The F1 2015 thread…

Well, that was dull

I’ll be back!

Alonso is better off in 1995

Why haven’t I learnt? What a crap race, F1 has got to wake up soon and fix its self.

I was dropping off this morning. Really quite a dull one. It comes to something when the most exciting racing was for last place.

Every other race is like this though.

Not exactly a classic was it.

Very poor opener for the season 🙁

That was BORING!

How long before the other teams bully Mercedes into only running on 5 cylinders?

I was excited for the first race of the season, pretty disappointed with that.

Looks like a repeat of last year but with even less cars at the back to race against each other.

Stunning drive from Lewis.

What is up with that gold chain that Lewis was wearing for the BBC interview?

Pity the fool.

almost as stunning as his chain.. thats a serious paper weight.

Great result for sauber in light of the problems.. was a real shame not to see Manor. 10pts for those who said crashtor to crash on the first lap

That ain’t no chain, fool.

as i said previous, 2 more races like this and we’ll see the other teams and bernie starting to talk about rule changes

the mercs were probably only running at 90% too – they could be shooting themselves in the foot as they got next to no coverage.
i do wonder if they are “doing a mclaren” and whoever gets to the first corner first cannot be overtaken in the race (or perhaps its first pitstop) to prevent crashes/DNFs – until the championship is over….

as for McL Honda, even running as others have said on this forum in “de-tuned” mode – allegedly, although i dont believe it, they couldnt get 2 cars to the grid.
2 more races for Ron i think too….

all we can hope for now, is best-of-the race for overtaking and excitement

If you know anyone in f1 you’ll know that the other teams applaud merc for doing a better job than them and are not looking for excuses. Except horner of course.

So no conspiracy theories about bottas suffering a mysterious back problem and not racing despite being cleared by his doctors?

if you know anything about f1 you know that last year they tried all sorts to stop the mercedes domination – certain things about turbo legality, back the day of Ferrari domination we had all sorts of accusations from McLaren, then in the McLaren days Ferrari would do the same, RBR had it too, and even little’old’brawn had tons of rule changes and allegations of illegality after 3 races of their domination…

applaud

yeah with one hand , the other holding a knife for when Merc turn around and ready to stab them in the back.

I didn’t understand that “I miss you Ron, Bernie” thing at the start

Different Ron, ones the Oz gp promoter, the other will be unemployed in a month according to b2b.

Oh and yes f1 has always been about arguing the detail of the rules and spotting dodgy competitive advantage, but the real story is that the protesters are more annoyed that someone else came up with something they didn’t spot.

I just wanted to say – Lewis Hamilton is a twunt.

(yeah yeah takes one to know one etc etc. but he really is)

Wow that was boring.

It looks like Merecedes could win next year in this carf never mind this year.

Who was being booed on the podium? Vettel (still!)?

I just wanted to say – Lewis Hamilton is a twunt.

Or young, at the top of his game and enjoying life.

His image is perfect for Mercedes.

There’s only two reasons to wear a chain like that. 1- you are a Mr T tribute act or 2- as a bet. Anything else marks you out as a classless cockbag, irrespective of your talent. Kind of hoping it was a bet.

Convert now he’s single I think he needs the chain to beat off the ranks of female admirers who want to discuss how downforce and grip affect performance…

could it be the fact lewis wants to stick 2 fingers up at management in the midst of contract negotiations. The finer points referring to the image rights over team sponsors logos.

Alternatively its Mercedes version of Radio 1’s idea of appealing to the younger listeners.. Either way he did remind me of Goldie Lookin chain on a trip to Ratners.

My thoughts.

1. Early days but LH looks like he might dominate this year
2. Ferrari have done a great job with engine looked a match for the customer Mercs in race pace ( hard for me to say as a McLaren fan)
3. Sauber did better than I thought.
4. Renault engine may be worse than last years and to make it worse Red Bull are burning bridges with them with all the criticism.
5. Honda will be beating Renault by Barcelona.

Bottas probably wanted to do something more interesting, like browsing STW.

Gold chain haterz gonna hate

…and whats with that stupid grid graphics video thing where drivers fold their arms and look at the camera rubbish….so american

Hes definitely broken Nico. I bet he darent even try for an overtake nowadays..

The teams just look unprepared and probably exhausted after a short winter making cars to suit shitty rules.

I think Nico is trying to play Mr Nice-guy to try and win the fans over and get the team behind him (or play Poor Nico) and just sit there taking 2nd until he wants to kick it up a gear and risk accidents.

A poor start to the season but understandable I think after the way testing has been going and way things were on their head at the end of last season.

the mercs were probably only running at 90% too – they could be shooting themselves in the foot as they got next to no coverage.

You can rest assured their photos will be pride of place in the press tomorrow along with phrases along the lines of “Mercedes dominant again” which they will love.

hora – Member

Hes definitely broken Nico. I bet he darent even try for an overtake nowadays..

So dominate are Mercedes, I bet the race win is decided by who exits the first corner first.

Replacement of the complete power unit means the driver concerned must start the race from the pit lane. The first time a sixth example of any element is uses it incurs a 10-place grid penalty.

Doesn’t sound to me that anyone can take the engine limit lightly

Is that every time that sixth engine is used?

So would there be some much bol.ox if another drive had worn the bling? Or is there a bit of the Spanish fans from some on here.

Kona TC did you watch last season..

So would there be some much bol.ox if another drive had worn the bling? Or is there a bit of the Spanish fans from some on here.

If you are implying it’s a race thing – nope, it’s a taste thing.

convert – Member

If you are implying it’s a race thing – nope, it’s a taste thing. Don’t you think one could argue that they’re intertwined?

Didn’t you watch it when it was on before? It was a repeat, after all.

They started that last year. Bl00dy awful isn’t it?

Pretty dull start and clearly some issues about a dwindling number of teams

However, i’m still pretty excited about the season

– How quickly will McLaren get themselves up to speed?
– what will heppan to Alonso??
– Ferrari resurgence
– Williams vs Ferrari
– Red Bull slower than Torro Rosso
– Sauber back towards the sharp end
– Lots of exciting new drivers
– Kimi getting back on form
– Lewis wearing some interesting things….
– Maldanaldo up to his old tricks nearer the front of the grid

I agree that this was a boring race and Hamilton or Rosberg will win the championship – but it’ll be fun to watch everything develop… 🙂