a jack that drops the car? yeah me too

probly go with balsa and some 3d printed parts

 

It looks like the car rolled fwd just as the rear was lifted. Waffle not on the brakes enough?

 

Can't roll forward if the front jack is in the air? But it did lift and translate forward.

Can confirm; no bueno.

 

i agree. no taco bueno. taco cabana ftw

 

thanks falcon!

 

Me thinks the front jack man was off jacking

 

Alonso getting down to business is the final afternoon.

 

That's a quick time

 

averages and specific to barcelona

 

Merc sandbagging

 

On twitter Alonso said they turned up the power on the PU a bit for that run.

Based on the fastest runs Botfly did and the delta between the compounds Botfly would be around 1:16.4 on the HS.

 

so merc 5x WCC?

lettuce turnip and pea

 

Certainly looks that way, but prob won't know for sure until 2 weeks from now.

 

 

Kimi said they too could go faster but not sure how much to believe....

qualifying now only 2 weeks away

 

Seb said he had a decent amount of fuel left in the tank after his race sim (which is what erryone is using to say Merc a clear of Ferrari). If that is the case it could be closer than we think.

Interesting read: https://f1metrics.wordpress.com/2018...ason-analysis/

 

interesting that guy has the same conclusion as GA: Merc is up by 0.5sec

 

FTFY

 

I read a Google translated Auto motor Und Sport article on the McLaren, that basically said "it's too complicated and everything takes too long to happen because it's too complicated".

I read that to mean good thing we ditched the Honda cause they'd be cooking them again.

 

i do not despair for this season. ferrari went aggressive on the chassis and once it sorts out the high rake setup they will be formidable. but the point is taken. merc just has to show up every weekend while the rest of the field develops and strategizes over reliability

apparently the renault engine can match the merc/ferrari in output briefly but the teams have to run them conservative to last 17 races or whatever the frick

LMP2 engine argh

 

 

One Adrian Newey said recently that the delta between the Merc PU and the rest is too much for any chassis to overcome. Power output, fuel economy, drivability, reliability, etc are all superior on the Merc. He suggested Merc can just through downforce onto the car because they have the PU advantage to make up the difference regardless of the drag (within reason of course). The by product of that is an aero department that's 2x larger at Merc than RBR. Sort of crazy to think about.

Indycar rant: I saw the last half of the race in St. Pete. Wickens, an Indycar rookie, was the guy to beat all day. Weird safety car restart with 2 laps to go and Rossi makes run, loses it under braking into T1, hits Wickens putting him into the wall, Rossi finishes 3rd.

Here's why Indycar is a joke; that lunge/dive, which is all fair and good, didn't stick, and the took the leader out. Imagine that sort of thing in F1. Last comparable example I can remember was Nico v Ham in Austria (2016?), and people lost their damn minds (rightfully IMO). In Indycar, its like meh shrug whatever OF COURSE Rossi wrecked him HE HAD TOO. Rossi braked too late on the marbles and lost the car. Wickens pinched Rossi inside, and left him enough space to be inside on T1. Tough and fair. But Rossi is innocent of a crash he created because there was space? That's the standard to set? Puh-lease. I'll pass.

 

grumble grumble

 

It's a good synopsis.

 

well he won the indy 500