Mercedes forced to run with less power today? Equalisation

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Or just a bad tyre strategy and unlucky with the safety car call? That Fezza win came out of nowhere, smells a bit fishy to me two weeks after a Merc Whitewash in Oz.

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DJRC said:

Is a village missing a moron?

Possibly, are you away from home this weekend?

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DS240 said:

Oh come on.. What a load of BS.

...... Back in the real world. Ferrari were not far off the pace in Australia, looked positive in pre season testing and looked strong all weekend.

There's an element of the early pit stop and mercs not passing traffic afterwards which helped vettel, but pace was there from Ferrari to battle.

Hamilton was 34 seconds ahead of Vettel in Oz, and probably could have been more if pushed harder. In Oz Hamilton was 1.4 seconds quicker in qualifying than Vettel, on a shorter lap than Malaysia.
So, did Ferrari find all of this time on the trip from Oz to Malaysia, at the airport perhaps? Or in Bernie's private jet?
At the start of the race, first few laps before the safety car, on the same tyres, Rosberg could not get anywhere near Vettel?

Bernie st himself after the first race that it was going to be a Merc whitewash season. Germany dropped from the calendar, audiences plummeting. What do you do.........

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slipstream 1985 said:

LeftHooker said:

DS240 said:

Oh come on.. What a load of BS.

...... Back in the real world. Ferrari were not far off the pace in Australia, looked positive in pre season testing and looked strong all weekend.

There's an element of the early pit stop and mercs not passing traffic afterwards which helped vettel, but pace was there from Ferrari to battle.

Hamilton was 34 seconds ahead of Vettel in Oz, and probably could have been more if pushed harder. In Oz Hamilton was 1.4 seconds quicker in qualifying than Vettel, on a shorter lap than Malaysia.
So, did Ferrari find all of this time on the trip from Oz to Malaysia, at the airport perhaps? Or in Bernie's private jet?
At the start of the race, first few laps before the safety car, on the same tyres, Rosberg could not get anywhere near Vettel?

Bernie st himself after the first race that it was going to be a Merc whitewash season. Germany dropped from the calendar, audiences plummeting. What do you do.........

Merc go the strategy wrong. We have seen maldonado get a win just with the right strategy and tyre management. It was a knock on effect of poorly placing the mercs in traffic early on. Seb was able to scamper away and gain 10 seconds as well as track position. Seb drove well and a few bits and bobs fell into place to help.

No conspiracy theory at all.

What about the lap times before the safety car? Check out Vettel and Rosberg times. Identical tyres, fuel, conditions etc, Vettel faster.

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rubystone said:

LeftHooker said:

What about the lap times before the safety car? Check out Vettel and Rosberg times. Identical tyres, fuel, conditions etc, Vettel faster.

You've been watching the SPECTRE trailer today haven't you?

I guess I just question things that don't seem logical, and with the recent calls for equalisation coinciding miraculously with Merc having their pants pulled down in the next race after 18 months of total domination it can lead to suspicion. Unless of course everything thinks F1 has always been nothing but totally fair and transparent?

Probably nothing in it, and for the sake of the sport, specworldwide and audience it was good to see Ferrari take a win.

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TheAngryDog said:

fking hell. No more needs to be said

Why so angry, dog?

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MG511 said:

Crafty_ said:

Where do you people come up with this dross from ? did you not watch the race ? do you not understand tyre compounds and strategy ?

I think they struggle with breathing.

Wow, you guys seem to get really upset about a rather innocuous blog post. Do you guys know that you do not HAVE to either read or comment on something you don't wish to? It's kind of cool, it's a system whereby those who wish to engage in some casual debate about life's little ups and downs can do so with other like minded people.
To be clear, I do not believe there is any requirement in the forum rules for you to comment or engage in threads you do not wish to. It really is quite a good system and generally works.

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Crafty_ said:

Ah, so the answer to my questions is "no" then.

Dear god man, please go and do a little reading about F1 before coming up with such claptrap.

Ahhh, so you are one of those 'it was in the papers so it must be true' types. Good on yer mate.

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Crafty_ said:

No, I'm one of those 'have been watching, reading and following F1 for over 20 years' types that actually understands how Ferrari won today.

Unlike you.

Carry on.

Right you are. You must have good contacts inside Bernie's inner sanctum to be so sure of yourself, can you share any other opinions that you care to claim as fact based on this unique access?

Crack on yourself.

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hornet said:

LeftHooker said:

Right you are. You must have good contacts inside Bernie's inner sanctum to be so sure of yourself, can you share any other opinions that you care to claim as fact based on this unique access?

Crack on yourself.

Surely the "access to Bernie's inner sanctum" qualifier applies equally to your original assertion? Seems rather arrogant to hold people to account for presnting opinions as facts whilst simultaneously doing exactly that yourself. If you're going to demand a minimum evidential standard for the debate, it seems reasonable for participants to expect you to be held to it as well.

I didn't present anything as fact, I merely raised a suspicion. Read the OP, and tag, I say it smells 'fishy'.

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Fire99 said:

DS240 said:

They didn't read the memo this weekend?!.

You say that but it's interesting what Martin Brundle allegedly had to say today regarding the race being a bit of a 'set up' and the Mercs possibly being told to keep it close.

Just sitting on the fence, F1 don't want a repeat of the Michael Schumacher years in F1 when it was a bit of a whitewash and now with manufactured racing with DRS etc, and the emphasis being made on 'putting on a show', it's in no-one's interests for a team to romp off into the sunset over consecutive seasons. Gotta keep the 'fans' guessing.

Mercedes don't need to lose, they just need to make it not look too easy.

I'm not saying this or that is definitely happening but as I've said before, I certainly wouldn't sweepingly put it past F1..

Such a shame to watch the leading teams driving 56 laps saving tyres! Lift and Coast, fuel management, tyre managemnt, what would the race look like if they just let them race, go as fast as you can boys!!