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Renault having a completely redesigned engine is predictable seeing as they poached one of Mercedes power-train designers mid last year. Here’s hoping Renault get a substantial power output upgrade and increase in reliability.From what I understand, its a totally new engine next year.
Until now, all that could be done was upgrade the s**t design they were stuck with.
Some guy in a stand with a live stream. Good for engine sounds.
I gave up looking. F1 are ripping them down too quick.so uh.. any more live streams or nah?
and is supposedly projected to be 2 seconds slower than last season. christ.Now Williams are saying tomorrow is also doubtful “Wednesday at the earliest” - they’re starting to look a lot like HRT.....
https://www.crash.net/f1/news/913044/1/williams-set-miss-tuesdays-f1-test-running
The car looks hot but it’s a shame that Rich Energy is dodgy as hell.
and is supposedly projected to be 2 seconds slower than last season. christ.
Putting that into perspective though, Ferrari predicted their cars to be 1.5s slower than 2018.
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/ferrari-new-rules-cars-slower/4339041/
And while the nine teams running in Barcelona all appeared fairly content with their initial findings, Williams found itself a world away. As the final build of the new FW42 car continued back in the UK, team personnel - and the Robert Kubica fans present at the track - were left waiting on news of when they would finally be able to hit the track.
Having already cancelled a planned shakedown over the weekend and pulled out of Monday’s running, the team issued a statement saying it was “more likely than not” to miss Tuesday as well.
Word in the paddock is far from positive. Deadlines have been missed, team morale is low as they work long hours to get the car finished, and concerns are that the “next-gen Williams” promised by deputy team boss Claire Williams for 2019 could be even further adrift than last year.
With the likes of Toro Rosso and Alfa Romeo appearing to grow in strength, a step forward was crucial for Williams to end stand still relative to its rivals, let alone to close the gap. And losing at least one-quarter of its pre-season running is very worrying indeed.
Even if the team were to get the car built tomorrow and down to Spain in time for the start of Wednesday’s running – which seems like a best-case scenario right now – the lack of a shakedown could leave Williams waiting until next week before properly hitting the track with the FW42.
Not that I'm aware of. All of the rules I have read talk about limiting testing not insisting on minimum amounts of testing.Is there a minimum requirement for teams to participate in testing in order to participate in Melbourne.
They’re testing the low drag Monza wing earlyI think we can assume that wasn't in the plan