F1 2016 pre-season testing

[Silent Storm]

Finally some good footage from pre-test.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAKxkd7tcBs

Ferrari seems kinda twitchy, no?

PS. On slightly unrelated note, I don't get why people are paying attention to such a slight differences in engine sounds (like Mercedes vs Ferrari), I mean let's put it into proper perspective:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOyFlh9uCYQ

That is twitching is called oversteer.

There is little you can learn from this 6 minute video , it might come from tyre degradation , low tyre temperature or something else.

It's not oversteer.. He is using his throttle to correct some understeer in the car.. And according to the drivers they have not done any setup work.. You can see this Ferrari also has great traction out of corners.

[Thunder]

Finally the Wheels will roll again today. The last 4 Days were Hell.

[Thunder]

What's wrong with Mclaren? They used to wait a few hours before going out to test? ^^
https://twitter.com/ScarbsF1/status/704577195650457600

[NathanOlder]

Hell yeah, although 14 days of nothing after this test! Has anyone found a more "live" timing site for the laps ? The Official App timing is shocking, I have only found best time and number of laps on there and its very slow to update.

[max_speed]

That's wrong with Mclaren? They used to wait a few hours before going out to test? ^^

https://twitter.com/ScarbsF1/status/704577195650457600

they might come back and stay in pits for hours or days

[wickedz50]

Hope Mclaren is able to put in 75-80 non-issue laps today. Does not matter if they are at the bottom on the timing by end of day. Honda needs to be positive and motivated. Zero issues definitely will put their tail up.

[bauc]

Hope Mclaren is able to put in 75-80 non-issue laps today. Does not matter if they are at the bottom on the timing by end of day. Honda needs to be positive and motivated. Zero issues definitely will put their tail up.

Yes, Mclaren need a trouble free test days regardless of pace

[bauc]

Times at 1010

1. Valtteri Bottas - Williams - 1:25.682 - 12 laps
2. Daniil Kvyat - Red Bull - 1:26.286 - 14 laps
3. Esteban Gutierrez - Haas - 1:27.286 - 10 laps
4. Kevin Magnussen - Renault - 1:27.891 - 15 laps
5. Fernando Alonso - McLaren - 1:29.380 - 10 laps
6. Nico Hulkenberg - Force India - 1:29.614 - 12 laps
7. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes - 1:33.250 - 19 laps
8. Max Verstappen - Toro Rosso - No time - 9 laps
9. Felipe Nasr - Sauber - No time - 7 laps
10. Kimi Raikkonen - Ferrari - No time - 3 laps
11. Rio Haryanto - Manor - No time - 1 lap

[Vasconia]

Hope Mclaren is able to put in 75-80 non-issue laps today. Does not matter if they are at the bottom on the timing by end of day. Honda needs to be positive and motivated. Zero issues definitely will put their tail up.

Yes, Mclaren need a trouble free test days regardless of pace

Well, there are no more tesst. They would need to put a laptime which is not 2-3 seconds behind the best teams. A trouble free days would be great but McLaren needs more than this.

11 laps, but last minutes in the boxes, I hope they will rejoin again soon. With McLaren-Honda even a 20-30 minutes in the boxes sound worrying.

[Andres125sx]

Well, there are no more tesst. They would need to put a laptime which is not 2-3 seconds behind the best teams. A trouble free days would be great but McLaren needs more than this.

No they don´t. Only fans need some fast laptime in pre-season, what teams does need in pre-season is test as much parts as possible as much as possible, to see if their strategy is working as planned, if parts do what they´re supposed to do, etc.


As alonso said last night in an interview, if Mercedes is doing 150 laps it´s because they don´t need to test many parts, otoh McLaren have planned 110 laps as much because they also need some time in the box to assemble different parts wich need to be tested

Test seasons are exactly that, test seasons, this is not qualifying, timetable is completely useless here. He even said in this test they test some weird things like going out with crazy heights, or with left side of the car higher than right side to test aero perfomance, so imagine how useless are their laptimes

[KingHamilton01]

Hope Mclaren is able to put in 75-80 non-issue laps today. Does not matter if they are at the bottom on the timing by end of day. Honda needs to be positive and motivated. Zero issues definitely will put their tail up.

Yes, Mclaren need a trouble free test days regardless of pace

Well, there are no more tesst. They would need to put a laptime which is not 2-3 seconds behind the best teams. A trouble free days would be great but McLaren needs more than this.

11 laps, but last minutes in the boxes, I hope they will rejoin again soon. With McLaren-Honda even a 20-30 minutes in the boxes sound worrying.

they have the second spec Pu, takes time to do check's and make sure everything is working as it should!

[Phillyred]

I think the teams should have access to unlimited testing in the off season and more, but not unlimited testing during the season. People fear the big teams have the most to gain from a scenario like this, but really everyone wins.

[Vasconia]

As alonso said last night in an interview, if Mercedes is doing 150 laps it´s because they don´t need to test many parts, otoh McLaren have planned 110 laps as much because they also need some time in the box to assemble different parts wich need to be tested

Test seasons are exactly that, test seasons, this is not qualifying, timetable is completely useless here. He even said in this test they test some weird things like going out with crazy heights, or with left side of the car higher than right side to test aero perfomance, so imagine how useless are their laptimes

All the teams do the same work, they check new pieces, configurations, etc. BUT they take time to check also the pure speed though they obviously hide some potential. Experience says that a team with bad laptimes through all the test is having some problems. I dont say that they have to be fast every day but all the top teams make a good lap time or more importantly good lap times during stints, which show if the car have good pace. If McLaren show neither of them, fans should be worried. I dont say that its absolutely sure that they will suffer but It has never been a good sign if a team make no good lap times during the hole pre-season.

[flickerf1]

Hell yeah, although 14 days of nothing after this test! Has anyone found a more "live" timing site for the laps ? The Official App timing is shocking, I have only found best time and number of laps on there and its very slow to update.

I highly recommend using Autosport's live timing.

[wickedz50]

A steady long run of atleast 15 laps is missing for everyone apart from Merc.