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Sulman posted:Hmm. I know the engine isn't mapped properly or anything but holy gently caress this is ragged. Uugggg, that wasn't very inspiring, was it?
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Sulman posted:Hmm. I know the engine isn't mapped properly or anything but holy gently caress this is ragged. Remember that go-kart track they used to have where the track was made of metal and they put like talcum powder all over it?
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 18:45 |
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Fumble posted:I would like to see a 1000bhp ground effect f1 car hit a sausage kerb.
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 18:50 |
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Falken posted:"brb shortcut" Heidfeld already did that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0O3V8pJj0E
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 18:53 |
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Sulman posted:Hmm. I know the engine isn't mapped properly or anything but holy gently caress this is ragged. Bloody hell, it didn't appear to want to point in any particular direction.
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 18:59 |
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Alain Post posted:
Ugh it's like getting punched in the eyeballs by an angry Venezuelan. Vettel's helmet is actually my favorite in a long time, I love the asymmetry and how well the flag works in with the Ferrari red/yellow. It has 4 main colors and they all play nice together. Pastor's on the other hand... Let's see: White, Black, Gray, Bright red, Navy blue, Hi-Viz yellow, and an airbrushed fade with stars... PoopSok fucked around with this message at 19:05 on Feb 3, 2015 |
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BMB5150 posted:Heidfeld already did that. In a ground effect car he probably still wouldn't have come down yet.
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 19:04 |
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Sulman posted:Hmm. I know the engine isn't mapped properly or anything but holy gently caress this is ragged. was this the out lap after the turbo broke? those who were actually at the track watching all day said alonso was following rosberg for 10 laps and was staying right with him, car looked well balanced. they didn't get a lap in the dry though so that's why their times sucked.
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 19:08 |
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Button WDC guaranteed
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 19:10 |
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be nice wicka posted:was this the out lap after the turbo broke? those who were actually at the track watching all day said alonso was following rosberg for 10 laps and was staying right with him, car looked well balanced. they didn't get a lap in the dry though so that's why their times sucked. I'm not sure, I found it at F1technical. It would explain how it's almost undriveable though.
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 19:27 |
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Fumble posted:I would like to see a 1000bhp ground effect f1 car hit a sausage kerb. Drivers will be more hesitant to immediately drive to the runoff area instead of driving the car properly on track? Oh no, the horror.
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 19:42 |
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 19:56 |
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Brainwrong posted:
Good to see Barrichello on the right with the Williams navy cap is still a fan By the way, only 3 selfies at the same time? Ugh, the Spanish are so uncivilized
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 19:57 |
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Sulman posted:I'm not sure, I found it at F1technical. It would explain how it's almost undriveable though. BBC's saying that Alonso's fastest lap was set in the wet and aside from that it was apparently "not far" off the Mercedes pace.
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 20:01 |
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Sulman posted:I'm not sure, I found it at F1technical. It would explain how it's almost undriveable though. Lol history repeats itself.
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 20:02 |
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It's amazing how things change, randomly watching the 2012 review. First race, McLarens on the front row with sponsors everywhere, Jenson winning. 2nd race, a Sauber on the podium. And this is only 3 years ago.
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 20:05 |
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The mercedes is dragging a ship anchor behind it though to throw everyone off.
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 20:07 |
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Given their pace advantage at the end of last year I wouldn't be surprised if they turn up with basically a 2014 spec engine, still have a modest margin over the Renault and Ferrari engines who have used up all their development tokens, benefit from another six months of R&D then blitz everybody when they finally switch to their 2015 spec around August.
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 20:10 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtopGXLKkO8 another vid of the McLaren sound
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 20:22 |
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Rhopunzel posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtopGXLKkO8 another vid of the McLaren sound Sounds like a bad car, with bad drivers.
