Motorsports Thread

[ebikeerwidnes]

Everything is basically just hype and marketing until they get on the same tracks on the same days

There have been seasons where an amazingly wonderful powerful conqueror of all things has turned up on the official test days and been seconds behind everything else
and even then they sometimes find a problem and fix it before the first race

so - we shall see!!

 

[Drago]

Well, so much for the rumours - likely started by Merdedes - thatnthe RB-Ford power plant will be lacking. Several drifers, including Sainz, reckon its a "clear step ahead". Even Toronto Walt has grudgingly admitted how competitive it appears to be.

 

[FishFright]

Well, so much for the rumours - likely started by Merdedes - thatnthe RB-Ford power plant will be lacking. Several drifers, including Perez, reckon its a "clear step ahead". Even Toronto Walt has grudgingly admitted how competitive it appears to be.

Plus Verstappen appears to the the only one who arrived prepared to run higher revs . lower gear in corners to charge the batteries.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I read a lot about how amazingly far ahead the Ferrari was

unless they are carrying a full fuel load and a set of bricks then that was rubbish!

 

[icowden]

I read a lot about how amazingly far ahead the Ferrari was
unless they are carrying a full fuel load and a set of bricks then that was rubbish!

Top of the leader board though for LeClerc. Benson's written a whole article based on the top speeds from day 2 of practice with only a small disclaimer that "speeds in testing are seldom representative". So stop reporting it like a race then!

Looks like Aston have got a cooling problem so can't go top speed.

 

[Drago]

Interesting that Cadillac aren't taking the bottom two testing times. Audi and Alpeen seem happy to be fighting for those slowest times.

 

[FishFright]

Interesting that Cadillac aren't taking the bottom two testing times. Audi and Alpeen seem happy to be fighting for those slowest times.

Cadillac bottom today just behind the Aston.

 

[Drago]

Yeah, saw that. Stroll 4+ seconds off the pace, but apparently big problems with their PU.

 

[icowden]

Hmmm... I don't think that Russell goes to the supermarket very often, or at least not any of the ones I go to...

Russell said: "To give an example, here in Bahrain, usually the first corner is a third-gear corner in the previous generation (of car). Now, we're having to use first gear to keep the engine, the revs very high to keep the turbo spinning.

"This is probably the one thing that is quite annoying and isn't that intuitive.

"Imagine when you drive to the supermarket in your car and you get to the roundabout and you put it in third gear to drive around the roundabout, but suddenly the person next to you says, 'put it in first gear'.

"Everything is like, 'Wwaahh,' revving. You don't go in the roundabout to the supermarket in first gear if you're driving at a sensible speed. This is the same thing.

Anyone else turn into Tesco in 3rd gear doing 30mph or so?

 

[Drago]

McLaren calling for technical changes as they perceive the length of time it takes them to spool the turbo off idle will lead to dangerous speed differentials at race starts. No other team seems worried about it at this stage.

 

[FishFright]

McLaren calling for technical changes as they perceive the length of time it takes them to spool the turbo off idle will lead to dangerous speed differentials at race starts. No other team seems worried about it at this stage.

They laughed at Horner when he pointed it out when they rules were announced.

 

[Drago]

Indeed they did!

I did chuckle at Tango Walt telling other teams to get their act together over their whining re variable compression.

I didn't see him manning up at the dawn of the ground effect era when MB couldn't run a competitive ride height without porpoising and he was calling for a rule change to help them out.

It seems once again whinging is only fine if MB are the ones likely to benefit from it.

 

[Alex321]

Hmmm... I don't think that Russell goes to the supermarket very often, or at least not any of the ones I go to...



Anyone else turn into Tesco in 3rd gear doing 30mph or so?

No, but I will be in 3rd gear at about 18-20mph. By 30mph I normally have it in 4th.

 

[icowden]

No, but I will be in 3rd gear at about 18-20mph. By 30mph I normally have it in 4th.

Been driving the mini too much. I'd be in first or second turning into a supermarket. Mind you, even in the Fiat 500 I'd probably be in second. Definitely not 3rd.

 

[Alex321]

Been driving the mini too much. I'd be in first or second turning into a supermarket. Mind you, even in the Fiat 500 I'd probably be in second. Definitely not 3rd.

My car is a 6 gear diesel Insignia. I'm normally in 3rd in the local 20 limits, of which there are many (I live in Wales).

In my wife's 5 gear petrol Micra, I would probably be in gears similar to yours.