Mercedes 2014 clean sweep?

[Bradgate]

In 1988, McLaren won 15 out of 16 races. In 2011, Red Bull Racing took 18 pole positions in 19 races.

Now that Mercedes have demonstrated how much faster than the rest of the field their current car really is, could they break these records?

(Typo corrected)

Edited by Bradgate on Sunday 6th April 22:48

[Bradgate]

revrange said:

I am not sure how much times from the first two races can be read into as Merc i don't think were running flat out,they did on Sunday for 10 laps and the rest of the field didn't see which way they went.

Now the track favoured them, but even still they have a healthy advantage.

Teams will be hopping the Barcelona packages close the gap, if they don't most will switch focus to next years car.

Mercedes’ fastest lap on Sunday was 1.37.0. Next fastest car was the Force India at 1.38.8. The fastest lap by a non-Mercedes powered car was 1.39.2 by Ricciardo.

Red Bull’s advantage in the second half of last season when they won 9 consecutive races was approx. 0.5s per lap, so Mercedes’ 1.8s gap is an absolutely vast margin. Mercedes are not just ahead, they are racing in a different category.

Given that the engine spec is now frozen for the year, the Renault and Ferrari powered teams probably can’t catch Mercedes, so it’s up to Williams, FI and McLaren, in particular, to try to challenge the Mercs.