Spanish F1

[yellowperil]

Interesting Friday practice, one big name at the front and a big name with "no time"
at the back so tomorrow's quali could be interesting.

In any case hope for an entertaining and safe race on Sunday. I always enjoy them even if they're boring.

[livi]

Looking forward to it as Always.

[rusnak]

I expected to see more of a shake up, given the long break and time for package upgrades. I guess the real action starts tomorrow.

[yellowperil]

Originally Posted by rusnak

I expected to see more of a shake up, given the long break and time for package upgrades. I guess the real action starts tomorrow.

I had the same thought, but the usual suspects in same places, Kimi a bit faster.

[cockerpunk]

wonder what vettel can do, the car is clearly fast ...

[rusnak]

Originally Posted by cockerpunk

wonder what vettel can do, the car is clearly fast ...

He can move over for his faster team mate.....wait a second, no he can't.

[Captain Ahab Jr]

Originally Posted by rusnak

I expected to see more of a shake up, given the long break and time for package upgrades. I guess the real action starts tomorrow.

I'm not expecting to see a shake up but the times closing up as the lagging teams have had a chance to narrow up the performance gaps between each other made at the beginning of the season. I very much doubt any team will leap frog Mercedes to be the fastest.

Today Mercedes track tested one of three dyno tested conical exhaust tailpipe configurations in an attempt spice up the sound show

I've not heard the difference yet but I'm sure it can't be worse

[Don Plumley]

Woah. Mercedes are running a different series, what a gap.

[yellowperil]

Vettel had to swap transmission last night, so back 5 places to the rear. He is not having a great year YET. He may recover, though.

10 mins to race time!

[yellowperil]

Holy doodle, the teammate wars are making these races fun to watch. Great race right to the end!

[bell]

I agree. .... excellent race. ... And what pace! !!!!

[Noah930]

As incredible were the performances of Hamilton and Rosberg, Vettel also drove a fantastic race. P15 --> P4!

[mattdavis11]

When did they deviate from the no passing rule?

[yellowperil]

It's great to see the teams letting their drivers race. Team orders, helps the team, I get that, but the fans suffer for not seeing race passes earned. This year is better
that way.

It's of no use telling Massa, Vettel, or Ham to pull over for your faster team mate. And good on them for letting the team know they don't like it.

[Don Plumley]

Wow! Exciting finish despite the incredible Merc advantage. Watching Rossburg close the gap only to have Hamilton open it ever so slightly. Vettel showed some gut climbing from 15 to 4th. Although I'm a Kimi fan, nice to see Alonso get the pass in front of the home crowd.

Wonder why Hamilton's last two pits were so slow against Rossburg?

[yellowperil]

He's on a roll now.

Nico's nice ride in Mercedes history.

[imcarthur]

For the first 3/4s of the race, I thought that the big excitement was the close-up of the ant on the curb in the 5th lap.

A good race.

Ian

[Noah930]

Originally Posted by imcarthur

For the first 3/4s of the race, I thought that the big excitement was the close-up of the ant on the curb in the 5th lap.

Heh heh. I noticed that guy, too. He didn't know where he wanted to go, with all those race cars zooming by just inches away.

[Cornpanzer]

Is there any options for those of us in the USA to watch the UK telecast. I just cant stand to listen to Leigh Diffey any longer. Im sure he is a great guy, but its like fingernails on a chalkboard for me.

[Neilk]

Originally Posted by Cornpanzer

Is there any options for those of us in the USA to watch the UK telecast. I just cant stand to listen to Leigh Diffey any longer. Im sure he is a great guy, but its like fingernails on a chalkboard for me.

There are several sites that I can PM to you, but then you have to watch them live. I am willing to put with Diffey in order to watch in on my own time.