JonnyJ
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Made me laugh as well 
Mercedes powered cars looking pretty sweet right now. Still no Torro Rosso or RB.
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Rob_Quads
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9:46 "An update on Red Bull. I hear that things are looking up in the garage and that they should be out on track in about half an hour or so"
10:50.....er still no Redbull although there has been a meeting between Redbull & Renault with some less than happy looking faces
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JonnyJ
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Well, they've managed an installation lap at least
Lewis and Sutil have ben hammering down the laps, around 50 each so far.
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Rick Draper
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It really is looking like Red Bull are in quite a lot of trouble, shame!
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fred7
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Hulkenberg has just set a time faster than last years fastest race lap. There getting the hang of these v6's quick!!
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JonnyJ
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quote:
Originally posted by fred7
Hulkenberg has just set a time faster than last years fastest race lap. There getting the hang of these v6's quick!!
Still dont know fuel loads or anything so its still pretty meaningless. Starting to pick up the pace though now as teams look at performance, thats for sure.
Interesting to note that although RB have made it out, they havent managed more than 3 consecutive laps so far. Ouch.
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JonnyJ
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Vettel finally get a few laps together...then stops on track
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JonnyJ
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JonnyJ
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I love how rudimentary some of the "fixes" are that F1 teams do
[Edited on 19-02-2014 by JonnyJ]
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JonnyJ
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Another day down
Pre-season lap totals by each team:
Mercedes - 383
McLaren - 326
Ferrari - 315
Sauber - 244
Force India - 224
Williams - 180
Caterham - 143
Toro Rosso - 59
Red Bull - 35
Marussia - 33
Lotus - 8
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Ben G
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Small issue with lewis' brakes according to whoever updates his Facebook account, but impressive reliability overall.
Rbr
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quote:
Originally posted by JonnyJ
I love how rudimentary some of the "fixes" are that F1 teams do
[Edited on 19-02-2014 by JonnyJ]
Looks like a bullet hole
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Dom
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLGkg-22rAw
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JonnyJ
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Without clicking is that the basil fawlty thing Matt Somers put up? Was just laughing at that
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JonnyJ
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Day 2 laps and times
Laps completed
1. Valtteri Bottas (Williams) 115 laps;
2. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) 96
3. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) 84
4. Kamui Kobayashi (Caterham) 65
5. Nico Hulkenberg (Force India) 59
6. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) 58; Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso) 58
7. Esteban Gutierrez (Sauber) 55
8. Kevin Magnussen (McLaren) 45
9. Romain Grosjean (Lotus) 18
10. Max Chilton (Marussia) 17
Final lap times
1. Kevin Magnussen (McLaren) 1:34.910
2. Nico Hulkenberg (Force India) 1:36.445
3. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) 1:36.516
4. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) 1:36.965
5. Valtteri Bottas (Williams) 1:37.328
6. Kamui Kobayashi (Caterham) 1:39.855
7. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) 1:40.340
8. Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso) 1:40.609
9. Esteban Gutierrez (Sauber) 1:40.717
10. Romain Grosjean (Lotus) 1:41.670
11. Max Chilton (Marussia) 1:42.511
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by JonnyJ
Without clicking is that the basil fawlty thing Matt Somers put up? Was just laughing at that
 It's bloody brilliant
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fred7
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kevin magnussen  hes going to piss some people off this year!!
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Scotty_B
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Lap times not too slow compared to last year.
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JonnyJ
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quote:
Originally posted by fred7
kevin magnussen hes going to piss some people off this year!!
His lap was done on a short run, on the supersofts, i wouldnt read too much into it
But I've got a feeling he'll beat Button and if he does (and Mclaren dont win anything) then i wonder if Ron will want Jenson to continue, especially if theres decent interest in the seat, he's pretty ruthless.
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Kyle T
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Really reckon Kev will take it to JB this year, hopefully resulting in the dullard retiring.
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Dom
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Tbh i think 2014 and the new rulebook suits Button considering his consistent smooth driving style, which will no doubt help with regards to tyre wear and more importantly, fuel usage - Hamilton/Vettel certainly aren't fans of reigning it in when limits are imposed
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Originally posted by Kyle T
Really reckon Kev will take it to JB this year.....
Your opinion but curious to know how you've come to that conclusion considering we're only in testing and there's been no show of 'real' performance from any team nor driver?
On another note, anyone see this - raceweeklondon.com? Looks like it might be decent
Edit - McNish on 2014 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/26217777
[Edited on 20-02-2014 by Dom]
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fred7
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Never heard of that race weekend london? Has it been on before? Sounds good.
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Kyle T
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quote:
Originally posted by Dom
quote:
Originally posted by Kyle T
Really reckon Kev will take it to JB this year.....
Your opinion but curious to know how you've come to that conclusion considering we're only in testing and there's been no show of 'real' performance from any team nor driver?
Basing it on last year a bit too, JB seems to be losing pace. He was always hammered by LH in qualifying but that's Lewis. Perez almost matched him though, and McLaren deemed him "too slow" to continue.
For McLaren to then sign Kev in Perez' place suggests that he's got real pace. If the McLaren is a winner this year, out qualifying your team mate becomes MUCH more important as it could be pole vs 2nd, 3rd, 4th etc. Rather than 9th instead of 11th
[Edited on 21-02-2014 by Kyle T]
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fred7
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Jb was clever tho. If he knows the position in front is not worth going for he wont thats y he plods around no point thrashing the engine to sit behind a car because your tyres have gone. I hate the saving tyres bullshit but thats f1 for now
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tom130691
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I get the impresson they are setting him up (kev) purely as a publicity thing, they have now main sponser
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