Preview to the F1 2015 Season by Pedro Cunha
Next week (Australia) we´ll see the first race of this year’s F1 world championship season.
A lot of things have changed compared to 2014:
First of all many drivers have a new team.
Vettel moved to Ferrari, Alonso to McLaren (he will miss the first race of the year after an accident in Spain during a testing session where he lost consciousness. According to the Spanish media he woke up speaking in Italian saying that he was a kart pilot and that becoming an F1 driver was his dream …), Kvyat is now a Red Bull driver, and Ericsson will drive for Sauber.
Vettel moved to Ferrari, Alonso to McLaren (he will miss the first race of the year after an accident in Spain during a testing session where he lost consciousness. According to the Spanish media he woke up speaking in Italian saying that he was a kart pilot and that becoming an F1 driver was his dream …), Kvyat is now a Red Bull driver, and Ericsson will drive for Sauber.
We have 3 rookies: Max Verstappen (son of Jos Verstappen, a former F1 driver), Carlos Sainz Jr (son of Carlos Sainz, two times world rally champion) and the Brazilian Felipe Nasr.
We have 10 teams. The Caterham team “disappeared” and Marrusia has a new name: Manor – Still to announce who will be their 2nd pilot, as Will Stevens is the only man confirmed so far.
Honda returns to the circus as an engine supplier to McLaren after an absence of six years.
Mercedes is the favourite to win both titles, but we’ll see what “arguments” Red Bull, Ferrari, McLaren and Williams can “bring to the table”.
In my opinion the cars are nicer (mainly due to increased stringency in the regulations for the design of “noses”), the V6 turbo engines are “audible” and there will be no double points in the last race. And, we will also see the virtual safety car debut.
Great expectations for this season? Of course!
About the author:
Pedro Cunha lives in Portugal (by the way, the first Portuguese F1 GP was in 1958 and the last one in 1996). He’s a financial analyst/consultant with a degree in Economics. He’s an avid blogger and writes about a lot of issues: politics, economics, music, cinema, football, and of course, F1! (He started to watch F1 races in the middle 70´s, on TV). You can view his blog here:
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