F1 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread

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AMuS just reported new nose and frontwing for the mercs... Endplates are pointing outwards instead of inwards ;)

https://twitter.com/tgruener/status/1100310522078089218

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Tzk wrote:
26 Feb 2019, 10:26
AMuS just reported new nose and frontwing for the mercs... Endplates are pointing outwards instead of inwards ;)

https://twitter.com/tgruener/status/1100310522078089218
New side pods, new floor, new barge boards. Among other things.

It’s basically a new car. Have to imagine all of that has been in the pipeline.

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I find it interesting that he calls them updates. I would have thought it was more likely just another concept idea.

I would have thought that even Mercedes would struggle to get NEW discovered concepts or copied ideas through their processes inside of a week. It’s surely more likely that this was their plan all along.

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Lets wait guys. I don't see "Heavy updates", merely touches here and there.
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This new package (and it isn't "merely touches here and there") is being discussed in the W10's own thread.
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Any guesses what HAM has done in S3????
He has done the by far the fastest time at the beginning of his last outing.

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lio007 wrote:
26 Feb 2019, 11:15
Any guesses what HAM has done in S3????
He has done the by far the fastest time at the beginning of his last outing.
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zibby43 wrote:
26 Feb 2019, 11:06
Have to imagine all of that has been in the pipeline.
Yep, so Toto was basically trolling everyone last week ;) Gotta love performance comparison based on the first week of testing :lol:

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Has the Ferrari PU gone bust?

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lio007 wrote:
26 Feb 2019, 11:15
Any guesses what HAM has done in S3????
He has done the by far the fastest time at the beginning of his last outing.
Yes, noticed that. 1.5s faster than any other S3 time so far this morning. And then trawls around in S1 and S2 well "off the pace". Mercedes are definitely playing around.
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reading in the chat on youtube Ferrari is having engine problems

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Just_a_fan wrote:
26 Feb 2019, 11:32
lio007 wrote:
26 Feb 2019, 11:15
Any guesses what HAM has done in S3????
He has done the by far the fastest time at the beginning of his last outing.
Yes, noticed that. 1.5s faster than any other S3 time so far this morning. And then trawls around in S1 and S2 well "off the pace". Mercedes are definitely playing around.
He simply cut the chicane.

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Do you know this for sure, or just guessing?
gandharva wrote:
26 Feb 2019, 11:32
He simply cut the chicane.
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dans79 wrote:
26 Feb 2019, 11:43
Do you know this for sure, or just guessing?
gandharva wrote:
26 Feb 2019, 11:32
He simply cut the chicane.
That's what I'd like to know as well!

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gandharva wrote:
26 Feb 2019, 11:32
Just_a_fan wrote:
26 Feb 2019, 11:32
lio007 wrote:
26 Feb 2019, 11:15
Any guesses what HAM has done in S3????
He has done the by far the fastest time at the beginning of his last outing.
Yes, noticed that. 1.5s faster than any other S3 time so far this morning. And then trawls around in S1 and S2 well "off the pace". Mercedes are definitely playing around.
He simply cut the chicane.
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