The Formula 1 2011 Season of Double World Champion Sebastian Vettel |OT2|

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Edmond Dantès said:
@MBrundleF1
y u no post photo ?

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I'd be surprised if they don't run the same wing tomorrow because they used it for the entirety of FP2. Anyway, if it passes the load test in Parc Fermé it is legal. End of.
 
Teams fly out back up mechanics to India… just in case

Several of the top teams have flown out half a dozen mechanics to have on standby in case any of their crew should fall ill during this weekend’s Indian Grand Prix.

This unprecedented situation has arisen after stories emanating from the Commonwealth Games, held here in India last year, where many key workers got “Delhi belly” and were incapacitated.

With long transit times from Europe, some teams do not want to take the risk that they might have people unable to work or to perform vital functions, such as late night rebuilds or even pit stops.

The rules say that teams are allowed a maximum of 47 people on site working on the cars, so the back-up people will not be brought into the circuit unless needed.

Most teams are taking extreme hygiene precautions with alcohol hand rub being almost as prominent this weekend as bottled water.

With a punishing schedule of races already behind them, many mechanics are feeling pretty jaded, so immune systems are low and they are vulnerable to illness.

The curfew, brought in this year with the intention of making sure mechanics don’t work all nighters, has had a counterproductive effect, as teams are now simply working up to the curfew hour regardless of whether there is the need to or not. It has simply become the norm and so mechanics without any dramas to deal with are leaving the track for only six hours on Thursdays and working up to the 1-30am deadline on Friday nights.

This is taking its toll on some of the younger mechanics, who are finding it very tough.

Not every team is taking such precautions. One team boss I spoke to of a team currently in midfield said they had stocked up on Immodium tablets and left it at that..
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Foliorum Viridum said:
Way to ruin the best looking car on the grid.

Because of the image all I could see was the quoted text of your post...I didnt even have to scroll up to know that it was you who posted that :)
 
Adamm said:
ScarabsF1 says that the Ferrari front wing has Resonance issues.
So it wasnt physically broken, nor was it on purpose :P
Anti-piracy measures from Newey

Don't copy that front wing :D
 
Saw this on WTF1. Closed cockpit Ferrari F1 concept mock up.

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I think it looks sick and while I would never want the cars to go closed top, cars that look like that wouldn't bother me much.
 
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