2015 Malaysian Grand Prix - Race Thread

[rudymentar]

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[PadGeT]

Were there any upgrades brought to the car during malaysia ?

Nope there wasn't any, atleast to the chassis, but-

[mardyrt]

Thank you. It is an incredible forum. FERRARI, FERRARI, FERRARI!!

[Nero Horse]

It was 1 year 10 months and 17 days since the last time we won in Spain 2013. It feels so amazing to win again and hear that beautiful Italian anthem in the podium ceremony. Simply FANTASTIC!

[rudymentar]

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[da_one]

Lots of positives today! i thought we were in for a tough afternoon in the first few laps with Kimi having to pit early with a ruptured tire. Even then, he managed to get 4th and Seb won "fair and square" vs. the mighty Mercs! You can just feel how proud Vettel really is Being part of Ferrari!

With this win, I am sure the guys back at the factory would double their efforts to improve the car even further! A convincing win like today can be a great source of motivation and optimism for our guys.

Wow...just wow!!!! Never felt this way for a very long time! Congrats all around! Forza Ferrari!

[Nick Singer]

Wow!

[Nero Horse]

Nope there wasn't any, atleast to the chassis, but-

Indeed, a big THANK YOU has to go to James Allison. That man truly is a wizard.

[fmatiasii]

well i guess Rosberg's wish to have Ferrari closer to tehm in a fair fight has ACTUALLY come true....and i bet MUCH, MUCH faster than waht Rosberg wanted....BIG lololol

Rosberg must be besiege with himself now. He must be telling himself.....damn it, now i have no chance of becoming a WCD.

[Schumiklub]

Does anyone have a recording of the post race press conference?

[mardyrt]

They need to give him a contract for life, and keep him for the rest of his career. He is good. Adrian Newey is the best aero guy, but I do think that he sometimes get carried away and over do things. James Allison just produces all around good car, a very usable car.

[Hornet]

Schumacher is Schumacher, Vettel is Vettel. Vettel is making his own name. No need to troll.

Well that was the point isn't it? Vettel is not the next Schumi, nor does he needs to be, because he's just being Vettel a great driver in his own rights. Strange you would call him a troll when you said the same thing basically.

[mardyrt]

Rosberg must be besiege with himself now. He must be telling himself.....damn it, now i have no chance of becoming a WCD.

Ah ha ha ha! Maybe he need coaching on how to win the WDC!

[SashAlex]

Siiiii ragazzi! Siii! Dai che ci siamo! Forza Ferrari! Great drive by Sebastian! Great to hear again the combination of the german and italian anthems. Brought back beautiful memories!

Great race! Flawless! Good thinking not to stop under the SC and then have the upper hand at the pit-stops. Great recovery by Kimi showing the potential of this car. The last laps were an eternity. Every corner was more difficult to me than to Sebastian. Everything could happen and these thoughts always come to head in such situations.

The difference to the Mercedes is around 0.5 from what I could feel and see in the race. But, what an incredible job by everyone. Here in Italy this is gonna bring a good vibe that will definitely help the team as well to be even stronger this season.

Happy to hear James Allison saying that the car has a good base which makes it much easier to upgrade efficiently. The feeling is that by beating the Mercedeces Ferrari has woken up the bear, which might me wrong. But definitely happy to see them behind our beautiful red Prancing Horse!

Mercedes were never under much pressure during the races last season, losing only when making mistakes. My hopes that we'd at least put them under pressure came to realisation today and we saw the result. We saw that as fast as it is, their car is not good on tyres, just like most probably it wasn't last year. But last year they had the leverage of pacing gradually, softly without burning more than permitted their tyres. Today we could see how they couldn't even come to a close distance to Seb. It's definitelly James Allison's imprint on this. But just like he said, it's the whole team behind this win.

Just like Michael once said, when asked by a journalist what he thinks about Fernando's annoyance when not receiving a competitive car, which is - "In Formula One, and especially at Ferrari, you win together and you lose together."

Forza Ferrari!!!

[TonyRizza]

Woke everyone in the house when seb took the flag. Oops

[tifosi1993]

Nope there wasn't any, atleast to the chassis, but-
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Don't forget Mattia Binotto, head of our Engine department.

[Stormsearcher]

I feel for Kimi, could have been a 1-2 or a double podium.

Agreed. It could easily have been a double podium. Whens the last time we had that?

