Friday practice thread

[dsg]

Originally Posted by maltafan

Seems that they are taking Mc Laren's last year tradition. This would be the 2nd engine change for JV in 2 races. And his was not the only BMW engine to come into flames.

So many jokes about passing the torch, I should refrain. But I didn't.

[Kempi]

Did anyone see the new Ferrari front wing? The got something that supposedly "sticks" the upper flap to the nose. The way it looks, though, it just makes it impossible to see the movement.

[Kirk]

Originally Posted by Dutton

BMW seem to have issues. Is there any word on what they are?

Apparently some unspecified motor part(s) are not completely up to spec. Nick's motor and JV's new motor were built from hand-picked parts, as an interim solution.

So much for BMW's claim of reliability that we kept hearing in the pre-season. I'm still bothered by the "complacency" (or insert another descriptive word) ... shown by the lack of testing in March. Can you tell?

[NO1SPECIAL]

Originally Posted by Kirk

... I'm still bothered by the "complacency" (or insert another descriptive word) ... shown by the lack of testing in March. Can you tell?

Considering I've got a bet on with Louis B. concerning Williams Vs BMW, I'm not bothered at all.

[Rennen]

Originally Posted by Kempi

Did anyone see the new Ferrari front wing? The got something that supposedly "sticks" the upper flap to the nose. The way it looks, though, it just makes it impossible to see the movement.

'Kempi' Do you have live TV of Friday practice? If so what channel is it? I used to watch on RTL Austria, but they've stopped coverage of fridays! Doh!

[Kempi]

It was on German "Premiere", pay-tv.

[flor]

They also show it live on German "n-tv" which is normally a news channel.