LuigiVampa

Exactly.

* You forgot to include the smiley face so that we can be certain you were being ironic.

theporscheguy

Hamilton for the win.

Raven 666

I would have to agree with you ,,,the current Renault power plant is very disappointing ..........

Eric_Oz_S2

My prediction is for another boring race. Unless the mercs run into each other, then it may be an interesting race. F1 was much more exciting in the late eighties, early nineties when there were less restrictions/ rules. At least the safety has improved though.

multi21

No one else has the FACTORY Mercedes Power Unit. I have to agree with Massa, the difference between the Factory motors and the customer motors is too big of a difference to be on an equal playing field. Don't believe for one second that the Williams F1 team can't design a chassis and aero package that is on par with everyone else. They've been in this game too long....

PPo

It's not the PU... they have special wheel bearings!!

But seriously... I read in an Italian F1 magazine that apparently Sauber tested a Ferrari PU in Barcelona that had more power than the engine that Ferrari raced in Australia. No idea what Sauber used in the race...

If the Ferrari PU gets close to Mercedes, and the non-works Mercedes teams have reduced engine power, this will be an interesting political year.

pete95zhn

Results for Practise #2:

1 Lewis Hamilton ...Mercedes ...1:39.790
2 Kimi Raikkonen ...Ferrari ...1:40.163 ...0.373
3 Nico Rosberg ...Mercedes ...1:40.218 ...0.428
4 Daniil Kvyat ...RBR ...1:40.346 ...0.556
5 Valtteri Bottas ...Williams ...1:40.450 ...0.660
6 Felipe Massa ...Williams ...1:40.560 ...0.770
7 Sebastian Vettel ...Ferrari ...1:40.652 ...0.862
8 Max Verstappen ...Toro Rosso ...1:41.220 ...1.430
9 Marcus Ericsson ...Sauber ...1:41.261 ...1.471
10 Daniel Ricciardo ...RBR ...1:41.799 ...2.009
11 Pastor Maldonado ...Lotus ...1:41.877 ...2.087
12 Felipe Nasr ...Sauber ...1:41.988 ...2.198
13 Sergio Perez ...Force India ...1:42.242 ...2.452
14 Carlos Sainz ...Toro Rosso ...1:42.291 ...2.501
15 Nico Hulkenberg ..Force India ...1:42.330 ...2.540
16 Fernando Alonso ...McLaren ...1:42.506 ...2.716
17 Jenson Button ...McLaren ...1:42.637 ...2.847
18 Romain Grosjean ...Lotus ...1:42.948 ...3.158
19 Will Stevens ...Marussia ...1:45.704 ...5.914
20 Roberto Merhi Marussia ...1:47.229 ...7.439

2BWise

The new F1 site is unbearable. Anyone got a better suggestion. I'd like to be able to look up the race schedule for the remainder of the weekend without taking 10 minutes to find it.

My993C2

You're not the only one who hates it ...

fnel1771

Kimi will be the sweeper after the Mercs auto-destruct each other!

pete95zhn

After that unfortunate Q2 on wet I must edit my guessimate a bit:

1. Rosberg
2. Vettel
3. Massa
4. Bottas
5. Kimi
6. Ricciardo

Larry Herman

What ever happened to that guy who said that Vettel was a faux champion? .074 behind Hamilton in the wet! Brilliant driving. Ferrari is coming back.

ilko

GREAT QUALIFYING SESSION! Hopefully we can get some rain tomorrow to make things exciting for the race!

How about Verstappen? Again! P6 and the kid's not old enough for a driver's license!

Nico messed up Lewis' lap on the fresh inters, so clearly the Mercedes had more pace.

Agreed on Vettel, great job, Ferrari are definitely getting up there. Their package looks good. Kimi's bad luck sadly continues.

Red Bull did OK as well, considering all the off-track drama between them and the engine supplier.

Williams looked weak, surprisingly.

And in the back end, Button outqualifies Alonso by a tenth... Honda, where are you? The drivers say that the rest of the package looks good but they were still lighting up the rear tires in a few spots so clearly the chassis needs more work as well...

pontifex4

He mustn't really have hated him as much as he claimed. I'm pretty sure he was even driving a Ferari recently like his hero.

I didn't see it, what happened to Kimi in qualifying?

rockitman

+1...Vettel did an incredible job. Ferrari is now on the right track...not good enough to unseat Mercedes for the championship however.