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Mercedes were/are afraid of Red Bull beating them if they get the same engine. No some bad press or accusations.

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A few years back there was a shot of Newey, Seb and someone else talking and Brundle in commentary said "there is the highest paid man in F1" then backed it up with "I am not talking about Sebastian Vettel" By coincidence I was re-watching the Indian Grand Prix of 2013 today and came across this co...

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Alonso vs Kimi in 2014. I always thought Alonso would beat him but they way he destroyed Kimi surprised. I believe Kimi didn't beat him in a race where Alonso didn't suffer serious problems. Ricciardo vs Vettel in 2014. Expected Vettel to demolish him, especially when it initially appeared that RB a...

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Fernando Alonso reckons the 2016 Honda engine will be impossible for others to copy if its "unique" power unit ideas pay off. Does anybody know what these are? Let's just hope it's not a repeat of 2015. I don't know if the 2015 Honda PU was impossible to copy but it certainly was undesirable to cop...

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Alonso earned 161 points last year in the F14T, This year Kimi can only possibly get 160 if he wins at Abu Dhabi.

I admit, I lol'd.

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Renault have been incredibly poor with the V6, no two ways about it. I get why Red Bull are so tiddled with them. And for people saying that Red Bull are responsible for the engine as well - ha! Sure, they can lend a hand and help but ultimately it's Renault that builds it. If Red Bull builds a poor...

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moby wrote:So when and how could FI go for "historic team" status? They have been about as long as Red Bull, and if you count all the incarnations, as long as most others

As soon as they have very deep pockets.

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It's reaching to say that Button has had 5 trouble-free races in a row. I mean, he had a Honda engine at the back of his car.

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It's interesting to see that Lewis wants differing strategies but i'd bet my bottom dollar that if the shoe was on the other foot and it was Nico in his position that he'd cry foul that the strategy favoured the car in 2nd place. You have a short memory. There have been several occasions where Rosb...

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Well as I stayed up to watch my girl, Ronda Rousy get a beating last night I'm hoping Hamilton can whoop some a$$ today. Judging by wolfs comments though the team are more concerned that Rosberg gets the points today to fend off vettel. I don't see Hamilton playing the team game though so this coul...

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I was going to start a new thread but seeing as this one exists, I will ask my question here. I was on holiday for last years race so don't know if it was the same last year but I was wondering if the start time has changed? It starts at 16:00 GMT in the UK, I believe Sao Paulo is 5 hours behind GM...

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F1 in the UK is absurdly expensive, I have to say. I moved to Bulgaria for a job (for the next couple of years) and I'm paying 19 BGN for 90 mbps internet + ~200 channels (including F1, Premier League, Ligue 1, Italian Serie A, La Liga and a bunch of less prominent leagues like the Russian, Portugue...

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I can't believe the stewards would even look at this as some kind of infringement! The car is effectively disabled and is being 'managed' back to the pits. I suppose one could argue he gained a few tenths (seconds even) cutting corners, but that is far outweighed by the fact that he gained no TRACK...

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I really see no comparison between the two accidents. In Russia did a mega dive bomb back from Suzuka and took Bottas out. Today he turned in on him, Bottas had nowhere go (his right front and rear was even crossing the white line) and that was that. Kimi should have taken a wider line into that cor...

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Basically nico was marginal on tyre wear but they couldn't give lewis pref treatment so sounds like a nico ego boost move Do you have any evidence about that or is it your Lewis bias speaking here? Just as I start to warm up to Seb, he has this kind of race :-| No evidence. It's an opinion which I ...

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w1Y! wrote:Basically nico was marginal on tyre wear but they couldn't give lewis pref treatment so sounds like a nico ego boost move

Do you have any evidence about that or is it your Lewis bias speaking here?

Just as I start to warm up to Seb, he has this kind of race

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lewis is the best racer out there , niki lauda says so and now nigel Mansell says so and so do we all if we are completely honest- this is proberly the only way nico could win a world drivers championship is if lewis pisses nico off evey race weekend,lol Completely agree. And it's not like one of t...

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I think that If I were in Nico's place, right or wrong I would have told Hamilton that next time we were in the same situation, I would go through or we would both be off. Then, it may be a little to late now as Hamilton has nothing to lose and Nico has second in the table. Maybe he should have don...

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lewis is the best racer out there , niki lauda says so and now nigel Mansell says so and so do we all if we are completely honest- this is proberly the only way nico could win a world drivers championship is if lewis pisses nico off evey race weekend,lol Completely agree. And it's not like one of t...

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https://streamable.com/ugcb What was that about? Bradley Joyce sounded quite angry with Nico or was the "Shut up!" not aimed at him? Which I would find hard to believe. :? What the? I just hope it doesn't mean that his relationship with FI has deteriorated. He's still not confirmed for the 2016 sea...

