F1 Testing 2016: Week 2 Barcelona (1st - 4th)

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Two interesting reads before the last week of testing:
Tech analysis: The big trends of F1 2016
Analysis: Does data deal give Mercedes tyre advantage in 2016?

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:

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

Weather Forecast:


Lap Records

Fastest lap time 2016 Test 1:          1:22:810, Vettel   (Ferrari)
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 4 Times:

 

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Day 1 times:

 

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The race simulation also doesn't account for traffic which there is significantly less of during testing and won't hold you up unlike racing conditions, never mind yellow flags.

 

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Kimi Bingo

 

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Ferrari testing the halo cockpit design..

 

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imo they should just accept that motor racing is dangerous.

Yes we should mitigate risks such as recovery vehicles resulting in Bianchi's death.

But changing the roots of F1 and open cockpit racing I'm not a fan of.

 

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Driver reactions to the 'halo'

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/raikkonen-says-halo-makes-little-difference-to-visibility-677157/