Official Not606 Spanish GP Chat and Predictions

For the first time on equal ground yeah

 

And Ill leave this here

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Caterham looks bloody awful to drive!

 

Wonder the wiring loom failure on Vettel's car was caused by a basic installation error as it's the first component that gets installed onto a chassis?

Can't see how the loom itself would be faulty prior to going into the car as it would have been tested and quality controlled before being given the okay to go in.

 

FP1


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[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]44[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Lewis Hamilton[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]14[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Fernando Alonso[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]23.866[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]22[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]7[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]24.007[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]44[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Lewis Hamilton[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]32.715[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]6[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]33.245[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]8[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Romain Grosjean[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]33.248[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]20[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Kevin Magnussen[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]33.335[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]44[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Lewis Hamilton[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]30.435[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]2[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]3[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]30.472[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]3[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]22[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Jenson Button[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]30.590[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]4[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]20[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Kevin Magnussen[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]30.751[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]14[/TD]
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Much less cooling on the Merc (left):

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RB10 diffuser:

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I don't know if it's my imagination or that I am having to wear headphones but the engine sounds seem at a higher volume in relation to the commentators on the BBC?
Anyone else think the same?

As for Merc testing a megaphone exhaust: I wonder if, as they are doing well, they have done a little testing and found a way to get an advantage from a megaphone type exhaust. Maybe an aero advantage maybe power. I wonder.......

 

Almost perfect leaderboard. Maldonado right up there?!? 2012?

 

Kimi back on it?

 

!

 

Hope so

 

Is there actually any point to watch qualifying and the race now?

The others have closed the gap, but the gap is still a second! The rest of the field looks like Noah's ark again.

 

Will be interesting to see the tyre wear on Sunday, is the Mercedes fixed?

 

Lewis banging out the 1.30/1.31 on the long runs. The Spanish GP is his to lose, truly WOW factor from the W05 driven by you know who in P2 today.

 

Damn I was late and missed voting. But just to carry on what I have been doing I'm voting Rosberg to win the race so as not to Jinx Hamilton.

 

Looked pretty bang on with constant 1:30's to 29's. Didn't pay much attention on how much longer they went to the others though.

 

Lewis also fastest in speed trap.

Renault are complaining about teams not paying their bills
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/113850

 

3rd + 4th

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Well if this doesn't look like the most unpredictable and exciting race I ever done did s-

 

*cough* Lotus *cough*