F1 2013 thread

[thestaggy]

no more drop noses! yay!

Lotus is still pimpin' it while Sauber and Red Bull have thinly disguised steps.

 

[Naks]

Testing has started

http://live.autosport.com/commentary.php/id/549

 

[Willie Trombone]

Testing has started

http://live.autosport.com/commentary.php/id/549

Nearly 40 days until Melbourne
It's like waiting for youtube to buffer.

 

[thestaggy]

The designer of this should be hunted down and shot. . .

 

[Rosaudio]

The Merc has already been set on fire.

Dont have much hope for them.

 

[Willie Trombone]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/feb/05/mercedes-w04-flames-first-test

 

[killadoob]

The designer of this should be hunted down and shot. . .

In all fairness do they have the same sort of setup the bigger teams have? Do they have the systems to ensure they can design the right car?

Rather a poor design than a car that catches on fire and they have mega bucks backing them haha.

 

[satanboy]

They're still there, under the panel

That Ferrari front nose is pretty cool.

As long as I can't see them, all is good. It has been probably the worst thing I've seen in many years done to a F1 car and there have been a few atrocious designs.

 

[killadoob]

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/06/s...-f1-lewis-hamilton-crash/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

So merc has a burning car and a car with kuk hydrolics, let's hope they turned it around LOL. Ferrari started off pretty poorly last season and look how well they did, granted they never had a burnt car and a crashed one before the races even started.

The good news:

It really cannot get any worse

 

[SirFooK'nG]

End of Day 2 .. Lotus on top by almost 0.8sec ... Oooo... I'm gonna be screaming for Kimi this year!!!

 

[killadoob]

End of Day 2 .. Lotus on top by almost 0.8sec ... Oooo... I'm gonna be screaming for Kimi this year!!!

Don't be fooled by pre season testing. Means nothing. They are ensuring their cars don't burn and have brake failures. Nothing more than testing. I will read more into the situation when the 1st practice begins and the first quali is over.

 

[Beavis]

Don't be fooled by pre season testing. Means nothing. They are ensuring their cars don't burn and have brake failures. Nothing more than testing. I will read more into the situation when the 1st practice begins and the first quali is over.

hehehe, can't but imagine you enjoying the failures merc is having...hehehe

 

[killadoob]

hehehe, can't but imagine you enjoying the failures merc is having...hehehe

Nope hating it actually, i want to see merc do well. I want to see 6 or 7 teams pushing for victories.

I want rosberg and hamilton to have a show down, i want hamilton on pole winning races. I may not have a liking for the ham but i love f1 and i want to see lots of teams capable of pushing for victories, poles and upsets. If hamilton won the championship i would not mind. Tired of seeing vettel dominate the field year after year after year.

 

[Miksta78]

RBR.....Vettel the king....

 

[SirFooK'nG]

Lotus did 95 laps yesterday... Yoh ... testing is harsh! I see Kimi is out today testing his car. Twitter

 

[Willie Trombone]

Hydraulics failure cause of Hamilton's crash yesterday

[video=youtube;waLwFmZIlt4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=waLwFmZIlt4[/video]

...and Rosberg had electrical issues today too... they both only covered 15 laps a piece and it's canned for Merc for the rest of the day.

 

[killadoob]

Again?

That is odd.

 

[Willie Trombone]

Again?

That is odd.

Merc is struggling for reliability. Not a good sign - and I don't get why - they shouldn't be short of really good propeller heads... but as Hamilton said - rather now than at Barcelona.

 

[HapticSimian]

Hydraulics failure cause of Hamilton's crash today

/snip

...and Rosberg had electrical issues today too... they both only covered 15 laps a piece and it's canned for Merc for the rest of the day.

You're confused... Electrical issue for Rosberg on day 1, brakes for Hamilton yesterday. Today seems to be going fine.

 

[Willie Trombone]

Yes, today! That's what I said