Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team 2015

[Richard]

If Wolff said Horner should sit in a confessional we wouldn't say he was anti-catholic, or saying Horner should try the lotus position to find enlightenment would not be anti-Buddhist, or saying he should throw stones at the jamarāt would not be anti-Islam. So saying Horner should lament the demise of Red Bull's dominance at the wailing wall is not anti-semitic.

I agree his comment was tactless because humour that references faith is sure to upset members of that faith.

Now lets move on ...

[Manoah2u]

1. being jewish, believe me, i know about the wall in question.
2. still think it's very unlucky verbiage, hence
3. me saying borderline.
4. clever use of the head vs. wall emoticon.

1. guess what, you're not the only one here, but you're the only one being offended here. everybody knows about the wall.
2. i'm sure no public 'jew' ever said anything that one could invent as being 'discriminatory' and unlucky. What was that with Bernie? ah yes, a certain someone 'atleast could get things done'. there's something as context.
3. you saying borderline does not make it borderline racist just becuase you're offended by it and saying it is.
4. now you're just pathetically looking for stuff that isnt there, bashing head against the wall has nothing to do with a wall just the sheer stupidity of turning a simple and well founded comment into something hateful. It's a returning pattern and it's completely unfounded. seriously, get a grip.

mod above summed it up well. i replied because of point 4 which was even less founded than anything. absolutely rediculous ,get a grip.

[noel]

bashing head against the wall has nothing to do with a wall just the sheer stupidity of turning a simple and well founded comment into something hateful. It's a returning pattern and it's completely unfounded. seriously, get a grip.

mod above summed it up well. i replied because of point 4 which was even less founded than anything. absolutely rediculous ,get a grip.

was trying to make a joke there, sadly there's no punctuation for sarcasm. apparently we all have things we need to work on.
moving along.

[Cold Fussion]

Horsepower does not negate drag. It means you consume more fuel.

Not in a fuel flow limited formula. It doesn't matter if they have 100,000 N or 10 N of drag, they'll still burn 27.78 g/s of fuel when full throttle.

But the period that you're on full throttle will increase the more drag and downforce you have.

While that's true it will not make any practical difference as all the cars are going at such a similar speed.

[SectorOne]

A man gotta do what a man gotta do.

[CBeck113]

A man gotta do what a man gotta do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYOyYBrGcHg

So, he IS a p*ssy!

[Manoah2u]

A man gotta do what a man gotta do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYOyYBrGcHg

i hope he's kidding

must be on his period all the time

[lillschumi]

Are we starting to see -Ross Brawn, Bob Bell and the +Paddy Lowe effect?

[noel]

Quick question. What in the world did the team just do? No pay for the strategists this weekend.

[Jordan44]

Quick question. What in the world did the team just do? No pay for the strategists this weekend.

I've always thought James Vowles is a very poor strategist when it comes to racing with other teams. It's a weakness that's been noticeable in 2013 against Red Bull too.

[FoxHound]

Heat wreaked havoc on Mercedes strategy this weekend.
The drop off they had on both tyres was the big issue today.

[De Jokke]

Strategy was a disgrace, but you can't win 'em all.

Hopefully they'll learn and regroup and win in China!


ps: what's up with Rosberg. He just can't match Lewis despite being on the faster tyre, having had more winter testing and FP's. Any ideas? Could well become a hami vs vettel season...

[Jordan44]

Strategy was a disgrace, but you can't win 'em all.

Hopefully they'll learn and regroup and win in China!


ps: what's up with Rosberg. He just can't match Lewis despite being on the faster tyre, having had more winter testing and FP's. Any ideas? Could well become a hami vs vettel season...

He's just not good enough? He's had far less time at the front, even in his rookie years pre-F1 and it might take him a long time before he reaches his optimum performance. Just doesn't have the skill.

Judging by his reaction to Lewis's Australia win, and his radio comments today, I think he is mentally beaten.

[Jolle]

Strategy was a disgrace, but you can't win 'em all.

Hopefully they'll learn and regroup and win in China!


ps: what's up with Rosberg. He just can't match Lewis despite being on the faster tyre, having had more winter testing and FP's. Any ideas? Could well become a hami vs vettel season...

He's just not good enough? He's had far less time at the front, even in his rookie years pre-F1 and it might take him a long time before he reaches his optimum performance. Just doesn't have the skill.

Judging by his reaction to Lewis's Australia win, and his radio comments today, I think he is mentally beaten.

Rosberg has a couple of races each year where it all comes together, last year was a bit flattering because even when it wasn't optimum he would be second or even win if Hamilton failed to finish. He only had the upper hand a few races last year when you look closely (from memory: Monaco, Austria, Belgium and Brazil). He's a brilliant driver, one of the best but just not the best...

[GPR-A duplicate2]

If someone else mixes up in the championship battle, like Vettel today, it would be a delight to see "no holds bar/no rules" racing from Merc. They would have to do whatever is best at that moment, rather than a predeclared crap. Unfortunately, a race like today's, could just be an exception due to variety of factors and upcoming races might just be more of Merc only battle. There are more chances that Nico would keep falling back, when it is "free for all/any strategy" racing. He is a very good driver, when things are being controlled at PIT WALL and not by racing circumstances. Last year in Hungary and today, Nico just seems to get lost when he is in the middle of the pack and has no idea where he is going to end up in the race. AND the same is true to the Merc strategy group, got screwed up in Hungary last year and got screwed today by Safety car.

Allison explains Ferrari win and why a repeat will be tough

Ferrari technical director James Allison is not convinced his team will be able to repeat its Malaysian Grand Prix performance at the next round in China in two weeks' time.
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In Melbourne Mercedes were very, very dominant, but even in free air we couldn't have held a candle to them in Melbourne. There's a lot of work for us to do before we can come to a race weekend confident that we can hunt for victory from the first session of the weekend. But we do have an exciting development programme and we've got a lot of performance to bring.