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Scuderia Toro Rosso STR7 Ferrari

Team: Giorgio Ascanelli (TD), Laurent Mekies (CD), Franz Tost (TP)
Drivers: Daniel Ricciardo (16), Jean-Eric Vergne (17), Sebastian Buemi (Reserve)

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Post Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:17 pm

The car is a dog. The drivers are good, they are former champions unlike Buemi for example.
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Post Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:33 pm

I would venture to say it is about the 9th fastest. Cars dont exist in a vacuum if it cant finish who cares how fast it is around a single lap. If the drivers cant drive it then its still not fast

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Post Sun Jun 24, 2012 11:45 pm

Did anyone notice the changes to the STR7's diffuser?

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Post Mon Jun 25, 2012 3:41 am

flynfrog wrote:I would venture to say it is about the 9th fastest. Cars dont exist in a vacuum if it cant finish who cares how fast it is around a single lap. If the drivers cant drive it then its still not fast



The TR drivers don't understand the tyres. Button who is a WDC is already half a second slower than Hamilton on his bad days with the tyres so it is quite plausible that these TR drivers are heavily under utilizing the car. I bet if you give Alonso a few practice sessions with it it will be right up there.
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Post Mon Jun 25, 2012 5:42 am

n smikle wrote:
flynfrog wrote:I would venture to say it is about the 9th fastest. Cars dont exist in a vacuum if it cant finish who cares how fast it is around a single lap. If the drivers cant drive it then its still not fast



The TR drivers don't understand the tyres. Button who is a WDC is already half a second slower than Hamilton on his bad days with the tyres so it is quite plausible that these TR drivers are heavily under utilizing the car. I bet if you give Alonso a few practice sessions with it it will be right up there.


The drivers arent that bad but the car is, look at qual, Kova was faster
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Post Thu Jul 05, 2012 12:06 pm

STR today in Silverstone with MaCa inspired fins(VG's) on sidepods

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Post Thu Jul 05, 2012 5:46 pm

Crucial_Xtreme wrote:STR today in Silverstone with MaCa inspired fins(VG's) on sidepods

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Material? Rapid prototyping?
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Post Thu Jul 05, 2012 5:52 pm

aleksandergreat wrote:
Crucial_Xtreme wrote:STR today in Silverstone with MaCa inspired fins(VG's) on sidepods

[img]https://p.twimg.com/AxCPgvfCEAA2IX4.jpg[img]
via @tgruener


Material? Rapid prototyping?


As long as it stays there it could be made of out cardboard.
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Post Thu Jul 05, 2012 6:02 pm

New gurney on the diffuser:

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Post Thu Jul 19, 2012 2:38 pm

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Post Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:58 pm

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Post Sat Jul 21, 2012 3:50 am

FP at German GP
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Post Sat Jul 21, 2012 3:55 am

Hey guys, anybody heard about Ascanelli not being with STR this week because he is unhappy with how the team is being run? :shock:
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Post Sat Jul 21, 2012 8:33 am

or is it the other way round ,TR blaming him for STR7 not competitive enough?
Ascanelli is on the way out ...so one more for Mercedes? :twisted:
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Post Sat Jul 21, 2012 8:43 am

This car is pretty much the same as last year minus the obv changes to the nose and exhaust. Its not rly strange that its so bad.
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