2014 Australian Grand Prix - Melbourne

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Should send that to Peter Windsor, Scarbs and Ted Kravitz...that looks like something the FIA needs to know about and take a look at it (worst case scenario is that the driver could be electrocuted).
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ecapox wrote:Wow. That's crazy. Good thing though is that it doesn't look like a battery or PU discharge. Looks more like a short somewhere in the cockpit. Still, very odd.
all the PU stuff is behind the driver, sure it isn't just a reflections on the wet linse ?

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There is another ghost image superimposed/blended at the crucial 2-3 frames - is the spark from that image rather than the cockpit?
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SidSidney wrote:
There is another ghost image superimposed/blended at the crucial 2-3 frames - is the spark is from that image rather than the cockpit?
That´s the pitwall, sparks are from the car footage.

Sorry for double post, forgot to copy and paste in the older post.
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SidSidney wrote:
This was fun. Next time I will post my ideas on why diesel is actually better in an F1 engine than high octane petrol...
Diesel is for tractors and trucks!

I saw a current 5 series v6turbo BMW drive past me the the other day and even they sound like a mechanic has left a box of bolts in the engine bay.
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Straight 6, they don´t build V6 engines.
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SectorOne wrote:Straight 6, they don´t build V6 engines.
My bad, I thought the 530d's where v6's. :p
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BMW has a thing for straight engines unless it´s V8 and above. I guess at that point length starts to become an issue.
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SectorOne wrote:BMW has a thing for straight engines unless it´s V8 and above. I guess at that point length starts to become an issue.
Good on them, I'd much rather a straight 6 than a v6 myself.
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weather looks good so far.

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One refreshing thing about this season so far, albeit still in it's infancy, is the lack of Pirelli bashing so far! ;)

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SilverArrow10 wrote:
Harsha wrote:
SilverArrow10 wrote:Pole Prediction time!!!!!

Im going Hamilton :D
Im also Going with Hamilton 1:28.665
Very precise there, you from the future :wink: haha. Cant wait to see if your right.

Podium - Mercedes one - two then Button, he's always been handy around here.
I may have to change the McLaren's around but still keeping this prediction, have a feeling Ricardo is going to drop like a stone, he did it in Torro Rosso's a lot.
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SilverArrow10 wrote:
I may have to change the McLaren's around but still keeping this prediction, have a feeling Ricardo is going to drop like a stone, he did it in Torro Rosso's a lot.
He only lost places because he'd put his TR further up the grid than it deserved to be.
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I'm sure I just saw some spots of rain on the camera..

EDIT: Grosjean starting from the pitlane.

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djos wrote:
SilverArrow10 wrote:
I may have to change the McLaren's around but still keeping this prediction, have a feeling Ricardo is going to drop like a stone, he did it in Torro Rosso's a lot.
He only lost places because he'd put his TR further up the grid than it deserved to be.
Exactly, I think he put the Red bull in a place it doesn't deserve to be.
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"Ok Lewis, Its Hammertime!!" - Peter Bonnington

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