2012 Brazilian GP - Interlagos

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Saturday will be interesting. It is very likely another Hulkenberg 2010 on P1 will happen.

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Massa's new helmet looks really sweet :D
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Anyone remember the 2009 qualy? The storm made it highly unpredictable; we could get to see that too this year.
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Morteza wrote:Massa's new helmet looks really sweet :D
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I wonder if the coanda exhaust will cause problems for the teams. Hamilton complaining about tyres overheating. Can it be that because of the attitude and less air, the air from outside of the car that normally pushes the exhaust air into the diffuser, now doesnt and overheats the tyres instead. A problem that Mercedes seemed to struggle with with their coanda exhaust. A fine line between getting it wrong and getting in right?

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That's last year's helmet, no?

This year:
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Free Practice 1
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Does anyone know how the times compare using the same tyre-type? The test-tyre is confusing matters a bit....
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LHamilton wrote:I wonder if the coanda exhaust will cause problems for the teams. Hamilton complaining about tyres overheating. Can it be that because of the attitude and less air, the air from outside of the car that normally pushes the exhaust air into the diffuser, now doesnt and overheats the tyres instead. A problem that Mercedes seemed to struggle with with their coanda exhaust. A fine line between getting it wrong and getting in right?
An interesting theory. Plausible IMO - a few of the bulge-type exhaust teams were complaining of a lack of rear grip or rear overheating (McLaren/Toro Rosso).

If that were true the ramped exhaust teams could be slightly better off in their exhaust blowing.
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raymondu999 wrote:
LHamilton wrote:I wonder if the coanda exhaust will cause problems for the teams. Hamilton complaining about tyres overheating. Can it be that because of the attitude and less air, the air from outside of the car that normally pushes the exhaust air into the diffuser, now doesnt and overheats the tyres instead. A problem that Mercedes seemed to struggle with with their coanda exhaust. A fine line between getting it wrong and getting in right?
An interesting theory. Plausible IMO - a few of the bulge-type exhaust teams were complaining of a lack of rear grip or rear overheating (McLaren/Toro Rosso).

If that were true the ramped exhaust teams could be slightly better off in their exhaust blowing.
the only team with ram exhasut is rbr
so are the rest of the team going to struggle?
lotus seems to be in between ramp and bulge

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siskue2005 wrote:
raymondu999 wrote:
LHamilton wrote:I wonder if the coanda exhaust will cause problems for the teams. Hamilton complaining about tyres overheating. Can it be that because of the attitude and less air, the air from outside of the car that normally pushes the exhaust air into the diffuser, now doesnt and overheats the tyres instead. A problem that Mercedes seemed to struggle with with their coanda exhaust. A fine line between getting it wrong and getting in right?
An interesting theory. Plausible IMO - a few of the bulge-type exhaust teams were complaining of a lack of rear grip or rear overheating (McLaren/Toro Rosso).

If that were true the ramped exhaust teams could be slightly better off in their exhaust blowing.
the only team with ram exhasut is rbr
Eh? RBR got the design from Sauber!

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Lotus is most definitely not a ramp exhaust. Sauber went to bulge, then back to ramp now. Marussia is sort of running the ramp.
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I missed 1st practice. Can someone tell me if hamilton and vettel set their fastest laps on exp 2013 tires or on hards?

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