2015 Formula 1 Thread

[pHILSANITY07]

Susie Wolf step aside, this hottie just replaced you. DAMN

I wonder if McLaren will even be able to make it to halfway in Australia. Whos situation looks worse right now. McLaren now or Red Bull this time last year?

[momo]

i think mclaren this year worse off. combine that with their inability to handle things in an orderly fashion since 2010.

[momo]

Testing Day 10 (Day 2 from Barcelona 2nd week)

1) Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 1:22.792, 106 laps;
2) Valtteri Bottas, Williams, 1:23.995, 90 laps;
3) Felipe Nasr, Sauber, 1:24.071, 141 laps;
4) Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, 1:25.339, 143 laps;
5) Jenson Button, McLaren, 1:25.590, 101 laps;
6) Pastor Maldonado, Lotus, 1:26.705, 140 laps;
7) Max Verstappen, Toro Rosso, 1:26.766, 139 laps;
8) Daniil Kvyat, Red Bull, 1:26.965, 84 laps;
9) Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, 1:29.847, 73 laps.


mercedes put on softs for the first time. set fast time by .7 sec.
mclaren hit 100 laps! but broke on lap 101.
i though this was already news a week or two ago but manor on 2015 entry list.
alonso says he is ready to go.

[pHILSANITY07]

i think mclaren this year worse off. combine that with their inability to handle things in an orderly fashion since 2010.

and having the best car in 2012 but couldn't find realibilty or be able to do consistent solid pitstops.

[pHILSANITY07]

Testing Day 10 (Day 2 from Barcelona 2nd week)

1) Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 1:22.792, 106 laps;
2) Valtteri Bottas, Williams, 1:23.995, 90 laps;
3) Felipe Nasr, Sauber, 1:24.071, 141 laps;
4) Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, 1:25.339, 143 laps;
5) Jenson Button, McLaren, 1:25.590, 101 laps;
6) Pastor Maldonado, Lotus, 1:26.705, 140 laps;
7) Max Verstappen, Toro Rosso, 1:26.766, 139 laps;
8) Daniil Kvyat, Red Bull, 1:26.965, 84 laps;
9) Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, 1:29.847, 73 laps.


mercedes put on softs for the first time. set fast time by .7 sec.
mclaren hit 100 laps! but broke on lap 101.
i though this was already news a week or two ago but manor on 2015 entry list.alonso says he is ready to go.

I still think somewhere HAAS made a play with that.

[momo]

Rosberg's time yesterday was almost 3 seconds faster than last years pole time (though this was set on the soft tyre vs the medium). 208mph without the use of DRS on the straight.

[momo]

Testing Day 11 (Day 3 from Barcelona 2nd week)

1) Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 1:23.022, 76 laps;
2) Felipe Massa, Williams, 1:23.262, 102 laps;
3) Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 1:23.276, 136 laps;
4) Carlos Sainz, Toro Rosso, 1:24.191, 132 laps;
5) Romain Grosjean, Lotus, 1:24.200, 116 laps;
6) Marcus Ericsson, Sauber, 1:24.477, 123 laps;
7) Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, 1:24.939, 158 laps;
8) Kevin Magnussen, McLaren, 1:25.225, 39 laps;
9) Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull, 1:25.742, 128 laps.


look at those lap counts today.
track was COLD today.

[momo]

Testing Day 12 (Day 4 from Barcelona 2nd week)

1) Valtteri Bottas, Williams, 1:23.063, 89 laps;
2) Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, 1:23.469, 129 laps;
3) Felipe Nasr, Sauber, 1:24.023, 159 laps;
5) Max Verstappen, Toro Rosso, 1:24.527, 85 laps;
5) Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull, 1:24.638, 72 laps;
6) Sergio Perez, Force India, 1:25.123, 130 laps;
7) Nico Rosberg, Mercedes 1:25.186, 148 laps;
8) Jenson Button, McLaren, 1:25.327, 30 laps;
9) Pastor Maldonado, Lotus, 1:28.272, 36 laps;


well, took till the final day but Maldonado crashes out!

Practice complete. Melbourne in 2 weeks.

[Ruffdaddy]

Alonso out for melbourn.

[momo]

Wow, the more that comes out about Alonso, I'm hoping he is really alright.

If he really lost 20 years of his memory during that incident... is he okay to race? let alone, is his brain in a healthy state?

This renowned neurologist is one of the top experts in this part of Spain. They see all sorts of brain injuries, and they consider Alonso's belief he was twenty years in the past to be fairly normal. "An injury like [Alonso's] occurs because the brain suffers a shock (like an impact, not electrical shock) that has affected the neuronal synapses. When this occurs, the [synapses] don't function properly, so the brain will be searching for a memory and can't find it. Recovery time is a case-by-case thing. It's important to keep in mind that within the brain, the memory portion is most sensitive to these kinds of injuries," said [Dr. Rafael Blesa].

[pHILSANITY07]

ouch, I wish McLaren would've let us know how bad it actually was instead of covering their own ass.

[momo]

yea, every piece of news out coming from F1 is highly sugar coated especially when it involves safety.

[Ruffdaddy]

Australia rules that van der Garde should race!!! WTF?! Mind blown!

I'm pretty curious to see if they're required to follow through with this...

[momo]

lol, sauber, morons. signed 4 drivers to 2 seats.

[Ruffdaddy]

F1 is becoming more of a joke...how many teams will collapse this year? I have to believe the prius engines were a large contributer. Actually the start of KERS all together.