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Pirate Radar posted:Bottas did 69 laps in the first day of testing Who’s lap was he 69ing?
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So, the rear wing lights are also green for non-super-license drivers.  this is important! e: also imagine driving an F1 car for the first time and binning it in the very first minute of testing. poor guy. ee: oh, I got my gp2 tag back, thanks iospace 
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Feb 19, 2019 09:50
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The light strips on the rear wing look 
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Feb 19, 2019 10:22
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Thanks Ants posted:The light strips on the rear wing look they should go down the whole edge imo, go full tron
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Feb 19, 2019 10:24
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Sha had yo correct the car. Slippery conditions at Cataluña
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Feb 19, 2019 10:47
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Buxton just said his inside sources tell him that the McLaren is ~2 seconds slower than the team was expecting. And the lights on the rear wing endplates are blinking out of sync.
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Feb 19, 2019 11:00
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Rhopunzel posted:they should go down the whole edge imo, go full tron Agreed, go full IMSA 
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Feb 19, 2019 11:25
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td4guy posted:Buxton just said his inside sources tell him that the McLaren is ~2 seconds slower than the team was expecting. And the lights on the rear wing endplates are blinking out of sync. loving lmao
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Feb 19, 2019 11:33
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That seems unlikely unless they thought they were all of a sudden going to be on pace with Ferrari.
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Feb 19, 2019 11:49
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MazeOfTzeentch posted:As much as I'm anti-ferrari [because of all the ferrari shitposters in this thread] that is a drat good looking car. For real. I was pretty anti-mercedes and all about the Poois jokes for a long time. After being constantly exposed to Gonzo's whiny bullshit and bad opinion propaganda I realized it was Ferrari who deserved my hate. I don't even have my own team anymore. I solely root for Ferrari failures.
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Feb 19, 2019 11:55
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Bonus post for Wirth, hot off le reddit presses.
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Feb 19, 2019 12:00
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Charles already fastest on the sf90 while whinny baby Hamilton feels that the w10 is different. Really bad form IMO? Liberty attempts to turn Formula 1 into a poverty series continues https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/141610/f1-teams-will-use-standard-gearbox-from-2021 DoctorGonzo fucked around with this message at 12:16 on Feb 19, 2019 |
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Feb 19, 2019 12:13
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Lol at thinking fastest laps matter in testing The Ferrari does look quick though
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Feb 19, 2019 12:15
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Tsaedje posted:Lol at thinking fastest laps matter in testing its not the time per se, it how quickly and effortless the sf90 runs fast.
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Feb 19, 2019 12:21
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Yes it looks to be a good car, like last year's that didn't win either championship. Remarkably good levels of reliability so far in testing. We've had one McLaren stop (probably anti stall on a practice start and not really an issue) and one Renault rear wing failure, probably to do with the changes in the DRS putting more stress on the flap than expected. A couple of harmless spins and that's it.
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Feb 19, 2019 12:26
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We also have Grosjean whining about everything, so I think the season is ready to start.
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Feb 19, 2019 12:29
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Lol renault have already tried to kill danny ric
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Feb 19, 2019 12:30
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Norris doing good times on hard compound tyres, I think the McLaren might be ok. It's only going to be a second slower than the front runners instead of 1.5
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Feb 19, 2019 12:33
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pik_d posted:Personally I'm shocked you can remember the year. Do you remember the date as well? Did it affect you that badly? I moved that year after a friend died
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DoctorGonzo posted:i hope the season is so loving stupid and idiotic that everyone is angry except the fine posters of this thread Hell, same
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td4guy posted:Buxton just said his inside sources tell him that the McLaren is ~2 seconds slower than the team was expecting. And the lights on the rear wing endplates are blinking out of sync. Yeah I'm gonna go ahead and continue not trusting the same jabronis who spent the last four years telling me how stable McLaren looked through the corners
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Feb 19, 2019 13:22
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Easy to look stable when you're not moving
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Feb 19, 2019 13:28
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If the McLaren was two seconds faster than it is now it'd be considerably faster than the Ferrari. That 2s claim is clearly some crossed wires somewhere
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Feb 19, 2019 13:35
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BubbaGrace posted:Bonus post for Wirth, hot off le reddit presses. Wow that is loving epic, maybe they should add the classic 'I was taking a poo poo' line at the bottom. Very cool!
