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Thread: Thoughts on Barcelona Testing
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3rd March 2016, 07:33 #21
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3rd March 2016, 11:51 #22
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That's right, the first time anyone did more laps than Mercedes on a given day. Torro Rosso almost did it with 161 laps on day 3 of the first test, but Mercedes pipped them with 162. Mercedes still have the best overall daily total with 185 laps on day 4 of the first test No wonder their drivers are only working half days now!
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4th March 2016, 12:56 #23
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Hold the back page - the Mercedes has just broken down! Transmission problem according to their twitter feed. 1200 laps of testing and they have finally managed to break the thing. That's more than 18 full race distances by the way.
Last edited by AndyL; 4th March 2016 at 12:59.
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4th March 2016, 22:28 #24
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And Vettel has posted the fastest time of the two weeks testing
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5th March 2016, 02:23 #25
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Pretty soon it will be time for Mercedes to unload the sandbags from their rigs
Last edited by Tazio; 6th March 2016 at 00:05.
May the forza be with you
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5th March 2016, 21:32 #26
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You've got it all wrong Tazzy. "Sandbagging" with a direct method such as sandbags would impact balance and mess up testing.
It's probably just a programmed electronic throttle limiter being used!
But I hope I'm wrong. It would be great if at least Ferrari could produce a car that would come close to the Mercedes. The Nico vs Lewis battle would be more fun if Sebastian and Kimi could at least on occasion throw some wrenches into things.
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6th March 2016, 09:10 #27
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7th March 2016, 07:42 #28
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Mercedes canīt handle the new softer Pirellis as well as the Ferrari, Lewis admitted this himself. We will see.
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8th March 2016, 02:48 #30
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I still think the smart money is on Mercedes, although it may be closer this year!
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