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  1. u408379965

    u408379965 Well-Known Member

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    I thought what Scarbs said about the vent was the most likely scenario, that it was just to help the flow over the step. But it's interesting that they have another vent beneath the cockpit. Suggests they do have something, somewhere they're either blowing or cooling. Surely they could've just done away with the bottom vent and used the air from the step vent to replace it.
     
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    u408379965, Feb 24, 2012
  2. Bob Bobbinz

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    I think the lower vent is to aid in the blowing of smoke up Webbers backside when they are trying to convince him he's on an equal drivers status as Vettel ;-)
     
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    Bob Bobbinz, Feb 27, 2012
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    <laugh>
     
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    <laugh> Superb&#8230;
     
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  5. Bergkamp a Dutch master

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    how did that song go 'you are the wind beneath my wings'....... Bette Midler.
     
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  6. tomcat606

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    Red Bull Racing: 2012 Is Go!

    As Sebastian, Mark, Sebastien and the RB8 prepare for the 2012 F1 season we got them in front of the camera before the recent Barcelona tests. 2012 is now go...

    [video]http://www.redbull.com/cs/Satellite/en_INT/Video/Red-Bull-Racing--2012-Is-Go-021243168805159[/video]
     
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    tomcat606, Feb 29, 2012
  7. El_Bando

    El_Bando Can't remember, where was I?
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    Looks like Red bull have fallen behind by 2 months!!
     
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    El_Bando, Feb 29, 2012
  8. genjigonzales

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    I should really link to his post on F1Technical instead of just ripping off his pics but, courtesy of Crucial_Xtreme, maybe this is the 'gearbox' problem Red Bull were struggling with yesterday.

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    Do you think they'll revert to exhaust mk. 1 in Melbourne?
     
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  9. Bob Bobbinz

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    I'd imagine a bit of heat shielding would cure that issue if their mk2 exhaust gains were worth it.
     
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  10. genjigonzales

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    Well, yallaf1.com is reporting AMuS's speculation that Red Bull are wondering whether to revert to the original spec car for Melbourne. That may not be a point of substance but "there is visual evidence that the exhaust gases on the revised layout 'are not going where they (Red Bull) want them to go'."

    A bit of heat shielding isn't going to redirect the exhaust.
     
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    genjigonzales, Mar 6, 2012

  11. tomcat606

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    I already posted what Helmut Marko had to say regarding updates in the Australia thread.
     
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  12. Bob Bobbinz

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    How dare those exhaust gases disobey Newey! Perhaps they're sick and tired of being told what to do for the last 2 years
     
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    Bob Bobbinz, Mar 6, 2012
  13. WestCoastBoogaloo

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    :cheesy:
     
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  15. El_Bando

    El_Bando Can't remember, where was I?
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    <laugh> ^
     
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  16. Bob Bobbinz

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    Some say that Newey can believe its not butter
     
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  17. El_Bando

    El_Bando Can't remember, where was I?
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    Newey doesnt need to be told its not butter. He already knows!
     
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    El_Bando, Mar 6, 2012
  18. BrightLampShade

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    I heard he can cut through knifes with hot butter....

    (or was that someone else ;) )
     
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    BrightLampShade, Mar 6, 2012
  19. Big Ern

    Big Ern Lord, Master, Guru & Emperor

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    And I can't believe they have the gall to call it that
     
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  20. genjigonzales

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    Some say he's still battering them into submission.

    [video=youtube;2x4dOGoRf-M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x4dOGoRf-M[/video]
     
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    genjigonzales, Mar 8, 2012
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