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were you born before or after SPA 1991? (MSC F1 Debut)
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Scotty wrote:
Pukekohe.


This :thumbsup:

Turkey? So you want to replace a circuit that's had 4 dire GPs with one that's had 7?
Imola a dream? More like a nightmare
A1 Ring? Yeah maybe, that would be nice
Mexico? Only if it's not Puebla
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Ferrari has said that Alonso & Massa aren't allowed to talk to the media for the rest of the test...

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Aus QLF: Alonso 9th, Massa 14th.
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32nd and 33rd more like.
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I just don't think it'll be that bad. Remember, the F150 was a truck at Barcelona as Alonso was lapped & Massa was passed by everyone until his gearbox gave up. Then two weeks later Alonso almost won in Monaco.

So the F2012 will be up there, even if they struggle at the start of the season. It's just odd for them to stop Alonso & Massa from conducting press duties.

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phil1993 wrote:
I just don't think it'll be that bad. Remember, the F150 was a truck at Barcelona as Alonso was lapped & Massa was passed by everyone until his gearbox gave up. Then two weeks later Alonso almost won in Monaco.

So the F2012 will be up there, even if they struggle at the start of the season. It's just odd for them to stop Alonso & Massa from conducting press duties.


It's not that odd, both drivers have been very forthright about the car's development over the tests so far and Ferrari are clearly very scared that one or both of them will say something along the lines of 'it's fucked, we're looking at 8th at best in Australia'.

They are currently slower than the Sauber on long runs.

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They have a very small operating window in which the car performs strongly. I wonder if they've focused too much on getting the tyres up to speed quickly for qualifying purposes, but gone too far the other way...

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I think it has something to do with the rumours about Massa being fired. I can imagine that Ferrari then thinks "fine, if you make things like that up, no need to bother anymore then"
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Omega wrote:
I think it has something to do with the rumours about Massa being fired. I can imagine that Ferrari then thinks "fine, if you make things like that up, no need to bother anymore then"



Rumors? What rumors? Ferrari finally did something sensible??
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Right, testing over. Many questions. Ferrari ruled out fighting for the podium early on in the season, midfield looks very tight.

Meanwhile, Pic will make his debut on a dusty street circuit in an untested car. Good luck.

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micha wrote:
Omega wrote:
I think it has something to do with the rumours about Massa being fired. I can imagine that Ferrari then thinks "fine, if you make things like that up, no need to bother anymore then"



Rumors? What rumors? Ferrari finally did something sensible??


Twitter sacked Massa much like it tends to kill people off.
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I quite like the start of the Autosport blog to sum up testing

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"There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – there are things we do not know we don't know."

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Could be a 2010 season where the Red Bull was also the quickest car but was very unreliable. But McLaren looks strong now.
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The Marrussia MR01 is here: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97850

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looks good to be honest.
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1997 Lola also looked good..
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Asmer wrote:
1997 Lola also looked good..



Well I said it looked good not that it looked fast :p
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Did they have to add an extra foot to the nose cone every time it failed it's crash test?
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Looks nice, let's hope they get through the 107 rule though.
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Mika Salo has been hired by Ferrari as a test driver. He will do a two day test session at Suzuka on next week with the F2012.

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NVirkkula wrote:
Mika Salo has been hired by Ferrari as a test driver. He will do a two day test session at Suzuka on next week with the F2012.

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