F1 Testing 2012 - Week 1, Jerez

Duke · 5 Feb 2012 at 21:07

F1 2012 Testing - Week 1, Jerez

First week of testing kicks off in Jerez from Tuesday to Friday. I'll update this post with the the times each day, even if they're not really meaningful

Running order:

Code:

[b]Team           Tuesday              Wednesday    Thursday    Friday[/b]
Sauber         Kobayashi            Perez        Perez       Kobayashi
Ferrari        Massa                Massa        Alonso      Alonso
Force India    di Resta             di Resta     Hulkenberg  Hulkenberg
Caterham       Kovalainen           Kovalainen   Garde       Trulli
McLaren        Button               Button       Hamilton    Hamilton
Mercedes       Rosberg/Schumacher   Schumacher   Rosberg     -
Red Bull       Webber               Webber       Vettel      Vettel
Lotus          Raikkonen            Raikkonen    Grosjean    Grosjean
Toro Rosso     Ricciardo            Ricciardo    Vergne      Vergne
Williams       Maldonado            Maldonado    Senna       Senna
HRT            de la Rosa           de la Rosa   -           -

Timing links / commentary:

http://www.attwilliams.com/test-timings

http://translate.googleusercontent....z.html&usg=ALkJrhgHH151rFh5379geepc0ucAVgPVxQ

http://live.autosport.com/commentary.php/id/438

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/f1-information/f1-live/f1-fanatic-live-2012-f1-testing-day-jerez/

Pics:

Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3 - Day 4

Times:

Day 1

Code:

[b]Pos	 Driver 	Team 		Time 			Laps[/b]
1 	 Raikkonen	Lotus	 	1m19.670s		73
2 	 Di Resta	Force India	1m19.772s  +0.102	101
3 	 Rosberg	Mercedes	1m20.219s  +0.549	56
4 	 Webber		Red Bull	1m20.496s  +0.826	53
5 	 Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1m20.694s  +1.024	57
6 	 Schumacher	Mercedes	1m20.794s  +1.124	41
7 	 Kobayashi	Sauber	 	1m21.353s  +1.683	106
8 	 Button		McLaren	 	1m21.530s  +1.860	60
9 	 Massa		Ferrari	 	1m22.815s  +3.145	69
10 	 Kovalainen	Caterham	1m23.178s  +3.508	28
11 	 Maldonado	Williams	1m23.371s  +3.701	25
12 	 De la Rosa	HRT	 	1m23.676s  +4.006	43

Day 2

Code:

[b]Pos 	 Driver 	Team 		 Time 	   		Laps[/b]
1 	 Schumacher	Mercedes	 1m18.561s		132
2 	 Webber		Red Bull	 1m19.184s  +0.623	97
3 	 Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	 1m19.587s  +1.026	100
4 	 Bianchi	Force India	 1m20.221s  +1.660	46
5 	 Raikkonen	Lotus	 	 1m20.239s  +1.678	117
6 	 Di Resta	Force India	 1m20.272s  +1.711	69
7 	 Massa		Ferrari	 	 1m20.454s  +1.893	95
8 	 Button		McLaren	 	 1m20.688s  +2.127	85
9 	 Perez		Sauber	 	 1m20.711s  +2.150	68
10 	 Maldonado	Williams	 1m21.197s  +2.636	97
11 	 Kovalainen	Caterham	 1m21.518s  +2.957	139
12 	 De la Rosa	HRT	 	 1m22.128s  +3.567	64

Day 3

Code:

[b]Pos 	 Driver 	Team 		Time 			Laps[/b]
1 	 Rosberg	Mercedes	1m17.613s		118
2 	 Grosjean	Lotus	 	1m18.419s  +0.806	117
3 	 Vettel		Red Bull	1m19.297s  +1.684	96
4 	 Hamilton	McLaren	 	1m19.464s  +1.851	80
5 	 Vergne		Toro Rosso	1m19.734s  +2.121	79
6 	 Perez		Sauber	 	1m19.770s  +2.157	48
7 	 Alonso		Ferrari	 	1m20.412s  +2.799	67
8 	 Senna		Williams	1m21.293s  +3.680	125
9 	 Van der Garde	Caterham	1m23.324s  +5.711	74

Day 4

Code:

