Testing fires up again in a few hours. Maybe I will be awake to watch live timing, maybe I won't. But this thread will have been started....
Alonso testing the F145783202 today. Pat Fry is defending it, saying "no, it ain't Sh#te.....again...."
Bianchi and Sutil are having a face off...er...race off. No bottling allowed.
Hamster and Nico get to drive their car again, and of course are hoping that (a) the brakes work, and ( b ) the car doesn't catch fire...again.
Lotus looks to look fast, McLaren looks to look faster, and Red Bull look to put a bandage over that ugly zit on the nose of their car.
So for now...vrrroooom vrrroooom...
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The Second Test (Nope, Still Not Cricket)
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Posted 19 February 2013 - 07:25 AM
Oh, and how could I forget? Williams will have their new car at the test for the first time too. Woohoo!! This is how they used to do it...
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Can you imagine that this was 32 years ago!!!! Crikey!
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Can you imagine that this was 32 years ago!!!! Crikey!
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Posted 19 February 2013 - 07:45 AM
HandyNZL, on 19 February 2013 - 07:14 AM, said:
Testing fires up again in a few hours. Maybe I will be awake to watch live timing, maybe I won't. But this thread will have been started....
Alonso testing the F14578320298765439876554 today.
Alonso testing the F14578320298765439876554 today.
“We keep on working, we do our thing,” Vettel shouts over the team radio, “We are who we are!”
"Vettel is a champion. That’s not referring to his achievements, but rather to his approach to everything he does. He wins. All the time. His preparation is meticulous, his attention to detail reminiscent of Michael Schumacher at his peak, and his performance on the track is almost always flawless. Vettel is capable only of domination. He knows no other way... Vettel is not in Formula One to be liked. He is there to win. And in the words of Ayrton Senna, perhaps the greatest of all Formula One drivers, “Nice men don’t win.”"
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Posted 19 February 2013 - 07:57 AM
Yeah, I got lost, so thought that I would abbreviate it, knowing full well everyone knew what I meant.
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Posted 19 February 2013 - 08:10 AM
Charles Pic first out on track, and thus, clearly, will be the new World Champion!! Go Charles!! Woohoo!!
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Posted 19 February 2013 - 08:34 AM
Alonso sets fastest time of the day so far...
...no small feat when it's just him and Danny Riccardo on the board....and Danny was pushing his car to save on carbon emissions
...no small feat when it's just him and Danny Riccardo on the board....and Danny was pushing his car to save on carbon emissions
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Posted 19 February 2013 - 08:46 AM
Maldonaldo takes the FW35 to the top of the leaderboard - 1:29 and change.
So far so good for the new car
So far so good for the new car
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Posted 19 February 2013 - 09:03 AM
Pastor goes fastor...
Takes nearly a second off his time in his second stint of the day.
Well, it appears that the Williams is certainly heading in the right direction. 10-seconds up on the rest! OMG!! Shock!! Egads!!!
Takes nearly a second off his time in his second stint of the day.
Well, it appears that the Williams is certainly heading in the right direction. 10-seconds up on the rest! OMG!! Shock!! Egads!!!
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Posted 19 February 2013 - 09:05 AM
And fastor again...another 0.9 off his time.
He's the go fastor Pastor!!
He's the go fastor Pastor!!
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Posted 19 February 2013 - 11:38 AM
Times tumbling at the moment...First Kimi becomes the next world champion, Alonso runs him close...then Vettel goes faster to become the 2013 champion
“We keep on working, we do our thing,” Vettel shouts over the team radio, “We are who we are!”
"Vettel is a champion. That’s not referring to his achievements, but rather to his approach to everything he does. He wins. All the time. His preparation is meticulous, his attention to detail reminiscent of Michael Schumacher at his peak, and his performance on the track is almost always flawless. Vettel is capable only of domination. He knows no other way... Vettel is not in Formula One to be liked. He is there to win. And in the words of Ayrton Senna, perhaps the greatest of all Formula One drivers, “Nice men don’t win.”"
