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2010 F1 Thread - parthiban - 20-01-2018
20 teams? There were supposed to be 14 I think, so now there must be 13?
2010 F1 Thread - parthiban - 20-01-2018
Oh right, then yes 26 drivers
2010 F1 Thread - steviewevie - 28-01-2018
McLaren's new rear wing/venting design has raised a few eyebrows, and Red Bull complained about it, but the FIA have confirmed it is legal. Check out the details of it here, sounds pretty ingenious to me !
2010 F1 Thread - aaronabbott - 28-01-2018
thats ingenious,im gonna be fitting one to my car tomorrow
2010 F1 Thread - parthiban - 28-01-2018
That is really clever, but at the same time seems a little dodgy as I thought you weren't allowed to alter the rear wing - I'm guessing there will be a change in regulations at some point, probably next season like with the double diffusers.
I'm so excited, it all kicks off tomorrow!
2010 F1 Thread - steviewevie - 29-01-2018
Marsdendean Sounds good to me! I really need to start learning more about F1. So how does this affect the rear wing?
It helps to "stall" the rear wing. A big rear wing can give lots of downforce on corners (speeding you up round the corners), but then it gives you lots of drag on the straight (slowing you down). So this is an attempt to reduce the drag on the straight, making the wing work better in both scenarios (corners and straights).
2010 F1 Thread - steviewevie - 29-01-2018
Well, first free practice times are interesting ! The newcomers (Virgin, Lotus) were very slow as expected, HRT (unfortunate name ! Used to be Campos Meta) didn't even set a time. But Sutil was fastest overall in the Force India, ahead of Alonso. Button slightly edged Hamilton. Schumacher was slower than Rosberg. Kubica went very well for Renault.
2010 F1 Thread - parthiban - 29-01-2018
Very interesting, can't believe how slow the slow guys are this year compared to how close everyone was last year - the field spread is going to be massive if that is a true representation which will make overtaking backmarkers much more of a feature.........
Friday practice is notoriously mixed up though, I think practice 2 will give a better indication but I think Alonso and Hamilton will be the toss up for pole and all will depend on who goes more aggressive on fuel.
2010 F1 Thread - steviewevie - 29-01-2018
Mercedes went well in the second Friday practice. Schumacher still off Rosberg's pace though. New team HRT actually got some times in, but are 11.5 seconds off the pace ! Is it sensible to let them run in the race ?
2010 F1 Thread - FirebirdPhil - 29-01-2018
OMG thats a joke - safety surly is an issue?