2018 pre-season testing thread

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You see that 1m22.952s on mediums from Bottas is already fairly impressive - so no doubt the Mercedes is working well.

Consider that fastest medium tyre time last year was 1:21.609 and it looks very good. We should bear in mind a couple of caveats to that though:
- this year's medium is last year's soft (fastest time for that tyre last year was 1:19.267)
- the track changes to get rid of bumps is said to be worth up to a second

Still, it's these kinds of indications that, to me, gives a sense of whether teams are looking generally strong (and, no surprise, Mercedes are). Not to mention the fact that he's out there straight away putting the laps in.

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E86 wrote:
24 Feb 2018, 04:23
Does anyone know of a website that will be streaming the tests at Barcelona?
Here's a livestream...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGt2U1Twr20

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And Alonso bins it...lost a wheel.
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Yeah he lost the car in the last corner and smashed it
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Not what that team would have wanted.

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bauc wrote:
26 Feb 2018, 10:46
Yeah he lost the car in the last corner and smashed it
Yes the wheel seems to have come off

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Gerhardsa wrote:
26 Feb 2018, 10:49
Not what that team would have wanted.
yes, but they are accustomed to changing parts like crazy, still the morning session is lost, maybe the day depending of the damage.

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Alonso had set a purple first sector before that minor mishap. He'd completed five laps.
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McLaren lost one of the wheel.

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Wonder if it came loose/off before or after he lost the car

EDIT: Seems like the lost wheel was the cause of the accident. doesn't look like he binned it after all.
Might not be such a massive repair job.
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Alonso was on a purple lap before the incident. He literally drove the wheels off the car.

The MCL33 can't be that fast, right...?


:twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

fix the car quickly ....dam

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By all accounts it was a purple lap too.

That would hint and really good pace.
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Seems like he literally just lost the Wheel:
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Did he crash it or just lost the wheel and end up in the gravel?

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Might be something to do with new suspension layout maybe

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