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Posted 19 February 2013 - 11:40 AM
This all before the races even start
Edited by BradSpeedMan, 19 February 2013 - 11:49 AM.
“We keep on working, we do our thing,” Vettel shouts over the team radio, “We are who we are!”
"Vettel is a champion. That’s not referring to his achievements, but rather to his approach to everything he does. He wins. All the time. His preparation is meticulous, his attention to detail reminiscent of Michael Schumacher at his peak, and his performance on the track is almost always flawless. Vettel is capable only of domination. He knows no other way... Vettel is not in Formula One to be liked. He is there to win. And in the words of Ayrton Senna, perhaps the greatest of all Formula One drivers, “Nice men don’t win.”"
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Posted 19 February 2013 - 12:00 PM
RBR usually does'nt shpw their hand early during testing, normally at the last test, so the signs are ominous
“We keep on working, we do our thing,” Vettel shouts over the team radio, “We are who we are!”
"Vettel is a champion. That’s not referring to his achievements, but rather to his approach to everything he does. He wins. All the time. His preparation is meticulous, his attention to detail reminiscent of Michael Schumacher at his peak, and his performance on the track is almost always flawless. Vettel is capable only of domination. He knows no other way... Vettel is not in Formula One to be liked. He is there to win. And in the words of Ayrton Senna, perhaps the greatest of all Formula One drivers, “Nice men don’t win.”"
Chris Cameron-Dow
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Posted 19 February 2013 - 12:01 PM
The new Williams quite fast out of the blocks
“We keep on working, we do our thing,” Vettel shouts over the team radio, “We are who we are!”
"Vettel is a champion. That’s not referring to his achievements, but rather to his approach to everything he does. He wins. All the time. His preparation is meticulous, his attention to detail reminiscent of Michael Schumacher at his peak, and his performance on the track is almost always flawless. Vettel is capable only of domination. He knows no other way... Vettel is not in Formula One to be liked. He is there to win. And in the words of Ayrton Senna, perhaps the greatest of all Formula One drivers, “Nice men don’t win.”"
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Posted 19 February 2013 - 04:04 PM
P Driver Team Time
1 Rosberg Mercedes 1m22.616s
2 Raikkonen Lotus 1m22.623s +0.007
3 Vettel Red Bull 1m22.965s +0.349
4 Alonso Ferrari 1m23.626s +1.010
5 Maldonado Williams 1m23.733s +1.117
6 Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1m23.884s +1.268
7 Perez McLaren 1m24.124s +1.508
8 Di Resta Force India 1m24.144s +1.528
9 Gutierrez Sauber 1m25.124s +2.508
10 Chilton Marussia 1m26.747s +4.131
11 Pic Caterham 1m27.534s +4.918
All timing unofficial. Updated: 15:44 GMT
So maybe Hamilton's call for more downforce did'nt fall on deaf ears...
1 Rosberg Mercedes 1m22.616s
2 Raikkonen Lotus 1m22.623s +0.007
3 Vettel Red Bull 1m22.965s +0.349
4 Alonso Ferrari 1m23.626s +1.010
5 Maldonado Williams 1m23.733s +1.117
6 Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1m23.884s +1.268
7 Perez McLaren 1m24.124s +1.508
8 Di Resta Force India 1m24.144s +1.528
9 Gutierrez Sauber 1m25.124s +2.508
10 Chilton Marussia 1m26.747s +4.131
11 Pic Caterham 1m27.534s +4.918
All timing unofficial. Updated: 15:44 GMT
So maybe Hamilton's call for more downforce did'nt fall on deaf ears...
Edited by BradSpeedMan, 19 February 2013 - 04:16 PM.
“We keep on working, we do our thing,” Vettel shouts over the team radio, “We are who we are!”
"Vettel is a champion. That’s not referring to his achievements, but rather to his approach to everything he does. He wins. All the time. His preparation is meticulous, his attention to detail reminiscent of Michael Schumacher at his peak, and his performance on the track is almost always flawless. Vettel is capable only of domination. He knows no other way... Vettel is not in Formula One to be liked. He is there to win. And in the words of Ayrton Senna, perhaps the greatest of all Formula One drivers, “Nice men don’t win.”"
