2010 F1 Thread
2010 F1 Thread
20 teams? There were supposed to be 14 I think, so now there must be 13?
Oh right, then yes 26 drivers 
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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 !
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thats ingenious,im gonna be fitting one to my car tomorrow
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!
Marsdendean Sounds good to me! I really need to start learning more about F1. So how does this affect the rear wing?
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Marsdendean Sounds good to me! I really need to start learning more about F1. So how does this affect the rear wing?
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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.
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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.
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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 ?
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OMG thats a joke - safety surly is an issue?