F1 testing week 3 Catalunya

arknor · 18 Feb 2011 at 08:22

INFO: http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2011/02/18/2011-f1-testing-day-8-barcelona/

Day 4 - http://translate.googleusercontent....le.com&usg=ALkJrhh64f30izH9ow3oBj6NCU412c_TZw

Day 1 Times

Code:

[b]Pos  Driver              Car/team              Time       Gap        Laps[/b]
 1.  Sebastian Vettel    Red Bull-Renault      1m24.374s             37
 2.  Fernando Alonso     Ferrari               1m25.485s  + 1.111s   101
 3.  Jaime Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m25.638s  + 1.264s   57
 4.  Kamui Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari        1m25.641s  + 1.267s   78
 5.  Jenson Button       McLaren-Mercedes      1m26.365s  + 1.991s   77
 6.  Paul di Resta       Force India-Mercedes  1m26.575s  + 2.201s   26
 7.  Rubens Barrichello  Williams-Cosworth     1m26.912s  + 2.538s   52
 8.  Michael Schumacher  Mercedes              1m27.512s  + 3.138s   90
 9.  Narain Karthikeyan  HRT-Cosworth          1m28.393s  + 4.019s   116
10.  Heikki Kovalainen   Lotus-Renault         1m30.065s  + 5.691s   54
11.  Jerome D'Ambrosio   Virgin-Cosworth       1m30.950s  + 6.576s   116
12.  Vitaly Petrov       Renault               1m35.174s  + 10.800s  20
13.  Nick Heidfeld       Renault               1m44.324s  + 19.950s  27

Day 2 times

Code:

[b]Pos  Driver       Team                  Time                 Laps[/b]
 1.  Vettel       Red Bull-Renault      1m23.315s             104
 2.  Alguersuari  Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m23.519s   + 0.204   97
 3.  Alonso       Ferrari               1m23.978s   + 0.663   90
 4.  Barrichello  Williams-Cosworth     1m24.008s   + 0.693   118
 5.  Heidfeld     Renault               1m24.242s   + 0.927   41
 6.  Kobayashi    Sauber-Ferrari        1m24.243s   + 0.928   125
 7.  Rosberg      Mercedes              1m24.730s   + 1.415   131
 8.  Button       McLaren-Mercedes      1m24.923s   + 1.608   54
 9.  Di Resta     Force India-Mercedes  1m25.194s   + 1.879   80
10.  Kovalainen   Lotus-Renault         1m26.421s   + 3.106   58
11.  Petrov       Renault               1m26.884s   + 3.569   61
12.  Liuzzi       HRT-Coswrorth         1m27.044s   + 3.729   70
13.  Glock        Virgin-Cosworth       1m27.242s   + 3.927   66
14.  Teixeira     Lotus-Renault         1m31.584s   + 8.269   26

Day 3 Times

Code:

1 	 Rosberg            Mercedes	 1m23.168s
2 	 Petrov             Renault	 1m23.463s  +0.295
3 	 Hamilton           McLaren	 1m23.858s  +0.690
4 	 Maldonado	    Williams	 1m24.815s  +1.647
5 	 Webber             Red Bull	 1m24.995s  +1.827
6 	 Trulli	            Lotus   	 1m25.454s  +2.286
7 	 Perez              Sauber	 1m25.557s  +2.389
8 	 Sutil	            Force India	 1m25.720s  +2.552
9 	 Buemi              Toro Rosso	 1m26.155s  +2.987
10 	 Massa              Ferrari	 1m26.508s  +3.340
11 	 Glock              Virgin	 1m26.598s  +3.430
12 	 Mondini            HRT	         1m28.178s  +5.010
13 	 Ricciardo          Toro Rosso	 1m28.329s  +5.161
14 	 Karthikeyan        HRT	         1m30.722s  +7.554

Duke · 18 Feb 2011 at 08:24

arknor · 18 Feb 2011 at 08:27

Duke said:

usually you would have it made by time i woke up so assumed you were busy

btw autosport magazine think that mercedes are going to have these upgrades for bahrain

modificated front wing, brake ducts, turning vanes, sidepods and new exhaust solution, which is different from what we have seen on other cars

theres also a rumour it will have a double floor with raised sidepods (hence the visible crash structure inside the current sidepods)

Duke · 18 Feb 2011 at 08:30

Was just about to and saw it

So this could be the last test if Bahrain is cancelled..

englishpremier · 18 Feb 2011 at 08:35

No they will have another elsewhere if Bahrain isn't available

Duke · 18 Feb 2011 at 08:54

Yeah guess they'll just stay in Spain.

