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Romain Grosjean
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Nico Hulkenberg
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Esteban Gutierrez
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Paul di Resta
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Pastor Maldonado
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Valtteri Bottas
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Jean-Eric Vergne
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Daniel Ricciardo
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Charles Pic
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2013 Grand Prix of Malaysia
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McLaren apologises to Webber for ECU issue
19 March 2013
McLaren Electronic Systems (MES) has apologised to Mark Webber and Red Bull following the season-opener in Melbourne, with the company's standard ECU, used by all 22 drivers, developing an issue in the Australian's RB9 prior to the race start.
Webber, who fell down the order from second to seventh in the space of two corners, lost telemetry data on his formation lap, leading to a full system reset. Although MES had initially claimed that the device was working normally, a subsequent post-race investigation at its base uncovered an issue and has thus prompted the apology.
"The electronic units themselves ran without incident in Melbourne, but there was a software-related issue that meant that Mark Webber's Red Bull Racing car's garage data system had to be re-started during the formation lap," read an MES statement. "That disrupted his preparations for the start of the race, for which Mark and the team has our apology. We are working together with them to prevent any recurrence."
The ECU currently in use was introduced ahead of the 2013 season, being tested for the first time during the pre-season gatherings at Jerez and the Circuit de Catalunya. It will remain in place for the transition to 1.6-litre V6 turbocharged engines in 2014.
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Did anybody catch in the pre-race at Australia that a Ferrari tech was madly cleaning the tarmac near the car's tires? I bet he was putting down some traction compound. Is that legal? No wonder why the Ferrari's always get a great start.
You would think Perez would do good again, but the McLaren's looked abysmal at Australia. I guess my vote goes to Falonso to win the race. They seem to have the best race pace, although Lotus was pretty impressive. Maybe Grosjean can win his first if he wakes up from winter hibernation.
You would think Perez would do good again, but the McLaren's looked abysmal at Australia. I guess my vote goes to Falonso to win the race. They seem to have the best race pace, although Lotus was pretty impressive. Maybe Grosjean can win his first if he wakes up from winter hibernation.
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However all the teams are also mandated to radio communicate in English... Capito?
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Yeah the crew member had a towel and was furiously scrubbing the spot where the tires would be at the start.
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Hurry, someone call Red Bull racing and have them "spill some orange juice" on the tarmac under Webber's car because he NEVER gets a good start.
Sometimes I wonder how long you guys been watching this racing thing or maybe it's just a joke and I didn't get it....
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Raikkonen. Going with him the whole year unless the car becomes uncompetitive.
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+1. With the Lotus being so easy on it's tires and the limited time between Races 1 and 2 they're sitting pretty to taking another win. IMO. No one else will have time to bring any upgrades to try and match the Lotus' (Loti??, you know what I mean) tire wear and pace.