The suggestion that Buemi is in concerns me. Why does this test seem like some kind of sinister shoot out to me?

I wouldn't be surprised if the teams had some sort of gentlemans agreement to run a test driver for at least one day of this test. Renault, Force India, and Honda all running test drivers today. We know Buemi is in the RB4 on Friday and I believe De La Rosa is scheduled to run at some point.

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The suggestion that Buemi is in concerns me. Why does this test seem like some kind of sinister shoot out to me?

Nah. Hope I'm not proved wrong, but I think you're being paranoid Keps. There's no point having Beumi as a 'test driver' unless they let him actually test at some point.

lol, is that sweat I see on your forehead Kepps?

Renault ran di Grassi, they all run them at some stage.

Also, new bridge on the wing!
It has a dual profile like the McLaren bridge:






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That RB4 is really starting to look nice!

markwebber#1 post that pic of the rear again!

It is looking good, isn't it whitey? What is different to last year as that each test we are, touch wood, turning up with new parts. Development is pushing like it should, and that means we will be much stronger across the middle of the year.

Is this what you wanted?






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I just hope with all the changes we get a good improvement in mechanical grip as we will need it to even stay in the fight for points.

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What is different to last year as that each test we are, touch wood, turning up with new parts. Development is pushing like it should, and that means we will be much stronger across the middle of the year.

Also, imitation is the greatest form of flattery. It's great to see Renault and Williams copying our fin - shows that we're ahead of the innovation curve in some major areas (even though we're borrowing some other things like wheel covers and wing bridges etc).

It's always good to be ahead in the F1 innovation game.

Its curious about the engine cover.

Last year everyone had to have the McLaren hunch back engine cover, each with their own variation, as with red bull, their was more rounded.

Now this year Newey extents the engine cover to what seems to be the outer limits of the FIA regs. You would have thought that teams would have explored these avenues last year when they were playing with their engine covers. Williams have even now discovered that can put a flip up at the back of their engine cover to create even more downforce.

What I find curious is that there now seems a door of innovation in that area of the car has been opened up when there doesn't seem to be any reason why these areas shouldn't have been explored last year.

I understand the idea behind the fin was cornering stability in the no TC era,...but still,..Williams have found a new place to glue some wings on and for the life of me I can't understand why these things haven't been explored until now.

So,..in a way it kinda reaks of keeping up with the jones or designers being discouraged from concepts to far removed from the traditional until their hand is forced.

Sweats been on my forehead since Race 2 :p Race 1, it wasn't there because DC was faster than Webbo all weekend. How things change.

In Melbourne, Webber was 5th Fp1, 2nd Fp2 and his car crapped out in quali, and got taken out on lap 1. DC was not faster. Ever.

Webber was even out of the race faster than DC!

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Webber was even out of the race faster than DC!

lol