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"How long does it take you to change a wheel? I mean you&amp;#039;ve got all the hassle of finding the wheel brace, then discovering that the wheel nuts have been torqued up so tight you need a 10-foot pole to get enough leverage to loosen them off. Then you can&amp;#039;t find the jacking point and so it goes on. You&amp;#039;re lucky if it&amp;#039;s only a 10-minute job. Well, with the F1 season springing to life this weekend in Bahrain the Red Bull team has been practicing and has got changing all four wheels down to...1.8 seconds. Admittedly that&amp;#039;s on a static car in their factory, but it&amp;#039;s still pretty impressive. In the heat and frenzy of the pit lane, the Olympic fit mechanics won&amp;#039;t quite achieve that, even with wheel guns and nuts specially designed to save a few more thousandths of a seconds. With refueling banned for the first time since 1993, changing wheels will become a vital strategy for all the teams the season and could make all the difference between winning or not. Related posts:  &amp;quot;Hey, Dad, How Fast Are Those Race Cars Going?&amp;quot;  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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