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RedBull Secrecy

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  1. EternalMSC

    EternalMSC Well-Known Member

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    Been reading the autosport live testing coverage.
    It seems RedBull have something to hide again,

    08:53 Red Bull has been very keen to make sure no one gets too close a look at its new car in testing.

    08:52 Webber comes in and the Red Bull mechanics immediately cover the car's rear wing and diffuser.

    I have my own opinion on this, I hope they get caught with something illegal, I want them to be brought back down to reality and regulations, on a level playing field with the top teams.

    Although I cannot assume the other teams and trying anything aswell :emoticon-0110-tongu
     
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  2. EternalMSC

    EternalMSC Well-Known Member

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    The mechanics last year, I just wanted to go up to em and push them out of the way, what is it that makes them so fast?
    A nitrous tank?
     
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  3. BrightLampShade

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    The guy in the middle of that picture really has a good look for doing his 'protecting the back of the RB' job
     
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    Far left looks like he should be a bodyguard!
     
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  5. El_Bando

    El_Bando Can't remember, where was I?
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    If you look, Red Bull have given clues on the diffuser with that guys handlebar tash
     
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    McLaren are adopting a different approach, make the car so hideous people can't stand to look at it. RBR aren't hiding anything illegal, the other teams and scrutineers can have a snout round during race weekends, they're not stupid, if they have a device that they need a sheet to hide while they wheel it into the garage it would be so obvious that it wouldn't pass scrutineering. They're just hiding the Infiniti branding to cut down on the hours that the other teams are going to spend staring at it, they're kind like that.
     
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  7. Bob Bobbinz

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    What on earth happened to the McLaren nose? Please tell me that a testing rig for front wing flex
     
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  8. u408379965

    u408379965 Well-Known Member

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    Correct. They've gone down the "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" route. Hypocrites. :wink:
     
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  9. BrightLampShade

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    Yup its just there to make the wing load testing rig more aerodynamic. That or its a cover for an auto cannon to blast the opposition off the track :)
     
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    Webber goes to the top of the timesheets with the most erratic stint ever. I think he was trying to disguise the fact he was on the super softs and failed spectacularly. <laugh>
     
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  11. Bob Bobbinz

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    Its a well crafted cover if its only temporary
     
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  12. Forza Bianchi

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    There's a new rule this year banning mechanics from guarding the back of the car before the race starts
     
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  13. BrightLampShade

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    I can see a loophole it that already, I'm fairly sure the RB mechanics can be 'polishing' the back of their car constantly on the grid. Its one of those things which is always going to be very very hard to stop.
     
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    Excellent. Can't wait to see 20 grid girls stood around the RB7s. :)
     
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  15. El_Bando

    El_Bando Can't remember, where was I?
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    better than 20 guys stood around the virgin......
     
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  16. u408379965

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    <laugh> <ok>
     
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    Pray tell me, why hypocrites?
     
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    Well when you spend half a season whinging about Red Bull and to a lesser extent Ferrari using flexing wings, it's a touch hypocritical to go and do it yourself. <ok>
     
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  19. Sarge

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    Did they whinge? I thought they just sought clarity. Where they fell down was not 'joining them' soon enough, ie last season when they saw what was happening around them and that others' wings were clearly flexing more than theirs, while still passing all tests. Why wait till now?
     
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  20. EternalMSC

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    God, if I see them polishing the car to cover up the new mechanism they are hiding, I will find a way to the track, then onto the grid and then to the mechanics and then kick the sh*t out of them.
    All in 20 seconds.
     
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