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It's not permanent.

Problems at Ferrari? According to F1today:

Vettel is saying that Ferrari need more time to prepare for the 2016 season. They have some good speed in the car but reliability is a concern.

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I feel encouraged by McLarens mileage and reliability.

Day two at the track, and I could swear for a lap or 10 the Mercedes car sounded louder than before. And then suddenly it was gone again, without a pitstop.

Lol, Torso Rosso must be real happy with the 2015 spec Ferrari engine if that's true about the 2016 engine

That's some pretty sticky flow viz, the sponsors decals are perfectly clean.

Test 2, Day 2:

SSN Reports:
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Paddock Uncut:
[dailymotion]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3vgb4p_barcelona-test-2-day-2-paddock-uncut_sport[/dailymotion]

Ted's Notebook:
[dailymotion]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3vgks0_barcelona-test-2-day-2-ted-s-notebook_sport[/dailymotion]

I forgot but I have recorded the sound. Will try to upload the video tomorrow if I figure out how.

So today the penultimate testing day. Just now I start to realize how little testing the teams have before Melbourne.

'Halo' being tested by Raikkonen.

[tweet]https://twitter.com/nico_rosberg/status/705304025252675584[/tweet]

Another shot from Sky Sports:

Oh dear God no. Just no. That is akin to bumper bowling and training wheels. No. And would have done precisely jack shit for Massa and more than likely impaled Bianchi

looks like some sort of half arsed face mask

what a joke.

Yeah, needs more thinking. That's not future F1.
I wish there was transparent sci-fi force field technology so they could keep it open-cockpit.

Looks very weird indeed! :-/

I do NOT approve that thing...

That won't make jack shit difference, stuff always breaks at the weakest link, which in this case is where it's all bolted onto the chassis.
Unless of course the proposal is to make it part of the chassis at the manufacturing stage, then it might help, a bit.

It can save lives in a minute set of circumstances, but will increase the chance of head injury in a sort of other accidents. They should go for closed cockpits or nothing at all. Imagin a side impact. Hell, imagine this system on ovals... I shiver at the thought.

I guess it is:

Ah ha, it does seem they are working on the principle of something that should never happen because wheel tethers should stop wheels going flying, the only thing it might help with is a solid front wing, but when was the last time that an F1 driver was struck on the head by an errant wing? as others have said it has little chance of stopping something small. If the weight of the wing is a problem, surely it would be easier to make the wings lighter, with less parts?

It's going to be fun seeing all the drivers on the grids carrying their little step ladders up to their cars so they can climb in.

I guess this is the world we live in, it's no longer socially acceptable to watch people take risks, ah well, I suppose at least they are doing something, but it's killing the spirit of racing, as I once heard a famous Brit's father say to his son who was complaining about safety at Oulton, "if it was fucking easy and safe son, I'd be doing it".