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Chilton on top, that is encouraging and shows that there is still plenty to play for
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Interesting comment from Austin that they had no new tyres to run on yesterday for the Alfa so were using very old ones.
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I agree now that I've gone to his actual FB page and read it rather than the article I read. Sounds like they ran out of time to do a fresh rubber run rather than they didn't have the tyres to start with.
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Well, ground effect is in simple terms a much more efficient way of creating downforce. That in itself won’t make a difference to the racing if its not accompanied by a massive reduction in upper surface aero dependence.
My fear is that they will incorporate this change, but they wont go far enough with the upper surface cull, so what we will be left with is maybe a slightly less bad version of what we have currently. |
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Aiden Moffat made his debut in the revamped Infiniti, which the Laser Tools Racing squad will run for the remainder of the year. The car currently lacks a proper ducting system to deliver power to the turbo, but the outfit says this will be corrected for the next race meeting at Snetterton on August 4-5. |
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Ollie Jackson quickest today, Rob Austin quickest in final session, Tom Chilton quickest over both days.
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At tests / media days but never when it matters. No weight , Loads of Boost is my bet..../. The trouble is he makes the regulars Look like w&nkers |
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Late in the day as well... Almost like he was given a boost to help get a sponsor on board by topping the times... |
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Sorry Alan Gow, I forgot how "black and white" you see things so ill correct my tongue in cheek comment to suit you: "They had got some decent running it but maybe left it until late in the day to turn the car up to a level they may not have got away with in race weekend conditions in order to get on top to impress a potential sponsor, because as already suggested its strange they always manage to top these type sessions but they are never there when it matters" |
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Yes, but Motorbase had Fat Jackson, who is a bona fide good driver. And the Focus was a tidy motor.
Not really any comparison I think? This may be a stupid question - could Handy/ Austin have run the car with a mother load of boost(i.e. more than they are allowed) because there is no or little scrutineeering at the test? |
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Ahh Mat, whatever happened to him. As for Austin, that was exactly my point, they have turned everything up right at the end to take a bit of glory away to a potential sponsor, I know it was wet at Snetterton last year so not a fair comparison but they topped the 2018 media day times too. Its not illegal but it is highly suspect that they are often fastest in these type sessions but were nowhere all season last year. Have they really developed the car that much without really running it? i get that they might do private sessions but I have my doubts, if they have turned it out on a trackdays i would expect we would have seen pictures already |
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This is a long project and the Infiniti will see them improve over the next 2-3 seasons by developing a car rather than running the mercedes which has reached the end of its cycle, and a learning curve switching to RWD for Aiden. I would imagine that creating a duct to the turbo would be a reasonably simple task for an experienced race engineer to sort out anyway. Last edited by btccbloke; 18 Jul 2019 at 08:02. |
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Yes heat management is very much a thing for the air being compressed, but that air does not "power" the turbo. My focual point of the autosport comment was the overly simple terminology being used which is basically wrong. |
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