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02 Feb 2011 14:53 - 06 Feb 2011 19:39 #1 by Pseudohuman
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Anyone else following the F1 testing? There is loads of information on twitter if you are interested. I know its a bit geeky but I find it exciting.B)
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02 Feb 2011 19:45 #2 by Klipkopwildlife
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Me too, rooting for Maclaren and Lewis again this year, that's if the FIA don't rob them again!

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02 Feb 2011 22:40 #3 by The Beard
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Yes Im an avid fan,like to get as much information as to what is going on as I can

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03 Feb 2011 01:02 #4 by peevie
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Yes indeed, I'm a verifiable F1 obsessive and have been hoovering up every snippet of news and opinion I can find. Very interesting innovation on the Renault this year, I wonder if front exit exhausts will become this year's F duct?

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03 Feb 2011 02:34 #5 by Pseudohuman
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From what I have read other teams have tested similar ideas but not found any teal benefit. The great thing is that it is all a big game of bluff and counter bluff. It's not until the first race until the bullshit has to stop. Still I love it.

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03 Feb 2011 06:12 #6 by Phil Wood
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I used to love F1 and I don't know why I lost touch. :unsure:

I was in hospital many years ago just waiting for tests....I sneaked out in the middle of the night & came home, made a flask of coffee and some butties because the F1 was on telly live (Japan I think).....I walked back on onto the ward at stupid O'clock in the morning and got greeted by Sergent Major Nurse.

When she asked me where I'd been (carrier bag in hand) I just said "Shopping".

I settled myself down in the telly room for the full race. :woohoo:

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03 Feb 2011 13:54 #7 by Pseudohuman
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I stopped following while it was on ITV, I hate adverts. But have really got back into it now its back on BBC.

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03 Feb 2011 15:55 #8 by peevie
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I must admit it was the Schumacher years which temporarily dulled my interest. No fun when you know before the race who will win. But in the past 5 or 6 years there have been some cracking races and close championship races. Long may it continue.

Can't wait until the McLaren launch tomorrow, word on the street is they may also have front exit exhausts.

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04 Feb 2011 01:14 #9 by gee kiwi
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Whats the reason for front exit exhausts, hot air thinner , less drag ????

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04 Feb 2011 02:30 #10 by The Beard
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Well probably find out soon enough Kiwi

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04 Feb 2011 12:06 #11 by Klipkopwildlife
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It's probably abiut reprofiling the airflow, air does weird things, as we all know, would like to know where's the best place to find out about these new tweaks.

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04 Feb 2011 12:15 #12 by Phil Wood
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Initial google searches say it's to blow warm air over a front diffuser to generate more downforce.
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04 Feb 2011 13:01 #13 by Klipkopwildlife
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Nice find Phil, can't upload the pics though. A thought, the exhausts would then be veerry long, too long to get any form of tuned pipe, and they need the extraction effect to clear the cylinders at the revs they're using. More thoughts, I suppose it's possible to have more than one wavelength in the pipe. The cockpit is going to get very hot as well, try driving a left hand drive landrover some time, it burns your feet off!:(

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04 Feb 2011 19:12 #14 by Eric
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Front exhausts?? What about the poor sod behind the wheel - breathing carbon monoxide? Perhaps it will lead to the drivers thinking they are invincible, and actually trying to overtake occasionally!
I used to enjoy F1 when Mansell, Prost, Senna, and co were going at it hammer and tongs, but since Schumaker taught them all to ride round in a parade, and then all the advert breaks, I gave up with it. This is the second season back on BBC, so maybe I'll pick it up again, but I prefer bike racing now, where the lead can change at every corner, and sometimes twice in one corner.
I was watching Red Bull air racing, but that has become dull, too, although there are some new faces coming into it.

if you are calm and collected when all about you are going berserk - you've missed something important!

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05 Feb 2011 04:25 #15 by The Beard
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I would like to know more about the cars than we ever get to hear about and understand more of why things are not as you expect during a race,it would help the enjoyment more.But they really have to address the overtaking in F1,and it annoys me when someone gets passed they are penalised for it,just because the only way to succeed in an overtaking manouvre is always going to be risky.Lets hope the changes make a difference in 2011

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