Australian Grand Prix 2015, Melbourne - Race 1/19

Glaucus said:
You replied quoting what I said, which was all about mercy doubling the gap. And you disagreed as Ferrari was a mediocre lap, so I can read fine thanks.
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and you were wrong. The gap wasn't representative which is what I said. Again, in Q1 Hamilton was 8/10ths up on Vettel on a 1-1.5second slower time, adjusted that is a 1.8-2.3 second gap. the final gap was 1.4seconds. Ferrari even with a conservative estimate of the soft tires pace over the medium, close the gap anything between 0.4 and 0.9 seconds compared to their Q1 showing.

You said they doubled the gap in Q1 and used this as proof, the gap came down in Q3 as I suggested it would based on them doing VERY conservative Q1 times, I was absolutely right. I said Q1 wasn't representative, you were trying to use Q1 times to prove an absolute gap between Ferrari and Merc.
 
SS-89 said:
Shame vettel was on a used set. Looking forward to the race, blistering pace from hamilton.
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I have no idea why they felt the need to go softs in Q1 then why they did the second run in Q2. They could have gone into Q3 with two new sets like Merc did....

Had they done so then Ferrari could have locked out the second row. Ridiculous tactical decisions there by Ferrari people.
 
drunkenmaster said:
and you were wrong. The gap wasn't representative which is what I said. Again, in Q1 Hamilton was 8/10ths up on Vettel on a 1-1.5second slower time, adjusted that is a 1.8-2.3 second gap. the final gap was 1.4seconds. Ferrari even with a conservative estimate of the soft tires pace over the medium, close the gap anything between 0.4 and 0.9 seconds compared to their Q1 showing.

You said they doubled the gap in Q1 and used this as proof, the gap came down in Q3 as I suggested it would based on them doing VERY conservative Q1 times, I was absolutely right. I said Q1 wasn't representative, you were trying to use Q1 times to prove an absolute gap between Ferrari and Merc.
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Rofl, last year merc did not have a 1.4 second advantage, they have more than doubled the gap. their advantage last year wasn't even 0.7..
Which ever way you cut it, mercy have more than doubled their advantage, which makes you wrong.
 
Flibster said:
So the pecking order is pretty much what was expected from testing.
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Yup, Ferrari vastly improved and right on top of Williams. Ferrari's have been notorious for good starts for years but Williams suddenly got great at it last year as well so not sure I'd bank on them jumping Massa at the start. Will be interesting to see what Vettel does, he wasn't as bad as Webber but he wasn't a great starter, was it car or driver.

TR improved a lot and pushing closer but not quite on par with Williams/Ferrari, RBR certainly looking a step back on Ferrari/Williams this year. Lotus much improved but a much bigger change than TR and not surprising they aren't top notch yet, hopefully Lotus can develop from a solid base this year.
 
Looks like 1st and second in wdc have no questions around them

Good improvement by Lotus.
Impressive Ferrari
McLaren.. Didn't expect to be rooted to back like that and unreliable
 
Will anything happen to shake this season up or will we be looking at a merc lockout for most if the races again?
It'll be dull if everything is win by them, and they aren't that likely to suffer repeated car failures.
Oh dull season here we go.
The race for third is on.
 
Hikari Kisugi said:
Will anything happen to shake this season up or will we be looking at a merc lockout for most if the races again?
It'll be dull if everything is win by them, and they aren't that likely to suffer repeated car failures.
Oh dull season here we go.
The race for third is on.
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Yeah because the other 18 cars are just pointless and not worth watching :rolleyes:
 
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