Re: 2014 Pre-Season Testing
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Originally Posted by Tazio
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:stareup: I know the answer to that query. He will start the season in uncharacteristically poor form. His driving, and his car will start gradually improving, and when Red Bull have all their issues sorted out, once again he'll be king-shit behind the wheel. :andrea:
"Uncharacteristically poor form" as in parking the car in flames after a couple of laps.:)
Also the bad news for RBR is that if you can hardly drive any laps as it has been in winter testing, you can't really analyze the car. Which means Red Bull's setups may be well off in the early races, which means they are far from maximizing car's potential and the setups may not be to Vettel's liking, which means he struggles. This even leaving aside all reliability issues! It doesn't mean Vettel is bad like some would like to believe then, but it just reflects on the poor preparation of the team in general. Without preparation you can't perform well.
Long-term outlooks? Largely depends on how much down on power Renault really is, because it is hard to say anything about the horsepower numbers thrown around. However, you'd think at least Red Bull's chassis should be fast, even if a bit (understatement!) unreliable.
That's what I said! :laugh: ;)
:D Let's see, what happens then.:)
Re: 2014 Pre-Season Testing
You reap what you sow ,whilst RB and Horner were grinning at everybody,the other teams were getting on with designing a good engine and car to the new regulations for 2014. Now that time has arrived and the last tests have finished it looks like Vettel and Horner are on the back foot,and sulking .Vettel being told by mr Red Bull that throwing 10 million at the situation will not cure their problems .Looks like Mercedes have got the engine sorted,and now we know why Lewis jumped ship 1 year earlier than we all expected.Hopefully this will lead to closer racing,at least at the beginning of the season,with Mercedes,Williams,Force India,and Ferrari more closely matched.BUT I must admit as in the last 4 years if one team walks away from everybody else as Vettel and RB has done this last 4 years,then it will be switch off time again .I think the first 4/5 races will see lots of retirements till the teams get the gremlins sorted.Just hope Renault and RB are not given a further test and developement period .
Where Vettels German mate vanished too ?
Re: 2014 Pre-Season Testing
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Originally Posted by Tazio
:stareup: I know the answer to that query. He will start the season in uncharacteristically poor form. His driving, and his car will start gradually improving, and when Red Bull have all their issues sorted out, once again he'll be king-shit behind the wheel. :andrea:
Sebastian as you say, " once again he will be king shit behind the wheel ," will only happen if Red Bull are able to get the exhaust gases into the diffuser, which will be pretty hard to accomplish, because of the new regulations this season.
Re: 2014 Pre-Season Testing
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Originally Posted by easy rider
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Originally Posted by Tazio
:stareup: I know the answer to that query. He will start the season in uncharacteristically poor form. His driving, and his car will start gradually improving, and when Red Bull have all their issues sorted out, once again he'll be king-shit behind the wheel. :andrea:
Sebastian as you say, " once again he will be king shit behind the wheel ," will only happen if Red Bull are able to get the exhaust gases into the diffuser, which will be pretty hard to accomplish, because of the new regulations this season.
Yeah but that Newey fella' is a sneaky little shit, and there is more than one way to skin a cat ;)
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I know that this testing crap isn't reliable....but I am hoping atleast that Redbull cannot resolve these issues in one magic swoop..especially
with no running till friday in Melbourne. This is turning out to be a very exciting wait for me (after years actually) and I hope a Redbull front row on Saturday
will not be the end result of this anticipation.
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I know that this testing crap isn't reliable....but I am hoping atleast that Redbull cannot resolve these issues in one magic swoop..especially
with no running till friday in Melbourne. This is turning out to be a very exciting wait for me (after years actually) and I hope a Redbull front row on Saturday
will not be the end result of this anticipation.
Sadly Red Bull do get some extra running before now and Australia... they have a filming day today in Bahrain.
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Overall though at this rate, my prediction of Marussia and/or Caterham getting their very first points could be coming true
Yes could be both couldn't it! They've both shown good reliability in testing. In Caterham's case the speed has not looked great, but Marussia have hinted at some respectable pace on occasion. Maybe in Australia they could even beat one of the "senior" Renault teams on pace, if the Renault runners have to go easy on the engines to make the finish.
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So finally this year we might see, how really good Vettel is ;)
I don't think we will really know that until he has a proven top-level teammate.
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Originally Posted by Tazio
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Yeah but that Newey fella' is a sneaky little shit, and there is more than one way to skin a cat ;)
Hmmmm.....Tazio you just might have a point.
http://grandprix247.com/2014/03/03/butt ... rtook-him/
Re: 2014 Pre-Season Testing
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Originally Posted by Tazio
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Originally Posted by easy rider
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Yeah but that Newey fella' is a sneaky little shit, and there is more than one way to skin a cat ;)
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Originally Posted by easy rider
[Hmmmm.....Tazio you just might have a point.
http://grandprix247.com/2014/03/03/butt ... rtook-him/
Thank's for the link daddy-o :smokin:
Everyone knows that RB's are the eayiest to drive fast. Look how good they made Webber look. :dork:
Hey, I meant to say that the RB10 looks fast just sitting on the track at Jerez, except they had so many problems that I decided to reserve judgment. Plus I've been trying to figure out why Kimi and Fred were working hard for 135's. The latest theory and intimated by sources in Modena. Ferrari didn't have an electric system that would allow them to run KERS, ICE, and MGU-k for one whole lap at full use of all units without overheating...something. Maybe they mean the batteries. Anyway with twice the number of engine tech. at Mercedes than they have at Ferrari, it sort of creates a new Evil Empire :vader: :angryfire :burn: :vampire: :devil: :crazy:
