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2010 Chinese Grand Prix

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monobrow

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2010 Chinese Grand Prix - Shanghai International Circuit

The fourth round of the 2010 season is already upon us, and after a boring Barhain, an intresting Melbourne and a surprisingly dry Sepang, what has the Chinese GP in Shanghai got to offer?

Introduced in 2004 and designed by Tilke, it has one of the longest straights in the calendar and possibly the oddest set of corners...

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I'm sure Martin Brundel and company will tell you loads about this during the weekend because it is an odd feature! I've been trying to get my teeth into it and can only muster just a shade under 1:50 mucking up in a few places but keeping it going...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAjJbW2bTeI

Here's a better preview though...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbyJe7YiAHY

Weather is changable. in the 6 races it has held, 3 have had rain and 5 of it's previous winners are on the grid. Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, Fernando Alonso and Rubens Barrichello. The only other winner is Kimi Räikkönen. It's a little too early to get a weather report for the race though.

Meanwhile, in the press...

Adrian Newey lashes out at McLarens "F-Duct"
Alguersuari thanks Schumi for the driving lesson
Michelin could be back next year
Ferrari are maxed out trying to make their own "F-Duct"
Bernie admits there's a problem with F1
Horner will protest if McLaren introduce a ride height adjuster for qualifying

Another early one for those who like to watch it live.

Fri 16 Apr: Practice 1 0300-0430; Practice 2 0700-0830
Sat 17 Apr: Practice 3 0400-0500; Qualifying 0700
Sun 18 Apr: Race 0800
 
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Many thanks mono another good intro.

so far three races three winners will this be race four and fourth winner?
 
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Nice one Mono, the sim is a nice extra touch.
Maybe you should trade that old Williams in and get a newer car! :pDT_Xtremez_42: :pDT_Xtremez_31:
 
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Sweet Jesus!!!! How did those tyres stay on the rims with that much understeer???:pDT_Xtremez_30:

Cheers for the intro and news Mono.
 
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monobrow

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grumpyoldb said:
Nice one Mono, the sim is a nice extra touch.
Maybe you should trade that old Williams in and get a newer car! :pDT_Xtremez_42: :pDT_Xtremez_31:
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It does newer ones as well, but thought it would be fun to use an older car on a new track. It is fun but far too difficult for me, especially if you turn on all the "simulation" bits...

Back to reality though, this ride height and F-Duct is the new row for the season. Red Bull are adamnant they don't have it but qualify almost a second and a half better than P3? Something is a bit dodgy...
 

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I have yet to see any proof that the F duct has any effect. The macca's still can't overtake on the straight. OK, we know about the dirty air, but if it's supposed to make so much difference, just get out of the dirty air.
 
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They do stay out of the dirty air, about 1 second behind the car producing it!
 
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monobrow

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The speed traps showed the McLarens at 6 km/h faster than anyone else on the straight at Sepang. That's not exactly zooming past the opposition but if someone has the edge, the race is for the designers to counter it or reproduce it.
 
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Thanks for the intro Mono, let's hope the race continues to make this the most open start to a season for ages.
 
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Hamilton and Button have a raft of improvements coming in for China, including a ride hight thingy, so they could become more competive.

As Red Bull have these kind of things already it may be hard for them to stay ahead, Red Bull deny a ride height adjuster but Webbers motor was scraping the floor in Bahrain during qualifying.

Linky to latest news.

McClaren were generally fastest in practice last time, but this isn't the best indicator, especially if you completely mess up Qualy One.
 
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We're all Ferrari bashers on here.....................apart from Mr Masher....:pDT_Xtremez_42: :pDT_Xtremez_14: :pDT_Xtremez_31: :pDT_Xtremez_31: :pDT_Xtremez_31:
 
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Right, jolly's over. May we get this thread back on topic please peeps??? :pDT_Xtremez_14:
 
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Well we could lose the european gp for a start. No one country needs two races.
 
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