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  1. Big Ern

    Big Ern Lord, Master, Guru & Emperor

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    because only people who are interested in F1 want to watch it?
     
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  2. Forza Bianchi

    Forza Bianchi Well-Known Member

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    BBC Sport's chief F1 writer Andrew Benson
    "We're told by paddock sources that the Ferrari has been in the garage much of the day because a bunch of new parts - including a new exhaust system - arrived from Italy and are being fitted to the car."
     
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  3. Eat Sleep Watch F1 Repeat

    Eat Sleep Watch F1 Repeat Active Member

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    Or TV companies won't pay enough money.
     
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    Eat Sleep Watch F1 Repeat, Feb 10, 2012
  4. Di Resta is faster than u

    Di Resta is faster than u Active Member

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    13:54 Alonso straight away heads out with flow-vis paint all over the rear wing. Vergne and Trulli follow him out

    13:58 Immediately the Ferrari engineers dive over the rear of the car, examining the effect that lap has had on the flow-vis and interpreting what that means the car's aero package is doing
     
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    Di Resta is faster than u, Feb 10, 2012
  5. BrightLampShade

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    Red Bull and the Ferrari lacking laps today. I assume the changes made to the cars were enforced as those teams are too well run to be using testing time to fix a car. There's no night curfew for testing as far as I know.
    Williams going for quantity of laps, hopefully not at the expense of quality.
     
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    BrightLampShade, Feb 10, 2012
  6. Vilsmeier-Haack Reaction

    Vilsmeier-Haack Reaction Well-Known Member

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    Oh right, not marketable and all that. God forbid the core fans might want something back from the sport.
     
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    Vilsmeier-Haack Reaction, Feb 10, 2012
  7. Di Resta is faster than u

    Di Resta is faster than u Active Member

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    58 laps for Hamilton

    14:16 McLaren hangs out a pitboard for Hamilton with 'L14' on it. This will be a long run then.

    looking good
     
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    Di Resta is faster than u, Feb 10, 2012
  8. BrightLampShade

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    Vettel and Hamilton a few hundredths apart, theres BBC's story all set up!
     
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    BrightLampShade, Feb 10, 2012
  9. El_Bando

    El_Bando Can't remember, where was I?
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    'Hamilton faster than Vettel in final test' - you wait, this will be the headline tonight. with a small mention of Alonso and Vergne.
     
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    121 laps for Senna. Another good day for Williams.
     
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  11. Eat Sleep Watch F1 Repeat

    Eat Sleep Watch F1 Repeat Active Member

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    Vettel just beat Hamilton's time.
     
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    Eat Sleep Watch F1 Repeat, Feb 10, 2012
  12. u408379965

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    The gaps even closer though. <yikes>

    Benson might've shot his load a day too soon. :undecided:
     
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  13. Masanari

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    Senna has driven 250 laps in the last two day. He is going to have a sore neck.
     
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    Masanari, Feb 10, 2012
  14. Di Resta is faster than u

    Di Resta is faster than u Active Member

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    Thats pretty hefty, and looks good for his personal performance in the coming season and indeed for williams
     
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  15. El_Bando

    El_Bando Can't remember, where was I?
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    He did do endurance racing after GP2 though so im sure he will be ok with it
     
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    El_Bando, Feb 10, 2012
  16. Forza Bianchi

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    New Ferrari exhausts:

    please log in to view this image
     
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    Forza Bianchi, Feb 10, 2012
  17. El_Bando

    El_Bando Can't remember, where was I?
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    Laps
    Bruno Senna (Williams) 249
    Romain Grosjean (Lotus) 209
    Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus) 192
    Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber) 180
    Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) 174
    Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) 174
    Paul Di Resta (Force India) 170
    Hiekki Kovalainen (Caterham) 167
    Lewis Hamilton (Mclaren) 166
    Felipe Massa (Ferrari) 164
    Jean Eric Vergne (STR) 159
    Danial Ricciardo (STR) 157
    Mark Webber (Red Bull) 151
    Jenson Button (McLaren) 147
    Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) 146
    Pastor Maldonado (Williams) 122
    Jarno Trulli (Caterham) 117
    Sergio Perez (Sauber) 116
    Pedro De La Rosa (HRT) 108
    Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) 104
    Nico Hulkenberg (Force India) 89
    Geido Van der Garde (Caterham) 74
    Jules Bianchi (Force India) 46

    Lotus 401
    Williams 371
    Caterham 358
    Mercedes 348
    STR 316
    McLaren 313
    Force India 305
    Red Bull 297
    Sauber 296
    Ferrari 268
    HRT 108
    Marussia 0
     
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  18. EternalMSC

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    Is this meant to be a joke of some kind ;)
     
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    EternalMSC, Feb 10, 2012
  19. Di Resta is faster than u

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    Bando you beat me to it, just as I was posting a thread
     
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  20. BrightLampShade

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    Good Going from Lotus, Williams and Caterham. They obviously have faith in how reliable their car is. Ferrari the lowest of the 4 day'ers, How times have changed from when they used to rack up millions of testing miles. Is their exhaust melting the back of their car or something?
    Senna, 250 laps in two days is commitment, very impressed!
     
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    BrightLampShade, Feb 10, 2012
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