Mclaren, Reb bull, and Ferrari . Who is truely the best? PLEASE READ!!!
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Well well well. What can I say about the first part of this formula 1 season. I mean just when you think the sport we all know and love has lost it's edge after Bahrain, it comes up trumps and treats us with three absolutly thrilling races. The most thrilling being china in my opinion.
Anyway. On to what this topic is really about. Mclaren, Red bull and Ferrari.
Over the course of the 4 grand prix, we have seen many changes in superiority in way of who has the package overall. In the opening 4 races we clearly saw a rampant Red bull team clearly picking up from where they left off last season with the way their car was able to literally blitz the 6.299km Sakhir circuit, the 5.303km Albert Park Circuit, the 5.543km Sepang Circuit and 5.541km Shanghai Circuit with their qualifying pace only to be thwarted by reliability issues yet again in the 1st and 2nd races.
The Red bull RB6 is the brainchild of popular F1 designer Adrian Newey. The RB6 boast tremendous handling and great top speed thanks to Newey's brilliant chasis design and only his chasis design. Many teams (mainly Mclaren) have been accusing Red bull of running an illegal ride height adjustment system that allows the car to lower it's ride height as the fuel weight decreases thus giving their drivers an illegal speed advantage over the course of a grand prix. Such claims were finally put to rest after the malaysian grand prix when F1 Race Director and head of F1 Technical Department Charlie whiting deemed the car to be legal and not possesing aforementioned adjustment system.
Red bull have decided to continue using Renault engines which some might say is a very risky decision considering what happend last season but only time will tell whether this was a good decision.
Also this season we have seen a welcomed return to form from the scuderia in the way they took a well deserved but also very fortunate 1-2 finish at the season opener in Bahrain. This was a massive turnaround considering everything the team had gone through last season with thier 2009 challenger the "F60" and almost losing the life of thier very popular brazilian driver Fellipe Massa.
Ferrari almost never made it to the 2010 grid because of the new cost cap regulations Introduced by the FIA for the 2010 season onwards that allows new teams entering F1 to be able compete in a more level playing ground thus making races much more exciting for the viewer. These regualtions meant Ferrari would no longer be able to spend the hundreds of millions they would usually invest into the design and development of their cars over the course of a season. Such spending meant they always had an edge over their rivals because of the money they would invest into research and testing of new car parts. The new cost cap would stop ferrari from doing so and this infuriated the heads of marranello based team and led to them threatening to leave F1 alltogether as a constructor and engine supplier and create their own break-away F1 racing series. After long talks with the FIA, both parties agreed to raise the cap from 40 million USD to 100 million USD.
Ferraris' challenger for this season is the "F10". The F10 boast brilliant handling and good top speed like the Red bull, but like the Red bull they are prone to reliability issuses with Fernando Alonso already going through 3 of his allocated 8 engines for the season.
Then there's my favourite team, Mclaren.
Mclaren turned up to Bahrain with high hopes thanks to thier mightly impressive driver lineup consisting of the 2008 and 2009 world champions Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button and an ingenious device located on the cockpit of thier car. The RW80 or "f-duct" as it's more commonly know in the F1 paddock is a duct located on the left side of the Mclaren cockpit that when activated, channels air going over the cockpit to the rear wing of the car thus "stalling" the rear wing and giving the car less rear downforce. This reduced rear downforce allows the car to reach a top speed that is 8kmph faster down the straights than all the other cars on the grid.
The Mclaren MP4-25 boasts tremendous top speed and decent handling, but most importantly it boasts the best reliablity of the cars mentioned having not suffered any problems so far.
I have been racking my brain over which car I would like to have if I was in Formula 1 and in the end I went with the Mclaren because of it's speed advantage and reliability, plus that fact that Mclaren are the best team on the grid when its comes to developing their cars over a season, that latter half of last season being a prime example of this.
I'm gonna put these questions to you now.
Which car would you prefer to drive? Which team do you think will win the constructors championship? Which team has the best driver lineup and lastly which driver will win the drivers championship?
