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rumor of the day...

Campos out, VW in for 2011...

[vietlol]

[MrHahn]

I think the Renault yellow looks really good - alot like the R26 Megane, but the black looks horrible. Looks as if someone taped up the car and left half of it masked

[Redliner]

Haaaay look! Glowing brake discs!

[vietlol]

the nose on the macca is pretty ugly

[DrDickAction]

rumor of the day...

Campos out, VW in for 2011...

[kngrsll]

the nose on the macca is pretty ugly

prob gonna see alot of this in 2010

[kngrsll]

i just had a quick thought.... so its easy to forget that what is now Mercedes F1, was the Honda team of old. and in between that, they were Brawn GP.

Now, how much do you think the staff has changed since then? I know some high level names have come in, but the majority of the grunts, are they the same?

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

i just had a quick thought.... so its easy to forget that what is now Mercedes F1, was the Honda team of old. and in between that, they were Brawn GP.

Now, how much do you think the staff has changed since then? I know some high level names have come in, but the majority of the grunts, are they the same?

It's still the Brackley factory and I would have guessed that they downsized a lot when they became BrawnGP, but the core staff would still be from the Honda days. With the Merc acquistion their budget probably has increased quite significantly so there may be some fresh blood amongst the workforce too.

[DrDickAction]

It's still the Brackley factory and I would have guessed that they downsized a lot when they became BrawnGP, but the core staff would still be from the Honda days. With the Merc acquistion their budget probably has increased quite significantly so there may be some fresh blood amongst the workforce too.

I wonder if any new hires were the redundant employees coming back though. Not sure about UK, but there are some strict laws about re-hiring a laid-off employee here.

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

Felipe pulled 160 laps today doing race sims and fuel consumption tests.

Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1. Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1m19.583s 113
2. Adrian Sutil Force India 1m20.180s + 0.597s 83
3. Rubens Barrichello Williams 1m20.341s + 0.758s 90
4. Robert Kubica Renault 1m20.358s + 0.775s 85
5. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m20.613s + 1.030s 83
6. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1m21.203s + 1.620s 89
7. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m21.485s + 1.902s 160
8. Pedro de la Rosa Sauber 1m22.134s + 2.551s 105
9. Lucas di Grassi Virgin 1m22.912s + 3.329s 63
10. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso 1m24.072s + 4.489s 98

All timing unofficial

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Felipe pulled 160 laps today doing race sims and fuel consumption tests.

Ferrari is burning through their testing mileage allowance like it's going out of style...

[yonson]

wait, they are only allowed a certain amount of miles???

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

wait, they are only allowed a certain amount of miles???

22.1 b) No competitor may carry out more than 15,000km of track testing during a calendar year.


But also, there is a use by date:

22.1 c) No track testing may take place between the start of the week preceding the first Event of the Championship and 31 December of the same year

So basically do 15000 km in the next 3 weeks minus the mileage you need for straightline tests and the young driver development tests.

[chiuey]

I think it would look better if they moded their design to look something more like this.

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woah wait what?

Plans for the track locate it on a 20 hectare (50 acre) plot of land, but both the location and the franchise to run the track have yet to be decided. The Singapore Sports Council is looking at doubling the size of the site, and is due to make a decision on who will run the track in the near future. The track, originally planned to be between 2.5 and 3.5 kilometers long, would need to be closer to 5km if it is to host the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix which is currently held on a street circuit. The FIM track regulations also specify a minimum length of 3.5 km, and so if both MotoGP and Formula One are to come to the circuit, the track will need to be longer than is currently allowed for.

http://www.motomatte...ated_by_si.html

[vietlol]

sounds like a job for tilke!

[DrDickAction]

sounds like a job for tilke!

[vietlol]

Ferrari's Felipe Massa doesn't understand why his former teammate Nick Heidfeld is without a race seat this season, and instead a test/reserve driver for Mercedes GP.

Massa said to Swiss newspaper 'Blick', "Why has no one offered my former team-mate Nick Heidfeld a good race-seat? If I look at this year's field in such a way, then he belongs in Formula One - not as a test driver."

indeed

[DrDickAction]

indeed

[Redliner]

Nick really needs to be a race driver - the other drivers out there are a total joke. And I feel bad for Kubica b/c he stepped from one shotty mftg to another one...

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agreed about nick and kubica...
2 talented drivers that somehow how the shaft this season...

[mads]

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

agreed about nick and kubica...
2 talented drivers that somehow how the shaft this season...

I dunno how going to a factory team that has 2 WDCs in the last decade is getting the shaft (one of only 3 manufacturers to get a WCC in the last 10 years). Sure Renault aren't as fast as they used to be but I don't see how going there would be any less favorable (at the time he signed) than any other team bar Ferrari/McLaren/Mercedes/RBR. I see his change from BMW to Renault more as a lateral move than up/down on the pecking order.

Nick on the other hand... Well he straight up got jacked.

[DrDickAction]

I dunno how going to a factory team that has 2 WDCs in the last decade is getting the shaft (one of only 3 manufacturers to get a WCC in the last 10 years). Sure Renault aren't as fast as they used to be but I don't see how going there would be any less favorable (at the time he signed) than any other team bar Ferrari/McLaren/Mercedes/RBR. I see his change from BMW to Renault more as a lateral move than up/down on the pecking order.

Nick on the other hand... Well he straight up got jacked.

Even when Renault is bad, they're still a mid-field team.