On the back of his first pole position last weekend, Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas topped the second day of in-season testing at Sakhir. The Finn ejoyed a trouble-free day and completed a massive 143 laps.
Actually Renault was having less problems but it seems that bad luck comes to everybody(except Ferrari and Mercedes).PhillipM wrote:For all the wailing about the Honda engine that new Renault unit is having a lot more problems.
They've had a fair few issues in the back of that Torro Rosso so far...Vasconia wrote:
Actually Renault was having less problems but it seems that bad luck comes to everybody(except Ferrari and Mercedes).
bad luck. lol!Vasconia wrote:Actually Renault was having less problems but it seems that bad luck comes to everybody(except Ferrari and Mercedes).PhillipM wrote:For all the wailing about the Honda engine that new Renault unit is having a lot more problems.
Yes.Wass85 wrote:Apparently Hamilton has been struggling this morning, the car drifting a lot when putting the power down. I've noticed on the videos the Mercedes doesn't look as planted as the Ferrari or Redbull, are they in trouble???
Its rumors! But to me the other rumors look more probable - suspension change.BosF1 wrote:The Honda engine is being changed as we speakPhillipM wrote:For all the wailing about the Honda engine that new Renault unit is having a lot more problems.
Jesus Christ, one must be careful with the words. Well, if you engine says "enough" in the last lap I would say it was bad luck hahaha. Now seriously, Ferrari and Mercedes have done an amazing job in relation to reliability. Renault was having more problems with its custom teams rather than with itself but it seems that they may have some problems too. Anyway RB and TR seem to be running normaly though their amount of laps is still far from Ferrari and Mercedes.WaikeCU wrote:bad luck. lol!Vasconia wrote:Actually Renault was having less problems but it seems that bad luck comes to everybody(except Ferrari and Mercedes).PhillipM wrote:For all the wailing about the Honda engine that new Renault unit is having a lot more problems.
Try explaining a DNF in a race.
"Yeah, it was just bad luck!"
There's no room for error. Certainly not in this era of F1 with PU's that have to manage for few races.
It was about where you stand and where you were planning to be. Renault has proved themselves last year by making a good step and the customer teams are speaking good about their latest engine, though they have all faced issues of various kind. But Honda, having struggled badly for two years, was expecting to resurrect this year and everyone anticipated that they would rise. That is the problem why Honda is being criticized.PhillipM wrote:For all the wailing about the Honda engine that new Renault unit is having a lot more problems.
"BEN ANDERSON: Engine change for McLaren-Honda. Problem discovered during this morning's running."kasio wrote:Its rumors! But to me the other rumors look more probable - suspension change.BosF1 wrote:The Honda engine is being changed as we speakPhillipM wrote:For all the wailing about the Honda engine that new Renault unit is having a lot more problems.
US, and in part SS are definitely not designed with an high lateral loads + "aggressive" tarmac track as Barcelona is..hence why the very small margin, at least IMO.. US tyres most likely get overheated after half a lap on this track (once again just speculation, I don't have the sector times to back this up)supermarine wrote:It's hard to tell because we don't know about engine modes and fuelling but it does seem like the US and SS tyres don't offer as much outright pace advantage over the soft as you might expect.
I can't tell if you are being serious?GPR-A wrote:Yes.Wass85 wrote:Apparently Hamilton has been struggling this morning, the car drifting a lot when putting the power down. I've noticed on the videos the Mercedes doesn't look as planted as the Ferrari or Redbull, are they in trouble???
