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In Malaysia at the weekend, Vettel used a four-letter word to describe the sound of the new V6 turbos, complaining they were too quiet.
At a guess.."shit"
Thought he was more vitriolic than that 
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Rob_Quads
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I thought he got a 10 second stop/go for that? Can't be penalised twice, surely?
Team should get a massive fine and/or championship points take away, not penalise the driver for something that he had no control over.
They were talking about this jugs at the end of the Sky show. It's a new rule this year that you get the 5 second penalty and the grid penalty which apparently all the teams agreed with
Personally think the 5 second penalty is fair and then they should take all the team points from that driver for the race then the team get penalised as it's more often than not a team problem not the driver going before being released
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JonnyJ
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Can anyone tell me what Seb apparently said about the engines? 
Said they sounded shit and batteries belong in phones, not F1 cars.
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JonnyJ
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Lewis on top in FP1 & 2, good start 
Thought this was interesting
That was post Malaysia since then:
Power unit changes:
New ICE for VET/RIC/VER/KVY/CHI/BIA
New TC and MGU-H for CHI/BIA
New MGU-K for VET
New ES for SUT
New CE for ERI/SUT
So quite a few already working their way through the 5 items they get of each a season. Obviously they can use some of the old ones again if they arent broken but you would probably want to make them last as long as possible.
[Edited on 04-04-2014 by JonnyJ]
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Ben G
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Adrian sutil won't be using a drinks bottle this weekend as the car+driver together are overweight, and have been since the 1st race.
I can't see that ending well. May be ok at Silverstone, but no chance in the middle of a desert
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Ben G
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Felipe nasr and Felipe massa. Seriously, Williams?
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Rob_Quads
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Facinating to hear whatthe reasons are behind the Mercedes advantages. Such a simple idea, I wonder if its the Brawn legacy coming to fruition.
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Cole
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Mercedes smashed it
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First event I'm managing to watch live this year, which is nice.
Those Mercedes pair are fast. Impressive that they can pull the large time advantages with seemingly less effort behind them than the other teams. Was the same in Practice too. They definitely seem to be reaping the benefits of a good 2-3 years of development ready for this year!
Will be good to see either of their drivers win WDC too - Nico performed well last year too, so would actually be quite the deserving winner if he can get it in 2014 IMO.
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Originally posted by Rob_Quads
Facinating to hear whatthe reasons are behind the Mercedes advantages. Such a simple idea, I wonder if its the Brawn legacy coming to fruition.
What are they? I started watching at the end of there piece
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Ben G
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Hot Compressor? at the front of the engine, turbine at the rear, meaning gearbox sits closer to the engine for a narrower rear end and better weight distribution.
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Rob_Quads
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smaller package as intercoolers can be smaller. They showed a comparison between the back of the Merc and Ferarri and its soo much thinner.
They have even built a couple of pokey out bits in the bodywork to make sure they meet the standards.
Williams/Mclaren have the same engine but only found out when they signed the deal about the setupand by then they had already designed their chassis etc so could not make the most of it this time round.
[Edited on 05-04-2014 by Rob_Quads]
[Edited on 05-04-2014 by Rob_Quads]
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Ben G
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The rosberg vs hamilton fight is the only thing I lool foreard to now.
It is nice to see 2 drivers in the same car battling eachother, unlike webber who was pretty shite compared to vettel.
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Dunno why Mark Hughes is claiming an exclusive, Scarbs spotted the split turbo design back in Melbourne!
Disappointed Lewis couldnt get pole, but this is a strong track for Nico, should be a fascinating battle. I can see this becoming a proper Senna/Prost at Mclaren type season.
Love the gap to the rest of the field, total domination
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Ben G
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But is this domination good? Vettel seemed to be universally hated for dominating and almost ruined the sport entirely.
Mercedes seem to be a well liked team for neutrals and rosberg doesn't appear to have any ''haterz'', whereas lewis has the whole anti black brigade cursing him at every opportunity.
I'd ideally like all the other Mercedes engined teams to catch up and the Ferrari/Renault teams to have the shittest season ever.
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Vettle was ahead of everyone. This is ham and ros fighting it out. Ham getting 2nd is best for the race hes a hot head whose gonna push so hard to overtake so might be some sparks!
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Ben G
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Lewis will be 1st by the 1st corner.
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What time does it kick off?
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Aaron
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Vettel told to let Ric past
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Cavey
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Oh, obviously it started at 4. Arse.
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fred7
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What a race!! Never seen so many teams battling each other!! Button looking well so far at the end
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fred7
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And as i say that his drs stops working!!
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Safety Car. Should make the final bit of the race even better
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fred7
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This is going to be good!! Mal needs banning hes too much of a risk
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Pace car sounds brilliant haha! C'Mon Nico!!!
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