Alex Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 I would have expected that at the Oz race no one would have been allowed to substitute as they hadn't qualified the car. Anyhoo...lets hope Valteri is better. The money is on Williams borrowing the Mercedes Reserve driver who drove the FIFI and Merc in testing, Pascal W...something (can't be bothered to look up his name sorry) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2 MSW Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Ouch that sounds painful. Not so sure he will be recovered in time for next weekend. If Williams don't give Suzy a shot there will be uproar. They have been quite happy to let her get on with all the PR and training pics on FB and Instagram etc. But then when it comes down to it - sorry not quite up to a race seat. Hmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Have any of you seen her drive?! She's not very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Joleon Palmer woud be a good choice, if Renault would allow it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Joleon Palmer woud be a good choice, if Renault would allow it. Would love to see that and see how well he did compared to MV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2 MSW Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Have any of you seen her drive?! She's not very good. Give her chance to prove it. Palmer Jr would be good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Give her chance to prove it. She's had lots of 'chances' that haven't worked out... she was rubbish in DTM and her F1 testing hasn't exactly gone well. But she's great PR I suppose, and Toto being absolutely minted and in her corner helps too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Still she's a better peddler than Carmen Jorda... Whos appearances on TV were met with wolf whistles from the crowd lol #dontthinkshesbeingtakenseriously Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Still she's a better peddler than Carmen Jorda... Whos appearances on TV were met with wolf whistles from the crowd lol #dontthinkshesbeingtakenseriously The Americans are hilarious aren't they? You just need to see what happened to Dancia Patrick every time she got in a car to see that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BoaBoz Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 just hope the engines sound better than last years lawn mowers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Nope, same power plants, same noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdavies Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 http://www.espn.co.uk/f1/motorsport/story/195579.html Glad someone said it about Horner, I also like the fact that Toto Wolff indirectly told him to stop bitching and moaning ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formatzero Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 If Mercedes can get a car that quick the other major teams should be able to at least get their car close to them.If Horner is complaining already he obviously doesn't think catch up is possible this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 RedBull backed the wrong horse...and quite frankly have themselves to blame. They should have been driving the development of that engine 18m before it was first used...you know, when they were cruising to a 3rd straight championship and lining up a 4th. The breakdown between Renault and RB has only taken a season, after 4 years of dominance. It's kinda pathetic. They've had a year to collectively get this sorted, Ferrari have improved their PU no end. A Ferrari powered RB would probably be a challenger to the Merc dominance. Williams, Lotus and FIF1 need to think again based on Oz. They were too far off the pace with equal PU hardware. I don't subscribe to Merc giving lesser quality units to the customer teams, its actually not in their interests. The software could be the limitation, but I think Merc are quietly enjoying delivering an A grade platform to Williams etc and then destroying them on track using a better car (and arguably driver). F1 does find itself, again, in a costly and kinda pathetic situation where one team is being brilliant and the others erm, less so. It needs less restrictive rules to get companies interested but limited resources to reduce costs and stop 1 team out spending another. Without the FIA actually paying the bills as a proxy that will never happen. So, unrelentingly, roll on Mercedes you've earned it. Williams must beat Ferrari from here on. And close the gap on their PU supplier... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny g Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 They need to go back to basics: Max downforce limit at 150mph of xxx kg Max fuel capacity of a car of xxx litres. 1 fuel stop, minimum. No mandate on engines. Whatever works. Multiple tyre manufacturers and each engine supplier must supply at least 3 teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Probably even in F1 circles there is a limited pool of talent to choose from. When these talented people move the teams tend to do better and improve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2 MSW Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 They need to go back to basics: Max downforce limit at 150mph of xxx kg Max fuel capacity of a car of xxx litres. 1 fuel stop, minimum. No mandate on engines. Whatever works. Multiple tyre manufacturers and each engine supplier must supply at least 3 teams. Wont work as your ferrari's and Mercs will throw money at what they can develop left right and centre and you will have the same effect as now, the biggest teams with the biggest budgets at the front. It needs what Alex said, the FIA to take control of the purse strings so they can control and publish what every team spends on development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2 MSW Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 I see williams have signed suit as reserve driver! WHAT!!!! There are so many more promising drivers that Adrian Sutil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Sutil has money / backers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Looks like we might have a closer battle up the front if the numbers stack up from Malaysia McLaren have closed the gap but still 2.7 secs off the Mercs !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Just watched some of this, what's happened to the noise Nice driving from the 17yr old Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Rosberg sounds so defeatist... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigMoSupraRSP Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Glad to see that Honda turned up the power a bit though, maybe Q2 in China? :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Fingers crossed for some more rain to mix it up a bit tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 A good race and rain wasn't needed to mix it up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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