Official F1 2011 Season Testing Thread

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With the testing beginning right after the final race, I thought it would be a good time to start a thread to contain all the info on the testing leading up to the 2011 season in March.

Test Dates

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[b]Circuit				Dates			Notes[/b]
Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi		16th-17th November 2010	Young drivers’ test
Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi		19th-20th November 2010	Pirelli tyre test
Valencia Ricardo Tormo, Spain	1st-3rd February 2011
Jerez, Spain			10-13th February 2011
Catalunya, Spain		18th-21st February 2011
Bahrain International Circuit	3rd-6th March 2011


News

Young drivers guide - http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2010/11/16/2011-young-drivers-f1-test-guide-to-the-drivers/

Arabadzhiev, Gonzalez to test for Lotus - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88163

Button and Hamilton to miss Pirelli tyre test - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88148

Ferrari confirms Bianchi as 2011 tester - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88128

Force India confirms young drivers test line up - http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=42479

Ricciardo gets Red Bull test chance - http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2010/11/11/ricciardo-gets-red-bull-test-chance/

Vergne to test for Toro Rosso - http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=42482


Photos

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Yas Marina Young Drivers Photos - http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2010/11/16/picture-gallery-2011-young-drivers-test-day-one/ & http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2010/11/17/picture-gallery-2011-young-drivers-test-day-two/

Yas Marina Pirelli Test Photos - http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2010/11/19/picture-gallery-pirelli-tyre-test-day-one/ & http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2010/11/20/picture-gallery-pirelli-tyre-test-day-two/


Times

Yas Marina Day 1:
Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver                  Car          Time       Laps[/b]
 1.  Daniel Ricciardo        Red Bull     1m40.813s  46
 2.  Paul di Resta           Force India  1m42.736s  28
 3.  Oliver Turvey           McLaren      1m42.933s  47
 4.  Sam Bird                Mercedes     1m43.201s  39
 5.  Jean-Eric Vergne        Toro Rosso   1m43.392s  46
 6.  Esteban Gutierrez       Sauber       1m43.410s  37
 7.  Mikhail Aleshin         Renault      1m43.661s  39
 8.  Jules Bianchi           Ferrari      1m43.894s  31
 9.  Dean Stoneman           Williams     1m44.051s  32
10.  Antonio Felix da Costa  Force India  1m44.704s  20
11.  Pastor Maldonado        Hispania     1m46.278s  59
12.  Rodolfo Gonzalez        Lotus        1m46.910s  48
13.  Rio Haryanto            Virgin       1m49.439s  21

Yas Marina Day 2:
Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver             Car          Time       Laps[/b]
 1.  Daniel Ricciardo   Red Bull     1m39.548s  45
 2.  Jules Bianchi      Ferrari      1m40.635s  62
 3.  Jerome D'Ambrosio  Renault      1m40.863s  27
 4.  Gary Paffett       McLaren      1m40.879s  46
 5.  Paul di Resta      Force India  1m40.901s  27
 6.  Jean-Eric Vergne   Toro Rosso   1m40.974s  43
 7.  Sam Bird           Mercedes     1m41.084s  47
 8.  Sergio Perez       Sauber       1m41.894s  38
 9.  Pastor Maldonado   Williams     1m42.850s  46
10.  Luiz Razia         Virgin       1m43.950s  42
11.  Rodolfo Gonzalez   Lotus        1m44.312s  41
12.  Josef Kral         Hispania     1m44.752s  54
13.  Yelmer Buurman     Force India  1m45.120s  14

