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F1 Testing 2012 - Week 1, Jerez
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You can 'trade' them for official test days. Don't know if they are free reign like the normal tests, or if they carry the same tyre restrictions as straight line and media days (super hard rubber)?
I seriously doubt they could transfer any tyre data from the old car to the new one if there are any significant changes between the chassis (which there sounds like there is).
Filming days are nothing new either. Loads of teams do them. Caterham stayed behind at the Jerez test for one (possibly 2), for example.
And as for that W duct, regardless of wether it is actually on the car or just someone's thinking, its mighty clever, I like it
Filming days are nothing new either. Loads of teams do them. Caterham stayed behind at the Jerez test for one (possibly 2), for example.
And as for that W duct, regardless of wether it is actually on the car or just someone's thinking, its mighty clever, I like it
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97584
And the vids that run at the side of the Autosport articles shows thats Force India have also done a filming day at Silverstone.
And the vids that run at the side of the Autosport articles shows thats Force India have also done a filming day at Silverstone.
They had that day when they released their car from what i remember, either that or one of the allowed 'shakedowns'.
Based on what?
based on gravity
how tighly packed everything is around the middle of the car
and how low the sidepods are
The amount of attention that this car is getting and the efforts which Merc are making to hide their car - if this car is anything less than 1s/lap faster than the RBR, it will be a huge let down.
However, until we see this car on the track, we will have no idea how it actually performs. It may yet turn out to be an absolute turkey OR could go on to dominate the 2012 season, giving Rosberg/MSc an easy title win.
My own belief is that this car will slot in behind the top 3 teams, just as it did last year.
However, until we see this car on the track, we will have no idea how it actually performs. It may yet turn out to be an absolute turkey OR could go on to dominate the 2012 season, giving Rosberg/MSc an easy title win.
My own belief is that this car will slot in behind the top 3 teams, just as it did last year.
Am I missing something? It looks just like every other 2012 car so far
Surely another season like that would be seen as a massive failure? I really hope its not the case for both the 'show' of F1 as a whole, and for Mercedes continued involvement in the sport (they won't want to stick around if they are solidly 4th every year). A 4 team, 8 driver fight for the title would be epic.
Being an engine supplier is very different to owning your own team. The fact they are being beaten by McLaren still must also be a sore point. They need to perform better or I can see the boss's on high pulling the plug.
I did check SkyBet earlier and I think they have to high of an opinion of Lotus. They have Kimi at the same odds as Webber, and over twice the odds of Schumacher or Rosberg!