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AwesomeDave

seems a lot of people are looking at that graph and seeing a huge Mercedes advantage, but that's just not the case, they have approximately 2% more power at the top of the rev range, of course thats nice to have, every n'th counts, but its no golden egg anymore. If the rest of the car wasn't at leas...

AwesomeDave

I noticed today the mclarens were pulling 308 kmh in the speed trap, the merc engined cars were at 329-334 kmh. 20 + kmh less top speed twice a lap for a few seconds, must amount to some serious lap time lost. So how much time are the Mclarens losing purely because of horsepower?, if they had a merc...

AwesomeDave

Malaysia

1. Hamilton
2. Rosberg
3. Kimi
4. Vettel
5. Massa
6. Bottas
7. Grosjean
8. Ricciardo
9. Maldonado
10. Verstappen

David

AwesomeDave

So Nico has invited Vettel to their friday briefing, to show he meant what he said about hoping Ferrari could close the gap to put on a better show..........................ok so lets say Vettel goes, what does it benefit Vettel or Ferrari ?

David

AwesomeDave

were mercedes driving in a conservative engine mode today, lewis pulled 1.4 seconds over vettel in 1 lap in quali 3.... but only 34 seconds over the whole race.

AwesomeDave

Despite how grim the situation appears at Mclaren, im kind of feeling they might just turn it around sooner rather than later. Jensons last lap was maybe a hint that there is much more to come from just being able to run at full power, if indeed that's what they did.?!?!? How did his 1.33.3 compare ...

AwesomeDave

Australia 2015

1. Rosberg
2. Hamilton
3. Massa
4. Raikkonen
5. Bottas
6. Vettel
7. Ricciardo
8. Grosjean
9. Verstappen
10. Hulkenberg

AwesomeDave

i thought it was a pretty darn good start tbh. only thing i thought was a bit rubbish was the pit stops, i think it would be much better if the 2nd car had a 2nd driver, so one car would drive in and release the next one. Ok they looked a bit slow some times but you don't need massive speed and powe...

AwesomeDave

just proves what i always thought tbh. F1 drivers are not gods at the wheel, they are not born with special talent or feel, they are just fortunate enough to be given all the chances to succeed, i think many people if given the same opportunites could pilot an F1 car just as quickly as the "hero's"...

AwesomeDave

i reckon i could crash like that and ive never driven an F1 car either....can i have a race seat too ?

that is such a dumb crash it makes you cringe

AwesomeDave

just proves what i always thought tbh. F1 drivers are not gods at the wheel, they are not born with special talent or feel, they are just fortunate enough to be given all the chances to succeed, i think many people if given the same opportunites could pilot an F1 car just as quickly as the "hero's" ...

AwesomeDave

im enjoying this year more than the last few, i guess it depends who you support...everyone who supports mercedes is probably very happy, just like red bull supporters for the last few years. I think the fact we have cars with wide gaps in performance spices it up because there's always plenty of ov...

AwesomeDave

i dunno who's fault it was ....but from 6 laps earlier when felipe was closing in on them rapidly i knew it would end only one way. The trouble was he couldn't pass vettel on the straights because vettel always had drs as well, and so massa could see the podium slipping away and it was all getting a...

AwesomeDave

another predictable monaco procession....every year some one crashes exactly like sutil did in the exact same place, every year we start to get excited when a driver is struggling and another is closing in fast and then every year we remember overtaking is either impossible or suicidal and then its ...

AwesomeDave

Not sure why, but i'm kind of expecting red bull to be closer in Barcelona, i think it takes away Mercedes advantage of long straights and high top speeds. I don't see the red bull as being any stronger on the aero side though...does anyone know ?, is red bulls car stronger on the aero than the Merc...

AwesomeDave

I thought F1 floors were top secret, like you the last thing any team would want is to let your competitors see your cars floor as it was a sensitive aero design....then i see the car that maldonado flipped and wondered what all the fuss was about, there's nothing to see, its just flat with the rubb...

AwesomeDave

was a memorable race, i too thought lewis would have to settle for 2nd after the safety car. To pull 24 seconds after the safety car was incredible, that cant be all down to the engine, they must have "the" complete package in the car. Im just gald nico and lewis are close enough in talent to be rac...

