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F1 is getting ridiculous. Haha. How can they even be considering this, let alone fitting it to test. Doesn't seem to have done much anyway. I find it amazing that with all the engineering excellence f1 boasts - somebody designed this, stood back and said "there ya go, fit that mooate"

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Pretty much sums up Mercedes f1 design flair really....they'd be nowhere without their power train department :evil:

All joking aside...pretty rubbish really...I was expecting something more than a cone on the end....some Venturi tunnels in the exhaust or something which makes no sense to me....

Not sure what's next plan really??
Maybe give redbull a shot....I'll use recycled redbull cans and see what noises I can make :|
 
I reckon you could be on to something there to be honest! At least you'd get some rasp though them. But yes, you just really would have thought something a little more technical would have been tried. I actually thought it was a joke at first ...

At least they have a sense of humour I guess.

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Let's assume they will stay with 1.6 turbos...the only logical step is either they find a way of making them rev to 16000rpm while using less than 100kg fuel per race....or they change the ruling on the fuel usage until technology allows it? It's too big a tech leap too quickly in order to keep it interesting
 
I wonder if they will drop the fuel restrictions , or at least raise the limits. Which would encourage more speed, higher average revs per race and test reliability. Just seems to have lost its way doesn't it

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-Tom- said:
I wonder if they will drop the fuel restrictions , or at least raise the limits. Which would encourage more speed, higher average revs per race and test reliability. Just seems to have lost its way doesn't it

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For more revs they need to either increase fuel limits....or somehow make the engines so reliable that at 12-15k rpm they're capable of using less then 100kilos a race...
I'm just not sure the fia would change the fuel rules after all this.....
 
Woots said:
Pretty much sums up Mercedes f1 design flair really....they'd be nowhere without their power train department :evil:
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Arguably this is true of any F1 team - what's happened to Red Bull's, do they have the year off ? :poke: :P
 
Its is true about Mercedes but where would Red bull be without there aero? This cone designe seems pants and not thorght out.

I think the cars are great this year i like the noise them make. I also like being able to hear the tyres working. And the fact the cars look handful to control is great for me i like seeing the drivers struggle. Hopfully the other teams will catch up and make it a bit of a closer field. I didn't like it when it was Sebastian leading from the start. At least Nico gives Lewis a race.
 
Bing said:
Woots said:
Pretty much sums up Mercedes f1 design flair really....they'd be nowhere without their power train department :evil:
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Arguably this is true of any F1 team - what's happened to Red Bull's, do they have the year off ? :poke: :P
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Yes....
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Woots said:
All joking aside...pretty rubbish really...I was expecting something more than a cone on the end....some Venturi tunnels in the exhaust or something which makes no sense to me....
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Unfortunately, as the season has started, they're limited in what can be done - anything major would require the unanimous agreement of all teams (unlikely to happen).
 
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