F1 2013 Testing: Week 3 Barcelona

Skeeter · 3 Mar 2013 at 16:01

Alonso gives us a glimpse of the epic corners we no longer user

Mr Men · 3 Mar 2013 at 16:05

Looks like we will be in for a very close season, think Red Bull will be up front though.

Flibster · 3 Mar 2013 at 16:18

Mr Men said:
Looks like we will be in for a very close season, think Red Bull will be up front though.

I also think it'll be close, but not really seen anything to suggest that anyone is ahead at the moment.

Mr Jack · 3 Mar 2013 at 16:33

Mr Men said:
It is a bit since you won't be allowed to do it at a race weekend now.

Maybe they want to gather data on how the DRS performs under a variety of conditions since not every race will have DRS zones like Barcelona or they want to compare the data with data gathered last year. Doing representative laps is not the only valuable testing.

Duke · 3 Mar 2013 at 16:33

Well that is testing over and done with, seems not long ago we were all eager to see the new cars unveiled

Nightglow said:
DUKE: Are Sky going to start using onboard HD cameras this season, they were talking about bringing them in last year.

Last time I heard, FOM were testing them, not heard anything since but not long until we find out.

Mr Jack · 3 Mar 2013 at 16:37

Mr Men said:
Looks like we will be in for a very close season, think Red Bull will be up front though.

I'm not so sure Red Bull have the advantage going into this season, but we will know soon enough!

Skeeter · 3 Mar 2013 at 17:53

HD cameras won't guarantee HD coverage though. The races were filmed in HD for a couple of years before the FOM stream was broadcast in HD. But it's moving in the right direction.

Time for a prediction thread?

Duke · 3 Mar 2013 at 18:00

Skeeter said:
Time for a prediction thread?

Already had the tab open creating it earlier

Duke · 3 Mar 2013 at 18:23

Forgot to put a cover on the whole thing

Flibster · 3 Mar 2013 at 18:30

Got to love the Ferrari branded wet towel bodywork cooling solution.

Skeeter · 3 Mar 2013 at 18:38

Flibster said:
Got to love the Ferrari branded wet towel bodywork cooling solution.

And making sure the logos are perfectly lined up.

~Mike~ · 3 Mar 2013 at 18:48

tummelv · 3 Mar 2013 at 18:53

Did anyone else hear the commentators earlier saying that in their fueload adjusted analysis, RBR, Mclaren, Ferrari, Lotus and Merc are all within 2 tenths of each other? If true it's gonna be so good.

arknor · 3 Mar 2013 at 19:11

commentators have xray vision and know more than the teams themselves do it really is amazing.
clark kent is that you?

fuel adjusted is the biggest bunch of BS I ever heard.

only the teams know how much fuel they had in the car.
trying to estimate fuel loads of the nanosecond when even 1 laps worth of fuel costs you a few tenths.... really?

nothing wrong with trying to predict the grid order but trying to suggest theres anyway of knowing fuel loads and the gap between the teams is just taking a stab in the dark

Danthus · 3 Mar 2013 at 19:28

Was the Lotus running three turning vanes under the nose cone yesterday?

[TW]Taggart · 3 Mar 2013 at 22:42

day 4 note book

http://www1.skysports.com/formula1/video/12870/8535426

Kevin Clark · 3 Mar 2013 at 23:04

That's day 3.
This is day 4
http://www1.skysports.com/formula1/video/12870/8539243

Skeeter · 3 Mar 2013 at 23:18

I bloody love Ted!

timbob · 3 Mar 2013 at 23:20

Ted is awesome, quite frankly. I do hope sky pick up on the good feedback they're obviously getting from these testing notebooks and let him geek out a get a bit "techy" during race weekends. Gotta love the development cubicle

Skeeter · 3 Mar 2013 at 23:40

He has a genuine and infectious passion for Formula 1.