Formula 1 2016: Round 5 - Spanish Grand Prix

Myrddin · 14-05-2016 11:00am #1

A place to discuss the Spanish Grand Prix....yeah, that's all I got

I still miss Frostie's F1 threads!

Andrew76 · 14-05-2016 11:21am

Just caught the end of P3 earlier and saw Max was a tenth up on Ricciardo. Looking forward to the battle between them. Danny will be sweating a little bit more now RBR have promoted a kid to the big team (presumably to keep other teams from signing him and he'll do no worse than Kvyat).

Ghost Train · 14-05-2016 12:15pm

Button, Massa, Hulkenburg all a bit off the pace of their teammates for first run

Ghost Train · 14-05-2016 12:21pm

Poor from Massa unless he had some technical issue

Kxiii · 14-05-2016 12:21pm

Red bulls looking really quick.

seamusk84 · 14-05-2016 12:25pm

Kxiii wrote: »

Red bulls looking really quick.

Would be great to see Max on the second row. Hope Alonso makes P3...looked quick enough there, didn't need to come out twice.

skipper_G · 14-05-2016 12:26pm

They got the timing wrong for massa on the second run, he was the traffic that moved over for hulkenburg at the start of his run.

C4 commentary team had no idea what was going on. It took chandhok in the pit lane to clue them in

Ghost Train · 14-05-2016 12:42pm

Alonso in to q3

seamusk84 · 14-05-2016 12:42pm

Ghost Train wrote: »

Alonso in to q3

Finally!

Myrddin · 14-05-2016 12:46pm

Verstappen looking bloody impressive.

Ghost Train · 14-05-2016 12:51pm

Wonder does max have a shot at third on grid or do Ferrari turn up the engine a bit for q3

Hamilton making mistake on his first run

skipper_G · 14-05-2016 12:51pm

Myrddin wrote: »

Verstappen looking bloody impressive.

So far he has shown well, he has something special for sure.

I still hate red bull, they have no class

seamusk84 · 14-05-2016 12:55pm

Amazing stuff from Red Bull. That car has really come on since the first race.

Ghost Train · 14-05-2016 12:56pm

Both Ferrari struggling for grip near the end of lap, maybe just banker lap on old tyres

HighLine · 14-05-2016 12:56pm

https://twitter.com/F1archives/status/731465894036176896

skipper_G · 14-05-2016 1:02pm

Mega lap from ricciardo, there's a statement for his teammate. Red bull impressive there but what happened ferrari? Utterly hopeless

lolie · 14-05-2016 2:12pm

Great from ricciardo considering he only had a single lap in Q3, be nice to see him leading into turn 1 tomorrow.

Andrew76 · 14-05-2016 3:18pm

Yeah super laps from Hamilton and Ricciardo both at crunch time. Well done both of them. Max did very well I thought, although he looked very close to Rosberg starting that last lap. Be curious to see how his Q3 laps compared to his Q2 best time.

The Sky lads were saying that Red Bull looked fairly strong in race trim on the Medium tyre - here's hoping they get ahead of the Mercs at the start and ruffle some feathers for some of the race at least.

Ferrari must've changed something setup wise that sent them backwards. Hopefully they can correct that for the race, assuming it's something they can change.

LEIN · 14-05-2016 3:39pm

Good qually, really enjoyed it.

Verstappen for podium and driver of the day.

Ferrari seem to be going backwards.

AMKC · 14-05-2016 3:47pm

Well that was an exciting qualifying season today. Am delighted to see Alonso and Mclaren Honda in Q3 and at his home race too. Alonso must be very happy. Button not too far of it either. I was surprised do when I heard that Alonso was still using the old front wing and Button the new one thought it would have been the other way around.
Lewis and Riccardo both done stunning laps and Max was ok. Ferrari not looking good here at all and Massa out in Q1 and then using excuses maybe he should have went out sooner and put in a fast lap then not wait till near the end. Would like to see the two Haas cars and maybe a Renault in the points tomorrow.

Faugheen · 14-05-2016 4:01pm

AMKC wrote: »

Well that was an exciting qualifying season today. Am delighted to see Alonso and Mclaren Honda in Q3 and at his home race too. Alonso must be very happy. Button not too far of it either. I was surprised do when I heard that Alonso was still using the old front wing and Button the new one thought it would have been the other way around.
Lewis and Riccardo both done stunning laps and Max was ok. Ferrari not looking good here at all and Massa out in Q1 and then using excuses maybe he should have went out sooner and put in a fast lap then not wait till near the end. Would like to see the two Haas cars and maybe a Renault in the points tomorrow.

When it comes to new upgrades, McLaren swap which driver gets first go of it so Alonso will get the next upgrade first.

Harika · 14-05-2016 4:46pm

https://twitter.com/andrewbensonf1/status/731467811739041793

The gap between Renault and RedBull is becoming very obvious, if Renault really stepping up the game with the Canada update, they might be able to race for wins on their own. Hungary, Monaco and Singapore looks like also a good shot for them too.

Vic_08 · 14-05-2016 5:51pm

Harika wrote: »

https://twitter.com/andrewbensonf1/status/731467811739041793

The gap between Renault and RedBull is becoming very obvious, if Renault really stepping up the game with the Canada update, they might be able to race for wins on their own. Hungary, Monaco and Singapore looks like also a good shot for them too.

Renault are going to do nothing this year, they are racing an underdeveloped 2015 Lotus chassis, no way are they going to catch up in 2016. I would imagine they are already concentrating on development for 2017.

TBH I don't see how they can compete against Red Bull, it will be just like the Vettel years with RB's Newey car being the best Renault engined runner and the factory team getting creamed fortnightly; the reason they pulled out in the first place.

flazio · 15-05-2016 10:04am

Is it just Newey that makes the difference between Red Bull and the Works Renault or is there more to why two teams with the same engine are in such different positions on the grid?

mickdw · 15-05-2016 10:15am

flazio wrote: »

Is it just Newey that makes the difference between Red Bull and the Works Renault or is there more to why two teams with the same engine are in such different positions on the grid?

The current renault squad have just taken over a team that for a few years had been in financial trouble. They couldn't pay the bills so at that stage turning up with car and being able to take part is an achievement. It will therefore take them time to put together a winning team and car.

skipper_G · 15-05-2016 11:05am

Worth adding also that Lotus had been running a merc drive train so this current chassis was designed with that in mind. Changing to a Renault package automatically means the chassis is compromised to make the new unit fit.

bnt · 15-05-2016 12:02pm

Everyone starting on Soft tyres, at least a 2-stop strategy for everyone - but a safety car could make it more interesting. If the first few corners don't go smoothly ..?

edit. did I jinx it? damn. :eek: