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From: Brian Lawrence <Brian_W_Lawre...@msn.com>
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Subject: Re: McLaren's endemic gearbox problem?
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2012 09:53:55 +0100
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On 03/10/2012 09:06, Noj wrote:
> Brian Lawrence wrote ...
>
>>
>> On 02/10/2012 22:09, Noj wrote:
>>> Brian Lawrence wrote ...
>>>
>>>>
>>>> It seems that JB's 'box had the same problem that ended LH's Singapore
>>>> GP. Both cars will have new 'boxes for Suzuka. Unfortunately, while
>>>> Lewis can change his without penalty, Jenson will get a 5-place grid
>>>> penalty.
>>>
>>>
>>> Do you know if McLaren changed LH's gearbox after Spa?
>>>
>>> They would have been allowed a 'free' replacement and would have had the
>>> opportunity to find and fix the problem they already knew about.
>>
>> No idea, the relevant FIA docs. are no longer publicly available. If a
>> 'box is changed mid-event there will be a doc. referring it to the
>> stewards, but changes between events are not routinely published this
>> year.
>
>
> Thanks.  Explains why that info is missing from here
>
> http://www.vivaf1.com/reliability.php

Looking around for info I discovered that Paddy Lowe is on Twitter.

    http://twitter.com/paddylowe

Not that there is anything interesting at the moment.

JB's engineer, Dave Robson, is here:

    http://twitter.com/DaveRobsonF1

Note that I don't 'use' twitter, but occasionally look at drivers' tweets.

    http://twitter.com/LewisHamilton
    http://twitter.com/JensonButton

This one might be useful too:

    http://twitter.com/ScarbsF1

 From there, here's his blog entry on 2013/14 rule changes.

 
"http://scarbsf1.com/blog1/2012/10/01/2013-technical-regulation-changes/"

-- 

Brian W Lawrence
Wantage
Oxfordshire