Following the final winter test session at Bahrain, Renault's Deputy Technical Director Rob White insists real progress has been made on the Renault powertrain. He does however admit that the preparations are not yet complete.
See below:Blackout wrote:I know, I posted those top speeds (309 for Alonso, in fact, and 330 for a Merc engined car). But those werent start-finish line top speeds AFAIR.
I havent found the source yet on Amus, if somebody can find the write up from the 2nd day it should be in there.Vanja #66 wrote:Alonso hit 336 kph according to AMuS and that was top speed for the day (Thursday)...
No, as I was asking, why don't they just pull the car out of the track without red flagging the session?Rikhart wrote:Couldnt they just make a special test just for the renault teams? The stoppages are annoying and disruptive as hell!
It was in AMuS live feed on Baharain1 Day3, concerning Day2...mrluke wrote:I havent found the source yet on Amus, if somebody can find the write up from the 2nd day it should be in there.Vanja #66 wrote:Alonso hit 336 kph according to AMuS and that was top speed for the day (Thursday)...
Alright thanks for your answer!Mui wrote:There are safety issues with that. The resources put in during testing simply isn't enough to cover the whole track. Whenever there's a stoppage there's a minimum of at least a minute before anyone knows anything.That's a long time by f1 standard. It usually goes something like this,
1. Red flag.. at this moment no one knows anything
2. Wait for every car to come back to the pits to determine the who stopped( this takes at least 30 seconds)
3. Follow recovery truck to determine where the stoppage occurred.
In a normal race weekend there would be tens if not hundreds of cameras following the cars and at the helm a fully operating studio to broadcast to the whole world. Besides I think teams are grateful to have their cars back as soon as possible.
Again, AFAIR the Alnoso's 336 was wrong; his real topspeed was 309. And AFAIR the Merc 330 was recorded at the end of the straight line while Vergnes has been recorded just at the start/finish line.mrluke wrote:See below:Blackout wrote:I know, I posted those top speeds (309 for Alonso, in fact, and 330 for a Merc engined car). But those werent start-finish line top speeds AFAIR.
I havent found the source yet on Amus, if somebody can find the write up from the 2nd day it should be in there.Vanja #66 wrote:Alonso hit 336 kph according to AMuS and that was top speed for the day (Thursday)...
Irrelevant...Gaara wrote:What is the difference of laps between Alonso and Kimi?
