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I so hope Jenson is sat on a beach somewhere with the biggest possible smile on his face.

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Dan Wheldon ¦ 1978-2011
Marco Simoncelli ¦ 1987-2011
Jules Bianchi ¦ 1989-2015
Justin Wilson ¦ 1978-2015

Yeah, I know he's mad and I don't care. I do not care. I did not care then. I do not care now. I'm here to race him.

Let's not jump to conclusions, perhaps the McLaren is blindingly fast.

Man, with the other photoshops on this page, I really thought someone was taking the piss about the Mercedes wheelbase, but this is actually real.

Amazing how a chassis this long can even be rigid enough for F1 purposes.

Another thing: forget about getting away with sidepod-to-wheel contact. You're guaranteed to shred your tyre and good for a puncture if that happens.

It's not all bad news for Honda - Alonso just managed to end a lap by going past the pitlane rather than into it.

Granted, he came in on the next lap after that, but a 2-lap stint is progress.

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Dan Wheldon ¦ 1978-2011
Marco Simoncelli ¦ 1987-2011
Jules Bianchi ¦ 1989-2015
Justin Wilson ¦ 1978-2015

Yeah, I know he's mad and I don't care. I do not care. I did not care then. I do not care now. I'm here to race him.

And Alonso finally sets a lap time!

All the teams are no doubt holding their cards close to their chests at this point, but Mercedes haven't disappeared off into the distance in terms of laps covered - I think Hamilton did more than double Vettel on day one last year.

They are now faster than hamilton's pole time last year

http://www.f1today.net/en/results/day1/ ... nter-tests

Monday's times:



Of note (and also not, because it's the first day) is the fact that Hamilton's best time was set on softs, and Vettel's only a short time later on mediums. No accounting for fuel load, of course.

well McLaren copied the livery from Marussia and now is copying their performance aswell

if they change the livery the engine will start working magically

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Or any other gimmick... Loong way until we find the real speed of those cars.

I don't get why the front tyres are so much wider this year.

So cars don't look much better than previously

tyres are very hard and don't degrade AT ALL

drivers are already confirming earlier fears: it's nearly impossible to follow someone.

Why the fuck did they change the rules? Just so we can have shark fins and horrible T wings?

Fuck F1, I hope the new owners know they've bought a shit product.

they know its shit, but they also know its potential and possibly even know how to make it less shit

With their 2016 engine as well.

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Dan Wheldon ¦ 1978-2011
Marco Simoncelli ¦ 1987-2011
Jules Bianchi ¦ 1989-2015
Justin Wilson ¦ 1978-2015

Yeah, I know he's mad and I don't care. I do not care. I did not care then. I do not care now. I'm here to race him.

i wonder if mercedes will have any trouble in monaco with that long wheel base,,wasnt it ferrari in 07 or 08 who had that problem in monaco??

Unless they make the rules, rules that are actually developed with overtaking and racing in mind, nothing will change.

I love how all the drivers like the cars and the tyres, but immediatly say the racing will be shit.

Don't they still have that "Overtaking Working Group"

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The racing may still be shite, but if you take off the poo-coloured glasses you have to admit the cars look better even with the sharkfin.

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