May 10 2015

Formula One 2015: Circuit de Catalunya

And they’re off.

Wait, that was last week.  Today we are back in Europe at Circuit de Catalunya on Hards and Hediums of which Sebastian Vettel says we cannot expect the same miracle of failure that led to a surprise second for Kimi Räikkönen at the last race in Sakhir even though he and Mercedes have saved a fresh set of Mediums.

Rosberg has gotten the pole which acually means very little unless you were betting on it.  McLaren shows signs of improvement, making it into Q2, which is good news for Honda, Jensen Button, and Fernando Alonso.

The movement to race what we got is raising some steam which goes to what I’ve been saying for years now which is that rule changes backed by testing limitations is a false economy that saves pennies now to cost pounds later.  Sure test time is expensive, but without it you can hardly expect to win or even to contend.

In more signs of failure and desperation Formula One is talking about “condensing it’s season” which pushes it comfortably out of March Madness for me but truly reflects the greed of Bernie Ecclestone and his determination to wring every last dime out of the teams and tracks for the priviledge of participating in his private circus.

Sigh.  I should stress less about sporting events that are the mere play things and status symbols of Billionaire Plutocrats.

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  6. Rosberg

    Vettel

    Hamilton

    Bottas

    Raikkonen

    Massa

    Verstappen

    Maldonado

    Sainz

    Ricciardo

  8. Rosberg

    Vettel

    Hamilton

    Bottas

    Raikkonen

    Massa

    Maldonado

    Verstappej

    Ricciardo

    Grosjean

  14. Raikkonen

    Rosberg

    Vettel

    Hamilton

    Bottas

    Massa

    Alonso

    Erricsson

    Perez

  18. Rosberg

    Vettel

    Hamilton

    Bottas

    Raikkonen

    Massa

    Ricciardo

    Grosjean

    Verstappen

    Kvyat

  21. Rosberg

    Vettel

    Hamilton

    Bottas

    Raikkonen

    Massa

    Ricciardo

    Grosjean

    Kvyat

    Verstappen

  26. Rosberg

    Vettel

    Hamilton

    Bottas

    Raikkonen

    Massa

    Ricciardo

    Grosjean

    Kvyat

    Verstappen

  29. Rosberg

    Vettel

    Bottas

    Hamilton

    Raikkonen

    Massa

    Ricciardo

    Grosjeaj

    Kvyat

    Verstappen

  32. A quarter of the way through the season everyone is on their last engines.

  34. Rosberg

    Vettel

    Hamilton

    Bottas

    Raikkonen

    Massa

    Ricciado

    Grosjean

    Sainz

    Ericsson

  37. And still on Mediums.

  40. Rosberg

    Hamilton

    Vettel

    Bottas

    Massa

    Raikkonen

    Ricciardo

    Grosjean

    Kvyat

    Ericsson

  42. May need to stop one more time.

  49. Rosberg

    Hamilton

    Vettel

    Bottas

    Raikkonen

    Massa

    Ricciardo

    Grosjean

    Kvyat

    Verstappen

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