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Sorry, just got that. Ahem.
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I see where Jenson has been disqualified for speeding............. on his bicycle!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articl...n-for-speeding |
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Never lost that competitive edge
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Welcome back Jense for Monaco. I hope you do well there.
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any word why JB is not slated to run in this weeks test?
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I had to look around to see if I could find an answer. Here is what I dug up...
http://www.racer.com/f1/item/139606-...-not-be-useful Short version, they want Oliver Turvey (who apparently does the simulation work) to correlate his experience in the real car with the simulator. That they feel Jensen is fit, already has enough overall experience, including cars that were faster than the 2016 cars. I can see the benefit to both arguments (Turvey vs. Button). Given they likely will NOT be fighting for points, I can see why the decided to look more toward longer term development vs. trying to ensure JB has a better Monaco experience by getting familiar with the 2017 car in advance of the Monaco race weekend. I guess that is what free practice and qualifying is for! Richard |
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Thanks for finding an article on it Richard.
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The '17 McLaren Honda isn't any quicker than Mr Button's bicycle is it, and certainly doesn't seem to have that level of reliability...
Still would have thought it important to put Mr Button in the old slowpoke, to get his feedback about the chassis/engine/colour/something... |
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JB has a contract to fill in for McLaren when requested. He had to do it. I get the feeling JB is not that ecstatic to drive at Monaco. Happy to, but not ecstatic. |
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Still would have been better to put Jense in the car beforehand. Being in the sim is all well and good, but the body has different experience actually in the car
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So it ended up being a bit of a moot point. They had Turvey scheduled for day one and Vandoorne for day two. They had problems day one, so Turvey only ran a total of 17 laps. Assuming they would have had Button in the same place and kept the the same schedule (one driver per day) he wouldn't have had much running time.
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But they managed 50 laps today...
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The only good thing is that the power deficit shouldn't matter so much at Monaco
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Webber is beginning to develop a reputation of saying debatable or outright untrue things. I think JB will show well next weekend.
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It was nice to see him relaxed in the press conference. He listened intently to the other drivers too. He isn't expecting anything but he will give it hell because it's essentially his home race.
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I love the way it has worked out for the people who watch the sport to see the Brit character come back in the Monaco Grand Prix
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