Tobias Grüner AMuS @tgruener 6m6 minutes ago #F1 Ferrari was already running their 2nd engine in Bahrain FP1 - on both cars. #AMuS
I'm really surprised that the BBC headline isn't "Hamilton 15th in Bahrain FP1", and then spend most of the piece telling us not to worry, and it's all down to the strategy genius of Lewis to not show his hand.
Junaid @JunaidSamodien_ 11m11 minutes ago The FIA confirms the Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) changes. please log in to view this image
Ferrari taking no chances? Not even in Europe yet. I am guessing this is after Vettel's engine failure a couple of hours ago?
Just been watching that historic Formula 1 programme before FP2 on the BBC which included highlights of Hamilton's first WDC race at Interlagos. God those 2008 cars were ugly, Hamilton's car was covered in sorts of nasty flanges, especially the nasty ones along the side. Cut to the 2015 FP2 coverage, and look at Massa's Williams. The cars now are definitely purer in appearance. Very much preferable for me. Now if they'd only make 'em wider with big fat tyres on the back.
Really? I quite like the look of aero bits and pieces here and there. Looked like proper "spaceships" then.
It's a complicated mess. No purity of line or proportion, juts bits stuck on everywhere. Those fins on the side are just wrong.
Early days, but the Sauber looks good, and Mclaren look good for Q2, maybe even Q3 (if they don't conk out first)
I'd expect them to change about now to be honest. They'll probably use their first engine every Friday now until it breaks. Today's long runs were impossible to read. Ferrari slower over one lap, do two flying laps on their qualifying simulation, then were immediately faster on the long runs with the same tyres, clearly they were fuelled lighter.
I don't think anything can be read into today, the Ferrari's looked good on long runs but agree they were fueled less so the gap probably isn't what it seemed on their favour. Will be interesting if they are even close to the race pace of Mercedes though, given it's neither hot or heavy wear rates, the 2 things that allegedly helped make Ferrari's win in Malaysia. As said last time out, China's gaps seemed more track specific and mainly in an aero zone in one sector in particular for the biggest gain, Bahrain, less aero and more Chassis dependent, bang, they seem on the race pace again.
The weird thing is this was normal at the time. I see the Mad Max connection, it looks like it's just had bits of sheet metal welded all over it.
