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[spankyham]

It's been on the car since the start of practice, but wasn't there on launch. It looks like its for the MRW. I think there's a fair amount of effort to create a mechanism that, if it in anyway fails, it fails to the closed position.

[What's Burning?]

Those are just wingtip vortices not exhaust.

am i missing something, im talking about that black pylon that ive never seen before going straight up thrpugh the rear wing, not the pretty clouds.

The car was launched without it, they stated that their first day of testing they didn't run with the mrw so it's likely that they're not testing with it. A lot of the cars have a similar mechanism up the center. In that picture it looks think because it's from the side, but it's probably think and aero shaped.

and you're right, the vortices are very pretty.

[MattMK45]

Barrichello goes fastest and Kamui Kobayashi is second in the sauber

[smokin]

The two oldest drivers in one and two closely followed by a driver without a confirmed race seat. I think this nails the view that testing is not representative of what we're likely to see come March 13th...

[Robert12010]

i was on the bbc site earlier and there are f1 insiders already saying that red bull and ferrari are looking the best, o well ANOTHER year where lewis and jenson have no chance of winning the title, well done mclaren

[vaptin]

[quote="Robert12010"]i was on the bbc site earlier and there are f1 insiders already saying that red bull and ferrari are looking the best, o well ANOTHER year where lewis and jenson have no chance of winning the title, well done mclaren [/quote}

Let's not jump to rash conclusions hey? Mclaren might out develop Ferrari and Redbull in time for Abu Dhabi, their innovations could work better in the end, but just need mores} time to work out.

Or Ferrari and Redbull might not even be ahead.

[Robert12010]

i was on the bbc site earlier and there are f1 insiders already saying that red bull and ferrari are looking the best, o well ANOTHER year where lewis and jenson have no chance of winning the title, well done mclaren [/quote}

Let's not jump to rash conclusions hey? Mclaren might out develop Ferrari and Redbull in time for Abu Dhabi, their innovations could work better in the end, but just need mores} time to work out.

Or Ferrari and Redbull might not even be ahead.

well i hope your right for my sake, but im fearing what happened last year, that mclaren are going to get left behind again

[Gaz]

wait till barca before you start worrying.

Mclaren might just be sandbagging or just doing long runs

[Denthúl]

Hmm, the Ferrari's long runs are very consistent, just like last winter. In the initial stages, the McLaren's tyre wear is good, but then it drops off at a steeper rate than the Ferrari towards the end of the stint. This could make things interesting. It was disappointing to see so many teething issues for them this week though, compared to the massive number of laps set by Ferrari.

[Robert12010]

wait till barca before you start worrying.

Mclaren might just be sandbagging or just doing long runs

yeah they might be holding back a bit,

i just hope that they pour in the laps at barca, but obviously not just for the sake of it, because like autosport have been saying, theres no point in going out and do lap after lap

[vlad]

I think that this season's fight between these teams is going to be closest than ever...

[Stealthgate007]

wait till barca before you start worrying.

Mclaren might just be sandbagging or just doing long runs

Nooooo.... thats what I said in 2009. ***no jinks*** ***no jinks*** Turn around anti-clockwise 7 times, cross your fingers, and spit!

Do not say that s-b word again!!!

[darwin dali]

wait till barca before you start worrying.

Mclaren might just be sandbagging or just doing long runs

Nooooo.... thats what I said in 2009. ***no jinks*** ***no jinks*** Turn around anti-clockwise 7 times, cross your fingers, and spit!

Do not say that s-b word again!!!

Is that you Stealthgate lounging on those sandbags?

[Stealthgate007]

wait till barca before you start worrying.

Mclaren might just be sandbagging or just doing long runs

Nooooo.... thats what I said in 2009. ***no jinks*** ***no jinks*** Turn around anti-clockwise 7 times, cross your fingers, and spit!

Do not say that s-b word again!!!

[racechick]

Dont forget they're a whole test behind the other leading teams. Im sure they're just testing different bits and maybe havent even got all the best bits on yet (thats a rictus grin on my face!!)