[AW335TT]

Originally Posted by BlackJetE90

It is time for the old fart NBC announcers to shut up about Ferrari this and that. They are NOT touching Mercedes this year. Of any of the tracks Mercedes should have be vulnerable, it would have been Austria. Quit talking about how Ferrari is easier on their tires, their engine upgrades are going to bring the fight...blah...blah...blah. It is done and has been since the season started. Deal with it Maranello.

Haha.. Ferrari is the only team I care about and it getting really old hearing "Mercedes is worried about Ferraris pace" .. "Ferrari upgrades this.. that.. "

[solstice]

Man, I never liked the podium interviews while the debrief room interviews are a highlight of each race. Today should be the last podium interview if FIA has any brains, it was frigging embarrassing with Berger calling Nico, Lewis and then later grabbing Nico and calling him Massa and then calling Massa's car a Mercedes.

Overheard in McLaren's boardroom: We are so happy! Progress is good and we expect to be in the points as early as 2025. /joke

[Chihuahua]

I really hope Hulk gets a drive at Ferrari next year. Kimi is 100% done.

[JuzMe]

F1's turning into a joke these days.....................

[MrPrena]

Just my opinion, but only possible chance Ferrari has this year is on Hungaroring. That is still a far fetch.

[TheGlobetrotter]

Originally Posted by ashtaron14

I didn't get the chance to watch it, but I was reading the live commentary and definitely didn't feel like that I missed anything.

You didn't. Just the first lap crash with Kimi / Alonso, then fast-forward to the result

[six_timer]

Originally Posted by BlackJetE90

It is time for the old fart NBC announcers to shut up about Ferrari this and that. They are NOT touching Mercedes this year. Of any of the tracks Mercedes should have be vulnerable, it would have been Austria. Quit talking about how Ferrari is easier on their tires, their engine upgrades are going to bring the fight...blah...blah...blah. It is done and has been since the season started. Deal with it Maranello.

This reminds me of years back, when Stewart Racing would come out for free practice, and the announcers would start shouting that they've made a big step forward, equal with the top teams etc. And then basically every other team would come out and outdo them by 3 secs/lap.

[E90SLAM]

Originally Posted by BlackJetE90

It is time for the old fart NBC announcers to shut up about Ferrari this and that. They are NOT touching Mercedes this year. Of any of the tracks Mercedes should have be vulnerable, it would have been Austria. Quit talking about how Ferrari is easier on their tires, their engine upgrades are going to bring the fight...blah...blah...blah. It is done and has been since the season started. Deal with it Maranello.

I still remember them calling "McLaren International".
I know Ron Dennis used that name back in the 90's. But now its 2015. Even McLaren dropped the "international" already!!!

[E90SLAM]

Pics of in-season testing at Red Bull Ring.

[Petros]

what are those antenna shaped things

[hellrotm]

The front of the Force India is quite interesting.

Word is the revised Force India has been quick in testing.

“[Development] is going in a good way,” Ocon told Motorsport.com.

“The car was just mega today, really quick. Let’s wait and see at Silverstone but it will probably be a really fast car. The guys are working hard and I think it will pay off.”

[E90SLAM]

Originally Posted by Petros

what are those antenna shaped things

Those are Aero Rakes, which measures and map airflow.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/112669

AERO RAKES



What really grabs the attention in testing are the large aero rakes.

These are made up of an array of Kiel probes which will map airflow across the full surface of the rake.

Commonly these are fitted behind the front tyre to measure the tyre's wake, or towards the rear of the sidepod to map the flow passing towards the rear wing/diffuser. Other positions include around the rear wing or behind the diffuser.

As such a large number of probes are used, the transducer end of the sensor is not mounted to the probe, but connected via a thin plastic tube to a pod elsewhere on the car.

For the very large front tyre wake rakes, the resulting pod can be huge, so it will be mounted well away from the probes so as not to upset the airflow near them.

Another method is to run a simpler rake with a single row of probes, then mount the rake to an articulated arm. While testing, the arm will rise up and down mapping the same area as a large rake.

[E90SLAM]

The FI new nose is actually pretty good looking.