Spanish GP: Friday, Saturday FP sessions thread

[Rob]

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really good idea. I think that the engineers would of gone over the regulations to make sure this was ok. I reckon it is border line, as that is how you would design it. Right to the edge.

[luicchi]

WHAT??!!!

please dont tell me that is what i think it is.

Rumors just rumors

[alogoc]

aldo and tomb cant realy make a good car from the word go but thay are one hell of a copyst

[scuderiafan]

aldo and tomb cant realy make a good car from the word go but thay are one hell of a copyst

eh? did not see any of this on another car today.

[Nova]

aldo and tomb cant realy make a good car from the word go but thay are one hell of a copyst

What? Thats a heck of a thing to say. We being invaded?

[alogoc]

i ment since we admitetd that others has done a better job than us, and started to copy it the flex wing,engine maps now the mclalen thing on the rear wing..... things are looking better the thing on our rear wing is ours inovation i know!

[Hornet]

Thats how it works in F1 really. Brawn was the first to came up with the double diffuser concept and everyone copied it. McLaren came up with the F duct, even Red Bull had to copy them. Then everyone wants to have a flexing wing too.

Everyone does the copying part. Its just that we haven't come up something smart yet until now. but that doesn't mean we're doing more copying than anyone else.

[scuderiafan]

i ment since we admitetd that others has done a better job than us, and started to copy it the flex wing,engine maps now the mclalen thing on the rear wing..... things are looking better the thing on our rear wing is ours inovation i know!

oh right. but you forget what the Bulls brought today.

OUR wheel rims.
and the shark skin coat on the front wing (albeit not that major, but still)
and the exhaust pipes.

[alogoc]

i just read on autosprint that mclaren is very close on the bulls and vettel says it will be close no mention of ferrari in that fight do

[RockyRaccoon]

Surely by calling our wing a clever interpretation of the rules then that implies it is within the rules?? I couldn't care less whether Charlie Whiting thinks it's a "good" interpretation or not!

[vasveras]

I have no idea what this is Happening to Massa. Personally I am Alonso Big fan, and I do not really like Massa. I think that Massa After loosing the WDC in Brazil 2008 he hasn't been the same since then. Hope he can do best, but not better than Alonso

mixed feelings about practice i think redbulls are untochble in quali. mclarens were a litle bit lighter on fuel i think fernando and rosberg have got more speed then they showed it will be a pretty open fight from p3 to p6 in quali. between these guys what worry me the most is massa why is that guy so slow i mean if fernando lost 0.3 maybe behind heidfeld then massa is over a second of fernando that is not a good sighn on overall speed

[F1NAC]

I have no idea what this is Happening to Massa. Personally I am Alonso Big fan, and I do not really like Massa. I think that Massa After loosing the WDC in Brazil 2008 he hasn't been the same since then. Hope he can do best, but not better than Alonso

I think since he had an accident in Hungary

[alogoc]

the accident,he has a child now its probably the subconscious thing i guess

[Greig]

the accident,he has a child now its probably the subconscious thing i guess

Ah the old child slows you down myth

Massa is doing just fine really considering he is up against the greatest thing since bread was sliced

But he don't worry too much it was Friday practice, obviously that means everything.....

[alogoc]

anyone has comparation on the laps whit and whitout the new wing just to see what are we discusing about here

[Brakefade]

What?! RB copied our wheel rims? I thought the wheels had to be homologated at the start of the year, therefore the design should stay the same throughout the year.

[alogoc]

i always wonder about the cameras why arent tey on the same place on every car the bulls have it on their nose from the bouth sides maybe its helpig them flex the wing

[Brakefade]

I think RB place their front cameras in such a way as to not give anyone a good view of their flex wing. Both because they don't want other teams analyzing the footage and figuring out how it works, but also to not tempt the FIA.

[Rob]

What?! RB copied our wheel rims? I thought the wheels had to be homologated at the start of the year, therefore the design should stay the same throughout the year.

any pictures of RBR running the wheel rims? i cannt find any

[luicchi]

Someone that speacks italian please:

http://www.auto.it/autosprint/formul...%27ala+Ferrari

Are they saying that is just legal for Spain??

[alogoc]

they are just speculating they dont know the decision

[Nisko]

Someone that speacks italian please:

http://www.auto.it/autosprint/formul...%27ala+Ferrari

Are they saying that is just legal for Spain??

Here is with google translate hehe
Some elements of the new rear spolier Red are not regular for the FIA: the GP of Spain are accepted by the next race but not anymore. It is controversial even for the extra tests carried out by Red Bull on a track of high speed
Barcelona is a track that requires so much downforce? And the Ferrari is adjusting. Presenting in addition to well known discharges "evolved", a rear wing even more radical. Too bad that the International Automobile Federation does not agree at all with either one or the other. So while the federal delegate Charlie Whiting insists that the special maps that allow exhaust gases to pass into the tubes even with the throttle off, they will disappear as soon as possible, power sports tip the eye also on the new Ferrari's rear wing.

From the front, you can clearly see two profiles that protrude beyond the height defined by mounding. For the engineers at Maranello it is simply '"separation", ie those elements that must be fixed between the two wing profiles to prevent flexing. These "clips" on the Red have become excessively large in order to generate additional load.

Sulkla question, the FIA ​​has reserved decideredopom, Grand pressed to Soagna: the wing for this race will be authorized but not more than 99 percent by the next grand prix. In short, says the regulatory mess.

Meanwhile, Lewis Hamilton, while complaining about the new tires hard ¬ - "I'm a disaster," he said after Friday practice - flies with the soft, approaching only 39 milliseconds from the time of Mark Webber, the fastest in both sessions .

The Red Bull there was theoretically a huge aero advantage, but although the supply of Hamilton emerges from a tour of "dry" and Sabastian Vettel to a sequence of five steps, the impression is that McLaren is close. He says the German world champion: "It will be a tough fight."

Meanwhile, controversy is made for that test Red Bull at the Circuit de Idiada - a bee for testing high-speed near Barcellna - which, under the guise of continuous radius curve - a bit 'like the ring of high-speed Nardo - lasted 400 miles, and never in straightness.

[Tifoso]

Someone that speacks italian please:

http://www.auto.it/autosprint/formul...%27ala+Ferrari

Are they saying that is just legal for Spain??

That is exactly what they're saying. Speculation at this point, I think.

[Jose Lorca]

Meanwhile, Lewis Hamilton, while complaining about the new tires hard ¬ - "I'm a disaster," he said after Friday practice - flies with the soft, approaching only 39 milliseconds from the time of Mark Webber, the fastest in both sessions .

You gotta love Google Translate!

[alogoc]

it makes no sense ok for this race but not for others

[Tifoso]

it makes no sense ok for this race but not for others

I agree. I think that they will find it legal....we'll see.

[scuderiafan]

I hope that is bs. it would be unfair to let a great exploitation of te rules unrewarded

[crewskas]

Google Translate, always tells the truth.
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1. Go in Google Translate and set from English to Vietnamese
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[Jose Lorca]

From what I understand, it's just a clever interpretation of the rules, so shouldn't be declared illegal.

[Tifoso]

Google Translate, always tells the truth.
Do the following:


1. Go in Google Translate and set from English to Vietnamese
2. Type in "Will ***** Norris ever die"
3. Copy the Vietnamese text and reverse the translatin function (so that it shows from Vietnamese to English)
4. Paste the Vietnamese text into the translator and translate it.