2010/2011 winter testing

[Richard]

That 45/55t split is a red herring. It might well be valid when static, but it is a load of bunkum as soon as the car starts moving. The acceleration, brake balance and aero forces render the static weight distribution meaningless.

[ESPImperium]

I thought the weight distrubution was gonna be 43/57???

Ive been thinking, after looking at a couple of pics of testing last year, remember the Red Bull had that bulbus thing with the stay wires attached to the wing end plates, we now know the end fesult of that.

[forty-two]

What, this one?


That was discussed in some detail in the flexible wings thread:
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8764&start=45

Or did you mean something else?

[raymondu999]

Looking at that now, maybe they were testing their flexi wings?

That nose looks an AWFUL lot lower than this year's

[JohnsonsEvilTwin]

1. Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 1m39.616s
2. Oliver Turvey McLaren 1m40.725s
3. Antonio Felix da Costa Force India 1m41.381s
4. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber 1m41.432s
5. Dean Stoneman Williams 1m41.522s
6. Mikhail Aleshin Renault 1m42.073s
7. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 1m42.489s
8. Paul di Resta Force India 1m42.736s
9. Sam Bird Mercedes 1m42.985s
10. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin 1m43.518s
11. Pastor Maldonado HRT 1m43.750s
12. Jules Bianchi Ferrari 1m43.894s
13. Rodolfo Gonzalez Lotus 1m44.924s
14. Rio Haryanto Virgin 1m49.439s

Testing Abu Dhabi.

Impressed by guttierez and Costa so far.

[gridwalker]

Looking at that now, maybe they were testing their flexi wings?

That nose looks an AWFUL lot lower than this year's

Erm ... that IS an early version of this year's nose ...

[Holm86]

1. Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 1m39.616s
2. Oliver Turvey McLaren 1m40.725s
3. Antonio Felix da Costa Force India 1m41.381s
4. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber 1m41.432s
5. Dean Stoneman Williams 1m41.522s
6. Mikhail Aleshin Renault 1m42.073s
7. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 1m42.489s
8. Paul di Resta Force India 1m42.736s
9. Sam Bird Mercedes 1m42.985s
10. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin 1m43.518s
11. Pastor Maldonado HRT 1m43.750s
12. Jules Bianchi Ferrari 1m43.894s
13. Rodolfo Gonzalez Lotus 1m44.924s
14. Rio Haryanto Virgin 1m49.439s

Testing Abu Dhabi.

Impressed by guttierez and Costa so far.

Im quite impressed by Ricciardo when you think about it is only a few tenths off Vettels Pole time ...

[Mysticf1]

Im quite impressed by Ricciardo when you think about it is only a few tenths off Vettels Pole time ...

Indeed, it is worth considering that the track has considerably changed since qualifying tho, much more rubber laid down.

It sure would be nice to see him get a race seat tho.

[Belatti]

It sure would be nice to see Guerrieri get a race seat tho. Yeah. Guerrieri. The guy that slapped Ricciardo twice.

[JohnsonsEvilTwin]

And Da Costa?

This guy blitzed F3, and is now spanking Di Resta by 1.3 seconds.
Of course Di Resta will have been doing other programmes, but the marker laid down by Costa is mighty impressive.

[Mysticf1]

The guy that slapped Ricciardo twice.

lol how so? I only know what i find online about the fr3.5 season...slapped doesnt seem fair.

note: seriously interested

[alberto222mx]

1. Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 1m39.616s
2. Oliver Turvey McLaren 1m40.725s
3. Antonio Felix da Costa Force India 1m41.381s
4. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber 1m41.432s
5. Dean Stoneman Williams 1m41.522s
6. Mikhail Aleshin Renault 1m42.073s
7. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 1m42.489s
8. Paul di Resta Force India 1m42.736s
9. Sam Bird Mercedes 1m42.985s
10. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin 1m43.518s
11. Pastor Maldonado HRT 1m43.750s
12. Jules Bianchi Ferrari 1m43.894s
13. Rodolfo Gonzalez Lotus 1m44.924s
14. Rio Haryanto Virgin 1m49.439s

Testing Abu Dhabi.

Impressed by guttierez and Costa so far.

There are several talented drivers on that test. Ricciardo have been 3 tenths quicker than Webber in Qualifying, da Costa and Gutierrez are very close to the times from FI and Sauber respectively. I'm looking forward to see what Maldonado can do with the Williams, his laps on the Hispania were almost two seconds faster than Senna and Klien!

[raymondu999]

Looking at that now, maybe they were testing their flexi wings?

That nose looks an AWFUL lot lower than this year's

Erm ... that IS an early version of this year's nose ...

Not quite. That's an RB5 not an RB6. The RB6 seems to carry its nose much higher.

[wrigs]

Can I just point out that Pastor Maldonado's laptime in the HRT was almost 1.5 seconds clear of the fastest times that car was doing during the weekend? Also, completing almost two race distances is very demanding in itself - much more so in the HRT!

[marcush.]

Can I just point out that Pastor Maldonado's laptime in the HRT was almost 1.5 seconds clear of the fastest times that car was doing during the weekend? Also, completing almost two race distances is very demanding in itself - much more so in the HRT!

HRT running with a williams spec cosworth perhaps..