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[wingwalker]

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Originally posted by Ben




I'd love to here that quote from Kubica - link? Didn't think so.

If you're referring to the "problems with breaking gone with electronic aid off", he said exactly that, I think around the time they started to test 2008 car. He said something along the lines "I think we must have missed something like years cause it's easier to break now", I'm sure of that, mainly becasue I was very surprised by that quote - BMW really have to screw up big time if aids were actually making the car difficult to drive.

Someone more patient than me could definitely dig up a link.

[Walsingham]

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Originally posted by Ben


I'd love to here that quote from Kubica - link? Didn't think so.

Ben

http://uk.eurosport....bica-lewis.html

Last 2 paragraphs:

Kubica has been relishing driving without traction control and engine braking and suggested that the ban on driver aids was another reason for BMW Sauber's new found speed.


"What is strange is that I found much better braking stability without engine brake system which means that I think we missed something last year with this system but anyway it is gone."

There should be more of them as he repeated it many times, also when comparing f1.07 with BMW ECU with the one without TC.

[bankoq]

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Originally posted by Ben
Sutil wasn't great last year either - he was rated highly based on EuroF3 performances but didn't do anything last year with TC - Fissi's a proven race winner, I'm not surprised he's been quicker.

Sutil openly says he has problems with adapting. And he's not only one. In your wicked mind if a driver says: "I have problem with xxx" it probably means "f*** loser he's lying 100%"...

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Kovalainen more tyre wear issues in 2007? Lewis had his chunking tyre in Turkey last year and a failure in Hungary - where has Kova had big issues? If you mean someone who faded in a race blaming his tyres, well that's different. All the coverage I read is about Lewis eating tyres

Please have a will to read some interviews with Kovalainen and hear what Dennis & Whitmarsh have to say about Heikke.

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Originally posted by Ben
Raikkonen's problem is he's apathetic to F1, has lost motivation and his team mate is on the up. You might link that to TC, but the fact that he seems close to retiring suggests a simple motivational issue.

Yes, sure you are the only one who knows the truth. Kimi says he is motivated as never before but not in your limited mind. Please try to understand sometimes what drivers have to say. He just struggles to do single fast lap and it never happened before so there must be sth that doesn't suit him - car balance, tires etc. Of course it's his problem and it's up to him to adapt but it doesn't mean he drives that badly in qualies because he doesn't care anymore.

If you say he's pathetic and lost motivation give us some proof, some quotes or links and not just your opinion.

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Originally posted by Ben
I'd love to here that quote from Kubica - link? Didn't think so.

Your post was so f*** BS that I sacrificed my time and found it. It's thursday's FIA press-conference before Canada GP, question from Dan Knutson – National Speed Sport News -> here's the link HERE.

I can't remember polish resources at the moment but Robert said sth like: "As soon as we switched off electronic aids all my problems with car just disappeared in one moment." and his problems were lockups and that he wasn't able to place the car in corners as he wanted - after switch TC & EBS off some weight was moved to front which helped him so he can now "throw the car in the corners" as he likes and he couldn't do that in 2007.

Your post Ben was pathetic. I must say I haven't heard such rubbish for long time. You just give your opinions without any indications you are right and assume them as dogma.

[Odvan]

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Originally posted by Ogami musashi
The less grip from front tyres comes from the weight repartition.
Since this year the lack of TC called for more weight at the front to maximize traction.

This results in more understeer but that is viable of steady state.

Can this be a cause of problems Kimi in corners - he want more agressive car in the beginning of turn, but instead struggle with understeering in last races.