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@spartan2 | 7 April 14 | |
The losers are always going to moan. The Renault power unit presently is just cr*p, that's all. Everybody knew the rules were coming for 3 years, Mercedes spent their time and money on it over the old regs, and it's paying off. It's that simple. Apparently the key to this is that Mercedes HPP engineered their turbocharger at the request of the works team to have the compressor mounted on the 'front' of the engine with a long s haft running between the vee of the cylinders from the turbine rather than have the compressor sat directly next to the turbine on the back of the engine as most turbochargers have. So the compressor is much cooler and nearer the intake meaning more power and less lag, makes the intercooler smaller and intake piping shorter and lighter, that makes the packaging at the rear smaller for better aero, better aero means less drag and better cornering, less tyre problems yadda yadda benefits snowball |
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@spartan2 | 8 April 14 | |
Mercedes high performance powertrains in Brixworth. Force India and Williams also use the same unit, however the works team have known about the engine for years and asked for the design to be as it is and integrate it better than anyone else. Just the advantage of being a works team, with he money and the aero that goes with it being better than any of the other Mercedes teams. Bahrain was an engine limited circuit so you could see that the Mercedes runners had a big advantage. Force India scored their first podium in something like 5 years. They were driving past the Ferrari and Red Bulls easily because of the gap. |
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@shade013 | 8 April 14 | |
@ shade013 - 16.03.14 - 03:09pm ''Bernie says think before you drive '' signs The huge 1 of these on turn 4 I think was quite disturbing... |
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@spartan2 | 8 April 14 | |
Red bull look as though they have a great chassis with good aerodynamics but their power unit is so far behind. If Renault can improve it with some sneaky updates it'll be closer at the end of the season but at the moment Mercedes could romp home and win virtually every race as it stands barring reliability issues
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@spartan2 | 8 April 14 | |
Renaults problem is that power unit updates can only be for safety and reliability plus approves by the others. However these updates can still improve performance as a by product, sneaking around the rules so to speak. At the moment they probably won't be allowed to make up all of the gap but they will take any improvement they are allowed. Some minor improvements would make the red bull at least more competitive on the slower circuits.
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@spartan2 | 8 June 14 | |
Perez looked like he braked early because of brake problems and when you are racing that fast and that close if someone brakes just a couple of metres early you'll go into the back of them every time. Williams probably did not warn Massa that Perez had brake issues and to watch out for it.
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@wettoast | 8 June 14 | |
what happened to rosberg in the end when he cut that corner
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@supaguy | 25 October 20 | |
Hamilton will soon be crowned 2020 champion 7 in total. He is good but i think the car makes him look better than he is. Some of the young hot heads could do as well if they were his team mate instead of botas. The car is wasted on him.
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@supaguy | 26 October 20 | |
Botas fks up again to let hamilton take the world record of wins abit earlier. Like i said hamilton needs a decent team mate who will challenge him. Alonso back next year but wasted to many years with mcclaren put him with hamilton then we got a pairing.
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@cam007 | 1 November 20 | |
Is it the skill of the driver or the ones with the fastest cars though that are gonna win most of the time. Stick them all with the same car and see what happens
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