Second Barcelona Test - Day Three
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@HiteshwarJindal: The Williams is slimmer at the sidepod entries, which is likely due to a different packaging of the radiators or intercooler. It also has that distinctive rear end. Also worth noting the different approach to rear suspension that you can see with the rear pick up points. The noses are all clearly slightly different and even details like the wing mirrors are quite varied. Who said all F1 cars look alike?
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@Bart: agreed. Last year they had much better runnings with Merc PUs. The problem with the car is said to have been the limited setup range. Maybe I'm harsh on them (and Honda ofcourse), I'm not a fan of a specific team, but I just can't treat big cats the same way I treat small ones. I was harsh on Ferrari for 6 years, I was harsh on Merc for the 3 years they could not sort out the tyre-degradation problems they had, and unless RBR is at least a contender for second place this year (since this year the other big cats made a good leap) I will start being harsh on them as well, for obvious reasons. Same with the engine manufacturers, I'm very harsh on Renault for example. If McLaren's problems are PU-related and last for a long time, I can not be easy on Honda ... because they are Honda, not a small history-less company. Those big teams know what good management means, they have the money, the workforce, the designers, the drivers, and the fans. I believe it's not fair to treat them on par with the smaller teams. If a team like SFI manages to get their car running almost problem-free, out of the box, then they really deserve an appreciation.
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Just back from the media call for Eric Boullier and Honda chief Yasuhisa Arai. Here are the main points which came up:
-Honda homologated its engine today but does not yet know how many tokens it will have for the season.
-Today's stoppage was precautionary to ensure the maximum amount of running tomorrow
-Eric Boullier says McLaren is considering whether to attempt a race distance tomorrow
-Arai says Honda is "ready to race" in Melbourne -
Red flag out, meaning our latest long run comes to an end. Nico's total is up to 148. Now let's get that number rounded up, crew...by BWT Racing Point F1 Team via twitter 2/28/2015 4:32:48 PM
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@Siddhesh: McLaren may have further tests they want to carry out that will gain more useful data than a race sim. Long runs can offer more data and they can test back to back set-ups and ideas. Race sims are more about seeing whether what you've learned has paid off, but McLaren - possibly - still has a lot to learn.
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ResultantAsteroid, I admit that since your don't have any particular team, you have a better opinion since you are neutral but most of us are fans of one or the other and fans makes excuses to justify the position of their team. Lets keep one thing in mind that they are all in there to win.
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by Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya via twitter 2/28/2015 4:37:21 PM
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@Siddhesh: That's true, but a car can still race without one. Even if a team completes a perfect race sim on this track in these conditions there is no guarantee it will be replicated in Australia. It's about using the limited time as best they can. If that means a race sim then McLaren are in a better position than most of us thought, if it doesn't then they are still chasing stuff their rivals had sorted at some point over the last two tests.
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@Bart, not necessarily. I'm a Hamilton fan, not just because of his talent but partly because I'm a Brit married to a Grenadian. That doesn't stop me assessing Alonso as probably the best driver on the grid at the moment. Maybe it's because I've been a F1 fan for a long time, the first race I remember attending was the 1964 British GP so over the years I've been a fan of a good few drivers.
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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.
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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.
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