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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.
This is true. Although it's obviously on 2 diffrent days and the conditions may not be the same.Snatch wrote:Well, Vettel did 1.21.8 yesterday on the mediums. That would be aprox. 1 second to SS time of Hamilton.
"Fitting new parts" apparently. Which they've been doing all morning.AnthonyG wrote:What's going on at Renault?
Don't forget that RedBull didn't want the shark fin in the first place. I think they think it's more helpful to other teams than to them. Typical Horner, really.f1316 wrote: Also think it's rich for Horner to bang on about aesthetics with a great big hole in his car's nose (as scarabs pointed out).
- Red Bull had problems, Force India, Renault too. Leaving aside delusions of grandeur of McLaren supporters when they risk and reset concepts they reset other areas like reliability. Not unexpected for testing and if fixable normal.Anthropolyte wrote: Note that Sauber are currently changing their power unit as well.
). Red Bull hate those and unanimous voting required to close them.Also, what fuel load. A heavy car on SS perhaps? That's why the times are a bit academic at this stage.Restomaniac wrote:True but even if we give Ferrari 1.5 seconds for the delta from Med to SS that still 0.5 seconds faster.FrukostScones wrote:on SuperSoftsnoxroxafox wrote:Meanwhile in the Merc: 1:20.983
or WilliamsAnthonyG wrote:What's going on at Renault?
Ron knew that Ojjeh and Mumtalakat are planning to vote against him and decided to burn everything down by signing deal with Honda and bringing Alonso back.Restomaniac wrote:I can't help but think back to Ron Dennis in 2014.
“It is mindblowing, the engine is a piece of jewellery. They are further ahead than expected. The competiveness of the engine is without question.”
Restomaniac wrote:I can't help but think back to Ron Dennis in 2014.
“It is mindblowing, the engine is a piece of jewellery. They are further ahead than expected. The competiveness of the engine is without question.”
What is possible Gary, please tell us...Gary Anderson wrote:I've just spent a bit of time standing by the pitlane exit where the drivers do their practice starts and you can get a good look at the cars. Of the top three teams, the Red Bull is the most basic car. There's nothing trick on there and it's all smooth surfaces so I expect there will be parts to come there. If I was writing a development list for the big teams, I would say Mercedes needs to concentrate on the bargeboard area, as although it has a sophisticated arrangement it hasn't fully exploited what is possible. For Ferrari, the focus would be on the diffuser. For Red Bull, it would be both areas.
I do wonder where he gets the inspiration for crap like this.dren wrote:What is possible Gary, please tell us...Gary Anderson wrote:I've just spent a bit of time standing by the pitlane exit where the drivers do their practice starts and you can get a good look at the cars. Of the top three teams, the Red Bull is the most basic car. There's nothing trick on there and it's all smooth surfaces so I expect there will be parts to come there. If I was writing a development list for the big teams, I would say Mercedes needs to concentrate on the bargeboard area, as although it has a sophisticated arrangement it hasn't fully exploited what is possible. For Ferrari, the focus would be on the diffuser. For Red Bull, it would be both areas.