F1 Young Driver tests (1-3 Dec)

Duke · 27 Nov 2009 at 17:13

Next week the teams get to test the young drivers. I've listed the confirmed selections below. Thread will be updated with times and more info when it happens.

Mercedes GP - Mike Conway (former Honda test driver) + Marcus Ericsson (Japanese Formula 3 champion)

Force India - Di Resta (3rd Place German DTM) + JR Hildebrand (American Indy Lights champion)

Williams - Andy Soucek (2009 F2 champion) + Nico Hulkenberg (2009 GP2 Series champion)

BMW - Alexander Rossi (2008 Formula BMW Americas champion) + Esteban Gutierrez (2008 Formula BMW Europe champion)

Ferrari - Jules Bianchi (French Formula Renault 2.0 champion & F3 Euroseries champion), Daniel Zampieri (2009 Italian F3 champion), Marco Zipoli (2009 Italian F3 Championship runner-up) and Pablo Sanchez Lopez (third in the Italian F3 Championship)

Red Bull - Daniel Ricciardo (2009 British F3 champion)

Renault - Bertrand Baguette (Formula Renault 3.5 series winner) + Lucas Di Grassi (2007 GP2 Series runner-up)

Toro Rosso - Brendon Hartley (2007 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 champion) + Mirko Bortolotti (2008 Italian F3 champion)

McLaren - Oliver Turvey, Gary Paffett

therealnerd2 · 27 Nov 2009 at 18:03

"Bertrand Baguette (2009 Bertrand Baguette champion)"

Err, wut?

Duke · 27 Nov 2009 at 19:16

Haha didn't spot that. Got the info from various sites.

Duke · 30 Nov 2009 at 08:36

frakker said:
He won this year's Formula Renault 3.5 series. Quite a decent driver and with a surname like his, a journalist's dream come true.

ta, edited

Bit more info on the drivers here - http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/11/30/f1-rookies-test-guide-to-the-drivers/

Skeeter · 30 Nov 2009 at 18:44

Any news on testing liveries on any cars? 90% of testing liveries look better than the race ones (Orange McLaren, dark blue Williams, etc)

Witor · 1 Dec 2009 at 18:30

Such a ****er ive ran out of annual leave, I'd normally drive up to jerez and watch these tests

ah well.

Mercedes still using brawn gp livery for now btw, think someone asked earlier...

Duke · 1 Dec 2009 at 18:45

Day 1 times

Code:

[b]Pos Driver        Team             Time                 Laps[/b]
 1. Soucek        Williams         1m19.158s             87
 2. Di Resta      Force India      1m19.369s  + 0.221s   46
 3. Paffett       McLaren          1m19.426s  + 0.268s   54
 4. Ricciardo     Red Bull         1m19.534s  + 0.376s  112
 5. Bianchi       Ferrari          1m19.626s  + 0.486s   90
 6. Conway        Brawn            1m19.920s  + 0.762s   58
 7. Rossi         Sauber           1m20.227s  + 1.069s   82
 8. Ericsson      Brawn            1m20.333s  + 1.175s   49
 9. Baguette      Renault          1m20.511s  + 1.363s  105
10. Hildebrand    Force India      1m20.537s  + 1.379s   49
11. Turvey        McLaren          1m20.856s  + 1.698s   27
11. Hartley       Toro Rosso       1m21.325s  + 2.167s   69

Review: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80386

Review & Pictures - http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/12/01/2010-f1-testing-december-1st/

EddScott · 2 Dec 2009 at 10:23

frakker said:
a journalist's dream come true.

Bob Sandwich

They all look a bit young. Is it really the best idea to put lads in these cars at such a young age?

Duke · 2 Dec 2009 at 16:38

Day 2 times

Code:

[b]Pos  Driver      Car          Time       Gap       Laps[/b]
 1.  Paffett     McLaren      1m18.718s            80
 2.  Hulkenberg  Williams     1m19.184s  + 0.466s  94
 3.  Ricciardo   Red Bull     1m19.243s  + 0.526s  93
 4.  Di Resta    Force India  1m19.411s  + 0.693s  58
 5.  Gutierrez   Sauber       1m20.190s  + 1.472s  68
 6.  Conway      Brawn        1m20.222s  + 1.504s  83
 7.  Ericsson    Brawn        1m20.440s  + 1.722s  37
 8.  Hildebrand  Force India  1m20.517s  + 1.799s  50
 9.  Bianchi     Ferrari      1m20.585s  + 1.868s  113
10.  Di Grassi   Renault      1m20.898s  + 2.180s  55
11.  Tung        Renault      1m21.492s  + 2.774s  67
12.  Bortolotti  Toro Rosso   1m21.761s  + 3.043s  69

utajoker · 2 Dec 2009 at 18:59

are they testing in the 2009 cars?

Duke · 2 Dec 2009 at 19:01

Yeah looks like it.

Baguette gets a test with another team tomorrow - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80403

deuse · 2 Dec 2009 at 21:33

Keep an eye on McLaren’s Gary Paffett he looks very fast.

Glaucus · 2 Dec 2009 at 23:00

why can't this be shown live. Or at least a highlight program on the bbc website

Glaucus · 3 Dec 2009 at 10:10

Doh' I didn't know they ran out of money.

GravyMonster · 3 Dec 2009 at 13:33

deuse said:
Keep an eye on McLaren’s Gary Paffett he looks very fast.

He is definately deserving of an F1 drive. IIRC he was in the running for the 2007 McLaren seat which Lewis Hamilton ended up with.

Duke · 3 Dec 2009 at 17:28

Day 3 times

Code:

[b]Pos Driver       Team            Time               Laps[/b]
 1. Ricciardo    Red Bull        1m17.418s            77
 2. Di Resta     Force India     1m18.736s  + 1.318s  53
 3. Paffett      McLaren         1m18.746s  + 1.328s  59
 4. Conway       Brawn           1m19.096s  + 1.678s  77
 5. Hulkenberg   Williams        1m19.226s  + 1.808s 106
 6. Baguette     Sauber          1m19.356s  + 1.938s  70
 7. Turvey       McLaren         1m19.358s  + 1.940s  32
 8. Ericsson     Brawn           1m19.382s  + 1.964s  49
 9. Di Grassi    Renault         1m19.602s  + 2.184s 123
10. Hildebrand   Force India     1m19.873s  + 2.455s  41
11. Sanchez      Ferrari         1m21.147s  + 3.650s  39
12. Zampieri     Ferrari         1m21.279s  + 3.861s  42
12. Zipoli       Ferrari         1m21.725s  + 4.307s  41
13. Hartley      Toro Rosso      1m22.493s  + 5.075s  50
15. Bortolotti   Toro Rosso      1m23.271s  + 5.853s  34
16. Tung         Renault         1m32.477s  + 15.059s  4

Duke · 7 Dec 2009 at 21:01

Round up from Bridgestone - http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=39653

The first 2010 test is early Feb.