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Ben G

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16th Mar 14 at 13:03

Noooooo. That means button is 3rd

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16th Mar 14 at 13:04

Shame for him but yay but mags and button!

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16th Mar 14 at 13:04

That sucks. I don't mind that RBR have been penalised, but I feel for Ricciardo, I like him.

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16th Mar 14 at 13:05

quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
Noooooo. That means button is 3rd

Let them have it, they're winning the square root of fuck all again this year so no biggie

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16th Mar 14 at 13:07

Red Bull appealing also.

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16th Mar 14 at 13:08

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Originally posted by Daniel_Corsa

quote:
Originally posted by nibnob21
Really don't understand the hate towards Hamilton on here. Gutted for him he's had to retire.

Couldn't be happier, especially after wank fest of pole yesterday! Rosberg has this in bag if no issues!

You're just as much of a sheep as the rest of the haters.

You should create your own hamilton bandwagon of hate thread where you and whitter (englishmen) can go and talk as much rubbish as you want, rather than clog up this one with your bollocks.

[Edited on 16-03-2014 by Ben G]

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16th Mar 14 at 13:16

Its only jealousy Ben, as Ferrari have failed AGAIN. Another year of average qualifying and average races with nothing to celebrate. Bad times.

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16th Mar 14 at 13:48

Did I hear correctly when someone said these turbo engines are running 3.5 bar of boost? That's pretty insane and i'm not surprised there are reliability issues.

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16th Mar 14 at 15:41

The 80's cosworth 1.5 engines used to run 5+ bar.

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16th Mar 14 at 15:53

quote:
Originally posted by Ben G

Tyres seem to be much better this year, in terms of degrading aswell as when punctured. The whole carcass came off bottas' car as a whole, rather than bits flapping around all over the place. Good to see.

TBF Bottas cracked about an inch off the wheel rim itself off, so the tyre just "fell off". It wasn't a puncture as such.

WRC cars have been running 3bar+ for years I believe, I really didn't expect the actual v6 petrol motor to be a reliability concern this year - more the batteries and electric motors, but both Hamilton and Vettel suffered today from an actual engine problem as far as we know.

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16th Mar 14 at 15:58

I think we've been treated in recent years to good reliability as the engines were tried, tested and developed. This year its all totally fresh and new and high profile failures will be as prevelent at the front of the grid as at the back.

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16th Mar 14 at 16:03

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Originally posted by Kyle T

quote:
Originally posted by Ben G

Tyres seem to be much better this year, in terms of degrading aswell as when punctured. The whole carcass came off bottas' car as a whole, rather than bits flapping around all over the place. Good to see.

TBF Bottas cracked about an inch off the wheel rim itself off, so the tyre just "fell off". It wasn't a puncture as such.

WRC cars have been running 3bar+ for years I believe, I really didn't expect the actual v6 petrol motor to be a reliability concern this year - more the batteries and electric motors, but both Hamilton and Vettel suffered today from an actual engine problem as far as we know.

The chunk coming off Bottas's wheel happened later in the race than the puncture at turn 10.

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16th Mar 14 at 16:38

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I think we've been treated in recent years to good reliability as the engines were tried, tested and developed. This year its all totally fresh and new and high profile failures will be as prevelent at the front of the grid as at the back.

It makes for better racing though dont it.

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16th Mar 14 at 17:12

I think its good to have a shake up every now and then, im excited for this season.

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16th Mar 14 at 17:18

quote:
Originally posted by Ben G

quote:
Originally posted by Daniel_Corsa

quote:
Originally posted by nibnob21
Really don't understand the hate towards Hamilton on here. Gutted for him he's had to retire.

Couldn't be happier, especially after wank fest of pole yesterday! Rosberg has this in bag if no issues!

You're just as much of a sheep as the rest of the haters.

You should create your own hamilton bandwagon of hate thread where you and whitter (englishmen) can go and talk as much rubbish as you want, rather than clog up this one with your bollocks.

