Vodafone McLaren MP4-27 Mercedes

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e30ernest wrote:
Owen.C93 wrote:Vettel also said he saw oil coming out a lap or so before it failed.
The replay showed the oil plume rather clearly.
The lap before? Or just as it failed?
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n smikle wrote: Ferrari has a "blow up rival's gearbox" remote device that they use from time to time.
I can only hope this is the case! :twisted: :twisted:
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Owen.C93 wrote:
e30ernest wrote:
Owen.C93 wrote:Vettel also said he saw oil coming out a lap or so before it failed.
The replay showed the oil plume rather clearly.
The lap before? Or just as it failed?
The plume was visible a couple of corners before I believe.

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e30ernest wrote:
Owen.C93 wrote:
e30ernest wrote: The replay showed the oil plume rather clearly.
The lap before? Or just as it failed?
The plume was visible a couple of corners before I believe.
The LH's on board video showed he lost the gears from the exit of turn 1 all the way to turn 2 and 3 and then the on board video from Seb's car showed the oil plume clearly from the exit of turn 2 so it's quite obvious that the plume is after it failed.

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You are probably right. I only saw the replay and I didn't have sound too since I was watching in a pub with some friends. :)

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McLaren's New Singapore RW Analysis

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Seems it's there but what Hamilton has done is starting to win races as slow as possible.
Just like Alonso, jus enough to keep them out of the zone,
Action, reaction.

But i bet if we went to Bahrain they would struggle massively.
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There was an article on Autosprint saying they give up their intention to heat up front tires, but they eventually made rears a little less hot ... This increased tyre life


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http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/103022

Anyone got any recent pictures or video of mclaren flexing the wings?

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It's the same one that they've been using since Valencia 2010... the one where they have the pylons sort of half-chopped from the back, so that at speed the pylons pivot down.
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Not sure if it is allready posted. But maybe somebody thinks he can see the clue in this pic