2015 FORMULA 1 Spanish Grand Prix

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I'm liking the new livery:


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Wow, Maldonado warned his seat is in jeopardy.

Pastor Maldonado has been warned by Lotus that his Formula 1 seat is not guaranteed despite the considerable financial support he receives from PDVSA.

Venezuela's state-owned oil and gas company has backed Maldonado throughout his career, following the 30-year-old from Williams to Lotus after he left the former team at the end of 2013.

Maldonado has since scored just two points - from a ninth-placed finish in last season's United States Grand Prix - from 23 races to date with Lotus.

Despite that lack of results, Maldonado's position in the team is regarded by many as untouchable given the estimated $27million PDVSA provides in sponsorship to Lotus.

CEO Matthew Carter insists that is far from the case, despite AUTOSPORT revealing this week the team's forthcoming accounts show its deficit had been slashed from £64million in 2013 to just under £6million in '14.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/118805

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FP1
POS. NO. DRIVER TEAM TIME GAP LAPS
1 6 NICO ROSBERG MERCEDES 1:26.828s 28
2 44 LEWIS HAMILTON MERCEDES 1:26.898s +0.07s 27
3 5 SEBASTIAN VETTEL FERRARI 1:27.806s +0.978s 21
4 7 KIMI RÄIKKÖNEN FERRARI 1:27.832s +1.004s 16
5 55 CARLOS SAINZ TORO ROSSO 1:28.132s +1.304s 27
6 33 MAX VERSTAPPEN TORO ROSSO 1:28.529s +1.701s 23
7 26 DANIIL KVYAT RED BULL 1:28.785s +1.957s 7
8 19 FELIPE MASSA WILLIAMS 1:28.831s +2.003s 21
9 3 DANIEL RICCIARDO RED BULL 1:29.075s +2.247s 9
10 12 FELIPE NASR SAUBER 1:29.140s +2.312s 14
11 27 NICO HULKENBERG FORCE INDIA 1:29.409s +2.581s 20
12 36 RAFFAELE MARCIELLO SAUBER 1:29.630s +2.802s 15
13 30 JOLYON PALMER LOTUS 1:29.676s +2.848s 21
14 41 SUSIE WOLFF WILLIAMS 1:29.708s +2.88s 22
15 14 FERNANDO ALONSO MCLAREN 1:29.813s +2.985s 22
16 22 JENSON BUTTON MCLAREN 1:29.817s +2.989s 22
17 11 SERGIO PEREZ FORCE INDIA 1:30.096s +3.268s 19
18 13 PASTOR MALDONADO LOTUS 1:30.110s +3.282s 7
19 28 WILL STEVENS MARUSSIA 1:32.471s +5.643s 22
20 98 ROBERTO MERHI MARUSSIA 1:32.647s +5.819s 20

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FP2

POS. NO. DRIVER TEAM TIME GAP LAPS
1 44 LEWIS HAMILTON MERCEDES 1:26.852s 26
2 5 SEBASTIAN VETTEL FERRARI 1:27.260s +0.408s 37
3 6 NICO ROSBERG MERCEDES 1:27.616s +0.764s 35
4 7 KIMI RÄIKKÖNEN FERRARI 1:27.780s +0.928s 36
5 26 DANIIL KVYAT RED BULL 1:27.943s +1.091s 25
6 33 MAX VERSTAPPEN TORO ROSSO 1:28.017s +1.165s 32
7 22 JENSON BUTTON MCLAREN 1:28.494s +1.642s 31
8 77 VALTTERI BOTTAS WILLIAMS 1:28.525s +1.673s 39
9 55 CARLOS SAINZ TORO ROSSO 1:28.674s +1.822s 31
10 19 FELIPE MASSA WILLIAMS 1:28.712s +1.86s 36
11 14 FERNANDO ALONSO MCLAREN 1:28.723s +1.871s 28
12 8 ROMAIN GROSJEAN LOTUS 1:29.086s +2.234s 14
13 3 DANIEL RICCIARDO RED BULL 1:29.098s +2.246s 4
14 13 PASTOR MALDONADO LOTUS 1:29.217s +2.365s 34
15 12 FELIPE NASR SAUBER 1:29.333s +2.481s 37
16 9 MARCUS ERICSSON SAUBER 1:29.361s +2.509s 34
17 27 NICO HULKENBERG FORCE INDIA 1:29.601s +2.749s 38
18 11 SERGIO PEREZ FORCE INDIA 1:29.707s +2.855s 35
19 28 WILL STEVENS MARUSSIA 1:31.929s +5.077s 30
20 98 ROBERTO MERHI MARUSSIA 1:32.751s +5.899s 23


Alonso and Button seem solidly in the middle of the pack. Arrivabene says the Ferrari is 70% different from the previous races, so it will be interesting if they split the Mercs again in Qualy.

