Yeah I don't know what to make of McLaren. There's no doubt in my mind Honda can make a power plant, but they clearly have had a number of problems along the way.
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Yeah I don't know what to make of McLaren. There's no doubt in my mind Honda can make a power plant, but they clearly have had a number of problems along the way.
who knows what will happen.
the good news is they are with a team that can make a good car. last time they came back i felt like it was destined to fail. even with the one win they had.
Here we go again then. Great to see Alonso and Bottas back. Both arguably the better drivers in their respective teams.
Lewis had issues in practice, but despite hardly running was able to put in the best time.
Just hope we have a better race than last time out. 11 finishers and a few places decided by the wheel changing guys.
Lewis had issues in practice, but despite hardly running was able to put in the best time.
Just hope we have a better race than last time out. 11 finishers and a few places decided by the wheel changing guys.
He certainly hasn't traded up has he. I hope Ferrari can mix it up with the Mercs tomorrow but I won't hold my breath. Lewis looked in charge all through qualifying. Even the rain and traffic couldn't stop him.
I just hope Honda can start to make progress quickly. It's not right to see the McLarens with their two world champions mixing it up at the back.
Hopefully a bit of rain tomorrow might spice things up.
Was thinking the same thing. The grass isn't always greener you know. I think he felt that he had given them a couple of years to get things right and it was just time to move on. I'll follow Alonso wherever he goes and I've always rooted for Ferrari. I'll still root for Ferrari....Kimi that is. Show times here in the "colonies" is way to early in the am or Sunday at 1530. I'll have to stay off the net til then. Go Alonso! Lets have some racing tomorrow fellas.
Maybe it was Alonso who was holding the team back? With Vettel in the car, they are suddenly able to win a race...
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I'm not sure Alonso was building the car! This years model is much better than last years. Even straight line speed is significantly better.
That said I think both drivers did well. I'd have been interested to see how Kimi would have got on without the traffic yesterday in Q2 and the puncher today. He came from last to fourth. I'm pretty sure had he qualified in the top 5 he would have challenged Vettel, and certainly a Ferrari double podium could have been on.
As for Mercades, they need to look at their strategy. They didn't help themselves. That said, on a cooler race where tyres will last better, I think it will be easier for them. If Lewis had a new set of softs at the end (like Nico) I'm sure he'd have chased down Vettel, but of course passing him would have been another matter.
The good news is this year looks like we might have more than one team competing the championship. That's good for the fans and the sport.
I'm not sure Alonso was building the car! This years model is much better than last years. Even straight line speed is significantly better.
That said I think both drivers did well. I'd have been interested to see how Kimi would have got on without the traffic yesterday in Q2 and the puncher today. He came from last to fourth. I'm pretty sure had he qualified in the top 5 he would have challenged Vettel, and certainly a Ferrari double podium could have been on.
As for Mercades, they need to look at their strategy. They didn't help themselves. That said, on a cooler race where tyres will last better, I think it will be easier for them. If Lewis had a new set of softs at the end (like Nico) I'm sure he'd have chased down Vettel, but of course passing him would have been another matter.
The good news is this year looks like we might have more than one team competing the championship. That's good for the fans and the sport.
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most exciting race in quite a while.
not only for the tension of fight for the win (at least until the last few laps), but lots of overtaking, great fights all over the track, wheel-to-wheel racing, contacts, drama.
great show.
it looks like we have a championship fight on our screens.
IMO mercedes still has the best car in general, but not on all tracks.
ferrari seems to be way superior in tire management, which can and will make a difference often, now that mercedes car advantage is down to a few tenths.
i agree with above that if not so unlucky , kimi would have challenged for podium and even the race. he had a great drive.
so did vettel, hamilton and rosberg, in truth.
I am guessing kimi is not too fond of sauber: besides the bad luck from the rain timing in Q2, he still would have been in Q3, if a sauber diden't slow him down to force him to 11th in that one lap, then he is hit by a sauber in lap 1, and an sauber slowed his come back to catch up the group during the safety car period -based on his interview-. And wasn't he clipped by a sauber in australia as well?
i disagree hamilton's last tyre choice was a mistake. if he mounted the softer tire, he would have possibly caught vettel, but i don't think he could make it to the end, and he would have lost second to rosberg as well on the next pit.
feel sorry for alonso and button.
they deserve better than that.
not only for the tension of fight for the win (at least until the last few laps), but lots of overtaking, great fights all over the track, wheel-to-wheel racing, contacts, drama.
great show.
it looks like we have a championship fight on our screens.
IMO mercedes still has the best car in general, but not on all tracks.
ferrari seems to be way superior in tire management, which can and will make a difference often, now that mercedes car advantage is down to a few tenths.
i agree with above that if not so unlucky , kimi would have challenged for podium and even the race. he had a great drive.
so did vettel, hamilton and rosberg, in truth.
I am guessing kimi is not too fond of sauber: besides the bad luck from the rain timing in Q2, he still would have been in Q3, if a sauber diden't slow him down to force him to 11th in that one lap, then he is hit by a sauber in lap 1, and an sauber slowed his come back to catch up the group during the safety car period -based on his interview-. And wasn't he clipped by a sauber in australia as well?
i disagree hamilton's last tyre choice was a mistake. if he mounted the softer tire, he would have possibly caught vettel, but i don't think he could make it to the end, and he would have lost second to rosberg as well on the next pit.
feel sorry for alonso and button.
they deserve better than that.
The Mercedes car is much better, even in today's race it was the best in terms of pure speed/fastest lap (Vettel slower than Rosberg by 1.6sec and slower than Ham by 0.5s).
Yeah, ferrari has better tyre wear, but only on hot tracks from what i see and there aren't that many (Sepang is one and Bahrain is another). On cold tracks Ferrari seemed to struggle last year, meanwhile Mercedes had no problem.
Let's wait till China (a pretty cold track and very hard on tyres), but i'm afraid Mercedes will sit comfortably ahead of everyone there.
Hope i'm wrong, though, as i am a Ferrari fan and would like some competition.
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Yeap, i wish Alonso didn't leave Ferrari.
BTW, after ~10 years, we finally heard the Formula 1 theme song again lol. (Germany-Italy anthem). Really missed it!
Outright pace is close. Hamilton is hard on tyres, Ferrari may have a tyre edge, that brings them together. If they can make tyres last better, then they can play with strategy more. The key is are they better with tyres on cooler tracks, no evidence yet to say either way. Forget Melbourne, thats not a race track, what happens there does not reflect on any other track
Looks like Hamilton is to extend his stay at Mercades. £27000000 a year. Nice work if you can get it!
I'm sure Alonso and Nico are really pleased
I'm sure Alonso and Nico are really pleased
So looks like Lewis is the fastest in practise, but Ferrari's tyres will last longer. So all in all could be a good race on Sunday.
So it's going to be out and out pace verses Tyre management tomorrow. Hopefully we get s good close race. Glad to see McLaren making a little progress. Hopefully they can get out of Q1 soon.
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