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[vietlol]

Not as fun as it looks



new exhaust

AUTOSPORT understands that both Renault and Mercedes GP have also tweaked their cars to make use of the system for this weekend's race in Valencia - although the latter may only trial it during Friday free practice rather than use it for the whole event.

McLaren and Williams are set to introduce their own versions of the blown diffusers for the British Grand Prix.

-Winner will be Alonso for sure this time
-RBR to have more cockups


Race probably wont be very interesting other than seeing how the new exhaust works out for other teams

[TimzSI]

In an interesting aside, the Valencia circuit is the toughest MFer on F1 2009 for Wii. Maybe its just because I have so few laps around it.

[vietlol]

I have F1 2009 on PSP and all the tracks that I havent raced in rFactor and other sims are really hard to learn/get right. I find Valencia a bit easier than Abu Dhabi and Singapore which is very hard.

PSPs shitty controls dont help but when you know the track well its pretty easy. When you have no idea how its meant to be driven its a pain

[TimzSI]

No matter what system, 3 perfect laps, plus overtaking if you dont qualify, is ridiculously hard. I have 05 and 06 for psp as well. Spa is fun.

[_R_]

reminder...race is tape delayed on fox on sunday

[vietlol]

No matter what system, 3 perfect laps, plus overtaking if you dont qualify, is ridiculously hard. I have 05 and 06 for psp as well. Spa is fun.

easy on pc with a wheel

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

Chandok spied testing 2011 Lotus F1 car?

[vietlol]

he looks distressed



spot the exhaust

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

spot the exhaust

I think those gold things on the lower endplates are either pressure or temperature sensors to try and measure how effective this new exhaust system is.

[vietlol]

I think those gold things on the lower endplates are either pressure or temperature sensors to try and measure how effective this new exhaust system is.

could be

also

new exhaust requires heat insulation made of zirconia-based ceramic

[Redliner]

i'm 99% sure those are temp sensor decals. Again though - did all teh engineers forget that routing exhaust through the rear diffuser increased downforce w/o penalty? They used to do this during the 80s!

I don't understand what the big deal is with all these teams playing 'catch-up' when they've known about this for quite awhile...

[vietlol]

afaik it loses power compared to what they ran before so maybe they didnt think the gains were worth it

[yonson]

damn I hope it's not a snoozefest... guess I'm just gonna DVR it since I'll be in Santa Barbara this weekend...

[Nacho]

damn I hope it's not a snoozefest... guess I'm just gonna DVR it since I'll be in Santa Barbara this weekend...

I got a bigass wedding this weekend, then for Silverstone i've gotta work the Forecastle Festival (I'm on the media team), so Ill be playing F1 catchup for sure the next few races.

[vietlol]

Massa looking good

[vietlol]

[DrDickAction]

[MrHahn]

Blown rears helped

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

1:37.5 I think it might be a snoozer of a race if the RBR cars are that fast.

[_R_]

1:37.5 I think it might be a snoozer of a race if the RBR cars are that fast.

i don't think that's the only reason it'll be a snoozer of a race... i'm not even excited to watch it tomorrow... i'll probably have it running in the background incase something happens...

[SeaMack99]

RBR front row, this race doesn't look like its gonna be exciting at all.

[Shi]

i'm 99% sure those are temp sensor decals. Again though - did all teh engineers forget that routing exhaust through the rear diffuser increased downforce w/o penalty? They used to do this during the 80s!

I don't understand what the big deal is with all these teams playing 'catch-up' when they've known about this for quite awhile...

The downforce changes depending on how the engine is used - you get more downforce while you're on the throttle at high RPM, so the handling changes as well

[DrDickAction]

RBR front row, this race doesn't look like its gonna be exciting at all.

Well, somewhat exciting to see how RBR ends up fucking it up.

[TimzSI]

RBR crash out? Robot Schumi outisde top 10? Button sneaking up on Ham-Bone's rear?

All this and more, tonite, on the Mad Real World Valencia.

[HighTachPres]

In an interesting aside, the Valencia circuit is the toughest MFer on F1 2009 for Wii. Maybe its just because I have so few laps around it.

that MIGHT be the reason