Malaysian Grand Prix 2010, Sepang - Race 3/19

deuse · 2 Apr 2010 at 07:57

You could say they could only use it 3 times in a lap?
It's got to be cheaper then Kers(which cost $40mill) or bring in turbo charged engines.

Duke · 2 Apr 2010 at 08:38

Some good dry running completed, not so sure it will stay like this though

Glad the mirrors are being moved back to the traditional position - McLaren already using them there.

CaptainRAVE · 2 Apr 2010 at 08:48

Fingers crossed for another wet race

Mr.Fantastic · 2 Apr 2010 at 08:53

Free Practice 1/2 results.

CaptainRAVE · 2 Apr 2010 at 09:01

NightSt@lk3r said:
Power stearing issue for Vettel now, thats 3 issues for Red Bull this morning.

Red Bull lack the reliability of a championship winning team. Vettel is an amazing talent, but I can't see him winning the championship with Red Bull.

Lunatic Dreyfus · 2 Apr 2010 at 09:29

Bugger. My PVR didn't record Free Practice 2. :mad:

I'll have to iPlayer it now, which isn't really the same.

4T5 · 2 Apr 2010 at 09:31

I have my Rain Dance ready for the race.

deuse · 2 Apr 2010 at 09:33

malc30 said:
I have my Rain Dance ready for the race.

Rain is not to bad but they have monsoons there which will kill off the race.

Lite rain please Oh rain gods

CaptainRAVE · 2 Apr 2010 at 09:34

deuse said:
Rain is not to bad but they have monsoons there which will kill off the race.

Lite rain please Oh rain gods

Shame they dont keep the race going - last man standing

sunama · 2 Apr 2010 at 09:47

Hamilton seems to be determined to dominate this race weekend.

And once again Rosberg is outperforming MS.

dalin80 · 2 Apr 2010 at 09:50

Does anyone have any speed trap results?

just interested to see if the mclaren ******-duct is working well here.

Mr Jack · 2 Apr 2010 at 09:52

Ferrari's looking a bit off the pace. But is that just down to what kind of run they did? Can anyone who watched practice confirm?

NathanE · 2 Apr 2010 at 10:09

el_dazza said:
Good to see the Hamilton brigade out in force giving their predictions for what they want to happen, not think will happen. Excellent stuff.

Vettel (can't keep running out of luck while waltzing it?)
Alonso
Webber (if he doesn't go around battering people like last time..)

Sutil to get off the mark as well, I reckon top 7 is within his reach at this kind of track.

Did he not throw that out of the pram in Australia as well?

You were saying?

Duke · 2 Apr 2010 at 10:19

Mr Jack said:
Ferrari's looking a bit off the pace. But is that just down to what kind of run they did? Can anyone who watched practice confirm?

Hard to tell. They were doing long(er) runs but maybe with more fuel than the others? I find it odd they didn't do any low-med fuel runs, or if they did they were off the pace which I doubt.

We'll find out more in FP3 if its dry as the teams tend to do more qually based testing in that session.

Over Clocker · 2 Apr 2010 at 10:39

The potential return of Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS) to Formula 1 for 2011 is set to dominate the agenda of a meeting of team principals in Malaysia later today, AUTOSPORT has learned.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/82593

Interesting........!

Glaucus · 2 Apr 2010 at 10:41

Highlights - Malaysian Grand Prix first practice
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton sets the pace in the first practice session for the Malaysian Grand Prix with Nico Rosberg second and Jenson Button third.

Highlights - Malaysian Grand Prix second practice
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton tops the time charts in the second practice session for the Malaysian Grand Prix with Sebastian Vettel second and Nico Rosberg third.

Glaucus · 2 Apr 2010 at 10:45

Over Clocker said:
The potential return of Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS) to Formula 1 for 2011 is set to dominate the agenda of a meeting of team principals in Malaysia later today, AUTOSPORT has learned.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/82593

Interesting........!

It could be such a good thing if they de restrict almost every aspect of it, apart from weight and you start the parade lap with no charge/KE.

Over Clocker · 2 Apr 2010 at 11:02

AcidHell2 said:
It could be such a good thing if they de restrict almost every aspect of it, apart from weight and you start the parade lap with no charge/KE.

Indeed!

Also rumours of increasing rear tyre width to 18" instead of current 13" to increase mechanical grip.

Setroc · 2 Apr 2010 at 11:12

Duke said:
Hard to tell. They were doing long(er) runs but maybe with more fuel than the others? I find it odd they didn't do any low-med fuel runs, or if they did they were off the pace which I doubt.

We'll find out more in FP3 if its dry as the teams tend to do more qually based testing in that session.

Well determining anything from Practice sessions has always been a bit of a mug's game, but now that fuel can account for up to 4 seconds of pace, surely it's even more ridiculous than ever to try and make these sorts of judgements. Even when they all look like they are doing low fuel quali runs, it hasn't been very accurate compared to their Q3 pace.

PinkFloyd · 2 Apr 2010 at 11:13

Over Clocker said:
Indeed!

Also rumours of increasing rear tyre width to 18" instead of current 13" to increase mechanical grip.

It's not the width, its the diameter of the rim that is proposed to change.

Wish they would stop fannying about with KERS and Aero and just allow bigger tyres and more power!