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Originally Posted by Dr Giacomo Rappaccini
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PETRONAS reimagining energy just an ad for heatersQuote:
Originally Posted by Dr Giacomo Rappaccini
and the german press has been brutal on Mercedes GP failing after 14 laps
i tread through about 4 or 5 different websites and their takedowns were mercilesss
It was only the first day of testing and considering some teams last year only ran on one day during the first test, they really don't warrant the criticism just yet. The German tabloid press are probably as moronic as ours in the UK.
seeing hamilton in the mercedes will take a bit of getting used to
http://img4.auto-motor-und-sport.de/...0ad-659286.jpg
and he's caused the second red flag by skididng off track and through the gravel
but he manged to post a p2 time before that so, encouraging
seems the car simply went straight on at turn 6
it may be driver error (hoping) or another mechanical problem with the car (discouraging) but it does look nimble though
Its not so much seeing him in another Silver (or grey in this case) Mercedes for me as much as seeing him with that awful new helmet design. I really liked Hamilton's classic simple helmet design and now he's joined the likes of Vettel and Kimi with terrible modern adaptations. I know a lot of fans have expressed how much they love the change but I'm from an era where the simple recognisable designs gave the driver that identity and Hamilton's gave just that. Its a thumbs down from me and I hope he sees sense in future. Obviously its not really that important in the grand scheme of things, but its something many will notice. He also can't help having 'Monster' as a sponsor which doesn't help its appearance.Quote:
Originally Posted by truefan72
That pic of the front of Lulu's Merc gives a very good perspective of how tortuous and complex the front wing elements are on a modern F1 car. I would say "awesome", though it is emblematic of the big problem of F1 - aero is everything. Front and rear.
And this isn't even the final iteration for the Merc (or the others, I would guess). I should have been an aerodynamicist, I am sure that all the big players have recruiters at all the major universities waiting to cherry pick the good ones, lock them in a room and make them churn out aero bits - a little like an infinite amount of monkeys banging on typewriters...
OK, back to the show... :vader:
It was a loss of rear brake pressure which caused his accident, not driver error.Quote:
Originally Posted by truefan72
lets see how hamilton gets on
If only I had thought of that!Quote:
Originally Posted by craigc
I hadn't even thought of that and I'm a Hamilton fan!