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    2015 Austrian GP @ Red Bull Ring

    Perhaps a better chance for the Ferrari's to stick from bumper to bumper to the Mercedes at this track. It's a more power hungry track and there's no doubt that all the Merc powered teams and the Ferrari powered teams will easily pass the weaker Renault powered teams. Will Williams have a better chance this time just like last year? Who knows. They were pretty quick and were close to the Mercs last time around throughout the race. I think we might expect the same thing happening again with one or two Ferrari's thrown in the mix as well.

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    Championship Points
    Lewis Hamilton 151
    Nico Rosberg 134
    Sebastian Vettel 108
    Kimi Raikkonen 72
    Valtteri Bottas 57
    Felipe Massa 47
    Daniel Ricciardo 35
    Daniil Kvyat 19
    Romain Grosjean 17
    Felipe Nasr 16
    Sergio Perez 11
    Nico Hulkenberg 10
    Carlos Sainz 9
    Max Verstappen 6
    Pastor Maldonaldo 6
    Marcus Ericsson 5
    Jenson Button 4

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    Championship Points
    Mercedes 285
    Ferrari 180
    Williams 104
    Red Bull 54
    Lotus 23
    Sauber 21
    Force India 21
    Toro Rosso 15
    Mclaren 4
    Manor 0



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    Let's post a pic of the circuit too:



    Psyched for this one; it's a power track.
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    Very simple laid out track, wouldn't you agree? Kind of reminds me of old F1 racing with fast corners and less technical turns. I wish we could see the return of such cool tracks from the past again.



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    Yep, very un-Tilke-ish. Reminds me a bit of Zolder or old Silverstone.
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    Like this one.




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    Quote Originally Posted by auaq View Post
    Very simple laid out track, wouldn't you agree? Kind of reminds me of old F1 racing with fast corners and less technical turns. I wish we could see the return of such cool tracks from the past again.
    Yep - definitely one of my favorites because of the simplicity.

    Looking forward to the race. Hopefully Ferrari can do some damage, but me thinks Mercedes can win this race on Friday...
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    Merc 1-2 unless stupid

    Williams says their updates will bring them very close to Ferrari but I think Ferrari will still carry an edge. So probably a Ferrari in 3rd unless stupid.

    Hopefully we'll see a shake up in quali - thus allowing some people to be out of place - generating some excitement during the race. Like Lewis with brake failure during quali - would make for a interesting race.

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    Friend works for RBR. Should have a pic or two to post after the race.

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    Classification after FP1:



    What happened to Vettel?
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    Quote Originally Posted by BoldUlysses View Post
    Classification after FP1:



    What happened to Vettel?
    Maybe they think the strategy from Canada will work again.

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    VET fastest in FP2, maybe we get a race this weekend?

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    I guess they were tinkering with Vettel's car in FP1. Clearly whatever they did seems to have worked OK.

    Williams is pretty bullish too on their chances to mix it up at the front.
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    Vettel had gearbox issues again in FP2. Sensors alerting but Ferrari don't think they'll need to change a gearbox.

    both McLarens get new Engine components. 20 grid penalty for Alonso probably 15 for Jenson.

    Lotus looking quick but I think Williams were running heavy fuel.

    Merc still favorite for pole with the Ferrari's behind. Probably Williams then Lotus but we'll have to see.

    Ferrari switched on the Super Softs much better than the mercs. Possibly why the 11/1000ths for Vettel over Rosberg.

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    What a complete and utter disaster of a season for McLaren. I've never really been a fan but wow, what a craptacular situation they're in. They're the Knicks of the F1 world right now, and there's no draft coming.

    Yeah Williams were doing their high fuel runs. I know this is mostly PR but hope springs eternal:

    http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/119572

    Also, Arrivebene had a close call this morning:





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    Tactics played here ^ .....



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    Alonso handed 20 grid place penalty for Austrian GP, Ricciardo has 10, Button may have quite a few possible too......
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    WTF happened to Kimi?

    Also - what good does a 20 or 25 grid penalty do for a team that's been qualifying 17-18 all year really do? Stupid.
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    Quote Originally Posted by m3fuz View Post
    WTF happened to Kimi?

    Also - what good does a 20 or 25 grid penalty do for a team that's been qualifying 17-18 all year really do? Stupid.
    It adds a drive through penalty on top of it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Charlie View Post
    It adds a drive through penalty on top of it.
    I get that, but just start with the drive through penalty since there aren't 25 cars on the grid to begin with. It just seems like more bark than bite.
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    Quote Originally Posted by m3fuz View Post
    WTF happened to Kimi?
    Allegedly he had trouble getting heat into the tires, and there was a miscommunication between him and the pits re:the number of timed laps. He apparently thought he had time for 3 when he only really had time left for 2.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BoldUlysses View Post
    Allegedly he had trouble getting heat into the tires, and there was a miscommunication between him and the pits re:the number of timed laps. He apparently thought he had time for 3 when he only really had time left for 2.
    Yep - read that this morning. His weekend didn't get any better, did it?
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