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#91 Eric

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Posted 03 February 2008 - 01:57 AM

View PostRainmaster, on Feb 2 2008, 08:34 PM, said:

The RB4 seems neither reliable or quick.
If Scott Speed was driving it it would be so quick it'd lap the field in a drag race.  Bad call, Red Bull.

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Posted 03 February 2008 - 02:54 AM

View PostEKL, on Feb 3 2008, 12:57 PM, said:

If Scott Speed was driving it it would be so quick it'd lap the field in a drag race.  Bad call, Red Bull.

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Posted 03 February 2008 - 04:21 AM

View PostRainmaster, on Feb 3 2008, 12:34 PM, said:

The RB4 seems neither reliable or quick.

Same here, doesn't seem any good.
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Posted 03 February 2008 - 10:17 PM

The RB4 showed some good pace on the final day of the Catalunya test to finish fastest with Mark setting a 1.22.385.
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Posted 04 February 2008 - 04:31 AM

You guys will see, the RB4 is the F1.07 of 2007. RB4-100% Adrian Newey + Geoff Willis-Super Fast-Probably Unreliable.

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Posted 04 February 2008 - 05:36 AM

He set that time on a 20 lap stint ;)

Maby this thing is quick :o
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Posted 04 February 2008 - 05:58 AM

View Postbathurst1000, on Feb 3 2008, 11:36 PM, said:

He set that time on a 20 lap stint ;)

Maby this thing is quick :o
Fisi put Force India 4th maybe thats also as quick...  :P
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Posted 04 February 2008 - 06:13 AM

View Postgoferrarigo, on Feb 4 2008, 04:58 PM, said:

Fisi put Force India 4th maybe thats also as quick...  :P

apart from the fact that he's time was 7 tenths slower and he was running fumes <_<
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Posted 04 February 2008 - 07:24 AM

I won't allow myself to get excited by Webbers test result cause if I get my hopes up, I'll jinx things and it'll hurt too much come round 1 when DC finishes 15th and Webber retires with a gearbox problem...

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Posted 04 February 2008 - 08:01 AM

Whats thee to get hopes up about? The STR2 went fast than that by like two tenths the day before.....
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Posted 04 February 2008 - 05:34 PM

View PostEKL, on Feb 3 2008, 01:57 AM, said:

If Scott Speed was driving it it would be so quick it'd lap the field in a drag race. Bad call, Red Bull.

Of course! - No need to state the obvious Eric :P

View Postaussief1, on Feb 3 2008, 10:17 PM, said:

The RB4 showed some good pace on the final day of the Catalunya test to finish fastest with Mark setting a 1.22.385.

Well trust that to happen as soon as I put 'neither reliable or quick'!
*Maybe* I was wrong about it not being quick, *maybe* it has some pace, but those are big starry maybe's :)

View PostSato, on Feb 4 2008, 08:01 AM, said:

Whats thee to get hopes up about? The STR2 went fast than that by like two tenths the day before.....

Yeah ... testing it is..
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Posted 04 February 2008 - 09:47 PM

View PostSato, on Feb 4 2008, 06:01 PM, said:

Whats thee to get hopes up about? The STR2 went fast than that by like two tenths the day before.....

I purposely neglected to mention that in my post :lol:

But as the broken record keeps repeating, it's testing and no one will know the real pace of their cars until Melbourne.
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Posted 04 February 2008 - 10:07 PM

Hmm, Scott Speed. I'd rather him than Coulthard.

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Anyhoo, it seems that they do have a bit of speed afterall, pardon the pun.

Pretty much every team has topped the time sheets apart from the really bad teams and Honda.

Hope that the reliablity has improved and we could see a very close scrap for 4th place.
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Posted 05 February 2008 - 01:18 AM

View PostJayStorm, on Feb 5 2008, 09:07 AM, said:

Hmm, Scott Speed. I'd rather him than Coulthard.

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Anyhoo, it seems that they do have a bit of speed afterall, pardon the pun.

Pretty much every team has topped the time sheets apart from the really bad teams and Honda.

Hope that the reliablity has improved and we could see a very close scrap for 4th place.

You didn't need the 'and Honda' part :lol:
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Posted 06 February 2008 - 08:21 PM

View PostSato, on Feb 5 2008, 01:18 AM, said:

You didn't need the 'and Honda' part :lol:

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Posted 09 March 2008 - 11:57 AM

Get the impression they may have moved up a bit during the winter, as long as they remain reliable.

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Posted 09 March 2008 - 01:49 PM

I think they are part of the pack that contains Renault, Williams, Toyota and perhaps BMW. Difficult for any of those teams to score points.
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Posted 09 March 2008 - 04:39 PM

I'd put Toyota behind that lot.

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Posted 09 March 2008 - 06:55 PM

Yeah they are probably at the back of that group.
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Posted 09 March 2008 - 09:32 PM

View PostJayStorm, on Feb 4 2008, 10:07 PM, said:

Hmm, Scott Speed. I'd rather him than Coulthard.

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Posted 09 March 2008 - 11:52 PM

View PostJayStorm, on Feb 4 2008, 06:07 PM, said:

Hmm, Scott Speed. I'd rather him than Coulthard.
Well, you'll see him pursuing an open wheel career again pretty soon (probably IRL).  His NASCAR career is going slightly better than JV's.

View Postdribbler, on Mar 9 2008, 05:32 PM, said:

If arrogance and patchy form are what you seek then, yes.
Don't be silly.  If he didn't suck, if his team didn't suck, and if his car didn't suck, he'd be the best driver in the world.

Anyway, Red Bull for WCC 2008.

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Posted 10 March 2008 - 07:01 PM

I didn't mind Speed but surely you'd take Coulthard over him, despite his ageing years.

His racecraft would get you better results than Speed would do with the same car.
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