10 strange things that happened at F1 testing

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  @namenamename390 · 4 years ago

  Barcelona: *is able to sometimes have wet/snowy conditions in winter, making testing hard *<br>F1: &quot;Ok, we&apos;ll also go to Bahrain for testing, can&apos;t be a lot of disruptive weather there&quot;<br>Bahrain: *fucking sandstorm *

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• DA

  @Dark_Knight_7777 · 4 years ago (edited)

  Williams did not “endure a pointless season”, Kubica scored a point for them in Hockenheim.<br>By the way, I&apos;m a bit surprised you didn&apos;t mention McLaren being very quick at winter testing at Jerez in 2013, fooling everyone &amp; themselves into thinking they will be the favourites for the title that season only to discover that that this speed was the result of a suspension component being incorrectly fitted on their car, which created an extremely low ride height that in turn led to the fast lap times. They reinstalled the suspension in the right order and it turned out they came up with a midfield car.

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• N0

  @n0xt · 4 years ago

  Williams didn&apos;t have a pointless 2019 season, Robert Kubica scored a point for them in the eventful race at Hockenheim.

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• KE

  @keio5274 · 4 years ago

  The year of the curved wing mirrors and extra suspension part on the Williams was not a &quot;pointless season&quot; as they scored one point at Germany

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• OL

  @oldmarcussales · 4 years ago

  &quot;Williams endured a pointless season in 2019&quot;<br><br>Robert Kubica: Am I a joke to you?

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• LE

  @letslanaway · 4 years ago

  I think a pretty notable omission is people being surprised that Brawn showed up to test, but then being even more surprised that their car was 1s/lap faster than anyone else!

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• AD

  @Adithya13303 · 4 years ago

  The McLaren 2013 upside down suspension story needs a mention. By far the funniest pre season test story.

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• BR

  @brianprice118 · 4 years ago (edited)

  Saying Prost showed impressive pace compared to Thierry Boutsen understates just how impressive it allegedly was, 1.5 seconds a lap quicker apparently.

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  @1pjodan · 4 years ago

  The biggest strange thing was the fia not televising the first runs of new f1 cars this year

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  @MastaMS21 · 4 years ago

  I will always remember Prost GP promising winter tests in 2001 after an abysmal 2000 season. My 10 years old self was full of hopes, then quickly came back to reality.<br>I&apos;ve never looked at the winter tests the same way since😅

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• RA

  @rantanen1 · 4 years ago

  Can we have a few more people say how Robert Kubica scored a point? The dozen messages weren&apos;t enough, we need more.

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  @P.M.- · 4 years ago (edited)

  In 1999, the teams invented bending front and rear wings that delivered about 5 km/h of additional top speed. Unfortunately the mountings were very fragile, resulting in many crashes. The FIA then took action and introduced flex tests.

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