Lewis Hamilton scored a dominant victory at the Chinese Grand Prix, leading the race from start to finish. Nico Rosberg recovered from a difficult start to finish second while Fernando Alonso secured Ferrari's first podium of the season.
The car is lacking downforce, only a good engine isn´t enough to be competitive.Ganxxta wrote:Whats wrong with McLaren?
They should have the best PU available but can't even finish in the points anymore, is their chassis so crappy?
maybe they should bring in a good aero man !MercedesAMGSpy wrote:The car is lacking downforce, only a good engine isn´t enough to be competitive.Ganxxta wrote:Whats wrong with McLaren?
They should have the best PU available but can't even finish in the points anymore, is their chassis so crappy?
Emerson.F wrote:The Massa/Fernando incident.
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Btw Nico was lucky his fron left suspenion did not break with Bottas.
I still do not understand why Ferarri chose Kimi for Hulk.prince wrote:There is another "Alonso" who drives now for Force India by the name of Nico. What a driver he is, truly amazing. No matter which team, which car, he pop up to score highly valuable points for his team. Ferrari must be ruing for rejecting him.zeph wrote:Races like this reaffirm my belief that Alonso is currently the best driver all around.
But the highlight of the race was Kobayashi overtaking Vettel and the latter's reaction. Now THAT was funny!
lebesset wrote: maybe they should bring in a good aero man !
After the race was done I was following sky's coverage and they mentioned this. Prodromou is on gardening leave from Red Bull, and basically McLaren are haggling to bring his arrival forward. I can definitely see why...zeph wrote:Didn't they poach Peter Prodomou from RBR? That should help with the 2015 car, I'd think.
Newey's house is 'bout 20 minutes from Silverstone, my understanding is that he went to say Hi and not much more than that... What will be more satisfying for Porsche is that both Audis failed to finish.djos wrote:Well now we know why Adrian Newey wasn't in China, he was at Silverstone with Mark Webber and Porsche (Webber's team got Porsches first podium with 3rd place):
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How very convenient!Vanja #66 wrote:Newey's house is 'bout 20 minutes from Silverstone, my understanding is that he went to say Hi and not much more than that... What will be more satisfying for Porsche is that both Audis failed to finish.djos wrote:Well now we know why Adrian Newey wasn't in China, he was at Silverstone with Mark Webber and Porsche (Webber's team got Porsches first podium with 3rd place):
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Yes, it wasn't 50/50 but at the start it's easier to get away with it. Massa's move was risky but he took his (straight) line fraction of a second earlier and Alonso had a time to adjust. I wouldn't call them lapses but constant, risky, aggressive approach at the start, on average it works despite some losses (more examples: damaged f. wing against Vettel/Webber last season).ChrisF1 wrote:Alonso pulled the same move at the start of Monaco a few years back and made Grosjean crash, for such a great driver (and probably the best starter on the grid) he often has these lapses. (Japan 2012 when he squeezed Kimi)
I strongly tend to agree!prince wrote: There is another "Alonso" who drives now for Force India by the name of Nico. What a driver he is, truly amazing. No matter which team, which car, he pop up to score highly valuable points for his team. Ferrari must be ruing for rejecting him.
