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Fans have more excuses for their team's performance than driver's do.

it seems like force india going to squeeze every drop of fuel they left for tommorow too....

Must be Martini-O'clock at Williams. Happy Hour baby!

ResultantAsteroid; They raced last year but with different engine. Every change in a car affects another part of the car. They need actual driving distance to find a happy ground. Better that they find its faults now rather than in season. Lets not throw in the towel.

@@jono, 100+ laps says that Redbull disagree with your assessment! Pretty sure they still have a top chassis, given the rules are pretty much an evolution. Expecting them to be in the Williams-Ferrari battle for best of the rest.

@Laurence/Nate, do you guys get any radio bytes in the media center? Or is it only CCTV + timing ( and the biscuits of course!)

Force india broader and the Lotus is very tight at the back, williams looks proper in all areas.

Did Ferrari try Qualifying and Race simulations?

Well we all know what to think of people who say things like, "They all look alike."

Can you please throw some light on the issues that have marred the McLaren today after a promising showing yesterday.

Plenty of exposed rears in Daytona, I'll tell you. Not that many ladies either.

Boulier is "considering" whether to attempt a race sim tomorrow?? Am not sure how that exactly flows with Arai's "ready to race" statement then.

@Siddhesh: Their messaging is devoid of consistency.

@mfbull: lollll

@Laurence: That's true, but would you really deem Honda ready to race if they haven't even attempted a sim yet? Long runs will only tell you so much. There is no telling what problems you might uncover over a proper race distance without trying it.

Is any of this testing being televised on TV ?

F1 always has been a technological proving ground. Until recently that is! Its a delicate balance between driver skill and technical prowess. I do believe, however, that F1 should be slightly more toward the engineering performance as apposed to driver skill. Most of the divers on the grid are some of the best drivers in the world and have earned their seats through merit and years of competing in single make series. If you want to see true driver skill then this is what the single make series are for. F1 is very much different! Its about building the fastest most technically advanced race car in the world. Now you do need the best drivers in the world to handle the most advanced cars in the world. But in my opinion that is the extent of a drivers role within F1. It is a platform for some of the most talented technical minds and teams of engineers to display their talent. Also I think that F1 has forgotten its purpose in recent years. F1 is the biggest and, until the last decade, most successful R&D laboratories in the world. The intense competition has over the years given birth to some truly innovative creations which have the potential to impact the life of the average person. Just look at the impact it has had on saving the lives of prematurely born children. www.ted.com This is in my opinion is the only justification for the otherwise grotesque costs of the F1 circus! The recent shift to turbo hybrid engines is absolutely the right direction for F1 to go in. The problem is just that the headless chickens... sorry the rule makers have put too much of a restriction on this amazing technology for any meaningful developments to come from it. The same can be said about Formula E. Missed opportunity! Single team dominance, expensive budgets are just the nature of the beast. If you want to see a battle of the drivers; then it is much cheaper to go and see a go-kart race.

I can't believe I'm quoting this guy but it's pretty much the smartest/funniest thing he ever said and it applies to testing: As we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns—the ones we don’t know we don’t know.