Kubica test (Hungary)

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Qbab

2017-08-03 11:57:46 UTC

3 laps on SS
1.19.497
1.19.467
1.19.496

and longer stint:
1m21.208
1m21.436
1m21.356
1m21.344
1m21.575
1m21.180
1m21.548
1m21.053
1m21.654
1m21.521
1m21.382
1m21.383

Does anyone have any doubts that this is an old Kubica?

Edmund

2017-08-03 13:21:33 UTC

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Post by Qbab
3 laps on SS
1.19.497
1.19.467
1.19.496
1m21.208
1m21.436
1m21.356
1m21.344
1m21.575
1m21.180
1m21.548
1m21.053
1m21.654
1m21.521
1m21.382
1m21.383
Does anyone have any doubts that this is an old Kubica?

Too old you mean?
He is about 2 seconds slower then a 17 year old in a freaking McHonda!

Edmund

Qbab

2017-08-03 13:32:57 UTC

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Post by Edmund

Too old you mean?
He is about 2 seconds slower then a 17 year old in a freaking McHonda!
Edmund

"Old" means from old days.

Edmund

2017-08-03 13:35:50 UTC

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Post by Qbab

Post by Edmund

Too old you mean?
He is about 2 seconds slower then a 17 year old in a freaking McHonda!
Edmund

"Old" means from old days.

In that case if I am honest I have to say maybe not yet.

Edmund

~misfit~

2017-08-04 00:01:40 UTC

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Post by Qbab

Post by Edmund

Too old you mean?
He is about 2 seconds slower then a 17 year old in a freaking
McHonda! Edmund

"Old" means from old days.

That McLaren is a formidable car - it holds the lap record at Hungary.

It would be more accurate to compare to other laps done in that Renault (and
then by drivers who've been in it for more than 10 races).

--
Shaun.

"Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy
little classification in the DSM*."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)
(*Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)

t***@gmail.com

2017-08-04 00:48:20 UTC

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Post by ~misfit~
That McLaren is a formidable car - it holds the lap record at Hungary.
It would be more accurate to compare to other laps done in that Renault (and
then by drivers who've been in it for more than 10 races).
--
Shaun.
"Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy
little classification in the DSM*."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)
(*Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)

Your regular negative post,
is shorter than your gay assed sig.

News

2017-08-03 13:49:22 UTC

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Post by Edmund

Too old you mean?
He is about 2 seconds slower then a 17 year old in a freaking McHonda!
Edmund

OK, Robert, run three laps in the 1:19s

Now a long stint in the 1:21s

Bigbird

2017-08-03 15:02:17 UTC

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Impressively consistent. Early days though.

Willsy

2017-08-04 12:27:53 UTC

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Is he driving one handed? I presume he has a custom steering wheel?

Bobster

2017-08-04 13:53:15 UTC

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The times are not that great, but Renault were not going to waste a test session giving Kubica a joyride, so we don't know what the program was.

The stand out for me is that he completed over a race distance with no reported discomfort. He is physically able to fit into and drive a contemporary F1 car.

Bobster

2017-08-04 13:53:46 UTC

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Post by Bobster
The times are not that great, but Renault were not going to waste a test session giving Kubica a joyride, so we don't know what the program was.
The stand out for me is that he completed over a race distance with no reported discomfort. He is physically able to fit into and drive a contemporary F1 car.

NB! Kubica does not have or currently qualify for a super license.

Calum

2017-08-04 20:03:09 UTC

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Post by Bobster
The stand out for me is that he completed over a race distance with
no reported discomfort. He is physically able to fit into and drive a
contemporary F1 car.

The question is, will he able to get out of one in a hurry after an
accident in which he may have taken a whack to his dodgy arm. Or to take
rapid avoiding action at 200mph to avoid injuring somebody else.

(Yes, I know he passed the extraction test, but that's *very* controlled
circumstances...)

Bobster

2017-08-05 02:39:28 UTC

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Post by Bobster
The stand out for me is that he completed over a race distance with
no reported discomfort. He is physically able to fit into and drive a
contemporary F1 car.

The question is, will he able to get out of one in a hurry after an
accident in which he may have taken a whack to his dodgy arm. Or to take
rapid avoiding action at 200mph to avoid injuring somebody else.
(Yes, I know he passed the extraction test, but that's *very* controlled
circumstances...)

But that is all we know about any current driver - they passed the extraction test.

Initially I thought a return for him to be unlikely, that Renault were just giving him the thrill of driving in a fast car again - and themselves some publicity.

But now they've given up a valuable test day to accommodate him, so maybe it's a bit more serious.

Duddie

2017-08-05 02:51:04 UTC

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Post by Bobster
But now they've given up a valuable test day to accommodate him, so maybe it's a bit more serious.

There might be something more going on.... Flavio has been recently seen on races (talking to many teams) and he still manages Alonso and Kubica. Yet Flavio has probably still many friends at Renault.