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Best qualifying session for many year. Using all of the tyres from medium compounds to soft, onto inters for a shower, full wets, back to inters.
Dan is proving his worth and was spectacular in quali as well as running a great race. Got a bit of a Webber start and cost him the win.
Looking forward to the full season. Yes the sound of the engine are crap, but I wanted them to get rid of a lot of the downforce which they have done and some of the sideways action was great!
It was interesting to see how many cars simply pull out so early. Shows the new tech no matter how many $ you throw at it will never be perfect. I was interested to see the leaf blowers being used to keep air flow going until I saw the first car crash out and the smoke pouring out from around the wheels. A lot of heat there and it seems to hold it for a long time.
No idea why they need to have a maximum flow rate for the fuel. Surely it shouldn't matter because they have a limit on the amount of fuel you can use so it wont effect any fuel efficiency innovation spin offs to the street if thats the whole reason for having the regulation.
Might explain the sudden leap in performance since testing ended...
Shame about Dan being disqualified from the race...hope they get it sorted for Malaysia.....as long as the plane doesn't disappear :hide:
Looking at the relative performance of the Mercs vs Red Bull, Dan could have had the best start in the history of F1 and it wouldn't have mattered ... Rosberg would have been past him before the end of lap 1!Quote:
Originally Posted by jc_sv8
yep, all stagedQuote:
Originally Posted by El Narros
and he lost any respect from me when he took the piss outa that poor Papuan ( in Sydney to Tokyo )
and labeled them all scamming thieves , in the typical the british colonising pig way .....
Re Ricciardo's disqualification , he'll get it back after they reinterpret the rule ;)
They could have added a huffer to the V8 and kept the aero then they would still be fast, tail happy and noisy!Quote:
Originally Posted by jc_sv8
I wasn't there in person but based on this comparison, yeah, the sound is ruined:
http://www.speedcafe.com/2014/03/15/...n-albert-park/
Wow those old v8's sound even better when you compare them to this years turbo's.
The move towards more road-relevant tech is a great move, but who gives two shits about being eco friendly in any tier of car racing, let alone a class that's meant to be the pinnacle?
And as for all electric, the FIA has a new formula-E class apparently coming this year: http://www.fiaformulae.com/
Does anyone else fine it a little ridiculous that they fly 22 cars plus who knows how much gear all around the world simply to race, burn through tens of thousands of types each year ... and then pretend that they care about the environment by limiting fuel flow!
Not to mention the amount of flying the team would do in between races!
:lmao:
did ya hear that the guy in charge of bringing the F1 to Melbourne is looking for compensation because the cars were too quiet and turned crowds away.
http://www.news.com.au/sport/motorsp...-1226857360085
maybe they could plant a tree ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by NickS
He still finished the race using his 100Kg's of fuel, what a load of BULLSHIT this ruling is.....Quote:
Originally Posted by XUV
Maybe, maybe not, but at the end of the day it is the rules that everyone follows, and Red Bull Racing chose to take the risk with the umpire by ignoring a directive- not to mention creating a pile of negative publicity against themselves.Quote:
Originally Posted by IJ.
Really though, is it any different to being told we are limited to doing 100km/h on a highway, then someone sooks because they get booked for doing 120?
The car might be capable of it, but thems the rules you agreed to by obtaining your licence...