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Post by Wß on Mar 15, 2015 12:16:01 GMT
It was an eventful race, at least behind the Mercs. I am thoroughly impressed by the new influx of talent, the performances of both Nasr and Sainz were spectacular as rookie performances go. Verstappen, sorry it ended for him the way it did, The Hulk steady as a metronome, but the guy may never get a seat in a top team unless Kimi gets the boot next year. Vettel is back, Vettel is back... 30 seconds behind the second Merc.
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Post by Hammer on Mar 15, 2015 12:31:48 GMT
TBH I found it a bit dull. The only good parts were the start, Perez and Button ducking it out, some short battles here and there...and the podium interview. Lewis' race management was stellar but it doesn't look exciting on camera. Lewis deserves the machinery he has now, but F1 has lost that little spark - seeing Lewis fight his way through midfield toward podiums.
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Post by ichabod on Mar 15, 2015 12:35:07 GMT
HAHA! AHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!!!! HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA. Down with the flu, I needed this laugh. Cheers mate. Mind if I make it my avatar? I Pinched it from Twitter so it's all yours
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Post by Wß on Mar 15, 2015 13:00:42 GMT
So I see here the post race interviews were a comedy skit.
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Post by Hammer on Mar 15, 2015 13:11:27 GMT
Yeah, Rosberg got owned there. Vettel is quite a witty chap to start with while Nico is an airhead.
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Post by the2ndcoming on Mar 15, 2015 13:19:11 GMT
So I awake this morning (later this morning) to find this newest gem from Horner: Horner calls on FIA to rein in Mercedes
Red Bull boss Christian Horner has called on the FIA to rein in Mercedes' advantage over the rest of the field after admitting Renault had a 100bhp deficit to the world champions at the Australian Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg finished half a minute ahead of the rest of the field, with Red Bull struggling for power, driveability and reliability from Renault's updated engine. Ahead of the engine regulation changes that set Mercedes on its way last year, Red Bull won four consecutive world championships making Horner's position seem somewhat hypocritical. However, he claims his team faced far more regulatory hurdles than the current champions. "When we were winning, and we were never winning to the advantage that they have, I remember that double diffusers were banned, exhausts were moved, flexible bodywork was prohibited, engine mapping mid-season was changed … anything was done, and that wasn't just unique to Red Bull but Williams in previous years and McLaren etc. Is it healthy to have this situation? The FIA, within the rules, have an equalisation mechanism and I think it is perhaps something we need to look at." To emphasise the gap to Mercedes, Horner said: "We're probably 100bhp down on Mercedes at the moment. "It's been a tough weekend and a very tough weekend for Renault. The engine is quite undriveable and you can see and hear that from the comments that the drivers are making. The clear evidence was at the start when Daniel got a pretty reasonable start before drivability came in and you can see the holes that are in the power delivery." Asked what would happen if Mercedes dominance is allowed to continue, Horner added: "I would fear the interest will wane. I didn't see Mercedes much on the TV this afternoon and I can only imagine that's because it's not interesting watching a precession and the producer was looking to pick out other battles in the race. There wasn't that many cars out there! The highlight for me was to see Arnie on the podium!" Horner said there is no magic bullet to catch up to Mercedes but believes the problems that McLaren-Honda and Manor faced this weekend are proof that something is wrong. "I think they have a very reliable and a very together car. The power unit is so complicated. Looking at a company the size of Honda and the preparation time they've had, to come here and be so far off the pace at the back of the grid - it demonstrates how hard it is. Maybe these things are just too complicated. We've made life complicated and off the back of that is cost and off the back of that is why teams are in trouble - Manor couldn't even start their car. How right is that? "The FIA have a torque sensor on every engine and they have a power output that they can see what every power unit is producing. They have the facts, they have that, and they could quite easily come up with some form of equalisation." Read more at en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/194721.html#vwXIFiORgoXbv7KV.99What soon amused me was Toto's response: Moaning Rivals Should Work Harder"If you come into Formula One, try to beat each other and perform at the highest level and then you need equalisation after the first race - you cry out after the first race - that's not how we've done things in the past," he said. "I think just get your f***ing head down, work hard and try to sort it out. I didn't mean the F-word in relation to him [Horner]," he clarified. Read more at en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/194743.html#JoF5w18KcqRHMUT6.99
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Post by pistnbroke on Mar 15, 2015 15:06:00 GMT
How come a team boss did the podium interviews?