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Posted 19 February 2013 - 06:49 PM
Yessss!!!! Rosberg wins the Championship!!! Woohoo!!! Go Keke!!!!
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Posted 19 February 2013 - 06:58 PM
Oh farty poops: http://www.gptoday.c...hausts_illegal/
Why does innovation always have to be stamped on? They allow a flexinose on the RBR, but disallow hot air on other cars....poo poo poo poop. And typical that Lotus are calling foul, just beacuse their backwards exhaust didn't work (like never saw that one coming)...
...hang on...isn't it always Ferrari calling foul? I call foul on them not calling foul!!
FFS!!!
Senna!!
This article has better shots of the exhausts http://www.gptoday.c...utlet_is_legal/
Which leads me to the question, that if reingestion of exhaust gases is not allowed, are they not allowed mufflers? What happens when thre is a 95dBa noise limit at a race track? Oh no, sorry, wait, that's just at decades old established racetracks that people have bought houses next to, knowing full well there is a race track there, and then they complain to the local council that those hooligans in their automobiles are being a tad noisey and they can't hear their Chopin playing on their radios, or their triple shot mocha latte flat white's at the local cafe are disturbed by the noise. Puhlease....FFS!! Senna!!!
Why does innovation always have to be stamped on? They allow a flexinose on the RBR, but disallow hot air on other cars....poo poo poo poop. And typical that Lotus are calling foul, just beacuse their backwards exhaust didn't work (like never saw that one coming)...
...hang on...isn't it always Ferrari calling foul? I call foul on them not calling foul!!
FFS!!!
Senna!!
This article has better shots of the exhausts http://www.gptoday.c...utlet_is_legal/
Which leads me to the question, that if reingestion of exhaust gases is not allowed, are they not allowed mufflers? What happens when thre is a 95dBa noise limit at a race track? Oh no, sorry, wait, that's just at decades old established racetracks that people have bought houses next to, knowing full well there is a race track there, and then they complain to the local council that those hooligans in their automobiles are being a tad noisey and they can't hear their Chopin playing on their radios, or their triple shot mocha latte flat white's at the local cafe are disturbed by the noise. Puhlease....FFS!! Senna!!!
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Posted 20 February 2013 - 09:21 AM
Eis, Kimi, you laconic finn, get off your a## and do some times punk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bottas already up to 20 laps..
FFS!!!!!!!!
Senna!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FFS!!!!!!!!
Senna!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“We keep on working, we do our thing,” Vettel shouts over the team radio, “We are who we are!”
"Vettel is a champion. That’s not referring to his achievements, but rather to his approach to everything he does. He wins. All the time. His preparation is meticulous, his attention to detail reminiscent of Michael Schumacher at his peak, and his performance on the track is almost always flawless. Vettel is capable only of domination. He knows no other way... Vettel is not in Formula One to be liked. He is there to win. And in the words of Ayrton Senna, perhaps the greatest of all Formula One drivers, “Nice men don’t win.”"
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Posted 20 February 2013 - 09:45 AM
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Posted 20 February 2013 - 11:42 AM
HandyNZL, on 20 February 2013 - 09:45 AM, said:
Kewl
“We keep on working, we do our thing,” Vettel shouts over the team radio, “We are who we are!”
"Vettel is a champion. That’s not referring to his achievements, but rather to his approach to everything he does. He wins. All the time. His preparation is meticulous, his attention to detail reminiscent of Michael Schumacher at his peak, and his performance on the track is almost always flawless. Vettel is capable only of domination. He knows no other way... Vettel is not in Formula One to be liked. He is there to win. And in the words of Ayrton Senna, perhaps the greatest of all Formula One drivers, “Nice men don’t win.”"
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Posted 20 February 2013 - 01:38 PM
It's an infiniti badge. You know, like they hang above baby cots..
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Posted 20 February 2013 - 05:44 PM
Nope...it's Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill and Richard Aoyade's ball thing from The Watch
I kid you not....see:
I kid you not....see:
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Posted 20 February 2013 - 05:47 PM
Perez on top by a little margin of 0.35secs over Vettel, then Kimi, then Hamilton, then Alonso.
