The whole thing is a bit silly tbh. Merc and their tyre engineer said the tyres were ok when they were put on the car in the blanket, but the fia said they were not ok at the start of the race. Rob at Williams has said tyres do not lose much pressure when out the blanket. But the rules state the amount of pressure at a certain temp, as the tyres were not at that temp when the pressure was taby marcl - F1
I do not think it will shake it up as much as people think tbh, they will just talk about it out the car in practise sessions. If anything I could mean what happened in the last two races does not happen again as Ferrari and Williams will not get perfect starts.by marcl - F1
Not sure what is changing then, Wolf said they spent too much time practising the starts for Spa rather than working on the ones they currently have. Someone on another forum seems to think it was the aborted start that caused Merc the problems this time as at the restart not everything was fully charged, ive not read that anywhere else though on anything official. I find it hard to believe tby marcl - F1
Great race and happy a Ferrari won, seems fitting tbh. Lewis has one of his silly races and Nico must be kicking himself. He should have played it safe and thought of the long game rather than risk throwing away points. For Lewis to actually extend his lead after that type of drive by him was a bonus. Lewis had a poor race yet his move on Massa and Dan R were out standing. Merc startby marcl - F1
From China I think we could see the car does handle well and has a lot of grip, the top end speed is not bad either its just pulling away which seems to be where they are missing out and once they turn stuff up I think they will be with the Williams and rbr pack. At the moment they seem to use the same power setting for both race and quali which is why they drop back but can then race cars neaby marcl - F1
gav Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think Rosberg is right in that Hamilton was > deliberately going slower than he could have been, > given how much they pulled away from Vettel in the > first stint, then apparently backed them both into > Vettel's range in the second stint. How much time > Hamilton had kept in his tyres at the enby marcl - F1
Was a good race really happy Merc did not win tbh. Nico showed yet again that he cannot work things out for himself and needs a lot of info from his team. Yet again beaten by Lewis and not even second on the grid, plus he let Vettel pass far too easy. Vettel was fantastic just got on with it and never made a mistake the whole race, I think we was in control from the start really knowing heby marcl - F1
No car looked that great today, Merc and kimi did seem to be able to get the power on where others were just struggling. Also can really see where Vettel is having problems, his throttle control is not that good so that could be way these engine do not suit him. Nico R did not look good and Lewis with only a few laps was able to beat his time with no problem. This was a track Nico did notby marcl - F1
Have to admit as soon as I heard about Manor racing I had a feeling Kobayashi would end up in the car.by marcl - F1
An SSD drive is only any good for reads that are in order, you will only see a benefit on booting up the PC you will not get a huge benefit from it running games. Save the money on the SSD and put it towards a powerful PC. I know people are saying get the i5 but at work we have noticed a real benefit of the i7 compared to the i5, I would say for games get the i7. Sorry have seen you haveby marcl - Off-Topic
Back then though they could test and they had more chance to develop the engine. I think McLaren need to take some of the blame with Honda tbh, they went for tight packaging and maybe they should have played it a bit safer this year just so Honda could get upto speed. Maybe as well Honda should forget trying to stick to the 4 engine limit and just go for it.by marcl - F1
I am really happy for them, even before this I wanted them to do well always thought they done a better job than Caterham. Would be great if they could nick a point in the first race, cannot see McLaren getting to the end so all they would need is a few more to drop out.by marcl - F1
I was talking about the outside of the car, from the pictures I saw it did not look much different apart from the front. They have said it will change a lot when they get back to the Europe races.by marcl - F1
Looks like all Force India have done is make changes to last years car like Manor are having to do. Wow Nico R put on softs 1:22.by marcl - F1
Yeah I cannot see them making the 107% but that does not mean much tbh as long as they are not miles away from it. Interested to know who the second driver will be, you could say any driver going there will be mad. I always thought they done a good job with the budget they had. Ferrari also had an engine that used a lot more fuel and this could still be what is holding them back.by marcl - F1
From what people are saying Merc have a bigger advantage than they did last year. Merc have not even done a low fuel run yet. Ferrari look fast but on race sims they are not, they are not even close. They seem to be better than last year though which is good. But yeah it does seem to be Merc, Williams/RBR again.by marcl - F1
I think many of us went with what Vettel said and what Vettel said was not correct. Alonso was not going in a straight line and turn right, he went off after running wide. As you said the car hit the wall at a strange angle and he took the full impact.by marcl - F1
What is going on with Alonso, why is he still in hospital? The crash was not meant to be that bad and he was not hurt yet had to be sedated. Many are saying he got an electric shock but McLaren are saying a gust of wind blew him off track. Vettel said he was going slower than normal and just turned right into the wall. Its all very strange.by marcl - F1
Apparently they won't be allowed to run the 2014 car so they cannot take part, huge blow to them and there is no way they can get the 2015 built. Turns out only Force India blocked it.by marcl - F1
I think it was a case the new engines wont fit the old cars, that was mentioned when Caterham were saying they might run with the 2014 car so I assume it will be the same with Manor. McLaren have denied they are involved with this. Catherham have now gone all their stuff is up for sale.by marcl - F1
The problem with them running the 2014 is it will be way too slow and probably not even get within the quali time needed.by marcl - F1
The reason for my views is that Merc and Ferrari did not have that many problems and both were competing in F1 at the same time as building new engines. Honda have had a whole year and a half to get this engine ready and all their systems. Yes I know it takes time etc but for me this has gone a lot worse than I thought it would, its just my view. Its also harder for them only having one teby marcl - F1
I just feel it should have gone better than it has, Honda have had long enough to get ready for this and tbh I expected them to at least be able to test properly just like most Merc teams were able to last year. They should not need a learning year both Honda and McLaren should be able to hit the ground running and at least be up there in the top 10 for the first race.by marcl - F1
McLaren must be worried now, it is getting better but there really is not long left to get these problems fixed. Honda really could have done with a second team.by marcl - F1
Things do not sound so good at Force India, it would be such a shame if they are not able to complete the year or build and develop the car. Testing so far has been interesting, Ferrari do really seem to have made huge gains but as always this is testing and Jerez is not the best place to actually find out a good car from an average one. Merc are probably holding back, but if they are not tby marcl - F1
When I first saw the Sauber I did think it was a GP2 car lol. The merc is a very nice evolution of last years carby marcl - F1
The new Merc has been leaked by Merc I also really hope that this is not true but we could be about to lose Force India, Renault might buy them and Lotus are in trouble due to the fuel price drop. ?by marcl - F1
Laton Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That's lovely! Just as long as it doesn't look too > much like a MidlandSpyker on track. > > QUESTION: why have we still got these @#$%& stupid > penis noses? I also thought that had to go with the merc and Ferrari way so I was also shocked to still see these.by marcl - F1
The final test whoever won the final had to go and do publicity events so that's why Lewis did not test.by marcl - F1