Malaysian Grand Prix 2015, Kuala Lumpur - Race 2/19

JRS · 28 Mar 2015 at 22:30

dannyjo22 said:
There's a massive difference between BAR and Mclaren though.

Is there?

Stupidly optimistic management - check. Unreliable car - check. Half decent driving talent being wasted - check. Metric ****-tonne of money getting spaffed for no good reason - check. Hell, if Alonso had missed many more races after that testing crash then you could even draw a parallel with Zonta crashing in testing and sitting out rounds 3-5 - and there, BAR got a Scandinavian driver in as a temporary replacement (Mika Salo) and McLaren got a Scandinavian driver in as a temporary replacement (KMag).

Flibster · 28 Mar 2015 at 22:55

Grosjean will start 10th after losing 8th place. He was called to the stewards for jumping the queue in the pit lane during qualifying.

smr · 28 Mar 2015 at 23:18

I think Nico is starting to realise that Hamilton will win the Championship quite easily this year.

Kamerad · 29 Mar 2015 at 06:52

smr said:
I think Nico is starting to realise that Hamilton will win the Championship quite easily this year.

I feel the same as when Webber and Vettel battled together in 2010 for the Championship and then Vettel went on to dominate 2011.

Also 7am crew (6am really :eek:

) represent

Sliver · 29 Mar 2015 at 07:04

Really looking forward to this. Possibility of rain towards the end so could be an exciting finish.

Merlin5 · 29 Mar 2015 at 07:09

Selamat pagi

Sliver · 29 Mar 2015 at 07:11

Merlin5 said:
Selamat pagi

Good morning.

Merlin5 · 29 Mar 2015 at 07:13

Sliver said:
Good morning.

MrKnifey · 29 Mar 2015 at 07:18

Flibster · 29 Mar 2015 at 07:22

Morning.

Espresso in hand.

Got to bed at 2am/3am this morning so not feeling at my best at the moment.

Johnny Herbert doing the driver interviews on the bus was a great choice.

Sliver · 29 Mar 2015 at 07:24

Flibster said:
Morning.

Espresso in hand. Got to bed at 2am/3am this morning so not feeling at my best at the moment.

Who needs sleep when there's F1 to be had.

Sliver · 29 Mar 2015 at 07:30

Track temperature 63°C ! :eek:

Drivers making maybe 3 stops today. Lots of potential pit stop calamities. Should be interesting.

Flibster · 29 Mar 2015 at 07:32

Currently track temperature is 64°C

That's a little bit on the warm side.

Twirlywoos · 29 Mar 2015 at 07:37

Nico sounds like a broken man, what's with all the compliments towards Lewis?

Sliver · 29 Mar 2015 at 07:38

Will be interesting to see if Vettel can hold off Rosberg into the first corner.

muon · 29 Mar 2015 at 07:38

Hamilton is 1/3 odds on to win the Drivers' Championship.

If Rosberg was to have a failure first, then Hamilton would be a ridiculous favourite to win it all.

Best odds for Rosberg is currently 7/2.

Skeeter · 29 Mar 2015 at 07:40

I like JB! Such a nice guy.

drunkenmaster · 29 Mar 2015 at 07:40

Flibster said:
Currently track temperature is 64°C

That's a little bit on the warm side.

Track temp only going to increase once the cars start going around, without rain they are all going to have bad tire deg.

I really dislike it when they bang on about tire deg from practice determining number of stops like it's a certainty. Merc have great tire deg and they push harder and faster in practice, it's about finding out what pace the tires can take in practice. After years they still don't get that, there is no point doing say 1:44's, finding no deg... you don't know that you couldn't do 1:42's but have the same tire drop off. You do a stint push hard do calculations and compare to models and previous races back in the garage(and back at HQ) and come up with the best pace target to go for.

Merc pitted later than both Ferrari's in Australia despite running a significantly higher pace.

Sliver · 29 Mar 2015 at 07:45

Should be interesting watching Alonso v Button as to who comes out on top. I'm betting Alonso will do something special today.