Canadian Grand Prix 2011, Circuit Gilles Villeneuve - Race 7/19

[DBT85]

With regards to McLaren's poor testing in 2011: McLaren and press all said that this mainly down to the octupus exhaust system which McLaren just couldn't get their head around. The moment the octopus was replaced with the conventional exhaust system (ie. a they went a step back), they appeared to all of a sudden, gain 1s/lap, which seemed to have made them competitive.

Had they abandoned the octopus exhaust earlier (in testing), they almost certainly would've put in more respectable test times in testing.

You can't really compare BrawnGP who had a disastrous pre-season (with the exception of the testing session they attended) and then turned up to the first GP of the season and blew the competition away.

There is some speculation that the exhaust they were playing with was something that allowed them to change where the exhaust was being released on the fly to give them different data on exit location.

Not that they ever admitted it was the octopus as it was speculated.

 

[utajoker]

just had a check for the race edit but its not up yet but i did see the 2010 season videos and it seems they slowly get replaced with the 2011 season as it happens.

does anyone know if you can view the race edits from past seasons?

i no the bbc have race edits but they arnt as good as the official f1 ones.

 

[Tweaker]

just had a check for the race edit but its not up yet but i did see the 2010 season videos and it seems they slowly get replaced with the 2011 season as it happens.

does anyone know if you can view the race edits from past seasons?

i no the bbc have race edits but they arnt as good as the official f1 ones.

They aren't accessible once they are taken down unfortunately