Mercedes Sandbagging as always

This year's Pre-season testing has seen a lot of new faces and a lot of interesting things like the Haas F1 team, The Renault team and may more but the primary concern at the moment is the Performance of these teams in testing, in short the 4 days of Free-practice(yes it is ) and what a lot of people have learned is that now it's not about showing and flaunting their Strengths, it's about hiding what you have and then giving your opponents a mental blow by showing your true Strengths when the right time comes.
This kind of Clever thinking is being approached by the Silver-Arrows(Mercedes-Benz) at the moment and the Prancing horses(Ferrari) are somewhat copying them which leaves 2 questions marks for them and they are that

• What are your true times ?
• Why are you guys Sandbagging ?

So after all this Hide-n-seek game, the main concern is about the "Big elephant in the house" and that's Mercedes Dominance that has been there over the past 2 years and given the fact that it's so huge that no matter what other teams did, they were not able to get within striking distances to attack and sometimes the next best teams were 20+ seconds behind the Silver Arrows.
Sounds Impressive ? yes it is Indeed but it is more boring than Impressive and when Impressive<Boring, it means that things need to change which Implies that Someone needs to challenge The Silver-Arrows and at the Moment it's hard to Judge coz no one knows who's the fastest as the Pre-season testing has been like a Roller-Coaster ride where we get something new and shocking on every level.
Speaking about this 4-day Roller coaster ride, we saw

• Mclaren getting some crucial laps on their Size-Zero F1 car (they call it that ) a.k.a Mp4-31
• Haas F1 team getting more than 200 laps done which was way Impressive than what we thought as it were their first 4 days as an F1 team
• Nico Hulkenberg(yes.....don't confuse him with Nico Rosberg) Topping the Time-sheets on Day-3 with the tie which was way faster than anyone else
• Sebastian Vettel posting the Quickest times of the Entire Pre-season testing

All this shows a bag full of surprises as one hand Force India is so Quick, on the other hand Ferrari's are so quick and everyone is Impressing by their performances but where the hell is Mercedes in all this Drama ? Are they slow ? or are they hiding something in their bags.The other one seems more beleivable as we all know that they're not gonna be slow by any means but what we don't know is that How quick they'll be as compared to others ?
Well we'll get some of our answers tommorow as the second test will start.
Till then all we can do is pray to God for making the Mercedes-Benz slower and Mclaren-Honda faster(It'll be interesting).
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Mclaren-Honda Improves after their worst Nightmare last year

Jenson Button Watching Kimi Raikkonen in his mirrors

 The 2015 Formula one Season saw the Silver Arrows walking away with the Drivers and the Constructors championship Single-handedly  as their W06 was by far the most dominant car on the grid as it was fastest everywhere, be it in the straight line or around the high speed corners and all the credit goes to Mercedes for producing that Turbo Engine that produced around 850 Hp and from what ?  a mere 1.6 L V6 engine which is quite an achievement as it showed everyone how it's done by collecting 16 Wins,32 Podiums and 18 Pole positions in 2015 and most of the times Hamilton and Rosberg were 20+ seconds clear of the next best driver which was Sebastian Vettel for majority of the season.

Hamilton in the Ever Dominant Mercedes-Benz W06

But as the Mercedes had their best Season in their Entire racing history producing the most dominant car, on the other hand Mclaren had their worst Season in their Illustrious F1 history by having the most back-to-back retirements and by watching the entire field sweep away as they were at the back of the field most of the time as their car, the Mclaren Mp4-30 was not even able to finish the complete race distance 80% of the time due to which it was being compared to a GP2 car by Fernando Alonso (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1_it-KIp6k).

This made a lot of people wonder that Fernando Alonso made the biggest mistake of his life by going to Mclaren at a point where Ferrari were about to Improve and yet they improved Significantly as he didn't even score 10 points which was a shame because he couldn't do anything more than that as the car which he had was 200+ bhp down on power as compared to the competition and sometimes even more but after all this when 2015 ended and as of now we are having Pre-season testing, it is evident that Mclaren and Honda has worked really really hard over the Winter to convert that GP2 car into an F1 car as Jenson Button completed over 80 laps on day one and even more on the other days which is Impressive as last year at this point they managed a mere 7 laps which was Horrifying for all the Mclaren fans as well as for F1 fans in general but looking at the current times, it looks that now they can atleast do something and We're not expecting them to win instantly as it'll be a mere Exaggeration but we can predict some points and some podiums considering that they have the Best driver of this generation and the Most-Experienced driver Line-up of the entire F1 field. 

Fernando Alonso in the Mp4-30

All this makes adds up to an Impressive recovery as the Team which was always at the back of the time sheets last year had the 5th best time in testing and that too with a lot of laps on their Engines which will prove to be the main factor in deciding the reliability of that Engine but as far as the pre-season testing has been passed, it looks that it is quite reliable considering the fact that it covered a lot of consecutive laps but as again if they are not able to recover points this year, it'll be a massive blow for their Future prospects as this car featured a lot of  new innovative engine-packing which is why this car is referred as the Size-zero Fomula one car due to it's tight engine packing and smaller turbo, all of which makes the car lighter and in turn faster.

