2015 Japanese Grand Prix

[Mia 01]

The stewards are afraid of the powerful Mercedes board. Thats why no punishment.

[rjbetty]

The stewards are afraid of the powerful Mercedes board. Thats why no punishment.

Could be. Maybe that's why Nico Rosberg never got punished for anything last year.

But then Bernie is acting like a child messing about with Mercedes' TV time, so he's probably not afraid of upsetting them.

[Bagwan]

Oh shut up

Yeah , I know .
This one's hard to defend , isn't it ?

By the way , did you notice Seb , feeding into the awkward pre-podium moments , by speaking with Nico in German ?
Fart smella that Seb . Stir the pot .

[Bagwan]

He's not the sharpest tool in the shed, but a tool nevertheless.

The inside line is the inside line .

[dj_bytedisaster]

Autosport now saying that Rosberg was down on power due to engine heat related issues and Wolff blames it on Nico's formation lap. Seriously? Is that guy trying to tell us you can actually overheat the engine on the formation lap? My guess would be he was left sitting on the grid a trifle too long. It's a pet peeve I've had with F1 for ages. The front row cars are idling forever in cars that rely on moving for the cooling.

[henners88]

The inside line is the inside line .

My thoughts exactly which is why Rosberg ran out of space on the outside and was forced to avoid the closing gap on the exit.

Racing can be tough, especially when not on the inside line.

[henners88]

Autosport now saying that Rosberg was down on power due to engine heat related issues and Wolff blames it on Nico's formation lap. Seriously? Is that guy trying to tell us you can actually overheat the engine on the formation lap? My guess would be he was left sitting on the grid a trifle too long. It's a pet peeve I've had with F1 for ages. The front row cars are idling forever in cars that rely on moving for the cooling.

It wouldn't be the first time it had happened. Barrichello overheated his engine on a formation lap in 2009. It's happened a few times with drivers throughout the years.

[I am evil Homer]

If that's true (still an 'if' but could explain the slower start) perhaps that's by product of the 'no communication/help' for the starts? For example, if you could see on the monitor that the back of the field is a long way behind, you could back it up a little, avoid sitting on the grid too long.

[henners88]

Just imagine Rosberg = Rene Arnoux, Hamilton = Gilles and on Sunday we were watching Formula One and the start was actually ok Bagwan.

[The Black Knight]

Autosport now saying that Rosberg was down on power due to engine heat related issues and Wolff blames it on Nico's formation lap. Seriously? Is that guy trying to tell us you can actually overheat the engine on the formation lap? My guess would be he was left sitting on the grid a trifle too long. It's a pet peeve I've had with F1 for ages. The front row cars are idling forever in cars that rely on moving for the cooling.

This annoys me as well and the only way to resolve it is for it to be like a safety car situation where you can't stay more then say 3-4 car lengths behind the car in front coming up to the grid. It's the way it is now, but I agree that something should be done about it as, potentially, a team could use it to their advantage if their car was sat running 2nd and the other car much further back decided to take his sweet time eating to his grid slot. There should be some unambiguous rules implemented to govern this type of situation.