Lewis Hamilton has won the season opening Australian Grand Prix, leading his team mate Nico Rosberg from start to finish to secure an utterly dominant 1-2 victory for Mercedes AMG F1. Sebastian Vettel finished on 3rd in his first race for Ferrari.
Oh boy, MCL has been my no1 for over 30 years, but this is causing me heardaches. Luckilly I have some drivers in other teams that I fan of or I think I would have taken a F1 sabaticalLasse-E wrote: And when asked about the time frame for recovery on the engine performance, he was more straightforward than any thing I have heard from Mclaren/Honda so far, simply replying: I don't think that it will happen this year.
Just wait for raceday.. Before you start about Verstappen..this boy is a legend in the making, mark my words!iotar__ wrote:- Massa faster than Bottas/Vettel/Raikkonen. I don't think it's possible because he's not the same after incident, has no champion's gene and no hype. As expected it is pretty funny and shame on the other three.
- Lotus slower than Toro Rosso and one second behind Williams - perfect prediction, I don't know how they plan to close such gap.
- boring one stopper if it's dry, classic old school pseudo racing, what did they expect??
- did boy-genius' Senna reputation suffer? No "he's only 17 and to be there at such...yadda, yadda "no result will change it, only good news marketing
- Sauber 2,7 behind, those saying 1,3 was way too close were right, even if drivers are responsible for large chunk of it
What struck me is that he was talking exclusively about the engine regarding why they were so slow. That might not sit well with Honda. Not a single word about the Chassis. To lose 6s purely due to the engine probably requires a lack of +/- 200HP. Do we really assume the Honda engine is so weak? Or might the Chassis compound to the Problems?Lorenzo_Bandini wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqY1WqRH65Q#t=59
Jeez, i can't remember the last time i've seen Ron Dennis like that
Well it's not only a problem of lack of horsepower, how power is delivered is very important too. The rear brakes of these cars also rely heavily on the ERS so if that doesn't work properly, you've got issues in braking too.henra wrote:What struck me is that he was talking exclusively about the engine regarding why they were so slow. That might not sit well with Honda. Not a single word about the Chassis. To lose 6s purely due to the engine probably requires a lack of +/- 200HP. Do we really assume the Honda engine is so weak? Or might the Chassis compound to the Problems?
OK, fair enough!e30ernest wrote: Well it's not only a problem of lack of horsepower, how power is delivered is very important too.
Those engines have made an impressive improvement in only one season. =D>SectorOne wrote:the Mercedes looks so good in the high speed corners it´s insane. Front end just sticks and the rear end just deals with it.
2012 pole - 24.922
2015 pole - 26.327
They are not that far off the V8 days now, but we´ll have to see a couple more dry races to get a better picture.
Lewis was shifting brake balance at least 6 times per lap (and before turn 11 even twice!) and not to mention that he needs to see that value every time ... btw. this is between 52 and 57 towards front or rear?GPR-A wrote:Pole Lap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yASFLfmmQl8
Ron was crestfallen but managed to be more dignified about his engine supplier than Horner was last year.henra wrote:
What struck me is that he was talking exclusively about the engine regarding why they were so slow. That might not sit well with Honda. Not a single word about the Chassis. To lose 6s purely due to the engine probably requires a lack of +/- 200HP. Do we really assume the Honda engine is so weak? Or might the Chassis compound to the Problems?
Edit: Regarding Merc: Absolute kudos to them! 1,3s. And that after all this talk of diminishing Returns.
4s faster than last year despite slightly unfavourable Aero Regulation Change (lowered nose).
Amazing.
And somewhat sad.
Looks like a lost season with a Lewis Hamilton that has been able to correct his only slight weakness of last year (one lap pace in Q). I hope at least Nico can catch up again otherwise this is looking to be a boring season.
Is this mentioned in the video? I can see it. I understand some parts of the text but I havent seen where he says that they will not recover during this season. Anyway, its good to know the reality, por Alonso and Button, this season will be terrible for them and we all know how Alonso reacts when the situation is so bad.Lasse-E wrote:Edit: Added LinkJef Patat wrote:So the strategy is: try not to destroy the engine. It's not racing, it's still testing, and it smells like it's still testing what should have been tested in the first pre-season test. This won't be a long season, it's starting to feel like it will be a lost season.Lorenzo_Bandini wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqY1WqRH65Q#t=59
Jeez, i can't remember the last time i've seen Ron Dennis like that
K-Mag, seemed surprisingly upbeat and confident about his own performance when interviewed by Danish TV3 Sport after qualifying, Saying that he would have been faster then Button, if he hadn't had extra problems with the engine on his last run in Q3.
And when asked about the time frame for recovery on the engine performance, he was more straightforward than any thing I have heard from Mclaren/Honda so far, simply replying: I don't think that it will happen this year.
Don't know if this will be available outside Denmark, and it is all so in Danish.
http://www.tv3sport.dk/motorsport/nyhed ... nd-button/
Shame on Vettel & Raikonnen for not having a Merc engine in their car?iotar__ wrote:- Massa faster than Bottas/Vettel/Raikkonen. I don't think it's possible because he's not the same after incident, has no champion's gene and no hype. As expected it is pretty funny and shame on the other three.
Agreed, Lewis went in undercover mode in FP.Shakeman wrote:Ron was crestfallen but managed to be more dignified about his engine supplier than Horner was last year.henra wrote:
What struck me is that he was talking exclusively about the engine regarding why they were so slow. That might not sit well with Honda. Not a single word about the Chassis. To lose 6s purely due to the engine probably requires a lack of +/- 200HP. Do we really assume the Honda engine is so weak? Or might the Chassis compound to the Problems?
Edit: Regarding Merc: Absolute kudos to them! 1,3s. And that after all this talk of diminishing Returns.
4s faster than last year despite slightly unfavourable Aero Regulation Change (lowered nose).
Amazing.
And somewhat sad.
Looks like a lost season with a Lewis Hamilton that has been able to correct his only slight weakness of last year (one lap pace in Q). I hope at least Nico can catch up again otherwise this is looking to be a boring season.
It's impossible for observers to know if it's the engine or the chassis is too extreme for the engine or poor drivability, or poor down force but with such a gap to the front it looks like ALL of the above.
I think Lewis has learnt a big lesson from last year and that's to keep his powder dry until qualifying and limit the amount of data Nico has to work with until qualifying. It'll be interesting to see if he tracks Ros in FPs then puts the hammer down in Qs in future races.
Rosberg hinted that he thought he was better on the softer tyre and if it was cooler tomorrow he might have an advantage.