Mighty surprised by our pace. How did we close the deficit of 1 sec in 2 weekends? Its clear Merc wasnt hiding anything, yet we were clearly faster. Amazing!!!

P.S- bit funny for SV to go saying he beat them "fair and square", seems to suggest he thinks danny didnt last year, and further more considering his 4 championships were not won "fair and square" he should hardly be screaming from roof tops about it. (sorry, but this is my anti-seb sentiments showing up )

Looks like we might afterall have a fight this season, and it wont be a boring merc 2 horse race.

[PURE PASSION]

Vettel: Today we were quicker, that's why we beat them (Mercedes). Things worked well and we made the most of it

[Nero Horse]

It was an absolutely amazing drive from Seb, but let's not forget the great drive that Kimi did as well. It certainly wasn't easy coming from the back twice to still get the 4th place. Good job from Kimi and hopefully in the next races he will have better luck...no more Saubers around him would be nice lol.

[fmatiasii]

It was an absolutely amazing drive from Seb, but let's not forget the great drive that Kimi did as well. It certainly wasn't easy coming from the back twice to still get the 4th place. Good job from Kimi and hopefully in the next races he will have better luck...no more Saubers around him would be nice lol.

yes of course, it only shows how fast our car is. from 11th to 4th. amazing!

[Stormsearcher]

yes of course, it only shows how fast our car is. from 11th to 4th. amazing!

with a tyre puncture on lap 2. Kimi would have been on the podium if he had done better at qualifying. Lets see how we do in China. Interesting season ahead.

[fmatiasii]

with a tyre puncture on lap 2. Kimi would have been on the podium if he had done better at qualifying. Lets see how we do in China. Interesting season ahead.

yup, i can't wait for china.

[fratelliferrari]

What a great feeling this is! I made a photo of the race results and sent it to all my friends! They always tell me how crazy they get from all my Ferrari talks and tell me how bad we are doing in F1! What a great revanche A long time ago since I was soo happy

[KimiBot]

1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team 43
2 Sebastian Vettel Scuderia Ferrari 40
3 Nico Rosberg Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team 33
4 Felipe Massa Williams Martini Racing-Mercedes 20
5 Kimi Räikkönen Scuderia Ferrari 12
6 Felipe Nasr Sauber 10
7 Valtteri Bottas Williams Martini Racing-Mercedes 10
8 Daniel Riccardo Infiniti Red Bull-Renault 9
9 Carlos Sainz Jr Scuderia Toro Rosso-Renault 6
10 Nico Hulkenberg Sahara Force India-Mercedes 6
11 Max Verstappen Scuderia Toro Rosso-Renault 6
12 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 4
13 Daniil Kvyat Infiniti Red Bull-Renault 2
14 Sergio Perez Sahara Force India-Mercedes 1
15 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Mercedes 0
16 Fernando Alonso McLaren Honda 0
17 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Mercedes 0
18 Jenson Button McLaren Honda 0
19 Will Stevens Manor Marussia-Ferrari 0
20 Roberto Merhi Manor Marussia-Ferrari 0



1 Mercedes 76
2 Ferrari 52
3 Williams-Mercedes 30
4 Sauber 14
5 Scuderia Toro Rosso-Renault 12
6 Red Bull-Renault 11
7 Force India-Mercedes 7
8 Manor Marussia-Ferrari 0
9 Lotus-Mercedes 0
10 McLaren-Honda 0

[Nero Horse]

Bravo Seb! FORZA FERRARI!!!

[mizf1]

Well that was the point isn't it? Vettel is not the next Schumi, nor does he needs to be, because he's just being Vettel a great driver in his own rights. Strange you would call him a troll when you said the same thing basically.

The original poster stated Vettel is no Schumacher, I don't see why Schumacher reference was required at all. A quick 'Great drive from Vettel, fanatastic win would've have sufficed'. I didn't say the same thing as it depends on your interpretation.

'Vettel is no Schumacher' is interpreted by myself as unnecessary and putting Vettel down.

There is no need to reply as I am enjoying this win and don't want to argue about differences of interpretations.

[Suzie]

Arrivabene and Seb have been a breath of fresh air. Just sorry 4 years of Felipe's time at Ferrari was spent in an environment that maybe wasn't as pleasant as it seems to be now.

[Jax]

[Nero Horse]

[FFFerrari]

It's interesting that both STRs finished ahead of both Red Bulls. It's not only that the Renault PU is underpowered, the RBR car isn't that great this year.

Also notable was the great pass that Bottas pulled off on Massa.