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Lewis half a second faster than Vettel...
F1 2017
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weltweit
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I like it, it is the colour I nearly painted my motorbike.
I opted for peppermint green in the end.
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Limejuice
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The thing is, the pink that Force India is using is a pale, insipid colour.
It reminds me of a medicine I had to take when I was a kid around the time I had my tonsils out. I never did find out what the damn stuff was for, it tasted like sickness, and Force India cars are triggering me.
Now, an eye-socking, neon pink, the colour of a chemical spill, a tone so evil it's invisible to a mantis shrimp - that's a racing colour!
weltweit
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Do you mean something like PMS225? For my bike I preferred more PMS1895. At that time most "cool" motorcycles were black so mine would have been unique.The thing is, the pink that Force India is using is a pale, insipid colour.
It reminds me of a medicine I had to take when I was a kid around the time I had my tonsils out. I never did find out what the damn stuff was for, it tasted like sickness, and Force India cars are triggering me.
Now, an eye-socking, neon pink, the colour of a chemical spill, a tone so evil it's invisible to a mantis shrimp - that's a racing colour!
1%er
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Practise 1&2 round-up
Hamilton set a best lap at Albert Park of 1min 24.220sec, almost six tenths of a second quicker than teammate Valtteri Bottas who was second-fastest in the first practise session. Hamilton’s best lap came on ultrasoft tires—quicker than the supersoft tires used by Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari and Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel. The gaps between Hamilton and his rivals were almost as big in the second session later in the day. This was a show of force from the man seeking to regain the world championship he lost to Nico Rosberg last season.
By the end of day one Sebastian Vettel was nestled in between the Mercedes of Hamilton and Bottas, but Ferrari’s lead over its rivals from testing in Circuit de Catalunya failed to show itself in Melbourne. “In regards to the balance of the car I am not fully happy—there is definitely potential to improve—and we will,” Vettel said. Raikkonen finished second practise in fourth, 0.358 seconds down on Vettel and 0.905 seconds shy of Hamilton. Vettel says Ferrari will find further improvements before Sunday and it will need to in order to have a hope of catching Hamilton.
The RB13s of Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen came in fifth and sixth fastest respectively in second practise. But Ricciardo and Verstappen both ran fewer laps than everyone above them in that session, while Ricciardo was fastest of everyone on supersoft tires in practise one. Red Bull’s true potential probably won’t be seen until qualifying on Saturday.
Ferrari appear to have forced suspension systems change
Red Bull was the team most affected by a clampdown on controversial suspension systems ahead of the Australian grand prix. That is the claim of the latest media reports, amid paddock speculation in Melbourne that both Mercedes and Red Bull had to take "active suspension'-mimicking systems" off their cars after winter testing. But Germany's Kolner Express says Ferrari managed to win the technical argument with the FIA only in relation to Red Bull's trick system. "Only Red Bull and Force India had to change," the report said.
Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff told Auto Motor und Sport: "There is nothing in the clarification of the rule that forces us to change anything, or that would affect the performance of the car". But Red Bull chief Christian Horner downplayed any change the team had to make before Melbourne, saying "Our system does not contribute much to the overall performance of the car".
Haas ordered to remove T-wing
Haas put in a solid display on the opening day of the season with Romain Grosjean claiming back-to-back P8s in Friday's practices. However, in the second session, the Frenchman and his team-mate Kevin Magnussen were without Haas' T-wing. It was clear that T-wing was flexing significantly, which resulted in the stewards ordering Haas to remove it. As to whether they will be permitted to run it come Saturday's practice, it is uncertain.
"We ran this wing in the whole Barcelona test and never had a problem with it breaking or anything," Steiner told Motorsport.com "In FP2 we had to take it off because of the moving, so we need to see what we do in FP3. On the data we can see the downforce is there. It is working, so we want to get it back on. But we need to see if we’re allowed to. On this racing car everything is so to the edge, everything helps – and you want to keep it on."
