2014 German Grand Prix - Hockenheim

[dren]

Merc domination before FRIC ban. After FRIC ban, Merc domination.

Then maybe a Red Bull or Ferrari. Then toss in a Williams.

[basti313]

Merc domination before FRIC ban. After FRIC ban, Merc domination.

Yes, for sure. Even if they loose a second...

Then maybe a Red Bull or Ferrari. Then toss in a Williams.

Why not Williams behind Merc? They were the Nr1 of the competing teams in Austria and GB. And they will not be hit as hard as RedBull due to the FRIC ban. Maybe we will even see a McLaren or a FI behind them...as aero will struggle with the FRIC ban and the Merc engines just outpower the rest of the field.

[SectorOne]

They might be challenged in the occasional qualifying sessions but the race pace gap is just in a different solar system altogether.

[MercedesAMGSpy]

The Merc engines will love sector 1.

[Racer X]

SO HUGE important question has FRIC been removed or will teams allow it to be used?
What was the out-come of all that?

[j3st3r]

Most teams as I can see have said they will not run FRIC (Merc, McLaren, Redbull, Torro Rosso), I expect Force India to move forward since they were one of the very few team not to have FRIC... they should be good wiht a Merc engine.

[bill shoe]

Can merc protest themselves today to try and get a steward's ruling on FRIC legality?

[Pierce89]

Most teams as I can see have said they will not run FRIC (Merc, McLaren, Redbull, Torro Rosso), I expect Force India to move forward since they were one of the very few team not to have FRIC... they should be good wiht a Merc engine.

Force India has fric they just haven't run it at every race

[raymondu999]

[WaikeCU]

Tough luck... Susie goes out of the pits and reports gearbox shifting issues.

[lkm9719]

oh no!! kimi having problem ...... hope to fix soon to have a run

[theblackangus]

Can merc protest themselves today to try and get a steward's ruling on FRIC legality?

Someone correct me if I'm wrong here, but I believe the FRIC has to be run in the race to protest it. Practice doesnt count.
However Im not sure about qualifying.
So Merc would risk compromising their race if they ran it, won and protested.

[Shrieker]

AND get a subsequent ban. That'd be a first lol. To top it off, imagine no one else protested

[Juzh]

option is so much quicker than prime i wonder if oppo will be the way to go. prime also doesn't have the longevity one would assume it should have.

[WaikeCU]

I'm gonna be so pissed if eventually the Bull's end up above the Merc's on Sunday. Mercedes made a revolutionary, dominating car and yet again FIA had to intervene so that the W05 seems more ordinary.