2012 Testing - Barcelona 2: 21-24 Feb

[raymondu999]

I was hoping Nick Heifield will be able to give some of his input this year. He was spot on with Red Bull a couple of years back.

There have been a couple of drivers such as d'Ambrosio and Buemi who have gone on trackside and had their views published.

And of course we have Mr. "He lost 50rpm due to using that different line"

[banibhusan]

And of course we have Mr. "He lost 50rpm due to using that different line"

Are you referring to Mr. Peter Windsor??

[raymondu999]

I'm referring to Mr. "All cars are fast and all drivers are the best in the world." Also known as Mr. "Drain the G load" or Mr. "only move to the braking zone 100m before the corner"

[Mr.G]

Ferrari and RedBull are back with the schedule on the second Barcelona testing.

[cirrusflyer]

A few shots I took at the test.
I must admit the times were not really a true representation as we all know, some funny stories with Vettel chasing Hamilton lap after lap, clearly to put him off the test.
He tried it with Alonso who promptly came into the pits and then Schumacher and Button did the same on the Thursday so full race runs were often altered due to traffic and strategic positioning of cars, thats my opinion anyway
http://www.flickr.com/photos/73092712@N08/?saved=1
Force India were mighty and the car looked very well balanced

Can you write some more about those chasings? I dont get it. Plz!

[analist01]

So how is Rosberg doing today, do we know more about there fuel, tyres and long runs ?

[mix2mix]

Nice 12 lap stint from Nico

1:22.932 (50)
1:23.602 (51)
1:24.588 (52)
1:25.418 (53)
1:25.384 (54)
1:25.750 (55)
1:25.987 (56)
1:25.893 (57)
1:26.273 (58)
1:26.384 (59)
1:26.849 (60)
1:27.094 (61)
1:27.456 (62)

But still worry performance drop after two lap

[siskue2005]

LH:
1:22.888 (55)
1:25.923 (56)
1:25.732 (57)
1:25.490 (58)
1:26.824 (59)

Average 5 lap: 1:25:371

MS:
1:22.939 (50)
1:24.850 (51)
1:25.137 (52)
1:25.314 (53)
1:25.509 (54)
1:25.771 (55)
1:25.786 (56)

Average 7 lap: 1:25.072

Both were on softs.

[mozza_84]

LH:
1:22.888 (55)
1:25.923 (56)
1:25.732 (57)
1:25.490 (58)
1:26.824 (59)

Average 5 lap: 1:25:371

MS:
1:22.939 (50)
1:24.850 (51)
1:25.137 (52)
1:25.314 (53)
1:25.509 (54)
1:25.771 (55)
1:25.786 (56)

Average 7 lap: 1:25.072

Both were on softs.

i take it you know what fuel loads they are running

[Metalrulz]

15:06 Schumacher is losing about 2.5s in lap time across a 10 lap stint on a set of softs at present.

They are doing alot of laps on the soft tyres but don't know what are they doing to fix the degradation issues.

[NonNewtonic]

15:06 Schumacher is losing about 2.5s in lap time across a 10 lap stint on a set of softs at present.

They are doing alot of laps on the soft tyres but don't know what are they doing to fix the degradation issues.

they are just sandbagging as its almost impossible to lose 2.5s in 10laps ots worse than last year's degradation

[pocketmoon]

15:06 Schumacher is losing about 2.5s in lap time across a 10 lap stint on a set of softs at present.

They are doing alot of laps on the soft tyres but don't know what are they doing to fix the degradation issues.

they are just sandbagging as its almost impossible to lose 2.5s in 10laps ots worse than last year's degradation

As far as I can tell Schumi has done 7 stints on softs so far. Degradation/Average LapTime was (per lap):
0.32 / 1:24.88
0.25 / 1:25.5
0.53 / 1:25.26
0.47 / 1:25.04
0.56 / 1:24.95
0.38 / 1:30.19
0.36 / 1:29.54

[NonNewtonic]

15:06 Schumacher is losing about 2.5s in lap time across a 10 lap stint on a set of softs at present.

They are doing alot of laps on the soft tyres but don't know what are they doing to fix the degradation issues.

they are just sandbagging as its almost impossible to lose 2.5s in 10laps ots worse than last year's degradation

As far as I can tell Schumi has done 7 stints on softs so far. Degradation/Average LapTime was (per lap):
0.32 / 1:24.88
0.25 / 1:25.5
0.53 / 1:25.26
0.47 / 1:25.04
0.56 / 1:24.95
0.38 / 1:30.19
0.36 / 1:29.54

as you can see there is drop and gain in time

[mix2mix]

I still think they're running lighter than the other teams. Melbourne will reveal all.

i think, you are wrong, this year Merc are good. Other, except ferrari are show just average pace, but first race will show all.

[TheBaverianBasterd]

I still think they're running lighter than the other teams. Melbourne will reveal all.

They left all the ballast in Brackley.

I imagine someone was standing next to the telegraph machine in the pits at Barcelona tapping away new messages after each lap to Stuttgart to report on the good fortune they seem to be growing accustomed to.