Kyle T
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Kimis head looks massive 
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JonnyJ
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Dunno where BBCare getting their info from as I've heard nothing from Merc yet but
"Lewis Hamilton has made it back to the paddock and is immediately swamped by camera crews and snappers. The Mercedes encountered an automatic switch-off when on track, so the car stopped without Hamilton doing anything."
Cars sound amazing doing burnouts! 
Tyre squeal is cool too
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JonnyJ
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Sensor problem on Lewis' car, shut the car down "for no reason" according to Niki Lauda
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Kyle T
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Better session, RBR not a million miles off tho 
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JonnyJ
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quote:
Originally posted by Kyle T
Better session, RBR not a million miles off tho
It obvious they have a good car aero wise, its wether they can get the full package working, nearly a second off is still a fair way back, their long runs didnt really get in the Merc league either. Apparently they've brought a whole new chassis here, which is pretty mental. Certainly in a lot better shape though, lets see if they can do a race distance now.
Ferrari look decent, but they're still struggling with fuel consumption so we might see them falling back later in the race if they have to fuel save like crazy.
Williams are a bit nowhere, Symonds said its "a bit" better than the times suggest.
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JonnyJ
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This is worrying for the field however
Tobias Grüner F1 ‏@tgruener 11m
Horner: Red Bull losing 0,75s - 1,0s on the straights only. So car must be quick in corners. AMuS (in German)
Get that engine sorted and they're right in the game, which tbf, was probably expected, they havent forgot how to build a quick car.
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Kyle T
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Aren't engines frozen now for the year? They can make safety/reliability tweaks but not performance.
If they're a second down on the straights because Renault went too conservative to gain reliability - then they may be stuck with it all year.
Either that, or they're down on the straight because their aero is "too dirty".
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JonnyJ
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Cant see them losing a second on aero alone. Its more likely the Renault engine is under powered (given the lack of decent Renault times), which as you rightly say is frozen on performance, which should make Monza "interesting" for them
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Ben G
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Since when did any f1 team stick by the rule book?
Not a chance they won't sneak a engine map or whatever in there and suddenly be back at the front.
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JonnyJ
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Still laughing at Lewis coming through security in full team gear inc his helmet on and the security guy asking if he has a pass
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Kyle T
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TBF we nearly got into the Mercedes motorhome with a cardboard cutout of Lewis, wearing McLaren gear.
Maybe they tightened up security as a result of that 
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Aaron
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"I'm a driver....."
It would have been a bit of a perfect crime for a randomer to gain access to the paddock though I guess.
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Kyle T
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Mark Hughes:
The Mercedes-powered drivers don’t need to worry as much about this as the others for the efficiency of their energy recovery is such that even around Albert Park – a circuit with the second or third highest fuel consumption of the year – Mercedes teams were considering not putting in the full 100kg of fuel and perhaps short-fuelling. It implies that it’s quite feasible there will be no circuits on the calendar where the Mercs are fuel-limited.
“If that’s the case,” said one Renault-engined team engineer, “then they might as well give the trophies out now.” Ferrari and Renault are nowhere near achieving this at the moment.
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JonnyJ
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Hope thats true and Rosberg was just playing mind games with his "struggling to stick to the fuel limit" comments after practice. Apparently there's been a bit of talk in the paddock that Williams and Merc were seriously sandbagging in practice and theres more to come, dont know how true that is but we'll find out soon. JB seemed a bit down in the dumps with how far Merc were infront of Mclaren, imagine if it was worse than he thought
Alarm is set for half 4 so i can get up, have a watch of some Sky+'d P3 then Quali, nervous as fuck tbh
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Kyle T
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Got pop tarts and coffee at the ready.
Unfortunately I'm about 6 beers beyond my delta so tomorrow may be a struggle
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JonnyJ
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I'll be using my pint tea mug for some coffee when i get up for sure. Did plan to go to bed at 9 so i could be asleep for 9:30 but that looks optimistic right now!
Anyone else up for it live?
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Dave
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Alarm set here too, I'm off to work at 6:30 anyway and pretty much always wake before 6 so it's not a big inconvenience.
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Dave
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Cock, thought quali was at 4, I'm going to miss most of it driving to work 
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radio 5 live I will be up love the early start races I don't get interrupted by kids lol
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JonnyJ
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quote:
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Cock, thought quali was at 4, I'm going to miss most of it driving to work
When this is the case for me i just sack the whole thing off, Sky+ it and then play the "hide from all media outlets" game, which in this day and age is an absoloute nightmare
Cant check certain forums, cant check FB, cant check Twitter, cant listen to any radio and have to avoid any TV's showing a news channel Managed to do it for 4 days once just so i could watch a race "as live" was horrendous
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I see Rain is forecast for the start of quali Btw. Annoying really, could give RB and some other slow teams a chance
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Seriously got a hard on for that turbo whistle sound when pulling away from idle. Sounds like some mental skyline or equally fast n furious jap motor.
Miss the high pitch of the v8 but times change.
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Hopefully spamilbleton will die in a big crash and Schumachers family can then trot out the "everything happens for a reason" card.
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JonnyJ
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
Seriously got a hard on for that turbo whistle sound when pulling away from idle. Sounds like some mental skyline or equally fast n furious jap motor.
Miss the high pitch of the v8 but times change.
They sound amazing doing burnouts
They dont sound amazing on board and i dont think it translates well on TV but i bet they still sound ace trackside with all the turbo whistle. I also love the fact you can hear the tyres squealing with understeer. I hope they dont start making "fake" engine noise to up the sound level, engines should sound how they sound, people will get used to them.
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JonnyJ
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Just finished watching P3, Merc are FAST. Vettel was bithcing and moaning, Grosjean was spittingb the dummy out too. Not a lot of happy drivers out there, unless you drive for Mercedes
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