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[Psychotext]

The new engine will address the oil burning that the FIA recently issued clarification over, something that is believed to affect Ferrari more than their rivals.[/I]

http://www.planetf1.com/news/ferrari-will-race-updated-engine-at-silverstone/

Hmm... so did they already stop the oil burning, or does this stop the oil burning (and it being slower)?

 

[Tempy]

This is really not how you fix damaged tethers. Belongs more on FailBlog.

 

[Xando]

Hmm... so did they already stop the oil burning, or does this stop the oil burning (and it being slower)?

Not sure about the oil burning stuff but german media reported update gives them a quali mode with atleast 15 hp more(HAAS supposedly tested it in spielberg).

 

[xrnzaaas]

Omg this press confererence with Ricciardo legendary. He is on a roll. Laughed my ass off haha.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek9fNsWq7Kw&feature=youtu.be&t

I don't know if I should laugh at the shooey question or Daniil publicly called a torpedo. XD

 

[Zaru]

(HAAS supposedly tested it in spielberg).

Tested as in "during practice" or is that how Grosjean jumped to best of the rest in Quali?

 

[SCHUEY F1]

Omg this press confererence with Ricciardo legendary. He is on a roll. Laughed my ass off haha.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek9fNsWq7Kw&feature=youtu.be&t

He is the best!

 

[brotkasten]

Updated Current chart. #FakeNews

 

[Xando]

Tested as in "during practice" or is that how Grosjean jumped to best of the rest in Quali?

Dunno for certain but rumor is they ran it all weekend.

 

[brotkasten]

Vettel is going to test the new shield.

http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/355773/vettel-will-be-first-driver-to-trial-shield-device/

 

[Zeknurn]

Vettel is going to test the new shield.

http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/355773/vettel-will-be-first-driver-to-trial-shield-device/

Looks great tbh.

Also Kimi for scale.

 

[ElectronicOldMen]

That actually does look kinda dope, way better than the RB shield from last year. Once it's a bit more integrated into the aero/general design of the car it'd look even better.

 

[Psychotext]

From the link...

 

[Fox Mulder]

Omg this press confererence with Ricciardo legendary. He is on a roll. Laughed my ass off haha.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek9fNsWq7Kw&feature=youtu.be&t

Came to post this. Great dude, made it fun, and helped diffuse the tone of the media constantly asking Lewis about the street event.

Hamilton missing the event when everyone else showed was lame, but he gave his reasons. No need to ask him the same thing a dozen times with varying levels of snark.

 

[Zeknurn]

Next up make the drivers wear these:

 

[sammex]

The shield looks really good. I hope it works.

 

[chuckddd]

The only issue with the shield is visibility. If it gets gunked up, can the driver pull a tearaway himself? Will he just throw it on the track? Screw it, just give them a towel and a spray bottle.

 

[Zaru]

The only issue with the shield is visibility. If it gets gunked up, can the driver pull a tearaway himself?

Good point. I remember that insect genocide shot from Canada. That amount of undefined goop would affect visibility, and a tearoff of that size would be dangerous.

 

[Tempy]

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[ElectronicOldMen]

I guess you could have tear-offs which the pit crew take off like they have in WEC I believe, but even then on a one-stop race thats, like, 50 minutes straight you're driving into bugs.

 

[Mohonky]

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Why would they do that? Like seriously just change the thing.....

Updated Current chart. #FakeNews

So that's it for Vettels turbos is it not? Anymore turbo changes and he incurs a penalty?

 

[DD]

The only issue with the shield is visibility. If it gets gunked up, can the driver pull a tearaway himself? Will he just throw it on the track? Screw it, just give them a towel and a spray bottle.

On endurance races like Le Mans they tear or wash it during pitstops.

 

[Xando]

On endurance races like Le Mans they tear or wash it during pitstops.

Yeah i reckon it's gonna be similiar.

Could have some issues in 1 stop races though.

 

[DBT85]

That looks much better

Toro Rosso wtf!!!

Yeah i reckon it's gonna be similiar.

Could have some issues in 1 stop races though.

That's up to the teams to deal with, either you add an extra stop for a tearoff or your driver suffers.

So that's it for Vettels turbos is it not? Anymore turbo changes and he incurs a penalty?

yes.

 

[Zaru]

So that's it for Vettels turbos is it not? Anymore turbo changes and he incurs a penalty?

Yep. The joke is that he's been on his 4th for 2 months and they supposedly "rotate" through the 3 that still work (one broke).

 

[Lemonte]

Hamiltons car was pretty dirty in Montreal this year after the race.

Imagine having all that or half of that on your windshield.