Honda have confirmed they are working on a new power unit
Whilst the season only got underway in Australia this week, its clear that Honda's new power unit isn't delivering the reliability or power needed for McLaren to mix it amongst the top ten, with Fernando Alonso 2.3 seconds adrift in second practice. Although reliability looks to have been improved compared to pre-season testing when the team managed very little running and were forced to change the power unit eight times, performance is still a major issue. The aim of the new unit is to improve the overall power output, but it won't however be ready until later in the season, with Monaco earmarked as a possible debut weekend according to Honda F1 chief Yusuke Hasegawa.
Hamilton set a best lap at Albert Park of 1min 24.220sec, almost six tenths of a second quicker than teammate Valtteri Bottas who was second-fastest in the first practise session. Hamilton’s best lap came on ultrasoft tires—quicker than the supersoft tires used by Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari and Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel. The gaps between Hamilton and his rivals were almost as big in the second session later in the day. This was a show of force from the man seeking to regain the world championship he lost to Nico Rosberg last season.
By the end of day one Sebastian Vettel was nestled in between the Mercedes of Hamilton and Bottas, but Ferrari’s lead over its rivals from testing in Circuit de Catalunya failed to show itself in Melbourne. “In regards to the balance of the car I am not fully happy—there is definitely potential to improve—and we will,” Vettel said. Raikkonen finished second practise in fourth, 0.358 seconds down on Vettel and 0.905 seconds shy of Hamilton. Vettel says Ferrari will find further improvements before Sunday and it will need to in order to have a hope of catching Hamilton.
The RB13s of Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen came in fifth and sixth fastest respectively in second practise. But Ricciardo and Verstappen both ran fewer laps than everyone above them in that session, while Ricciardo was fastest of everyone on supersoft tires in practise one. Red Bull’s true potential probably won’t be seen until qualifying on Saturday.
Ferrari appear to have forced suspension systems change
Red Bull was the team most affected by a clampdown on controversial suspension systems ahead of the Australian grand prix. That is the claim of the latest media reports, amid paddock speculation in Melbourne that both Mercedes and Red Bull had to take "active suspension'-mimicking systems" off their cars after winter testing. But Germany's Kolner Express says Ferrari managed to win the technical argument with the FIA only in relation to Red Bull's trick system. "Only Red Bull and Force India had to change," the report said.
Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff told Auto Motor und Sport: "There is nothing in the clarification of the rule that forces us to change anything, or that would affect the performance of the car". But Red Bull chief Christian Horner downplayed any change the team had to make before Melbourne, saying "Our system does not contribute much to the overall performance of the car".
Haas ordered to remove T-wing
Haas put in a solid display on the opening day of the season with Romain Grosjean claiming back-to-back P8s in Friday's practices. However, in the second session, the Frenchman and his team-mate Kevin Magnussen were without Haas' T-wing. It was clear that T-wing was flexing significantly, which resulted in the stewards ordering Haas to remove it. As to whether they will be permitted to run it come Saturday's practice, it is uncertain.
"We ran this wing in the whole Barcelona test and never had a problem with it breaking or anything," Steiner told Motorsport.com "In FP2 we had to take it off because of the moving, so we need to see what we do in FP3. On the data we can see the downforce is there. It is working, so we want to get it back on. But we need to see if we’re allowed to. On this racing car everything is so to the edge, everything helps – and you want to keep it on."
Honda have confirmed they are working on a new power unit
Whilst the season only got underway in Australia this week, its clear that Honda's new power unit isn't delivering the reliability or power needed for McLaren to mix it amongst the top ten, with Fernando Alonso 2.3 seconds adrift in second practice. Although reliability looks to have been improved compared to pre-season testing when the team managed very little running and were forced to change the power unit eight times, performance is still a major issue. The aim of the new unit is to improve the overall power output, but it won't however be ready until later in the season, with Monaco earmarked as a possible debut weekend according to Honda F1 chief Yusuke Hasegawa.
1%er
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Would have made sense if he was doing two runs, but as he only did one run they had to be new or he would have been starting the race on old tyres. New graphics designed by Honda maybe
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Looks promising for a Ferrari vs Merc battle this year
