2015 Malaysian Grand Prix - Sepang

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I bet Alonso is chewing off his beard right about now. He left Ferrari a little too soon...

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zeph wrote:I bet Alonso is chewing off his beard right about now. He left Ferrari a little too soon...
And Vettel is about to lap Ricciardo.

efuloni
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Vettell did 18 laps with the option tyres in the beggining of the race. Great drive for Seb.

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Just_a_fan wrote:What's interesting is that Vettel, had he gone 3 stops with the Mercedes, would be about 15s behind Hamilton. The ability to keep the tyres together allowed the quicker strategy in this case.
You can't calculate that so easy, since he could have driven faster if he didn't have to make the tyres last for a two stopper.

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efuloni wrote:Vettell did 18 laps with the option tyres in the beggining of the race. Great drive for Seb.
Meanwhile Mercedes did 5 then decided to switch. Donkey move of the century.

That´s 5-10 laps they just tossed away and traded it in for a slower tire and navigating traffic.
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A bit of evidence that Vettel is no Alonso, he cant drive a difficult car, he needs a good one. He shines with a good one, but needs one.

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Jonnycraig wrote:
zeph wrote:I bet Alonso is chewing off his beard right about now. He left Ferrari a little too soon...
And Vettel is about to lap Ricciardo.
The way fortunes turn...

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The funnier thing about Vettel lapping RedBulls is that he's doing it from the lead of the race only a week after Horner moaned that something must be done to neutralise Mercedes' advantage. There you go, Horner, someone neutralised Mercedes' advantage for you. :lol:
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Jonnycraig
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SectorOne wrote:
efuloni wrote:Vettell did 18 laps with the option tyres in the beggining of the race. Great drive for Seb.
Meanwhile Mercedes did 5 then decided to switch. Donkey move of the century.
Ferrari at Abu Dhabi 2010 was pretty poor to be fair.

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ChrisM40 wrote:A bit of evidence that Vettel is no Alonso, he cant drive a difficult car, he needs a good one. He shines with a good one, but needs one.
So Alonso will shine more than ever now? :D

The Bulls 5 sec slower than the Ferrari now...incredible...
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zeph
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Jonnycraig wrote:
SectorOne wrote:
efuloni wrote:Vettell did 18 laps with the option tyres in the beggining of the race. Great drive for Seb.
Meanwhile Mercedes did 5 then decided to switch. Donkey move of the century.
Ferrari at Abu Dhabi 2010 was pretty poor to be fair.
Yes, more so as it lost them the title.

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henra wrote:
Just_a_fan wrote:What's interesting is that Vettel, had he gone 3 stops with the Mercedes, would be about 15s behind Hamilton. The ability to keep the tyres together allowed the quicker strategy in this case.
You can't calculate that so easy, since he could have driven faster if he didn't have to make the tyres last for a two stopper.
I think we've seen during the weekend that, tyre for tyre in "normal conditions" that the Mercedes is about 0.5s / lap quicker. So they'd have expected to have been about 25s ahead at the end of the race. But the Ferrari has managed the temperatures better which has neutralised that 0.5s/lap advantage. That's slightly simplistic, I agree, but in principle that's what has happened.
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I don't like the guy very much, but hat's off to Vettel. He drove briliantly. He was in control for the entire race. Now just please please please keep your finger down and you will gain some extra points with me.

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Oh no, we'll have to see "the finger" again! :lol:
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zeph
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Well done, Ferrari! Raikkonen salvaging 4th just goes to show how strong the car is.

Mercedes should really be kicking their own behinds for giving it away like that. Bravo, Toro Rosso, too!