The 2015 Formula One Season
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LMAO!! That's got to be right up there with the very best. :D
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LMAO!! That's got to be right up there with the very best. :D
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/11/2015 11:01PM by EC83.
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Lol, I love that one.
GPGSL : Team Owner of 'Maverick Track Performance' (MTP)
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Lol, I love that one.
GPGSL : Team Owner of 'Maverick Track Performance' (MTP)
I'm going to do something daft and pre-empt the whole car launch and pre season testing period in sharing my speculation on the year ahead. Usually I'd wait until near the end of testing to get a general feel of the form.
Barring a few rule tweaks based more around aesthetics there seems to relatively few technical changes this year, although it seems that some limited in season engine development will be permitted. Pirelli also seem set to soften the tyre compounds which would increase mechanical grip and reduce lap times. Let's hope they don't become the main negative focal point for tyres which fall apart again.
Mercedes
Observers wearing sensible trousers would probably predict another year of dominance for Mercedes. They certainly seem to have everything in order to continue where they left off last year. The best technical resources combined with the best engine driven by a Lewis Hamilton who seems to have found his maturity and consistency. I sense he might have a larger edge over Rosberg from now on, although as a pair and with this package they are a formidable line up.
They ought to be odds on for the championship again, certainly if rumours are to be believed about the gains in power they've found for the power train.
Red Bull
Red Bull are at the end of their era of domination. Renault remain on the backfoot compared to Mercedes, Newey is taking a step back and Vettel has fled to ferrari, possibly smarting a little having been roundly up staged by Ricciardo. I think we can rely on the car being good, the strategy being sharp and the driving being top notch but it's clear that the team no longer hold the winning deck even if they try to behave like a political powerhouse.
They certainly lack the arsenal available to Mercedes and I think their form will be limited by Renault's inclination to close the gap to Mercedes. I'd never write Renault off, but Mercedes got a very strong start to the V6 era.
I think Ricciardo will again exploit the odd weakness in Mercedes and I'd be surprised if he doesn't win a race. Kyvat ought to stand on a few podiums but I sense he may have been promoted to RBR too soon.
Williams
This is going to be the real test of the of the Symmonds - Smedly structure. 2014 was better than anyone could have hoped for but the expectations for the future will now soar.
Quite simply they have to win races this year. Will they? Well who knows. But it ought to be possible if they can build upon the momentum gained during 2014. Bottas could be a star in the making and he showed some real moments of inspiration last year, his denfense of 2nd at Hockenheim and him almost taking the pole at Russia are amongst my favourites. Massa also came on strongly towards the end of the year and showed that given the right environment he could still win races.
One thing is for sure, they can't afford another 2013 style slump.
Ferrari
Ferrari have now pretty much sunk to their early 90's levels of political clusterfuckness. It's almost as though they've employed Alan Sugar to go round randomly pointing fingers at people chanting "your'e fired". It's no coincidence that they've also sunk to their early 90's depth of doldrums.
The Todt, Brawn, Bryne, Schumacher era could now be a life time away.
If they win anything this year, I'd be very surprised.
They ought to be embarrassed really, for the massive slice of F1 revenue they take before it's even shared out amongst other teams they still can't succeed.
McLaren
An new 'old' era for Mclaren, but if Ron thinks they're suddenly going to regain Prost - Senna levels of winningness, then he's not at his most 'optimum' these days. Good resources, awesome driver lineup but Honda have their work cut out to match Mercedes, and McLaren itself has spent the past two seasons dicking around struggling to beat Force India.
No, there'll be no magical instant dominance switch for you Mr Dennis.
However, some typically relentless over achieving by Alonso and some super smooth silky driving by Button will still see some giant killing results when the conditions suit.
Force India
This is a tidy team, to be the thorn in McLaren's side that they've been for the past couple of years has been good going. But they simply lack the resources to go any further forward.
I doubt we can really expect any more than the occasional podium born from good tyre management on an alternative strategy. It's really about time Hulkenberg got some results to match the quality of his performances.