[Edited on 16-03-2014 by Ben G]

Thanks Ben just my opinion like the others who like Hamilton everyone has their opinion and the drivers/teams who they love and hate

Gutted for DR on his home grand prix

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16th Mar 14 at 17:36

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quote:
Originally posted by Kyle T

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Originally posted by Rick Draper
Everything happens for a reason spamilton.

Have you actually seen/read that full interview yet?

Of course he hasn't. He just a weirdo. Spamilton? What is that even meant to mean?

Good question, it was Spamilbleton earlier. Should probably cut the guy some slack though, he has difficulty remembering what country he is in at times.

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16th Mar 14 at 17:50

quote:
Originally posted by nibnob21

quote:
Originally posted by Kyle T

quote:
Originally posted by Ben G

Tyres seem to be much better this year, in terms of degrading aswell as when punctured. The whole carcass came off bottas' car as a whole, rather than bits flapping around all over the place. Good to see.

TBF Bottas cracked about an inch off the wheel rim itself off, so the tyre just "fell off". It wasn't a puncture as such.

WRC cars have been running 3bar+ for years I believe, I really didn't expect the actual v6 petrol motor to be a reliability concern this year - more the batteries and electric motors, but both Hamilton and Vettel suffered today from an actual engine problem as far as we know.

The chunk coming off Bottas's wheel happened later in the race than the puncture at turn 10.

You mean later in the lap? I think it's still safe to say that the structure of the rim was compromised when he hit the wall, which just popped the (intact) tyre off the wheel. Not that it matters

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16th Mar 14 at 18:13

Cars sound so bad

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16th Mar 14 at 18:21

quote:
Originally posted by Kyle T

quote:
Originally posted by nibnob21

quote:
Originally posted by Kyle T

quote:
Originally posted by Ben G

Tyres seem to be much better this year, in terms of degrading aswell as when punctured. The whole carcass came off bottas' car as a whole, rather than bits flapping around all over the place. Good to see.

TBF Bottas cracked about an inch off the wheel rim itself off, so the tyre just "fell off". It wasn't a puncture as such.

WRC cars have been running 3bar+ for years I believe, I really didn't expect the actual v6 petrol motor to be a reliability concern this year - more the batteries and electric motors, but both Hamilton and Vettel suffered today from an actual engine problem as far as we know.

The chunk coming off Bottas's wheel happened later in the race than the puncture at turn 10.

You mean later in the lap? I think it's still safe to say that the structure of the rim was compromised when he hit the wall, which just popped the (intact) tyre off the wheel. Not that it matters

Ahh we're talking about different things. I know the bit of wheel you're on about now.

I was referring to the chunk of carbon fibre we saw get knocked off one of the wheels by a mechanic during a pit stop later in the race. I think that was Bottas? I may be wrong.

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16th Mar 14 at 18:24

that was rosberg wasn't it?

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16th Mar 14 at 18:25

Aye 'twas Rosberg who lost a bit of his brake shroud.

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16th Mar 14 at 18:26

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Cars sound so bad

Incorrect.

Engines produce less decibels, but tyre squeal, turbo chatter, the car bottoming out and the crowd noise makes for far better viewing on telly.

I would like a bit more noise as they go up the revs, but it's not essential.

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16th Mar 14 at 18:27

I thought the hulkenburg tyre squeal was my cat going mental btw

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16th Mar 14 at 18:31

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Aye 'twas Rosberg who lost a bit of his brake shroud.

If that was Lewis it would've pinged off and into his right front and caused a puncture just as he got out the pits

The boy needs some luck!

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16th Mar 14 at 18:34

It was crazy, I thought Jonathan Legard had snuck back into the commentary box.

I was watching some onboard from quali with throttle/brake and RPM readouts. The cars were only doing 11000rpm (and they're limited to 15k).

I'm still not exactly sure why they're not using all the range - obviously fuel saving comes into it during the race, and qualifying was wet so perhaps they are torque/grip limited... but normally with turbocharged cars the torque is higher at the lower RPM band.... though with these things fuck knows

Edit: Reason I'm wittering on about RPM is that the engines may be louder if/when they start using more of the range.

[Edited on 16-03-2014 by Kyle T]

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