CumbrianRam Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 18 cars, 20 races. But will the Merc domination be stopped or will it get larger?The GridMercedes Benz 44. Lewis Hamilton GBR Aged 30 Debut: Aus 2007 148 GPs, 33 wins, 38 poles, 20 fastest laps, 70 podiums, 1486 points. Best Final Standing: Champion in 2008 and 2014 6. Nico Rosberg GER Aged 29 Debut: Bahrain 2006 166 GPs, 8 wins, 15 poles, 9 fastest laps, 26 podiums, 887.5 points Best Final Standing: 2nd in 2014Red Bull Renault 3. Daniel Ricciardo AUS Aged 25 Debut: Britian 2011 69 GPs, 3 wins, best grid 2nd x2, 1 fastest lap, 8 podiums, 268 points Best Final Standing: 3rd in 2014 26. Daniil Kvyat RUS Aged 20 Debut: Australia 2014 19 GPs, best result 9th x3, best grid 5th x2, 8 points Best Final Standing: 15th in 2014Williams Mercedes 77. Valtteri Bottas FIN Aged 25 Debut: Australia 2013 36 GPs, best result 2nd x2, best grid 2nd x2, 1 fastest lap, 6 podiums, 190 points Best Final Standing: 4th in 2014 19. Felipe Massa BRA Aged 33 Debut: Australia 2002 210 GPs, 11 wins, 16 poles, 15 fastest laps, 39 podiums, 950 points Best Final Standing: 2nd in 2008Ferrari 5. Sebastian Vettel GER Aged 27 Debut: USA 2007 139 GPs, 39 wins, 45 poles, 24 fastest laps, 66 podiums, 1618 points Best Final Standing: Champion in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 7 Kimi Raikkonen FIN Aged 35 Debut: Australia 2001 212 GPs, 20 wins, 16 poles, 40 fastest laps, 77 podiums, 1024 points Best Final Standing: Champion in 2007McLaren Honda 14. Fernando Alonso ESP Aged 33 Debut: Australia 2001 235 GPs, 32 wins, 22 poles, 21 fastest laps, 91 podiums, 1767 points Best Final Standing: Champion in 2005 and 2006 22. Jenson Button GBR Aged 35 Debut: Australia 2000 266 GPs, 12 wins, 7 poles, 7 fastest laps, 50 podiums, 1198 points Best Final Standing: Champion in 2010Force India Mercedes 27. Nico Hulkenberg GER Aged 27 Debut: Bahrain 2010 76 GPs, best result 4th x2, 1 pole, 1 fastest lap, 232 points Best Final Standing: 9th in 2014 11. Sergio Perez MEX Aged 25 Debut: Australia 2011 74 GPs, best result 2nd x2, best grid 4th x2, 3 fastest laps, 4 podiums, 188 points Best Final Standing: 10th in 2012 and 2014Toro Rosso Renault 33. Max Verstappen NED Aged 17 Rookie 55. Carlos Sainz Jnr ESP Aged 20 RookieLotus Mercedes 8. Romain Grosjean FRA Aged 28 Debut: Europe 2009 64 GPs, best result 2nd x2, best grid 2nd x1, 1 fastest lap, 9 podiums, 236 points Best Final Standing: 7th in 2013 13 Pastor Maldonado VEN Aged 30 Debut: Australia 2011 76 GPs, 1 win, 1 pole, 1 podium, 49 points Best Final Standing: 15th in 2012Sauber Ferrari 9. Marcus Ericsson SWE Aged 24 Debut: Australia 2014 GPs 16, best result 11th x1, best grid, 16th x1, 0 points Best Final Standing: 19th in 2014 12. Felipe Nasr BRA Aged 22 RookieCalandar Not much change, only Mexico returns after last hosting a race in 1992 which Nigel Mansell won and Michael Scuhmacher claimed his first of 155 podiums in F1. 15/03 Australia 29/03 Malaysia 05/04 Bahrain 19/04 China 10/05 Spain 24/05 Monaco 07/06 Canada 21/06 Austria 05/07 Britain 19/07 Germany 26/07 Hungary 23/08 Belgium 06/09 Italy 20/09 Singapore 27/09 Japan 11/10 Russia 25/10 USA 01/11 Mexico 15/11 Brazil 29/11 Abu Dhabi No double points this year thank the lord, but plenty of controversy already over engine development etc. Car launches and pre-season testing not far away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcsilks Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Think Massa was lucky to get another top drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicME85 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Massa did a solid job last season and surprised a lot of people. Here is a post I did on my other forum. Should see some better noses this year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQSoAJBhxig ...although we could still see some odd shapes, like this idea Marussia had come up with: "http://www.racecar-engineering.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/upMaru2" alt="upMaru2"> "http://www.racecar-engineering.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/upmaru1" alt="upmaru1"> Scarbs has been posting some interesting titbits on F1T. Toro Rosso When speaking to James Key in Abu Dhabi he didnt let slip a lot about the 015 car, but did explain the strong points of the 014 package. He suggested the revised nose with its keel pod and S duct were a strong direction for the team, so I suspect the 015 car will have similar directions, thus a "T" cross section nose and thumb tip, as we saw on the Marussia, plus an S duct. Quite how the height at the front of the chassis between the BB and AA bulkheads differs will be interesting. the 014 car had these at the lower heights and the sloped reg for this year may not need to be applied to the front of the tub. He also suggested the Renault PU package and cooling would be majorly revised, although this will probably show itself under the skin and less in the sidepod shape. As their roll hoop fed engine oil coolers were being copied by Marussia, its likely these will remain as well. Sauber Money is tight at sauber, like last year, the team will have to go early with whatever concepts showed the promise early in the R&D process that wont break the bank. Thus its likely we'll see a lot of conceptual carry over from the 014 car. The nose will not be a short one as Lotus tested due to crash test requirements, so there'll be a narrow rounded thumb nose, different to the wide flat marussia nose. The Ferrari PU will be kicking out more heat as they ease off the packaging compromises forced into the 014 PU and aim for more power, thus sidepods will be bigger. @Lotus_F1Team/status/550245782109310976 Lotus failed the static load crash test before Christmas. Possible Ferrari nose (from autobild): "http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l349/Crucial_Xtreme/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps82caad2b" alt="image_zps82caad2b"> ...another solution: "http://www.lastampa.it/r/Pub/Prod/Blogs/controsterzo/Foto/ferrari-2015_ok-kdyC-U10401189103518iZC-650x560@LaStampa.it" alt="ferrari-2015_ok-kdyC-U10401189103518iZC-"> @LorenzoDL83/status/548722893270818816 