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pinecone commented on the post, Kovalainen returns to Caterham for practice sessions 2 months ago
Heikki is good, but not that good. The track in Bahrain is usually pretty dusty in FP1, and it will evolve quite a bit from FP1 to quali.
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pinecone commented on the post, Van der Garde completes Caterham’s line-up 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Unfortunately, in Caterham’s case, I don’t think choosing two paydrivers means that the team has more money to spend. It just means that Fernandes has to spend less money to fund his F1 team.
Caterham Cars now […]
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pinecone commented on the post, Di Resta surprised by Force India driver delay 5 months ago
McLaren wanted Perez, Ferrari continued with Massa, and Sauber chose Hülkenberg. I these are the seats that Heikki was trying to get. Williams had decided a long time ago to sign Bottas. Force India and Caterham […]
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pinecone commented on the post, 2012 half-term driver rankings part one: 24-11 10 months, 1 week ago
23. Vitaly Petrov (beat team mate 5/8)
That should be read: team mate’s car broke 5/8
;)
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pinecone commented on the post, Top teams remain close as McLaren peg back Red Bull 10 months, 1 week ago
Timo Glock told Motorsport-Total that Marussia’s Silverstone aero package has been worth 0,8s-1,0s. Toro Rosso probably got some upgrades as well between Valencia and Hungary.
Caterham hasn’t been able to beat […]
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pinecone commented on the post, Will Spain produce another new winner? 1 year, 1 month ago
From being 2.8% slower than Caterham in Melbourne, Marussia have been within 1% of them on pure pace in the last two races. Their MR01 finally got its first testing run in Mugello which may help their cause.
When […]
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pinecone commented on the post, Vitaly Petrov replaces Jarno Trulli at Caterham 1 year, 4 months ago
Nick Heidfeld?
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pinecone commented on the post, Your favourite F1 drivers and teams: November 2011 1 year, 7 months ago
I think Pirelli suits Kova’s driving style better than Bridgestone. Hamilton clearly struggles with Pirelli tyres, but both Button and Kova are OK with Pirelli because their driving style is smoother than Hamilton’s.
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pinecone commented on the post, Lotus: Both cars finish on the lead lap 1 year, 8 months ago
It’s not easy to build an F1 team from scratch and this is only their second year. I think I read somewhere that in building their car for this season Lotus has used about 60 per cent of the wind tunnel time that […]