From watching the time improvements, these five were actually pushing it against each other. Either that or they were just doing similar testing procedures
Perez is the NEW World Champion!!! Go Perez Hamilton...yeah you go boy..hmmmm hmmmm...
From watching the time improvements, these five were actually pushing it against each other. Either that or they were just doing similar testing procedures
Perez is the NEW World Champion!!! Go Perez Hamilton...yeah you go boy..hmmmm hmmmm...
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Posted 20 February 2013 - 09:04 PM
Noticed that the Sauber had some some extra inlets next to the main inlet behind the drivers head, saw something similar on Lotus too, havent seen any pictures which show if any of the other teams have similar pieces - Guesses as to function ?
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brambilla, on 20 February 2013 - 09:04 PM, said:
Noticed that the Sauber had some some extra inlets next to the main inlet behind the drivers head, saw something similar on Lotus too, havent seen any pictures which show if any of the other teams have similar pieces - Guesses as to function ?
And I just noticed , Alonso has competition for "The Eyebrow" award ! Go Esteban !
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Posted 20 February 2013 - 09:19 PM
Will be cooling for KERS or something like that.
McLaren has a similar idea, but on the sidepods (above the main ports).
With turbo coming back next year, then you will see new sidepod design so that it can accommodate cooling for intake to the radiators, and an intake to the turbo. In the last turbo era, this was simply a division vertically in the intake area of the sidepod, but with all the whiz bang computer power they have now, expect something completely different as the teams will not want to go back to big sidepods. (McLarens idea, hint, hint)
McLaren has a similar idea, but on the sidepods (above the main ports).
With turbo coming back next year, then you will see new sidepod design so that it can accommodate cooling for intake to the radiators, and an intake to the turbo. In the last turbo era, this was simply a division vertically in the intake area of the sidepod, but with all the whiz bang computer power they have now, expect something completely different as the teams will not want to go back to big sidepods. (McLarens idea, hint, hint)
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Posted 21 February 2013 - 12:37 AM
brambilla, on 20 February 2013 - 09:05 PM, said:
And I just noticed , Alonso has competition for "The Eyebrow" award ! Go Esteban !
brambilla, on 20 February 2013 - 09:04 PM, said:
Noticed that the Sauber had some some extra inlets next to the main inlet behind the drivers head, saw something similar on Lotus too, havent seen any pictures which show if any of the other teams have similar pieces - Guesses as to function ?
Wow those are quite some eyebrows! Get the tweezers quick!
IT'S BRITNEY BITCH!!!
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Going by Checo's words, seems there will be pitstops galore in every race. I don't think 7-10 stops per car will make for a good racing spectacle.
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Posted 21 February 2013 - 04:13 PM
It'll improve. Since 2011, pretty much every pre-season test has been about how terrible the tyres were supposedly going to be. Yet it is always better than expected by the time they get to the first race of the year.
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Posted 21 February 2013 - 04:33 PM
Some of the other drivers, like Kimi, have said the degradation is completely normal and it'll be fine. I guess degradation will be better in the races because there will be more rubber down, higher temperatures and the teams will have a better understanding anyway.
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Posted 24 February 2013 - 10:19 PM
According to this guy Ferrari is now showing hig degradation on their tyres as they have chosen to be more aggresive this year, while it was other way around last year...
http://formulaoneana...3-22022013.html
http://formulaoneana...3-22022013.html
“We keep on working, we do our thing,” Vettel shouts over the team radio, “We are who we are!”
"Vettel is a champion. That’s not referring to his achievements, but rather to his approach to everything he does. He wins. All the time. His preparation is meticulous, his attention to detail reminiscent of Michael Schumacher at his peak, and his performance on the track is almost always flawless. Vettel is capable only of domination. He knows no other way... Vettel is not in Formula One to be liked. He is there to win. And in the words of Ayrton Senna, perhaps the greatest of all Formula One drivers, “Nice men don’t win.”"
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