Ferrari team boss Maurizio Arrivabene kept his emotions in control while his driver Sebastian Vettel was storming to the race win at the Malaysian GP, but the Italian could not hold his tears back when he got a message from Switzerland.
But wasn't Bianchis crash the reason for the virtual safety car rule in the first place? In what situation will it be used then?piast9 wrote:^^ I think safety car was deployed because there was a crane on the track, staigth at the shooting line at turn 1. We don't want another crash like Bianchi's.
Yes, unnecessary even for extra careful post Suzuka F1, simple corner, bright day. I'm not complaining but there'll be a lot of safety cars this season then.tomazy wrote:I was just wondering about the safety car this race. Was it really neccesery? I mean, they have a virtual safety car or something like that, when are they going to use it if not in the situation when the car is simply stuck in the grave? I understand that they deploy the real safety car if there are debris on the circuit or damage of the bariers, but I would think that today situation was ideal for the virtual one?
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.
Da Ferrari Mobsters....Sevach wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6h5cAUlHbc
Last year they wouldn't have called it, but after that terrible incident expect plenty of those.piast9 wrote:^^ I think safety car was deployed because there was a crane on the track, staigth at the shooting line at turn 1. We don't want another crash like Bianchi's.
Hope todays result does offer some explanationRe: 2015 Australian Grand Prix - Melbourne
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Can someone explain when Ferrari will be on the pace?
the moment they can sort out their Quali strategy, they need to be in front of Williams to ensure Merc can not continue to use them as their rear gunners, Ferrari lost 17sec in the first 20 laps behind Williams.by Chene_Mostert15 Mar 2015, 09:20
I disagree with your opinion that McLaren are the biggest loser's from today's grand prix. Firstly yes I know they didn't finish but the circuit temp here is probably the hottest they will encounter all season? also remember this is only there second grand prix and effectively team are still testing the car to make it more competitive. For me Alonso was in the top 10 before he retired so that is positive that car show's good race pace and also Button was on the verge of breaking into the top 10.Edax wrote:Interesting race. It is strange to see everyone happy because mercedes "lost" including Mercedes themselves.
I agree that the special conditions and the SC flatter the situation a bit, I don't believe Ferrari is there yet. I also wonder whether Mercedes strategy was really aimed at winning the race or that quickly they switched to a more conservative one aimed at securing 2nd and 3rd. If they really wanted to win, they would have switched to the softs at the end. The risk was small, if they would not have made it to the end they could have gotten away with an extra pitstop. They had 53 seconds on 4th place.
But it is clear that Ferrari has made a big step forwards and will keep Mercedes honest.
Big losers today are Red Bull and Mclaren.
- For Red Bull I think that all hopes of regulation changes are out of the window, without the support of Ferrari.
- For Mclaren it is quite sad to see. Last year they we're complaining that they did not belong fighting in the midfield. Now they are celebrating that they were gaining on the rear of the midfield.
On the drivers side I am wondering what this is going to mean for Rosberg/Hamilton. So far Mercedes has been cultivating the story that both drivers are equal. But that is easy said when you are miles ahead of everyone else. I wonder whether that still holds when the competition starts pushing.