Toro Roso
They have an excitingly young driver line up... But ultimately they can expect no more than the odd point here and there. The team isn't technically strong enough to compete with the rest on a consistent basis. Expect them to have a harder time beating Lotus and Sauber this time.
Lotus
There seems to an assumption from within that because they've switched to Mercedes power, they're simply going to bounce back to their 2012/13 form. But I doubt it. They lost a lot of good people into 2014 and the car was also as poor as the engine. I think they'll be in the midfield with Force India as I'd still expect them to do better than last year as Grosjean is classy enough to utilise a decent car effectively.. but Maldonaldo is Maldonaldo enough to score more crashes than points.
Sauber
Sorry, but Sauber are now the tailend Charlie. They're the new Minardi.
But they'll score more points than last year.
Manor & Caterham
Eeehm no.
Barring a few rule tweaks based more around aesthetics there seems to relatively few technical changes this year, although it seems that some limited in season engine development will be permitted. Pirelli also seem set to soften the tyre compounds which would increase mechanical grip and reduce lap times. Let's hope they don't become the main negative focal point for tyres which fall apart again.
Mercedes
Observers wearing sensible trousers would probably predict another year of dominance for Mercedes. They certainly seem to have everything in order to continue where they left off last year. The best technical resources combined with the best engine driven by a Lewis Hamilton who seems to have found his maturity and consistency. I sense he might have a larger edge over Rosberg from now on, although as a pair and with this package they are a formidable line up.
They ought to be odds on for the championship again, certainly if rumours are to be believed about the gains in power they've found for the power train.
Red Bull
Red Bull are at the end of their era of domination. Renault remain on the backfoot compared to Mercedes, Newey is taking a step back and Vettel has fled to ferrari, possibly smarting a little having been roundly up staged by Ricciardo. I think we can rely on the car being good, the strategy being sharp and the driving being top notch but it's clear that the team no longer hold the winning deck even if they try to behave like a political powerhouse.
They certainly lack the arsenal available to Mercedes and I think their form will be limited by Renault's inclination to close the gap to Mercedes. I'd never write Renault off, but Mercedes got a very strong start to the V6 era.
I think Ricciardo will again exploit the odd weakness in Mercedes and I'd be surprised if he doesn't win a race. Kyvat ought to stand on a few podiums but I sense he may have been promoted to RBR too soon.
Williams
This is going to be the real test of the of the Symmonds - Smedly structure. 2014 was better than anyone could have hoped for but the expectations for the future will now soar.
Quite simply they have to win races this year. Will they? Well who knows. But it ought to be possible if they can build upon the momentum gained during 2014. Bottas could be a star in the making and he showed some real moments of inspiration last year, his denfense of 2nd at Hockenheim and him almost taking the pole at Russia are amongst my favourites. Massa also came on strongly towards the end of the year and showed that given the right environment he could still win races.
One thing is for sure, they can't afford another 2013 style slump.
Ferrari
Ferrari have now pretty much sunk to their early 90's levels of political clusterfuckness. It's almost as though they've employed Alan Sugar to go round randomly pointing fingers at people chanting "your'e fired". It's no coincidence that they've also sunk to their early 90's depth of doldrums.
The Todt, Brawn, Bryne, Schumacher era could now be a life time away.
If they win anything this year, I'd be very surprised.
They ought to be embarrassed really, for the massive slice of F1 revenue they take before it's even shared out amongst other teams they still can't succeed.
McLaren
An new 'old' era for Mclaren, but if Ron thinks they're suddenly going to regain Prost - Senna levels of winningness, then he's not at his most 'optimum' these days. Good resources, awesome driver lineup but Honda have their work cut out to match Mercedes, and McLaren itself has spent the past two seasons dicking around struggling to beat Force India.
No, there'll be no magical instant dominance switch for you Mr Dennis.
