2015 Malaysian Grand Prix - Sepang

[nim_peter]

I think this is what happened today. Hamilton on a fast lap till he met Rosberg on track. Rosberg's position spoilt his lap, Ham gets pissed, overtakes him and decides to spray water all over Ros's face on the next flying lap. Good plan from Hamilton as he will be in front of Rosberg and will have a clear track ahead of him. The plan almost backfired as he underestimated the Ferrari, he would have considered only Rosberg as a threat. Ofcourse I'm just speculating, but a few points to support my theory. Hamilton played down the incident which means he was happy with Plan B and all was not a disaster. Second, if hamilton was not on a flying lap, Rosberg(or any driver) wouldn't have let him pass. Again Hamilton played clever by abandoning the lap after he passed Rosberg.

[Moose]

I really think Ferrari have a good chance of the win here.

If Hamilton gets into the lead at the first corner, then they'll struggle, as he'll be able to control the gap, and pit exactly as Vettel pits to make sure the undercut can't happen.

If Vettel gets ahead though, I think Ferrari's superior tire life is going to be the undoing of Merc, especially with Hamilton's sub-optimal setup.

[nevill3]

Can anyone tell me which tyres they will start on tomorrow? No one ran intermediates in Q2 only slicks, so does that mean that they have to start the race on their Q2 tyres or will they have a free choice like they usually do when qualifying is declared wet.

[SectorOne]

Dry - Q2 tires they qualified on
Wet - free choice

[Lorenzo_Bandini]

Raikkonen vs Ericssen.

Ericssen was determined to not let pass Raikkonen

http://indavideo.hu/video/Kimi_beragadt

[mikeerfol]

Dry - Q2 tires they qualified on
Wet - free choice

Since it's Malaysia this automatically changes to "extreme wet" because they'll definitely start behind the SC

[giantfan10]

So with that enlightenment, who´s gonna tell Ferrari they can simply add more downforce to the car so that they match Mercedes in the speed traps but more importantly in the twisty bits?

ferrari do not have the power as yet to do that... dont let top speeds on the straights fool you

[SectorOne]

ferrari do not have the power as yet to do that... dont let top speeds on the straights fool you

...Right..

So they have more or less downforce then Williams?

[nevill3]

Dry - Q2 tires they qualified on
Wet - free choice

That is the normal rule I know, but was the qualifying (Q2) today declared wet officially, I only ask because no one ran the wet tyres in Q2 even though it started raining, I thought you only got a free choice if you actually left the pit lane on a set of wet tyres at some point during the session. Also I noticed they made "climatic" changes to the brake ducts etc for Q3 so the FIA must have declared it a wet session for them to break the parc ferme rules?

I think I have just answered my own question but would like to know what others think. I think they will be able to choose which tyres they start on because of the rain in qualifying today.

[giantfan10]

im amazed at some of the lengths some of you will go to to convince non mercedes fan boys that the engine has nothing to do with them being out front....

I´ve never read such a stupid argument, people state it´s not only the engine, but nobody said engine has nothing to do with their domination

i figured u would resort to internet insults at some point go read the mercedes thread then come back with that same point of view

[giantfan10]

No one - Ferrari have simply found that their ideal L/D ratio is in a different place on the drag scale to where Mercedes found their ideal.

Also, Ferrari in the knowledge that their car is not quite as good as Mercedes' have realised that they're likely to qualify behind them. Because of that, they've chosen a package that's ideal for overtaking.

Or they simply don´t have the downforce to bolt on in the first place.

now mercedes has discovered dragless downforce

Have you even looked at the speed traps this year?

How is this "dragless downforce"?

http://i.imgur.com/R9b36ca.jpg

they have the same top speeds as a Red Bull which is 100 horses down on the Mercedes power unit.
And you still think they have drag less downforce?

sectorone i was being facetious ...this "dragless downforce" i mentioned was in response to a poster saying" mercedes created downforce with no drag or low drag or some such thing ... too lazy to go find it

[Moose]

No, no one said anything about no drag or low drag downforce. They talked about more efficient downforce than other teams. That's how a team gets an aerodynamic advantage - they make their car more efficient than anyone else.

By extrapolating this to "draggles downforce", what you did was turn your argument into a straw man. That is, a non-argument.

[nevill3]

Manor have been cleared to race.....good luck guys =D>

[George-Jung]

From what speed does drag really start to work as a 'parachute' ?

Could it be that the Mercedes is still accelerating faster than anybody else towards -lets say- 250km/h and above 250km/h the drag really becomes a 'penalty'.. and therefor they have a lower top speed than some others?

[giantfan10]

No, no one said anything about no drag or low drag downforce. They talked about more efficient downforce than other teams. That's how a team gets an aerodynamic advantage - they make their car more efficient than anyone else.

By extrapolating this to "draggles downforce", what you did was turn your argument into a straw man. That is, a non-argument.

in your opinion ... you might want to add that to your post.....
what is draggles downforce? lmao like i sad before genius i was being facetious .
where was this mercedes efficient downforce before the pu rule change?...i dont know what some of you think you win trying to convince others that mercedes advantage is not PU related.they are ahead be happy with.... the end.