2015 Singapore Grand Prix - 18-20 September

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Happy for Ferrari, but this was a race to forget. Tedious.
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RZS10 wrote:Just said on Sky in Ted's notebook: Toto said it's not related to the pedal, but something about throttle control inside the engine itself and they don't know yet if it's damaged or not
Probably the pedal position sensor.
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Not very interesting. Most exciting thing was the dude walking on the track.

But Ferrari was flawless this weekend, both Vettel and Raikkonen, and Ricciardo/RBR ditto.

I dozed off a little. Races show at 5AM here.

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Ferrari representatives have been summoned by FIA stewards for alleged breach in parc fermè rules.

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Franz Tost on Verstappen ignoring orders:

He told Sky Sports: "Carlos had newer tyres so we thought we could swap positions.

"But Max was right because Carlos was not closing up. Carlos was always four or five-tenths back. If he wants to swap positions, he needs to be closer."
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Booooring race.
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The Singapore Metro Magnetic Field is definitely an interesting possibility. So many gearboxes break here.

Scarbs has confirmed Hamilton's engine isn't damaged: https://twitter.com/ScarbsF1/status/645619859326238720

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Now here's the million dollar question, will this new found form from RBR and Ferrari carry over to Japan?
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I guess that Suzuka will be more problematic for Renault powered cars, Ferrari will perform ok, but I expect Mercedes comeback.

RBR and Ferrari were fast today, Mercedes were slow

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I think Ferrari form can continue to Japan because they have a good engine which is why Redbull would fall back to Williams level I guess. But more important I think Merc can be back to the front in Japan. This discussion should be done in Japan GP thread.
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godlameroso wrote:Now here's the million dollar question, will this new found form from RBR and Ferrari carry over to Japan?
RBR no way, back behind Williams i think.

I still expect Mercedes to be infront of Ferrari, but right now i'm unclear on just how much.

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zeph wrote:Not very interesting. Most exciting thing was the dude walking on the track.

But Ferrari was flawless this weekend, both Vettel and Raikkonen, and Ricciardo/RBR ditto.

I dozed off a little. Races show at 5AM here.
I think Raikkonen was mediocre this weekend both in quali and race. He was 8 tenths of Vettel in quali and in the race he could not keep up with Vettel and Ricciardo. He lost about 40 seconds to Vettel if you add in the SC resets. That is way too much...

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In a way, this weekend could be far more damaging to Rosberg's title bid than Monza. Vettel is now close, if Ferrari can maintain being a credible threat to Mercedes, then sooner or later the team will have to lean towards Lewis in response, even if it's just in terms of them alternating who gets to stop first and what not.

One would think the Merc advantage will return is Suzuka, but I guess we'll see!

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Imho, monza showed that Mercedes is way in front pace wise. Singapore is an anomaly and very different from all the next races. That pace advantage Lewis showed at Monza was too big. Suzuka wont be as big i think, but more the usual gap.
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