2018 Japanese Grand Prix - Suzuka, 5-7 October

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Re: 2018 Japanese Grand Prix - Suzuka, 5-7 October

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Summary: the FIA have found that Ferrari are not cheating. They have installed a sensor to prove to everyone that Ferrari are not cheating. Since having been caught not cheating by the FIA, Ferrari have struggled.

Erm...
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Just_a_fan wrote:
05 Oct 2018, 23:03
Summary: the FIA have found that Ferrari are not cheating. They have installed a sensor to prove to everyone that Ferrari are not cheating. Since having been caught not cheating by the FIA, Ferrari have struggled.

Erm...
:D :lol:
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Just_a_fan wrote:
05 Oct 2018, 23:03
Summary: the FIA have found that Ferrari are not cheating. They have installed a sensor to prove to everyone that Ferrari are not cheating. Since having been caught not cheating by the FIA, Ferrari have struggled.

Erm...
Lol pretty much this.

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I just watched the end of FP2 again and Ted was speaking to Crofty re the rumour of the Ferrari second sensor. Crofty said that Charlie Whiting had confirmed that there is no second sensor.


Edit : Confirmed by Arrivabene in Shreiker post below.
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seventhsin wrote:
06 Oct 2018, 04:47
I just watched the end of FP2 again and Ted was speaking to Crofty re the rumour of the Ferrari second sensor. Crofty said that Charlie Whiting had confirmed that there is no second sensor.
I'm guessing that was before this ?
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There's a very strong head wind heading into T1, which means it's a tail wind all throughout the esses. Could be tricky.

And some rain drops.
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Shrieker wrote:
06 Oct 2018, 04:56
There's a very strong head wind heading into T1, which means it's a tail wind all throughout the esses. Could be tricky.

And some rain drops.
Tail wind through the esses means reduced downforce, so it might be an especially difficult session for teams with the lowest downforce set ups, e.g. Red Bull and their thin rear wing philosophy for 2018.

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Dang that is an awful time to have a Hulk Smash.
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Thanks Shrieker I didn't know about that.

Great FP3 conditions for visible aero effects. The Toro Rosso in particular had a spectacular Y250 going

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Re: 2018 Japanese Grand Prix - Suzuka, 5-7 October

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Leclerc and Lewis ended up 0.8 of a second above their teammates.

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The rain just started falling at Suzuka. (30 min before qualy)

P.S. Stopped already. lol
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Hmmm! In his interview with Suzie Wolf (Channel 4), Sauber team principal, Frédéric Vasseur's hands and body seemed to operate in borderline "sinful" ways.

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Shrieker wrote:
06 Oct 2018, 04:55
seventhsin wrote:
06 Oct 2018, 04:47
I just watched the end of FP2 again and Ted was speaking to Crofty re the rumour of the Ferrari second sensor. Crofty said that Charlie Whiting had confirmed that there is no second sensor.
I'm guessing that was before this ?
So what does that say about Whiting. That he plays his role well, but what he says is not always the truth.

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GrandAxe wrote:
06 Oct 2018, 07:46
Hmmm! In his interview with Suzie Wolf (Channel 4), Sauber team principal, Frédéric Vasseur's hands and body seemed to operate in borderline "sinful" ways.
Whatcha mean?
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Good stuff Stroll! 👏
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