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Buttons very suprised at how quick the mercs have been. Shows how much they've progressed.
Really can't wait for the season opener. Getting proper withdrawal symptoms!
I cant wait either, i'll be there at about turn 10 in Melbourne cheering Hamilton on!
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Kyle T
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Encouraging though, yet again did most laps today.
This is what's encouraging me more than anything. They've really chewed up the mileage this winter, and not many teams did Q3 sims (assuming that's what LH/NR did for their 1:20's) which suggests that either:
Merc sponsors needed appeasing
or
Merc were happy with their race sim testing, and had time to play with qualifying sims
If the latter, they're looking really good. Only Ferrari (I think) did a quali sim in addition to Merc and they couldn't match them, so we're looking at least competitive with the Ferrari's.
Also, they gained 0.4(?) seconds between Lewis' run and Nico's run so either Nico is a VERY fast driver or that their upgrade scheme worked. If the latter, it means that their wind tunnel/simulation work is correlating correctly and bolting on upgrades throughout the season should be a positive experience.
Massive amounts of speculation/hope there - but nothing so far has led me to think they've got a dog under them, which is better than I could have hoped at this stage 
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Its hard to tell how much/if they were running ballast too.
Merc did this last season too though with Schumacher finishing quickest in the Barca tests. I would hope Merc have found something but we will find out in a couple of weeks weather there is any real truth in their lap times
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It seems like the Honda/McLaren rumour which has been floating around since.... well, since Honda dropped their works team is picking up momentum now.
Would be good to see the Honda/McLaren relationship rebooted, and will probably mean the next VTEC engine is a 1.6 Turbo - which will upset a few hardcore NA fans 
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JonnyJ
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Saw a tweet from Merc today that they covered 17 race distances between Lewis/Rosberg over testing, pretty much a full seasons racing 
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Kyle T
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That's a pretty cool statistic.
I wonder how many engines/gearboxes they've gone through during testing. As far as I'm aware there are no limitations in testing, and no curfew for the engineers on a night to do swaps.
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JonnyJ
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Aye, no limitations at all.
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Dom
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Slightly off topic, Freddy and Felipe taking a 458 around a track (Fiorano?) -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moXuU05RRpw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUiztuIy2yQ
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Kyle T
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Catalunya I think.
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fred7
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Anyone going #f1inpubs for the first race? Think a few of us are goin bar sport to watch
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Dom
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Well there we go, Honda engines in 2014 and a possibility of McLaren switching in 2015....
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/105949
[Edited on 13-03-2013 by Dom]
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Perez for the championship with Honda.
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fred7
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Only a few more hours and will see who really is quick!
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Originally posted by Dom
Well there we go, Honda engines in 2014 and a possibility of McLaren switching in 2015....
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/105949
[Edited on 13-03-2013 by Dom]
Slightly smaller story, but this will also be the last year of Vodafone's title sponsorship with McLaren. I'll miss the rocket red
http://www.f1times.co.uk/news/display/07330
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I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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In other news, I've set up a new pool for this year - http://www.superbru.com/f1/pool.php?p=11072908
Numberwang!
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I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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fred7
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Here we go again. Fuckin red bulls!!!
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You do get that feeling that its just going to be the same again. Redbull out front and then a bit of a fight for 2nd/3rd
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fred7
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Starting to get abit boring if its like that again. Will end up going like 2000-2004 with schumy!
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Robin
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CS Fantasy F1 league anywhere?
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Kyle T
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CS Fantasy F1 league anywhere?
Every year I join about a dozen leagues. I cba this year, just doing the predictions with work as it's got prize money
I think it's a bit early to fear RBR running away with it, their tyre deg wasn't looking too great on longer runs compared to lotus, mercedes and ferrari.
We'll see tomorrow though, if they're more than .5sec infront in Q3 I'll be worried.
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fred7
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If its not rbr i would like to say kimi to win.
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Ben G
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ah, lewis hamilton crashed out. i'm sure some people on here will be happy about that. nico retired aswell 
need to upgrade to the hd pack before tomorrow!
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Kyle T
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Aye Hamilton lost front downforce with a broken bib and just understeered off the track, Rosberg retired about a minute later with a knackered gearbox.
They did ALOT of troublefree mileage in testing so hopefully just a couple of one-offs 
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Robin
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Meh
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JonnyJ
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Glad its happened in practice. Lewis still seems happy, thats the main thing 
Red Bulls do look pretty ominous. Its a shame it looks like rain might play havoc with quali as it would be nice to see where everyone stands.
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