March 6th, 2014, 05:56
(This post was last modified: March 6th, 2014, 06:00 by Jowy.)
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Just over a week left until the Australian Grand Prix!!
New season, new rules, new drivers, driver swaps, unpredictable power rankings, Red Bull hopefully taken down a notch.. So goddamn excited for this!
Oh, and dick noses 
Williams please do well this season!!
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Welcome to the new season of a soap opera that rivals WWE for pretentiousness. Just can't take F1 seriously.
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Oh it's true, it's damn true 
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New Williams livery:
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Expect to see Alonso win the title this year with Hamilton/Raikonnen/Rosberg traling behind. After that the McLarens should be better than last year and maybe get a win or 2. The Red bull's pace is very hard to judge of limited testing but Vettel is good enough to drag an average car to the podium so he'll still be fighting for good points. Ricciardo will spend most of the year failing to qualify in the top 10 and its possible he won't make the podium at all. Lotus will probably be a little slower and without Raikonnen won't be scoring any wins and rarely a podium.
Only thing that's certain is that the 'new' teams will still be totally uncompetitive at the back of the field.
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Oh cool, yeah we need a thread for this. I was kinda disappointed, I liked the plain dark blue Williams a lot.
Anyway, we seem to be a lock for a Mercedes or McLaren championship and an end to Red Bull dominance. Ferrari has a shot I guess, but it sure seems like the Mercedes engine teams have a large edge.
Red Bull is in such terrible shape that I can't help but wonder if they'll make it out of Q1 in Melbourne and/or even finish the race.
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Williams are looking decent too. They may pinch the odd podium here and there with some luck
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I really like that livery up close, but I worry it will just look grey from a distance or while moving.
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That plain dark blue Williams livery is their testing livery, sadly they weren't going to run it even without the Martini deal.
My power rankings:
1. Mercedes
2. Ferrari
3. Williams
4. Mclaren
5. Force India
6. Red Bull
7. Toro Rosso
8. Sauber
9. Lotus
10. Marussia
11. Caterham
At the start of the season. Williams will drop, and Red Bull will rise.
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to be frank, i'd place Sauber over Red Bull / Toro Rosso ... and Caterham a bit higher as well, but still with a fairly wide chasm between top 5 and bottom 5 ... not interely sure of your top 5 as well (in my mind its probably Mercedes, Williams, Ferrari, McLaren/Force India (to hard to guess which has the stronger car/driver combo, Force India seems to have a slightly more reliable car, McLaren seeming to have a slightly better driver team)
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