AM 4:15 over hereBalt23 wrote:I forget that I am in Germany and I can watch this stuff at NORMAL times for me now. The McLaren pit thing is great !
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Fernando Alonso debuted at Ferrari in the best possible way by winning his first ever race for the Italian team. The Ferrari driver had some help from Red Bull as Vettel's car had a problem and fell back from the lead. Felipe Massa is second, Lewis Hamilton third.
AM 4:15 over hereBalt23 wrote:I forget that I am in Germany and I can watch this stuff at NORMAL times for me now. The McLaren pit thing is great !
that's what was reported initially on Twitter.. but i have my doubts.. there were sparks from the right rear and the car squirmed like the right rear brake had failed..horse wrote:Senna just lost his right rear wheel nut. Bits falling off the new cars seems to be a consistent theme.
It looked a lot like a nut coming off the wheel on the replay. You could see a small hoop leaving the wheel.Fil wrote:that's what was reported initially on Twitter.. but i have my doubts.. there were sparks from the right rear and the car squirmed like the right rear brake had failed..horse wrote:Senna just lost his right rear wheel nut. Bits falling off the new cars seems to be a consistent theme.
but at no point did the rear tyre look loose or wobble like they usually do when a wheel nut comes loose.
I saw a cylindrical piece fall off too! But it looked like it may have come from the inside (side) of the wheel!horse wrote:It looked a lot like a nut coming off the wheel on the replay. You could see a small hoop leaving the wheel.Fil wrote:that's what was reported initially on Twitter.. but i have my doubts.. there were sparks from the right rear and the car squirmed like the right rear brake had failed..horse wrote:Senna just lost his right rear wheel nut. Bits falling off the new cars seems to be a consistent theme.
but at no point did the rear tyre look loose or wobble like they usually do when a wheel nut comes loose.
Note the wheel is leaning right over, so it would appear to be something like a wheel nut problemzgred wrote:
I dont know where you have heard they include aerodynamic devices and any other technical improvement!? They supply the whole rear end but Im not sure much else, they look the same due to them both packaging the same components. I know they also use the sim at the MTC but have to pay extra for use and Mclaren are very careful absolutely no data is shared when they use the sim. A whole new data feed is fitted linking the sim to FI HQ. Mclaren have no interest in helping out FI aero. Look at last year, FI was a better car for most of the year!!raceman wrote:FYI, Force India and McLaren have agreed on for a technical partnership that sees Force India receive technical updates from McLaren (though late than the factory team) that include aerodynamic devices and any other technical improvement. So, it is obvious that VJM003 and MP-4/25 look somewhat (or almost) the same in bodywork areas. They also run the same engine, so their speed is just obvious.MustGoFaster wrote:I hadn't paid much attention to the VJM03 until I saw it on track (even before it was "going fast"). My initial though was "their engine cover looks a lot like McLaren's, I wonder if they are doing the same thing?" But after looking a pics the Fi cover is too thin to be doing that (yet).
I hope the term "technical partnership" explains all!
Where is this official thread?WhiteBlue wrote:I wonder why we have this thread. There is an official thread for the GP weekend. It has always been used for free practise.
