Malaysian Grand Prix 2014, Kuala Lumpur - Race 2/19

mmj_uk · 30 Mar 2014 at 10:48

Red Bull radio communications always sounds so scripted.

SS-89 · 30 Mar 2014 at 10:48

drunkenmaster said:
Still good to see Williams doing well and getting points on the board, really nice to see. Want to see what they can do starting from higher up the grid.

Agreed, just wish ferrari were challenging, don't even look like they're in with a shout but it's still early days I guess.

el_dazza · 30 Mar 2014 at 10:49

So boring when one team dominates isn't it :rolleyes:

Jono8 · 30 Mar 2014 at 10:49

Quite surprised at just ho much faster Hamilton was compared with Rosberg as well..

Pigeon_Killer · 30 Mar 2014 at 10:49

Good to see a different car in front for a change but I'm not really sure how a race with very little overtaking or action can suddenly be called great by the majority when exactly the same race last season would've been called boring

CaptainRAVE · 30 Mar 2014 at 10:50

A comfortable 17s margin over a team mate, pretty crushing.

SS-89 · 30 Mar 2014 at 10:50

Haha Alonso seeing whether he can get a few ideas from the the Merc and RB

Glaucus · 30 Mar 2014 at 10:50

Again 24second to the next non merc, just like the first race. they are managing the gap more than people think. That merc has plenty of time in hand.

First race 26second gap, this race 24 second. A Pit stop in hand and no more.

SS-89 · 30 Mar 2014 at 10:51

Pigeon_Killer said:
Good to see a different car in front for a change but I'm not really sure how a race with very little overtaking or action can suddenly be called great by the majority when exactly the same race last season would've been called boring

I don't think it was great at all, I was just as bored as some of the races last season.

Flibster · 30 Mar 2014 at 10:51

Williams messed up. Should have let Bottas through much earlier. Spent pretty much the entire race staring up Massa's exhaust. Made up 10 places, and then just stopped...

Radio call to Bottas after the finish - We know there was more positions there, We'll have a chat later.

Caterham now move up to 10th in the championship - 2 car finish in 13th and 14th.

MagicBoy · 30 Mar 2014 at 10:51

Going to miss the podium stuff - it's BTCC time.

Wooo!

Haydz · 30 Mar 2014 at 10:52

Hulkenberg was fantastic.

Some very good racing on show today.

CaptainRAVE · 30 Mar 2014 at 10:52

Pigeon_Killer said:
Good to see a different car in front for a change but I'm not really sure how a race with very little overtaking or action can suddenly be called great by the majority when exactly the same race last season would've been called boring

I wouldn't say great, but much more entertaining than most of the races last season. Tires not randomly blowing up helped.

dannyjo22 · 30 Mar 2014 at 10:52

No doubt his media whore will be back in the garage next race.

utajoker · 30 Mar 2014 at 10:52

A proper anthem being played

Pigeon_Killer · 30 Mar 2014 at 10:54

CaptainRAVE said:
I wouldn't say great, but much more entertaining than most of the races last season. Tires not randomly blowing up helped.

Good from a safety point of view but it takes away the randomness of it for me.

elmuzzy66. · 30 Mar 2014 at 10:54

dannyjo22 said:
No doubt his media whore will be back in the garage next race.

I'll take her on the off days

dalin80 · 30 Mar 2014 at 10:55

Flibster said:
Williams messed up. Should have let Bottas through much earlier. Spent pretty much the entire race staring up Massa's exhaust. Made up 10 places, and then just stopped...

Radio call to Bottas after the finish - We know there was more positions there, We'll have a chat later.

Caterham now move up to 10th in the championship - 2 car finish in 13th and 14th.

If he wasn't fast enough to get past massa he had no chance further up and should stop whining.

Rybo89 · 30 Mar 2014 at 10:56

Woop.

drunkenmaster · 30 Mar 2014 at 10:56

Flibster said:
Williams messed up. Should have let Bottas through much earlier. Spent pretty much the entire race staring up Massa's exhaust. Made up 10 places, and then just stopped...

Radio call to Bottas after the finish - We know there was more positions there, We'll have a chat later.

Caterham now move up to 10th in the championship - 2 car finish in 13th and 14th.

What's going to be interesting is as teams get more data, more experience. Williams could and should have used more fuel all race. We could see later in the season that say Williams fuel rate was actually down to offsets from the FIA in regards to the fuel sensor. They may have been incorrectly limited down to say 95-98kg/h which is what gave them good fuel efficiency but a lack of ultimate passing pace.

Who knows, did anyone see a fuel graphic in the final few laps, was anyone actually close to the 100% fuel used mark?

Fuel limit won't effect every race, others will be limited more by the fuel rate.

I'm also not sure what the percentages were, it could be that because the cars didn't need 100kg/h that Williams under fuelled the car by 5kg's and needed to use that much less than the others.

Probably impossible to know at this point, like last year when Merc massively under fuelled Hamilton, it could just be a learning point and Williams next time around use the full 100kg and burn around like bad asses.