The Official 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix Thread ***Spoilers**
Discussion
AnotherClarkey said:
I wonder how Alonso is feeling?
A lot of people were saying much the same about Lewis in 2013 though. OK it was a little different as McLaren didn't suddenly make a massive jump like Ferrari has this year but the point still stands. Alonso is in for the long haul and I think McLaren won't be too upset with today. Not so far away from points with Jenson and given the heat I'd assume they always considered engine failure to be a real possibility. I don't think they can reach the level of Mercedes or even Ferrari but before the season is out I wouldn't be surprised to see a McLaren in 4th/5th or maybe even on the podium.
Nigel_O said:
What chance does Horner have of getting equalisation with the Mercs now?
Ferrari have made Red Bull's whining look a bit childish, as they've done exactly what they needed to - they've worked hard and close the gap - well done and a great result for F1 fans - race on!
Absolutely. Maybe Red Bull need to change the team principal as Ferrari have.........Ferrari have made Red Bull's whining look a bit childish, as they've done exactly what they needed to - they've worked hard and close the gap - well done and a great result for F1 fans - race on!
Park'O said:
Matt_N said:
Park'O said:
Ferrari haven't made a big stride at all. Add the extra Pitstop to Vettel and he would of strategy cs down the road behind Lewis. He finished only 10secs behind Hamilton in Australia. Mercedes got it wrong tactically today, that's all.
But they didn't and they won so nerr. The car has come on leaps and bounds from last year and put them in the position to challenge for the win.
t kid. Technically Ferrari were 5secs down on the Mercs today than they were in Aus. Mercs got there strategy wrong today.The Ferrari has come along but only over Redbull and Williams.
Today was what F1 needed after Oz.
It's just one race of course, and the reaction might be a bit OTT.
Whatever, Merc will now have to take the result on board. Perhaps LH will not be able to simply set up the car and race tactics to beat NR, which has made things easy for him. To be fair, he did that this time, but once he has to take into consideration Ferrari tactics mixes things up.
Given the result, I wonder how Merc would have changed their tactics today. If they'd left LH out during the pace car I wonder what would have happened. Too difficult for me, but I wonder what that would have meant for the inter team challenge for the Merc drivers.
The one thing that is evident today is that Eddie Jordan is a waste of space and should go.
It's just one race of course, and the reaction might be a bit OTT.
Whatever, Merc will now have to take the result on board. Perhaps LH will not be able to simply set up the car and race tactics to beat NR, which has made things easy for him. To be fair, he did that this time, but once he has to take into consideration Ferrari tactics mixes things up.
Given the result, I wonder how Merc would have changed their tactics today. If they'd left LH out during the pace car I wonder what would have happened. Too difficult for me, but I wonder what that would have meant for the inter team challenge for the Merc drivers.
The one thing that is evident today is that Eddie Jordan is a waste of space and should go.
freddytin said:
Ah , sorry for being a little slow .
No need to apologise 
I strongly suspect that the part discussion heard was "Lewis needed to be on the options, but you geniuses used them up yesterday" " eh what, do we pit him again then?"
They only broadcast the "pit again?" bit, hard to know exactly what Lewis heard.
Derek Smith said:
Given the result, I wonder how Merc would have changed their tactics today. If they'd left LH out during the pace car I wonder what would have happened. Too difficult for me, but I wonder what that would have meant for the inter team challenge for the Merc drivers.
Lewis would not have lost 10s to Vettel, he would still have lost track position due to vettels stint length, he would at least get to actually race Vettel, which would have given him a chance.I thought EJ did well. Great to see Vettel back to his old self. So do Ferrari have a blown diffuser on that car or can we accept the fact that Seb is a superb driver? But maybe Mercedes are too conservative? The whole weekend was about them optimising the car on the hard tyres. I believe they thought that their performance advantage would overcome the pace deficit on those tyres.
Ferrari on the other hand focussed on tyre deg on the options. Job done.
There's definitely something in the way the STR is set up that makes it a better car than the RBR, currently. Perhaps the RBR is ultimately faster but that performance is less easy to access?
Ferrari on the other hand focussed on tyre deg on the options. Job done.
There's definitely something in the way the STR is set up that makes it a better car than the RBR, currently. Perhaps the RBR is ultimately faster but that performance is less easy to access?
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