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Formula 1 2017 Pre-Season |OT| The Ferrari is good this year
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EnlightenedMint
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nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
Pride.
adamantypants
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Typically the chassis is designed around the engine. This year's Honda is supposedly basically built from the ground up so it wouldn't be a trivial swap.
LOL
Ricciardo saying that they aren't sandbagging, and that they are behind Ferrari. He also bets that Mecedes will pick up speed, so he believes that these two teams are ahead of Red Bull. He is also surprised by Williams, and hopes that what Massa did today was the best his car can do, or else they'll be ahead of Red Bull too. Massa did his best time with supersofts, and Ricciardo did the second best time of the day with ultrasofts. Massa said that he's very happy with this car. He says that it fits better his driving style, where he can push hard for lots of laps instead of worrying about saving the tires like last year, when the tires could barely last one lap on the limit.
Psychotext
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Same as what Hamilton is spouting about Ferrari being the strongest...
...total bollocks.
...total bollocks.
Fox Mulder
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It's funny when other teams throw expectations to Ferrari, then they crumble and fire people.
Do we know how long McLaren has contracted Honda for?
Surely they must've set up clauses in which Honda must give them a competitive engine within a time frame...
In the event that they're able to split off Honda in the future, would they have a guaranteed buy opportunity on a customer engine program now that the rules changed after the Red Bull v. Renault ordeal?
Surely they must've set up clauses in which Honda must give them a competitive engine within a time frame...
In the event that they're able to split off Honda in the future, would they have a guaranteed buy opportunity on a customer engine program now that the rules changed after the Red Bull v. Renault ordeal?
Yagami_Sama
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McLaren situation is pretty bad. I still dont believe that they are having the issues of the previous seasons. Reading some new it is like the first year with the Honda Engine. If things keep like that, fixing one issue, and two more appears, the first 5 races of the season will be used for testing purposes and another horrible season.
Lets see if all the pressure Boullier mentioned will have some effect. And also think that you should start to bet when Alonso will quit McLaren.
Lets see if all the pressure Boullier mentioned will have some effect. And also think that you should start to bet when Alonso will quit McLaren.
Yes, they are guaranteed an engine. Can't remember how it would be decided who supplies them.
The fact that it's been three years is irrelevant when you throw out all previous work instead of learning from it.
Fox Mulder
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the power unit with the fewest customers is obligated to supply if a team can't come to a deal for anything, which is Honda.
Spladam
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That's great.
Probably he is going there after his contract ends at Mercedes
Apparently Bottas said yesterday that they could go much faster if they wanted, with different engine maps and lower fuel levels. I wouldn't be surprised if Mercedes is running heavy for majority of time
Mastah
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It doesn't help that while RIC is saying this, he's all calm and relaxed and smiling. He's not angry, or anxious, despite all winter being "yeah, this is going to be the year we challenge for the WDC."
And then at the test he realizes that not only is Merc ahead of them, so are Ferrari, and then also Williams... And somehow he's not anxious. Or annoyed. Even RIC would be a little down if that was actually where RBR were at.
If I recall the "a dude grabbed my spoiler and I had an evil thought" thread from gaf not long ago, I think I have to tell you that you're a psycho. No bad thoughts evar! Lol.
There is simply too much power in that engine to allow normal running and it is breaking down constantly
No wonder that engine guy at Mclaren resigned.
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
In Moto GP and other sports and in consumer products; Honda is known as quality engine engineers.
But their consumer products have been lackluster.So, I'm guessing this is just an ennui period for Honda in general?
But their consumer products have been lackluster.So, I'm guessing this is just an ennui period for Honda in general?
Yeah, they had issues with getting power to the wheels for last two seasons - because of it, bike turned into unstable mode under heavy acceleration
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
yeah, I thought so.
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
oh.
I actually would have liked Honda to do a comeback. I like Honda.
Three years of development.
I actually would have liked Honda to do a comeback. I like Honda.
GrizzleBoy
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What absolute dumbasses.
F1 is an international sport.
What the hell are you doing giving yourself the same optics as a blatantly incompetent joke of a leader in Trump?
A Fish Aficionado
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
Reflection in their own incompetence?
It's a stupid joke, lighten up.
Psychotext
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Ferrari don't seem to be up to much this morning. Problems?
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
Well look who's back in black at Barcelona
He was there yesterday, too.
Well, that's one way to throw Honda under the bus.
Rough translation: "If Honda actually provided an engine, we could set up the car properly, but lol Honda".
And today they've done 24 laps, intentionally apparently. Not because the engine will blow up at 35 laps old, no nothing like that they just don't need any more track time because they've gained so much from the last week.
Double DNF at Australia confirmed
Massa: Shots fired
Stroll: The car is too fast, that's why I crashed.
They told us it was "just a fluid systems check".
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