Is Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull fitted with traction control?

Kinja'd!!! "Speedmonkey" (Speedmonkey)
10/02/2013 at 13:35 • Filed to: F1

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Some say yes, some say no. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! What do you think?

Reposted from this morning when US Oppos were in bed


DISCUSSION (14)


Kinja'd!!! DasWauto > Speedmonkey
10/02/2013 at 13:38

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You should just reschedule the post from this morning. It has good comments on it.


Kinja'd!!! highmodulus > Speedmonkey
10/02/2013 at 13:39

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As posted before, right concept, wrong team- watch Ferrari's starts versus everyone else's. Also note, which team has Bernie as their #1 fan.


Kinja'd!!! Speedmonkey > DasWauto
10/02/2013 at 13:42

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Oh, I will. How do I do that?


Kinja'd!!! saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars > Speedmonkey
10/02/2013 at 13:42

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I hope so.


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > Speedmonkey
10/02/2013 at 13:43

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Well, they're obviously doing something that absolutely nobody else in the field is doing. Interesting evidence, but I'm not tech-savvy enough to know for sure. It does seem dodgy, though, when all the top-tier cars have had such parity, for one car to be so ridiculously faster then everybody else. I'm not saying they're cheating, but they've definitely got something figured out.


Kinja'd!!! DasWauto > Speedmonkey
10/02/2013 at 13:49

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Edit the post, on the left there is a drop down where it says 'published', change it to 'scheduled' and change the time to now.


Kinja'd!!! desertdog5051 > Speedmonkey
10/02/2013 at 13:50

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Engine mapping according to this report.

http://www.autoweek.com/article/201310…


Kinja'd!!! getchapopcorn > desertdog5051
10/02/2013 at 13:56

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They got called out on basically the same thing in the middle of last year.


Kinja'd!!! The man in the iron mask > Speedmonkey
10/02/2013 at 14:05

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that exact noise ive heard on a mercedes, and many other cars on a practice i was watching live, and it sounds when the drivers lift of the gas pedal, that said, i do think redbull has something that is making vettel be able to do faster laps than everybody.


Kinja'd!!! Speedmonkey > DasWauto
10/02/2013 at 14:10

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Thank you. Bit late for this now but will bear in mind for future


Kinja'd!!! DasWauto > Speedmonkey
10/02/2013 at 14:13

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Fair enough. Maybe link to the other posts for the comments. Tentacle Dutchman's reply is very good, imo.


Kinja'd!!! Dailygaraged > ttyymmnn
10/02/2013 at 14:27

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Yeah winning each race by damn near half a lap or more is kind of making me wonder. Either Sebastian truly is the best, and on top of his game every race. Or something fishy is going on. It's just annoying when he's up 3 seconds on lap 2... You can keep watching for a mechanical issue, or focus on the race for 2nd/3rd but when the race is basically decided the first couple laps, I begin to lose interest.


Kinja'd!!! Dailygaraged > ttyymmnn
10/02/2013 at 14:27

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Yeah winning each race by damn near half a lap or more is kind of making me wonder. Either Sebastian truly is the best, and on top of his game every race. Or something fishy is going on. It's just annoying when he's up 3 seconds on lap 2... You can keep watching for a mechanical issue, or focus on the race for 2nd/3rd but when the race is basically decided the first couple laps, I begin to lose interest.


Kinja'd!!! Menebrio > Speedmonkey
10/02/2013 at 18:58

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Just noticed you beat me to the punch, hate when work gets in my OppopostingWay! Great video Evidence; maybe its a combination of Torque Vectoring with some sort of engine/cylinder deactivation to ensure traction? http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/f1-electric-to…

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