Flying Ferraris lead Red Bull and distant Mercedes

25 comments on “Flying Ferraris lead Red Bull and distant Mercedes”

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   Todfod (@todfod)
   19th September 2015, 12:09

   Its only FP3, but this looks like the most promising race weekend of the year. I think the conditions in Quali will be different and the Mercs will bounce back in slightly cooler conditions, but I definitely see a fight for pole position today between Seb, Lewis and Daniil.

   A Mclaren Honda got within a hundredth of a second of the Mercs! That must have been an absolutely stellar lap from Fernando
   1. 

      David-A (@david-a)
      19th September 2015, 13:23

      Alonso has an incredible record here, top 4 in all seven Singapore Grand Prix. Maybd he can match it even in this awful Mclaren.
      1. 

         rick
         19th September 2015, 14:01

         and if he is not close he could always ask Jenson to have a shunt for him!!!
         1. 

            Jorge Lardone (@jorge-lardone)
            19th September 2015, 17:22

            +1
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   Baron (@baron)
   19th September 2015, 12:11

   Well, clearly the Ferrari & Renault engines are the best so we must lobby FIA to allow Mercedes extra tokens to catch up. In the spirit of competition naturally… :)
   1. 

      kanan
      19th September 2015, 13:02

      Not funny.
      1. 

         Milky White
         19th September 2015, 13:40

         I thought it was!
3. 

   caci99 (@)
   19th September 2015, 12:13

   Promising debut from Rossi until now. Let’s how he will do in the race.
4. 

   Saiesh
   19th September 2015, 12:13

   Is this the pecking order if all engines were equal ?
   1. 

      gary
      19th September 2015, 13:06

      lol
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      petebaldwin (@)
      19th September 2015, 13:16

      This is a very extreme type of track. I can imagine teams targeting this race for points and will have track-specific parts. Mercedes perhaps thought they were far enough ahead that they could focus on other areas and still win.

      We’ll see what they can do over the next hour!
5. 

   Tyler (@tdog)
   19th September 2015, 12:14

   Could we see our first non-Mercedes powered pole of the hybrid era?
   1. 

      gary
      19th September 2015, 13:17

      Naah…
6. 

   Uzair Syed (@ultimateuzair)
   19th September 2015, 12:14

   Great effort from Alonso and Vettel! Rosberg must be feeling concerned that a McLaren is one hundredth of a second behind.
   1. 

      gary
      19th September 2015, 13:06

      +1000
7. 

   Michal (@michal2009b)
   19th September 2015, 12:26

   What a refreshing F1 weekend so far. Different order for once, no talk about Hamilton’s life, no talk about 10000+ grid demotions, no Pirelli complains. Enjoy it!
   1. 

      PDuck95 (@pduck95)
      19th September 2015, 12:35

      +1.
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   Atticus (@atticus-2)
   19th September 2015, 12:58

   AMuS says Merc teams are suffering from the new higher tyre pressure limit – most of them are among those who didn’t improve on their Friday times.

   It’s very strange – it’s not as if STR, Sauber, McLaren are getting much quicker compared to yesterday, but the Mercedes-powered teams are getting slower. Very strange.
   1. 

      gary
      19th September 2015, 13:10

      They’ll just turn up the wick, all Merc powered cars.
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   Selbbin (@selbbin)
   19th September 2015, 13:07

   The engine excuse is getting a bit tired. Yes, the Merc engine is the best, but no other team with a Mercedes engine has won a race in the new turbo era, while teams with Ferrari and Renault engines have. You need a good chassis too, and Mercedes have a fantastic package as a whole. It’s not just down to the engine.
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      Mijail (@mijail)
      19th September 2015, 13:21

      Looks like the Mercedes suffer from the warm weather and the softer rubber, or is it just my impression? Lets hope for the best for this race.
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         Mr win or lose
         19th September 2015, 13:51

         Mercedes are usually struggling in warm conditions, like in Malaysia (both this and last year) and Hungary, the only two races they didn’t win this year so far. Maybe the Mercedes engine is more difficult to cool.
10. 

    harry
    19th September 2015, 13:29

    All Mercedes cars will get faster in quali, don’t be surprised. It would be ridiculous if Merc were really a sec slower than Ferrari :D
    1. 

       Jules Winfield (@jules-winfield)
       20th September 2015, 12:08

       Oh well.
11. 

    Carlos Furtado das Neves
    19th September 2015, 15:05

    One second??? No!!!
    1,5 seconds is Vettel ahead of Mercs.
    Sensational !!! 0,5 seconds from Ricciardo.
    “The Finger” is back!

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