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Had no idea Hamilton's "out of the park" last race, as well as his #44 was a reference to Hank Aaron.

McLaren's new livery looks sooooo good.

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Originally posted by phreezee
Arrivabene says the Ferrari is 70% different from the previous races, so it will be interesting if they split the Mercs again in Qualy.

And that's not even their big updates. Rumor has it that they have bigger updates for Canada.

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^ I have Raikonnen winning Canada after more brake failures from the Mercs

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Alonso was priceless on the radio. I lol'd listening to it.

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Fuck gotta catch up this weekend then!

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Seems the power unit allocations will remain at 4: https://nz.sports.yahoo.com/motorspo...tay-unchanged/

Don't believe anything Christian Horner says.

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RBR is fucked. I believe Ricciardo is on engine #4 at race #4 this weekend. If they blow up, it's game over as the next race is Monaco. Worst place for a grid penalty.

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Pretty boring race except for the jack-men in the pits. Alonso's brake failure was blamed on a visor tear off. Jenson was the harshest he's ever been, describing the McLaren as scary to drive.

Despite a 70% different car, Ferrari seemed to have gone backward while Williams seems to have made a step as Bottas was able to split the Ferraris.

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Originally posted by phreezee
Pretty boring race except for the jack-men in the pits. Alonso's brake failure was blamed on a visor tear off. Jenson was the harshest he's ever been, describing the McLaren as scary to drive.

Despite a 70% different car, Ferrari seemed to have gone backward while Williams seems to have made a step as Bottas was able to split the Ferraris.

Ferrari might've been hampered by the new fuel flow regs. Looking at the gap between them and the Mercs i don't think there's a way that Merc upgrades alone stretched the gap like that.

Will be interesting to see how they fare at Monaco.

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Originally posted by phreezee
Pretty boring race except for the jack-men in the pits. Alonso's brake failure was blamed on a visor tear off. Jenson was the harshest he's ever been, describing the McLaren as scary to drive.

Despite a 70% different car, Ferrari seemed to have gone backward while Williams seems to have made a step as Bottas was able to split the Ferraris.

Jenson isn't used to VTEC kicking in.

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I wished that Hamilton didn't mess up his start. Might of been a good fight between him & Rosberg.
(Also, the team f'n up the pit stop.)

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There would have been no fight. It's impossible to pass at Barcelona.

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Originally posted by rage2
There would have been no fight. It's impossible to pass in F1.

fyp

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Test times:
1. Nico Rosberg GER Mercedes-Mercedes 126 laps 1m 24.374s
2. Marcus Ericsson SWE Sauber-Ferrari 78 laps 1m 26.624s
3. Raffaele Marciello ITA Ferrari-Ferrari 105 laps 1m 26.648s
4. Daniil Kvyat RUS Red Bull-Renault 80 laps 1m 26.904s
5. Pastor Maldonado VEN Lotus-Mercedes 60 laps 1m 27.338s
6. Nick Yelloly GBR Force India-Mercedes 96 laps 1m 27.396s
7. Pierre Gasly FRA Toro Rosso-Renault 112 laps 1m 27.680s
8. Felipe Massa BRZ Williams-Mercedes 54 laps 1m 27.911s
9. Oliver Turvey GBR McLaren-Honda 45 laps 1m 29.730s


Seems like a decent amount of laps for Renault.

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Despite Jenson's comments, Alonso takes the opportunity to take shots at Ferrari.
The paddock sentiment post Spanish grand prix feels similar to post Australian grand prix.

“I am very happy with the move,” the two-time title winner told Sky Sports News HQ. “I was in the Ferrari last year half a minute, a minute behind Mercedes and on Sunday they were 43 seconds behind in Barcelona. Nothing has changed – and that is one of the reasons why l moved. I saw nothing change for five years and l didn’t want a sixth or seventh.”

http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/24...-since-he-left

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Give Jolyon the seat already

100 laps for McLaren!

Day 2

# Driver Team Time Gap Laps
01 J. Palmer Lotus 1:26.080 87
02 P. Wehrlein Mercedes 1:26.497 0.417 137
03 P. Gasly Red Bull 1:26.683 0.603 75
04 J. Button McLaren 1:26.927 0.847 100
05 A. Lynn Williams 1:26.967 0.887 52
06 E. Ocon Force India 1:27.520 1.440 94
07 E. Gutierrez Ferrari 1:27.930 1.850 119
08 C. Sainz Toro Rosso 1:27.997 1.917 126
09 R. Maricello Sauber 1:28.829 2.749 75

Edited: add lap numbers