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The Australian Grand Prix turned out to be one to forget for Williams. While Lance Stroll made it to the finish without any chance for points, team mate Sergei Sirotkin was struck by bad luck as a plastic bag jammed up his rear brakes to force an early retirement.
Yes, per 100 km, you can put a picture of a 2 liter coke bottle there for the full race. Also, very clear to see, they are now just doing 1 party mode lap. In which they can still use as much oil (with the performance additives) as last year.GPR-A wrote: ↑24 Mar 2018, 09:19Just show, here is how much 0.6 litres means (per 100 kms)
https://www.azkerbazar.com/wp-content/u ... s4bybb.jpg
Talk about a good way to hose Liberties Netflix deal!
I don,t think so, Bottas would be 3 tenths behind Lewis, that’s the talent deficit, rest the engine.ringo wrote: ↑24 Mar 2018, 09:55It is closer this year compared to the end of last year. Ignore Lewis and his 6 tenths. Had Bottas been in the last run, he would have been outdone by The ferraris and verstappen. I don't think this car has repented from being a diva as yet.
This circuit was never one to be representative of the season. Hamilton usually finds half a second on these mickey mouse tracks.
This season will be close than others before it.
From 2+ to 1.2 to 0.9 to 0.6, nothing has changed. And crucially, Ferrari and Renault are also doing the same. So, even if it goes down to 0, it's not just hurts Mercedes, but also the other teams. I would love that to happen and then see what the excuses are going to be, for the incompetence in the PU area!Sieper wrote: ↑24 Mar 2018, 09:52Yes, per 100 km, you can put a picture of a 2 liter coke bottle there for the full race. Also, very clear to see, they are now just doing 1 party mode lap. In which they can still use as much oil (with the performance additives) as last year.GPR-A wrote: ↑24 Mar 2018, 09:19Just show, here is how much 0.6 litres means (per 100 kms)
https://www.azkerbazar.com/wp-content/u ... s4bybb.jpg
The only way to get rid of this advantage totally is to enforce 0,1 liter, the actual oil usage.
You have to take into account that last year the early season performances and struggles were the other way around. Mercedes was struggling with setup and Ferrari was clearly ahead on this topic.NathanOlder wrote: ↑24 Mar 2018, 09:49The gap is way bigger than last year, and last year Merc had an edge over the season. This year is looking bigger than last year.jurinius wrote: ↑24 Mar 2018, 09:46The season is not over after one pole position. Ferrari will have their chances tomorrow for sure. People just have to accept that in this mode Lewis and the Car combined nobody can be up there. We saw that many times, Lewis has always special tenths in the pocket. As for the competition it will be interesting to have more competitors upfront.
Qualy : 1-Merc 2-Ferrari 3-RBR
Race : Ferrari = Merc (I am waiting Allison touch for tyres) = RBR. Strategy will be the key.
PS: That Force India is looking like a big messMaybe I am wrong ! So disappointed because I think they better drivers than Renault or Haas.
Agreed, nothing has changed, 0,6 is still enough. I actually do think that enforcing actual oil usage as a limit will make a difference. Don’t forget, F1 is also about politics, merc is the biggest spender, they have had the power to keep the oil burn limits high enough for years now in the political arena, the FIA doesn’t want to upset their main competitor too much.GPR-A wrote: ↑24 Mar 2018, 09:58From 2+ to 1.2 to 0.9 to 0.6, nothing has changed. And crucially, Ferrari and Renault are also doing the same. So, even if it goes down to 0, it's not just hurts Mercedes, but also the other teams. I would love that to happen and then see what the excuses are going to be, for the incompetence in the PU area!Sieper wrote: ↑24 Mar 2018, 09:52Yes, per 100 km, you can put a picture of a 2 liter coke bottle there for the full race. Also, very clear to see, they are now just doing 1 party mode lap. In which they can still use as much oil (with the performance additives) as last year.GPR-A wrote: ↑24 Mar 2018, 09:19Just show, here is how much 0.6 litres means (per 100 kms)
https://www.azkerbazar.com/wp-content/u ... s4bybb.jpg
The only way to get rid of this advantage totally is to enforce 0,1 liter, the actual oil usage.
Indeed so. All we're going to listen to is certain Ferrari and RedBull fans talk about oil...
First sector already shows the party mode. 3 tenths of a second faster than the others.Silent Storm wrote: ↑24 Mar 2018, 10:07----------S1 -------- S2 -------- S3 ------ Lap time
Ham-26.698 -- 22.066 -- 32.400 -- 1:21.164
Rai - 26.992 -- 22.204 -- 32.632 -- 1:21.828
Vet - 27.018 -- 22.129 -- 32.691 -- 1:21.838
Ver - 26.971 -- 22.241 -- 32.563 -- 1:21.879