Pushing The Limits

With just five races left in the 2015 F1 season , let's talk about how much ever we know about the 2016 F1 championship.  Firstly Teams and Drivers. 1.   Scuderia Ferrari                                                                                                                                      Power Unit : Ferrari      Drivers       :   5.Sebastian Vettel                                                     7.Kimi Raikkonen                                                                                                                                     2. Sahara Force India     Power Unit : Mercedes      Drivers       :  11. Sergio Perez                           27. Nico Hulkenberg     3. Mercedes AMG  Petronas  F1 Team      Power Unit : Mercedes         Drivers       : 44. Lewis Hamilton                           6. Nico Rosberg   4. Williams Martini Racing           Power Unit : Mercedes        Drivers           : 19. Felipe Massa   

Sebastian Vettel has a way around the Marina Bay circuit. Nico Rosberg himself admitted that Vettel in some corners looks likes he's on a different planet. Finishing along side Vettel were his former Redbull teammate Daniel Ricciardo and his current Ferrari teammate Kimi Raikkonen. Lewis Hamilton retired from the race from what looked a good points scoring race for him. Nico Rosberg finished a rather safe fourth, although he had troubles with starting the car before the race began ( he stalled it thrice ). Max Verstappen had a horrible start stalling his and hence being forced to pit . Verstappen then stormed his way up to eight. Nico Hulkenberg has been given a 3 place grid drop for the upcoming Japanese Grand Prix for causing a collision.  There were safety cars one caused to due a person walking on track. Vettel led the race from start to finish, controlling the pace of Ricciardo and keeping him at bay. What happened to Mercedes is still the big question, Rosberg was alm

  A Small review of the race .   The race was won by Lewis Hamilton in an utterly dominant drive.Kimi Raikkonen starting from the front row finished fifth. While Raikkonen blames the clutch for his disastrous start team principal Maurizio Arrivabene blames Raikkonen. Sebastian Vettel finished what he called "The best second place ever" giving the tifosi something to cheer about. Nico rosberg retired from the race with an engine blowout. The last spot on the podium was occupied by an ex-Ferrari driver , current Williams driver Felipe Massa. Both Lotuses were out within 3 laps. Lewis Hamilton's left rear soft tyre was 0.3PSI below by the minimum tyre starting pressure specified by Pirelli for the Italian GP , similarly on Nico Rosberg's tyre was 1.1PSI. The prescribed minimun tyre pressure was 19 PSI for the rear tyres following the tyre blowouts at the previous race.  Mercedes were cleared of any wrong doing because the pressure in the concerned tyres w