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The 2013 Formula 1 Pre-Season Thread |OT| Plenty of Time Left in the Silly Season
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So, RBR helmets, fresh from their FB page. No idea if they're permanent or just one-offs for Melbourne. For Vettel it's probably the former, but no idea on Webber... he could be wearing an Australian one themed because of Melbourne, or as a permanent thing because he's one of us. Given that Vettel's isn't all that outlandish, is it possible he might stick to the one (or only a very small number) this year?
Make of that what you will.
I think it's believed to have a more accurate safety car and weather representation than F1 2012.
Make of that what you will.
Psychotext
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Vettel top, Webber bottom there? (I'm guessing from the sparkle)
brotkasten
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Psychotext
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Rosberg managed better last year on day 3...
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brotkasten
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Remember last year, when most seemed to be impressed by Mercedes's car and was so hopeful that Schumacher could win something again?
Good times.
Psychotext
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Frankly I've always thought that people who go for the fastest laps on testing days are doing it for PR purposes and nothing else.
The idea of first testing is not about speed rather than testing some components on the car. There is a rumor that Mercedes Front wing that they are currently using is not what will be introduce when the season begins, in fact the front wing that is used right now is the same wing used in there final race in Brazil 2012.
brotkasten
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Mercedes with overheating issues.
http://www.racecar-engineering.com/cars/mercedes-w04/attachment/upmerchot/
It was said that Lotus was still looking for some sponsors, so they had Fucking Grosjean run a quick one yesterday.
http://www.racecar-engineering.com/cars/mercedes-w04/attachment/upmerchot/
It was said that Lotus was still looking for some sponsors, so they had Fucking Grosjean run a quick one yesterday.
Wax Free Vanilla
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What's broke on the McLaren today?
Psychotext
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Wow, Rosberg with 103 laps already. Making up for lost time.
No kidding, if they had issues today I was going to swear that Codemasters built their car.
Felipe did not-high-fuel run on soft tires. They went adios after 3 fast laps. There are rumors that Ferrari is also having heating issues
Looks like ordinary Mclaren testing day. Around 50 laps in max, long pauses. Probably they are running simulator on the same time and compare results with different parts/settings.
Some things never change.
Seems the Mercedes might actually be a reliable package now they've fixed the issues they had in the last two days. I hope so anyway.
Sounds like this could be the last year for testing in Jerez. Pirelli are giving out about the state of the tarmac, saying it has worn away to a rough gravel surface compared to last year and that times and tyre wear indicators here are basically useless.
It'll be Barcelona till we really know what's going on with each car.
It'll be Barcelona till we really know what's going on with each car.
brotkasten
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Made me chuckle.
"MyCaterhamF1 The car's now being power-cycled before firing up and heading back out on track."
"MyCaterhamF1 "Try power-cycling it" is also what some of our IT team tell us to do when what they really mean is "have you turned it off and on again..." ´"
"MyCaterhamF1 The car's now being power-cycled before firing up and heading back out on track."
"MyCaterhamF1 "Try power-cycling it" is also what some of our IT team tell us to do when what they really mean is "have you turned it off and on again..." ´"
Psychotext
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Any idea why Force India have only done 7 laps?
they did 49 laps (7 di Resta, 42 Rossiter)
Psychotext
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Ahh, thanks. I had no idea they could run multiple drivers in a single day.
You can run three different drivers on the same day, but it takes time to change pedal position and sitting for another driver.
brotkasten
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Force India is done for today.
Psychotext
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Rosberg nearing 140 laps. What a trooper.
They need to, to make up for yesterday!
Hopefully that's their problems behind them
I just realized I kinda miss HRT. I liked having that lovable terrible team always sitting at the back of the grid racing their own race. I'm going to miss Karthikeyan's crazy face.
Wow. That's pretty impressive. I'm glad they're getting their testing in.
Wow. That's pretty impressive. I'm glad they're getting their testing in.
brotkasten
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It's possible that we're going to see a fight between Caterham and Marussia this year. HRT was just a really slow moving barrier.
can't wait for rabid Ferrari fans on certain forums predicting future after today's top time from Felipe
To be fair, I'd *love* to see Massa have the fight in him that he had right at the end of last season. Not going to make any predictions, of course, but at least this isn't a bad sign.
Seriously impressive performance from Rosberg, that's basically two days' lapcount in a day, isn't it?
It is. He managed to fill in his first day, when wiring problems screwed their plan. 655 km in one day is quite something. IF Lewis manage 100-120 laps tomorrow, they will nullify two wasted days
brotkasten
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Poor Kimi. He and his wife have separated.
http://www.seiska.fi/viihdeuutiset/_a550451/kimi+raikkonen+ja+jenni+dahlmanraikkonen+shokkiero/
http://www.seiska.fi/viihdeuutiset/_a550451/kimi+raikkonen+ja+jenni+dahlmanraikkonen+shokkiero/
Stint times look like last year's with regards to tire wear. I'm not sure if thats on purpose, with the teams intentionally running harder/softer just for comparison's sake, or if its all just the track being extra abrasive(Pirelli saying the track isn't currenty suitable for tire comparisons). Probably a bit of both.
So while it seems as if the tires are just falling off a cliff for many teams, sometimes up to 5 seconds slower after 10-15 laps or so, I think the teams will be fine on them when it comes time for race sims and then the real deal.
So while it seems as if the tires are just falling off a cliff for many teams, sometimes up to 5 seconds slower after 10-15 laps or so, I think the teams will be fine on them when it comes time for race sims and then the real deal.
Oh man. That made me laugh.
Also, that's really impressive what Rosberg did. Can't even imagine how exhausting that must be.
brotkasten
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He should've listened to Webber.
Psychotext
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Seems to back up what people were saying about him eating all the pies over xmas.
I doubt its as bad as doing a race. They got lots of breaks in between stints. He wasn't doing more than 15 laps before coming back in again.
brotkasten
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Felipe is playing down the fast lap:
@Felipe1Massa pleased to be fastest but it "doesnt count anything. There are a lot of v quick cars & Im not sure we r in that position"
@Felipe1Massa pleased to be fastest but it "doesnt count anything. There are a lot of v quick cars & Im not sure we r in that position"
I wonder do F1 teams get sick of people talking about fastest laps during practice. Every year they keep having to tell people that they mean nothing.
Or are they secretly quite happy that they are fastest?
Mastah
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Not only slow, but also dangerous. Actually it's a good thing they are no longer in F1, if they risked so much with safety of their cars, while Whiting seemingly didn't care at all about it.
Fastest laps always mean something, its just that we, as the public, dont always know what it is. The teams will know when a time from a competitor is out of reach or not.
For instance, Massa has come out today and said about Button's time on the first day:
I still believe his lap was incredible, he said. On the hard tyres on the first day on the dirty track and everything, it really was a quick lap. I didnt have the car to do this lap time on the first day. I didnt even try to work for the lap time, but I think it was impressive.
So in this case, the fastest lap certainly did mean something and that is that Ferrari are behind.
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