F1 Testing 2018: Week 1 Barcelona (26th - 1st)

Shimmy · 25 Feb 2018 at 10:16

Testing feeds:
https://www.autosport.com/f1/live/2750944/barcelona-f1-test-day-four-2018
https://www.f1today.net/en/live/f1/236443/follow-live-the-fourth-day-of-the-first-test-in-2018
http://www.skysports.com/f1/live-blog

Running order:
Mercedes – Valtteri Bottas (AM), Lewis Hamilton (PM)
Ferrari – Kimi Raikkonen
Red Bull – Daniel Ricciardo
Force India – Nikita Mazepin
Williams – Lance Stroll (AM), Sergey Sirotkin (PM)
Renault – Nico Hulkenberg (AM), Carlos Sainz Jr (PM)
Toro Rosso – Brendon Hartley
Haas – Romain Grosjean
McLaren – Fernando Alonso
Sauber – Marcus Ericsson

Weather Forecast:

Lap Records
2017 Pole Position - 1:19.149
2017 Fastest Race Lap - 1:23.593
Race Lap Record - 1:21.670 ( Kimi Räikkönen, Ferrari, 2008)

Day 1 Times:

Day 2 Times:

Day 3 Times:

Day 4 Times:

Shimmy · 25 Feb 2018 at 10:20

Can anyone catch Mercedes, are McLaren unshackled now with Renault, will Force India actually turn up?

Will everyone come to their senses and ditch the halo?

Kris_90 · 25 Feb 2018 at 10:31

I'm looking forward to McLaren vs Red Bull battle. With McLaren chaning to Renault power, we'll see who truly has the best chassis

deuse · 25 Feb 2018 at 14:13

Kris_90 said:
I'm looking forward to McLaren vs Red Bull battle. With McLaren chaning to Renault power, we'll see who truly has the best chassis

I don't think they are anywhere near as good as RB yet. More likely they will battle with toro rosso

Duke · 26 Feb 2018 at 08:11

https://www.f1today.net/en/live/f1/236318/follow-live-the-first-day-of-the-first-test-in-2018

Steedie · 26 Feb 2018 at 08:15

Alonso wheeled back in the garage after 1 lap...uh oh

Shimmy · 26 Feb 2018 at 08:50

He span out and lost a wheel, oops.

Flibster · 26 Feb 2018 at 09:35

From a photo going around it looks like a piece of the hub had come off, guide and part of the locking mechanism. *it's not the wheel bearing like he says*

https://twitter.com/SamarthKanal/status/968045651400577024

gord · 26 Feb 2018 at 09:57

So that's the floor damaged, not to mention repairing the hub.. not the best start to their test.

Glaucus · 26 Feb 2018 at 10:00

Surprised more haven't followed mercedes. Makes so much more sense having two drivers, if it's reliable. The mileage you can get.

Syla5 · 26 Feb 2018 at 10:06

Glaucus said:
Surprised more haven't followed mercedes. Makes so much more sense having two drivers, if it's reliable. The mileage you can get.

Apparently that is the plan a few of them have, only a couple of teams have handed out their full testing schedule so far so expect more split duties, especially with weather getting worse towards the end of the week.

Flibster · 26 Feb 2018 at 10:14

And for those that have the F1 App, testing times are now on it. That's a first for them.
It's not the most full of information, but it's there.
Driver, Team, on track, best lap, gap, laps and pit.
No mention of tyres, any commentary, previous lap times... but it's a start.

gord · 26 Feb 2018 at 10:26

Glad McLaren seem fairly unscathed by the wheel coming off, could have been much worse. And Red Bull's digital camo testing livery? Where did that go, or was it just a launch livery special?

Duke · 26 Feb 2018 at 10:26

Alonso video - https://twitter.com/F1/status/968067939864752131

Flibster · 26 Feb 2018 at 10:31

gord said:
Glad McLaren seem fairly unscathed by the wheel coming off, could have been much worse. And Red Bull's digital camo testing livery? Where did that go, or was it just a launch livery special?

Apparently Ricciardo broke the car during the shakedown day, sidepod and wing, and that was the only set of those panels.
So yeah, an expensive paintjob for testing not used in testing.

deuse · 26 Feb 2018 at 10:34

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGt2U1Twr20

Live.

Syla5 · 26 Feb 2018 at 10:43

Flibster said:
Apparently Ricciardo broke the car during the shakedown day, sidepod and wing, and that was the only set of those panels.
So yeah, an expensive paintjob for testing not used in testing.

Or as they said when they launched last week "expect to see the 2018 livery in testing next week"

Sadly it seems the camo this year was only ever intended for launch.

GravyMonster · 26 Feb 2018 at 10:45

Awesome. I wonder how long it'll last before a security guard taps him on the shoulder. In the Bernie years he would've been thrown out already.

deuse · 26 Feb 2018 at 10:47

Spunkey said:
Awesome. I wonder how long it'll last before a security guard taps him on the shoulder. In the Bernie years he would've been thrown out already.

The guys doing the live stream?
They do it every season.

GravyMonster · 26 Feb 2018 at 10:51

They normally only last a few hours though.

Green flag

Here's a direct link to the Periscope that the YT stream is using as a source. It's slightly better quality: https://www.pscp.tv/w/1ypKdmWlzwpGW