Pole for Lewis , did not see that watching Q2.
The F1 Thread 2015 Season
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First Monaco pole, get in Lewis!
Great lap from Lewis. Bit sad that Verstappen only made 10 mind you.
Kimi is fecked.
Wouldn't be surprised if he's dropped by Ferrari at the end of the season. They are paying him a lot of money and he isn't delivering.
Wouldn't be surprised if he's dropped by Ferrari at the end of the season. They are paying him a lot of money and he isn't delivering.
Aye good lap that from Lewis, Rosberg would have had to go some to match that anyway.
It was a pretty boring quali I thought, good to see Lewis on pole though. I reckon we'll see Jenson score points if his car lasts the race.
Watching F1 nowadays can cure those with insomnia. What suggestions would you guys have to make it more exciting?
V12 turbos , proper gear changes.
Question is, who to replace him? Do they go to one of the promising rookies (Verstappen), or one of those who are in the mid teams who could be good enough to make the next step (Hulkenberg)?
um - 4th in the championship is about where he should be. not sure what else SF were hoping for this season.
What do you guys think of the dutch kid Verstappen? More potential than his dad obviously but can he be a future champ?
Max is clearly talented but I don't think he's done anything that special yet. I mean it is special to be in F1 and on the pace at 17 obviously but that doesn't always translate to being a star, Sainz Jr has been equally as good yet isn't getting the plaudits......must be too old at 20 right? Toro Rosso looks a decent car actually and its allowing them to compete, we would have a better idea of where they both stand if they had an experienced teammate to compare them to.
And on the making F1 interesting again? Make them faster first and foremost, these guys are cruising around like limo drivers in the races and it's risk free racing, how often do the non-Maldonado drivers actually make errors in the races these days? Lower the front wings to negate some of the dirty air issues for following cars, if they have to keep the new hybrid engines then make them racey, louder and more powerful. They certainly should not feck around with the weekend format, none of this split race idea shit they had in the F1 fan survery, leave quali alone because its fun as is.
Fact is F1 has been abit less interesting recently because of team dominance, first it was Red Bull and now its Mercedes. Even if you are a fan of both, it becomes boring.
And on the making F1 interesting again? Make them faster first and foremost, these guys are cruising around like limo drivers in the races and it's risk free racing, how often do the non-Maldonado drivers actually make errors in the races these days? Lower the front wings to negate some of the dirty air issues for following cars, if they have to keep the new hybrid engines then make them racey, louder and more powerful. They certainly should not feck around with the weekend format, none of this split race idea shit they had in the F1 fan survery, leave quali alone because its fun as is.
Fact is F1 has been abit less interesting recently because of team dominance, first it was Red Bull and now its Mercedes. Even if you are a fan of both, it becomes boring.
Can't agree more. I think he has a lot of potential, but that might be my Dutch bias speaking.
F1 has always had a dominant team though really.
Before Red Bull it was Ferrari, before that Williams and before that McLaren.
The full Nürburgring.
Race starts in less than 10 mins.
Not expecting too much excitement, but may be surprised.
Not expecting too much excitement, but may be surprised.
I only have setanta sports, so I'll only be getting the race. Missing the coverage beforehand...Have I missed anything?
Just tuned in, expecting a total procession.
"The plan is to go as fast as possible and overtake as many cars as possible"
No shit, Sherlock.
No shit, Sherlock.
5 laps in and being told to lift and coast, what a joke.
What an overtake by Verstappen on maldonado.
It was a nice move but Maldonado's car wasn't working right
Yeah, he hasn't finished much races this year has he? A change from his usual causing chaos....
heh, yea perhaps his car is getting its own back for all the times he binned it.
True, the dominant teams tend to win in the end. But when you get seasons where 2-3 cars are capable of winning you get decent years, F1 has suffered because none of the big teams are peaking at the same time anymore. Soon as Red Bull became mortal, Mercedes became dominant. We need the likes of McLaren to get their shit together and for Ferrari to keep pulling Mercedes back, then if the rules remain relatively normal the field will close.
F1 shoots itself in the foot all the time by trying to re-invent itself every 5-6 years with new regs, all it does is jumble it all up again.
On average, what's the difference in power between the Mercedes and the rest? They've got this hybrid engine thing, but I've never bothered to figure out what the difference is and what extra power it gives.
Monaco really does accentuate all the problems with F1, this is fecking dire.
Whatever happened to having all the cars having decent sized engines and allowing for decent competition?
About 60bhp
Can't watch the race , maybe that's a good thing. Might catch the highlights later.
Glad I'm not the only one that thinks Monaco is crap.
I guess it has a lot of history.
I guess it has a lot of history.
That'll be a short show.
I used to thoroughly like Monaco when I was younger as it was always a tight race. Not so much now.
It can produce decent races if it rains. Recently though it's a snorefest.
I feel like Monaco used to have a lot more incidents in the past. These days pretty much everyone finishes which means its a procession.
We need to bring NPJ back to drive into a wall.
Rosberg is such a waster.
They should do away with blue flags for this race; then we'd get some actual overtaking.
Even retirements are boring.