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The Formula 1 2015 Pre-Season |OT| The Power of Dreams™

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Mohonky

Mohonky

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DBT85 said:
Made a couple for the season

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You get the impression that that is literally what its like at Ferrari. That they have their head so far up their own ass on nostalgia and self righteousness that they simply cant improve until they really start from scratch doing away with their history and nostalgia and focus on the now.

Probably doesnt help that irrespective of how shit they do, they still rake in more just for turning up than most teams for winning.
 
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Seanspeed

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Mohonky said:
You get the impression that that is literally what its like at Ferrari. That they have their head so far up their own ass on nostalgia and self righteousness that they simply cant improve until they really start from scratch doing away with their history and nostalgia and focus on the now.

Probably doesnt help that irrespective of how shit they do, they still rake in more just for turning up than most teams for winning.
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No, I don't get that impression.

I think Ferrari are a thoroughly modern team who, like anybody else, cant stay on top forever. Its a tough sport with tough competition. Other teams are simply doing better at the moment. It happens.
 
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DBT85

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Amazing that Lotus with no money managed to get that nose through crash tests in time when the big boys didn't.

Still some talent at that team and with the Merc engine I wouldn't write them off doing much much better this season.
 
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Staab

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DBT85 said:
Amazing that Lotus with no money managed to get that nose through crash tests in time when the big boys didn't.

Still some talent at that team and with the Merc engine I wouldn't write them off doing much much better this season.
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Gonna be hard to do worse now, isn't it ? =P

Poor Lotus deserve much better after being race winners not so long ago, having a great Social media team and arguably one of the best liveries (I really like it) !

Vettel banging in some decent times for Ferrari today...
 
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Aiii

So not worth it
That new thread smell!
Aiii said:
Test day 2!

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I love how retro 90s this car looks due to its colors.

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Button is underway.

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And did 2 laps as of 10AM CET.

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I love the nose on the Torro Rosso, they really should just paint as a sword and get that out of the way.

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Lotus E23 had its first run.

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That Red Bull is beautiful though, it's a shame they won't drive with this livery.
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DrM

Redmond's Baby
Andrew Benson @andrewbensonf1

Wondering why no front wing on Kvyat's Red Bull? He damaged it in a 'small off' and is now doing install laps for which it is not needed
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clever
 
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Aiii

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Track's and/or car's a lot quicker today, Vettel's fastest time yesterday was 1:22.620.

Both Hamilton and Verstappen are more than half a second quicker than their teammates yesterday. Nasr is 2 seconds slower than Ericsson was yesterday, so far.
 
Mastah

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Craig Scarborough ‏@ScarbsF1 1m1 minute ago

The story in the press room is that the wingless RBR is due to earlier damage and no spare. The programme hobbles on while they fly one out
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F1 Fanatic ‏@f1fanatic_co_uk 1m1 minute ago

Horner says Kvyat went off after turn two and damaged the Red Bull's front wing, and they haven't got a replacement
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Oops.
 
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Staab

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Yeowch.
That's bound to hurt them but luckily it's early in the first test and they can still do a lot of other work on different areas.
 
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Juicy Bob

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At his press briefing, Horner said to us that the race livery this year is going to be 'different', but didn't specify how.
 
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Aiii

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Sauber and Toro Rosso making a lot of laps, along with -of course- Mercedes. Button already done 5 laps :D.
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ElTorro

I wanted to dominate the living room. Then I took an ESRAM in the knee.
Ferrari sending Vettel out with no fuel and/or softs?
 
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Lach

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Aiii said:
Sauber and Toro Rosso making a lot of laps, along with -of course- Mercedes. Button already done 5 laps :D.
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My guess would be that both Sauber and Torro Rosso have some focus on giving their rookies as much mileage as possible...
 
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Jibbed

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Vettel's pace is fairly impressive, 2.4s up from what Mercedes managed this time last year over the whole 4 days.
 
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Aiii

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4 hours in. Vettel hasn't been out in a while, Button still stuck at 5 laps with a technical issue they feel they can sort out. Maldonado making some laps here and there. Kvyat driving around without a front wing, but a new wing is being flown in.
 
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Garrus Vakarian

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Oh man I haven't seen this OT before. Are there race-specific OTs? Did a search and couldn't find anything, the OP would be perfect for placing the track diagram and info about tyres and such.

Looking forward to this season, even if it'll be a Mercedes lockout again. Also, that RB looks like a thousand pigeons have dropped their load on it lol
 
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Aiii

So not worth it
Bottas just improved his time to 3rd best at 1:24.131

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Get some rest Valtteri, you're tired.
 
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theignoramus

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Seanspeed said:
No, I don't get that impression.

I think Ferrari are a thoroughly modern team who, like anybody else, cant stay on top forever. Its a tough sport with tough competition. Other teams are simply doing better at the moment. It happens.
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Actually, it seems like it would be a nightmare to work there, with turbulent management changes, messy internal politics, the weight of public expectations and the Italian press constantly up in everyone's shit. Theyve been on a downward spiral since 08. They ought to be fucking grateful Alonso dragged their cars to wins, any other driver and I shudder to think about how scarce their podium appearances would have been the last 6-7 seasons. Still, the sport needs Ferrari to compete for wins again, and given their massive resources theres no excuse for why they cant in a few years.


Anyway.
That Lotus looks great. A vast improvement from the truly hideous car of 2014.
 
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JadedWriter

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Did Honda save McLaren yet? Ferrari seems to have some pace but who knows. if they're glory running it smacks of desperation. Lol at Red Bull running a ground effect car.
 
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Risgroo

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Garrus Vakarian said:
Oh man I haven't seen this OT before. Are there race-specific OTs? Did a search and couldn't find anything, the OP would be perfect for placing the track diagram and info about tyres and such.

Looking forward to this season, even if it'll be a Mercedes lockout again. Also, that RB looks like a thousand pigeons have dropped their load on it lol
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We're not a huge community, so we usually go through two threads per season. I'm sure Ark will have a much more detailed thread up before the season starts :)
 
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Aiii

So not worth it
Few drops of rain and dark clouds gather, looks like it's gonna be bad weather for a while to come.
 
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NHale

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Oh the first winter testing. It's always great to see people expectations based on the 1st winter testing lap times and then compared with the harsh reality of Saturday at Melbourne.

It always correlates greatly, like the year Barrichello on a Williams was 1 second faster than everyone else and then Williams then barely scored a point the entire year or what happened after Button fantastic lap on the 1st day in 2013 that left everyone baffled and thinking McLaren was 2 seconds faster than anyone else. Oh well.

Ferrari is going to be the best this year.
 
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nature boy

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Yay new thread. Sub title sucks though
joking
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Mclaren have so tightly packaged everything that they made it a nightmare to fix the car.

Lewis and Mercedes have started negotiations on a new contract. Lewis doing a Vettel and doing all the negotiations.
 
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