@redbullracing: "Dan's just completed 2 more laps, slow going for the #RB10. Tactically we're taking the 'less is more' approach... Sure.
Both Silver cars, the Ferrari and Williams are getting their head down. Can't believe this RBR... Well you win some and you lose some.
12:54 Sutil and Frijns head out, but one of the cars doesn't sound too good. A lot of popping and banging out the back of the circuit. Renault or Ferrari ......
This car isn't an evolution, so the combo of slick cars has ended. Somebody else's turn to hit the top spot. Most likely MGP/Mclaren/Ferrari.
Gone too aggresive with the packaging by the looks of it. He did the same with the McLaren MP4-18, which took them over a year to sort out before it was eventually raced in a heavily revised form. RBR's problem is they cannot fall back on last year's car as Mclaren were able to back then.
Yesterday: [video=youtube;-F6HK3sYil0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F6HK3sYil0[/video] Today: [video=youtube;9MAEYTPj8TQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MAEYTPj8TQ[/video] Alonso: [video=youtube;HJ59G9y13I8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ59G9y13I8[/video] [video=youtube;5uhhwT-ay2g]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uhhwT-ay2g[/video]
BBC F1 commentary producer Tony Dodgins: "I'd gone up to the first corner when Daniel Ricciardo came out for a second time in the Red Bull. He went straight back in and I could see in the distance what looked like smoke coming from the back of the car as it came to a halt. A colleague reports that there was a hole cut in the rear bodywork just ahead of the rear wheels and through the gap you could see something glowing orange and sparking. One of the mechanics put a powder extinguisher on it, which will have explained the smoke."
Ted Kravitz ‏@tedkravitz 2m Lots of drilling in RB pit. Seems turbo and battery control unit packaging is too tight, not a Renault prob pic.twitter.com/oP9HK0OZX4 + Newey might be considered the best in aero, but he is rubbish with reliability and fitting the car around components.
Marussia F1 Team ‏@Marussia_F1Team 34s Driver in a racesuit! Could this be...a sign? @maxchilton looking V relaxed ahead of the #MR03's maiden run pic.twitter.com/GnB9PPNUoV About time.
Will it be able to do a complete lap and better the effors from some of the other teams from their first go?
http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns27243.html?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=grandprixdotcom Renault, engine supplier to reigning world champions Red Bull, has admitted it has kicked off F1's radical new V6 era with a significant problem. "Obviously we do (have a problem)," the French marque's Remi Taffin told reporters at Jerez on Wednesday. World champion Sebastian Vettel had left the southern Spanish circuit with only a handful of laps under his belt with the title-defending RB10, while key Mercedes and Ferrari-powered rivals collected far more mileage. "Annoying!" Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko told Bild newspaper. "The problem is in the communication between the two KERS systems," he explained. "So, like in a computer if the hardware and software are not working with each other." Also struggling are Renault's other F1 customers, including Toro Rosso, the Red Bull sister team whose new STR9 failed even to emerge from the pits on Wednesday. Caterham is the other affected Renault team. "The (Renault) cars sound like rattling lawn mowers," said veteran F1 correspondent Roger Benoit, in Blick newspaper. "Renault was even thinking about not coming here." Taffin, however, is confident the problem can be fixed. "We've got the parts, we have the people, we have the means to solve the problem," he insisted. "We are confident that tomorrow (Thursday) morning at 9am, our customers will take to the track. "This is high technology, which is why we have to be cautious. But I am happy with the solution we have found," added Taffin. Crucial track time already lost, however, Red Bull is now having to look ahead to the second test in Bahrain. Team boss Christian Horner played down the impact. "Our expectations coming into this test are purely system checks -- the proper testing will be in Bahrain," he is quoted by F1's official website. Horner denied that Red Bull is already pushing for the Jerez test to be extended into Saturday, but there are also rumours Renault is paving the road for a delay of the FIA's 'power unit' homologation deadline. "We will be relying extremely heavily on our engine partner," admitted Horner.
Well looks like either someone gave Red Bull the wrong heat outputs/cooling requirements for the engine electronics or Newey made an error in his calc. I know which one I would suspect and it isn't Newey As someone else said he made a packaging temperature error before so I doubt he would make one again. Renault are already showing they have made errors in their propulsion system so making errors in the cooling requirements wouldn't surprise me at all. Caterham seem to be doing best of the Renault powered cars and they are the ones with the least hugging rear bodywork, is that a coincidence or what?
