JGreens
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You seem awfully interested in my age! Would you prefer if I was younger? POLICE, haha!
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2013 Formula 1 Grand Prix De Monaco
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You seem awfully interested in my age! Would you prefer if I was younger? POLICE, haha!
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- otakukid965
I feel like we may see a new fastest lap for the track this weekend.
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- Whodoyouthink
Do they not count qualifying laps? Seems that they were pulling laps about 1sec faster than the fastest lap set by Schumi.
It would be pretty sick to a new fastest lap though.
It would be pretty sick to a new fastest lap though.
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- Small_Fryz
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- GTP_Anghammarad
When racing was still racing
But that is not racing. That is a Depailler going around a wet track, quite carefully, _alone_. .
Considering the cold conditions I have actually changed my mind a bit. I still think that Vettel is most likely to win but any one of the Mercedes cars actually have a reasonable chance of taking it.
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They might as well stop bringing the full wet tires if they are not going to use them for the conditions they were designed for. 
Racing in the rain is one of those things that has separated GP racing from other forms of motorsport, particularly oval-based motorsports. Rain races produce more overtaking due to low grip and driver errors, they usually produce unexpected results, and they also unveil the hidden masters of the rain, or "Regenmeisters."
Senna became very well known, thanks in part to rain races. So too did Michael Schumacher, Jim Clark, Tazio Nuvolari, Jenson Button, Rudolf Caracciola, Gilles Villeneuve and many others. Not the least of which, Stefan Bellof who was lapping Monaco faster than Senna was in that famous 1984 event. The Honda F1 team had a GP win, thanks to rain. The Hungaroring actually produces great races, with rain. Part of what makes Spa so special is the unexpected rain it sometimes has.
It would be a shame to see wet races disappear, due to sponsors not wanting to see their car crash out of the race, or other reasons.
Racing in the rain is one of those things that has separated GP racing from other forms of motorsport, particularly oval-based motorsports. Rain races produce more overtaking due to low grip and driver errors, they usually produce unexpected results, and they also unveil the hidden masters of the rain, or "Regenmeisters."
Senna became very well known, thanks in part to rain races. So too did Michael Schumacher, Jim Clark, Tazio Nuvolari, Jenson Button, Rudolf Caracciola, Gilles Villeneuve and many others. Not the least of which, Stefan Bellof who was lapping Monaco faster than Senna was in that famous 1984 event. The Honda F1 team had a GP win, thanks to rain. The Hungaroring actually produces great races, with rain. Part of what makes Spa so special is the unexpected rain it sometimes has.
It would be a shame to see wet races disappear, due to sponsors not wanting to see their car crash out of the race, or other reasons.
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- m8h3r
They might as well stop bringing the full wet tires if they are not going to use them for the conditions they were designed for.
Racing in the rain is one of those things that has separated GP racing from other forms of motorsport, particularly oval-based motorsports. Rain races produce more overtaking due to low grip and driver errors, they usually produce unexpected results, and they also unveil the hidden masters of the rain, or "Regenmeisters."
Senna became very well known, thanks in part to rain races. So too did Michael Schumacher, Jim Clark, Tazio Nuvolari, Jenson Button, Rudolf Caracciola, Gilles Villeneuve and many others. Not the least of which, Stefan Bellof who was lapping Monaco faster than Senna was in that famous 1984 event. The Honda F1 team had a GP win, thanks to rain. The Hungaroring actually produces great races, with rain. Part of what makes Spa so special is the unexpected rain it sometimes has.
It would be a shame to see wet races disappear, due to sponsors not wanting to see their car crash out of the race, or other reasons.
It's not that they won't race in rain, most of the time the rain doesn't affect the cars. It's just when it get really bad, kinda like a light flash flood and the cars just aquaplane. The engineers try to get the cars as low as possible because the lower you get it the faster you'll go. However a puddle will lift the car. That's when you're in trouble. The rain tyres are actually thicker to try and lift the cars a bit but you can only do so much and the engineers tricks to get the car low is their downfall.
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Agreed. Unfortunately. It seems as if Ferrari have returned to the issue of 2010, when they couldn't switch their tyres on quickly in anything by blazing hot conditions.
Oops - BBC reporting that Mercedes did tyre testing with Pirelli between the Spanish and Monaco GP...
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- GOTMAXPOWER
This is terrible when Pirelli own a test car, giving 1 team 1000km of testing that the other teams don't have is ridiculous, I'll be glad to see the back of Pirelli...
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- Peasantslayer
They say that there is no advantage for Mercedes because Mercedes didn't know which tyres they were given.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/107676?source=latest
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/107676?source=latest
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Data is data, and the tyres for Canada were tested. I can understand why the other teams are a bit pissed off. I love how Pirelli say it "was done in WRC before, so there is no problem"
.If Pirelli were to 'pick' a team to work with as it is said they did, why not chose the one at the back of the grid, to avoid being seen to playing favourites?
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- England
- Peasantslayer
We'll see what happens, if they are in the wrong we'll see what articles come out of it in the next week or so. If Red Bull and Ferrari think it's wrong they won't let Mercedes get away with it easily.
EDIT: Niki Lauda: "Another team has tested privately this year, the FIA gave them and us permission to test."
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- SiiverArrow
Apparently, Ferrari tested after the Bahrain GP but not with their current car.
MagpieRacer
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Not particularly. I think it's a good thing that there's one very special race that there's so much anticipation for. It's like the culmination of everything Formula One. I myself, always look forward to it year after year as it's one of the few tracks that really excite me.
I'm sure the drivers have even more respect and passion for the place too, so I doubt they have any problem repeating themselves when it's something they love to do.
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