MP4-24 to be launched January 16th

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Dec 3, 2008 | 05:59 PM

FThornton666

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MP4-24 to be launched January 16th

The Release date for the MP4-24 is set for January 16th! Just 113 days left till the Melbourne Gran Prix and lewis and heikki start their battle for domination.

http://www.planetf1.com/story/0,1895...580078,00.html

Dec 3, 2008 | 09:38 PM

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I am curious to see how the new car will look like. The early models presented by BMW and other teams featuring the new rear wing make you wanna throw up. I am also curious whether the new design is going to help overtaking since the benefit of drafting in the straights won't be so prominent as it used to be so it might be even more difficult to pass with the new cars than it used to be not that I have a problem with the overtaking as it is. It is the same with all road coarse racing. F1 is not NASCAR to have a pass every 1 minute. F1 are meant and were always difficult.

Dec 5, 2008 | 02:09 PM

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Yeah, passing requires a build up of up to 1 lap. It makes the driver work hard for it and make their move at the right moment.

Slick tires are back so let's see how the drivers respond to that.

I'm curious to see the MP-24, but hopefully reliability remains the key strategy for the car. Massa suffered with the Ferrari this year once or twice. And the chassis was not as good with the wet tires, or as good as the McLaren.

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