Not many people for sure, and I admit me neither. But I am happy, more than happy. Mainly because as usual after one race, sometimes after the Winter tests, people come and complain about all sorts of things. The new rules and engines are crap. There is no competition. Mercedes are too far ahead and will win everything. Rules have to be changed to make the sport more competitive. And then it takes 1 race, 1 race only and we get already a different winner. And a driver and team that were win less the year before.
It was brilliant, absolutely brilliant, that Vettel and Ferrari answered so many questions in just a couple of hours.
Vettel showed everyone he can win in another team. Ferrari showed they can always come back with style and both of them showed the doubters and critics that there is no need to rules change, at least until it is 100% proven that the current formula is broken.
I have no idea what will happen in China in 2 weeks time, but I know we need to wait and see and expect surprises.
Now I just want to share some notes and thoughts that came into my mind during and immediately after the race. They were perfectly adequate to be shared in Twitter but I prefer to watch the race without other distractions and then had stuff to do, like always...
On the 15-March-2015, Nico Rosberg finished the Australian GP more than 33 seconds in front of Sebastian Vettel. In the press conference, he said: "I think the next couple of races we’re going to be leading the way for sure, and we’re going to try and keep it that way, but we know it would be good if they can come a bit closer, as long as they don’t come too close…"
And the next race he finishes more than 12 seconds behind Vettel. Be careful what you wish for, Nico.
The Mercedes race engineers were responsible for some laughs during the race. Not really because they got it wrong for the strategy but after the last pit-stops they said to Nico he needed to push as they would be racing Vettel in the end, and Lewis that he was going to catch Vettel 5 laps before the end. They clearly didn't pay too many attention to Vettel's race pace up to that point and were convinced they still benefit from the same huge margin as in Australia.
Nico Rosberg fought for the championship last year right down to the wire. I think we will be nowhere near this year. He lacks the aggression needed to overtake slower cars as quickly as possible and he is always asking his race engineer questions, in particular about what the others are doing. If he continues to think about the others he will see them past by him. Luckily for him he rides the fastest car, so far, so not many are in a position to do so, but that will become more common as the season progresses, that is my prediction
Italian light Red Bull actually tastes better than Austrian normal Red Bull.
Honda's slogan is "The Power of Dreams" but for F1 they need a new one: Power? Only in your dreams!
The engines seem weaker this season, but the cars sure are sturdy. In particular the Force Indias and the Red Bulls as they could continue going in spite of some heavy contact throughout the race.
A 17 year-old Dutch boy that needs his father to drive him to the races, can race a F1 competitively and become the youngest ever driver to take points. I guess that when he starts to drive on the roads he will be to distracted and start racing bad.
The German national anthem playing followed by the Italian one. This brings me back ... oh wait, I mentioned that already using different similarities...
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