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well....I saw a graphic towards the end of the race of top speeds, and Webber was third, ahead of others like ferrari. Although top speed might be affected by the aero, he would not have been up there unless it was making great power.

I did notice that once again it blew straight after he needed to give it a bit extra....in this case trying to stay ahead of kimi out of the pits. I wonder in the cosworth over-rev setting is a bit ambitious?

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Well early reports say it was a leaking/broken water pipe that led to the engine giving up...so again not Cosworths fault. And as you mentioned the car has good top speed and seems to have good drive out of corners etc so is a good thing.

They simply need to finish races :)

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Ah ok, didn't realise it was a water leak that caused the engine failure at the time. In saying that though, it's still an engine related problem and I'd guess that the cooling system is still something that Cosworth would design/build, so I think it's fair to say that some responsibility for the failure still lies with Cosworth???

Regardless, Williams have the 2nd worst reliability record of all F1 teams this year which isn't acceptable. I'm not sure what Toyota's record is, but I don't remember them falling off the track all that often, so it mustn't be too bad.

Like I've said previously, I'd love for Cosworth to stick it up the manufacturer's and their engine performances have been relatively good throughout the year, but there's no point in having a powerful engine if it can't last the race distance.

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i would say 80% of the williams mechanical failures were NOT cosworth related. It's poor car construction. poor cooling system, poor hydraulic system etc etc. but not a poor motor.

poor webber.

good race. webber was on for P4 no doubt. maybe P3 but kimi put an end to that.

A startling statistic was read out last night. Williams this year have the 2nd worst record of reliability... only beating Super Aguri who are driving 10 year old chassis designs. and this was williams 6th double DNF this year. shithouse.

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