[b]Pos 	 Driver 	Team 		Time 			Laps[/b]
1 	 Alonso		Ferrari	 	1m18.877s		39
2 	 Vergne		Toro Rosso	1m19.597s  +0.720	80
3 	 Vettel		Red Bull	1m19.606s  +0.729	50
4 	 Hamilton	McLaren	 	1m19.640s  +0.763	86
5 	 Grosjean	Lotus	 	1m19.729s  +0.852	94
6 	 Kobayashi	Sauber	 	1m19.834s  +0.957	76
7 	 Hulkenberg	Force India	1m19.977s  +1.100	90
8 	 Senna		Williams	1m20.132s  +1.255	125
9 	 Trulli		Caterham	1m22.198s  +3.321	117

Total laps completed:

Lotus - 401
Williams - 372
Caterham - 358
Mercedes - 347 (3 days)
Toro Rosso - 316
Mclaren - 311
Force India - 306 (3 days)
Sauber - 298
Red Bull - 296
Ferrari - 270
HRT - 107 (2 days)
Marussia - Fail

More stats here - http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/02/10/lotus-quickest-2012-cars-jerez/

alex24 · 5 Feb 2012 at 21:09

Thanks for taking the time to do that.

So McLaren won't be miles behind this year apparently...

Did they have poor test times from the off last year?

Shimmy · 5 Feb 2012 at 21:11

alex24 said:
Thanks for taking the time to do that.

So McLaren won't be miles behind this year apparently...

Did they have poor test times from the off last year?

Poor times in all tests last year and couldn't manage more than 20 laps due to the exhausts blowing up.

So it's safe to say they'll do better than last year in testing.

Skeeter · 5 Feb 2012 at 21:13

Cant remember much about the 2010 McLaren car other than the discussions around the F Duct, but I can remember the 2009 car being 1.5 seconds off the pace all through testing.

Shimmy · 5 Feb 2012 at 21:37

This is supposedly a sneak peak of the RB8 spotted at Jerez.

Kerming · 5 Feb 2012 at 21:45

wow...... nice find shimmy

where is the source?

Shimmy · 5 Feb 2012 at 21:47

Kerming said:
wow...... nice find shimmy

where is the source?

https://twitter.com/#!/f1talks/status/166273671554543617

Usually a good source for most F1 stuff.

It's the same place that said Bruno Senna would be at Williams 6 weeks before it was official.

tummelv · 5 Feb 2012 at 21:54

Looks like they've gone for a mclaren nose then.

JonnyGLC · 5 Feb 2012 at 21:59

Looks like the 7 to me :confused:

utajoker · 5 Feb 2012 at 22:00

Will these be on the new f1 channel?

utajoker · 5 Feb 2012 at 22:01

A random name said:
Looks like the 7 to me

I was also thinking this.

Shimmy · 5 Feb 2012 at 22:02

utajoker said:
Will these be on the new f1 channel?

No that doesn't launch till March.

But there will be clips on SSN.

A random name said:
Looks like the 7 to me

Thought that myself, but the source normally comes up trumps.

~Mike~ · 5 Feb 2012 at 22:41

Shimmy said:
This is supposedly a sneak peak of the RB8 spotted at Jerez.

Umm....surely they would keep it covered what with all the prying eyes that must have been about.

Skeeter · 5 Feb 2012 at 23:14

The nose looks exactly like the RB7, and far to high for the 2012 regulations.

Then again, I wouldn't put it past RBR to fit the 2011 wing and then 'accidentally' leave it uncoverered for some people to sneak pics

Kevin Clark · 5 Feb 2012 at 23:52

Here's that picture in context.

arknor · 6 Feb 2012 at 00:55

if it was the new one i doubt it would be out in teh open unless it was on purpose

dont some of the teams usually take the "show car" along and stick it outside one of the garages on display anyway?

GravyMonster · 6 Feb 2012 at 11:12

I doubt that this is their new car, but this is the HRT PDLR will be driving at Jerez this week:

GravyMonster · 6 Feb 2012 at 11:16

Here's the Caterham test schedule, FYI Duke:

@MyCaterhamF1 said:
T1 Jerez driver schedule: Heikki in the car Tuesday & Wednesday, Giedo Thursday and Jarno Friday

Duke · 6 Feb 2012 at 12:05

Thanks, added.

I think that is last years HRT as well. It wouldn't surprise me if this years was just a bodge to get past the regs.

Kevin Clark · 6 Feb 2012 at 12:11

Spunkey said:
I doubt that this is their new car, but this is the HRT PDLR will be driving at Jerez this week:

Looks like last years car with even less livery on it doesn't it? Unless they've bagged a huge deal with Dulux.