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https://streamable.com/ugcb

What was that about? Bradley Joyce sounded quite angry with Nico or was the "Shut up!" not aimed at him? Which I would find hard to believe.

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w1Y! wrote:So why do merc havr more rear brake issues than others. It's always them

By memory: It was something with how good their PU was, allowing them to run slightly smaller rear brakes compared to other teams. But obviously when things go bad, the rear are one of the first casualties.

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Now I've seen it all.

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What caused Bottas' suspension damage? Did he have contact with someone?

I assume Massa's problems were because of the incident with Alonso?

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I think most of the field would have picked up at least 8 wins in this car. The other 8 races (so far), who knows, Ferrari have been strong enough to take 3 wins. If a driver had Nico's unreliability then we are talking about them needing just ONE spin out/ crash and Vettel is WDC. By the way, Nico...

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I think in qualy teams like Toro Rosso, Red Bull and possibly McLaren will have a decent chance for a good spot on the grid because of the technical part of the circuit but come Sunday, they'll be eaten alive by the likes of Williams and Force India (and possibly Lotus).

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It would be bad sportsmanship if it wasn't for this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6EpPJJ_ERc Regardless of your opinion of that it wasn't what lost Rosberg the race... Rosberg managed that all on his own So? Is this some kind of excuse for deliberately pushing your teammate off the track? "Oh, ...

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wire2004 wrote:did anyone time the lap. what you thinking lap time wise.

I read your post before watching the video so I timed it at 1.20.55

I'm expecting low 1.19s, maybe even mid-to-high 1.18s. If it's dry, of course.

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But there is a minimum time rule; Rule 40.5 I believe, and you are saying Hamilton was below delta (minimum time) which results in a penalty. 'Lewis was the real cause of the problem, he was driving much slower than delta'. So your example of Rosberg driving slower would result in a penalty and if ...

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How can you prefer a scenario where the whole field close up and the race completely corrupted than one where a few drivers gain a few seconds advantage? With the SC you know what you get. The strategy team sees that SC is out and they know how to react because they know how it will work. Sure, som...

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But there is a minimum time rule; Rule 40.5 I believe, and you are saying Hamilton was below delta (minimum time) which results in a penalty. 'Lewis was the real cause of the problem, he was driving much slower than delta'. So your example of Rosberg driving slower would result in a penalty and if ...

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My view is read a bit more about it elsewhere; particularly what Ricciardo says about the actual VSC warnings and Rosbergs actions. Try autosport. He has no issue with Hamilton in that piece. And doesnt mention Hamilton in the crashnet article. He doesn't mention Hamilton but Lewis was the real cau...

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My view is read a bit more about it elsewhere; particularly what Ricciardo says about the actual VSC warnings and Rosbergs actions. Try autosport. He has no issue with Hamilton in that piece. And doesnt mention Hamilton in the crashnet article. He doesn't mention Hamilton but Lewis was the real cau...

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Just found that on reddit. Looking at all those in one place - I'd say Hamilton is quite lucky he's a teammate of Rosberg otherwise I see a lot of crashes and potentially penalties coming his way.

Especially the Hungary '14 and USA '15 look pretty pretty brutal.

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There's not a driver on the grid who wouldn't win the title in that car, assuming they could beat their teammate - So doesn't that by default exclude half the grid? Well, no. You exclude only one guy - the worst on the grid. The second worst can still win the WDC if the worst driver is his teammate.

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yes but then the second driver would also be taking points off Vettel, like now. Vettel might well be second with a poorer driver than Nico in the other seat but OTOH both Merc drivers might also split the wins more evenly and be both way ahead of Seb. The title may not have been wrapped up by now ...

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Any driver in the Mercedes cars of the last two years would only have his team mate to worry about. Don't agree - Look at Vettel and Rosberg. If it wasn't for Hamilton, Rosberg would have won 10 races (instead of 3) and would have been miles ahead of Vettel. Not to mention that he's had worse relia...

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I can't wait to see Alonso v Button in a real fight (read: car and engine combo that is at least in the upper part of the midfielder. Right now, Alonso looks slightly ahead but every single race has its own specificity. Aero configs, running different engines, using different engine maps (for testin...

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http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/hamilton-insists-he-did-nothing-wrong-at-turn-1/ Despite Mercedes bosses Toto Wolff and Niki Lauda saying they intend to have words with Hamilton about what happened, the Briton is unmoved by the fact others are unhappy. "Everyone has a right to their own opinion, ...

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I don't have stats but before Alonso's engine gave up he was able to keep Perez behind him on the straights. I think Perez didn't have DRS at the time (as it was just after the VSC and before the VSC Alonso managed to quickly pull 1s+ gap) but they were on tyres of similar ages, I believe.

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