xrnzaaas
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Yep, they saved between 1 and 2 kilos.
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Formula 1 2017 Season |OT| Japanese Horror Story - Sundays on Sky
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Yep, they saved between 1 and 2 kilos.
Psychotext
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Yup, that's just stupid. You can preload massively, but in the wrong conditions you're going to get mashed up.
I'm also wondering if sacking his trainer might explain why he sounded so unfit on the radio. No way he should have been blowing like that.
I'm also wondering if sacking his trainer might explain why he sounded so unfit on the radio. No way he should have been blowing like that.
Wow, they really tried to shave off as much weight as possible.
I have to agree with everyone here. You can preload with as much fluids as you want, but in a race situation like that, you going to lose a lot of fluids from sweat alone. The FIA really need to step in here, because we're talking about a person's actual health here being affected due to dehydration in race conditions.
brotkasten
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Confirmation that they were cruising, but there's still a noticeable gap between Mercedes/Ferrari and Red Bull.
Ricciardo finished on the podium, but crossed the line 73 seconds adrift of Hamilton, with Horner revealing Red Bull adopted a cautious approach once the picture of the race was clear.
"Daniel obviously had a pretty lonely race, benefitting from Bottas' retirement," Horner explained. "Pretty much halfway through the race we turned the engine down to try and save engine life.
"Obviously it's got to do quite a few events, and the pace to the front running cars was pretty significant. We've still got plenty to do, we made some progress here this weekend, it's given us a very clear development direction, hopefully we'll be looking to capitalise on that on coming races."
Horner conceded that Red Bull's deficit was larger in race-trim than over one lap, believing it has to make progress in understanding the tyres.
"I think the delta was a lot bigger in the race," Horner commented on Red Bull's lack of pace. "Daniel didn't look as happy with his car this weekend as Max but I'm not suggesting Max would have been 20 seconds up the road, there's still issues in that when you have a gap like that.
"The way you're working the tyres is a key element, particularly on this track, it gives an interesting workout on the tyres.
"We can see it's an area where we're giving away performance [as] we look relatively more competitive in the second half of the race than the first."
http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/353235/horner-ricciardo-s-engine-saved-mid-race/
Suggestion is that because they now have an actual rival they are pushing flat out so it's harder on the drivers, on top of higher g forces anyway with the new rules.
He said before the season that he wanted to go without a trainer as a test of himself.
FrankCanada97
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Actually I think Bernie says "think before you drive", which is also applicable here. It's nice to know that by resorting to such measures, Mercedes thinks they have real competition.
Psychotext
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He's an idiot then. Stick to what you're good at, let others worry about what they're good at.
...and even with the higher g-forces, pushing etc, he still shouldn't have been panting like that.
Yeah, I thought he was one of the fitter drivers (not that any of them are unfit), but he was blowing like Thomas the Tank around there.
I know the new cars are hard to drive, but it's not exactly Senna at Interlargos is it?
Needs to take his dog (Bruno, Cosmo, Don't Kno) out for more walks.
He races in the competition, he's an Indy 500 rook. The others don't do Indycar.
I meant use two different compounds. Soft and the medium tyre during the race. Ferrari only used softs.
Hard tyre is completely useless so no one used that at all.
theignoramus
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I read it and shook my head. That is fucking dangerous and shouldnt be allowed.
We need side by sides of their pit in and out laps during the race as well
Ooo, I like that! =o
More of this, I love seeing this stuff.
brotkasten
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I'm sort of fine with Red Bull billboards on the track, because that's the point of the team being in the sport.
But this goes way too far. Why would you ruin such a beautiful car with your shitty livery?
It's beautiful. Best livery on the grid in at least a decade.
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
Leave the matte blue, though.
It's probably a vinyl wrap that will be promptly removed once the marketing events are done.
F1 2017 trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuNYxtVoUs8&t=4s
brotkasten
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Is this supposed to tell me anything?
Raik has a baby girl? *shrugs*
Jezbollah
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Is English not your native tongue?
brotkasten
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It's my 3rd language, thanks for asking. But that's not what I'm getting at. Other than Kimi, I have no idea who these people are.
Minttu is Kimi's wife, Robin is his son, and Rianna Angelia Milana is the full name of his new daughter.
PjotrStroganov
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They raced them.
FrankCanada97
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For a moment I thought they going to go camp out at the Nurburgring, but then I remembered what day that race is on.
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