2014 Pre-Season Testing

Well yes it is Wilko. ;)
Red Bull is done for the day Ted Kravits is saying:

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Lots of drilling in RB pit. Seems turbo and battery control unit packaging is too tight, not a Renault prob pic.twitter.com/oP9HK0OZX4

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Surely Red Bull will get this sorted out in time for the first race, but I want to see C. Horner squirm for a while, the longer the better :angel:

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Originally Posted by Mr Alca-Tazizzle

Well yes it is Wilko. ;)
Red Bull is done for the day Ted Kravits is saying:

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Lots of drilling in RB pit. Seems turbo and battery control unit packaging is too tight, not a Renault prob pic.twitter.com/oP9HK0OZX4

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Surely Red Bull will get this sorted out in time for the first race, but I want to see C. Horner squirm for a while, the longer the better :angel:

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He's decided not to squirm in public today as he and Adrian Newey have left the circuit. All is not well at the Red Bull camp.

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Originally Posted by Mr Alca-Tazizzle

Well yes it is Wilko. ;)
Red Bull is done for the day Ted Kravits is saying:

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Lots of drilling in RB pit. Seems turbo and battery control unit packaging is too tight, not a Renault prob pic.twitter.com/oP9HK0OZX4

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Surely Red Bull will get this sorted out in time for the first race, but I want to see C. Horner squirm for a while, the longer the better :angel:

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C 'est tres interressant! Can't wait for Ted's testing notebook tonight!!!

And still, the Red Bull could turn out to be an unreliable 1991 Ferrari (truck)! Surely, they would not compromise on cooling for speed would they? Don't they learn anything????

It's definitely a Whack Whack Ooops from Newey.

The Boss puts in a 123.9 FWIW. Mercedes seems to be on top of things here, and I think they are going to be tough this season!

A Hamilton, Rosberg, Kimi, Fred & Button title fight in prospect? :)

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Originally Posted by Ted Kravitz

Ted Kravitz has been discussing Red Bull’s problems on Sky Sports News:

“It has been another dreadful day for Red Bull and it couldn’t have come at a worse time because the Red Bull co-owner Dietrich Mateschitz has turned up as has Helmut Marko and they are here to witness the continuation of a poor test. They have only had a few laps, no real running, no real learning about the new car, persistent overheating problems. Some indication as to whether those problems are down to the over aggressive packaging of Adrian Newey on this car or whether it is actually a problem with what Renault have supplied them is not working with their packing – that is going to be an argument that is down to fine details and it doesn’t really mate because what it means is that Red Bull, the reigning World Champions, have not been able to use the first test in any meaningful way and that is going to put them on the back foot for their season preparations.

“The old dentist drill is going on in garage 22, so they are working on the car and seeing if they can change it and change the bodywork and make it work because they have this track time available. A day extra spent working here or an extra day in the factory in Milton Keynes probably won’t make that much of a difference. There are two weeks between the end of this test and the beginning of the Bahrain test and that will probably shrink to a week and a half because they have to fly the car out to Bahrain. So I don’t think they would be better served calling it a day right now and you never know they might achieve some good things with the dentist drill and at least get the car to run five laps, ten laps, something like this. But we believe they are not going to run for the rest of the day – Day Three in Jerez and still no meaningful running for Red Bull. We will see if the drilling gets them anywhere tomorrow.”

As for whether it is a Red Bull or a Renault problem:

“It is a problem for them both, but it is a bigger problem for Red Bull as it is their job to take all the elements from Renault, the battery, the battery control system, the transformer and then the energy recovery systems and package it in a way that it isn’t going to overheat. I think ultimately it is Red Bull’s fault – they get all the equipment in from a supplier and it is their job to make it work together and they haven’t.”

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Ouch!

Who knows? You know Seb is going to be up there. As for "Jense" I think he will have his hands full with Magnusson. The battle between Fred and Kimi is going to be epic, and I really hope it is at/near the top, but it is way too early to say. I'm just going to stay in my bubble enjoying almighty Red Bull do their Alphonse-Gaston routine :p:

I think its been fun to see everyone struggling a bit. I had the feeling over the last few years that F1 has been a bit stale and samey, but these regs seem to have put a real question mark in everyone's mind.

Fun times ahead hopefully.

P.S I enjoy seeing Red Bull struggle as much as you guys that was one team that appeared to be getting too big for its boots, but I still fear they will be mighty come the end of the season.

Anyone have any pics or extra information about Slashes Crash?

He brought the Red flag out earlier , it then got taken in and the Toro Rosso brings it out once again after grinding to a halt.