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[navanman]

Engine fire for Sauber this morning and precautionary engine change for Mercedes also.

 

[DrM]

Mercedes will start later today, they are replacing power unit - they had this one from day 1 of previous test

EDIT: Beaten like stray cat

 

[Mastah]

Engine fire for Sauber this morning

 

[brotkasten]

Looks like Ferrari were copying not only Red Bull, but also Renault. Great.

 

[Mastah]

New penose for Toro Rosso:

 

[DrM]

^
that should be censored

Red flag caused by RBR

 

[Mastah]

Vettel stopped on the outlap, just after 4 corners.

 

[Hackbert]

oh wow. i would be seriously frustrated with my car at this moment.

 

[Nicktendo86]

Vettel stopped on the outlap, just after 4 corners.

100m apparently. Don't worry guys, rb will dominate come oz. Lol

 

[DBT85]

EDIT: Interesting summation of events from yesterday by Kravitz
http://www1.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/f1/9190291/3rd-test-bahrain-day-2--ted’s-notebook

Have you heard about this Penalty Lap thing they have introduced this year? Sorry If its been covered.

They still have the drive through penalty and the 10 second Stop and Go penalty, but they have added this new 5 second one.

Basically, if you get given this penalty you can either take it at the same time as a pit stop or have it applied to your end of race time. If you take it at the pit stop, once the car is stationary you can't touch it for 5 seconds.

Sounds like a better deal than either a drive through or a 10 second stop/go for certain kinds of minor offence.

Also drivers are now allowed an act of celebration after the races or the donut rule as they are coining it.

Also Rosberg expecting tops speeds round 230MPH in China.

 

[ElTorro]

Also drivers are now allowed an act of celebration after the races or the donut rule as they are coining it.

AFAIK that's only true for the race winner.

 

[Dilly]

Also Rosberg expecting tops speeds round 230MPH in China.

Wait what.

 

[DrM]

Looks like he wants to be electrocuted

 

[DBT85]

Wait what.

Cars have less drag, more torque, more gears.

Faster on the straights, slower in the corners.

Looks like he wants to be electrocuted

Oh that image is from this tweet

 

[Mastah]

Also Rosberg expecting tops speeds round 230MPH in China.

Yeah, right. They couldn't even hit 340kph with V10, so there's no way now they will get up to 370kph in China. Monza, though, will be superfast.

 

[Blablurn]

Looks like he wants to be electrocuted

what the hell is going on at red bull

 

[Mastah]

Andrew Benson ‏@andrewbensonf1 2m

Sebastian Vettel's spokeswoman says the world champion will not be going out on track again before 4pm local (1pm GMT)

So 90 minutes till the end.

 

[cmr-94]

Yeah, right. They couldn't even hit 340kph with V10, so there's no way now they will get up to 370kph in China. Monza, though, will be superfast.

I imagine they will because they won't be hitting the rev limiter, or at least not until far down the straight. If Rosberg said that then i would assume it to be likely

 

[DBT85]

Yeah, right. They couldn't even hit 340kph with V10, so there's no way now they will get up to 370kph in China. Monza, though, will be superfast.

The cars have less drag, accelerate faster thanks to the torque and will have a long 8th gear. I very much doubt Rosberg would have said it unless he's seen it in the simulator.

Unless he's just trying to scare the shit out of everyone else lol

 

[DrM]

I think that Rosberg will do some short, low fuel runs on supersofts today. Mercedes posted image of tyres on their twitter yesterday evening.

Williams, Force India and Mercedes already in race simulation, Mclaren and Ferrari will start one shortly

 

[Psychotext]

Renault situation starting to get me down now. Especially because Kobayashi is going to be one of the drivers affected.

 

[TCRS]

guys I need an iconic F1 wallpaper. I already have that one with the fire coming out of the Ferraris ass, I need another one for my other monitor.

 

[Staab]

guys I need an iconic F1 wallpaper. I already have that one with the fire coming out of the Ferraris ass, I need another one for my other monitor.

