Motors The Official bit-tech F1 2010 Thread - Post season washup

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I'm shocked to say I love it

 

That does look pretty good, no coincidence that the Evora Cup being tested by Trulli's on a similar colour scheme then?

 

The sidepods are very 'straight' compared to the curvy pods on nearly all the other cars and very subtle with the 'v' shaped nose.

Lotus F1
livery

Will the car be a let down to a legendary name? Id like to think not. But my hopes arent high im affraid

 

That front wing looks pretty complex, they've obviously been looking at everyone else's setups.

 

oil squirter to spice up the racing?

 

Looks like they aren't bothered about who sees their diffuser then the front wing is pretty complicated but similar to last year's FI - apart from the big flat sidepods it's a fairly complex design. Hopefully it can keep up with at least the VR.

 

Apparently it's rapidly drying in Jerez so the times are tumbling:

http://live.autosport.com/commentary.php/id/177

 

Lotus F1 livery looks awesome.

Also FOTA is holding a survey if you haven't filled it yet you can find it here.

 

So Hamilton pops up at the end to pull out the fastest time of the test, a 1:19.583 - six tenths faster than Adrian Sutil in the FI. Glad they got some dry running but apparently the forecast for next week is roughly the same, should be interesting.

 

Go Lewis!!
Can't help but be chuffed at that one.
Also good to see VR more on-pace when their parts did finally make it.

I must say that this season is shaping up to be quite the potential thrill... i like!

 

I take back what i said before it looks a much better colour scheme in these pictures than it did the last pic posted. It looked like it had blue on it in the other picture.

 

Love the new Lotus, brings back Chapman anecdotes

Radio control cars, maybe? Karting Jerez looks awesome!

 

RC cars sounds rather feasible, actually... hadn't thought of that.
Can all tracks do that, please? I want a karting Nürburgring... all 100-odd corners in 2km...

edit - maybe a BIIIIT longer than standard... I mean Nordschleife is notoriously long for a race track even... so maybe 5 km?

 

Provisional Testing lineup for the 2nd Jerez Session, according to PF1.

Even though I seem to be missing a certain other silver team that sports the two most recent world champions.

Mercedes GP
Wednesday: Michael Schumacher
Thursday: Nico Rosberg
Friday: Michael Schumacher
Saturday: Nico Rosberg

Red Bull
Wednesday: Sebastian Vettel
Thursday: Sebastian Vettel
Friday: Mark Webber
Saturday: Mark Webber

Ferrari
Wednesday: Felipe Massa
Thursday: Felipe Massa
Friday: Fernando Alonso
Saturday: Fernando Alonso

Sauber
Wednesday: Pedro de la Rosa
Thursday: Pedro de la Rosa
Friday: Kamui Kobayashi
Saturday: Kamui Kobayasi

Williams
Wednesday: Rubens Barrichello
Thursday: Rubens Barrichello
Friday: Nico Hulkenberg
Saturday: Nico Hulkenberg


Renault
Wednesday: Vitaly Petrov
Thursday: Vitaly Petrov
Friday: Robert Kubica
Saturday: Robert Kubica


Force India
Wednesday: Paul di Resta (morning) / Adrian Sutil (afternoon)
Thursday: Adrian Sutil
Friday: Vitantonio Liuzzi
Saturday: Vitantonio Liuzzi


Toro Rosso
Wednesday: Sébastien Buemi
Thursday: Sébastien Buemi
Friday: Jaime Alguersuari
Saturday: Jaime Alguersuari


Lotus
Wednesday: Fairuz Fauzy
Thursday: Heikki Kovalainen
Friday: Heikki Kovalainen
Saturday: Jarno Trulli


Virgin
TBC

edit - there we go:

McLaren
Wednesday: Jenson Button
Thursday: Jenson Button
Friday: Lewis Hamilton
Saturday: Lewis Hamilton

 

Anyone know where I could catch these races States-side? It all seems pretty fascinating and certainly beats our boring NASCAR. If there's any sort of site the hosts the races I'd would very much appreciate a link!

*Edit: Found the channel they'd be on here, but I still much prefer online viewing.

 

I believe the BBC do streams of free practice, qualifying and the race, but you'd need to find a proxy server to view them, what with yo ubeing in the states.

Also the FIA do an official race edit a couple of days after the race which is usually a good watch, as it's always very slick.

 

Personally I'd just watch it on telly. Streaming just doesn't cut it imo.

 

Streaming will only work if it can be done smoothly and displayed on a larger screen then whats avaible. I'd far rather listen to it on the radio and get smooter unbroken coverage than the randomness of wireless/BT internet. Why watch it on a 22" monitor when you have a 26"+ TV that will also give smoother playback? especially considering my TV licence finally is going to something worthwhile. completely agree with you there Krikkit!

 

you should have a tv license to stream it live anyway

 

seriously? I thought that the defination for TV licence meant that PC's where still exempt provided they didn't have a tuner card in them.