I think Ferrari worked really hard since last year and they simply caught Mercedes off guard.. Not bringing upgrades and muffing strategy all because they didn't think anyone who have caught them so quickly. Right now Mercedes is struggling on the pitfall that's their biggest problem. Indecisiveness, letting Ferrari control and dictate their race and even practice strategy. They need to be much more bold and aggressive, or Ferrari will start to dominate them..sooner rather than later.
And this is perhaps one of the best suggestions I have seen in a while. I like the argument and it would make for interesting reading on weekends before the race and after. Teams should be able to choose own tyre compounds - Force India please log in to view this image © Pirelli Media 24 April 2015 by GPT Staff Force India believe the teams should be allowed to pre-select their desired tyre compounds for each race during a season. At present, Pirelli chooses which two compounds - prime and option - it will bring to an event out of the four available: supersoft, soft, medium and hard. However Force India's chief operating officer, Otmar Szafnauer, reckons the teams should be able to choose their own - a move which could lead to a mixed up grid. "If teams indicate four weeks before a race which two compounds they would like to use, there is still time for Pirelli to produce them," he told Auto Motor und Sport. "The tyre choices we make could be kept a secret until the Thursday before a race. We would then have something to talk about throughout that day again," he added. It would create mixed strategies as those cars which are kinder to their tyres could opt for a softer choice, making them quicker but more prone to wear, whilst those which are harder on their tyres could opt for the medium and hard compounds and run longer stints than they would usually.
I could see this sort of collusion happening, actually. Ferrari do not posses the in house ability to make the massive steps forwards they have actually taken. I must admit I have been wondering quite how this has been achieved, I work on a daily basis with engineers from all over the world and the Italians are not at the top of the list for innovative engineering, great guys to work with, but, the Germans however !!!!
I think a lot of the performance is in the ability to make their tyres last in any conditions. I think a lot of that is down to the guy James Allison. Remember when he was with Lotus how their tyres used to last incredibly long? Now you see the same thing carried over to Ferrari. I just think they did a fantastic job all by themselves. Red bull could learn a thing or two instead of looking for these conspiracy theories.
I think a lot of Ferrari's improvement is down to them being able to harvest, store and utilise more energy than last years car.
A valiant effort but I just can't see any scenario where the teams wouldn't just go "right, we'll take the supersofts and whichever tyre will let us two-stop".
Let's not... Let's not vote for anyone so none of the idots have power. And also, let's keep this a political free zone. I'm sick of it all polluting social media already.
Let them ditch Renault and Newey, then they can blame Aliens. I'd say it's time to ditch Helmut and Horner... the pair of them are a disgrace and the reason why many can't warm to that team.
The quicker Ricciardo gets out of that team the better...everyone likes him and those people behind his team are a bunch of..... Anyway, why would Mercedes help Ferrari to beat them? Red Bull people are nuts...maybe they are drinking something a little stronger than the energy drink.
And what's wrong with that? I don't agree by the way, the degradation on the supersofts would be too high on some of the more abrasive surfaces to set a good lap time. You sometimes see drivers losing rear grip by sector 3 in Singapore, they'd get trashed in Malaysia, they'd be overheating by turn one.
I wonder if maybe all teams get a fixed number of each compound per season. Then they choose which tyres they use and how many for each race weekend. Maybe they have to specify how many and which compounds 4 weeks before each race and the information is kept private.
Ha, I bet Dr bellend has been keeping an 'eye' on them. One thing Red Bull have in this engine size war is that all though Ferrari, merc and the FIA want to keep the V6s, red bull will be joined by Bernie and his rich friends who want the noisy low tech V8s. Still. . Makes me laugh at how paranoid they are.
I don't get Red Bull's desire to return to V8s. Renault were the biggest supporters of the hybrid engines because they thought it was more in line with their road car programme. A change back to V8s doesn't leave Red Bull in any better position because Renault won't want to keep investing in an irrelevant formula, unless Red Bull think they could buy Viry from Renault.
The thing is...Red Bull was the one with the most support for the move to v6. I posted an article where Horner was all for this move.
