I have watched many a formula one race but Bahrain last 10 laps showed what a beast the Mercedes is when fully unleashed. At full canter, on the entire race, this car could have lapped everybody. I was watching live timing and i could not believe that at times the W05 was lapping at nearly 3secs per lap faster than the 3rd placed car. I know tires may have played a part but still this pace was flightening to watch.
The killer car as far as i can remember was the f2004. This car demolished the opposition in such a manner sometimes it looked like two different classes of cars and still some of the records it sets are still unbroken with its monstrous V10. However in dominance The MP4/4 is in my eyes was the monster that rules them all. Entering 16 races it won 15 set 15 pole positions and 10 lap records powered with the monstrous Honda 2.5Litre V6 Turbo. I would put F2004 second followed closely by Williams FW 14B. Of recent cars, Brawn GP takes the crown followed by The RB6 on its way setting the fastest times in 15 of the 19 races. I don't think, the W05 might have the dominance of these cars through out the season but watching Bahrain was a real shock to the system. I might not be old enough to have watched races in earlier years, so what would you rate as your best f1 cars relative to opposition and why? Driveability, reliability, fastest but unreliable, extreme engineering, innovation? If i might add, for me the most innovative car was the R25 which introduced mass damper only to be banned. However, it brought about the innerter or J -damper which although doing the same thing..is more tunable.
