8 minutes ago, Wet Kipper said:

I dunno, I'm getting a bit of a "Concorde" vibe about it

I was thinking short wheelbase dragster.

Chinese GP postponed due to the coronavirus. I wonder if it will be possible to re schedule later in the year or will it end up as just 'cancelled' 🤔 

Ferrari launch new SF-1000 car which channels air to the centre of the rear wing rather than the edges of the rear wing reducing overall downforce suggesting they are concentrating on top speed advantage.

Barcelona testing showing live on sky sport😎

Former Williams F1 driver Robert Kubica signs to drive for BMW in 2020 German DTM Championship.

On 05/02/2020 at 16:00, camelspyyder said:

OMG!

 

They said the Halo looked bad...

 

This is Indycars new screen (the one RedBull proposed for F1)

 

 

looks like a 1 seat saloon car. 

 

🤢

How do you pull a 'tear off' off of the screen when it gets covered in oil or insects?

43 minutes ago, moley said:

How do you pull a 'tear off' off of the screen when it gets covered in oil or insects?

Pit crew give it a quick squirt and wipe during the wheel/tyre change (all 2.4 seconds worth).

On 12/02/2020 at 19:32, shyVRS245 said:

Ferrari launch new SF-1000 car which channels air to the centre of the rear wing rather than the edges of the rear wing reducing overall downforce suggesting they are concentrating on top speed advantage.

Their boss claimed they're trying to find downforce all over the car. The low drag car last year got humped in the championship did it not?

Williams makes "no fundamental concept changes" to new car. 

 

Oh dear.

 

They've "prioritised making improvements"

 

Other quotes from the team at the  launch:

 

"Healthy development rate"

 

"Reasonable improvement"

 

"Some good progress"

 

Very worrying.😪

 

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On the plus side the anonymous colour scheme has changed, so now it does look more like a mid grid F2 car (and its probably about as quick)

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Mercedes fastest on day 1.

 

1.16.976

 

Last year:

 

Ferrari fastest on day 1

 

1.18.161

 

I think the fastest laps in the whole 8 days last year were around 1.16.22 for both

 

 

 

 

 

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Racing Point's Perez has second quickest car - unveiled today, its a copy of the 2019 Mercedes.

 

All 10 teams inside 1.5 seconds of the fastest lap.

 

 

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Not long to wait until Melbourne. Why does winter drag so much?.

Dunno, but I don't have fast enough internet at the new place to stream free F1. 

 

God, I might have to pay for it!

Alfa fastest on 1.17.0 today.

 

Most of the others pretty close.

Just now, camelspyyder said:

Alfa fastest on 1.17.0 today.

 

Most of the others pretty close.

Before Kimi either broke down or ran out of fuel.

That's week 1 then. Most teams in the 1 min 17s only Mercedes went quicker.

 

In fact this morning Bottas got down to 1.15.8, only 3 tenths off last years pole.

 

Mind you that was on the softest tyres, so we'll have to see how next week goes when RedBull try them.

Mercedes allowed to use the new DAS steering for 2020 yet it has been banned for the 2021 season. No idea what advantage it offers though.

Higher top speed and reduced tyre wear (or better optimised steering geometry for cornering) (or both).

 

It was already banned in the 2021 rules that were published last autumn.

 

That shows the FIA already knew about it - but then Mercedes have been working on it for a year according to Bottas, so would already have had discussions with the FIA about the idea.

FIA and Ferrari in secret deal over last year's engine 'questions" and subsequent FIA investigation - which is now concluded. No mention publicly of whether they cheated or not. Ludicrous.

Mercedes fastest at test 1 and 2, but broke down a lot. Red bull very pacy today on C4 but didn't run the quickest tyre. Renault very quick today too.

9 hours ago, camelspyyder said:

FIA and Ferrari in secret deal over last year's engine 'questions" and subsequent FIA investigation - which is now concluded. No mention publicly of whether they cheated or not. Ludicrous.

Typical of the way that over the years the FIA have allowed Ferrari to consistently break the rules without any punishment.

13 hours ago, camelspyyder said:

FIA and Ferrari in secret deal over last year's engine 'questions" and subsequent FIA investigation - which is now concluded. No mention publicly of whether they cheated or not. Ludicrous.

In other words the FIA knew that Ferrari were operating outside of the rules. This used to be called 'cheating', but Ferrari International Assistance couldn't quite bring themselves to say that. Not that the ex Ferrari boss Jean Todt is now the big cheese at the FIA has any bearing on the investigation. 

8 minutes ago, moley said:

In other words the FIA knew that Ferrari were operating outside of the rules. This used to be called 'cheating', but Ferrari International Assistance couldn't quite bring themselves to say that. Not that the ex Ferrari boss Jean Todt is now the big cheese at the FIA has any bearing on the investigation. 

Wonder if he gets a new Ferrari every year (FOC).

1 hour ago, shyVRS245 said:

Wonder if he gets a new Ferrari every year (FOC).

With the (lack of) reliability of most Ferrari's a new one each year wouldn't be a bad idea 🤣