F1 New season

[Phenom]

Well qualifying has finished for the first race of the year and Vettel was absolutely dominant, Hamilton had a good drive to split the red bulls and the Ferrari's look miles behind.

Whats your predictions for this year?

Heart says Hamilton

Head says Vettel (great driver but cant stick him)

 

[linglong]

Vettel very good driver he'll be there or there abouts i would assume maybe webber in with a shout but i can only see the red bulls dominating this season.

As for the rest an air of also rans about them if we're not careful and the bleeding seasons not started yet.

 

[Phenom]

Vettel very good driver he'll be there or there abouts i would assume maybe webber in with a shout but i can only see the red bulls dominating this season.

As for the rest an air of also rans about them if we're not careful and the bleeding seasons not started yet.

Cant see Webber having the same pace as Vettel, but I would love him to get one over on him.

 

[linglong]

Webber's an Aussie and my head tell's me you can't rule him out for that reason but have to agree with you on his day Pace wise Vettel is a different class to them all and look at his age 23 he could do a schumacher and rule F1 with an iron rod for years to come.

Frightening.

 

[Phenom]

Webber's an Aussie and my head tell's me you can't rule him out for that reason but have to agree with you on his day Pace wise Vettel is a different class to them all and look at his age 23 he could do a schumacher and rule F1 with an iron rod for years to come.

Frightening.

I really hope not, I think Hamilton with the same car is just as good a driver if not better.

 

[chicoazul]

Cracking end to the last season. Azula loves F1, I've sort of gone off it since the nineties.

 

[linglong]

Hehe i'm not a fan of Hamiliton truth be told to me he won the world title in a car that you or me could have done well in,he's good but not a great driver and it's how you do in a bad car is a test to me anyway,Senna past it,Prost did as well hell even Schumi had a duffer that first season at ferrari and all 3 did well,Hamilton has struggled with the McClaren he rarely looks comfortable in it whereas Button just gets on with the job (and i dont like him either),but time will tell with Hamilton i could be utterly wrong,i have been before many times

As for Vettel i feel of the current crop only he is good enough to join those drivers and others like them.

 

[Phenom]

Cracking end to the last season. Azula loves F1, I've sort of gone off it since the nineties.

I could swear we have the same blood some how.

F1 is boss, hated it when I was younger but love it now, Plus Hamilton drives the guts off any car he's in so that got me hooked a bit more.

 

[Phenom]

Hehe i'm not a fan of Hamiliton truth be told to me he won the world title in a car that you or me could have done well in,he's good but not a great driver and it's how you do in a bad car is a test to me anyway,Senna past it,Prost did as well hell even Schumi had a duffer that first season at ferrari and all 3 did well,Hamilton has struggled with the McClaren he rarely looks comfortable in it whereas Button just gets on with the job (and i dont like him either),but time will tell with Hamilton i could be utterly wrong,i have been before many times

As for Vettel i feel of the current crop only he is good enough to join those drivers and others like them.

Hope your wrong but as you say we will see, this will be a telling season.

Vettel also had the fastest car by a long stretch last season and nearly cocked it up.

Hamilton > Button because I would rather a driver be flat out win or lose than a driver who tries to save his grip on his tyres as much as possible and win that way.

 

[linglong]

Oddly enough i always thought Button was the more gung ho driver until he won his title then as you say he became mr technical though i suspect that was down to Brawn yabbering in his ear.

As for last season i'm sure Vettel struggled becuase wily wee Bernie E kept scuppering his car ,but your right he did muck about last season this time though i suspect it wont be down to driver error it'll be the car that lets him down but winning i suspect is like a drug they wont want to let him or themselves down now so i suspect we'll see a new professionalism from red bull.

Oh for information only i've been a fan of Williams for 31 years now,no matter how bad things are they're my team always have been always will be

 

[teppic]

Can't wait for the 'morrow and the season finally starts. Red Bull are cool so I don't mind them winning. I think Hamilton is going to have a very strong season.

Has anyone got the f1 app for the ipad? It's 20 notes so was wondering if anyone thinks its worth the dollars.

 

[Phenom]

Can't wait for the 'morrow and the season finally starts. Red Bull are cool so I don't mind them winning. I think Hamilton is going to have a very strong season.

Has anyone got the f1 app for the ipad? It's 20 notes so was wondering if anyone thinks its worth the dollars.

I cant wait either, its on at 6am live though!

If I watch the replay, I tend to log on the net and hit a spoiler.

 

[Dylan]

Alright, my views on this the subjects raised here.

We know Vettel was good in bad machinery. I think in the same way Senna and Schumi (especially his championship at Benneton.....absolute dog of a car, driven expertly by a rookie Schumi and co-developed the Brawn and Bryne) were, but with the advances in technology make the driver secondary (with the sole exception of Luca Badoer) to the ability of the car. The talent on show is now much more equalized by the machinery as the teams are now sharpening the edge, now they find 1/100ths of a second with part upgrades, rather than the 1/2 second to 1 second improvements of the 80s and 90s.

Mercedes are going to steal a couple of wins this year, as Schumi's input on developing their car is going to have finally have paid off. The question will be does Brawn favor him over Rosberg, like he did at Ferrari for all those years.

Vettel is fast, no doubt, especially in qualifying. His actual ability to be a complete driver is going to be called in question this year, especially with the fast wearing Pirelli's (this will be the equalizer for me this year, raw talent versus experience). Him and Hamilton are going to have to fast learn the fine art of tire management, something they didnt have to worry about with Bridgestone. My money, for this first race, is going to go with drivers who have real racing experience.

My podium looks like this (barring first corner incidents):

Webber
Button
Shumi

 

[Dylan]

Also be interesting to see how this moveable rear wing thing plays out, and the reintroduction of KERS all bunged together with team orders being allowed this season!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Phenom]

Alright, my views on this the subjects raised here.

We know Vettel was good in bad machinery. I think in the same way Senna and Schumi (especially his championship at Benneton.....absolute dog of a car, driven expertly by a rookie Schumi and co-developed the Brawn and Bryne) were, but with the advances in technology make the driver secondary (with the sole exception of Luca Badoer) to the ability of the car. The talent on show is now much more equalized by the machinery as the teams are now sharpening the edge, now they find 1/100ths of a second with part upgrades, rather than the 1/2 second to 1 second improvements of the 80s and 90s.

Mercedes are going to steal a couple of wins this year, as Schumi's input on developing their car is going to have finally have paid off. The question will be does Brawn favor him over Rosberg, like he did at Ferrari for all those years.

Vettel is fast, no doubt, especially in qualifying. His actual ability to be a complete driver is going to be called in question this year, especially with the fast wearing Pirelli's (this will be the equalizer for me this year, raw talent versus experience). Him and Hamilton are going to have to fast learn the fine art of tire management, something they didnt have to worry about with Bridgestone. My money, for this first race, is going to go with drivers who have real racing experience.

My podium looks like this (barring first corner incidents):

Webber
Button
Shumi

Did you watch qualifying Schumi looked like the novice.