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More teams have hit trouble in the final day of pre-season testing at Barcelona. At a moment when one would expect reliability issues to be nearly ironed out, the lack of running for some teams was surprising.
On the other hand cars are heavier, they have the halo, they lost the shark fin, engine air cooling is limited to 10ºC above ambient and no oil burning. The track is also cold AF but maybe next week it will be at a really good sweet spot.GPR-A wrote: ↑27 Feb 2018, 16:43Anyone ready to predict the fastest time for the Winter Testing?
- Last year, Raikkonen set 1m18.634, using Super Soft on the last day of second winter test.
- Even by most conservative accounts, if the car that ran in Abu Dhabi GP, must have been developed by atleast one second.
- So, if the SF70H would be doing the winter testing currently, it could do 1m17.5xxx.
- If we add, one more second from the development through the winter, then SF71H should be able to do 1m16.5xxx.
- This year's Softs is actually last year's SuperSoft. So, using the current Softs, SF71H should be able to do 1m16.5xxx.
- There is resurfacing that has happened on the Circuit, which should add considerable amount of pace. I am not sure how much it is worth. By conservative estimates, if that is worth half a second, then SF71H should be able to do 1m16.0xx, using Softs.
It was on the BBC's testing coverage feed.the EDGE wrote: ↑27 Feb 2018, 17:43where did you get the info it was Williams from? this morning Clare was saying the team would be happy to cancel filming day if asked... but no one had askedJust_a_fan wrote: ↑27 Feb 2018, 16:48It was Williams. There was a suggestion that testing should go to Friday because of the weather. Williams have a filming day booked so said "no". Change needs unanimous agreement so it's not happening.
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You realise the exhaust clip broke right?
I'm going to assume you don't know what broke,the damage it did,what you have to remove to get to it,what you have to do to fix the damage and replace with a new part and then put the rear of the car back together again when you're done. Or how long that takes to do.
Yeah it does make you question when they had issue's with honda in testing last year if some of it is more down to McLaren and there stubborn attitude to run such a tight package. Obviously I don't want to speculate as we don't have any official confirmation on there issue today but like you said clear they aren't doing something right, need to run 90+ Laps to convince me there getting on top of thing's.the EDGE wrote: ↑27 Feb 2018, 18:38I doubt a broken exhaust bracket will require a overhaul of the cooling system, and given the trouble free running yesterday I see no reason to doubt McLarens explanation at the momentKingHamilton01 wrote: ↑27 Feb 2018, 18:32They said the target was 100 Laps a day! so even when they said yesterday it wasn't a big deal and they would make it up I think they are putting a brave face on it. Considering they are also going to encounter problems like today's with overheating! so they will have to systematically make cooling solution's as test goes on.
It’s too early in testing for this to have a major impact, especially as they are yet to even introduce the race trim aero package, and given the limited useful running teams have been able to achieve in the freezing temps.
Also, testing is not as critical to McLaren this year as other teams are running the same PU
that said, it’s still an embarrassing poor show which highlights QC at McLaren is still below par
Force India after the name change, or Alfa Romeo is my bet.adrianjordan wrote: ↑27 Feb 2018, 17:55Yeah. Literally just read that in the Williams team thread after typing the above...
You're assuming the broken clip didn't lead to the exhaust causing damage to other internal parts. You're also assuming they have a spare clip ready to bolt on. It's not a major drama by any means, and these things happen in testing, especially when testing a new and unfamiliar layout. Stop trying to make it sound like a fundamental issue like those they've had to deal with in the past few years. Unless it's another blatant attempt at trolling, in which case, it's getting boring now.
Considering that it's really unlikely for gravel to damage that part of the exhaust, as well as the fact that they most likely had the engine cover off during the night and would've definitely caught any damage done there, I don't think it's related in any way.
