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Post Fri Aug 21, 2009 2:39 am

Timomies wrote:"Suprisingly" McLaren and Ferrari are getting major updates after summer break when factorys were closed. Well, cheating is in the DNA of Macca and Scuderia [-X


How dare you accuse them of cheating? The time between Hungary & Valencia was 4 weeks long and the factories were only closed for two of those weeks, so they had plenty of time for updates. MAybe you should use more caution when calling certain teams cheaters!!!!

Anyone want to bless us with a translation of that video?
ISLAMATRON
 
Joined: 1 Oct 2008

Post Fri Aug 21, 2009 4:44 am

lol

It's all a conspiracy :roll:

I thought the same thing when I saw that post.

There is a good rule to live by, that will keep you from getting beat up in life:

Never accuse anyone about anything without proof. More often than not you come across the fool.
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Giblet
 
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Post Fri Aug 21, 2009 12:59 pm

I was sooooo right about the shorter wheel base (postings of a few months back).
lewis ran it in FP1.
nudger
 
Joined: 26 Feb 2009

Post Fri Aug 21, 2009 4:01 pm

nudger wrote:I was sooooo right about the shorter wheel base (postings of a few months back).
lewis ran it in FP1.



more info please, dont hold out on us
ISLAMATRON
 
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Post Fri Aug 21, 2009 6:40 pm

ISLAMATRON wrote:
nudger wrote:I was sooooo right about the shorter wheel base (postings of a few months back).
lewis ran it in FP1.



more info please, dont hold out on us


Sure it wasn't that you changed the aspect ratio of your TV to squeeze the picture ? :D
richard_leeds
 
Joined: 15 Apr 2009
Location: UK

Post Fri Aug 21, 2009 6:59 pm

lol
James
 
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Post Fri Aug 21, 2009 11:51 pm

The new diffuser (yet again!) is very Red Bull like ..
http://premium.f1-live.com/f1/photos-hi ... po_664.jpg
BreezyRacer
 
Joined: 3 Nov 2006

Post Fri Aug 21, 2009 11:51 pm

The new diffuser (yet again!) is very Red Bull like ..
http://premium.f1-live.com/f1/photos-hi ... po_664.jpg
BreezyRacer
 
Joined: 3 Nov 2006

Post Sat Aug 22, 2009 12:40 am

Nice picture but wrong car :p.

Pictured is the Ferrari.

Did the endplates previously extend that far down? Also note the nice little winglets inboard of the hub assembly. Nice.
PNSD
 
Joined: 3 Apr 2006

Post Sat Aug 22, 2009 3:53 am

PNSD wrote:Nice picture but wrong car :p.

Pictured is the Ferrari.

Did the endplates previously extend that far down? Also note the nice little winglets inboard of the hub assembly. Nice.


Damn! I'm quite the fool!
BreezyRacer
 
Joined: 3 Nov 2006

Post Sat Aug 22, 2009 7:16 am

lol
chasefreak
 
Joined: 28 Feb 2007
Location: India

Post Sat Aug 22, 2009 10:45 am

richard_leeds wrote:
ISLAMATRON wrote:
nudger wrote:I was sooooo right about the shorter wheel base (postings of a few months back).
lewis ran it in FP1.



more info please, dont hold out on us


Sure it wasn't that you changed the aspect ratio of your TV to squeeze the picture ? :D


the new front nose facilitates the revised front suspension layout which provides a shorter wheelbase. the purpose so i understand is to get more weight bias to the front.
was just discussed (confirmed) in commentary of fp3.
nudger
 
Joined: 26 Feb 2009

Post Sat Aug 22, 2009 1:11 pm

The shorter wheelbase care is 0.2s faster at the most and Brundle is guessing it's 7.5cm shorter. The wheelbase in itself isn't making it faster, it's the ballast placement within the car that it allows (more forward weight)
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roost89
 
Joined: 10 Apr 2008
Location: Highlands, Scotland

Post Sat Aug 22, 2009 1:29 pm

roost89 wrote:The shorter wheelbase care is 0.2s faster at the most and Brundle is guessing it's 7.5cm shorter. The wheelbase in itself isn't making it faster, it's the ballast placement within the car that it allows (more forward weight)


well, moving the front wheels back in itself shifts the weight forward
nudger
 
Joined: 26 Feb 2009

Post Sat Aug 22, 2009 6:52 pm

the car looks really really great now

notice lewis isn't locking wheels as much if ever anymore
hulmerist
 
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