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Apr201015

Rob

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Looking to Sunday in China

The Chinese GP has had it’s moments over the past few years but apart from those it hasn’t really produced classic races, this year may be different with so many cars fighting over the top spot and with the track being quite different from the other we’ve had so far we might see a different winner.
The Ferrari’s will want to improve their performance and get back to the front, along with the rest of the teams they will bring upgrades to this circuit so we might see some change in the ordering throughout the field. Red Bull with turn up full of confidence having scored a 1-2 in Malaysia and having won this race last year. The McLarens will arrive hoping that they can get back on terms with the others as they don’t quite seem to have had the pace so far this year. Mercedes will be hoping that [...]

Mar201012

Rob

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F1 2010 is about to start!

With the first practice session of 2010 about to start everyone is on edge to see if they have done enough work over the winter and HRT Cosworth will see how their car runs for the first time. The drivers will all be hoping that they’ve made the right moves and that they can succeed at what ever goals they’ve set themselves this year – be that winning the championship or getting a better driver.
The weather forecast for Bahrain is sunshine – was if ever going to be anything else? – and the track is clear so everything is set. Expect the teams to make full use of the practice sessions to try and workout tyre wear and fuel consumption so that they can optimise their race strategy. They’ll also want to try the new layout here at Bahrain with the new section it makes the track a little more [...]

Feb201028

Rob

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What does all the bad weather during the tests mean for the season

With three out of the four pre-season tests being affected by bad weather the teams will be well prepared for damp conditions but they won’t have done nearly as many miles in the dry as normal. How is a cold damp Spanish circuit going to compete with Bahrain?
I would imagine that the teams will have a very good understanding of how the new tyres perform in changeable conditions but they won’t have a very good understanding of the wear rates in hot conditions. Valencia – the only dry test is a street circuit and so will have different tyre wear rates to ‘real’ racing circuits and so it may effect the setup that the teams can run in the race.
The rates at which the engines burn fuel will also have been affected by the weather as the cars won’t have been able to push as hard around the circuits, this [...]