Aaron
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I don't think i've looked forward to an F1 season more than i have this one. It would be awesome for a team out of the big 3 or 4 to get some early success, even if they get overtaken (no pun intended) by the biggies later on
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Dom
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Good stat that was mentioned in yesterday's Notebook - the flat bed truck has done more laps than RBR 
Edit - Brawn is retiring from F1 - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/mclaren/10611909/Ross-Brawn-announces-retirement-from-Formula-One-to-end-speculation-linking-him-with-McLaren.html.
Gutting  Not just because McLaren could have done with him but because he was a genius at being a Team Principal and exploiting the rulebook.
Looks like Boullier is going to be sticking around though 
[Edited on 01-02-2014 by Dom]
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fred7
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Dom why the face palm about boullier? Look what he did at lotus with next to no funds and the drivers he had? Surely its a good thing for mclaren?
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fred7
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Just been reading that vettle has been blamed for 50 million less viewers than the previous years! Defo gave up when hes just winning all the time. Still watch but not to bothered.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/112399
[Edited on 03-02-2014 by fred7]
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Kyle T
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Goes without saying does that really, most "casuals" only care about the WDC then they're done.
Still no reason for gimmicky point multipliers at the end of the season though!
Lotus Elise 111R
Impreza WRX STi
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JonnyJ
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Was pretty poor towards the end but i still recorded and watched every single practice session, every quali and every race
Plenty of stuff happening behind Vettel
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fred7
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If i remember rite half way through they stopped showing him for alot of the time. Some decent racing behind on SOME races but always better when its up front. The double points its stupid
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Graeme
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Was talking to a guy on Friday night at the pub who works at red bull.
Said the mapping and electronics on the Renault engine wasn't very good. Redbull had to take it all and redo it them selves.
There cooling issue was Deffinatly just to tight packaging.
Also mercedes have blown up a few engines and they don't know exactly why.
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fred7
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When were these engines blown up? Dont remember any at testing?
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Ben G
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Will have been on an engine dyno at a guess.
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p
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I haven't seen much of testing. Can anyone on here give a quick review?
They off to Bahrain next, right?
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Dave
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Mercedes looks to be the best engine, both Merc and McLaren seem fast and put in lots of laps. The Renault engined cars, most notably Red Bull, are really struggling, RBR have lots of problems, next test should give a better picture though.
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fred7
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Thats great then blowing engines on dyno instead of in the cars on the track or setting fires every other lap.
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Tiger
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Simona De Silvestro: Sauber sign female IndyCar driver
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/26190138
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Wood.
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Ben G
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Her indycar record isn't exactly amazing yet another example of a woman getting fast tracked to glory due to having tits and a fanny.
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Dom
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I'm still not convinced the talent is there for F1 within the current crop of female drivers (worth keeping an eye on vicky piria and carmen jorda  ) and i'd be surprised if she gets the 2015 seat even if she is the best of the female drivers to trial for F1 in recent years (had a few decent races last year from what i caught of Indy).
Hopefully i'm wrong though.
Was also reading that Katherine Legge joined Formula-E - be interesting to see how she gets on, been a bit pants in recent years at Indy
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
yet another example of a woman getting fast tracked to glory due to having tits and a fanny.
Granted there's a marketing opportunity with having a female in F1 but it's certainly not as narrow-minded as "Got boobs? Got muff? You're in!"
And De Silvestro does appear to have some talent, granted she isn't lighting up the results board (although she did well in Atlantic Champ Car) but compared to recent female drivers who have tested like Susie Wolff (Toto didn't help to get her in what so ever ), Maria De Villota or Katherine Legge, she's friggin' amazing
[Edited on 14-02-2014 by Dom]
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fred7
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Testing starts again tomorrow. Anyone know anything new from the last few days build up? Surely redbull will be back up front again. I know still a little early in testing but bahrain is a more true show of force?
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JonnyJ
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Red Bull will have to spend at least the first day or two just running the simple run in tests that all non Renault teams did over the 4 days of Jerez, whilst the rest focus on performance. Should get a bit more of an indicator on performance, pretty much everyone will be bringing an upgrade package.
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by fred7
Testing starts again tomorrow. Anyone know anything new from the last few days build up? Surely redbull will be back up front again. I know still a little early in testing but bahrain is a more true show of force?
RBR have apparently sorted the 'bodywork burning' issue they had in Jerez (HERE) and Renault have apparently done a lot of work on the engine (HERE), although it looks like they might ask for permission to do in-season engine modifications (same as they did with the V8; came back 'fixed' with more power  ).
I doubt we'll see anything spectacular in terms of performance in this test, rather i suspect majority of teams will carry on testing reliability and aero packages.
We might get more of a look-in with performance next week at the third test but it won't be 'til Australia before we know what's what.
On another note, Pirelli are going to test a new compound of tyre for the upcoming tyre-warmer ban (HERE) - will be interesting to see how drivers react to this although i think it's a bit of a non-issue tbh.
And Lotus did a media day with the E22 (well, bits of the E22 on last years chassis); nose looks fugly - http://i.imgur.com/rgq1EvL.jpg 
Edit - Driver schedule for testing - http://i.imgur.com/tCM2agz.png
[Edited on 18-02-2014 by Dom]
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fred7
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Great catch up post Dom! Thanks
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JonnyJ
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180 minutes in...No Red Bull.
But they might be out shortly according to their twitter
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fred7
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Yeh i seen they have started the engine. Magnussen quickest so far as well!
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Rob_Quads
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"Red Bull had promised to be out soon a good few hours ago. I'm beginning to feel that when it comes to measuring a period of time, their definition of "soon" is frustratingly familiar to that of my wife's."
lol
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