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Gad-Westy said:
lauda said:
Get Karter said:
0.7 seconds is massive. This season will be about how easy Merc can treat their cats and still win by half a lap.
They just need to stroke them around the lap 
Get Karter said:
So glad I haven’t subscribed. I nearly fell for the Merc sandbagging but had my suspicions.
0.7 seconds is massive. This season will be about how easy Merc can treat their cars and still win by half a lap.
I wouldn't be so sure, I remember saying the same this time last season and by the end of the race I was eating my words.0.7 seconds is massive. This season will be about how easy Merc can treat their cars and still win by half a lap.
Edited by Get Karter on Saturday 16th March 08:14
It's mentioned above but the onboard from the Merc looks too stiff, it's extremely rigid and the feedback through the wheel looks manic. My limited knowledge would tell me that car may end up eating tyres, whereas you look at the donkey and RBs and they're utterly planted.
Will make for an interesting race tomorrow.
I know that no one knew the relative performances of the cars before this weekend but there are some surprises in the times, not the least being the 7/10s Hamilton has over Vettel. I was hoping for Ferrari to top the times - I've nothing against Merc or Hamilton, just wanted a challenge - or at the very least to be close. This is disappointing to say the very least.
HAAS up there again for the Ozzy GP. Let's hope they don't mess it all up again. That was a farce last season.
McLaren, at least in the hands of Norris, quite impressive, and the best of the rest, but early days. Sainz not showing well.
Williams though. The car's worse than last season's.
The timings do not suggest an exciting season at the front, but the midfield promises to be edge of the seat stuff.
HAAS up there again for the Ozzy GP. Let's hope they don't mess it all up again. That was a farce last season.
McLaren, at least in the hands of Norris, quite impressive, and the best of the rest, but early days. Sainz not showing well.
Williams though. The car's worse than last season's.
The timings do not suggest an exciting season at the front, but the midfield promises to be edge of the seat stuff.
pits said:
Matthen said:
Rick_1138 said:
"interviews hosted by Paul Do Resta".....yay.
Yeah... As a first experience of Skys offering, its pretty.. average. 
k has he got this gig? You've summed it up perfectly, he sucks the life out of the screen. He's achieved fk all in F1 and is also dull as ditchwater. The mind boggles.snake_oil said:
I wouldn't be so sure, I remember saying the same this time last season and by the end of the race I was eating my words.
It's mentioned above but the onboard from the Merc looks too stiff, it's extremely rigid and the feedback through the wheel looks manic. My limited knowledge would tell me that car may end up eating tyres, whereas you look at the donkey and RBs and they're utterly planted.
Will make for an interesting race tomorrow.
The Merc does look quick. But since when hace the very fastest racecars looked smooth and easy to drive. It's mentioned above but the onboard from the Merc looks too stiff, it's extremely rigid and the feedback through the wheel looks manic. My limited knowledge would tell me that car may end up eating tyres, whereas you look at the donkey and RBs and they're utterly planted.
Will make for an interesting race tomorrow.
To me it shows the difference in driver ability. Lewis seems to like a car on the edge and can get the best out of it making lots of adjustments through the corners. Schumacher was the same.
Seb seems to need a car that is easy to drive and doesn't appear to have the same ability to take the car to the edge and keep it there.
One other thing I've noticed that I don't recall seeing mentioned anywhere. Is the size of Lewis. He looks like he has put on quite a bit of muscle over the winter to take advantage of the new driver weight regs. If he is stronger than last year he will be very very hard to beat.
Burwood said:
what are thoughts on RedBull and Honda engines. Is reliability the big issue. It seems to have plenty of power
I think this year they're, Mercedes have two teams to keep at bay 
I think RB + Honda clearly is working well, and although he's a tit, I have to admit Horner was right to switch. I can only imagine how annoyed McLaren are that they effectively paid for years of Honda development with crap results, to now have the finished product perform so well in the hands of RB!!
TheDeuce said:
Burwood said:
what are thoughts on RedBull and Honda engines. Is reliability the big issue. It seems to have plenty of power
I think this year they're, Mercedes have two teams to keep at bay I think RB + Honda clearly is working well, and although he's a tit, I have to admit Horner was right to switch. I can only imagine how annoyed McLaren are that they effectively paid for years of Honda development with crap results, to now have the finished product perform so well in the hands of RB!!
48Valves said:
One other thing I've noticed that I don't recall seeing mentioned anywhere. Is the size of Lewis. He looks like he has put on quite a bit of muscle over the winter to take advantage of the new driver weight regs. If he is stronger than last year he will be very very hard to beat.
He said in an article this week the car and driver weights being seperate has helped him, he ate pancakes and cheetos but the last month trained with a lifelong vegan and some athletes, also said he's put 4lb of muscle onKraken said:
Burwood said:
what are thoughts on RedBull and Honda engines. Is reliability the big issue. It seems to have plenty of power
If Honda haven't managed to produce a reliable, reasonably powerful engine after all this time they need to leave the sport. Kraken said:
Burwood said:
what are thoughts on RedBull and Honda engines. Is reliability the big issue. It seems to have plenty of power
If Honda haven't managed to produce a reliable, reasonably powerful engine after all this time they need to leave the sport. The good thing about it is that we'll see.
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