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Just joined, my team name is Harestock F1

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McLaren has a new sponsor logo to go on the halo:

https://www.racefans.net/2018/03/16/mcl ... logo-halo/

Oh the irony!

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Another red flag, Leclerc has crashed.

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What a surprise, Alonso has stopped already.

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AravJ wrote:Guess this is also what testing is for lol
McLaren pit stop practice

https://youtu.be/i1hzb2IFWSs

What was going on there?

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1st red flag of the day, Ericsson is in the gravel.

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Looking at the times being set so far, it seems that the field is a lot closer together than it has been for quite a while, it might just be because it's only testing but it would be good if this carries on through the season.

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Speed trap figures from yesterday: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DXojEgFXkAEIMlG.jpg Source - http://www.Twitter.com Interesting. the inclination is to say that McLaren aren't looking too promising, but then look at where Mercedes is... I seem to remember that quite often last year Haas had the faste...

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Mclaren are doing an engine change, it was an oil leak that caused the stoppage.

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UnlikeUday wrote:Out of nowhere Ocon posts a 1:19:067, the fastest lap of the test so far. I thought Force India were a drag till now.

Time deleted for exceeding track limits.

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UnlikeUday wrote:Today's lineup for day 2 of the test:

Source - http://www.imgur.com

Link for following today's test:
https://www.f1today.net/en/live/f1/2366 ... st-in-2018

Vettel will be driving again as Raikkonen is ill.

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Apparently it's the battery that is causing the problem, they hope to do some laps before lunch.

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I just copied the following from the Autosport live coverage: Bottas moves onto lap 76 for Mercedes... If you want to put this into perspective, the Finn's current tally is easily enough to drive from the Barcelona circuit to the airport and back four times, with mileage to spare. McLaren wouldn't e...

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Vandoorne has stopped on the start/finish straight.

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As per the article, Rich Energy will be taking over Force India & the announcement may come this week: https://www.express.co.uk/finance/city/927078/Rich-Energy-buy-Formula-1-team-Force-India-for-200m I would urge caution on relying on anything the Express puts out. Is there ANY other source? This ...

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I'm just curious, is The Chain not just was has been used on the UK or is it global? This Fleetwood Mac fan has never heard "The Chain" used in association with Formula One in the US. Curious to understand how the song would ever relate, too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDG2m5hN1vo From about t...

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https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/13462 ... e-f1-theme

Not sure this is really necessary to be honest, and anyway there is already a perfectly good F1 theme that has been used for years, The Chain by Fleetwood Mac.

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Testing started at 12pm local time and will run until 18:00 non stop.

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dizlexik wrote:
UnlikeUday wrote:Brrrr...it's cold...no testing today:

Source - http://www.imgur.com
Snow is nice. Still it's -13 here, so they cant complain

They should just do what Force India pretended to do yesterday, stick some snow chains on and get on with it.

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Oh look, as I write this, Kubica is faster than Sirotkin.

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https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mart ... l-1009390/

This does not sound good for Williams on the financial side of things.

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UnlikeUday wrote:Alonso's car in the gravel! Has set the 2nd best time so far behind Bottas.

Looks like a wheel fell off.

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Video of Bottas driving the car with the halo, looking through a helmet camera, I had to stop watching as it made me feel claustrophobic, it must be a lot worse actually in the car.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdH_-KKP7JE

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Strange looking detail on the back of the wing mirrors, almost looks like forward facing cameras.

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http://redbullracing.redbull.com/articl ... disruption

Still looks like a vacuum cleaner at the front.

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I thought the shark fin had been banned for 2018.

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Seems like the test was an almost complete success, the only negative seems to be lack of cooling:

https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news ... n-1003353/

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https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news ... x-1001660/

This looks a lot better than the half arsed attempt that F1 came up with, and definitely a lot better looking than the Halo.

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Blake wrote:
owenmahamilton wrote:This is now official:

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/13417 ... e-for-2018
A ten minute delay? Is that all we are getting uptight about?

It's an hour and 10 minute delay from 14:00 local time to 15:10 local time

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This is now official:

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/13417 ... e-for-2018

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https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/form ... ts-999391/

This seems like a really random change to me, I'd much rather they left things as they are.

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As per TSM Sportz, here's a list of the driver salaries for the 2018 season in ascending order: https://www.express.co.uk/sport/f1-autosport/905045/F1-2018-salary-paid-most-driver-salaries-Lewis-Hamilton-sportgalleries 20. Sergey Sirotkin ? (No info given) 19. Charles Leclerc ($150,000) 18. Brendon...

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Just read this article on the Autosport website:

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/13382 ... er-display

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Just come across this documentary about the time Ayrton Senna tested a Penske Indycar:

http://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports ... ycar-test/

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Carlin have joined Indycar

https://www.autosport.com/indycar/news/ ... e-for-2018

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Just seen this on Autosport:

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/13350 ... -denies-it

I don't follow the lower formulae so have no idea if he's any good or not.

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I've been reading a few reports on various websites today that says that the light on the back of the car that Robert Kubica has been driving the last two days has been red which apparently signifies that he has a super license rather than green which means he hasn't (I'd have thought it would be th...

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Herb Tarlik wrote:Alfa Romeo gets top billing? That's pretty amazing, isn't it?

The way the team has been named makes it sound like Sauber are the engine suppliers, it should be called Sauber Alfa Romeo surely.

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http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/ ... based-firm

Not sure how well this will go down with female racing drivers, I'd think most of them would prefer to race against men as well as women.

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Wow sorry, but I need to get this off my chest! Ericsson is the only driver to do 20 races this year and not score a point, yet it looks like Sauber are keeping him on for another year, as he is driving in the next round of testing, a big hint that he is being retained. How he has survived this lon...

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