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So if hyper soft is H, whats a hard symbol?
Lighter blue for the hard would have done the job as the wet is dark blue. Say north blue.
A bright green as in the above Nike would have done for hyper soft. The inter is a medium green.
 

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Doc_ said:
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So if hyper soft is H, whats a hard symbol?
Lighter blue for the hard would have done the job as the wet is dark blue. Say north blue.
A bright green as in the above Nike would have done for hyper soft. The inter is a medium green.
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Making the hyper soft green would make no sense since all the softer compounds are on the red side of the spectrum.

Still you're right, Pirelli are pretty Color blind.

Im guessing the symbol for hard would either be HD or they keep it as H and just hope people can identify the Color.
 
Temploar said:
Have a bad feeling that Mercedes will just go "bang" in these last few days of testing.
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I don't think they need to, they are well aware of the engines capacity so are happy to run it at 70% or whatever level they have it at.

Pre Season Testing is mainly about figuring out and playing with aero setups. There is only soo much you can do with the engine units provided by the manufacturer.
 
happy_eagle said:
I don't think they need to, they are well aware of the engines capacity so are happy to run it at 70% or whatever level they have it at.

Pre Season Testing is mainly about figuring out and playing with aero setups. There is only soo much you can do with the engine units provided by the manufacturer.
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McLaren and Renault are doing mid to high 1:18's on the hypersofts this morning so you'd expect Mercedes to be around a second quicker than that. (at least)
 
Vettel has just done a 1:18.666 on the SUPER softs which makes him the fastest on track today. Beats the two renault powered cars HYPER soft times.

The gap is just enormous.
 
One thing to remember about Mercedes though, is whilst the engine they have for qualifying is way above what any other car can manage, they can't run that on race day. Where as Ferrari and Red Bull have often tended to focus on their race pace because they don't have as much of an extra boost in turning up the engines in Q3.

So if Ferrari and Red Bull have improved their long stints (would love to see data on this from testing) then we could be in for a good 3 way fight.
 
1:18.414 from Vettel on the supers now.

So either the Ferrari's great, Mercedes is sandbagging hard, or the Red bull isn't as good as I thought, or all 3, or none of the 3.

Ahh * it, it's just testing.
 
1:18.079 on ultra softs for Vettel. Same-same as Ricciardo's hypersoft run yesterday.

Phewwww the Ferrari is fast.
 
Vettel 1:17.644 on the hypers and theoretically could have gone faster because it wasn't this best sector 1.

Red bull hype over.
 
The Haas today on the super soft is almost as fast as the Mercedes was yesterday on the hyper soft .

Im so convinced testing times are bullshit haha.
 
Temploar said:
The Haas today on the super soft is almost as fast as the Mercedes was yesterday on the hyper soft .

Im so convinced testing times are bullshit haha.
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Each team would be running different programs, so individual lap times aren't going to be a total indication.
Consistency throughout a race simulation stint (which Ferrari had yesterday) and high milage are positive signs for any team this time of year.

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/134719/wolff-questions-red-bull-fuel-strategy

Interesting that RBR are using different fuel to other Renault teams.
 

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happy_eagle said:
Each team would be running different programs, so individual lap times aren't going to be a total indication.
Consistency throughout a race simulation stint (which Ferrari had yesterday) and high milage are positive signs for any team this time of year.

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/134719/wolff-questions-red-bull-fuel-strategy

Interesting that RBR are using different fuel to other Renault teams.
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Yeah they're using mobil1 (Esso) fuel since last year.

I didn't think it was the wisest idea either, especially with their engine issues. But RBR say it makes no difference.
 
1:17.1 for Vettel.

Vrooooom!!
 
NSWCROW said:
ffs is it so hard to have HARD , MEDIUM and SOFT tyres ??

Cant wait for the super mega epic spectacular tyre.....
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Next year liberty media will remove grandstand seating in favour of corporate boxes and also introduce the aeroscreen to be combined with the halo.

In addition, we are also getting the "Epicly Hyper Soft" tyre, and the new "F1 fan boost" which will replace "Driver of the day"

"F1 fan boost" will be implemented into a car's MGU-K and give the driver selected by the fans (Max Verstappen) a overall boost of +100 BHP during the final 3 laps of the race.

In addition, the 2021 engine rules have been changed to spec 4 cylinder engines, and instead of wet tyres the cars will be made to run on skis.
 
Temploar said:
Next year liberty media will remove grandstand seating in favour of corporate boxes and also introduce the aeroscreen to be combined with the halo.

In addition, we are also getting the "Epicly Hyper Soft" tyre, and the new "F1 fan boost" which will replace "Driver of the day"

"F1 fan boost" will be implemented into a car's MGU-K and give the driver selected by the fans (Max Verstappen) a overall boost of +100 BHP during the final 3 laps of the race.

In addition, the 2021 engine rules have been changed to spec 4 cylinder engines, and instead of wet tyres the cars will be made to run on skis.
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I was seriously impressed with the Haas pace last night. Even though I think it was a low fuel run, so was Vettel's.
 
https://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/formel-1/ferrari-zu-langsam-gps-daten-sehen-mercedes-vorn/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed:+formula_1_english+(AMS+F1+(Englisch))


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Basic translation:

* Ferrari are apparently shocked with the pace of the Haas. Binotto and Arrivabene from Ferrari went to the Haas garage with worried faces after Magnussen posted his fastest time on super soft tyres. They asked how much fuel was inside the car. Other teams say Sebastian didn't have much fuel in his car. If this is true then the difference between Ferrari and Haas on equal tyres is only 0.1s

* Renault's GPS data say that Mercedes and Red Bull are the most evenly matched with about 0.3s seperating them. Apparently Ferrari are a "clear" 3rd and are having some troubles in the curves and corners.

* In the race simulation, Mercedes are 1.0s per lap ahead of Red Bull, for the other teams it is more than 1.6s per lap.

* Mercedes see red bull as more of a threat than Ferrari. But Merc engineers admit they have more of a gap on everyone than they did last year.

(Not good news if you're not a Mercedes fan)

;(
 
*Mercedes also believes that especially Red Bull's engine partner Renault still has power reserves. From the French camp we hear that the performance was raised for the first time on the seventh day. That's about 50 percent of the increase you can expect for Melbourne. Good for Red Bull, bad for Ferrari.
 
More problems for McLaren.

Alonso as he walked from his stricken McLaren back to hospitality.

"Engine..... 5 laps".

Poor guy.
 
Temploar said:
More problems for McLaren.

Alonso as he walked from his stricken McLaren back to hospitality.

"Engine..... 5 laps".

Poor guy.
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Between the other Renault teams piling on the laps in testing, and the Honda engines new found reliability, you would have to question whether or not McLaren are somehow to blame for reliability issues in recent times.
 
happy_eagle said:
Between the other Renault teams piling on the laps in testing, and the Honda engines new found reliability, you would have to question whether or not McLaren are somehow to blame for reliability issues in recent times.
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Oh they definitely have to be.

Honda doing well now and the Renault in the McLaren failing is no coincidence.

Their aero philosophy gives the engine no chance to breathe. Just look how small their airbox is.
 
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