Spencifer_Murphy wrote:First up it's been AGES since I last posted (finishing uni & subsequently trying to find a job has taken a lot of time!) but personally, I think the MP4/25 looks amazing. It looks, well, almost futuristic, like something from a sci-fi film...I LOVE it.
On a more serious note, I know its highly unlikely to happen, but I'd absolutely love to hear what Jense thinks of the MP4/25 at this stage in comparison to what he thought of the BGP001 at the same point last year. I've heard stories (Mika Hakkinen in 1998 & Jense in 2009 are the most notable to me atm) of drivers setting out of a car very early in testing and just beaming with confidence in the car, they can just feel it's a winner. I wonder if, over the next few weeks, we can gain an insight into this fro Jense - obviously he won't be saying "This car feels better than my car last year" but maybe his body-language might give us some clues?
The flo-vis doesn't really worry me too much atm. They aren't running random parts from last year's car to try and workout what's wrong with this one, their times aren't appauling, and on long stints I hear the times are fairly good. To me, having used flo-vis so much last year, it could well become a valuable tool this time around, just to look out for any tell-tale warning signs from last year. On the issue of using UV sensitive flo-vis, I reckon the only reason they might not be doing so is because when trying to look at the whole flo patters it must be easier to just look at very obvious lime-freen paint, than to run around with UV flashlights looking at one area at a time. Just my thoughts, I could be totally wrong lol!
Been thinking about the whole UV sensitive flo-vis thing and I think it may be because they're photographing the car for analysis at Woking. Might be harder to get a good photo of the UV paint.
