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Malaysia GP (Indianapolis Motor Speedway) - March 30, 2014 in Formula 1 · Mar 29, 2014

It’s pretty funny how much they're hiding their cards during this FP3 😁

Malaysia GP (Indianapolis Motor Speedway) - March 30, 2014 in Formula 1 · Mar 29, 2014

Brian Campbell36 said:...Just imagine if the owner of a soda company decided to quit Formula 1🤣

What a joke of an owner. If they aren't pulling stunts right from the jump, then what? Everything has an expiration date, including one team's dominance.

And it isn't even an original move either.🙂
Do you even know whose tactic it is to threaten leaving Formula 1?🤣

gentlecobra23 said:...

A sensor lasts 400 hours total, provided it gets recalibrated after every 100 hours.😉 So, if it’s reliable and performs well during the first GP weekend, you'd expect it to hold up through the second, third, fourth, and so on.
In theory, one single sensor can handle an entire season in one car without any issues.

But if someone is being a complete idiot with their sensors, they're definitely going to run into trouble again...
The massive screw-up Red Bull Racing pulled was that these morons only bought five sensors, and there aren't any new ones available.
🤦 And I highly doubt the FIA would let Red Bull Racing just, say, grab a sensor from the STR car.
😬 They almost certainly know exactly which serial number is calibrated for which specific car, so there's zero chance they're trying to pull a fast one on them.

So this whole thing with Ricciardo isn't actually that big of a deal; they probably just picked the best one out of those five for Vettel, but damn, clearly the other four are total junk...
It's likely a similar story with Perez at Force India... his gear failed in Australia too, so he could easily have problems again in Malaysia...
Though, honestly, it wouldn't surprise me if the sensor isn't even the actual issue, and something else on these cars is causing all this sensor-related hell...
In the end, some stupid little detail might be different, constantly causing the same crap while these guys have absolutely no clue what the root cause is.
😉 Plus, electronics can be incredibly finicky for no apparent reason.

I once installed thermal probes and regulators on the exact same machine, and get this...😁 You put the probe and regulator on Zone 1 and it works flawlessly for years, but you put them on Zone 2 and it treats you like a total amateur, giving constant weird oscillations and random nonsense.
Then you strip it all down, put in brand new parts, and it still doesn't work right. So you check everything systematically—everything is identical, you check the wiring, voltage, resistance, and it's all perfect, exactly like Zone 1...
Then you lose your mind, take the regulator and probe from Zone 1 and slap them onto Zone 2, and it still won't work properly.

So you take the parts that were messing with you, move them to Zone 1, and lo and behold, they work perfectly. Then you swap the part from Zone 2—which had been running fine on Zone 1 for years—back to Zone 1, and suddenly it works just like it's supposed to. 😵
By this point, you’re already losing your mind. You end up shouting every curse word in the book, stepping outside for a quick cigarette just to cool off, and swearing at the damn regulator because it’s driving you insane. 😬
Then, after a little while, you head back in only to find the stupid thing is working again. You honestly have zero clue why it wasn't working before or why it's working now, which just makes you even more pissed off. 🤣