Nico Rosberg has led the way on the one but last day of pre-season testing. The German set a time of 1:20.686 despite having a stoppage with 45 minutes left on the clock. Nico was almost a second quicker than Buemi and completed a massive 128 laps.
woa that would have been hurting the US guys...sitting in the workshop no cash and the competitors testing in Sebring...godlameroso wrote:Test at Sebring, that'll magnify any mechanical shortcomings from any of their cars. Every km there is like 20km anywhere else.
=D> 
Perhaps they can test in Dakar. I propose a race for all cars to get there.gibells wrote:The rain in Spain falls mainly...when you step off the plane.
You confuse me. Is that the Dakar in Africa, or the one in South America?jddh1 wrote:Perhaps they can test in Dakar. I propose a race for all cars to get there.gibells wrote:The rain in Spain falls mainly...when you step off the plane.
=D> And on this bombshell, it has been rumored that the 4 dat test in Barcelona next week, when the wether currently looks to be more favrouable, the test could be increased to 5 days. However, for this to come into effect, 2 things need to happen; 1.) all 13 teams including USF1 and Campos need to aggree and countersign a document of understanding, 2) The only day that can be realeased for logistical reasons is the day before the official first day, however, this day has been booked by Red Bull as their official "young driver day" of the season or a private test or something like that, so the teams would have to allow Red Bull to have another test day elsewhere, or what i think could be the thing that makes it for Red Bull, make it a day where test drivers and young drivers only test.Alexpcenteno wrote:
Not good!
This is what we want and the teams need!
I dont look into times till race 1 or 2, i am looking at distance covered and relyability rates of the cars. So far on average, there is a stoppage every 98.7 laps or so. 23 Red Flags and 6590 laps completed over all tests, creating a total distance of 28,356.939 kilometers.astracrazy wrote:please don't start this again looking into testing times
i admit though its a good start for them though
astracrazy wrote:please don't start this again looking into testing times
i admit though its a good start for them though
This is how they finished.djones wrote:Early days and all that but one thing we have seen is the Merc is constantly mid pack.
I hope they are sandbagging or they will end up 4/5th in the WCC at this rate.
I do not expect Williams and Renault to be on top of the time sheets when Bahrain comes along. Vettel and Rosberg belong in the expected top group. I don't see the Merc being off the pace at the moment. They clearly have a less final aero iteration compared to McLaren. So we can still hope that they will be competitive from the start.Circuit status: Air temperature: 14 ° C
Track temperature: 16 ° C
Test times Updated: 17:04
driver team Drive time difference #
1. R. Barrichello Williams FW32 1:27.145 98 pit
2. V. Petrov Renault R30 1:27.828 +0,683 56 pit
3. S. Vettel Red Bull Racing RB6 1:28.162 +1,017 70 pit
4. N. Rosberg Mercedes GP W01 1:28.515 +1,370 71 pit
5. F. Bulk Ferrari F10 1:28.879 +1,734 92 pit
6. P. de la Rosa Sauber C29 1:29.691 +2,546 8 pit
7. P. di Resta Force India VJM-03 1:30.344 +3,199 33 pit
8. T. Glock Virgin Racing VR-01 1:30.476 +3,331 72 pit
9. V. Liuzzi Force India VJM-03 1:30.666 +3,521 24 pit
10. L. Hamilton McLaren MP4-25 1:30.979 +3,834 57 pit
11. S. Buemi Toro Rosso STR5 1:32.678 +5,533 57 pit
12. H. Kovalainen Lotus F1 T127 1:33.554 +6,409 30 pit