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 20:31 |
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Pablo Bluth posted:Given their pace advantage at the end of last year I wouldn't be surprised if they turn up with basically a 2014 spec engine, still have a modest margin over the Renault and Ferrari engines who have used up all their development tokens, benefit from another six months of R&D then blitz everybody when they finally switch to their 2015 spec around August. Best case scenario for their opposition is that they've been too conservative, and the Ferrari bombing around the track is actually looking good. I'm not sure how likely this is. It's equally possible Mercedes are really not trying very hard to set competitive times, and they may have another two seconds in the bag. One thing about testing that rings true is that if drivers can post quick times, they usually will. The big outlier is Sauber; I just don't believe they're within a half second of Ferrari or Mercedes.
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 20:54 |
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The Ferrari engine must be a beast. Manor GP 2015 WDC incoming.
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 21:07 |
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Nico pretty much confirmed Merc are doing reliability testing.
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 21:27 |
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Sulman posted:Best case scenario for their opposition is that they've been too conservative, and the Ferrari bombing around the track is actually looking good. I'm not sure how likely this is. It's equally possible Mercedes are really not trying very hard to set competitive times, and they may have another two seconds in the bag. Sauber has surprised me, no doubt.
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 21:34 |
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Riso posted:Nico pretty much confirmed Merc are doing reliability testing. This would be the rational thing to do after last season's lovely reliability record and introducing a bunch of changes to the engine so that's impossible.
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 22:16 |
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This seems relevant in respect of Sauber's pace. http://patronisef1.com/wordpress/features/in-memory-of-prosts-2001-testing-adventure/
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 22:17 |
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serious gaylord posted:The mercedes is dragging a ship anchor behind it though to throw everyone off. Does anyone actually think they're not sandbagging? I'm genuinely interested to see how Ferrari do this year, if they start competing with Williams and RBR I really think there may be some weight behind the "Alonso sucks at testing" sentiment and they just needed someone in there like Vettel to put in the time.
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 22:28 |
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If anyone thinks the Mercedes magically got slow this year, they are pretty dumb.
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 22:42 |
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dreesemonkey posted:I really think there may be some weight behind the "Alonso sucks at testing" sentiment McLaren are starting to think the same.
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 22:43 |
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Rhopunzel posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtopGXLKkO8 another vid of the McLaren sound Is it a lot louder than the others, or is that just the video? I seem to remember other cars sounding way quieter.
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 22:56 |
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Ayem posted:Is it a lot louder than the others, or is that just the video? I seem to remember other cars sounding way quieter. no the car is broken
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 23:15 |
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dreesemonkey posted:Does anyone actually think they're not sandbagging? running over double the mileage of anyone else on the first day of testing is the opposite of sandbagging
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 23:38 |
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PoopSok posted:Ugh it's like getting punched in the eyeballs by an angry Venezuelan. It's a billion times better than his older helmets imo. It's like a mid-2000s design which was the last era of helmets actually being good.
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 23:41 |
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be nice wicka posted:running over double the mileage of anyone else on the first day of testing is the opposite of sandbagging "Going a long way but slowly" is sandbagging in a speed based sport
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 23:42 |
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Kimi is reportedly much happier with the 2015 Ferrari now that he's in a car not developed by World's Worst Test Driver Fernando Alonso. Good news.
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 23:44 |
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MrL_JaKiri posted:"Going a long way but slowly" is sandbagging in a speed based sport i don't think you know what sandbagging means
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 23:45 |
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be nice wicka posted:i don't think you know what sandbagging means Deliberately hiding your ability, in this case only going pretty fast not very fast?
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 23:50 |
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Remember when Brawn 'sandbagged'
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 23:51 |
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Remember in 2009 when everyone assumed McLaren (and Ferrari) wouldn't be as poo poo as their testing times indicated and it turns out that they were
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# ? Feb 3, 2015 23:52 |
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MrL_JaKiri posted:Deliberately hiding your ability, in this case only going pretty fast not very fast? did i get teleported to reddit
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