AwesomeDave

some great info and points , thank you folks.
I hope the next race is dry and on an equal playing field, then this question should answer itself to some degree.

AwesomeDave

Firstly i did look to see if this was discussed elsewhere, im sure it is but i couldn't find it. The Red bull looked much more competitive in the race than all through winter testing, i never expected them to be as bad as was being suggested, they are a champion outfit after all. Im just wondering f...

AwesomeDave

surely it can only mean moving a few things around for improved cooling, i would of thought most stuffs position was dictated by the engine and cant be easily changed.

AwesomeDave

i think alonso will beat kimi fair and square, kimis got good race pace but he seems to struggle with qualifying so he will always be starting 5 places down on his team mate, and against alonso your never going to pull that back.

AwesomeDave

could it not be that the new 1.6 engines actually are much more fuel efficient than the old v8's?, so even if they are starting with less fuel, they don't actually need as much fuel to run flat out , so they might still have enough fuel to run at race pace for every lap.? Also wont the ERS provide 2...

AwesomeDave

Don't even really need qually imo for exciting racing.....line the cars up on the grid in the reverse order that they finished the last race, which might be something like marussia's and caterhams at the front, red bulls and mercs at the back. It wouldn't hamper or favour anyone in particular, it wo...

AwesomeDave

Covalent wrote:How do you pronounce Red Bull RB10? "Red Bull are beaten"

ha ha, flippin well hope so.

AwesomeDave

vettel a second a lap faster .........what is the point .....i'm sure i can find some wet paint that needs watching while it dries some where.

AwesomeDave

good season for the merc team as a whole imo, good for lewis to beat nico but realistically there's only a fag paper between them imo.

AwesomeDave

i have watched f1 avidly since the early 90's, never missed a race no matter what time or where i was, this year i switched off 6-7 races back and haven't watched qualy or a race since. For the first time in my life im not interested, i get my wife to record the races but if vettel wins i just delet...

AwesomeDave

Drag and aero settings? I see! It was a stupid question then - for some reason I was assuming hitting the rev limiter meant you were at top speed, but not so? if they hit the rev limiter in top gear then they are at max speed, but the max speed can be changed by using longer gears, i.e, a top gear ...

AwesomeDave

thing is how will we know if mclaren do turn the car around and make it potentially a race winner, neither perez or button can truely exploit the car to its limits imo. lewis would have been dragging the car around by the scruff of its neck and scoring points, but the current drivers are not that go...

AwesomeDave

Steering column happening to fail at the exact same place where he binned it in practice? exactly...its nothing but b.s...imo something on the cars set up was either wrong or too close to the limits for that part of the track.......theres no way you get exactly the same accident twice without exact...

AwesomeDave

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AwesomeDave

well what a complete and utter load of rammel that was....were was the race exactly, everyone was just cruising to save the precious tyres. nobody was racing!, they should cancel the monaco cruise and do something respectable with the millions it costs .....like go to a proper " Race " track....you ...

AwesomeDave

myth....an F1 car could run upside down because it has so much down force....discuss!

AwesomeDave

why is the monaco gp so special ? I can think of a few reasons.... Its not actually a race, might as well be 24 trains on one set of tracks. For the sake of making deals and money, it is an event exempt from all the stringent safety requirements made mandatory for every other track. Despite very rec...

AwesomeDave

i think i might just wait and see

AwesomeDave

i think i might just wait and see

AwesomeDave

it seems a little hypocritical to talk about cost cutting in F1 but then use deliberately manufactured tyres that only last 10 laps...go figure!

AwesomeDave

what you need is 2 or 3 huge vacuum cleaners on wheels, that just drive a lap side by side and hey presto standing water gone. no point trying to just blow away standing water it will just roll back on the track, suck it up and dump it elsewhere. would be very easy to do.....goodness knows why they ...

AwesomeDave

i'll give it a few races but if it does turn into a 2011 season ill be turning off for the first time ever.

AwesomeDave

looks tightly packaged at the back , i.e engine and gearbox........or is that just me, how the hell do they fit everything in there !

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