Formula 1 in 2015

[Forward Press]

Damn. Hopefully the airlift is just precautionary.

Looking at the state of the car, I am hopeful that is indeed the case.

 

[ManWithNoName]

Damn. Hopefully the airlift is just precautionary.

Looking at the state of the car, I am hopeful that is indeed the case.

Yeah sounds like it's just for checks.

 

[ManWithNoName]

Looks like a fairly solid whack into the wall. Should be okay.

 

[Cole Dammett]

'Speaking and conscious in hospital'

 

[DREAM TEAM BUFF]

Fingers crossed he will be right for round 1

 

[Smeg Head]

Fingers crossed he will be right for round 1

Agreed.

The car might not be as ready as Alonso though.

 

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

Looks like a fairly solid whack into the wall. Should be okay.

I just looked at this picture and thought to myself, "Where's Alonso's Ferrari?" Took me way too long to realise.

 

[ManWithNoName]

Has concussion and is staying overnight in hospital.

 

[ManWithNoName]

Ouch...

 

[Sven]

Combined fastest laps for each driver over the 4 day test.

1. Romain Grosjean France Lotus-Mercedes 102 laps 1m 24.067s
2. Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes-Mercedes 197 laps 1m 24.321s
3. Pastor Maldonado Venezuela Lotus-Mercedes 173 laps 1m 24.345s
4. Daniel Ricciardo Australia Red Bull-Renault 202 laps 1m 24.574s
5. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Ferrari-Ferrari 164 laps 1m 24.584s
6. Felipe Massa Brazil Williams-Mercedes 143 laps 1m 24.672
7. Sergio Perez Mexico Force India-Mercedes 155 laps 1m 24.702s *
8. Max Verstappen Netherlands Toro Rosso-Renault 223 laps 1m 24.729s
9. Lewis Hamilton Germany Mercedes-Mercedes 201 laps 1m 24.923s
10. Daniil Kvyat Russia Red Bull-Renault 214 laps 1m 24.941s
11. Felipe Nasr Brazil Sauber-Ferrari 152 laps 1m 24.956s
12. Valtteri Bottas Finland Williams-Mercedes 176 laps 1m 25.345s
13. Carlos Sainz Spain Toro Rosso-Renault 188 laps 1m 25.604s
14. Fernando Alonso Spain McLaren-Honda 79 laps 1m 25.961
15. Jolyon Palmer Britain Lotus-Mercedes 77 laps 1m 26.280s ##
16. Sebastian Vettel Germany Ferrari-Ferrari 179 laps 1m 26.312s
17. Marcus Ericsson Sweden Sauber-Ferrari 166 laps 1m 26.340s
18. Nico Hulkenberg Germany Force India-Mercedes 36 laps 1m 26.591s *###
19. Pascal Wehrlein Germany Force India-Mercedes 113 laps 1m 27.333s *
20. Jenson Button Britain McLaren-Honda 44 laps 1m 28.182
21. Pascal Wehrlein Germany Mercedes-Mercedes 48 laps 1m 28.489s #
22. Susie Wolff Britain Williams-Mercedes 86 laps 1m 28.906s #
* Using 2014 specification VJM07
# Only Thursday
## Only Friday
### Only Sunday

 

[Ashton Agar]

Looking forward to Fox Sports coverage of the F1. Fox Sports do every sport better than the FTA channels.

 

[happy_eagle]

Is there a chance that Lotus may not be terrible this year?

 

[Beetlebum]

Is there a chance that Lotus may not be terrible this year?

I'll go out on a limb and say it'll be a better season that 2014 for Lotus. Though I say that with little confidence.

 

[Bacon Warrior]

Is there a chance that Lotus may not be terrible this year?

Yes, I'd even go as far as saying Grosjean will find himself back on the podium occasionally.

 

[happy_eagle]

Yes, I'd even go as far as saying Grosjean will find himself back on the podium occasionally.

I can accept this as long as Maldanado continues to crash out

 

[Beetlebum]

I can accept this as long as Maldanado continues to crash out

I've missed my fix of Crash Bandicoot Bingo.

 

[Sven]

I've missed my fix of Crash Bandicoot Bingo.

http://hasmaldonadocrashedtoday.com/

Nope
The world is safe for another day.
He last crashed 156 days, 15 hours, 29 minutes and 10 seconds ago.

 

[DREAM TEAM BUFF]

http://hasmaldonadocrashedtoday.com/

Nope
The world is safe for another day.
He last crashed 156 days, 15 hours, 29 minutes and 10 seconds ago.

So long ago

 

[royboy2]

20 more days until Pastor crashes again

 

[ManWithNoName]

McLaren suspect he lost the car in a gust of wind, he's fine but still in hospital being monitored.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/31585149

 

[DREAM TEAM BUFF]

20 more days until Pastor crashes again

I hope so

 

[ManWithNoName]

Not even Fernando can make a hospital gown look stylish.

 

[ManWithNoName]

Spending a third night in hospital. There's more to this than McLaren are letting on.

 

[Simple Jack]

Spending a third night in hospital. There's more to this than McLaren are letting on.

I think you mean to say: "Just a routine third night in hospital to check on his recovery from his rest day after having a couple of totally normal meds on night one, no problem."

I really hope nothing is seriously wrong and perhaps Fernando is just really enjoying his sponge baths.

 

[ManWithNoName]

I think you mean to say: "Just a routine third night in hospital to check on his recovery from his rest day after having a couple of totally normal meds on night one, no problem."

I really hope nothing is seriously wrong and perhaps Fernando is just really enjoying his sponge baths.

I like how Garry Hartstein put it.