GravyMonster · 18 Feb 2011 at 09:26

Live timing courtesy of Williams - http://www.attwilliams.com/test-timings

Alguesuari currently quickest in damp conditions. Button and Vettel have only done installation laps so far.

Shimmy · 18 Feb 2011 at 09:44

Autosport live commentary:

http://live.autosport.com/commentary.php/id/310

Mr Jack · 18 Feb 2011 at 09:51

Autosport commentary & timings

I'm assuming they'll test somewhere else if they can't do it at Bahrain. I'm sure with their money they can sort something out at short notice. When the GP doesn't happen, I think they'll simply drop it from the calender.

Shimmy · 18 Feb 2011 at 09:59

Mr Jack said:
Autosport commentary & timings

I'm assuming they'll test somewhere else if they can't do it at Bahrain. I'm sure with their money they can sort something out at short notice. When the GP doesn't happen, I think they'll simply drop it from the calender.

09:35 Away from the test, the big question facing F1 at the moment is whether the season-opener in Bahrain should go ahead.

Roger Wise asks: Should the first GP of the season not take place as intended, would there be an alternative venue, or would there be extra testing somewhere to compensate?

AUTOSPORT.com managing editor @eligp replies: As things stand now, it is very likely that the test there will be cancelled, because it seems too risky to travel to Bahrain at the moment.

The race is a bit further away, but teams don't have a lot of time before they have to ship everything to Bahrain, so a decision will have to be made quickly, meaning the tension would have to ease very fast for the race to go ahead as scheduled. Ecclestone said the decision will come next week.

Some teams have already said that it would be very hard for them to travel to another place for the race, because a lot of their equipment left for Bahrain some time ago, so it seems to me that the most likely possibility is that the race is postponed, because there is a lot of money involved for the event to be just called off.

The question is when would the race take place, considering that the season ends in November... Ecclesstone has already joked about a Christmas GP.

sunama · 18 Feb 2011 at 10:04

If the Bahrain test gets cancelled, Catalunya could be the last test before the season starts.

englishpremier · 18 Feb 2011 at 10:09

You've not read this thread have you. Doh!

If Bahrain is cancelled there will be a new test likely in Spain.

Shimmy · 18 Feb 2011 at 10:11

I should imagine they'll be able to do more testing at Barcelona if needed providing the track hasn't been booked out for the next month.

sunama · 18 Feb 2011 at 10:15

englishpremier said:
You've not read this thread have you. Doh!

If Bahrain is cancelled there will be a new test likely in Spain.

Aaaaaah.

englishpremier · 18 Feb 2011 at 10:19

Times still 17s off last years. I imagine we wont see anything meaningful until the end of the day.

arknor · 18 Feb 2011 at 10:51

englishpremier said:
Times still 17s off last years. I imagine we wont see anything meaningful until the end of the day.

track started wet and i think a car parts of it are still damp

englishpremier · 18 Feb 2011 at 11:15

Dry line now. Just a couple of damp patches under the cover of grandstands

arknor · 18 Feb 2011 at 11:25

englishpremier said:
Dry line now. Just a couple of damp patches under the cover of grandstands

i read the pirreli tyres havent been leaving rubber on the track like the old tyres did from last year so thats probably another reason we wont see times like last year

Duke · 18 Feb 2011 at 11:55

Hopefully see some proper times this afternoon

englishpremier · 18 Feb 2011 at 12:02

why is there a lunch break?

There wasn't an official break at the previous tracks.