Where did you read about Vettel's fuel sensor? I've read a lot of information about the fuel flow sensor and I haven't once seen Vettel's name mentioned..
Quote: Sonny wrote in post #182Where did you read about Vettel's fuel sensor? I've read a lot of information about the fuel flow sensor and I haven't once seen Vettel's name mentioned..
that's why I said - my theory I remember Horner saying that they had to replace a sensor on Ricciardo's car. He didn't say anything about 'both cars'. Out of this I made a conclusion that they didn't change sensor on Vettel's car counting on Ricciardo being a guinea pig to test what they can do with Vettel without danger of him being disqualified. Sometimes it is interesting to listen to what they don't say. Old school of reading between the lines in Soviet news I am not really serious about it, however, seems like Peter Winsor has close point of view about RBR playing dirty and deliberately arguing with FIA for their own gain
Nomad, you're the rider so mysterious Nomad, you're the spirit that men fear in us
one must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star - it's a satanic drug thing you wouldn't understand...
Kimis review from Australia and his (maybe a bit late) preview for Malaysia
quote The only way is up
After the preseason testing I had a feeling it won't be that easy to get all the new things going smoothly right from the beginning of the new season.
Well, that's what we experienced in Melbourne. We had some teething issues and the whole weekend overall was a very tricky one.
Obviously, while you start the new season with the brand new cars and tyres, the first priority is to get through the race and take the cheaqured flag to finish it. That's what we managed to do and now we got the first race distance with this car, as well.
In an ideal world you can start your engine and race fine since day one, but this is the real world of Grand Prix racing, and very seldom, hardly never, it happens like in a happy road movie.
I have been around for a long time in this business, so this is not the first time, we didn't get everything we wanted from the first race weekend. We have certain issues to get solved with setting up the car for me. All in all we managed to get it better day by day, but it was not enough for me to be able to challenge the top guys.
We know what we should do and how to put certain things on the car to get better grip and traction. We know it won't happen overnight as well. So we have to be patient now and focus on our own work only.
At the same time we are sure, that if we manage to do everything right in the next race weekend in Malaysia, the results are going to be stronger too.
In Malaysia we will get new challenges for these new packages. I am not that big fan of the heat out there. Obviously it is same for everybody and this race weekend will be done in very demanding circumstances as usual.
I like to drive the Sepang circuit. It is a more normal racing track compared to Melbourne, and it differs a little bit from all the other places. I've had a couple of wins in Malaysia, but it won't help us at all, while every race is different from each other.
To be that hot and humid, and to get some heavy showers during the weekend, makes it a rough test for the new cars and powerunits. And it is not only for Ferrari the Malaysian race will be as hard to finish for every team. We have only one way to go and that's going up!
Thanks for bringing this here Ja, even though is late. I don't know what's wrong with the administrators of Kimi's website, they're always one step behind!
I haven't read this one either, so here it comes:
quote Kimi preview Australia 13th March 2014 Fresh and excited to start again
Every spring it feels the same to start a new season. Nevertheless how the tests have gone, you feel fresh and excited to race again after the long winter break.
Obviously, for me it's not that new experience anymore after spending more than a decade in this business. But this time we are heading for brand new power units with the brand new regulations. So it's a kind of step into unknown territory for everyone.
My winter break felt shorter than usual. It was only a matter of getting healed and getting fit. I had to stop last season in the beginning of November to have my back fixed with a operation in France. Everything went well and I was able to start training normally in time.
To start the new season in a new team gives you always some kind of extra motivation and, for me, obviously going back to Ferrari means a lot as a racing driver.
Visiting the factory in Maranello has showed me how big a push there is to get us back to the very top again. There are still some familiar faces from my previous period with Ferrari, and some new ones as well. That is how it goes in every top team. People come and go.
The main focus now is to start developing the car to work better and better with the all the new systems that there are to use. The preseason testing was not that good for me. I could not drive as many miles as we planned, while with these new parts every small issue takes more time to be fixed compared to last year.
But the good thing was that there were no major issues with the car. It's impossible to say where we are before the first qualifying session, but this weekend will tell more. We try our very best and hopefully we are able to finish the race with a good result.
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Thu Mar 20, 2014 10:47 pm
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not sure I like to see people's behind though... 
