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OFFICIAL 2008 FORMULA ONE Thread (pg. 5)
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| trancechaos |
| holly , with a grid as ed up as that we are in for one hell of a race |
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| Kate Manus |
I'm looking forward to the race, going to be on around 5 am local time for me. :)
I hope Hamilton wins. |
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| exstasie |
12.5 hours to go :D :D
Can't wait! This should be one great start!
TSN shows this in HD right? |
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| exstasie |
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| zoogla |
| What happened? Missed it :( lol someone photochop that Cox pic, plzthx. |
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| MikeyN |
| WHAT A FANTASTIC RESULT. (except for Kovvie accidentally hitting the speed limiter on the last lap :( ) |
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| Orko |
Ferrari fell apart! boooo
Oh well. Are the days of old F1 back? Choas at every turn? Hopefully so. |
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| MikeyN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orko
Choas at every turn? Hopefully so. |
i hope so too :D
did raikkonen change an engine after saturday? i know you get 1 free change with no penalty, but if he changed an engine on saturday, and needs an engine change for next weekend, then wont he be demoted 10 places? |
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| Orko |
| quote: | Originally posted by MikeyN
i hope so too :D
did raikkonen change an engine after saturday? i know you get 1 free change with no penalty, but if he changed an engine on saturday, and needs an engine change for next weekend, then wont he be demoted 10 places? |
Definite engine change, but no demotion. Sucks that he had to use the free-bee for the first race, well him and Massa too, but Mass sucks so who cares:p |
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| MikeyN |
I just had to....
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| Dark_Archonis |
Ferrari has officially said that the engines themselves did NOT fail. Word has it that the failures were tied to the standard ECU supplied by McLaren. Toyota had a gearbox problem during Saturday practice on Timo Glock's car, and Toyota now says that too was related not to the gearbox itself, but to the standard ECU.
Looks like the standard ECU is screwing with some team's cars. I hated the whole idea from the start as it gives McLaren an unfair advantage since the ECU is partly designed by them. |
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| MikeyN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dark_Archonis
Ferrari has officially said that the engines themselves did NOT fail. Word has it that the failures were tied to the standard ECU supplied by McLaren. Toyota had a gearbox problem during Saturday practice on Timo Glock's car, and Toyota now says that too was related not to the gearbox itself, but to the standard ECU.
Looks like the standard ECU is screwing with some team's cars. I hated the whole idea from the start as it gives McLaren an unfair advantage since the ECU is partly designed by them. |
its been said time and time again, the ECU is designed by Mclaren Electronic Systems and Microsoft, there is no advantage to any team. it is a STANDARD. MES produces each one equally for everyone. If ferrari swapped ECU's with BMW and ferrari still fails while the BMW does not, that eliminates the ECU as the problem.
Besides, Ferrari showed excellent reliability in winter testing, using the ECU of course. they had plenty of time to adopt it learn it and discover it. They're looking for someone to blame for their misfortune, we all do, thats only human.
If ferrari is going to blame MES for their ECU problem, then Mclaren, Renault, BMW Sauber, and all other Michelin teams from 2006 wouldve had a right (in 2007) to accuse Ferrari of having an unfair advantage due to their close relations with bridgestone. (although a STANDARD tyre was adopted). |
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