interesting to read Lewis Hamiltons comments about the superiority of the Red Bull this year, they come right at the end of the press conference, almost like Ben Edwards has been, "planted"...
http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2013/10/15031.html
Even more interesting to watch! The grin from Jules Bianchi said it all, "You NAUGHTY little Minx, Lewis, you really are stirring it, aren't you?!"
Nonetheless, I am convinced Red Bull would never stoop to running traction control as that would be cheating.
Webber shows how good Vettel's car is!
Lewis tells it like it is!
posted on 3/10/13
I knew it. Illegal parts. Wait!! There's more!!
Alonso said: "They are using something different compared to the other teams but something that is completely "OK". "They pass all the checks every race so it's up to us to do a better job."
Cheeky by Fernando, he says the car is legal then goes on to say it passes all the checks
Read this as well: http://www.minardi.it/international/news/singapore-whats-inside-newey-and-vettels-magic-hat-see-more-at-httpwww-minardi-itinternationalnewssingapore-whats-inside-newey-and-vettels-magic-hatsthash-ukc90dky-dpuf/
Minardi said Vettel was able to accelerate much earlier than all his rivals, including team-mate Mark Webber, and that his Red Bull's Renault engine was making a "sound similar to the sound made by the engine when the traction control system was used in previous seasons".
Traction control, which maximises acceleration by preventing the rear wheels spinning, has been banned from F1 since 2009.
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton heightened the speculation when he said on Thursday, ahead of the Korean Grand Prix: "If you look at the onboard [camera], he is on the power full throttle at least 20 metres before anyone else, which is a huge advantage.
"The last time I was able to put the pedal down that quick was back in 2007 or 2008, when we had traction control."
Vettel said he believed Red Bull did have an engine control system that was better than their rivals.
"We were playing around quite a lot with it in practice [in Singapore]," he said. "The first time it worked was in the race.
"We are pretty proud of the system we have because other people will never figure out how we've done it. Constantly we try to improve the car. It is part of the homework we have to do."
Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/24381349
I knew it, been saying it.
posted on 3/10/13
"Cheeky by Fernando, he says the car is legal then goes on to say it passes all the checks"
As you know a car passing the checks is not automatically legal. Rikkonen's 2007 Australian Grand Prix winning Ferrari had a flexible floor that passed the checks, however (a) certain other team(s) contended that it was illegal when running and the check was made robust enough, as it should have been in the first place, to do the job and to take account of the "clever" Ferrari system.
It is easy to speculate that the information regarding this system being passed to the FIA and into the public domain cost the McLaren team $100M.
posted on 3/10/13
The former Minardi guy also said that RedBull had the best engines. Some people will not like to hear that since they believe Mercedes engines have a power advantage over the others.
One wonders what engines McLaren and Force India are using
posted on 3/10/13
Gary Anderson is now making excuses for him saying he is not a cheat. Gary seems to have forgotten Malaysia.
The more they make excuses for him and try to big him up, the clearer it is that he is not anything special
posted on 3/10/13
Vettel is 3 seconds a lap mote intelligent than the Caterham drivers.
If only Caterham realised what they were doing wrong then they would get MENSA to provide their drivers for them.