Barcelona Test, Day 2
3rd & 7 37yd
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@Mick, Haha, we love a way-too-early prediction on ESPN. Sadly, it all looks somewhat familiar. Mercedes clearly has reliability and good pace, but we have yet to see what the Red Bull can do (because of reliability issues on the car). I only saw the Mercedes, Ferrari, Force India, Toro Rosso, Sauber and Williams when I was watching trackside yesterday and the Merc looked like the class of the field. The Ferrari is definitely up there, but the Mercedes just looked sooo planted to the track. Force India looked a bit ragged and had a tendency to step out on Perez through Turns 1, 2 and three. Based on all that, I'd put Mercedes top with Ferrari closer than last year but not close enough to win. My gut feeling (based on no actual evidence) is that the Red Bull will be very quick on non-power dependent circuits and could challenge Mercedes. Toro Rosso will be a dark horse, Force India and Williams will struggle to fight for fourth and McLaren will come strong as long as the Honda power unit allows. That could all be proven wrong by the end of this week!
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@manoj It's very similar to the Mercedes! (which is usually a good thing). The nose and front suspension seem to follow a very similar philosophy, which is different to all the others. I think most of the excitement is that it looks amazing and has a new livery that works really well with shape of the car.
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Basically, Ferrari wrote to the FIA asking for clarification on systems pioneered by Mercedes and Red Bull last year. The Italian team wants to know whether it would contravene F1 regulations by adopting a similar hydraulic suspension system or whether it strays to close to active suspension systems that are banned by the FIA. The suspension essentially helps maintain the car's ride height under braking and under load, to help the effectiveness of the aerodynamics. Red Bull and Mercedes claim they are not worried about the responses they have had from the FIA about their suspension this year, but the question is whether Ferrari protest it at the first race of the season.
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Times have been updated, and you will notice a new name at third - Ocon moved up as I was typing, the Force India showing some good pace with the Frenchman. The team is making up for lost time after an exhaust issue cost an entire afternoon of running yesterday.
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