Things ... Things we know now that we didn't know before - Malaysia GP

[teabagyokel]

We now know that a Red Bull can eject a huge amount of black material from the brake without decorating the scenery.

 

[sushifiesta]

And without complete brake failure, somehow.

 

[Mephistopheles]

We now know that Lewis is completely wedged up. (Wedged as in spondoolies, spenders, cash, moula etc.)

 

[teabagyokel]

We now know Fernando Alonso is better at smiling through adversity than Kimi Raikkonen is at smiling through success.

 

[Incubus]

We know Nico's helmet gets wet very quickly.

 

[cider_and_toast]

From all those tears of frustration at not being able to catch / pass Hamilton I would guess

 

[snowy]

The gap between the Mercs and Ferrari's is a tricky one as it's built on shifting sands. I would have said it would have been almost 3 >'s in Oz but less than 2 >'s in Malaysia. So in that respect I guess two >'s is about right on average.

Pirelli's Paul Hembrey has said that they were too conservative with the tyre choices for Melbourne and that the racing in Sepang was just what F1 needed. From this we can infer that Pirelli intend to promote more pit stops and that Ferrari's strengths will be played to. What we don't know is whether or not Mercedes new car and design philosophy can stand a war fought on tyre wear as opposed to Horse Power and fuel efficiency.

We also now know that Mercedes ability to be flexible and read a race is as poor as it was in Hungary 2014. Two thirds of the race in, and they were still convinced they were on for a one-two and juggling Lewis and Nico's strategies accordingly, and in the interests of fairness.

 

[teabagyokel]

snowy - It did take them about 40 laps more than me to brace for the Winfinger.

When they said Nico was "on target" for P2, I did wonder what they were drinking.

 

[Mephistopheles]

That made me giggle as well...