Sounds complicated ? coz to me it did as I was wondering that who puts a smaller turbo in a car that was lacking power the whole time and knowing the fact that the turbo would give it a big boost in terms of Performance but as Honda is known for its racing DNA as they are so successful in MotoGP and in other racing categories, we beleive that they'll surely find a way to fix all these issues.This leads to the conclusion of this test and We have one big question that Is all this enough ? and are they really up for the upcoming 2016 season ?

Well we'll have to wait till the Second pre-season test to find out the second part of the story.
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Casey Soner embarassing factory riders

The starting of the MotoGP testing 2016 saw a big surprise as the most-naturally talented MotoGP rider, Casey Stoner got on the Ducati GP16 bike but this time as a test rider which was of course the most shocking thing as the rider who can easily rattle Rossi,Marquez and Lorenzo is testing bikes for Ducati ? Yes but sadly it's the truth and  we all have to deal with it as Stoner made up his mind in 2012 to go to fishing instead of going racing as different people have not so usual opinions(sometimes weird) about a lot of things.
Everyone in the paddock must be laughing at the Ducati Factory team because even if we digest the fact that he's a test rider which is hard to believe but what we cannot  digest is that the lap times of Stoner around the Sepang Track during the Testing as they were faster than both the Ducati Factory riders(yes...you heard it right) which makes us think that why Stoner is not coming as a regular rider
as he's clearly shown that the bike has a lot of potential which is way more than what Andrea Dovizioso and Andrea Iannone are able to extract from the GP16.

Stoner in 2007

A situation like this is like having a $4000 guitar with strings of a $400 guitar as it won't play up to to the best level without them and that's the situation which is being faced by Ducati as Stoner is a serious competitor on that bike given that he didn't race for 3 long years and he has not tested any bike for the last 1 year, still he was able to go faster than the riders who were competing with the best last year and on some occasions they were able to be as fast as the best riders on that Ducati GP15.
All this brings us to only one Conclusion that Stoner can challenge the top riders if he comes as a regular rider in 2016 but in the mean time we can only ask that "Casey! Why you are not coming to racing instead of testing"

Auto Expo 2016 Brings the American Muscles to India

The Auto Expo 2016 held at Noida ExpoMart was full of surprises as it featured specially those Automobiles that are going to launch this year as previously the Concept cars used to be showcased and then after some years they were launched but this time all the manufacturers tried to throw away the old approach and adapt a fresh one and that's to showcase all the cars which are gong to launch this year so that the Petrol heads (Like me) could think about their new options instead of just sticking to the older available Models which offer no exclusivity as they are very common among
every buyer in India.
Now this is the American's turn to Shine as they brought a lot of Premium Models here which could topple the segment dominated by the Germans and by the British by which I mean the following as they produce cars that go from 40 lakhs to 1+ crores.

• BMW,Mercedes,Audi
• Porsche
• Jaguar,Land Rover

The Chevrolet Camaro

which leaves no chance for any other manufacturer to survive as these Brands offer High performance and luxury as well but this time all this is going to change as the American's brought  their Ever-popular muscle cars which will hit the Indian roads this year which Includes the Legendary Ford-Mustang and the Classic Chevrolet-Camaro.
As both of these cars are High-Performance muscle cars which will be a big boost to the Indian Buyers now as these cars do not carry the extra burden of the custom duties and other taxes like they use to carry before as they are now officially going to Launch this year with very competitive prices so that they could go with the likes of the class leading Germans and British manufacturers.
One of the main highlights in these Cars is that they don't look like a regular Sportscar or a Sports Sedan which differentiates them from everyone else and as the name says, these Look muscular and everything about these cars is Huge, be it the Engine,Body,Power,Performance and that's the main reason they are called Muscle cars because of their extra Muscular Attitude and other Characteristics.

The Camaro look more of a sports car from the back

These cars also offer a decent amount of  ground clearance as it is one of the most negative factor in every Sports/Super car Launched in India as the Indian roads are not Quite Smooth everywhere and you need a car which offers good performance and good ride height to enjoy the performance and Ride Quality which the Ford and Chevrolet will Surely Possess as these are Muscle cars which can be driven daily without the fear of getting your car touched over every Speed-breaker or some other pothole.
Now the most Crucial factor which is going to decide the fate of these Cars is the Price as there are a lot of alternatives in this category and If the American's want to flaunt their Muscles then they'll have to arm wrestle with every one in order to Win.
Let's see what these Muscles do to the Indian buyers but one thing is for sure that the they'll surely Change the taste of Indian Buyers as now we'll be having a new category among the "Luxury,Hot hatch,Efficient,SUV,Sports Sedan" and that will be the "MUSCLE" category but till then one we can ask ourselves one question that Who'll win of these two ? Lets wait for these to come to India then it'll be decided when these titans will go Head-to-Head against each other.
All of you must have made their choices about which is the best and it happens as everyone has their own choices but My personal preference is the Mustang. Whats yours ?

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