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Thread: McLaren ready to go KERS
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5th March 2009, 19:40 #11
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If you read the article closely, nowhere does Kovy say they are going to run it.
And his referance to NH implies that they have not even come close to making a decision.
Could this be a smoke-screen to get their competition to exaust more resourses in this arena and buy time for
Mc' to sort out their rear wing problem?May the forza be with you
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5th March 2009, 20:35 #12
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Originally Posted by Tazio
There is a collective 5 days test next week and some teams will have a few days of test also the week after that and than it's over, they have to fly the cars to Oz.
Until now BMW and Ferrari managed more than 7000 kms with the new cars, Toyota are well over 6000 kms, all the while McLaren did 4000 kms of testing, during which they never looked fast over a long stint, 90% of the time they ran with the 2008 wing and came up with dozens of explanations for that, and blew 2 engines already.
Thinking about it, I might enjoy the 2009 season with 3 teams clearly at the topMichael Schumacher The Best Ever F1 Driver
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5th March 2009, 22:40 #13
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Originally Posted by ioan
If McLaren can bluff other teams into believing they will use KERS in OZ
It might cause other teams to
take what precious time is left to test in other areas suspension, and aero, and apply it to KERS.
Thus while concentrating on rear wing issues Mc' will not have lost as much time relative to other areas.
Of course if they don’t get it sorted out I agree us Ferrari Folk may end up with a very enjoyable seasonMay the forza be with you
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6th March 2009, 10:09 #14
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Originally Posted by Tazio
They do not work in a direction or another in function of what Mac PR machine is releasing, the cases when they don't distort reality are less than 1%, and the other teams know that as well as the fans.Michael Schumacher The Best Ever F1 Driver
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6th March 2009, 18:34 #15
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Actually I find hard to believe the sandbagging theory of running with wrong details (like 2008 rear wing in McLaren's case). When BMW was sandbagging in 2008, they had a proper car fully fitted according to rules, they were just running with extra fuel, didn't push to the limit or whatever. Running with details that won't be used during the season will do nothing other than give inaccurate information to the team itself too (not just only others). I'm pretty sure McLaren has got a real aerodynamic problem at the moment (this is what I would like to highlight, they may fix it in time though, who knows).
I completely agree . The only issue I saw was that they chose a much too durable combination of tire selection for this one , as even the mediums were good enough to make it to the end of the race...
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