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Where is Outrun when you need him...

Tim2179

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Outrun

Not sure why I'm needed as I'm clueless what BH881.

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Read Scarbs reply to someone's response. He says its an Indy car part. He has couple Indy parts on his twitter today

Tennobanzai

Not really. It's also hard to gauge where Mclaren is on the chassis side. I wish Honda supplied at least one more team so people can compare them vs Mclaren and also so Honda can get more data.

Outrun

Looks like it might be the heel plate for a driver's foot and the piece with the BH881 is the lever arm for the pedal. And I can be completely wrong too.

Tim2179

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You can thank Ron Dennis for that. Although I'm not sure any team on the grid would welcome Honda PUs unless they came at a yuge discount.

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1 thing to consider with the Honda PU this year is they are trying to master 2 things that gave the other PU manufactures issues. Merc had problems with the split turbo early in their PU development and Renault had issues with the prechamber lean burn ignition. Honda did have a mini version of split turbo last year so that may not be as much of an issue for them.

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That is my thinking too. I was wondering if you might have any idea what team it could belong too. Thought maybe in your travels you'd have stumbled across the bh information which may have seemed extraneous at the time.

Outrun

BH brings to mind Bryan Herta or Bettenhausen.

Tim2179

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or Benson & Hedges, Benny Hill, Benny Hanna

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Indy car doe. I vote for Benny Hill Episode 881

Hope it's the one with the A-Team spoof. Classic

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x53hrtb

Reyes

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I think they will see noticeable gains pretty quickly. They wont be fighting for podiums. But better than they are now. In testing their longest stint was 11 laps... Then 2 weeks later they would have both finished 58 laps in race conditions (2 laps down) if it wasn't for a suspension failure. There was something said about the cars running in fuel saving mode during the race too. So as far as I know, nobody has actually seen what they are capable of when running at their full potential.

Clearly I'm grasping for positive things to say here.

Outrun

The McHonda will be championship contenders the year after ALO retires or leaves the team. =P

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In AUS the McHonda had the same trap speed as the Sauber with the 2016 Ferrari. Granted the McHonda maybe be moar efficient at generating downforce but I'd bet that the Honda PU isn't that far off the 2016 Ferrari even with it's compromised tune/shifting issues and combustion limitation. I think once they get these problems sorted (rumor is next version PU around Spain or Monaco) I think they will be a lot moar competitive.

falcongsr

p good shitpost

Tim2179

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I've seen people posting that Merc let Ferrari win for the good of F1 and the Toto smash was all acting. I can't believe people are that delusional. Then again lots of tinfoil hats out there.

falcongsr

considering how poorly they reacted to HAM trying to back ROS into the rest of the field at abadaba it's clear that's complete poppycock. Merc wants a 1,2 finish at every race and would never try for anything else.

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Agree 100%. I think Ferrari flat out beat Merc. Yeah Merc pitted HAM early but Ferrari's pace caused Merc to pit and JA seems to think Seb wood have won even if Merc had waited to pit.

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We now have proof Reyes wasn't to blame...



So it was the front brake duct. Interesting

falcongsr

JA is trying like heck to get more views so he takes a more controversial position on most topics. But yeah, HAM roasted his tyres and pitted early because of Ferrari's pace. It also seems like like the car / tyres have a thermal sensitivity and Sunday's warmth hurt Merc. This should be a topic discussed more in the next races. Merc was especially sensitive to this for several seasons before 2014. They first won a race (ROS) in China 2012 on a relatively cold track.

I would have liked to see HAM stay out and struggle and see if Seb could have passed. I think with the characteristics of the new wider rear tyres the drivers can't save it as easily when they start to slide. There was a good discussion on slip angle and contact patch area on another forum. I really think HAM pitted because he was worried he would bin it if he tried to race Seb.

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That is quite possible. I was thinking that even if HAM had waited to pit he wood have had to go with softs just to make it. I think Seb wood have gone on supers and might have been able to push HAM into a mistake (assuming he didn't push him into 1 during the fictional longer 1st stint). I am really curious to see if the Ferrari is better on full tanks than the Merc. I was wondering if the longer wheel base is helping the Merc in Q (moar stable) but with a full load of fuel it is making the car harder to turn.

Tim2179

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AUDI???

If Audi joins and Merc stays in the sport, it's only a matter of time before BMW will come back.

Outrun

Sehr gut.