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Who was the guy in the blue race suit?

[spankyham]

I'd be much more careful with statements to the effect of McLaren and Ferrari getting faster every race compared to Red Bull after a couple of races whose characteristics didn't suit Red Bull.
I'm just saying...

It's a very valid point, and you're right that it needs to be factored in. It is only my opinion in the end, but, I think Valencia will show us a lot. It is a track far more suited to Red Bull and it is before the complete overrun ban comes into place at Silverstone.

I guess we shall see.

At Valencia, the equation changes quite a bit with the engine mapping changes in parc fermé banned. Thus, it could be considered another track not well suited to Red Bull - this could be the case for all races still to come until AN has pulled out another rabbit from his seemingly bottomless hat of tricks. Hence, it's going to be interesting to see what happens, but again, it won't be the last word. The next major change will come in Silverstone and from then on we can hopefully enjoy watching the engineering chess game of development to the last race of the season w/o FIA's heavy-handed impact.

The parc ferme change will only effect RB's Q, there won't be any race effect until Silverstone. So, whatever advantage they have will still be there in the race. As I surmised earlier, I think both Ferrari and McLaren will take another jump forward in race pace while any gains RB may make will be somewhat lesser.

I'm really looking forward to seeing race pace at Valencia. Red Bull still with their overrun capabilities and Ferrari and McLaren with their improvements. Hoping for another fascinating race.

[bud]

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Who was the guy in the blue race suit?

Máximo Cortés a young Espanol racer.

[Robert12010]

what did i say, its going to be sunny and guess what? the forecast changed lol

[Big Azza]

We know the teams can easily turn down engines from the garage. So perhaps we'll see Vettel start with his qually engine mapping and pull away to 30 second lead by the end of lap two, and then Red Bull will turn down his engine!

30 second lead within 2 laps? and no the teams cannot change engine mapping from the garage, the drivers can alter their fuel air ratio in car but engine mapping is done via the ecu by an outside computer.

Damn.

[vlad]

And here we go! FP1 starting in few minutes!

[LewEngBridewell]

Good to see Sergio Perez is back

Track is still very green this early in the meeting, but despite some close calls with Glock and Schumacher, only Hulkenberg ended up in the wall, in the Force India.

Webber on top after P1.

[FRAFPDD]

Did i just see Nick Mason of Pink Floyd fame standing near Hamiltons car, please someone tell me i just saw Nick Mason of Pink Floyd......

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Did i just see Nick Mason of Pink Floyd fame standing near Hamiltons car, please someone tell me i just saw Nick Mason of Pink Floyd......

He's a big gearhead so I wouldn't be surprised. I'm recording practice now so I can FF through commercials a bit but I'll keep an eye out.

[texasmr2]

Did i just see Nick Mason of Pink Floyd fame standing near Hamiltons car, please someone tell me i just saw Nick Mason of Pink Floyd......

Nick is a Ferrari guy I hope he is not traveling too the darkside .

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[bud]

Did i just see Nick Mason of Pink Floyd fame standing near Hamiltons car, please someone tell me i just saw Nick Mason of Pink Floyd......

Nick is a Ferrari guy I hope he is not traveling too the darkside .

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He is British I'm sure he supports his fellow Brits

[texasmr2]

So right. Practice is on now but I usually get bored with it, qualifying is when I start to get randy.

[FRAFPDD]

I know his GTO is his prized posession more then anything, but im sure it were him.

[vaptin]

They've painted the walls (barriers) light blue this year, looks a lot nicer. I can stare at that now if the race is boring. Someone will probably tell me its always been blue now.

Oh yeah, and its looking fairly close I think, Vettel to take pole, but I think the margin will be smaller to Alonso and Hamilton than "usual".

[LewEngBridewell]

They've painted the walls (barriers) light blue this year, looks a lot nicer. I can stare at that now if the race is boring. Someone will probably tell me its always been blue now.

They were blue last year, as you can see with this clip of Mark Webber's infamous crash;

http://www.sportpost.com/video/view/F1+ ... encia+2010

And they were blue in this clip from 2009, when Alonso punts Heidfeld off at the final corner in practice.

http://www.streetfire.net/video/f1-2009 ... 702829.htm

But they were white back at the inaugural 2008 event, as seen here in this vid from that race

http://www.streetfire.net/video/f1-vale ... 243263.htm