Pirelli bringing harder compound tires to a track that's already notorious for difficult overtaking. Could turn out to be a snoozer even with the longest DRS zone of the season so far.
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2011 Spanish Grand Prix
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, May 20 2011 02:44 PM
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Posted 20 May 2011 - 02:44 PM
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Posted 20 May 2011 - 03:40 PM
I'm out for a wedding this weekend, leaving tonight....
so I'm going to miss most of it... I caught the last 20 minutes of practice this morning... exciting...
so I'm going to miss most of it... I caught the last 20 minutes of practice this morning... exciting...
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Posted 20 May 2011 - 08:35 PM
Can someone explain what ferrari did to their wing and why it's being looked at? I read the article on autosport, but I don't understand it...
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Posted 20 May 2011 - 08:49 PM
Can someone explain what ferrari did to their wing and why it's being looked at? I read the article on autosport, but I don't understand it...
The FIA is looking at the size of their gurney flap. A gurney flap is just a strip of metal that sticks out into the air at the end of the tail - it produces a lot of downforce for very little drag. Looks like Ferrari found a legal-gap taht allows them to run a larger than normal gurney flap.
http://en.wikipedia....iki/Gurney_flap
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Posted 21 May 2011 - 12:48 AM
Haven't watched the hammond engineering an f1 car episode yet, but I'm guessing he probably doesn't cover gurney flaps 
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Posted 21 May 2011 - 12:57 AM
Hammond's show is very high-level, probably nothing on that show you didn't already know about F1.Haven't watched the hammond engineering an f1 car episode yet, but I'm guessing he probably doesn't cover gurney flaps
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Posted 21 May 2011 - 01:41 AM
If I say it every weekend it will eventually be proved right.
Fred's got this one guys.
Fred's got this one guys.
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Posted 21 May 2011 - 08:28 AM
So Ferrari have been clever with the gurney flaps on the rear wing but the solution is being banned for next race 
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Posted 21 May 2011 - 10:23 AM
nm its already banned and the new hards are shit
also nick on fiyyyaaaaahh
also nick on fiyyyaaaaahh
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Posted 21 May 2011 - 10:30 AM
He's heating up! He's on FIRE!nm its already banned and the new hards are shit
also nick on fiyyyaaaaahh
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Posted 21 May 2011 - 10:48 AM
The FIA is looking at the size of their gurney flap. A gurney flap is just a strip of metal that sticks out into the air at the end of the tail - it produces a lot of downforce for very little drag. Looks like Ferrari found a legal-gap taht allows them to run a larger than normal gurney flap.
http://en.wikipedia....iki/Gurney_flap
I thought the Gurney flap produced a lot of drag?
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Posted 21 May 2011 - 12:43 PM
Kova throwing down in BOSS mode, Koba blocked? :|
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Posted 21 May 2011 - 01:01 PM
Massa 1s slower than fred wakarimasen lol
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Posted 21 May 2011 - 01:09 PM
w00t!
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Posted 21 May 2011 - 01:21 PM
I thought the Gurney flap produced a lot of drag?
Gurney flaps produce TONS of drag. The real benefit of a Gurney flap is that it allows for downforce generation at angles that would otherwise be stalled. I'm not completely sure they [Ferrari] were planning on using that wing at this race, since they won't get any chance to test parts for Monaco between now and then.
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Posted 21 May 2011 - 10:13 PM
Oh my bad on the gurney flap and drag. lol.
What's up with McLaren changing their suit? It looks like shit this race!
I think they need to get rid of the hards completely and just give everyone more softs and and let them run flat out on softs. Qualifying not as fun as it used to be...
What's up with McLaren changing their suit? It looks like shit this race!
I think they need to get rid of the hards completely and just give everyone more softs and and let them run flat out on softs. Qualifying not as fun as it used to be...
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Posted 21 May 2011 - 10:57 PM
the body language between mark and seb has gotten even worse... i think it is more mark though, he looks like he flat out hates seb
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Posted 22 May 2011 - 02:59 AM
I'm really starting to hate SPEED... Watching the NASCRAP All Star race and they have gone like 30 minutes without a single commercial, WTF can't they do this during the F1 races 
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Posted 22 May 2011 - 11:48 AM
Oh my bad on the gurney flap and drag. lol.
What's up with McLaren changing their suit? It looks like shit this race!
I think they need to get rid of the hards completely and just give everyone more softs and and let them run flat out on softs. Qualifying not as fun as it used to be...
Gotta get the attention away from RBR somehow
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Posted 22 May 2011 - 01:02 PM
make the car faster ferrari ;(
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Posted 22 May 2011 - 01:43 PM
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Posted 22 May 2011 - 01:44 PM
so ferrari doesnt work on the hard tyres at all
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Posted 22 May 2011 - 01:52 PM
DRS didn't really work at this race.
McLaren are getting closer to Red Bull though.
McLaren are getting closer to Red Bull though.
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Posted 22 May 2011 - 03:40 PM
Pretty spectacular drive from Button, yeah he effed the start but smoothness and good strategy salvaged the race.
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