F1 Pre-Season Test Week 4: Barcelona 8th - 11th March

TaKeN · 9 Mar 2011 at 06:03

arknor said:
lol

Telescopi said:
I thought, are they taking the pee, then saw the comic relief thing

I released a few swear words when it reached the end and I realised they were taking the ****

arknor · 9 Mar 2011 at 07:53

testing day 2 http://translate.google.com/transla...alunya.html&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com

mercedes will probably be testing there new car today

deuse · 9 Mar 2011 at 08:21

H_Kovalainen twitter

""6.30am hotel calls me in Barcelona, anti doping control coming to visit, nice way to wake up... Doping control done quickly no problems,
I support anti doping it's good they test us, especially when racing and testing as we are not travelling" :eek:

After reading what Button has said I think Mclaren are sandbagging...a lot

dannyjo22 · 9 Mar 2011 at 09:21

deuse said:
After reading what Button has said I think Mclaren are sandbagging...a lot

Huh?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/9418932.stm

Jenson Button believes McLaren will not be able to challenge rivals Red Bull and Ferrari at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on 27 March.

Button was 0.366 seconds behind Mark Webber's top time of one minute 22.544 seconds for Red Bull at testing.

Ferrari sat out the opening day of the final test at the Circuit de Catalunya.

Button said: "I'd be surprised if we can match Red Bull and Ferrari when we get to Melbourne. It's a big ask. To be on their pace is going to be tricky."

Skeeter · 9 Mar 2011 at 09:23

I love McLarens random videos. The headlights one for the first night race was brilliant!

Shimmy · 9 Mar 2011 at 09:59

Vettel has just gone a second clear of the nearest rival team on a 5 lap run doing a 1:21.8. Today is forecasted as the last day of dry running so should see more quali runs and rad race sims in the afternoon.

It seems Mercedes' full upgrade won't run till tomorrow at the earliest, they just have a new exhaust layout today. Ferrari also testing a new exhaust layout.

Type_R · 9 Mar 2011 at 10:14

I think its fair to say both Ferrari and Red Bull have plenty in the bag if they wanted to push it. If JB was 0.3s off Red Bull yesterday its because Red Bull were being slow (for whatever reason) not JB being fast in the Mclaren (by his own admission).

gord · 9 Mar 2011 at 10:19

I expect RB to be the strongest, but Button's fastest time yesterday was set with the testing front wing... which I can't imagine is faster than the proper one.

At least Mclaren seem to have shown some speed, I was getting worried before this test. Hopefully Lewis can put in a good programme today.

Shimmy · 9 Mar 2011 at 10:40

Red Bull flexi wing in action again yesterday.

Duke · 9 Mar 2011 at 10:48

lol at that!

Type_R · 9 Mar 2011 at 11:42

Well if you can get away with it, then why not!

Red Bull seem to be afforded the same level of FIA standards as Ferrari!!

gord · 9 Mar 2011 at 11:53

That wing will be within regulations though, because the FIA didn't think their new regs through properly. So it's time for the other teams to do the same.

Skeeter · 9 Mar 2011 at 12:08

Nothing wrong with that wing, its the FIA's testing that is broken. Clearly it cant be mimicking on track conditions properly.

Like the double diffuser thing. Learn the rules, and then build cars to the very limits of them. The FIA clearly need to address how they test flexing wings (although, it doesn't make any difference at the moment, as the wing wont go under any FIA testing untill Friday at Melbourne anyway).

arknor · 9 Mar 2011 at 12:23

its a joke when you see teams using devices mounted on the nose and connected to the wing which probably measure how much weight it takes for the wings to flex.

if flex wings are banneds they should be banned regardless of wether they pass an outdated test or not

KingBob · 9 Mar 2011 at 12:35

Can't wait to watch the Melbourne race on the 27th!
I hope McLaren bring the speed.

Gonna have to stay up and watch it. Otherwise some gherkin on Radio 1 will blab the results before I get to see it.

Skeeter · 9 Mar 2011 at 12:39

KingBob said:
Gonna have to stay up and watch it. Otherwise some gherkin on Radio 1 will blab the results before I get to see it.

This REALLY annoys me. For football results they will make sure they warn you and tell you to switch off if you don't want to know, but for F1 they just go "And now the sport, and Fernando Alonso has won the X GP."

Duke · 9 Mar 2011 at 12:41

Skeeter said:
Nothing wrong with that wing, its the FIA's testing that is broken. Clearly it cant be mimicking on track conditions properly.

Like the double diffuser thing. Learn the rules, and then build cars to the very limits of them. The FIA clearly need to address how they test flexing wings (although, it doesn't make any difference at the moment, as the wing wont go under any FIA testing untill Friday at Melbourne anyway).

Very true. All the top teams should be matching or exceeding the RB wing last year.

englishpremier · 9 Mar 2011 at 12:45

arknor said:
its a joke when you see teams using devices mounted on the nose and connected to the wing which probably measure how much weight it takes for the wings to flex.

if flex wings are banneds they should be banned regardless of wether they pass an outdated test or not

Lol how would that work? Everything flexes given enough force.

That wing may or my not be legal remember it's testing at the moment and there is no need for the car to be F1 legal.

The wing will be fully legal for the race weekends just like it was last year.

Shimmy · 9 Mar 2011 at 12:53

Video montage of the bulbous front nose Jenson used exclusively for testing yesterday.

dannyjo22 · 9 Mar 2011 at 13:54

Shimmy said:
Red Bull flexi wing in action again yesterday.

How much of that is due to track camber and car set up rather than the wing flex. I doubt they would want the wing to flex in unequal amounts, so I would suggest that the flex isn't as great as that picture would make it look :confused: