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Spare Parts (F1 odds and ends)

Discussion in 'Formula 1' started by Masanari, Sep 22, 2011.

  1. JonnyBaws

    JonnyBaws Well-Known Member

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    It is Tilke after all, he's only got a bog standard geometry set!
     
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  2. El_Bando

    El_Bando Can't remember, where was I? Forum Moderator

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  3. JonnyBaws

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    He's the king of re-cycling!
    There's a bit of Abu Dhabi in Korea, A bit of Korea in Turkey, A bit of Turkey in Circuit of America's, and on....
     
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  4. BrightLampShade

    BrightLampShade Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    Not sure where to put it, Sam Michael on Perez:

    Q. How would you sum up Checo's performance in his four grands prix so far for McLaren?

    SM:
    Melbourne was Checo's first race weekend for McLaren, and both Saturday and Sunday were mixed-weather days. His pace was respectable compared with Jenson's, but we weren't competitive on the Albert Park circuit anyway.

    In Sepang we had a technical issue on Checo's car throughout the race, yet he still scored points.

    In Shanghai he was fast, but he was out-raced by Jenson in that first critical race stint while managing the tyres was crucial. So, going to Bahrain, he spent a lot of time with us, analysing his data with his engineers. Our instruction to him was to focus hard on optimising his race performance, and to prioritise that over qualifying.

    Looking at his race weekend as a whole, he did exactly as he was advised and achieved a great result for himself, while scoring eight valuable points for the team.
     
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  5. EternalMSC

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  7. BrightLampShade

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    I understand the idea about using the warmer weather, but I rather they loose one of the test sessions and then just hold a mid season European one before a race to potentially spice up the championship order.
     
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  8. JonnyBaws

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    This.. <ok>
    They could reduce it to two pre-seasons test and then one test after the first four fly away races (helps fill the big gap us fans have to put up with in-between races), and a final in season test towards the end of the summer break?
     
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  9. u408379965

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    I imagine whoever owns that circuit would pay quite a bit to host a test session.
     
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  10. EternalMSC

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    Raikkonen in the army wtf.
     
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  11. allsaintchris.

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    Doesn't he have to do National Service?
     
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  12. EternalMSC

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    [video=youtube;pMsME_kYfPY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMsME_kYfPY[/video]

    He must have had to do some time with them in the past. I think every Finnish national has to.

    Interesting stuff.
     
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  13. TomTom94

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    And this proves that national service won't make you any less lazy <laugh>
     
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  14. El_Bando

    El_Bando Can't remember, where was I? Forum Moderator

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    one for Manny:

    Michael Schumacher is to drive a 2011 Mercedes Formula 1 car around the Nurburgring Nordschliefe ahead of the 24 hours in May. Wow @andrewbensonf1 2 hours ago
     
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  15. EternalMSC

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    Just found out, thanks for the heads up. What a show. Hope its live or something.
     
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  16. JonnyBaws

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  17. EternalMSC

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    Teams will just end up racing them for the majority of the race, until the softs become extinct. :emoticon-0136-giggl
     
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    Double post.
     
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  20. RoadRunner

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    Triple post.
     
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