2014 Spanish Grand Prix - Barcelona

[gandharva]

Should be a good battle for the last place on the podium

Between whom? Ricciardo is clearly best of the rest.

[Phil]

How has the overtaking been so far in Barcelona? Since DRS rather well, right? Still I wonder, what will happen if lets say Redbull gets ahead of a Mercedes at the start. Will the Mercedes get past as easily, like in China with the long straights? Especially if the Redbull is as strong in the corners, I think getting past under DRS might not be as easy as it seems?

[oT v1]

An unidentified wiring issue. Shame, I'd like to see a race against Ricciardo with no chance for excuses.

The old 'electronics' excuse with a team like RedBull is it possible for them not to find the fault given how long they had?

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Why such the big gaps between team mates? Hulk - Perez 1sec+ , Bottas - Massa 0.8 , Maldo - Gro 1.6sec Did everyone do their qualy run?

1. Lewis Hamilton Britain Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 25.524s
2. Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 25.973s
3. Daniel Ricciardo Australia Red Bull-Renault 1m 26.509s
4. Fernando Alonso Spain Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 27.121s
57. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 27.296s
6. Kevin Magnussen Denmark McLaren-Mercedes 1m 27.788s
7. Jenson Button Britain McLaren-Mercedes 1m 27.811s
8. Felipe Massa Brazil Williams-Mercedes 1m 27.824s
9. Pastor Maldonado Venezuela Lotus-Renault 1m 27.866s
10. Daniil Kvyat Russia Toro Rosso-Renault 1m 28.049s
11. Nico Hulkenberg Germany Force India-Mercedes 1m 28.074s
12. Jean-Eric Vergne France Toro Rosso-Renault 1m 28.246s
13. Adrian Sutil Germany Sauber-Ferrari 1m 28.284s
14. Valtteri Bottas Finland Williams-Mercedes 1m 28.698s
15. Esteban Gutierrez Mexico Sauber-Ferrari 1m 29.105s
16. Sergio Perez Mexico Force India-Mercedes 1m 29.129s
17. Romain Grosjean France Lotus-Renault 1m 29.493s
18. Jules Bianchi France Marussia-Ferrari 1m 29.991s
19. Max Chilton Briton Marussia-Ferrari 1m 31.148s
20. Kamui Kobayashi Japan Caterham-Renault 1m 31.338s
21. Marcus Ericsson Sweden Caterham-Renault 1m 31.586s

[ChrisDanger]

An unidentified wiring issue. Shame, I'd like to see a race against Ricciardo with no chance for excuses.

The old 'electronics' excuse

Don't be ridiculous. Look at the the second picture here:
http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/ ... 15795.html.

[oT v1]

on't be ridiculous. Look at the the second picture here:
http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/ ... 15795.html.

relax, i wasnt aware he char-grilled the car, i was under the impression it was just a wiring problem.

[Sjamaan]

Should be a good battle for the last place on the podium

Between whom? Ricciardo is clearly best of the rest.

You can't count out Alonso, especially in race day and in front of his crowd.

[stefan_]

Fastest lap of the day - Seb's RB10 on the back of a lorry.

[turbof1]

Mercedes still being as cozy in front isn't to the liking of Ricciardo:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/113853

To be honest, nothing we didn't expect. Mercedes has improved as well, so the same gap remains.

[Xwang]

Shall we expect another easy Mercedes one-two race win?

[turbof1]

Shall we expect another easy Mercedes one-two race win?

Sadly, yes.

I mean, I'm a Mercedes fan, and they deserve their succes, but this is getting boring. It's going to add to the most dominated season by one team.

They even don't have any weaknesses: along red bull they have the most downforce, they have the best engine, they have the best reliability (although it's always being careful when saying that in orde to not jynx it), their tyre wear is absolutely the best, and they still have room to improve. 2 seasons ago they were horrible in developing their car throughout the season, but even that is gone.

It'll be all silver on the top spot all season long I'm afraid .

[iotar__]

How has the overtaking been so far in Barcelona? Since DRS rather well, right? Still I wonder, what will happen if lets say Redbull gets ahead of a Mercedes at the start. Will the Mercedes get past as easily, like in China with the long straights? Especially if the Redbull is as strong in the corners, I think getting past under DRS might not be as easy as it seems?

Mercedes vs RB - I'd say not similar speed and rather easy, if not DRS + top speed - on pace/tyres.
Generally overtaking cars with similar speed even with DRS - not easy.
Perez complaining about tyres, http://www.crash.net/f1/news/204222/1/p ... -pace.html
“With the compounds that Pirelli brought here they are too conservative. You are sliding around. So when you are following a car it is very difficult. So I think on Sunday due to the compounds that Pirelli brought we are going to have a very boring race.”

[dren]

Mercedes is now showing the super team it transformed into through Ross Brawn management over the last few years. They are the new Red Bull.

[gandharva]

Not looking too bad for Ricciardo vs. Rosberg: http://en.mclarenf-1.com/index.php?page ... 1=12&l2=14

But I think Rosberg will adopt towards Hamiltons setup and go for an easy P2... Hamilton is in it's own league.

[zeph]

Well, as boring as some of you may find the Merc dominance, it is still a welcome change after four seasons of Vettel/RBR.

[muhammad-13]

With Merc dominating, at least we have a chance to see a fight for WDC.