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[LAP1DOUG]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

F1 is a collosal waste of money. They could have just as many fans while spending a 1/3.
It's retarded. It's stupid. It's illogical. And more importantly, it affects the driver selection process heavily. Which in turn makes it very, very predictable podiums (same six guys, with only 2 or 3 with a shot at the title...every yea). Even the top teams have been reduced to side-stepping the best talent available in order to secure some extra money to run the wind tunnel or whatever..

Apparently you missed seeing Daniel Riccairdo and Kevin Magnussen on the podium today (or was that yesterday) along with Nico Rosberg. The new rules have really shaken things up for now.

Too bad Riccairdo was later DQ'd due to a fuel flow meter issue. This pushed Button up on the podium wheer he has not been in a long long time. However, it looked like Valtteri Bottas would have been in P2 or P3 if he had not touched the wall and had to come in for a wheel/tire.

[Dave_aus]

It was an interesting race, lots of overtaking on a good circuit with lots of corners. The new regs require turbo v6 engines limited to 1.6 litres. Produce lots of power and also fuel efficient. A technical challenge that interests Mercedes, Ferrari, Maclaren etc.
Obviously a business case that stacks up for their operation....

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by LAP1DOUG

Apparently you missed seeing Daniel Riccairdo and Kevin Magnussen on the podium today (or was that yesterday) along with Nico Rosberg. The new rules have really shaken things up for now.

Too bad Riccairdo was later DQ'd due to a fuel flow meter issue. This pushed Button up on the podium wheer he has not been in a long long time. However, it looked like Valtteri Bottas would have been in P2 or P3 if he had not touched the wall and had to come in for a wheel/tire.

The only surprising podium of the F1 season is usually the first. Also, that podium was a lucky fluke for those rookies/new to the team drivers. Hamilton and Vettel both had car issues that essentially reduced the top two teams to one car that weekend.
Save for attrition of 2 of the 3 best drivers in F1, we'd a had the same old faces up on steps 1-2-3.

btw, the fact that Ricci man was running that well tells me the RedBull has the pace to make it 8 in a row or however many WCC's RB has by now.
I predict Vettel will win the next race with Hamilton 2nd and Redbull #2 driver in 3rd.