F1 Testing 2018: Week 2 Barcelona (6th - 9th)

[CaptainRAVE]

 

[lemonade]

STR haven't come out for the afternoon session, trouble in the air?

 

[englishpremier]

I'm surprised that Alsonso hasn't demanded that they build a solid drivable car and he'll make up the speed difference. Afterall he does bring 0.6 seconds to the team.

 

[lemonade]

STR have suspension issues it seems.

 

[hominid]

STR have suspension issues it seems.

Yeah - the MGU-H exploded and took out a wishbone

 

[lemonade]

Was a braking issue in the end.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Lets not get ahead of ourselves, a lot of the testing has been done is comparatively low temps... not the sort you'd see in a typical race weekend anyway.

Which is why I think McLaren are on dire straits. I.e. They can't get their engine working when the outside air temp is less than 12C then it puts them on the back foot already.

 

[Shimmy]

It's testing, they are seeing what they can get away with on a new engine.

I don't expect them to be unreliable come the start of the season.

 

[deuse]

Hamilton has just done a 1:18.317 on Mediums

It got deleted as he crossed the chicane
So his fastest time is 1:18.945 Mediums

 

[pacegod]

And the McLaren breaks down again! smoke from the air intake

 

[Junglist]

That is still a quick time on the mediums.

Mclaren broken down again. I was hoping they'd be mixing it up

 

[andicole0]

To quote Eric Boulier "this just testing all is going well" now I think I heard that last year, and the year before etc etc.
Andi.

 

[deuse]

https://twitter.com/wbuxtonofficial...ive-the-second-day-of-the-second-test-in-2018

"Smoke billowing from the engine bay through the air intake and under the rear bodywork. Acrid smell of burning carbon"

 

[Dup]

https://twitter.com/wbuxtonofficial/status/971326041162764289/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc^tfw&ref_url=https://www.f1today.net/en/live/f1/236603/follow-live-the-second-day-of-the-second-test-in-2018

"Smoke billowing from the engine bay through the air intake and under the rear bodywork. Acrid smell of burning carbon"

Engines fault, they're fitting a new one.

The McLaren apparently looks like it lacks detail... I simply feel they are running basic testing and getting used to the new engine and packaging before anything else. Hopefully after today they get some useful running for the rest of the week. Testing doesn't matter until Qualifying at Australia anyway, then we know where we stand. I just hope that with the Renault unit the reliability issues are just teething problems with the new package. I still hope for some teams running close together this season.

 

[SoliD]

Looks like teams are trying to make up for lost time, 50 laps for Merc after 2 hours, and just over 40 for RBR.

To quote myself, but some big mileage again today, what was the most seen in a day last year? 177 for Merc vs 171 for Ferrari yesterday, looking to be surpassed today. Not seen any quotes on race sims yet though, but all looks nice and tight at the top, hopefully should replicate across the season with different cars being strong at different tracks.

 

[Shimmy]

Checking threads from last year, max was 170 laps from Merc in one day.

 

[MooMoo444]

The air intakes on the McLaren still baffle me. They're just so tiny compared to other cars. It can't be good for the engine.

 

[lemonade]

The air intakes on the McLaren still baffle me. They're just so tiny compared to other cars. It can't be good for the engine.

"Size zero!!!, Size zero!!!"

 

[CaptainRAVE]

So the McLaren was the problem after all, not Honda.