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Maybe for 2015 season
looks like Mercedes is quite good at poaching high level staff from other teams.
Big Takeover
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The tires will have a lot of influence on that, but probably by few seconds. It should be imperceptible on TV however. May even look faster due to the significant torque increase.
It's just the nature of rule changes. I'm sure the FIA looks at a window of years rather than just year one. They'll be slower next year, but three years from now they'll probably be faster. Got to build some growth room in.
It's no longer released by pressing a button, because it will be blended with power coming from the engine. So more or less the same for everyone.
Which sucks
Ah, that's a shame. Might have been better if it could be used tactically by the driver. Is there freedom to set where it can be used by software?
brotkasten
Member
Whoever got time needs to take the Crash Team Racing cover and shop Maldonado, Fucking Grosjean and Boullier in it.
Mastah
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Laptimes are already up to 4 seconds slower than 2004 cars with monster V10 engines and super sticky tyres, but also up to 2 seconds slower than in 2010, because of inferior quality of Pirelli rubber.
But there's nothing to worry about. With Pirelli starting to deliver their tyres for GP2 in 2011, they also slowed down by 2-3 seconds. Otherwise, we would see GP2 being quicker than F1 at some stage of some races, lol. I just caught Monaco GP2 race from 2010 and on lap 4 out of 43 the fastest lap was 1:23.4, while this year because of massive tyre saving in order to make only one stop in Monaco, Rosberg between laps 39-45 (out of 78) did times in range of 1:23-1:25. Pathetic driving 5-6 seconds off the potential pace, but well, that's apparently what people want to see, show and entertainment, not pure sport.
I'm not really sure. I've read somewhere they can play with it a little, but nothing major.
Oh god yes.
bobnowhere
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lols. You can tell the people who pay the bills and have to put the cars back together from that pic.
Yep, they would love it!
[edit, done] I fail at twitter, how do get the pic to show in your tweet?
ClassyPenguin
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It is still there. Now there are two units.
http://www.formula1blog.com/formula-1/how-f1s-energy-recovery-system-ers-will-work-in-2014/
bobnowhere
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They replaced it with ERS, more power and more time per lap. Thought I don't think it's connected to a button, just the engine management system and it's programed depending on the circuit and how they want to deliver the power boost.
"Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg suffered a high-speed blow out today during the third and final day of the Pirelli test in Bahrain.
Just spun at full speed 320km/h on [the] Bahrain straight [be]cause my tyre blew up without warning. Thanks to that need to get some toilet paper now... he joked on Twitter, although he subsequently deleted it.
As it is a private test, no times and little other information has been released, although it is understood following the failure Mercedes ended its programme prematurely."
http://www.crash.net/f1/news/199063...t-paper-after-pirelli-test-tyre-blow-out.html
Also:"The Italian tyre supplier in the meantime released a statement, saying that the failed tyre type will not be used again, and that findings of investigation into the failure will be passed on to the teams and the FIA.
"The tyre tests in Bahrain regarded a number of prototypes, which were completely innovative in terms of structure and compounds, with the aim of developing the most suitable solutions for the next season."
"This morning Nico Rosbergs Mercedes was fitted with one of these prototypes, a tyre which had only been tested in the laboratory and which will not be proposed again.""
http://www.f1technical.net/news/190...-Integrated-Feeds+(Formula+1+Integrated+Feeds)
Just spun at full speed 320km/h on [the] Bahrain straight [be]cause my tyre blew up without warning. Thanks to that need to get some toilet paper now... he joked on Twitter, although he subsequently deleted it.
As it is a private test, no times and little other information has been released, although it is understood following the failure Mercedes ended its programme prematurely."
http://www.crash.net/f1/news/199063...t-paper-after-pirelli-test-tyre-blow-out.html
Also:"The Italian tyre supplier in the meantime released a statement, saying that the failed tyre type will not be used again, and that findings of investigation into the failure will be passed on to the teams and the FIA.
"The tyre tests in Bahrain regarded a number of prototypes, which were completely innovative in terms of structure and compounds, with the aim of developing the most suitable solutions for the next season."
"This morning Nico Rosbergs Mercedes was fitted with one of these prototypes, a tyre which had only been tested in the laboratory and which will not be proposed again.""
http://www.f1technical.net/news/190...-Integrated-Feeds+(Formula+1+Integrated+Feeds)
brotkasten
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That's beautiful.
brotkasten
Member
How was the BBC coverage this year without Jake?
A bit worse, but Suzy got better throughout the year. Miss Jake, but Suzy is about a million times better than that Sky ginger bloke.
Usually watched the build-up on BBC and switched to Crofty/Brundell for the races they both had.
Mastah
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Kobayashi set to return with Caterham:
http://adamcooperf1.com/2013/12/20/kobayashi-set-for-f1-return-with-caterham/
Boom.
http://adamcooperf1.com/2013/12/20/kobayashi-set-for-f1-return-with-caterham/
Boom.
brotkasten
Member
Out of nowhere.
I disagree. Especially in nowadays time.
I would however love to give the teams much more freedom in how to make their cars. Limit the amount of fuel and money they may use and the maximum dimensions of the car and mandatory crash stability, but aside from that, let them build cars with 50 wings, ground effect and manual DRS, that are powered by whatever engine they can fit in their fuel/energy budget for a race.
If thats then purely electric, diesel or fusion powered... I don't care. And if they manage to design a fuel sipping V12 or extremely powerful 3 cylinder engine, I don't care either. I would love to see more out of the box development, more variety. More innovation.
pants
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YES!
Surely VDG with all his Dutch gold will be able to outbid Ericsson.
theignoramus
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He's awesome. a wildman when it comes to overtakes
Fresh from Ferrari
edit: n/m its just PR from Shell
He had a few very good moment that were enough to earn him a good fanbase but yeah I don't think he is consider anything special among the F1 circles.
I have a reason to love Caterham again ^_^
Maldonado broke it.So sad, they don't even have money to buy a colored camera...
Psychotext
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I hope that's right, even if it's just from a personality perspective.
Diablo Rosso
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Are Caterham planning to switch to Honda engines?
Of the drivers out there with experience, he was the only one that came with $6million.
I'd bet that depending on Caterham's current engine contract and their competitiveness next year, Honda may offer them some favourable terms to be paired up with Kobyashi.
Sticking with Renault until 2016.
Diablo Rosso
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Well Honda did say only McLaren will have their engine in 2015 but after that, they are open to more teams.
BBC has the better races I would say except in the case of Australia and Brazil. fuck you Sky.
Austria too.
Great news; I like Kobayashi. I just hope the Caterham is more competitive, otherwise we'll rarely see him on screen unless being passed by Vettel.
Wow is this legit, they did a Nendo of Kobayashi ?
Ferrari's 2014 challenger to be named by fans voting online.
This can only end well, lol...
This can only end well, lol...
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