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Post by the2ndcoming on Mar 15, 2015 15:56:50 GMT
How come a team boss did the podium interviews? Um...huh? Did I miss something? Arnie is a team boss? Which team boss did a podium interview?
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Post by racechick on Mar 15, 2015 16:02:19 GMT
LOL I guess he means the TOTONATOR!!!!!
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Post by CookinFlat6 on Mar 15, 2015 16:14:59 GMT
Great race, it's always pleasant to see a Lewis drama free assertion of superiority. Even Nico played his part well, giving Brundle a frisson of excitement every so often by not dropping more than 4 secs behind.
Ferrari have improved, would be near impossible to have got worse from last year after the unfreeze and the Sauber speed shows us how only Ferraris engine was stifling both teams. However with Bottas in the frame and on tracks like Malaysia I think ferrari are firmly in 5/6
It's great hearing horners moaning. And as Ferrari are suddenly proud again RBR will be on their own as half the usual sheep won't be moaning as they are now beating RBR Obviously Renault are now asserting the fact that RBR is their only 'customer' and are doing things best for Renault as RBR ain't got a single leg to stand on and all their bluster has been found out. RBR could move to Honda or build their own engine. Renault could then stop handing out free engines and maybe run their own team. So Horner has backed his cheating team into a corner.
Will be interesting to see how quickly Ferrari start to put the boot into their short lived moan and bitch partners
Horner will find that his team have no real fans and no one cares.
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Post by the2ndcoming on Mar 15, 2015 16:52:42 GMT
LOL I guess he means the TOTONATOR!!!!! Was Toto in the post-race "bull pen" that the drivers normally use to speak with the media? If so, clearly I missed that.
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Post by the2ndcoming on Mar 15, 2015 16:55:15 GMT
Oh shyte!!! I get it now. Toto sounds just like Arnie if you close your eyes and listen to him speak. The Totonator. I'm such a pillock. I'll blame this incident on lack of sleep...the ungodly hour I had to be up on the US East Coast watching the race live. Ugh!
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Post by Wß on Mar 15, 2015 17:11:01 GMT
Oh shyte!!! I get it now. Toto sounds just like Arnie if you close your eyes and listen to him speak. The Totonator. I'm such a pillock. I'll blame this incident on lack of sleep...the ungodly hour I had to be up on the US East Coast watching the race live. Ugh! I'm too old for that shit. Woke up at 5:30 to watch it though.
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Post by the2ndcoming on Mar 15, 2015 17:54:31 GMT
Oh shyte!!! I get it now. Toto sounds just like Arnie if you close your eyes and listen to him speak. The Totonator. I'm such a pillock. I'll blame this incident on lack of sleep...the ungodly hour I had to be up on the US East Coast watching the race live. Ugh! I'm too old for that shit. Woke up at 5:30 to watch it though.
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Post by Wß on Mar 15, 2015 21:43:18 GMT
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Post by the2ndcoming on Mar 16, 2015 3:15:41 GMT
OMG! Now that is priceless! Thanx WB...I needed that. (Someone should have stopped our Arnie from walking into the Mercedes AMG wind tunnel while it was still on.)
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Post by Hammer on Mar 16, 2015 3:27:25 GMT
Damn he's not aged that well. But for someone who's taken all those supplements and injections all his life, it's still far from a disaster.
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Post by RyRy on Mar 16, 2015 7:05:17 GMT
Damn he's not aged that well. But for someone who's taken all those supplements and injections all his life, it's still far from a disaster. You realise he's 67 right? I think he looks pretty good for 67...
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Post by Wß on Mar 16, 2015 10:37:28 GMT
I laughed with the "I thought you were taller" comment Lewis made.
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Post by Wß on Mar 16, 2015 11:23:39 GMT
I think Sky was pretty good with the driver ratings for the weekend with a little tweak here and there. I do however take exception to the Carlos Sainz rating as the guy did get hit with a 15 to 20 second pit stop bobble that would have put him much further up the road and the results.
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