 

[Jezbollah]

Hamiltons car was pretty dirty in Montreal this year after the race.

Imagine having all that or half of that on your windshield.

Then wipe it off during your pitstop, WEC style.

 

[Zaru]

Then wipe it off during your pitstop, WEC style.

Wiping a surface of that size might take longer than current pitstops and if you're in a 1-stop race with a long ass stint it'll be pointless.

They've got some of the world's best material engineers, I'm sure they'll figure something out to not make the concept fail for such a trivial reason.

 

[Breakage]

Gotta agree the shield on that Ferrari looks quite good.

 

[Adam Scott Aukerman]

Wiping a surface of that size might take longer than current pitstops and if you're in a 1-stop race with a long ass stint it'll be pointless.

Not if everyone is doing it.

 

[Wellington]

If it's aerodynamic wouldn't the bugs fly off before getting squished?

 

[Spades]

Bought one of these:

http://www.hpiracing.com/en/kit/116706

They look like a lot of fun. Went for the McLaren-style one.

Also picked up a new unpainted body so I'm trying to decide which livery to go with. Lucky Strike is winning at the moment.

 

[Spades]

Vettel is going to test the new shield.

Looks awful

Spoiler

for F1

. Might as well watch LMS/WEC if this is the way things are going.

 

[Jezbollah]

Looks awful

Spoiler

for F1

. Might as well watch LMS/WEC if this is the way things are going.

If it takes something so minor to make you want to stop, maybe you were not a fan of the sport to begin with.

 

[DBT85]

If it's aerodynamic wouldn't the bugs fly off before getting squished?

At 200 mph the air will move but the bug will have too much inertia and will still get smeared.

 

[adamantypants]

The only issue with the shield is visibility. If it gets gunked up, can the driver pull a tearaway himself? Will he just throw it on the track? Screw it, just give them a towel and a spray bottle.

Don't be ridiculous.

They'll just put these on.

 

[Spades]

If it takes something so minor to make you want to stop, maybe you were not a fan of the sport to begin with.

Have religiously watched pretty much every GP in the last 20 years, but sure, okay.

 

[Zaru]

Not if everyone is doing it.

You know someone's gonna risk driving with reduced vision if it means gaining seconds on the competition.

At least if they make it mandatory, we'll get fast technical advancements in... windshield wiping?

Have religiously watched pretty much every GP in the last 20 years, but sure, okay.

Honestly, be it Halo or shield or whatever, I have yet to see anything that doesn't completely ruin the look of the cars, so I'm feeling you.

 

[DBT85]

Don't be ridiculous.

They'll just put these on.

I just threw up in my mouth a little.

 

[FrankCanada97]

Shield looks alright, it's a nice throwback to the 70's.

 

[Jezbollah]

Have religiously watched pretty much every GP in the last 20 years, but sure, okay.

That's fine, I have been watching since Mansell's rear blew up on the main straight at Adelaide. I don't feel compelled to give up just because of a bit of plastic.

There has been worse things happen to the look of the cars since before and after you decided to tune in.

 

[M52B28]

Hamiltons car was pretty dirty in Montreal this year after the race.

Imagine having all that or half of that on your windshield.

That's what I was thinking of exactly.

 

[RSP]

If they can replace a front wing in 10s, I'm sure they can replace a canopy in 5.

 

[Norwegian Rudo]

If they can replace a front wing in 10s, I'm sure they can replace a canopy in 5.

They'll use tearaways for sure.

 

[DBT85]

Just put another screen in front of that screen. It'll stay clean no problem.

 

[RSP]

They'll use tearaways for sure.

There you go

 

[McNum]

I imagine the shield will be hydrophobic, too. Not reason to let it get wet when you can make it immune to water and mud and such.

 

[Psychotext]

I'm expecting massive tearoffs that they'll use in the pits... but I'm still expecting them to have visibility problems.

 

[tomtom94]

Visibility is, as it was with the halo tests, presumably the reason it's being run, so that they can find out quickly if there are any problems.

 

[Fox Mulder]

I imagine the shield will be hydrophobic, too. Not reason to let it get wet when you can make it immune to water and mud and such.

Sure, but it'll still get oil and grime and other shit like every other series on the planet. Stuff like WEC and Nascar have tear offs, but they don't have 2 second pit stops either.

 

[stryke]

Omg this press confererence with Ricciardo legendary. He is on a roll. Laughed my ass off haha.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek9fNsWq7Kw&feature=youtu.be&t

The grilling of Hamilton was insufferable.

I get it, people were miffed by his absence but stop pretending to be smart by asking the same question in 10 different ways.