Yas Marina Day 3:
Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver              Car          Time       Laps[/b]
 1.  Felipe Massa        Ferrari      1m40.170s  94
 2.  Sebastian Vettel    Red Bull     1m40.500s  77
 3.  Gary Paffett        McLaren      1m40.874s  94
 4.  Kamui Kobayashi     Sauber       1m40.950s  83
 5.  Robert Kubica       Renault      1m41.032s  39
 6.  Rubens Barrichello  Williams     1m41.425s  91
 7.  Paul di Resta       Force India  1m41.615s  20
 8.  Nico Rosberg        Mercedes     1m41.778s  81
 9.  Jaime Alguersuari   Toro Rosso   1m42.019s  71
10.  Adrian Sutil        Force India  1m42.859s  20
11.  Timo Glock          Virgin       1m44.124s  78
12.  Heikki Kovalainen   Lotus        1m44.686s  88
13.  Pastor Maldonado    Hispania     1m45.728s  83

Yas Marina Day 4:
Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver              Team         Time       Laps[/b]
 1.  Fernando Alonso     Ferrari      1m40.529s  105
 2.  Sebastian Vettel    Red Bull     1m40.825s  66
 3.  Rubens Barrichello  Williams     1m41.294s  101
 4.  Robert Kubica       Renault      1m41.614s  91
 5.  Gary Paffett        McLaren      1m41.622s  46
 6.  Oliver Turvey       McLaren      1m41.740s  30
 7.  Michael Schumacher  Mercedes     1m41.757s  74
 8.  Paul di Resta       Force India  1m41.869s  35
 9.  Kamui Kobayashi     Sauber       1m42.110s  43
 9.  Sebastien Buemi     Toro Rosso   1m42.145s  98
10.  Tonio Liuzzi        Force India  1m42.416s  47
11.  Sergio Perez        Sauber       1m42.777s  46
12.  Jarno Trulli        Lotus        1m44.521s  83
13.  Pastor Maldonado    Hispania     1m44.768s  65
14.  Timo Glock          Virgin       1m44.783s  83

Ricardo Day 1:

Ricardo Day 2:

Ricardo Day 3:

Jerez Day 1:

Jerez Day 2:

Jerez Day 3:

Jerez Day 4:

Catalunya Day 1:

Catalunya Day 2:

Catalunya Day 3:

Catalunya Day 4:

Bahrain Day 1:

Bahrain Day 2:

Bahrain Day 3:

Bahrain Day 4:
 
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Times added for first Pirelli test (Day 3 at Yas Marina). The test is to purely make final checks and tests on the tyre compound, before being completed ahead of the tests in Feb.
 
Lotus were running the 2011 weight distribution of 45:55 ±1%

I suspect that other teams were as well, makes a lot of sense, but Mike Gascoyne tweeted this morning that they were running to the 2011 weight regs.
 
Duke said:
Why are they running different ballast? Is it for KERS preparation or have the rules changed on weight distribution?
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Rule change from what I heard the other day by Crofty in FP.

As Flibster stated 45:55, weight distribution front to rear, so teams will be more or less restricted in ballast movement.
 
MarcLister said:
Haven't heard much about this. So from 2011 onwards teams HAVE to run a 45:55 weight distribution? What is the thinking behind doing this? :confused::o
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Because of the new tyres, some teams could get an advantage if they lucked their car into having a perfect weight distribution for the tyres, this makes it a more even playing field.

Quite sad, but the Pirelli tyres look good on the cars.

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deko said:
Because of the new tyres, some teams could get an advantage if they lucked their car into having a perfect weight distribution for the tyres, this makes it a more even playing field.
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Ah OK. So for 2012 will the 45:55 rule be scrapped as teams will have had a season of the Pirellis and they won't be an unknown quantity?
 
Car weight rules are now:
The minimum weight of the car must not be less than 640 kg at all times during the event.
The Weight distribution of the car must be 45F:55R ±1%

MarcLister said:
Haven't heard much about this. So from 2011 onwards teams HAVE to run a 45:55 weight distribution? What is the thinking behind doing this? :confused::o
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Standardises the car a little to make Pirelli's introduction simpler and stops them building a close relationship with a team to design the tyres around their setup.

As the cars are all corner weighed anyway it's not too difficult to check that during scruiteneering anyway.
 
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