Have a lotus :

 

[kharma45]

guys I need an iconic F1 wallpaper. I already have that one with the fire coming out of the Ferraris ass, I need another one for my other monitor.

http://www.reddit.com/r/F1Porn/

 

[DrM]

Caterham managed 90 laps so far without any breakage

 

[Shaneus]

Renault situation starting to get me down now. Especially because Kobayashi is going to be one of the drivers affected.

KK and Danny Ricky are the sole reasons I'm concerned, too :/

 

[brotkasten]

Renault situation starting to get me down now. Especially because Kobayashi is going to be one of the drivers affected.

At least we get to see a fight we always wanted to see: Vettel vs Kobayashi!

 

[Dead Man]

KK and Danny Ricky are the sole reasons I'm concerned, too :/

Danny Ricky (love that name) is about the only reason I will be watching this season. Between F1 being shite, V8's being fucked with pay tv, and NASCAR coverage here being shit, I think I will be following some new series this year. Basically anyone who streams online for free. WEC here I come, I guess.

 

[mclem]

Well, Vettel's officially done for the day.

 

[NHale]

Well, Vettel's officially done for the day.

He must be tired after driving for 4 corners and pushing the car to the box.

 

[TCRS]

http://www.reddit.com/r/F1Porn/

wow cheers! chose this one:

 

[DBT85]

Well, Vettel's officially done for the day.

That's the least mileage they've done of any day of testing this winter, and they only have 1 day left.

 

[DrM]

100 laps for Mercedes despite engine change and lost hours

And now Rosberg is on supersofts. Felipe also.

 

[Psychotext]

Impressive time by the Williams. Massa for world champion 2014!

 

[DrM]

Impressive time by the Williams. Massa for world champion 2014!

Imagine that. LDM would probably threw himself out the window.

 

[brotkasten]

Imagine that. LDM would probably threw himself out the window.

I could imagine worse things for Ferrari.

 

[cmr-94]

If kimi was on supersofts then wow

 

[brotkasten]

If kimi was on supersofts then wow

It would help if you could explain or mention what you're talking about.

For others: Massa sets the fastest Bahrain lap time ever and Kimi's best was 2.1 seconds behind that.

 

[DBT85]

Apparently the engine that Merc changed was the same engine they started with at the first Bahrain test.

 

[Dutch Gronk]

I could imagine worse things for Ferrari.

End of the curse! Maybe Stefano will after him to try and save him.

We need more French and British people leading the team and cut down on the amount of Italians and get a German driver. It worked in the past, can't see it fail now.

Spoiler

Racism

 

[TCRS]

Villeneuve is returning to Indy 500:

http://www.autoblog.com/2014/03/01/...g-indianapolis-500-schmidt-peterson-official/

 

[dubc35]

Lol @ rbr, It will be a sizable achievement if they're able to finish the gp in Australia

 

[mclem]

Lol @ rbr, It will be a sizable achievement if they're able to finish a lap in Australia

Fixed.

 

[DrM]

Apparently the engine that Merc changed was the same engine they started with at the first Bahrain test.

After almost 3000 km

 

[Goldrusher]

Looks like he wants to be electrocuted

The camera on the engine cover has a bunch of lights on the bottom: if they're green, it's safe to touch the car. If they're red, it's not.

Not safe:

 

[Timbuktu]

Lol @ rbr, It will be a sizable achievement if they're able to finish the gp in Australia

After tha last few years, I can't help but feel that this must all be sandbagging on RBR's part.

 

[brotkasten]

After tha last few years, I can't help but feel that this must all be sandbagging on RBR's part.

That would be really amazing.

 

[Psychotext]

Yeah... no.

 

[Zeknurn]

What if they have been running the Australians car for the tests and come Melbourne they have a completely different car for Vettel.

 

[fu3lfr3nzy]

There's so much denial in this thread that Helmut Marko would be proud.