Pre-Season Winter testing : 2014 Season

[Road of Bones]

Yeah, no...initial reports suggest there is an installation problem with Ricciardo's back teeth getting in the way of the revised positioning of the Renault ERS battery pack. Adrian Newey has apparently pulled out no less than 3 of his remaining hairs trying to sort it out. Christian Horner is currently grinding his own back teeth down to nubbins in frustration...

 

[sushifiesta]

Apart from the front wing failure the Mercedes has been pretty rock solid. Hamilton was on the 19th lap of a stint before a red flag came out when Alonso stopped on track.

 

[sushifiesta]

Red Bull finally out... And then broken down after a few corners. Oh dear oh dear.

 

[Road of Bones]

1059hrs - Red Bull brings out Red Flag on it's first lap of the day. Let the schadenfreude commence...

 

[pirateplunder]

Another fire? Packed too tight in the back of that red bull?

 

[Plutus]

Marussia will be running their car tomorrow.

sushifiesta Was theRed Bull fast in those few corners?

 

[LifeW12]

Brawn GP didn't turn a wheel until 3 weeks before Melbourne in 2009 and we all know what happened there. But remember everything went perfect for them. Red Bull haven't had that.

 

[Plutus]

But Melbourne is still 6 weeks away.

I have high hopes, that they will be competitive.

 

[Slyboogy]

Have Marussia launched their car yet?

 

[sushifiesta]

Imminent, Chilton's putting his race suit on as we speak.

 

[Chad Stewarthill]

Have Marussia launched their car yet?

No, the new low noses should put an end to that sort of thing.

 

[Greenlantern101]

Seems to be major overheating issues for the bulls.
what a shame

 

[pirateplunder]

Major overheating on top of the Renault supply wide engine worries.

 

[Bill Boddy]

In 2009 Button took the Brawn out for a single installation lap. When he got back to the pits he said that it was a winning car. This year Red Bull are having fires at the back after a few laps, so it is hardly a good comparison.

 

[chreden]

Clearly they're having trouble containing the bad luck vortex released when Mark Webber left the team.

 

[Bill Boddy]

I have a theory.

Due to the new exhaust regulations using the discharge gases can no longer be used. From observations over the course of last season this seemed to give an advantage of over one second to the RBR drivers. So now Newey is clawing this back by hot burning carbon, but he is having some problems getting it to turn off during the second lap. He will succeed though.

 

[The Pits]

Am I alone in finding it ironic that Red Bull are having issues with energy recovery!!

 

[Fenderman]

 

[rufus_mcdufus]

It'll be an awful shame if they don't have a season-dominating car again. Terrible shame.

 

[downforce]

I feel sorry for Vettel.