Nizer

File under "You Never Stood a Chance Anyway".....

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/me...graded-engine/

CCA

Gotta go with Putin, he'll at least be the big challenger.

PPo

I think LH agrees with you if you read between the lines of his PC statements:

http://planetf1.com/news/hamilton-ne...iss-the-point/

I agree with you and LH. Sochi is boring, hopefully the racing isn't... but I am not holding my breath.

StoogeMoe

I missed last year's race so it will be exciting for me to see the track for the first time. I saw rain in practice. That can always make things exciting for the race.

tomc_mets

Weather forecast looking warmer and drier for next couple of days...T

Larry Herman

Missed the poll, but my vote is Vettel. The Mercs haven't figured out low grip circuits and the Ferrari has enough grunt to minimize what the Mercs can do down the straights. Red Bull might do something here, but they only seem to shine on go kart tracks right now. Wish that they had a real motor.

the flyin' scotsman

did any team really try in quali? I didnt see it.......boring.

hopefully Massa can make up many places tomorrow and battle the red cars.

multi21

The temps are really cold. The Mercs put more temp on their tires than others. Ferrari is very good on their tires and seem to do very well in Hot conditions. All their wins were in unbearable weather conditions (Malaysia, Hungury, Signapore).

Mercs were faster than anyone else on Primes vs all others on options

Larry Herman

I must have missed that. Mercedes ran the options in Q2 and Q3.

Did anyone notice that once again the fastest seven cars down the straight were Merc powered cars. What this means is that even on a low grip circuit, no matter how poorly your car handles, with a Merc in the back you can make it all back up down the straight. F1 really sucks right now because of the motor restrictions. I truly believe that if there could be unrestricted development Ferrari would be right back in the hunt, and Red Bull would not be in a situation where they may withdraw for 2016.

the flyin' scotsman

at least theres MotoGP..........http://www.motogp.com/en/event/Japan

skl

If Hammy's in the lead after one lap, I can get yard work done early, before the Packers game... but one can hope...

the flyin' scotsman

go do the yard work and enjoy the football......it wasnt one lap but..

Nizer

The fix is well and truly in at MB for the Hamster.

the flyin' scotsman

a gr8 money saver would be to award the championships now, cancel the remaining races then contemplate what the finishing order for 2016 will be.......not much different than this year

Nizer

yeah but i hear they're going to dub in 20k rpm V10 sound on the satellite feed in 2016, so we have that to look forward to...

On a serious note, TECPRO barriers are impressive. Wish more tracks had them.