EPTFormula 1 - 2013 - Page 81
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fusefuse
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Zaros
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fusefuse
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But should he find a new surge of motivation to fight for points, who knows! Its likely that if they keep Alonso on board for another year, that theyll accompany him with a midfielder content on an upgrade of team but playing second fiddle for points Imagine Rosberg and someone like Hulk though, Maybe Ferrari is looking for some extra exposure in the German market :D In any case, things are looking pretty good for Hülkenberg for next year though | ||
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Zaros
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fusefuse
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Zaros
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On April 23 2014 00:57 fusefuse wrote: I doubt that Alonso will want to team up with Hamilton again 8) But what if Mercedes have a superior car again next year? He wants a 3rd title and he hasn't got many years left. | ||
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Aristodemus
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mijagi182
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On April 23 2014 00:20 Aristodemus wrote: Who is to say that Vettel, Hamilton or Alonso wouldn't have won the title in that car? That Lotus was awesome. Kimi lost his motivation (imo) when he signed that £30m pa Ferrari deal and married a supermodel. I never understood those "kimi has lost his motivation" blah blah theories. It's tiring and comes back every season at some point... Kimi himself always repeats its BS and he never lost it. Come on guys, its F1 ffs. | ||
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mijagi182
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Zaros
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Aristodemus
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FiWiFaKi
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On April 25 2014 03:36 Aristodemus wrote: We shouldn't write Nico off yet, look at the damage one retirement can do, Then think about the nonsense double points shit at the end of the year also. I agree. Obviously Hamilton is the favorite, but maybe the odds are 70% Hamilton wins it, 25% Rosberg, 5% someone else. Does anyone have an update about the speed of the cars relative to 2013? It was reported at the begging of the year the cars were 2-5 seconds slower than their 2013 counterpart, but the progress to improve lap times should be pretty quick, and we should be at a similar point in speed to the end of the 2013 season by the end of the 2014 season. | ||
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GTPGlitch
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On April 24 2014 22:43 Zaros wrote: According to an ex red bull engineer mercedes haven't shown their true pace yet and have updates but aren't bothering to bring them to races because they don't need them, looks good for Lewis if it is true. That's kind of hilarious I'm picturing this season long struggle for teams to catch up to Mercedes, and finally at the totally happening Russian GP Red Bull thinks they are on equal ground, and then Mercedes bring in updates for every part of their car and go back to being 2+seconds ahead | ||
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Chewits
Northern Ireland1200 Posts
On April 24 2014 22:43 Zaros wrote: According to an ex red bull engineer mercedes haven't shown their true pace yet and have updates but aren't bothering to bring them to races because they don't need them, looks good for Lewis if it is true. Source? Because that is just plain wrong. Why would you not bother to bring updates to your car? F1 is all about development. What you say makes no sense in F1. Doesnt matter if you are tenth ahead or 10 seconds ahead, you are always trying to make your car faster. So yea i think that is some bullshit statement. | ||
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Lachrymose
Australia1928 Posts
On April 25 2014 09:02 Chewits wrote: Source? Because that is just plain wrong. Why would you not bother to bring updates to your car? F1 is all about development. What you say makes no sense in F1. Doesnt matter if you are tenth ahead or 10 seconds ahead, you are always trying to make your car faster. So yea i think that is some bullshit statement. Probably because the effort to turn ideas into parts and get parts to the car slow you down. You can iterate far faster in theory than in practice. They're probably keeping half-explored ideas in the pipeline instead of putting them into practice unless they want some specific testing. If he means they have literal physical parts that are better just laying around ready but they can't be bothered then yeah, I agree that's pretty far-fetched. I don't think that is what he means, though. That and it's way cheaper. | ||
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Zaros
United Kingdom3692 Posts
On April 25 2014 09:02 Chewits wrote: Source? Because that is just plain wrong. Why would you not bother to bring updates to your car? F1 is all about development. What you say makes no sense in F1. Doesnt matter if you are tenth ahead or 10 seconds ahead, you are always trying to make your car faster. So yea i think that is some bullshit statement. It was on the sky f1 midweek report. | ||
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a176
Canada6688 Posts
On April 25 2014 09:02 Chewits wrote: Source? Because that is just plain wrong. Why would you not bother to bring updates to your car? F1 is all about development. What you say makes no sense in F1. Doesnt matter if you are tenth ahead or 10 seconds ahead, you are always trying to make your car faster. So yea i think that is some bullshit statement. because once you bring it out into plain view, it allows your competitors to learn and copy from it? | ||
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lord_nibbler
Germany591 Posts
So by definition of the rules all updates are known to everybody. So theoretically, Renault might have gotten an 'OK' on a beneficial modification, that Mercedes could easily implement as well, but have not done so until now... | ||
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Aristodemus
England2010 Posts
As for the 2+seconds, don't you guys think Rosberg would have qualified on the front row more than 1/4 if that were true? It is fast but that RB is an awesome chassis imo, Horner can (for once) say that Renault are holding them back from another year of dominance. | ||
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Zaros
United Kingdom3692 Posts
On April 26 2014 02:40 Aristodemus wrote: Only very specific ideas can be copied, nearly 100% of updates are reliant on the full package to work and would therefore be useless to rivals. As for the 2+seconds, don't you guys think Rosberg would have qualified on the front row more than 1/4 if that were true? It is fast but that RB is an awesome chassis imo, Horner can (for once) say that Renault are holding them back from another year of dominance. It has rained in qualifying for 3/4 sessions, hes probably just not that good in the rain. | ||
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