F1 Testing 2016: Week 1 Barcelona (22nd - 25th)

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Some of shenanigans that still happens in testing:
http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12430/10171080/the-secrets-of-f1-testing

Testing feeds:
http://beta.autosport.com/live/
http://www.motorsport.com/f1/live-text/barcelona-formula-1-testing/?r=88917&em=1
http://www.skysports.com/f1/live-blog
http://www.f1today.net/en/

Running order:
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[b]             MONDAY     TUESDAY     WEDNESDAY   THURSDAY[/b]
Mercedes     Hamilton   Rosberg     Hamilton    Rosberg
Ferrari      Vettel     Vettel      Raikkonen   Raikkonen
Williams     Bottas     Bottas      Massa       Massa
Red Bull     Ricciardo  Ricciardo   Kvyat       Kvyat
Force India  Celis      Perez       Hulkenberg  Celis
Renault      Palmer     Palmer      Magnussen   Magnussen
Toro Rosso   Sainz      Verstappen  Sainz       Verstappen
Sauber       Ericsson   Ericsson    Nasr        Nasr
McLaren      Button     Alonso      Button      Alonso
Manor        Wehrlein   Wehrlein    Haryanto    Haryanto
Haas         Grosjean   Gutierrez   Grosjean    Gutierrez

Weather Forecast:
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Lap Records

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Fastest lap time 2015 Test 1:          1:24.067, Grosjean (Lotus)
Fastest lap time 2015 Test 2:          1:22.792, Rosberg (Mercedes)
Qualifying lap 2015:                   1:24.681, Rosberg (Mercedes)
Fastest race lap 2015:                 1:28.270, Hamilton (Mercedes)

Day 1 Times:
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Day 2 Times:
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Day 3 Times:
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Day 4 Times:
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SS-89 said:
Looking good for what? Setting a full lap time or the time itself? The latter is irrelevant at this stage (it's 4 seconds down on the fastest qualifying lap from last years spanish gp 1:24.681).
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It's 1 second off their own fastest time in qualifying from last year though.
Still relatively meaningless, but might indicate at least some progress might be being made at this early stage. Not difficult to improve on last year's horror show however :p

utajoker said:
Also why sky sports don't broadcast this i don't know, they have a dedicated f1 channel...
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They would if they were allowed.
 
smr said:
From trackside, Ben Anderson reports that Grosjean's Haas has just passed him slowly, minus a front wing.
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McLaren have just gone faster than their Qualifying time from last year's Spanish GP, just.
 
reef said:
Surely the fact that the McLaren's best lap is a 1:27:691 should ring alarm bells. The fastest lap in testing last year was a 1:22:792 so unless they have been absolutely brimmed with fuel all day then its not looking great.

There would be absolutely no reason to trundle around slowly unless you couldn't go much faster. Surely they would want to get some fast(ish) laps in just to see the improvement if there was one?
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Bit premature to be saying that surely? That 1:22.7 was done in the third week of testing last year.

This is the first day, when teams are mainly doing system checks.
 
Mercedes & Ferrari are chasing efficiency on their established engine designs and can concentrate on aero and balance much earlier than McLaren Honda.

Yes this is Honda's second year, but they threw out much of last year's design and will be carrying out far more mapping work I'm sure than all other engine suppliers for the coming days.

I don't think any of us are expecting McLaren to be competing for the title this year, even the biggest McLaren fanatics.
 
drunkenmaster said:
One, they didn't throw out much of last year's design, that's complete nonsense. There is a token limit, all the teams have the same number of tokens, by and large all the teams will make exactly the same number of changes.

Second, Honda appear to have decided to stick with their compressor in the V design, it's supposed to be bigger but it's very limited in how much bigger it can get. The ICE was supposedly good and won't be hugely changed.

Efficiency gains for Ferrari/Merc come from new engine parts, it's really that simple, new engine parts means chance for screw ups, need to change engine maps, need to change and relearn most of how the engine works.

By all accounts Honda have made a evolution on last year's design, they'd have more chance for bigger problems if they'd thrown out the compressor in the V concept and come with a much bigger conceptual change but they haven't done that.
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They've increased the size of both the turbine and compressor for this year as they've self admittedly said they were too small. Yes of course Mercedes & Ferrari will have new bits, but I haven't heard them making such changes - as they already seem to have an optimal formula. So I still think McLaren will be putting more focus on the power unit at the start of testing than the competition.
 
drunkenmaster said:
You haven't heard because the media isn't focusing on it. Tokens spent by Ferrari/Merc/Renault last year.... all of them. Come the end of 2016, tokens spent by Ferrari, Merc, Renault and Honda... all of them.

The focus is on Honda because the media has it that way, nothing more or less. They have tokens, they use them, they have the same number of tokens. honda can't and won't make more changes than the other teams. Ferrari increased the size of their turbo and compressor, moved the location of the compressor and made many other changes. Did that stop that Ferrari running well in 2015 testing? Merc brough variable intake valves, a fairly big step in terms of layout of the top of the engine, they increased the size of their compressor last year. They've supposedly increased the size of the compressor again this year.
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Of course everyone's going to use their tokens, hence the token process in the first place...

The Ferrari re-design last year was well documented, as was their acquisition of Mercedes PU staff.

And news just emerges that Honda are using different spec engines for testing before deciding on their race engine, still think their testing priorities are the same as Ferrari and Mercedes?
 
Nismo said:
Mercedes have bolted some weird "teeth" things to the floor/under the sidepods to Rosberg's car this morning, like an exaggerated serrated edge. They are calling it the combine :p

Also rumours they will be testing a new nose later.
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Yup, almost Mad Max like!

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I think their new nose is being tested tomorrow.
 
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