2013 Testing - Jerez 5-8 Feb

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dren wrote:The Merc is chewing its rear tires again, likely due to a lack of rear downforce.
Something easy to expect when you see that the car is almost the same. :mrgreen:

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dren wrote:The Merc is chewing its rear tires again, likely due to a lack of rear downforce.


I'm not seeing that at all actually, nothing compared to how W03 was eating its tires during testing. That said, I don't see anyone really having tire issues like some had last year. Not enough data too. I recall Hamilton's run on what seemed to be identical loads with Lotus/Kimi taking their run at the same time and E21 lost its tires much quicker and its pace was less than Lewis'.

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Gary Anderson crunches the numbers

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/21417831

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pocketmoon wrote:Gary Anderson crunches the numbers

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/21417831
This analysis could not be more wrong. For one, he only mention button's lap was on the hards, but missed out the fact red bull was as well, so both times should be -1s. Massa was on the soft. After years of reading his articles I've come to conclusion he shouldnt be taken too seriously.

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Yeah, I'm surprised to see Rosberg up so high on his adjusted list.
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Juzh wrote:
pocketmoon wrote:Gary Anderson crunches the numbers

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/21417831
This analysis could not be more wrong. For one, he only mention button's lap was on the hards, but missed out the fact red bull was as well, so both times should be -1s. Massa was on the soft. After years of reading his articles I've come to conclusion he shouldnt be taken too seriously.
This, he didn't took tires in his consideration as well as when the times were set, the day etc.

He only mentions it, but doesn't integrate it in his "list".

All we can say is that its close at the front and the "new" teams are still way down. Maybe we will see more in the next test.

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pocketmoon wrote:Gary Anderson crunches the numbers

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/21417831
after next test he will crunch the numbers again, with the different result

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Does anyone still take gary anderson seriously? :lol: Remember last year? Mclaren was a very bad car in his eyes. Turns out it was the fastest overall car during the season.

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pocketmoon wrote:Gary Anderson crunches the numbers

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/21417831
Now that´s what we call grasping for straws.

I could make equally good theory in saying that Ferrari´s red paint adds .5 of a second.
And that because Red Bull has won the last three years they will do it again.

Useless of course.

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Yes I agree. Gary Anderson of late seems to forget a lot of factors in his calculations. For example he was commenting on how the Red Bull had the fastest race pace in Abu Dhabi last year - of course based on Vettel's fastest lap, done on 7 lap-old soft tyres compared to the others' medium tyres, which were some 26 laps older.
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raymondu999 wrote:Yes I agree. Gary Anderson of late seems to forget a lot of factors in his calculations. For example he was commenting on how the Red Bull had the fastest race pace in Abu Dhabi last year - of course based on Vettel's fastest lap, done on 7 lap-old soft tyres compared to the others' medium tyres, which were some 26 laps older.
I forgot about that one. He must have to have something to write/say so he starts grasping at straws. It doesn't really look like much has changed since last year. Ferrari will probably be more competitive, and I'm hoping Mercedes will be. I'd like to see Sauber in the mix; I think they will be on certain tracks.
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He contradicts himself too.

Says Red Bull looks like they have 10% more downforce then anyone else then puts them far from having the quickest car in his number crunching.
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Imho, the guy is there to influence potential gamblers out of their money.

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Some people may dislike this video but seeing as its just pure sound and the main straight of Jerez I thought it would be nice to share. Yes it fades in and out of darkness read the video description as the author explains :) :

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvBtmSy6rSE[/youtube]

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Le me grab my popcorn :)
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