Will be interesting to see if other teams adopt Mercedes clever gearbox casing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUCapV3p2J4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicME85 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Been a lot of talk about what livery McLaren will use this year. A lot of people want them to run the famous Malboro scheme that Prost and Senna won their McLaren titles with. Wont happen as the FIA will clamp down on it as it is clearly related to tobacco, much like they did with the Ferrari barcode several years ago. The biggest fear is Honda insisting on something like their Earth Dreams livery when they were last F1: Talk is that McLaren will be without a title sponsor for a second year as talks with Movistar havent moved on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicME85 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Toro Rosso have passed their crash tests. Sky's first test tv coverage: Jerez schedule: Sunday February 1 Day One Report: 9pm Ted's Notebook Day One: 9.15pm Monday February 2 Day Two Report: 9pm Ted's Notebook Day Two: 9.15pm Tuesday February 3 Day Three Report: 9pm Ted's Notebook Day Three: 9.15pmWednesday February 4 Day Four Report: 9pm Ted's Notebook Day Four: 9.15pm Pre-season Test dates: February 1-4: Jerez, Spain. February 19-22: Barcelona, Spain. February 26-March 1: Barcelona, Spain. 2015 CAR LAUNCHES January 21: Force IndiaJanuary 29: McLaren-HondaJanuary 30: Ferrari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duracell Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Been a lot of talk about what livery McLaren will use this year. A lot of people want them to run the famous Malboro scheme that Prost and Senna won their McLaren titles with. Wont happen as the FIA will clamp down on it as it is clearly related to tobacco, much like they did with the Ferrari barcode several years ago. The issue with Ferrari was that money was very clearly changing hands between Marlboro and Ferrari for the barcodes to appear on the car. If McLaren run it as just a paint scheme, the FIA are powerless to stop it though. Penske was still running cars in IndyCar in Marlboro colours until a couple of years ago. Either way, McLaren can't come back with a livery as boring as last year's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicME85 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Agreed. That was dull as ****. Talk is Mercedes are going with chrome and Honda wants nothing to do with silver/grey/chrome so there is a move away from the Mercedes era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duracell Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Agreed. That was dull as sausage. Talk is Mercedes are going with chrome and Honda wants nothing to do with silver/grey/chrome so there is a move away from the Mercedes era. They should back themselves and go proper old school and just race in orange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DEL Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 WTF? Anyway Hamilton will the F1 again. #TeamLH and it would be brilliant to see Button up there with Hamilton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duracell Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 WTF? What's that to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEL Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 What's that to? To that pic above me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicME85 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Whats wrong with it? It was taken at a P1 promo. The orange is the colour McLaren use these days as their signature colour. Bit more striking than the original Bruce McLaren orange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davenportram Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 They'd certainly stand out in that. Bit I dint think orange overalls would suit Jenson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicME85 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Looks alright in McLarens celebratory kit colour, rocket red (which is actually orange) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Ram Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I'm going to the Bahrain one. **** all else to do on this island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicME85 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Honda got an answer from the FIA this week about whether they can tweak their engine. FIA have ruled that Honda will be allocated the average of the tokens remaining between the other manufacturers. Charlie Whiting has said: "If the three 2014 manufacturers have eight, seven and five unused tokens respectively at the start of the season, then the new manufacturer will be allowed to use six during the season (the average rounded down to the nearest whole number" Now I think its good that Honda can tweak their engine after the season start, what I don't like is how it will be dependent on what the other manufacturers do. Hockenheim will hold the German GP this year. Usually the race alternates between Hockenheim and the Nurburgring but due to the financial difficulties the 'ring has suffered recently Bernie has given the race to Hockenheim, this is despite the fact the Nurburgring is now in the hands of new owners. Here is a drawing from Scarbs of what a new nose could look like (bear in mind this guy has a lot of inside knowledge and has actually seen some of the noses already) Romain trying out his new office: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CumbrianRam Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 Williams FW37 sneak peak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal is a Ram Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I do love that Martini livery. It's a classic, classy looking thing. Always reminds me of the Colin McRae/Nicky Grist WRC Ford Focus.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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