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[HennaE30]

Hopefully they will get to the 15k rpm, that would help. But with the current engine freeze it looks doubtfull.

I love how Mercedes is saying that unfreezing the engines will ruin the sport. Of course Mercedes doesn't want them to unfreeze the engines. When you can pretty much walk to a victory why would you want anything to change?

I doubt they will get to 15k due to the fuel flow limit they have, they just can't justify revving that high because there is no power to gain due to the lack of fuel flow. I don't really understand what they hope to accomplish with fuel flow maxes. I also think this year was a letdown due to the little fuel they get, they can only push a lap or 2 before they have to back off to conserve fuel, being critical on fuel 5 laps in is ridiculous.

[naplesE30]

Hopefully they will get to the 15k rpm, that would help. But with the current engine freeze it looks doubtfull.

[lambo]

looking forward to 2015 season. hopefully they will have some better sounding engines...

Yeah, I can't wait to see the Honda/McLaren car with Alonso.

[lukeADE335i]

Based on Vettels performance this year in a less than perfect car, I wonder how he will do in a Ferrari that has its share of faults. Clearly he is not coping well with the RBR. I wonder if he is a driver who needs a car suited exactly to him. Unlike, an Alonso who seems to be able to get the most out of whatever car he is given. Next year will prob show the true skill level of Vettel.

What is interesting is often early in the season in previous years, Webber had Vettel's measure when the car was a pig to drive & they were developing the new chassis, then RBR would iron out the wrinkles to Vettel's liking & Webber would drop off. This year, obviously the car is just a pig to drive all year - Riccardo seems ot be able to handle it, Vettel not.

There was an interesting interview with Räikkönen post race where he pointed out that the Ferrari understeers terribly, and he can't work out why / can't drive the car as he'd like. Alonso copes better with it - but I remember in his 05 / 06 championship years the championship winning Renault understeered an unbelievable amount, where Alonso would tip it into the corner and then just let the nose wash out to the outside of the track. Hardly surprising then that the Ferrari doesn't phase Alonso set up like that.

Bring on 2015 - RBR should have it together, and McLaren will be Honda powered :) Hopefully Riccardo can give Vettel in the Ferrari an absolute spanking. Of course the other rumour is Alonso may have his own team by buying Lotus?

[Lee22]

looking forward to 2015 season. hopefully they will have some better sounding engines...

[DesertBMW]

This season is really lame. You know it's bad when they have to feature the "Battle for 11th".

LOL, I noticed that too. Commentator is like look at this battle for eleventh and it is not even into points, other commentator says, well you got to win eleventh in order to get to tenth.

As long as the attendance is good in the races, Ecclestone and FIA don't care to improve the entertainment value of the sport.

[lambo]

Yeah it was definitely fun watching Alonso drive this weekend.

[naplesE30]

Their were some decent battles throughout the pack, but yeah battles for the win have become predictable and rather boring.

DRS has had an inverse effect imho. Instead of one car putting pressure on the lead car lap after lap, you now have them pass after maybee 3 laps in a rather easy fashion, and thus no race long drama/battle.

Hamilton has been heads above Rosberg in the races this year. Riccardo looks to be in the top 3 drivers in the field this year. Hamilton, Alonso, and Riccardo are clearly at the head of the class, and not in that order neccesarily.

Based on Vettels performance this year in a less than perfect car, I wonder how he will do in a Ferrari that has its share of faults. Clearly he is not coping well with the RBR. I wonder if he is a driver who needs a car suited exactly to him. Unlike, an Alonso who seems to be able to get the most out of whatever car he is given. Next year will prob show the true skill level of Vettel.

[lambo]

This season is really lame. You know it's bad when they have to feature the "Battle for 11th".

[HennaE30]

I'm interested to see how COTA delivers with these new cars. It seems like a track that would suit RBR a little better, with 3-10 essentially being high downforce/lateral grip corners, as well as 13-15. Although I think the Mercedes power will dominate solely because of how long that back straight is, even with ERS and DRS I don't think Renault powered cars could keep up.

[Eric]

Sochi was massively boring.


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[naplesE30]

All street circuts suck, Monnaco included, yeah I said it. Snore I want to see a race not some pretty post card with a nice backdrop, and Sochi wasnt even that.

[HennaE30]

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Am I the only one who thought the Sochi race was really boring? I think Pirelli brought the wrong tire.. The fact Rosberg managed to do 52 laps on a set. RBR had no chance of victory because of it shows that they should've brought the softs as the prime and the super softs as the option.They were so outmatched powerwise and they couldn't use pit strategy to their advantage.

[Eric]

These spammers are getting good!


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[lti_57]

yeah I started going bald
i keep it shaved.way easier. no more barber visits