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Official Pre-season testing thread

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  1. EternalMSC

    EternalMSC Well-Known Member

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    Cool!
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  2. 51LV3R8RR04

    51LV3R8RR04 Well-Known Member

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    Penis nose, but nowhere near as ugly as the Caterham.

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  3. BamalamaFizzVaj

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    I very much doubt they'll do anything; it's obvious people don't care that the RB won't be competitive, let alone the lesser teams, looking across various forums you can see people are giddy as hell and already ridiculing them. If Mercedes had been in this situation however, yeah it's not hard to imagine how different the response would of been.
     
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  4. u408379965

    u408379965 Well-Known Member

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    There's been rumours of crankshaft problems with it as well, apparently Toro Rosso complained about vibration during the first day. They've got a list of issues as long as their arm and they haven't even been able to push it yet.
     
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  5. 51LV3R8RR04

    51LV3R8RR04 Well-Known Member

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    It's official, Marussia have a better car than Red Bull as they can actually last a whole installation lap.
     
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  6. allsaintchris.

    allsaintchris. Well-Known Member

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    Surely not? How could they have not got that sorted on the dyno?
     
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  7. 51LV3R8RR04

    51LV3R8RR04 Well-Known Member

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    Newey and Horner have left the track rumours say.
     
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  8. happyal

    happyal Active Member

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    Teams have already said that this test is more about getting use to everything, and making sure it's reliable rather than performance.

    They had said that the next test in Bahrain they will be doing more performance runs.
     
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  9. BrightLampShade

    BrightLampShade Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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    Mercedes back after the longest 'lunch' ever.
     
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  10. 51LV3R8RR04

    51LV3R8RR04 Well-Known Member

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    Wow Horner says problems are entirely Renault's doing.

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    I spoke with Christian Horner, the problem is exclusively of Renault #skysportf1hd
     
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  11. Forza Bianchi

    Forza Bianchi Well-Known Member

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    You're right

    Ian Parkes ‏@ianparkesf1 3m
    Red Bull are done for the day as Christian Horner and Adrian Newey have just been driven out of the circuit
     
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  12. BrightLampShade

    BrightLampShade Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

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  13. EternalMSC

    EternalMSC Well-Known Member

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    I said that they would eventually get it sorted, but at the moment it's a full blown meltdown.
     
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  14. 51LV3R8RR04

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    Magnussen in 1 hr goes longer than Red Bull...
     
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  15. allsaintchris.

    allsaintchris. Well-Known Member

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    So rather than stay with the engineers they've just got a sulk on and ****ed off, having stuck two fingers up to Renault before they left.

    As Vettel would say "Nice boys, nice", but not in a good way
     
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  16. allsaintchris.

    allsaintchris. Well-Known Member

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    McLaren must have told him to just go out and drive looking at how he is already settled into the top 4.
     
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  17. EternalMSC

    EternalMSC Well-Known Member

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    Ben Edwards ‏@benedwardstv8m
    Kevin Magnussen looks completely at home on his first day of being a race driver for McLaren. Good to watch.



    Doesn't this remind you of a certain Finn?
     
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  18. 51LV3R8RR04

    51LV3R8RR04 Well-Known Member

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    Total laps so far:

    Mercedes: 166 laps (4 cars)

    Ferrari: 74 laps (3 cars)

    Renault... 35 laps (3 cars)
     
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  19. Max Whiplash

    Max Whiplash Well-Known Member

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    I guess humiliation is just not in their vocabulary. Until now, that is.
     
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