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1st race: Australia, 27th March.
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Lonyo
United Kingdom3884 Posts
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/89598 1st race: Australia, 27th March. | ||
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VManOfMana
United States764 Posts
Also rooting for Sergio Perez. Cannot miss the first Mexican driver in F1 since the Rodriguez brothers :D | ||
zere
Germany1287 Posts
I read up on KERS a bit and it looks like every team is using it, apart from Lotus, Virgin and HRT (poor guys). It provides 60 kW on activation, and a maximum of 400 kJ per lap, which means 400 divided by 60 = roughly 6,7 seconds per lap, and it is 10kg lighter than the old KERSsystems from 2009 (apparantly Mercedes has a system that weighs only 23kg). The cars need to weigh 640kg minimum (+20 compared to 2010), so that encourages to use it. There is also more to the adjustable rear wing rule, but it's really complicated and I wouldn't be surprised if we would see some penalties for adjusting the wing on the wrong zones of the track. Stupid idea, really | ||
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barth
Ireland1272 Posts
- Driver-adjustable rear wing introduced (up to 15 km/h more top speed) From what I understood rear wing can only be adjusted to overtake, when no further than a second behind the position you want to take. This should be really interesting. I think either Alonso of Hamilton will take it this year (unless Ferrari underperforms again). | ||
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Aristodemus
England2010 Posts
As for the F-duct being banned, this was down to safety, most teams at the end of the season were using it with their hands, tie that in with the fact they adjust brake bias too on the straights. VERY dangerous. This years rookies i am a little disappointed with, Hulkenberg lost his place at Williams due to Maldonado (who i think will be the best rookie) bringing Venezualan oil money. Force India then decided to put Di Resta in the car instead of the Hulk  The other two have done little to deserve their drives.I predict Hamilton to win the title, and for a dark horse i will go for Rosberg. I would have picked Kubica for this but he will miss the season. Get well soon Robert! | ||
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Emtee
58 Posts
Hope it will be a good year like last year. Would be good to see Mercedes up there with Mclaren, Ferarri and Red Bull too. The Renault looks fast as well so hopefully there will be a close field this year. | ||
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fbs
United Kingdom2476 Posts
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TranceStorm
1616 Posts
On February 22 2011 10:37 fbs wrote: well Bahrain REALLY sucked last year, I think a lot of people were put off for the entire season because of that race, I'm kind of glad it's not on Yeah, Bahrain last year was very disappointing, but I still would rather have had another race rather than more weeks of testing and speculation. | ||
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SaetZero
United States855 Posts
and at comments about bahrain being a bad race... thats not just a bahrain thing. its a first race of the year thing. australia is gonna be very dicey i think i still think that 107% of the lead time is too lenient for that new qualifying rule though mclaren/lotus/kobayashi fighting! :D | ||
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Aaayaaa
United States88 Posts
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Adaptation
Canada427 Posts
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android_245
Australia103 Posts
On February 21 2011 07:40 RmpL wrote: I like some of the new changes like the rear wing thing, so it depends more on the driver and his skills. And I hope Schumacher gets a kickass car this time so he can show the young guys how its done  I think its not his car that's causing him to not perform up to expectations. Back in his early days, Ferrari was one of the worst teams in F1 and Schumacher joined Ferrari. He is known to be legendary because he won grand prix and championships with one of the most under-performing cars in F1 at that time. It was him who brought up Ferrari to such a successful team as what we have seen today. So he could probably still do well even when the car isn't a powerhouse, I guess its probably his age affecting him the most. | ||
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xkare
Germany140 Posts
I hope Mercedes can step up. Would really like to see the old man win a race again  | ||
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SaetZero
United States855 Posts
in my eyes, its just a case of "i'm bored, i wonder if any teams need someone to drive their car...." he's getting old, he won't return to his prime honestly, if anything, i think he coulda done the world of F1 a ton of good by heading up the 'past drivers to help the stewards' thing, and help bring some driver perspective into some of the decisions of the governing bodies i mean, who else would they listen to that would represent the drivers better than the schu lol ------------------- http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2011/2/11769.html yay good news for kubica | ||
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bmml
United Kingdom962 Posts
Hopefully He'll make it back for next season :3 As for now........Barrichello fighting | ||
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lxginverse
Monaco1506 Posts
hoping for a Massa comeback this year | ||
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Eishi_Ki
Korea (South)1667 Posts
Rooting for Hamilton this year, I think he has matured as a driver alot racing alongside Button.... that and I'm a McLaren fanboy at heart :D | ||
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Chewits
Northern Ireland1200 Posts
Other teams that look competitive are Renault and Sauber. Lotus defintely have made the most progress from last year, and many say they are moving up the pack fighting with Force India. I gotta say I cannot wait for this year to start. I really hope we see the real Schumacher back this year fighting at the top again, and it will be great with Hamilton, Vettel and Alonsa all in contention. I also think Rosberg could be a real threat this year if Mercedes have a real competitive car, as that guy has alot of talent. | ||
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fxSolo
United States42 Posts
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dapierow
Serbia1316 Posts
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