Second Barcelona Test - Second Day
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@aero they invalidate the onboard telemetry with respect to track conditions and balance and several other parameters to some extent but would give a pretty clear indication of the airflow coming off the front wing, the fact that they use Kiel probes makes sense since they are not affect by yaw as much as a standard pitot tubes but they are less precice
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@MelhemSake: It's not as simple as just copying another team's rear wing because it works for them. It all depends on how it works with your aerodynamic package and Massa yesterday felt like Williams might finally have done that. Last year they were unable to look after their rear tyres and that was because it could not find a rear wing solution which suited that package.
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@melhem they can copy some of the design aspects to try and gain more or less downforce in exchange for drag but a lot of rear wing desing is dependent on the airflow off the body of and side pods, and the ideal amount of downforce needed for a particular chassis to be balanced is affected be mechanical grip, front wing downforce, driver preference, etc... in short like everything in engineering and f1 its complicated, and non-trivial.
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But we very nearly had a dark blue Ferrari on the grid two years earlier when Stirling Moss signed a deal to race a Ferrari sharknose in the 1962 season. The car was to be a factory-spec Ferrari 156 but painted in the blue and white of Rob Walker. Sadly Moss had his near fatal accident at Goodwood that year and retired before he had a chance to compete in it
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Back to the action, and Rosberg is still out on the mediums which he set his fastest time with. Nasr is also on track on the mediums, as is Button in the McLaren (now up to 31 laps) and Kvyat is still yet to set a time but is on track on the development tyres.
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Vettel's move to Ferrari is very similar to Hamilton's move to Mercedes. Both left the team they began their career with (Toro Rosso is still Red Bull). They both seem relaxed in the new team as if they were under restrictions in the old ones. But Hamilton got the car he wanted. But Seb?
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No blown wheel nuts on the Force India. It's a concept that defines a lot of the car's packaging further back, so I would guess it won't be introduced either. But nothing wrong with that, Mercedes and Williams don't have them either - it just means they didn't see it as a big gain given the resources they had.
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