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Merc and McLaren are unstoppable! 91 laps from Merc already

Good to see that Caterham (Renault) are running better too (33 laps). Makes the Red Bull issue look more and more like it's mainly down to their own cockup.

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@tgruener 42s #F1 RB added a quick fix cooling outlet to prevent overheating. Yuck, that's so rough I'd be hesitant to put it on my tractor. It's pretty bad when you have to start hacking holes in the bodywork and welding vents that crappy. Still, if any team can get themselves out of this, I'd wag...

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It'll be very different. What a lot of people don't realise is that there's no 'boost' button like we had with KERS. So last year it wasn't a massive issue if you lost kers - you just lost the ability to give yourself a boost when you needed it. This year its all automated, and will deploy without ...

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Which bit of the RB10 is overheating? I can't quite make it out from that pic. Looks like right at the bottom of the blue livery, before you get onto the flat black 'floor' area. To the left of a black square on the livery you can see where it's melted/pealed the paintwork. Merc had a similar issue...

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Someone posted that photo in the testing thread - it's got a pretty big overheating problem for it to be able to peal the paint work off like that. The black cut out on the right looks like they've tried to bodge some cooling into it and failed.

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It'll be very different. What a lot of people don't realise is that there's no 'boost' button like we had with KERS. So last year it wasn't a massive issue if you lost kers - you just lost the ability to give yourself a boost when you needed it. This year its all automated, and will deploy without ...

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Clarky wrote:sorry about that mate I to found it hard in the smaller pic at first.

No worries

With twitter images just add ":large" to the end of the .jpg bit and it makes it bigger

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@tgruener 2m Either a bad paint job or some serious overheating under the RB cover. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BfTF5BMCAAAgMCa.jpg What are we looking at? That tiny bit next to the floor, or am I missing something? Edit: Scrap that, I see it now. Larger photo: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BfTF5BMCA...

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Having seen all but the Lotus out on track, for me it was: - Mercedes - McLaren With an honourable mention to Marussia for making the car look somewhat like a 'norma' F1 car and loosing the GP2 look. Opinion on each car/livery: Least favourite has to be the Toro Rosso, mainly because the livery is j...

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It'll be very different. What a lot of people don't realise is that there's no 'boost' button like we had with KERS. So last year it wasn't a massive issue if you lost kers - you just lost the ability to give yourself a boost when you needed it. This year its all automated, and will deploy without d...

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Seanie wrote:The FIA believe McLaren's suspension is legal.

https://twitter.com/andrewbensonf1/stat ... 7430765568

Oh it's perfectly legal, until Red Bull, Ferrari and Lotus all file a complaint. Then it'll suddenly be illegal. That's how things usually seem to work with the FIA. Their word means squat.

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JimmiCynic wrote:That's bad news. Getting another driver does not fill the technical info / strategy void. Maybe they're going to grab MW. Or Ross. Or both. But, why not get Scarbs? That would be brilliant!

Isn't Scarbs currently under contract with Autosport and F1 Mag?

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Covalent wrote:How do you pronounce Red Bull RB10? "Red Bull are beaten"

Couldn't stop laughing at that.

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I dont think Red Bull are bluffing. This statistic should be enough to prove that: Mercedes - 177laps Ferrari - 136 laps McLaren - 135 laps Red Bull - 14 laps There's no way in hell any team could be cocky enough to think they dont need to test a brand new car and engine. Seriously, nothing would be...

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So on engines here's the results:

Mercedes: 218 laps
Ferrari: 97 laps
Renault: 43 laps

Red Bull currently looking like the most unstable team on the grid, completing just 3 laps, and Mercedes looking the strongest, with the car completing 62 laps.

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Day 3 results: 1. Kevin Magnussen (McLaren-Mercedes) 1m23.276s, 52 laps 2. Felipe Massa (Williams-Mercedes) 1m23.700s, 47 laps 3. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 1m23.952s, 62 laps 4. Jenson Button (McLaren-Mercedes) 1m25.030s, 40 laps 5. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) 1m25.495s, 58 laps 6. Nico Hulkenberg (Fo...

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So what are we now....... 5 odd seconds shy of last years testing times? The difference was last year it was just an incremental update - no big changes to test really. This year everything is new so it's almost like starting as a new team. Lots and lots of things to test, top speed's probably the ...

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schumi7 wrote:
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schumi7 wrote:
-wtf1.co.uk

The people love their king.

Ahh I love Game of Thrones
We need more dragons.
And more Emilia Clarkes.

