F1 Testing week 2 @ Jerez

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Week two of testing, this time at Jerez circuit.

Info: http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2011/02/10/2011-f1-testing-day-4-jerez/

Live Timing: http://translate.googleusercontent....le.com&usg=ALkJrhjBTWlEeoK7L-UC05JUoAW7Hl3IpA & http://www.attwilliams.com/test-timings & http://live.autosport.com/commentary.php/id/309


Day 1 times
Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver             Car                   Time       Gap[/b]
 1.  Felipe Massa       Ferrari               1m20.709s
 2.  Sergio Perez       Sauber-Ferrari        1m21.483s  + 0.774s
 3.  Mark Webber        Red Bull-Renault      1m21.522s  + 0.813s
 4.  Daniel Ricciardo   Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m21.755s  + 1.046s
 5.  Lewis Hamilton     McLaren-Mercedes      1m21.914s  + 1.205s
 6.  Jaime Alguersuari  Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m22.689s  + 1.980s
 7.  Adrian Sutil       Force India-Mercedes  1m23.472s  + 2.763s
 8.  Vitaly Petrov      Renault               1m23.504s  + 2.795s
 9.  Nico Rosberg       Mercedes              1m23.963s  + 3.254s
10.  Jarno Trulli       Lotus-Renault         1m24.458s  + 3.749s
11.  Timo Glock         Virgin-Cosworth       1m25.086s  + 4.377s
12.  Pastor Maldonado   Williams-Cosworth     1m34.968s  + 14.259s
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/89387


Day 2 times
Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver              Car                   Time       Gap       Laps[/b]
 1.  Michael Schumacher  Mercedes              1m20.352s            112
 2.  Felipe Massa        Ferrari               1m20.413s  + 0.061s  116
 3.  Jenson Button       McLaren-Mercedes      1m21.009s  + 0.657s  69
 4.  Jaime Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m21.214s  + 0.862s  72
 5.  Mark Webber         Red Bull-Renault      1m21.613s  + 1.261s  113
 6.  Adrian Sutil        Force India-Mercedes  1m21.780s  + 1.428s  73
 7.  Sergio Perez        Sauber-Ferrari        1m21.857s  + 1.505s  56
 8.  Timo Glock          Virgin-Cosworth       1m22.208s  + 1.856s  57
 9.  Vitaly Petrov       Renault               1m22.493s  + 2.141s  65
10.  Pastor Maldonado    Williams-Cosworth     1m22.591s  + 2.239s  38
11.  Jarno Trulli        Lotus-Renault         1m23.216s  + 2.864s  40
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/89419


Day 3 times
Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver              Car                   Time       Gap       Laps[/b]
 1.  Nick Heidfeld       Renault               1m20.361s            86
 2.  Fernando Alonso     Ferrari               1m20.493s  + 0.132s  131
 3.  Michael Schumacher  Mercedes              1m21.054s  + 0.693s  114
 4.  Lewis Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes      1m21.099s  + 0.738s  36
 5.  Kamui Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari        1m21.242s  + 0.881s  84
 6.  Sebastian Vettel    Red Bull-Renault      1m21.574s  + 1.213s  98
 7.  Sebastien Buemi     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m21.681s  + 1.320s  92
 8.  Heikki Kovalainen   Lotus-Renault         1m21.711s  + 1.350s  61
 9.  Rubens Barrichello  Williams-Cosworth     1m22.227s  + 1.866s  99
10.  Paul di Resta       Force India-Mercedes  1m22.945s  + 2.584s  64
11.  Jerome D'Ambrosio   Virgin-Cosworth       1m25.471s  + 5.110s  72
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/89447


Day 4 times
Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver              Car                   Time       Gap       Laps[/b]
 1.  Rubens Barrichello  Williams-Cosworth     1m19.832s            103
 2.  Kamui Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari        1m20.601s  + 0.769s  86
 3.  Fernando Alonso     Ferrari               1m21.074s  + 1.242s  115
 4.  Sebastien Buemi     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m21.213s  + 1.381s  90
 5.  Bruno Senna         Renault               1m21.400s  + 1.568s  68
 6.  Heikki Kovalainen   Lotus-Renault         1m21.632s  + 1.800s  43
 7.  Nico Rosberg        Mercedes              1m22.103s  + 2.271s  45
 8.  Sebastian Vettel    Red Bull-Renault      1m22.222s  + 2.39 s  90
 9.  Jenson Button       McLaren-Mercedes      1m22.278s  + 2.446s  70
10.  Jerome D'Ambrosio   Virgin-Cosworth       1m22.985s  + 3.153s  45
11.  Paul di Resta       Force India-Mercedes  1m23.111s  + 3.279s  99


