McLaren have definitely got the right idea.

Best to get all the technical issues out of the way now. They claim it's only niggling issues.

Nice to see Vettel topping the timesheets (now there's a sentence I never thought I'd ever type). I know times mean nothing this early in the game but I'm liking the possibility that Mercedes won't have it all their own way this year. Let's have a proper melee for the title.

Looking forward to tomorrow and seeing Lewis and JB in action.

I would like to see multiple teams battling it out for the title. I do not believe Ferrari would be one of them

Maybe not but I could definitely see Red Bull and Williams having a go.

And if McLaren can sort their technical issues out they'll be in the mix too.

RedBull, WIlliams and McLaren will definitely be in the mix

JB's first timed lap in a McLaren-Honda is 33 seconds off the pace.

Either a feeler lap or the start of a heavy fuel run maybe?

Meanwhile Lewis Hamilton is having a better time of it.

2nd on the timesheets and more laps than anyone else.

50 laps so far. If Mercedes sort out their reliability issues, this year could be worse for their rivals

I just realised that Button is in a complete no-win situation this year with F1 fans.

If the car is bad, he is going to get all of the blame.

If the car is good, Alonso is gonna get all of the credit.

Button's record is there for sensible F1 fans to see. I would not take trolls seriously.

I don't.

I stopped paying attention to people like that when they claimed that JB would use his dad's death as an excuse for underperforming last year.

Hamilton has done over 70 laps. Vettel, top of the timing sheets again

Bottas back out in the Williams and goes 3rd. Just over 2 seconds of Vettel's pace.

What would it say about Alonso is Vettel goes on to do great things at Ferrari

News from McLaren.

They reckon they've fixed whatever problem they had and are hoping to get Button back out on track asap.

ManUtdDaredevil: "What would it say about Alonso is Vettel goes on to do great things at Ferrari "

No offence mate but that in my mind has always been a crude analysis, different cars with different different drivers cannot be a base for comparison - That Ferrari was a dog last year, and this year, for all we know, they may have something surprising despite lack of engine power, a prime example of a team resurgence in the space of one winter, is Honda to Brawn between 2008 and 2009.

Lets put it in the simplest of terms for an example that admittedly could cause a riot between a select few on this forum:

"the fact that Lewis Hamilton has won a championship with Mercedes when Michael Schumacher couldn't, what would it say about Schumacher?"

It's just not an accurate statement to make.

McLaren having a much better day today.

Fernando Alonso already has 10 laps under his belt so.

The track is damp and greasy so don't expect lap times to right home about.

comment by Greg Rugby And F1 (U4521)
posted 17 hours, 55 minutes ago
ManUtdDaredevil: "What would it say about Alonso is Vettel goes on to do great things at Ferrari "

No offence mate but that in my mind has always been a crude analysis, different cars with different different drivers cannot be a base for comparison - That Ferrari was a dog last year, and this year, for all we know, they may have something surprising despite lack of engine power, a prime example of a team resurgence in the space of one winter, is Honda to Brawn between 2008 and 2009.

Lets put it in the simplest of terms for an example that admittedly could cause a riot between a select few on this forum:

"the fact that Lewis Hamilton has won a championship with Mercedes when Michael Schumacher couldn't, what would it say about Schumacher?"

It's just not an accurate statement to make.
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I know, I personally do not rate Vettel very highly, just put the comment there for debate

I don't rate Vettel at all either to be honest MUDD, in 2010 I was actually fairly happy that he'd won the championship, but his arrogance at Red Bull (outwardly relishing the fact that the world span around him there and breaking team orders just for his satisfaction) started to irritate me. I judged Vettel on last season, not on his performance, but his attitude. Between threatening to quit F1 because he didn't like the rule change instead of fighting it out, and jumping ship to Ferrari as soon as he realised Red Bull had a problem with the Renault Engines... I lost all respect for him.

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When I heard about that I laughed to myself. The big baby. Boohoo, my car is no longer the fastest, I have to race other people.

Not fair, I quit

comment by The Guvnor III V.I.K-Give me a scotch.I'm starving (U12889)
posted 1 day, 13 hours ago
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Yes it is quite comical some of the things people post. So the entire 2014 F1 season was not sufficient to judge Sebastian Vettel's ability but 2 days testing at Jerez is.

On a more sensible note, the Renault and Ferrari have apparently used up most of their tokens but Mercedes has hardly used any. While Mercedes was busy completing simulated race distances Ferrari kept to short stints of less than 10 laps. Mercedes will still be the team to beat next year but the Ferrari has definitely improved as Kimi Räikkönen is quite happy with it.

Yep. It'll be hard to see past Mercedes taking both titles again but I can see Ferrari, Red Bull, Williams and McLaren giving them a real fight for it.