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Originally Posted by UltimateBMW
Did they actually drive the F111 on day 4? I don't think they've even put 1 mile on it. Sounds like a disaster for Melbourne.
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Nope, not a single mile, just like last year, because some of the parts were held up by custom.
http://en.espnf1.com/hrtf1/motorsport/story/43050.html
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HRT missed its final chance to test its new car after missing the final day in Barcelona because, so the team claims, vital parts were held up by Spanish customs.
The F111 was rolled in the Barcelona pit lane on Friday but not tested due to parts being at the airport. Late on Friday evening the Spanish team said it would not run on Saturday - the final day of pre-season testing - either.
"Unfortunately we could not get the dampers out of customs," said team boss Colin Kolles. "The result of this is that we canīt run tomorrow [Saturday]. This is life and we will overcome this problem."
With teams' freight heading for Australia over the coming weeks it is unlikely the car will run before the first practice session at Albert Park.
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This is a bit worrying, I believe this is the first time (correct me if i'm wrong) that F1 teams had their parts held up in custom as if they were also smuggling drugs. Especially for the parts as common as a damper or so.
Teams can't even get the legal paperworks right got me worried.