Code: 
Best times at this test

Combined fastest laps for all four days.
	Driver		Team		Time		Gap
1	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	1’19.832	0.000
2	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1’20.352	0.520
3	Nick Heidfeld		Renault	1’20.361	0.529
4	Felipe Massa		Ferrari	1’20.413	0.581
5	Fernando Alonso		Ferrari	1’20.493	0.661
6	Kamui Kobayashi		Sauber	1’20.601	0.769
7	Jenson Button		McLaren	1’21.009	1.177
8	Lewis Hamilton		McLaren	1’21.099	1.267
9	Sebastien Buemi		Toro Rosso	1’21.213	1.381
10	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1’21.214	1.382
11	Bruno Senna		Renault	1’21.400	1.568
12	Sergio Perez		Sauber	1’21.483	1.651
13	Mark Webber		Red Bull	1’21.522	1.690
14	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1’21.574	1.742
15	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus	1’21.632	1.800
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	1’21.755	1.923
17	Adrian Sutil		Force India	1’21.780	1.948
18	Nico Rosberg		Mercedes	1’22.103	2.271
19	Timo Glock		Virgin	1’22.208	2.376
20	Vitaly Petrov		Renault	1’22.493	2.661
21	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1’22.591	2.759
22	Paul di Resta		Force India	1’22.945	3.113
23	Jerome d’Ambrosio	Virgin	1’22.985	3.153
24	Jarno Trulli		Lotus	1’23.216	3.384

From F1Fanatic
 
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McLaren caused a few surprising faces few minutes ago when Hamilton drove out pit. Many media laughed at the rear, as McLaren's car looked like a kart. It appears that the movements of the McLaren car and will monitor above the diffuser, allowing the entire width of a measuring instrument is placed.
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Trying to find a pic :p
 
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Best picture i could find :D :D
 
I must say, this year's cars are looking beautiful.

And today, we shall finally get an idea of McLaren's performance relative to RBR and Ferrari, both of which seem to have decent cars for 2011.
 
for the people wondering, in testing you can run any car configuration, it doesn't have to comply with the rules and regs that govern this years season(which start friday practice in bahrain) This is why Mclaren are able to use airflow devices to measure car efficiency. My guess is that this info can be directly fed into the simulator in woking allowing for faster virtual development during the season
 
Shock horror, Honda (I mean Mercedes) have produced another shockingly poor car! I hope I'm made to eat those words, but its not looking good :-(
 
What makes you guys think Mercedes have produced a lemon?

Last week Mercedes weren't too hot, but for whatever reason, MSc was very positive and happy regarding the way the car was performing. Brawn was also talking about winning races in it, which would suggest that Mercedes feel they have a good car.
 
Its always difficult to judge race performance on the test sessions, you don't know if the team are playing a games in terms of not revering their true pace.
 
It's testing at the end of the day so it will take some time to get the car dialed in I guess

That said the last couple of years testing have been indicative of how fast the top teams are
 
Talon said:
Its always difficult to judge race performance on the test sessions, you don't know if the team are playing a games in terms of not revering their true pace.
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Although this point is always talked about, if you look at testing over the last decade or so then one thing is fairly clear. Sometimes the fastest cars in testing (top 1 or 2) are running on fumes trying to make a statement (pull in sponsors) - although the top teams rarely engage in this. However the plum slowest team of tests rarely (if ever) start winning races because they have been sandbagging. Being plum slowest usually means you have built a lemon (although you can sugar coat that as you like - as most teams do!).

AUTOSPORT F1 editor @eddstrawF1 says:

I have serious concerns about where Mercedes is at the moment, although I must add the caveat that drawing conclusions based on the first test is very dangerous. Ignoring the laptimes, I'm hearing that those inside the team are not delighted with the way the car is performing. If that is the case, Mercedes could be looking at a similar year to 2010.
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on other forums im sick of hearing our "amus experts" already know to the tenth how fast a each car is...

i swear ocuk seems to have more inteligent members than the so called "motor sport" forums like autofail etc

williams were topping testing times in 2009 or whenever it was and come the races they were no where.. hrt could probablt top the time sheets if they ran on fumes.

also its a test so the cars dont have to follow the rules and could be running well under the minimum weight for all we know, we dont know if teams are using ballast or not like they probably need to for the real sessions
 
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