2009 Testing - March (Jerez & Barcelona)

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Kester
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Re: March Testing Thread 2009 (Jerez & Barcelona)

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Every website I've found seems to allude to winter testing being over now.

chasefreak
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Re: March Testing Thread 2009 (Jerez & Barcelona)

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checked all the websites and all have said that winter testing is over....

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Re: March Testing Thread 2009 (Jerez & Barcelona)

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While official testing IS over, didn't Mclaren miss one day of testing due to a dely in the arrival of new parts earlier this week?

Doesn't that mean thay'd have one more day left in their quota?
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Re: March Testing Thread 2009 (Jerez & Barcelona)

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Bests times at jerez this week:

1. Nakajima (Williams - Toyota) 1:17.494
2. Button (Brawn - Mercedes) 1:17.844
3. Kovalainen (McLaren - Mercedes) 1:17.946
4. Rosberg (Williams - Toyota) 1:18.071
5. Alonso (Renault - Renault) 1:18.343
6. Piquet (Renault - Renault) 1:18.382
7. Barrichello (Brawn - Mercedes) 1:18.398
8. Hamilton (McLaren - Mercedes) 1:19.121
9. Hulkenberg (Williams - Toyota) 1:20.015.

I think the best lap of Ferrari last week was about 1.20.4 ...

JamesS
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Re: March Testing Thread 2009 (Jerez & Barcelona)

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I thought testing was limited by the number of km's, rather than number of days?

myurr
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JamesS wrote:I thought testing was limited by the number of km's, rather than number of days?
Yeah it is, and they had their extra day yesterday. They ran for 4 days like originally planned - 2 each for each of their drivers.

vall
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Re: March Testing Thread 2009 (Jerez & Barcelona)

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For all latest test I saw only Renault and Macca to use paint to track the air flow. As fas as I remember, Renault used it only once, but Macca did it every day until the last test. So, should mean they still have problems and trying to solve them. The other theory that they calibrate the CFD/wind tunnel data with the on-track data, to use it for the in-season development doesn't not hold to me. If this was the case, then I see no reason why the others are not doing the same, given the in-season testing ban