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Feb 19, 2019 14:10
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Huh, so gearbox internals are going to be common and they’ve already issued a tender to bid. Kicks in 2021. External casing is still free to develop for your aero and suspension needs. Oddly, they’re going from 8 gears to 7 gears.
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Feb 19, 2019 14:14
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td4guy posted:Buxton just said his inside sources tell him that the McLaren is ~2 seconds slower than the team was expecting. And the lights on the rear wing endplates are blinking out of sync. Benson said almost verbatim the exact same thing about Williams so I’m gonna wait and see and not take some shill journos at their word.
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Feb 19, 2019 14:14
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If I need to know the truth I go to Joes Award
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Feb 19, 2019 14:17
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The Kimoa Kid posted:Yeah I'm gonna go ahead and continue not trusting the same jabronis who spent the last four years telling me how stable McLaren looked through the corners That reminds me of an interview with Panis a couple of weeks ago. When he was test driver at McLaren, and had his first chance to test drive it, he came back into the pits because he thought something on the car broke. He got out of the car, and told the engineers that the car suddenly felt all over the place at the straight at high speed, and he was sure either some aero piece broke off, or the suspension broke or whatever. While the engineers checked the car, Newey walked up to him and said "everything is fine....we have flexible wings, so the car looses most of the drag and downforce on long straights". I have no idea what this has to do with the topic at hand, but I liked that story, so I wanted to share it.
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Wirth1000 posted:Huh, so gearbox internals are going to be common and they’ve already issued a tender to bid. Kicks in 2021. External casing is still free to develop for your aero and suspension needs. Aren't all the ratios identical now anyway? Or did they just reduce the amount they were allowed to change them I forget.
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Tsaedje posted:If the McLaren was two seconds faster than it is now it'd be considerably faster than the Ferrari. That 2s claim is clearly some crossed wires somewhere The anti-British Fake News factory is flooding the newswires. They don’t want you to hear about Our Theresa’s massive Brexit success!
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1500quidpoocati posted:Benson said almost verbatim the exact same thing about Williams so I’m gonna wait and see and not take some shill journos at their word. Hmm yes yes hmmmm
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1500quidpoocati posted:Benson said almost verbatim the exact same thing about Williams so I’m gonna wait and see and not take some shill journos at their word. Every single year in testing I'd listen to these asshats tell me that even though McLaren couldn't manage double digit laps over the entire day, and even though their times were dogshit slow, that it actually looked good through the corners and would be a fast car. And they sucked poo poo every year. And now they're doing 100+ laps and competitive lap times and suddenly they're telling me the car is two seconds off the pace, which is only really plausible if Sainz went out on the morning of the first day of testing with a new team and BEGAN with low fuel glory runs. No thanks, I will wait for Australia. tuo posted:That reminds me of an interview with Panis a couple of weeks ago. When he was test driver at McLaren, and had his first chance to test drive it, he came back into the pits because he thought something on the car broke. He got out of the car, and told the engineers that the car suddenly felt all over the place at the straight at high speed, and he was sure either some aero piece broke off, or the suspension broke or whatever. Thank you, this is a good story.
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ilmucche posted:Is there not still a transition period even in a no deal situation? Or are they turbo hosed because everyone is employed in the UK and will need visas to go back and forth?
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Feb 19, 2019 14:41
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after brexit the FIA should ban all british involvment in grand prix racing retroactively
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How did fail France become the governing body
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Feb 19, 2019 14:54
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Thanks Ants posted:If I need to know the truth I go to Joes Award how's that quantum money coming along?
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GramCracker posted:how's that quantum money coming along? It neither exists nor doesn't exist
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I'll buy some McLaren merch and some Alfa Merch this year. They both look good, and I want them to mix up the pack.
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The Kimoa Kid posted:It neither exists nor doesn't exist 
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Speed trap top five according to Sky: 1. Norris, McLaren-Renault, 337kph 2. Albon, Toro Rosso-Honda, 329kph 3. Giovinazzi, Alfa Romeo-Ferrari, 328kph 4. Bottas, Mercedes, 322kph 5. Leclerc, Ferrari, 321 kph Makes sense to me that a team like McLaren, who had to pile on absurd amounts of downforce just to make it around the track last year, would start testing with a relatively low downforce package and work their way back up.
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