2015 Formula 1 Thread

[bird_dog0347]

12 total laps for McLaren over two days? Fail...

[pHILSANITY07]

Yea they are looking like Red Bull at this time last year.

[Slowhand]

12 total laps for McLaren over two days? Fail...

Anyone really surprised by this? Obviously not ideal, but they're essentially working from scratch as compared to the other teams.

[Ruffdaddy]

At least there have been no fires yet! It doesn't suck that it's a seemingly minor problem causing major delays.

Good to see vettel happy so far and doing well. I really wanted to see the mclaren doing much better, and hope FI actually make it this year.

Most importantly...I hope Mercedes doesn't run away with it.

How many wrecks do yall think crashtor will get into this year?

[pHILSANITY07]

I think 3-4 crashes

I hope they still have the german GP this year.

[momo]

Very curious to see Raikkonen's performance compared to Seb the next two days.

Crashtor has been pretty harmless recently. Irrelevant but harmless.

[Ruffdaddy]

Only because it's been the winter break and his crashes aren't televised off track lol.

That dude crashed at least 7 times last year and had a lot of close calls. Here's some good watching for yall.

http://www.carthrottle.com/post/all-of-pastor-maldonados-crashes-and-fails-from-the-2014-f1-season/

[Ruffdaddy]

I'm going with 5 crashes.

[pHILSANITY07]

his crash in china last year was hilarious

"I crash"

Team radio - "Oh"

[momo]

Day 3:

1. Nasr, Sauber, 1:21.545, 108 laps;
2. Raikkonen, Ferrari, 1:21.750, 92 laps;
3. Rosberg, Mercedes, 1:21.982 151 laps;
4. Massa, Williams, 1:22.276, 71 laps;
5. Maldonado, Lotus, 1:22.713, 96 laps;
6. Sainz, Toro Rosso, 1:23.187, 136 laps;
7. Ricciardo, Red Bull, 1:23.901, 48 laps;
8. Alonso, McLaren, 1:35.553, 32 laps;


sauber + rookie on top (meaningless but good experience under his belt).
mclaren still got problems but manage to put up a double digit number of slow ass laps today.
rbr had to change a motor.

[Ruffdaddy]

Damn I really hope ferrari is the go to engine of the year. I can't believe I just said that.

[momo]

Day 4. Jerez testing completed.

1. Raikkonen, Ferrari, 1:20.841, 105 laps
2. Ericsson, Sauber, 1:22.019, 112 laps
3. Hamilton, Mercedes, 1:22.172, 117 laps
4. Verstappen, Toro Rosso, 1:22.553, 97 laps
5. Massa, Williams, 1:23.116, 73 laps
6. Grosjean, Lotus, 1:23.802, 53 laps
7. Kvyat, Red Bull, 1:23.975, 64 laps
8. Button, McLaren, 1:27.660, 35 laps

[momo]

Marussia supposedly to be back as Manor GP.

dont see how, didnt haas buy like all their crap/factory?

caterham unlikely to return in 2015 (make their auction pointless as expected).

force india missed all of jerez, likely to miss barcelona testing too.

the list is shrinking. any less than 10 teams is just not good. if it drops to 8 or less? fuck off, better get 3 car teams or do something drastic.
ferrari
mclaren
red bull
mercedes
williams
toro rosso
sauber (had financial in 2014)
lotus (financially unstable)
force india (very shakey, possibly collapse)
marussia (gone but rumors of a possible return)
caterham (essentially dead.)

[pHILSANITY07]

Marussia supposedly to be back as Manor GP.

dont see how, didnt haas buy like all their crap/factory?
caterham unlikely to return in 2015 (make their auction pointless as expected).

force india missed all of jerez, likely to miss barcelona testing too.

the list is shrinking. any less than 10 teams is just not good. if it drops to 8 or less? fuck off, better get 3 car teams or do something drastic.
ferrari
mclaren
red bull
mercedes
williams
toro rosso
sauber (had financial in 2014)
lotus (financially unstable)
force india (very shakey, possibly collapse)
marussia (gone but rumors of a possible return)
caterham (essentially dead.)

Thats been the rumor for a few months. I wonder with Bernie and Marussia saying that they were close to a potential buyer if it maybe was Haas.

Force India two weeks ago announced that they wouldn't be in Jerez cause the new car wouldn't be ready. Nice cover story for team saying we dont have it built yet cause were broke.

[pHILSANITY07]

Well Ferrari power looks decent so far this year with Ferrari doing well and Sauber getting up there.

Those are the only two Ferrari powered teams correct?