F1 Thread

[JC]

  bring on the lickle teams to trundle round and pick up some points 

[Rhyso]

bring on the lickle teams to trundle round and pick up some points 

Yup!!  Its the little teams with the Renault engine that have done more mileage than Red Bull and Lotus combined 

[northeast_gti-t]

Thankfully mclaren are looking half decent 

They cant be worse than last season 

true rhys  i certainly hope not at least need a decent season this year

For sure. It was sad to see them perform so badly last season

Glad Whitmarsh has gone though as they needed a shake-up. Strategy etc was very poor

Will any of the teams complete qualifying in Melborne let alone the race   

Definately never known such a poor performing car 

i liked whitmarsh but felt his strategys were to conservative compared to rival teams and yes poor also comes into it i'm glad ron dennis is back always admired him and he should give them the boot up the ass they need 
this is the big question  its a level playing field for all teams this season and should be very intresting

[MrBounce]

One of my friends actually works for Red Bull on Vettel's car. I put some light-hearted banter on Facebook the other day, and he bit HARD. For someone so laid back to do this would point to the fact that he's working VERY hard and nothing's going right for RB at the moment. I have a feeling it may be a while before Vettel's winning ways come back.

I for one would love Williams to win at least once and especially for Massa to put one over on the Ferrari boys. That said, I can see most of the non-Renault teams doing well in the first half of the season.

Rosberg for champion?

[northeast_gti-t]

One of my friends actually works for Red Bull on Vettel's car. I put some light-hearted banter on Facebook the other day, and he bit HARD. For someone so laid back to do this would point to the fact that he's working VERY hard and nothing's going right for RB at the moment. I have a feeling it may be a while before Vettel's winning ways come back.

I for one would love Williams to win at least once and especially for Massa to put one over on the Ferrari boys. That said, I can see most of the non-Renault teams doing well in the first half of the season.

Rosberg Button for champion?

[Wayne]

Renault were the ones that pushed for the new engine regs and yet seem to have built a dog that by all accounts is running @ around 125bhp less than the Merc, Ferrari is also having issues and they are around 75bhp down.

But none of it matters as the rules will be bent and twisted to help Renault and Red Bull back to the front

In the interests of the sport if the Renault is crap they will have to make changes even after they were signed off and sealed early last week F1 cannot afford for them to walk away.

But Honda is back for 2015 and Cosworth are interested and with McLaren leaving Mercedes this year people are wondering will Red Bull make the switch to Mercedes for 2015 but I can think of reasons why that may never happen.

[Wayne]

Williams have gone all classic this year.

[MAW73]

I hope that Williams is as good as it looks. Be nice to see them win some races and get back to the top.

[MrBounce]

My Red Bull friend (who calmed down a bit after a talking to from his Mrs) says that the main issue this year is not speed, it's reliability. The real struggle will be getting the cars to the finish line. Australia will be interesting as it's known as a car breaker. I am tempted to put a cheeky tenner on a Williams being on the podium. 

[VW BUSH]

Red bull have had a good run, time for a change. ...
Will be good to see how Seb deals with the frustration