However, some typically relentless over achieving by Alonso and some super smooth silky driving by Button will still see some giant killing results when the conditions suit.
Force India
This is a tidy team, to be the thorn in McLaren's side that they've been for the past couple of years has been good going. But they simply lack the resources to go any further forward.
I doubt we can really expect any more than the occasional podium born from good tyre management on an alternative strategy. It's really about time Hulkenberg got some results to match the quality of his performances.
Toro Roso
They have an excitingly young driver line up... But ultimately they can expect no more than the odd point here and there. The team isn't technically strong enough to compete with the rest on a consistent basis. Expect them to have a harder time beating Lotus and Sauber this time.
Lotus
There seems to an assumption from within that because they've switched to Mercedes power, they're simply going to bounce back to their 2012/13 form. But I doubt it. They lost a lot of good people into 2014 and the car was also as poor as the engine. I think they'll be in the midfield with Force India as I'd still expect them to do better than last year as Grosjean is classy enough to utilise a decent car effectively.. but Maldonaldo is Maldonaldo enough to score more crashes than points.
Sauber
Sorry, but Sauber are now the tailend Charlie. They're the new Minardi.
But they'll score more points than last year.
Manor & Caterham
Eeehm no.
And Manor are STILL beavering away trying to save the team. This weeks auctions have been postponed whilst last ditch talks with potential investors take place. Well that's tenacity for you.
I really hope they make it, even though it'd be with the 2014 car and drivers with more money than talent.
I really hope they make it, even though it'd be with the 2014 car and drivers with more money than talent.
F1 Racing has published the cover of his febuary mag. It seems that they got the exclusivity to publish the first images...
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Well, if it wasn't for the continued silliness re guarding the nose tips that'd be a damned good looking car. It's simply a good looking car with that though.
If it is, it's actually come from Williams as their own Facebook and Twitter feeds are also showing it. It isn't of these photoshops that wtf.f1 obsess over.
It's genuine, but just a rendered image.
The car itself will look very different when it eventually debuts.
Still no word for Williams on that.
Races: 163 - Wins: 23 - Pole Positions: 24 - Fastest Laps: 22
Season 9: Constructors' Champions
The car itself will look very different when it eventually debuts.
Still no word for Williams on that.
Races: 163 - Wins: 23 - Pole Positions: 24 - Fastest Laps: 22
Season 9: Constructors' Champions
It's...beautiful.
GPGSL: S6 - TafuroGP Tester (14th) /// S7 - ART Tester (6th) /// S8 - Demon Driver (13th) /// S9 - Demon/Snake Driver (13th) /// S10 - Snake Driver (???) ///]
"My ambition is handicapped by laziness" - Charles Bukowski
My word, that Force India livery is a nice one.
Credit to Force India for unveiling the MP4-20.
Races: 163 - Wins: 23 - Pole Positions: 24 - Fastest Laps: 22
Season 9: Constructors' Champions
Races: 163 - Wins: 23 - Pole Positions: 24 - Fastest Laps: 22
Season 9: Constructors' Champions
Right.
So Hass have reportedly confirmed that they will use the Marussia factory as their UK base, however they are not the 11th hour investor interested in rescuing the team.
Even Bernie Ecclestone has put his oar in now and stated that he thinks they have good chance of racing in Melbourne.
Right, so. Where are the cars going to be prepared from?
So Hass have reportedly confirmed that they will use the Marussia factory as their UK base, however they are not the 11th hour investor interested in rescuing the team.
Even Bernie Ecclestone has put his oar in now and stated that he thinks they have good chance of racing in Melbourne.
Right, so. Where are the cars going to be prepared from?
Nope, only the more prominent cock noses have been banned. Hence the change to both the Force India and the Williams.
Races: 163 - Wins: 23 - Pole Positions: 24 - Fastest Laps: 22
Season 9: Constructors' Champions
Races: 163 - Wins: 23 - Pole Positions: 24 - Fastest Laps: 22
Season 9: Constructors' Champions
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