The Offical F1 Thread #2

[xxMATTGxx]

It's all getting a bit heated for the Mercedes boys recently.

[Zak]

I think Rosberg did what he did in qualifying on purpose. That being said Nico had great race-pace and a good drive from him.

Maybe Hamilton might have won the race at Monaco, we won't know.. All he can do is keep racing at 110% and see how the season plans out for him.

[j0rd]

that control doe
http://gfycat.com/LateFineDesertpupfish

[Zak]

Watched Canadian GP in Turkey.... on German TV lmao.

Gutted for The Ham but happy for Riccairdo's victory. He is really showing Vettel who's boss.

[xxMATTGxx]

Wasn't a bad race to be honest. Fantastic result for the Mercedes team and great couple of laps from Lewis to get from 9th (I think?) up to 2nd.

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[xxMATTGxx]

Standing re-starts, new nose designs & testing changes among rule revisions for F1 2015

Standing re-starts, reductions in wind tunnel usage and in-season testing, and an extension of parc ferme conditions are among changes to have been approved by the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council for the 2015 season with a view to saving costs and enlivening the Formula 1 spectacle.

Following a host of suggestions by the F1 Strategy Group which were voted on by the wider F1 Commission ahead of last week's Austrian GP, the WMSC met on Thursday in Munich to rubber-stamp changes for next season and beyond.

Despite a largely negative response from drivers and fans to the proposal, standing restarts will be introduced following the introduction of the Safety Car during races - although not in all scanearios. In-season testing will be cut from four to two sessions, meanwhile, while the three pre-season tests revert exclusively to European venues after back-to-back sessions in Bahrain this year.

A proposed ban on tyre blankets has been put on hold for now, meanwhile, while in significant changes affecting teams during a race weekend, the start of parc ferme conditions will be brought forward by one session to Saturday morning’s Practice Three and the Friday night mechanics curfew extended from six to seven hours in 2015. It will then increase to eight hours in 2016.

Read the full article by going to:

http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/12...es-for-f1-2015

Thoughts?

[Kardan]

Standing restarts is an awful idea.

[Zak]

The Hams first lap was amazing at the last GP. He went from like 9th to 4th? in one lap. Senna'esque!

Anything on increasing the noise produced by these cars for 2015?

[xxMATTGxx]

The Hams first lap was amazing at the last GP. He went from like 9th to 4th? in one lap. Senna'esque!

Anything on increasing the noise produced by these cars for 2015?

Nope, I think that's died down and something we have all gotten used to. I know Mercedes tried something to see if it would make it any louder but the results weren't anything special.

[RealClifford]

Standing Restarts is a horrible idea in my opinion.
That being said it's probably a good thing it comes in AFTER Webber has left since he was absolutely shocking at standing starts in the RBR...

I miss the noise of the V8's, but I've gotten used to it, it's still great racing, it's still the pinnacle of motor sport and I thoroughly enjoy it just the same.
It's great to see Ricciardo showing Vettel that he isn't invincible and that he can be beaten and convincingly.

Vettel may cry about little technical problems, but he's had a few clean races and still been extremely average, and everything seems to point to the team instead of him.
What are people's thoughts on Ricciardo just being a better driver with the lower downforce style cars of this year due to his experience in a less than ideal car for a few years at Toro Rosso?
I'm sure it's playing a part, but not that big of a part considering the gap between him and Vettel this year has been huge.