Thanks you very much for reading my article and please respond because I would love to know what you all think about this titanic battle that's taking place between these three giants.
Take care
Marco-Polo
Posted 1 year ago # -
I think Ferrari still have much work to do, but should be happy with their start given what they've had to work with.
I would go for Red Bull as the best car to drive and thus at this moment for them to CC, but it will be interesting what cars turn up in Europe.
McLaren have to have the best driver line up, Button's smooth driving style and Hamilton's aggression means that they should have all bases covered!
Posted 1 year ago # -
Craig
MemberGood article, a bit long winded to get to the point we already know. Any cutting and pasting involved there mate?
That the Red Bull is fast but unreliable, while the McLaren and Ferrari are slightly slower but more prone to lasting the distance. I'd be in the McLaren if I had the choice as not only is the car closest to the overall pace so far, but the team is the most organised out of all three front runners.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Na there's no cutting and pasting involved. Thats all me. Thanks for the compliment and yeah i'll try to shorten my next post. I got excited about writing it and got a bit carried away lol. Anyway yeah the McLaren seems like it will be the car of the season once they get their upgrades on the thing. I just hope Lewis gets a couple or more wins under his belt soon.
Posted 1 year ago # -
I didn't think you were long winded. I get tired of monosyllabic one sentence conversations that only require knee jerk replies and no thought.
It's a forum... we're supposed to talk and discuss.
Now obviously my post on your topic is a bit after the fact as things have changed somewhat since you posted this but I will give my two cents a go.
It depends on the track. Tracks with medium to high speed corners and short straights Red Bull...for now. Tracks with greater speed disparity between the straights and corners Mac. Ferrari just doesn't have the straight line speed, handling or developmental pace to be in the mix as of yet.
For the constructors I think the interesting question at this point is who will win second. Mac has the reliability and pace to wrap that up baring anything stupid. Red Bull and Ferrari have the pace to score points but watch out for Merc. They're not winning, yet, but they're finishing and scoring reliably and quietly sneaking up.
Drivers lineup...Mac. Vettel is showing some youthful impatience. Webber is great but doesn't have the resume of success yet. Alonso is hamstrung by a Ferrari that is more like an overpaid supermodel...hot, lots of potential but won't put out. Massa isn't the same, but it may be the car. Michael doesn't have anything to prove and shows it (no ruthless aggression, despite Monaco). Rosberg seems to be slowly fading out of the picture.
For DC I'd give it a toss up at this point between Web, Ham and Jens. I think Webs experience is overcoming Vettel's talent and Mac just have the best overall package between team, car and drivers.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Craig
MemberYou’re right about Ferrari; it put too much time and effort into an F-duct system that ended up being poor, and have lost ground in trying to make the aerodynamics more efficient. The tracks are the key for the McLaren/Red Bull battle, as one has more mechanical grip and has the advantage of both the F-duct and a more powerful engine, while the other has more downforce creating more grip.
The constructor’s race is between McLaren and Red Bull. Ferrari will end up a comfortable third and Renault and Mercedes will scrap it out for fourth. Renault are dark horses this year thanks to a good development rate and Kubica. Mercedes need to focus more on Rosberg and not Schumacher.
Ferrari have the best driver line-up as both drivers can operate in a wider performance margin in comparison to Button, Webber, Schumacher, etc. In simple terms, they can pick up any car and drive it well, even if the handling is bad. The others need it to be set-up perfect to get the maximum, and how many times a season is a car perfect? I did chuckle at supermodel reference!
It’s a merry-go-round of performance between the top four drivers this year. All have had purple patches and the momentum swings to each one over periods of four weeks. Webber has now got the form back he demonstrated in Spain and Monaco, but ultimately my opinion is a McLaren driver will get the title. It’s a close call, but unless Button gets his qualifying sorted out, Hamilton will win hands down.
Enough to discuss for you?
Posted 1 year ago #
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