Following the final winter test session at Bahrain, Renault's Deputy Technical Director Rob White insists real progress has been made on the Renault powertrain. He does however admit that the preparations are not yet complete.
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the EDGE wrote:From BBC's live blog this morning... it's news to me
BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer Andrew Benson
"Ferrari's form has been difficult to read so far. They have periodically popped up at the top of the times. And a race run done by Fernando Alonso at the first Bahrain test looked reasonably competitive compared to a simultaneous one by Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg, as far as it was possible to tell. But a senior Ferrari figure revealed this week that the team believe their engine is about 75bhp down on the Mercedes, and they don't understand how their rivals are getting so much power while staying within the fuel restriction introduced this year. Which does not paint too pretty a picture for Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen.
That isn't good news if true.... but doesn't Ferrari have the fastest top speed across all the test. Being down on 75hp, which is quite a bit, yet having the fastest top speed doesn't really make sense to me.
Ehh ordinary rummors. We definitly cant say that. Even during seaon will be difficult to even cloce tell how the thing stands..
"And if you no longer go for a gap that exists, you're no longer a racing driver..." Ayrton Senna
AMUS by google translate wrote:Ferrari we hear that there should only be a minor problem that is being solved. What exactly is broken, was not told. In addition to repair some parts of the fairing also be changed in a moment. After the lunch break to proceed for Raikkonen. Not exactly a good start to the week.
"And if you no longer go for a gap that exists, you're no longer a racing driver..." Ayrton Senna
[url]http://directo.caranddriverthef1.com/[/url] by google translate wrote:I just confirmed that Räikkönen Ferrari has had a technical problem, this time not as associated with telemetry was last week, and have availed to change parts on the car. In theory this should result in greater reliability for the next few hours, and a new configuration for further progress in the development of the car.
"And if you no longer go for a gap that exists, you're no longer a racing driver..." Ayrton Senna
[url]http://directo.caranddriverthef1.com/[/url] by google translate wrote:I just confirmed that Räikkönen Ferrari has had a technical problem, this time not as associated with telemetry was last week, and have availed to change parts on the car. In theory this should result in greater reliability for the next few hours, and a new configuration for further progress in the development of the car.
Thanks , i think being on this forum is better for impatient F1 fans than relying on autosport or any other live feed.
the EDGE wrote:From BBC's live blog this morning... it's news to me
BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer Andrew Benson
"Ferrari's form has been difficult to read so far. They have periodically popped up at the top of the times. And a race run done by Fernando Alonso at the first Bahrain test looked reasonably competitive compared to a simultaneous one by Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg, as far as it was possible to tell. But a senior Ferrari figure revealed this week that the team believe their engine is about 75bhp down on the Mercedes, and they don't understand how their rivals are getting so much power while staying within the fuel restriction introduced this year. Which does not paint too pretty a picture for Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen.
That isn't good news if true.... but doesn't Ferrari have the fastest top speed across all the test. Being down on 75hp, which is quite a bit, yet having the fastest top speed doesn't really make sense to me.
Ehh ordinary rummors. We definitly cant say that. Even during seaon will be difficult to even cloce tell how the thing stands..
Well hey, if we believe all the rumour this must mean that Ferrari have 25bhp more than Renault!
Air temp 29°C, track temp 40°C and no sign of renaults for a while now...
Edit: (from Autosport live) 12:46 Potentially big news regarding Red Bull's progress with its troublesome 2014 machine:
BEN ANDERSON has just wandered through the support race pits and bumped into Daniel Ricciardo, who is doing some promo work rather than driving the RB10 at the moment. We understand that Red Bull is still battling overheating issues, and the team is not sure right now if it will get back out on track today.
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Bomber_Pilot wrote:Air temp 29°C, track temp 40°C and no sign of renaults for a while now...
From Autosport:
BEN ANDERSON has just wandered through the support race pits and bumped into Daniel Ricciardo, who is doing some promo work rather than driving the RB10 at the moment.
We understand that Red Bull is still battling overheating issues, and the team is not sure right now if it will get back out on track today.
12:58 Raikkonen is in the pits once again, and from trackside BEN ANDERSON has noticed some interesting points at the exit of Turns 1/2:
"Very inconsistent upshifts from the Ferrari coming out of T1/2. The Mercedes cars are a lot smoother, particularly McLaren. Sutil is getting wheelspin through T2."
