F1 Thread

[Vermilion]

MERC...

[Camble]

One week to go! Can't wait!

[RichC]

Aye, looks like this season is going to be a bit of a lottery to start with which is great. The Mercs look strong as do Williams and McLaren. Ref Bull will certainly sort their issues out at some point and will be tough to beat and with a driving line up of Kimi and Alonso the Ferraris you'd imagine will be in and around the championship and I've no idea what's going to happen with Lotus!!

So hopefully it's going to be a cracking championship this year

[Mike]

Would be great to see Massa finishing ahead of both Ferraris after they've just got rid of him.

Early days but this season looks like Hamilton's best chance for the championship for a good few years.

[Camble]

Would be great to see Massa finishing ahead of both Ferraris after they've just got rid of him.

Early days but this season looks like Hamilton's best chance for the championship for a good few years.

I think the first race will be dominated by the Merc powered cars, with Force India grabbing a podium behind Hamilton and Rosberg.

[Vermilion]

Really hope Red Bull have a ****e season, i'm interested to see how Vettel handles not being in the fastest car.

[BobTheCharmer]

Really hope Red Bull have a ****e season, i'm interested to see how Vettel handles not being in the fastest car.

He would cry like a ****ing baby.

[Vermilion]

He would cry like a ****ing baby.

[Kenneth]

I've put a few quid on Valtteri Bottas to win the title at 33/1. Not going to happen but it's good to see another young Finn get a drive with a top team.

[BobTheCharmer]

I've put a few quid on Valtteri Bottas to win the title at 33/1. Not going to happen but it's good to see another young Finn get a drive with a top team.

What a weird out of nowhere bet! Good luck.

[Kenneth]

Anyone with a Mercedes engine has got a chance of some wins I reckon.

[Camble]

I think it'll be between Hamilton and Rosberg. I wouldn't mind an outside bet on Perez though, or the Hulk.

[Slinky Skills]

I had my car in getting some work done last week and the guy who did it is an ex Ford M Sport rally mechanic.

He was telling me that Renault I think it was have managed to eek a further 70bhp out of their 1.6 F1 engine. Doesn't sound much in the grand scheme of things considering these engines are pumping out 900 odd brake but that's still a decent increase in an engine which hasn't really seen that much development.

Staggering what engineers can do these days with these high performance engines.

[greenbloodred]

Fascinating weekend ahead, i stuck a few quid on Hulkenberg at 33/1 to win the race. I saw an article where an engineer from Magnetti Marelli said that it's quite possible that no car finishes the race!

[Camble]

I had my car in getting some work done last week and the guy who did it is an ex Ford M Sport rally mechanic.

He was telling me that Renault I think it was have managed to eek a further 70bhp out of their 1.6 F1 engine. Doesn't sound much in the grand scheme of things considering these engines are pumping out 900 odd brake but that's still a decent increase in an engine which hasn't really seen that much development.

Staggering what engineers can do these days with these high performance engines.

I think they're around 750bhp with TERS (or whatever the official term is), so if that's true a 10% gain would be huge, providing it doesn't effect the cooling etc.

Fascinating weekend ahead, i stuck a few quid on Hulkenberg at 33/1 to win the race. I saw an article where an engineer from Magnetti Marelli said that it's quite possible that no car finishes the race!

Anything could happen. There haven't been many drivers or teams to complete race simulation without stopping, never mind having the PUs on full power for that distance, so it's a lottery.