Spanish Grand Prix 2012, Catalunya - Race 5/20

So it seems they may run the new 'inbetween' option, which was photographed at the test and the bit they were trying today was to check the drivers visibility, should they fully go towards the stepped nose layout.
 
Good chat at the moment about McLaren's pit stop gear being primitive compared to their competitors.

They really need to get that retained wheel nut system that Ferrari and Mercedes have.
 
Duke said:
Its different to that. There is now a bulge along almost where the drivers eye line is. Only currently on Lewis's car.
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That was just something being tested to do with drivers vision for next years car, it's not part of the new nose.
 
Yeah, I gathered that as well, see my second post :)


Practice 1 times

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[b]Pos  Driver                Team                   Time               Laps[/b]
 1.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                1m24.430             20
 2.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault       1m24.808s  + 0.378   18
 3.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari         1m24.912s  + 0.482   28
 4.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1m24.996s  + 0.566   24
 5.  Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault       1m25.120s  + 0.690   24
 6.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes               1m25.187s  + 0.757   15
 7.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault          1m25.217s  + 0.787   16
 8.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes       1m25.252s  + 0.822   20
 9.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault          1m25.285s  + 0.855   29
10.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes   1m25.339s  + 0.909   24
11.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m25.367s  + 0.937   22
12.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                1m25.433s  + 1.003   21
13.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault       1m25.539s  + 1.109   23
14.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes               1m25.607s  + 1.177   20
15.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari         1m25.918s  + 1.488   19
16.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m26.226s  + 1.796   24
17.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault       1m26.297s  + 1.867   18
18.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes   1m26.630s  + 2.200   21
19.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault       1m27.475s  + 3.045   20
20.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth      1m28.267s  + 3.837   21
21.  Alexander Rossi       Caterham-Renault       1m28.448s  + 4.018   25
22.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth      1m28.633s  + 4.203   22
23.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth           1m29.107s  + 4.677   19
24.  Dani Clos             HRT-Cosworth           1m31.618s  + 7.188   19
 
I think everyone is getting a bit premature heralding the return of Ferrari — it's one practice session from one grand prix — let's not get carried away. :p
 
englishpremier said:
The new McLaren nose is uglier than most of the other teams'.

Mercedes have the best one imo. It's nice and flat and thin. The McLaren one is very fat and reminds me of a fish.
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It is not uglier than the other teams step noses imo.

Panzerbjorn said:
I think everyone is getting a bit premature heralding the return of Ferrari — it's one practice session from one grand prix — let's not get carried away. :p
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This. Its only FP1.;)
 
englishpremier said:
Good chat at the moment about McLaren's pit stop gear being primitive compared to their competitors.

They really need to get that retained wheel nut system that Ferrari and Mercedes have.
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Merc and Ferrari have learnt from their other racing outings. McLaren are only recently racing again in areas other than F1 (GT3 with the 12C). Hopefully they will learn from their mistakes.

Did I hear or read somewhere that the McLaren wheel nut turns 12 times to be tight, while the Ferrari one only turns 3 times? Something like that.
 
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