2015 Malaysian Grand Prix - Sepang

[dans79]

https://twitter.com/MercedesAMGF1/statu ... 4055316480
https://twitter.com/MercedesAMGF1/statu ... 7870843904

thank god, I just checked the news and was like wtf, not again!

[ChrisDanger]

FP1 Results

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P     Name                  Team           Best Time    Laps
1     Nico Rosberg          Mercedes       1:40.124     20
2     Kimi Raikkonen        Ferrari        1:40.497     17
3     Sebastian Vettel      Ferrari        1:40.985     13
4     Romain Grosjean       Lotus          1:41.543     14
5     Carlos Sainz          Toro Rosso     1:41.596     26
6     Daniel Ricciardo      Red Bull       1:41.787     15
7     Max Verstappen        Toro Rosso     1:41.803     23
8     Valtteri Bottas       Williams       1:41.882     23
9     Daniil Kvyat          Red Bull       1:42.055     18
10    Marcus Ericsson       Sauber         1:42.064     16
11    Felipe Massa          Williams       1:42.103     23
12    Pastor Maldonado      Lotus          1:42.567     19
13    Raffaele Marciello    Sauber         1:42.621     13
14    Fernando Alonso       McLaren        1:42.885     20
15    Nico Hulkenberg       Force India    1:42.893     13
16    Sergio Perez          Force India    1:43.054     15
17    Jenson Button         McLaren        1:43.100     19
18    Will Stevens          Marussia       1:46.686     8
19    Roberto Merhi         Marussia       1:47.683     8
20    Lewis Hamilton        Mercedes       No time      4

Hamilton out on tack after 40 minutes of FP2 and quickly to the top.

[Vasconia]

Wow! I was expecting dozens of comments due to the FP1 and FP2 but it seems tha you lazy guys are still sleeping.

Hamilton on the top again, he has a trully great confidence in the car, after some issues in FP1 he has needed only a few laps to make the best time of the day. Rosberg has been strong in the FP1 but not so good in the second one.

Ferrari quite strong here, the second team with a stellar Raikkonen beating Vettel by half of a second.

Williams behind and the the rest with Lotus and RB having some reliabiliy issues, AGAIN.

Mclaren has made an important step forward, no realiabily issues, good amount of laps and better lap times. Long is the path but at least they have started to complete it!.

[FW17]

Many cars slower than last years FP2 times

Strange

Was expecting times in the 1.37s today

[ChrisDanger]

FP2 Results

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P     Name                  Team           Best Time    Gap       Laps
1     Lewis Hamilton        Mercedes       1:39.790               16
2     Kimi Raikkonen        Ferrari        1:40.163     0.373     29
3     Nico Rosberg          Mercedes       1:40.218     0.428     26
4     Daniil Kvyat          Red Bull       1:40.346     0.556     17
5     Valtteri Bottas       Williams       1:40.450     0.660     31
6     Felipe Massa          Williams       1:40.560     0.770     27
7     Sebastian Vettel      Ferrari        1:40.652     0.862     29
8     Max Verstappen        Toro Rosso     1:41.220     1.430     30
9     Marcus Ericsson       Sauber         1:41.261     1.471     30
10    Daniel Ricciardo      Red Bull       1:41.799     2.009     8
11    Pastor Maldonado      Lotus          1:41.877     2.087     15
12    Felipe Nasr           Sauber         1:41.988     2.198     30
13    Sergio Perez          Force India    1:42.242     2.452     24
14    Carlos Sainz          Toro Rosso     1:42.291     2.501     31
15    Nico Hulkenberg       Force India    1:42.330     2.540     28
16    Fernando Alonso       McLaren        1:42.506     2.716     25
17    Jenson Button         McLaren        1:42.637     2.847     24
18    Romain Grosjean       Lotus          1:42.948     3.158     7
19    Will Stevens          Marussia       1:45.704     5.914     12
20    Roberto Merhi         Marussia       1:47.229     7.439     6

[SectorOne]

Many cars slower than last years FP2 times

Strange

Was expecting times in the 1.37s today

60 degree track temps apparently, higher then at any point in 2014.
Probably part of the cause.

[Lorenzo_Bandini]

Drivers allowed to run 5 engines (PUs) this year, Ecclestone & #F1 teams have agreend on. AMuS (German): ams.to/f1PU

[miket]

is there a site that gives the lap times(all the laps for each driver) for free practice ?
I use to get it from the en.f1i.com site - but they changes it and I cannot find it there any more.

[djos]

Drivers allowed to run 5 engines (PUs) this year, Ecclestone & #F1 teams have agreend on. AMuS (German): ams.to/f1PU

That's a slight improvement, 4 was just ludicrous!

[Juzh]

FP1

[djos]

Not a single Renault powered car in the top 10, why am I not surprised.

[evered7]

is there a site that gives the lap times(all the laps for each driver) for free practice ?
I use to get it from the en.f1i.com site - but they changes it and I cannot find it there any more.

http://www.fia.com/events/fia-formula-1 ... ormation-0

This site should give you these info.

[Juzh]

Sector times and speed traps from FP2



Vettel's best sectors combined are ~2/10 faster than hamilton's. This ferrari has got some potential. But we know they like to run different FP program. Also S3 speed trap (start/finish line) is topped by ferrari (for now).

[raymondu999]

Ferrari quite strong here, the second team with a stellar Raikkonen beating Vettel by half of a second.

Different tyres. Raikkonen on the medium, Vettel only ran it once then abandoned the tyres because he flatspotted them. Vettel on the hard

[Vasconia]

Ferrari quite strong here, the second team with a stellar Raikkonen beating Vettel by half of a second.

Different tyres. Raikkonen on the medium, Vettel only ran it once then abandoned the tyres because he flatspotted them. Vettel on the hard

Thanks for the info, I didnt see that. Anyway I was thinking on different set-ups or something like that.

I am happy to see Kimi and Sebastian doing their best. This batlle will be one of the best things of this season.

I have seen that Button was complaining a lot through the radio, on the other hand Alonso was quite quiet.