dick Dastardly race & there was always something interesting, either there was a furor over something Ferrari or Schumacher had done or people were mesmerized by the perfect driving machine putting in a perfect performance.
Whoa, let's not get crazy in here.
Overall a disappointing start to the season and it's shocking how unprepared a lot of the teams are. There could be some interesting battles between Williams and Ferrari for 3rd but I am not looking forward to another season of Merc domination.
The first race is always crazy. There will be better ones ahead.
Hamilton was beautifully controlling the gap to Rosberg. Still it seemed like he couldn't really get rid of him. They also looked very friendly all weekend. I reckon it will turn ugly again when one driver is uncomfortably behind in the points.
Hamilton was beautifully controlling the gap to Rosberg. Still it seemed like he couldn't really get rid of him. They also looked very friendly all weekend. I reckon it will turn ugly again when one driver is uncomfortably behind in the points.