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The biggest issue I have with it is that it's once again CHANGE for the sake of change. The newer points system was never designed to be turnipped around with like this, and it does nothing at all other than create arguments. If you're going to adjust something like that, you need to re-review the e...

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schumi7 wrote:
-wtf1.co.uk

The people love their king.

Ahh I love Game of Thrones

We need more dragons.

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If I recall there were a number of stories late last year about how far ahead both Mercedes engines, and the Mercedes F1 team were. I recall reading something ages ago about how the engine was pretty much done, and how the team had been working on the new car since early last year. Given the number ...

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and from Ted Kravitz: Adrian Newey and C Horner flying from Jerez to Milton Keynes now, AN to work on probs. RIC staying, mechs trying to put a fix in for tomorw So looks like they will try and run tomorrow I wonder what they'll be able to do if it is, as it sounds, cooling related. If the engine's...

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Yup, Red Bull have gone home: “It has been another dreadful day for Red Bull and it couldn’t have come at a worse time because the Red Bull co-owner Dietrich Mateschitz has turned up as has Helmut Marko and they are here to witness the continuation of a poor test. They have only had a few laps, no r...

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The Marussia looks pretty sweet. Way better than some of the cars out there!

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Hope Sky pick up useful members such as Gary Anderson and Lee McKenzie, heck I wouldn't even mind to see the Brundle/Coulthard partnership restored at Sky I'm not sure they'd get any use out of them at Sky, the team already seems pretty crowded at times: - Lazonby - Crofty - Brundle - Davis - Kravi...

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very difficult, since all the cars look like fairy cakes. I hope atleast that we will be compensated by some good racing this season. the Williams looks a little bit interesting. and now Newey is saying that the new spec of noses is major safety concern . Newey doesn't give a rat's donkey about saf...

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McLaren's innovative rear suspension design has been the big technical talking point of the second day of 2014 Formula 1 testing at Jerez, writes AUTOSPORT technical expert Gary Anderson. The team has attached a large aerodynamically-profiled 'blocker' to each of the rearmost suspension links. This...

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Does anyone reckon we're going to see any 'true' times this week. Thats is, really flat out, car being pushed to the limit. Doubt it, it's not worth risking breaking the car when you need to be testing other things out. Last year we didn't really see any true speeds until the last day of the last t...

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Rick, don't get personal. Your posting here is getting increasingly aggressive and it isn't nice. Maybe you could elaborate and explain where in my post I'm being aggressive towards you, or anyone else for that matter. It is in my opinion, having listened to his commentary skills that he tends to p...

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Based on the laps, engine wise:

Mercedes: 212 laps
Ferrari: 100 laps
Renault: 19 laps

Renault are in serious trouble right now it seems, whilst the Mercedes engine looks to be extremely reliable.

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Final times for the day: 1. Button, McLaren, 1:24.165, 43 laps 2. Raikkonen, Ferrari, 1:24.812, 47 laps 3. Bottas, Williams, 1:25.344; 35 laps 4. Rosberg, Mercedes, 1:25.588, 97 laps 5. Perez, Force India, 1:28.376, 37 laps 6. Gutierrez, Sauber, 1:33.270, 53 laps 7. Ericsson, Caterham, 1:37.975, 11 ...

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I do wonder what the two rather large holes either side of the exhaust are for? is it meerly for the aero passing on the outside of the body or is some air coming directly out passing within the body structure. It's probably some sort of airflow onto their suspension mounts, which essentially act l...

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A bunch more from Sky here: http://images.scribblelive.com/2014/1/29/957cb8d1-70b7-42b5-8c90-0bf0f1003821.jpg http://images.scribblelive.com/2014/1/29/3c105331-c83b-4d22-9acd-1db952815d20.jpg http://images.scribblelive.com/2014/1/29/c19fd830-b444-4e17-b1da-86de63221277.jpg http://images.scribblelive...

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amirb wrote:
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Marussia's here!

A nice classy arrival, being towed by an old transit. Anyone going into the back of that on the motorway would be in for a hefty insurance bill!

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hk77 wrote:and now Newey is saying that the new spec of noses is major safety concern.

Didn't take him long. You can bet we'll get yet another complaint from Red Bull or Lotus over something like that this year.

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mcdo wrote:
SteveC84 wrote:Twitter:

Turbo caught fire at Vettel's car. He won't be able to drive anymore today.

Better savour this while I can. I'm not accustomed to Red Bull having an absolute nightmare.

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