Yes Mercedes looked closer to them than the rest on low fuel and maybe Hamilton could of matched vettels time or got within a 10th of his time, but vettel clearly had at least another half a second in his pocket over the time he set, possibly more. The observations made above about the cars stability etc back that up.
When watching the red bull it looks fast! There change of direction and the speed carried through corners looks to be faster than anyone else.
I rarely think the only thing to stop Red bull will be themselves, and based on their performances last 3 years that seems unlikely.
Red bull may not end the year with the fastest car as they are going to find it harder and harder to find speed, we can only hope that the rest of the teams catch up sooner rather than later to make this year interesting. Maybe a bit of a mix up for first 3 races to give teams a chance to get on to read Bulls Heals.
I hope to be proven wrong about Red Bulls Speed and dominance but the pairing of Sebastian Vettel With that car appears to be unstoppable. He has gained to much confidence from his 3 WDC as all the pressure is off, hes proven himself and will this year probably just enjoy himself. Possibly similar to 2011
I think that the likes of Maclaren and also Mercedes have allot more speed they can find in there cars than Ferrari, Lotus and Red Bull, Mclaren because of there radical re-design, and Mercedes because they are only just getting a handle on things and have started off incredibly well compared to last year. They obviously have allot of new parts under the skin and visable which they still need to properly understand. But the question is how long will this take
