The Motorsport Thread 2015

Speaking of McLaren, from this years NY Auto Show

Edited by JJLehto - April 11 2015 at 12:57

^Not judging by qualifying, but his race pace in practice on Friday was stunning.

I hate to break it to you JJ, but thats actually the 29 in the 30's paint job and nose cone.

It looked like he didn't have any grip in Q3.

Yeah, it was brought up in the mtorsport forum I visit, it might say it's a 30 but it's definitely a 29 as their hasn't been enough time for McLaren to build a fourth monocoque (takes about 6 weeks to make each one). Not that big a surprise that McLaren dropped back, they can't turn their engines up for qualifying like everyone else does but it also means they wont turn them down for the race like everyone else will.

Oh, and for those that thought Alonso would destroy Button, it's currently 2-0 to Jenson in qualy.

sleeper wrote: Yeah, it was brought up in the mtorsport forum I visit, it might say it's a 30 but it's definitely a 29 as their hasn't been enough time for McLaren to build a fourth monocoque (takes about 6 weeks to make each one).

Edited by JJLehto - April 11 2015 at 22:19

JJLehto wrote: I never denied Button's skill, just that I felt his title, while absolutely deserved, was just a bit weak but that's not a knock on Button. I may have said before he never seems capable of going beyond the skill of his car, but again that's not a bash...many can't. As we know he outshone Hami and basically forced him to run away so that says something! That's a fascinating stat Mills, I never did really notice that. Though again, since being on McLaren.  I'm not a betting guy, or I'd say we should have a fun wager on this year. Who ends up having a better 2015, Jenson or Fernando!

I'll always be a very biased Button fan.    Jenson isn't overly aggressive compared some drivers (as I say that, he just punted Maldonado ), and I feel like that holds him back at times.  And for this year, who knows, with the situation McLaren is in.  Are they really racing right now, or just being super conservative while things develop with Honda?

And what do you know, Hami wins again!  Ferrari are closing the gap, though!  And both McLaren's were running at the end, so things are looking up, I guess.

Even my wife, who thinks that Formula One is a bathroom cleaning product, thinks Indy cars look like sports cars. OMG!

Where did Jos The Bosses' son finish, I only caught the top 4 on the telly this morning.

Edited by SteveG - April 12 2015 at 12:59

SteveG wrote: Where did Jos The Bosses' son finish, I only caught the top 4 on the telly this morning.

JJLehto wrote: SteveG wrote: Where did Jos The Bosses' son finish, I only caught the top 4 on the telly this morning. 17th, out with transmission failure. Was having a decent day though, kid is deff something, I still cant fathom being in F1 at the age of 17!  Well...congrats to James Hinchcliffe on the...win(?) at New Orleans. I mean, right place right time and luck are part of racing as we know but I struggle to think of this GP as even a race. Can't even give him credit for "keeping it clean" in the rain since I think 75-80% of the race was simply riding behind the pace car  There were 5 or 6 yellows that led to another yellow within 1 lap. Twice there was a spin/wreck before even reaching turn 1 after green, another time they didnt even get to green! A couple others they got to half a lap before someone was off. Was really quite a joke...and Hinch was only in the lead via the shakeup from rain strategy and then gambling...they simply kept him out there and the yellows kept coming and coming.  Ran out of gas just after the checkered, so clearly if the race stayed green, even for a few laps, there is no way he would've made it to the end.  But hey, win is a win. Credit to him at least for holding off Helio on a couple of the restarts I guess