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[LewEngBridewell]

He was pretty fair and balenced on the BBC coverage. Folks biggest gripe was his thick Irish accent.

Really? I personally didn't have any problem understanding what he was saying.

[Hammer278]

I had a problem with it for the first 2-3 races but got used to it. Anyway, his voice was boring as hell and the guy was heavily biased so it was a relief when he F'ed off.

[CookinFlat6]

He was technical director at Jordan and is very knowledgeable, but as I said above, even the knowledgeable people make the odd mistake. I would suspect he was commenting on first impressions.

He was pretty fair and balenced on the BBC coverage. Folks biggest gripe was his thick Irish accent.

I blame the Aliens.

Ah tech director at Jordan when they had the lowest budget on the track and went 2 seasons in search of a point or something ridiculous. Funny how Loise goodman (Pr lady), Gary Anderson (mechanic) and Eddie Jordan (loudmouth) all end up at the BBc
A team of amateurs

Obviously Gary was and is still very knowledgeable

[Denthúl]

He was pretty fair and balenced on the BBC coverage. Folks biggest gripe was his thick Irish accent.

Really? I personally didn't have any problem understanding what he was saying.

One of Gary's main downfalls is that his delivery just isn't good enough and sometimes he seems to waffle. Though Ted Kravitz doesn't have the same level of technical knowledge, his delivery is great. During a race, I'd rather get a few key bits of information from Ted and go back to watching the race than listening to Gary explain something in too many words. When I want in-depth explanations, Scarbs is the man.

[LewEngBridewell]

He was pretty fair and balenced on the BBC coverage. Folks biggest gripe was his thick Irish accent.

Really? I personally didn't have any problem understanding what he was saying.

One of Gary's main downfalls is that his delivery just isn't good enough and sometimes he seems to waffle. Though Ted Kravitz doesn't have the same level of technical knowledge, his delivery is great. During a race, I'd rather get a few key bits of information from Ted and go back to watching the race than listening to Gary explain something in too many words. When I want in-depth explanations, Scarbs is the man.

Awww bless Gary and his waffley marker-pen diagrams

[andrew]

He was pretty fair and balenced on the BBC coverage. Folks biggest gripe was his thick Irish accent.

Really? I personally didn't have any problem understanding what he was saying.

Me neither. It's easily understandable if you actually listen!

[racechick]

He was pretty fair and balenced on the BBC coverage. Folks biggest gripe was his thick Irish accent.

Really? I personally didn't have any problem understanding what he was saying.

Me neither. It's easily understandable if you actually listen!

But if he talks shitey poo there's not a lot of point listening.

[andrew]

He was pretty fair and balenced on the BBC coverage. Folks biggest gripe was his thick Irish accent.

Really? I personally didn't have any problem understanding what he was saying.

Me neither. It's easily understandable if you actually listen!

But if he talks shitey poo there's not a lot of point listening.

I don't recall him talking shitey poo during the F1 coverage.

[racechick]

He was pretty fair and balenced on the BBC coverage. Folks biggest gripe was his thick Irish accent.

Really? I personally didn't have any problem understanding what he was saying.

Me neither. It's easily understandable if you actually listen!

But if he talks shitey poo there's not a lot of point listening.

I don't recall him talking shitey poo during the F1 coverage.

The 'Lewis has put it the wall ' bit, was somewhat premature and wide if the mark.

[darwin dali]

But if he talks shitey poo there's not a lot of point listening.

Hm, so there's also pissy poo? And farty poo? And pooey poo?

[racechick]

But if he talks shitey poo there's not a lot of point listening.

Hm, so there's also pissy poo? And farty poo? And pooey poo?

Yes. I think he does those too

[bud]

Almost looks like Lewis

[LRW]

The First Technical argument between teams is brewing already. Only 2 days in.

In a press conference at Jerez James Allison Technical Director of the Lotus F1 team was asked if he had seen anything of interest on the other new cars, his reply was certainly interesting “It’s a crap answer but I’ve not had time to look at any other cars but our own, bit there is one feature of the Caterham’s exhaust that I don’t think will be there when we get to Melbourne



The feature in question is what appears to be a flow conditioner in the exhaust channel of the Caterham CT03. Lotus has near identical image to the one seen here as the Lotus pit lane photographer was stood next to Racecar’s when they were taken! The conditioner appears to guide the exhaust gasses toward the crucial area at the rear of the car floor which would give the blown diffuser effect. The element is coated in a ceramic thermal barrier coating and is likely to be made of metal not carbon fibre.

The design may fall foul of article 5.8.4 of the 2013 Technical regulations which state that.

Once the exhaust tailpipes, the bodywork required by Article 3.8.4 and any apertures permitted by Article 3.8.5 have been fully defined there must be no bodywork lying within a right circular truncated cone which :

a) Shares a common axis with that of the last 100mm of the tailpipe.

b) Has a forward diameter equal to that of each exhaust exit.

c) Starts at the exit of the tailpipe and extends rearwards as far as the rear wheel centre line.

d) Has a half-cone angle of 3° such that the cone has its larger diameter at the rear wheel centre line.

Furthermore, there must be a view from above, the side, or any intermediate angle perpendicular to the car centre line, from which the truncated cone is not obscured by any bodywork lying more than 50mm forward of the rear wheel centre line.

No formal protest can be lodged yet as in testing the full regulations do not apply.

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[spankyham]

Rather striking the difference in nose height between the F138 and the RB9

[racechick]

That insane time Vettel has just done 1.6, can't be right can it????