Singapore Grand Prix 2015, Marina Bay - Race 13/19

Button has a great sense of humour and manner about him, always cheery and optimistic beyond the call of duty, and is perfectly suited to holding a mic. I think he'll retire and become a regular BBC or Sky pundit. Probably already got a TV contract awaiting him. Unless he leaves F1 for some other racing like Mark Webber did.
 
Can't fathom that turnaround in performance at all. Tyre pressures causing a 2+ second a lap swing in laptimes from one race to the next? Surely not?!
 
wesley said:
how is that possible? did merc got slower now or ferrari and red bull got faster?
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I really can't see it as being anything but Merc getting slower, why though.

PUndits been terrible, said how they were acting like all Merc teams had no downforce all weekend, bizarre. Mercedes have since the start of 2013 looked awesome at these types of tracks.

Braking issue? overheating brakes causing massive problems, need to brake earlier and less heavily to reduce temps would lose loads of time.

To me, well, no other testing and now one race finished on the new engine. Did they see feedback from that engine that has made them back off the engine power dramatically to try and get a few races out of it. Do they think at full power they won't finish this race?

EDIT:- Toto not at all optimistic and Allison effectively saying, that gap wasn't them, the gap to RBR is what they expected. Merc slow not RBR/Ferrari fast basically.

Hamilton seems to think the tires are up to temp but just not offering the grip they usually get.
 
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It's Mercedes either messing something up, or messing their whole package up.

They are far too close to Williams on this type of track for it to be anything else. I think Ferrari might have improved, and Red Bull were naturally going to be up there... But I think Mercedes have dropped back massively.

Maybe they were running less tyre pressure to increase traction, and now they can't?
 
Skeeter said:
Very different tracks though. Power is not as much of an advantage here, mechanical grip is.
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Oh yes very much so totally different but this isn't a Mercedes which has only done well at particular circuit types it's dominated at every track for the last 2 years somehow they are now miles off the pace here.

Lauda says it's grip related.
 
Kimi just got P3, so a rare picture of him smiling

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:D
 
Booom!!! Take that Merc... :)

Deuse, to answer your earlier question, my youngest 1 year old son is called Ethan Sebastian, make of that what you will ;)
 
CaptainRAVE said:
A little suspect after the last race, but probably just a one off issue. A couple of psi does not equal 1.5s.
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You be surprised! It's a couple of psi on a tire that's only at about 16psi in total.

I can feel 2psi difference in my car on track, and I run up at 30ish. 2psi on an F1 tyre is masses! On a 23 corner track they are only losing 0.065 of a second out of each corner.
 
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