Young Driver Test #2 - Abu Dhabi

[Duke]

Second young drivers test kicks off tomorrow until Thursday. Driver line up below -

[b]Team       Tuesday                Wednesday              Thursday[/b]
Red Bull   Antonio Felix da Costa Antonio Felix da Costa Robin Frijns
McLaren    Kevin Magnussen        Gary Paffett           Oliver Turvey
           Gary Paffett           Oliver Turvey          Kevin Magnussen
Lotus      Nicolas Prost          Edoardo Mortara        David Valsecchi
Sauber     Robin Frijns           Esteban Gutierrez      Esteban Gutierrez
Toro Rosso Luiz Razia             Johnny Cecotto Jr      Luiz Razia
Caterham   Giedo van der Garde    Giedo van der Garde    Alexander Rossi

Wonder how many new bits will be tested on the cars as well for the remaining races and/or 2013 season.

 

[Skeeter]

Robin Frijns driving for both Red Bull and Sauber. That's rather unusual isn't it?

 

[Mr Men]

Bianchi drove Ferrari and Force India (iirc) at the last one.

 

[Duke]

Lots of testing equipment on the cars, as expected.

More pics - http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-photos/9039/formula-1-test-in-abu-dhabi-6-november-2012/

 

[Skeeter]

Is that hump a camera on the front of the McLaren?

 

[Duke]

Yup, pointing at front wing.

 

[tummelv]

Measuring flex eh??? Mclaren the filthy cheaters!

 

[Skeeter]

Measuring flex eh??? Mclaren the filthy cheaters!

I'm sure they are just monitoring it to ensure there is no flex...

 

[tummelv]

Come to think of it wouldn't a distance sensor be a much better way of measuring flex?

 

[Skeeter]

Come to think of it wouldn't a distance sensor be a much better way of measuring flex?

No, as the ground isn't flat, and the rules around wing flex have absolutely nothing to do with the ground.

Unless your talking about distance of the wing ends from some other part on the car, which they have done before with a nose mounted pod that had poles attached to the ends of the wings.

 

[Duke]

Day 1 times

[b]Pos  Driver                  Team                Time                Laps[/b]
 1.  Kevin Magnussen         McLaren-Mercedes    1m42.651s            40
 2.  Antonio Felix da Costa  Red Bull-Renault    1m42.717s  + 0.066s  79
 3.  Gary Paffett            McLaren-Mercedes    1m43.407s  + 0.756s  44
 4.  Robin Frijns            Sauber-Ferrari      1m43.775s  + 1.124s  78
 5.  Nicolas Prost           Lotus-Renault       1m44.194s  + 1.543s  55
 6.  Luiz Razia              Toro Rosso-Ferrari  1m44.691s  + 2.040s  67
 7.  Giedo van der Garde     Caterham-Renault    1m45.936s  + 3.285s  57

 

[Duke]

Nicolas Prost.. spitting image.

 

[Guerrilla]

That's scarily similar.

 

[Duke]

Day 2 times

[b]Pos  Driver                  Team                Time               Laps[/b]
 1.  Antonio Felix da Costa  Red Bull-Renault    1m42.679s           61
 2.  Oliver Turvey           McLaren-Mercedes    1m43.176s  + 0.497  62
 3.  Edoardo Mortara         Lotus-Renault       1m43.418s  + 0.739  75
 4.  Esteban Gutierrez       Sauber-Ferrari      1m43.486s  + 0.806  93
 5.  Gary Paffett            McLaren-Mercedes    1m43.771s  + 1.092  41
 6.  Johnny Cecotto Jr       Toro Rosso-Ferrari  1m44.569s  + 1.890  76
 7.  Giedo van der Garde     Caterham-Renault    1m46.106s  + 2.427  72

 

[Duke]

Day 3 times

[b]Pos  Driver               Team                Time               Laps[/b]
 1.  Davide Valsecchi     Lotus-Renault       1m42.677s           86
 2.  Kevin Magnussen      McLaren-Mercedes    1m42.827s  + 0.150  51
 3.  Esteban Gutierrez    Sauber-Ferrari      1m43.093s  + 0.416  80
 4.  Robin Frijns         Red Bull-Renault    1m43.233s  + 0.556  53
 5.  Oliver Turvey        McLaren-Mercedes    1m43.604s  + 0.927  44
 6.  Luiz Razia           Toro Rosso-Ferrari  1m45.286s  + 2.609  68
 7.  Alexander Rossi      Caterham-Renault    1m46.485s  + 3.808  86

New Mclaren front wing yesterday - http://www1.skysports.com/formula1/gallery/12837/8231750/new-mclaren-wing