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  1. Nathan

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    #412 Nathan, Feb 28, 2014
    There is talk, and only talk at this time, that Cosworth and Ford might possibly maybe in a speculative way be in talks to possibly come back to F1.

    Or so I've read.
     
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    #413 Zapski, Feb 28, 2014
    Cosworth seem to come and go these days. They didn't race at all 2007-2009, and were in a few cars until last year, when Marussia was the only Cosworth.

    It'd be nice to see them come back with a winning engine though.
     
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    #414 Nathan, Feb 28, 2014
    Dacia in F1??? Read to the end..

     
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    #416 MCS02, Feb 28, 2014
    OH Please No! Don't embarrass the U.S.A
     
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    #417 Steve, Feb 28, 2014
    Also (see the full story, not just the title), both Renault's petition for an extension on their engine homologation deadline and Bernie's push to double the points for the final 3 races (vice just the final race) were rejected.

    F1: Qualifying changes get approval (racer.com)
     
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    #418 Zapski, Feb 28, 2014
    I'm OK with all of that. I don't think it will make much of a difference to qualification, and it's just too bad for Renault if they can't get their stuff together like everyone else. Besides, I honestly think the double points thing is stupid in general and was only proposed for the last three races to let a certain lagging team overtake the real winners at the end of the season when they have fixes in place for their poorly designed car.
     
  7. Nathan

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    #419 Nathan, Mar 1, 2014
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    Is the the face of F1 in 2014?



    en.espnf1.com - Felipe Massa topped the timesheets on the penultimate day of pre-season testing as Red Bull struggled to build on its promising run on Friday.

    Massa set a 1:37.224 to put himself at the top of the time sheets over lunch, but once again it was the absence of some cars that drew more interest. It took two and half hours for Sebastian Vettel's RB10 to emerge from the Red Bull garage, but when he did he only made it as far as Turn Four before grinding to a halt. The team tried sending him out for a second time in the final hour before lunch, but the Red Bull only got as far as the end of the pit lane before stopping, with Vettel lending a hand as marshals pushed it back in the direction of the garage.
     
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    #420 Minidave, Mar 1, 2014
    Man that has got to be frustrating, not being able to drive past the end of the damn pitlane!

    I feel for all the Renault powered teams this year.....

    This first race is going to be interesting, and since the Williams, Big Macs, Merc's and Force India's are showing reliability, it sounds like it's turning into an economy run series!

    Only a few more weeks now till we find out. :Thumbsup:
     
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    #422 Steve, Mar 1, 2014
    I said it months ago. Big changes mean you need lots of testing. They should have added at least one more test and extended the homologation deadline until the last day of that last test.

    From the state of things, even that might have not been enough for the Renault engined teams.

    They're all now working frantically to ready for the first race and Fri practice in Melbourne will tell us much more than we know now. I was going to say they should add at least an extra day, start in Melbourne on Thu, but that's not the sort of testing they need. It would help, of course, but what they really need is another proper test with enough post-test time to go back to the factories for another round of fixes/changes before the first race.
     
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    #423 Steve, Mar 1, 2014
    Formula 1's testing sensors explained (racer.com)
    Read the article here.
     
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    #425 mrntd, Mar 3, 2014
    If Ford and Cosworth get it right. It would be a great marketing tool for the EcoBoost Ford brand.
     
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    #426 mrntd, Mar 3, 2014
    I understand Red Bull being behind from working on last year's car so late in the season. We seen that before with other teams.

    But Renault doesn't have the same excuse. They were the first to show pics of their engine and had all the fancy graphics. They should have been testing the engine instead.
     
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    #427 Steve, Mar 3, 2014
    Williams say they will reveal their new Martini livery Mar 6th. In the meantime, there are a bunch of concept liveries out there. This is my favorite so far.

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    #428 Nathan, Mar 3, 2014
    That sure is sharp looking.
     
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    #429 ScottinBend, Mar 3, 2014
    Yes....that is very nice.
     
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    #430 Steve, Mar 3, 2014
    F1: Haas expects F1 entry decision soon (racer.com)
     
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    #431 Nathan, Mar 3, 2014
    The Romanian-backed effort has tact approval from the gov't there. hard to compete with those kinds of deep pockets.

     
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    #436 Steve, Mar 4, 2014
    Oh, dear.

    Australia two months too soon, says Marko (GPUpdate.net)
     
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    #438 Steve, Mar 4, 2014
    Interesting scale comparison.

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