2012 Testing - Barcelona 2: 1 - 4 March

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SchumiSutil
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The Merc stopped after just 2 laps... Not looking good :x

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Probably fuel run..

f1316
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Alonso doing GOOD times on Hard tyres - we'll see how long he stays out for...

1:23.447 (10)
1:23.595 (11)
1:23.923 (12)

SchumiSutil
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Usually, you do that at the end of day, not when the track is at his peak.

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Yesterday, Martin Brundle posted on Twitter that both the Red Bulls and McLarens look very tasty, and that the cars sound great thanks to exhaust position and limited overrun.
Yer.

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Hangaku wrote:Yesterday, Martin Brundle posted on Twitter that both the Red Bulls and McLarens look very tasty, and that the cars sound great thanks to exhaust position and limited overrun.
"looking tasty" and "sound-great" does not say a lot :)
At least not from a technical point of view

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f1316 wrote:Alonso doing GOOD times on Hard tyres - we'll see how long he stays out for...

1:23.447 (10)
1:23.595 (11)
1:23.923 (12)
Looks like he killed the tyres in 5 laps.

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blokkie wrote:
Hangaku wrote:Yesterday, Martin Brundle posted on Twitter that both the Red Bulls and McLarens look very tasty, and that the cars sound great thanks to exhaust position and limited overrun.
"looking tasty" and "sound-great" does not say a lot :)
At least not from a technical point of view
He also kept using the phrase "there's no doubt about it". Well, whilst I obviously bow to the superior expertise of a former F1 driver, it seems to me that there's plenty of doubt about all of this.

I do get the impression that the Sky coverage, even more than the BBC's, wants a headline for F1 before anything definitive has happened, which may lead him to make this sweeping statements.

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SchumiSutil wrote:Usually, you do that at the end of day, not when the track is at his peak.
According to AMuS it was a fuel run.

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It may well be, because he's back out.

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SchumiSutil wrote:It may well be, because he's back out.
Soft tyres, low fuel run, and the best he did was 1m25.520s.. That doesn't sound right.

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Red flag , Schumacher in the gravel.

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You dont know if it was a low fuel run.

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kris wrote:
SchumiSutil wrote:It may well be, because he's back out.
Soft tyres, low fuel run, and the best he did was 1m25.520s.. That doesn't sound right.
It wasn't soft tyres and it wasn't a low fuel run.

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Red flag due to MS again, as his W03 sails into the gravel. Early handling problems? Not a very productive morning session for Merc, so far.