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« Reply #150 on: June 06, 2012, 09:41:50 am » |
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Quite interesting wasn't it. It looks like there were no reliability issues, which was a good step. It ran 50+ laps on the same set of tyres (which are said to still have plenty of life left in them... 6-7 stints on one set??). The only unanswered question is how many laps did it do on a tank of fuel? If it can keep out of the garage, this car could finish top ten easily.
Still fricking ugly, but impressive none the less.
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« Reply #151 on: June 06, 2012, 03:14:15 pm » |
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Quite interesting wasn't it. It looks like there were no reliability issues, which was a good step. It ran 50+ laps on the same set of tyres (which are said to still have plenty of life left in them... 6-7 stints on one set??). The only unanswered question is how many laps did it do on a tank of fuel? If it can keep out of the garage, this car could finish top ten easily.
Still fricking ugly, but impressive none the less.
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How very interesting - I have to confess to thinking this would never make it into the pit lane less alone out of it. And now I am looking to forward to seeing it in the flesh so to speak. Not sure what a 'fricking' is but am guessing that it is not a good thing? In which case I agree – ugly!! See you there..... NEXT WEEK - team Monkey. |
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« Reply #152 on: June 06, 2012, 07:41:15 pm » |
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Pretty amazing re' the tyres, I must say. If you'd seen how its b*llocks - sorry, *rse - stepped out when it got to the end of the pit straight you'd be even more suprised by such good tyre wear. I still don't know what I think of it really but all in all I'm for experimentation. Without it I suppose we'd all still be walking everywhere and we can't have that now, can we?
It still looks like a dick on wheels to me.
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« Reply #153 on: June 08, 2012, 12:05:20 am » |
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Brad.... your information astounds me!! Having been stood next to you at Sebring when The DW slid past I still find it hard to believe its at LM!! However... I still think me being allowed to roll the Kenworth truck back and forth in gear after the 'fun 'fet festival was equally as groundbreaking for different reasons!!!  |
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« Reply #154 on: June 08, 2012, 08:23:38 am » |
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Can't be arsed to read the 11 pages, but boy, is it quick! One lap it was up the chuff of the Audi, the next lap some way in front. it's got my attention for the race, but the only problem I saw was regarding the lights, whch have two in the nose and two wide set at the rear. More than once I saw a marshal waving a blue flag to inform the driver that he was overtaking himself!  |
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« Reply #155 on: June 08, 2012, 10:35:25 pm » |
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It still looks like a dick on wheels to me.
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« Reply #156 on: June 14, 2012, 10:23:50 am » |
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Just looking at the time sheets for yesterday's free practice. DeltaWing - 3:34.576  At the time that was the third fastest time outside the Audis and Toyotas, and just a few tenths of Seabass in the Dome Pesca. That's pretty damn quick. |
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« Reply #157 on: June 14, 2012, 10:39:18 am » |
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Sadly, it disappeared somewhere out in the country at around 23.00. Don't know what happened to it as we didn't have RLM on. Guess I'll have to look at the ACO website. Did it fail?
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« Reply #158 on: June 14, 2012, 10:48:28 am » |
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Sadly, it disappeared somewhere out in the country at around 23.00. Don't know what happened to it as we didn't have RLM on. Guess I'll have to look at the ACO website. Did it fail?
From what I've understood on Eurosports 24 minutes, they hit the curb quite hard at Tertre Rouge, which made the fire extinguisher go off. They couldn't start the giant cock up again. |
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« Reply #159 on: June 14, 2012, 12:22:24 pm » |
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Sadly, it disappeared somewhere out in the country at around 23.00. Don't know what happened to it as we didn't have RLM on. Guess I'll have to look at the ACO website. Did it fail?
From what I've understood on Eurosports 24 minutes, they hit the curb quite hard at Tertre Rouge, which made the fire extinguisher go off. They couldn't start the giant cock up again. typical once its shot its load it went limp and wouldn't work again  |
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« Reply #160 on: June 14, 2012, 01:49:30 pm » |
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DSC reports today that the problem was a master switch. When it landed after hitting the kerb the switch got knocked off, but as its under the bodywork (  ) which the driver could not lift unassisted, then they had to sit it out. Now call me daft, but I'm sure the idea of a master switch is to be able to turn the cars electrical systems on and off in case of an emergency. Surely then it needs to be somewhere where you can actually get to it? |
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« Reply #161 on: June 14, 2012, 04:13:48 pm » |
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Saw the "wheeled d*ck" at Sebring this year doing glorified parade laps. I can't wait to see it in game conditions. I will be blown away if/when it starts passing other P1 cars. Like someone else said, we all used to walk before the first car...well, here we go.
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« Reply #162 on: June 14, 2012, 05:19:46 pm » |
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Think they're going to need a pressure washer to get all of that foam out of it if the fire extinguisher went off!
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« Reply #163 on: June 15, 2012, 03:58:26 am » |
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I will be blown away if/when it starts passing other P1 cars. Other P1 cars??? Which is the first??? Besides, being unclassified itself, you'd be comparing apples and oranges, no???  |
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« Reply #164 on: June 15, 2012, 11:39:46 am » |
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It seemed to be back on song last night, running mid-pack amongst P2s although they are spending a lot of time tweaking the thing, or so it seems. But at least it's got through all the quali sessions. Full marks for effort so far.
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