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2013 pre-season testing

Discussion in 'Formula 1' started by Forza Bianchi, Jan 24, 2013.

  1. Delete Me

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    like looking at a mirror
     
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    Fortunately not me.

    Always said the Mercedes was a bad car being driven by excellent first rate drivers.
     
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  3. Delete Me

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    ASC after Lewis crashes his car:
    [video=youtube;1MLry6Cn_D4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MLry6Cn_D4[/video]
     
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    <doh> Mercedes! Doesnt look like they are going to get much from this test
     
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    Grosjean on medium now.
     
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    Classic <doh>

    Obviously he was swerving to avoid children crossing the road whilst his suspension was failing and his front wing had fallen off. What a hero :)
     
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  7. TheModestMatt

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    Head on with the barriers shouldnt be difficult too fix, new front wing maybe. Big lock up on heavy fuel maybe? Should be interesting to find out why he went off.
     
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    You watch another PR message incoming.
     
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    Nah he was on the medium tyre and setting some good times, looked like a qualifying run IMO.
     
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    good run from grosjean

    1:19.0
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    Seems its just nose damage, no other damage other than a few gravel scrapes. Should be back out within an hour assuming it was a driver error and not a car failure.
     
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    yeah that's a good run with the medium.
     
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    What I thought tbh, be mostly new tyres and a clean up of the tray and a new nose at most. Maybe a quick check of the floor, diffuser and suspension to boot.
     
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    1:22.990
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    Deg seems to go pretty well on the RB9 at the moment with the hard tyre. Seems to be 1-2 tenths a lap here.
     
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    please log in to view this image
     
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    Anderson suspects suspension damage on the Mercedes as well as new nose
     
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    BBC F1 technical analyst Gary Anderson said: "Hamilton locked his brakes going into the hairpin and went across the gravel trap and into the tyre barrier. The car has front wing and front suspension damage."

    Driver error.
     
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    Ha ha, caption competiont! What's the marshall saying to Hamilton!?
     
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    No problem, no problem it was clearly Whitmarsh's fault.
     
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    Daf** just happened.

    Caption answer "We will, just say that some ducklings were crossing, and you tried to avoid them".

    Dear god the BBC stream is pathetic. Whilst Autosport and Silver's stream have moved on from the incident, the Beeb are posting 2009 Jerez pics, and saying that a gust of wind sweeped Hamilton off the track then.
     
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