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[siztenboots]

Out tested by Marussia.

 

was that just one day testing for Marussia, plus Marussia set a faster lap time than RB's best for all 4

[VXT Tim]

Alonso pounded out some laps today!

[VXT Tim]

Just watching some testing, finally, on skyf1. I'm really liking the cars and love the sound, much prefer it actually. Can't wait to hear them fully rung out. Ted's note book on now.

[JG]

Redbull is incredibly tight at the rear. It looks great but no wonder it has heat issues. 

[VXT Tim]

The McLaren looks great, not just against other 2014 cars either.

[CocoPops]

The McLaren looks great, not just against other 2014 cars either.

Agreed.

[JG]

so does the Williams 

[JG]

and the mercedes, and the RB. 

 

In the end there are really only a couple of munters. the caterturd, the tororosso, the farce india and to a lesser extent the marussia. 

[techieboy]

Just bumped into a mate that may on occasion do some work for a certain Oxfordshire based F1 team who might have lost their team principal in recent weeks and he said there were quite a few redundancies there last week.

[casino]

Could that team be 

 

 

[fezzasus]

Just bumped into a mate that may on occasion do some work for a certain Oxfordshire based F1 team who might have lost their team principal in recent weeks and he said there were quite a few redundancies there last week.

 

Not surprised. Any company where the owner takes on additional roles is in trouble. I should check with a few people I know there and make sure they've still got jobs.

Edited by fezzasus, 02 February 2014 - 10:11 AM.

[siztenboots]

changes to qualifying format propsed , for more excitement

 

http://www.autosport...t.php/id/112434

[slindborg]

'here have some magic qualifying tyres'

 

bit like having a qualifying engine

[techieboy]

changes to qualifying format propsed , for more excitement   http://www.autosport...t.php/id/112434

I dunno about the they certainly need to sort something out. Got really fed up with people not coming out for Q3 at all last year or Jenson doing some token lap in top gear all the way around. Not sure there's much point in dicking about with qualification tyres again (as that'll just show how far off the pace the race really is). They should just give anyone who doesn't set a proper representative Q3 time a 10 place grid penalty based on their Q2 times. That'll soon put an end to it.

[slindborg]

Going back to the soggy biscuit Q3....

 

Frist to ice the biscuit gets an extra 10Kg of fuel

2nd, = extra set of tyres

3rd, = adjust the front wing before the race

4th = adjust the rear ring before the race

5th =  play with tyre pressures on the grid

6th = ?

7th = ?

8th = ?

9th = ?

10th = ?

Lewis has to always eat it though

[slindborg]

 

changes to qualifying format propsed , for more excitement   http://www.autosport...t.php/id/112434

I dunno about the they certainly need to sort something out. Got really fed up with people not coming out for Q3 at all last year or Jenson doing some token lap in top gear all the way around. Not sure there's much point in dicking about with qualification tyres again (as that'll just show how far off the pace the race really is). They should just give anyone who doesn't set a proper representative Q3 time a 10 place grid penalty based on their Q2 times. That'll soon put an end to it.

 

be within X of Q2 time or the rest of the top 10 in Q3 (if its wet or they all mince), or get a drop into the Q1 lot.

[siztenboots]

Saturday 1pm : F1 sprint race , 45 mins , grid position decided by ballot , 2minute ad breaks every 12mins to allow drivers to come in for ice-cream

 

Sunday 2pm : F1 200miles race , grid position decided by Saturday finishing order

[Gedi]

I prefer the old days of doing qualifying before the race. A 30 minute shootout to secure positions.would be perfect.

 

F1 coverage is too long now. I'm sick of having to decide whether to loose my weekend to F1 coverage or to just not watch it and get on with my weekend.

[siztenboots]

1 month to go

[CocoPops]

Testing again today. Day 1 Bahrain. Still no RB10 on track yet and everyone else has done some laps.