The Official 2015 Austrian Grand Prix thread **SPOILERS**
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Well here's to one of the most picturesque GPs on the calendar and a great old track, if slightly less great than the proper track of old....
Rosburg's chance to get one over on Lewis?
Red Bull's home race so desperate measures to put on a good showing?
Can the Williams be as fast as last year?
Updated V3 Mercedes engines for their supplied teams.
Bumper crowds heading over from Germany seeing as no home GP?
Plus Mclaren, Vettel, Kimi, and lots of other things to chat about......
Well here's to one of the most picturesque GPs on the calendar and a great old track, if slightly less great than the proper track of old....
Rosburg's chance to get one over on Lewis?
Red Bull's home race so desperate measures to put on a good showing?
Can the Williams be as fast as last year?
Updated V3 Mercedes engines for their supplied teams.
Bumper crowds heading over from Germany seeing as no home GP?
Plus Mclaren, Vettel, Kimi, and lots of other things to chat about......
Force India reckoned on the F1 Show they weren't getting the updated engine until Austria, maybe they had the engine for the last race but needed time to get it running up to speed?
Definitely a race I'd like to visit sometime soon, especially f you got a chance to drive the track around the same time as the weekend.
Definitely a race I'd like to visit sometime soon, especially f you got a chance to drive the track around the same time as the weekend.
MG CHRIS said:
vonuber said:
Mercedes 1st & 2nd.
Ferrari 3rd & 5th.
A Williams 4th.
This with red bull and torro rosso filling up the top 10. Lotus/saulber and fi to battle for the non points McLaren to retire and manor to trundle around the back.Ferrari 3rd & 5th.
A Williams 4th.
But, I'll stick my neck out and further suggest:
Qualy:
1. HAM
2. ROS
3. VET
Race:
1. HAM
2. ROS
3. RAI
The Mercedes engine update is said to have increased the performance delta between Mercedes and Ferrari, so it'll be interesting to see if we're going to have the Williams truly pressurising the Ferraris, the Lotus pressurising the Saubers and Renault engined cars etc.
It's a quick circuit so I reckon the Torro Rossos will once again outshine the Red Bulls.
It's a quick circuit so I reckon the Torro Rossos will once again outshine the Red Bulls.
MiniMan64 said:
Hulk for a podium after driving the whole race without stopping...
[very boring man]Disqual for not using both tyres[/very boring man]
If you put the fastest wearing tyre on for the "parade lap", then pit, change to the better tyre, then do the race on that set...does that count? (I presume it's not allowed but...dafter things have happened in the past)Crossing my fingers for a more interesting race than the last 3. Maybe Ferrari's true pace was "masked" in Canada and we will see a real challenge from Vettel and hopefully Raikkonen too........ but I wont hold my breath.
It isn't the best of over taking tracks is it??
It isn't the best of over taking tracks is it??
Edited by VolvoT5 on Monday 15th June 20:22
Munter said:
[very boring man]Disqual for not using both tyres[/very boring man]
If you put the fastest wearing tyre on for the "parade lap", then pit, change to the better tyre, then do the race on that set...does that count? (I presume it's not allowed but...dafter things have happened in the past)
I may well be wrong here but I remember some chat about the pit lane not opening until a couple of laps have been completed. If you put the fastest wearing tyre on for the "parade lap", then pit, change to the better tyre, then do the race on that set...does that count? (I presume it's not allowed but...dafter things have happened in the past)LaurasOtherHalf said:
Force India reckoned on the F1 Show they weren't getting the updated engine until Austria, maybe they had the engine for the last race but needed time to get it running up to speed?
Definitely a race I'd like to visit sometime soon, especially f you got a chance to drive the track around the same time as the weekend.
the new engines were available to the customer teams, the issue was that if they used them, it then counts towards their 4 engines (PU) per year, so if they were in the middle of the life of their old engine, it probably made sense not to use the new one.Definitely a race I'd like to visit sometime soon, especially f you got a chance to drive the track around the same time as the weekend.
HustleRussell said:
The Mercedes engine update is said to have increased the performance delta between Mercedes and Ferrari, so it'll be interesting to see if we're going to have the Williams truly pressurising the Ferraris, the Lotus pressurising the Saubers and Renault engined cars etc.
It's a quick circuit so I reckon the Torro Rossos will once again outshine the Red Bulls.
I think I read that Redbull are likely to take their engine penalty here, so probably starting from the back. It's a quick circuit so I reckon the Torro Rossos will once again outshine the Red Bulls.
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