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The Oiland GP

Discussion in 'Formula 1' started by Big Ern, Mar 22, 2022.

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Who's getting the big bottle of Rose Water

Poll closed Mar 26, 2022.
  1. Charles leClerc

    15.4%
  2. Carlos Sainz

    38.5%
  3. Lewis Hamilton

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  4. George Russell

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  5. Max Verstappen

    38.5%
  6. Sergio Perez

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  7. Kevin Magnusson

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  8. Pierre Gasly

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  9. West Ham are MASSIVE

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  10. Other (specified)

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  1. ched999uk

    ched999uk Well-Known Member

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    Problem is the iffy regimes have most of the oil now Russia are out favour! So the 'west' have to tread very carefully!
    The sooner we get to be energy independant the better.
     
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  2. eddie_squidd

    eddie_squidd Well-Known Member

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    Don’t shut the pit Lane when a driver is pushing a car backwards down it, also don’t worry about the missiles, everything’s fine. Good event this.
     
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  3. SgtBhaji

    SgtBhaji Well-Known Member

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    The speed and the catch fencing here makes me nervous.
     
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    eddie_squidd Well-Known Member

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    It all just makes me feel like too many risks are being taken.
     
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  5. TopClass

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    Not a single Mercedes PU in top 10 in FP3 here
     
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  6. SgtBhaji

    SgtBhaji Well-Known Member

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    Seem plenty of big ones in Indy involving catch fencing, and that's not even taking in to consideration the ovals catch fencing incidents. If there's a big one at high speed, it could become a very big one.
     
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  7. ched999uk

    ched999uk Well-Known Member

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    Bottom 7 all Merc pu!
     
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  8. SgtBhaji

    SgtBhaji Well-Known Member

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    How can it have been passed so convincingly? Is it all the fuel change?
     
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  9. TopClass

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    So there’s a couple of ideas out there Sgt from what I’ve read (I’m just a messenger):

    1) The E-10 fuel compromised performance either through combustion OR it is causing a reliability issue and they are turning PU down into safe mode

    2) An underestimation of engine cooling requirements, again causing PU to be tuned down.

    I’d say it’s reliability based because surely Merc would not have homologised the PU and fallen back of the pack performance wise- this must be other things compromising it.
     
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  10. SgtBhaji

    SgtBhaji Well-Known Member

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    So odd..... Once upon a time, tracks like this would be Merc territory.
     
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  11. ched999uk

    ched999uk Well-Known Member

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    It is a bit weird that Ferrari, Honda and Renault all improved or is it just Merc couldn't extract much out of E10?
     
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  12. Number 1 Jasper

    Number 1 Jasper Well-Known Member

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    Sorry , how can what have been passed ?
     
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  13. SgtBhaji

    SgtBhaji Well-Known Member

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    The Merc PU
     
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    Number 1 Jasper Well-Known Member

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    Ah ok thanks .
     
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    SgtBhaji Well-Known Member

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    I really hope Merc can come up with a solution to this. There really could be some brilliant races to come throughout the field if they can.
     
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  16. SgtBhaji

    SgtBhaji Well-Known Member

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    No worries. My post wasn't particularly descriptive.
     
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    Number 1 Jasper Well-Known Member

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    If as Top Class has quoted, they may have underestimated the cooling requirements , given the side pods they have , they could be right in the S**T !

    Apologies Ched .
     
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  18. ched999uk

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    I think it was TopClass who said that :) I would be surprised if that is the case as surely 1 of the Merc powered teams would have capacity to add cooling, just look at the louvers on the Aston!
     
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    Yes , I amended my post and just amended it again to apologise to you .
     
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  20. Le Tissier's Laces

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    Suspect this one is a pole for Max, then take your pick of Chaz, Sergio and Carlos.

    Ferrari much faster in sector one, RBR much faster on the straights, as predicted. Will make the race slightly annoying as I suspect the Bull can pass the Horse pretty easily if they get past.
     
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