2009 Testing - March (Jerez & Barcelona)

[Kester]

Yes they do. Plenty of things on an F1 car work in the same way they would on a road car.

[kilcoo316]

The mechanic on the left of the photo is touching the car without any gloves. He's got basketballs.

Or rubber shoes

[jddh1]

Yes they do. Plenty of things on an F1 car work in the same way they would on a road car.

I did not say that F1 cars don't work the same way. Of course, they run an internal combustion engine, have a four wheels, a steering wheel, and so on and so forth. What they use to run is nothing like road cars (although if you put an F1 engine into a road car, I'd like to see that)

[jddh1]

The mechanic on the left of the photo is touching the car without any gloves. He's got basketballs.

Or rubber shoes

It would be nice to see, but we can't from this photo. I doubt he's wearing crocs though.
So, my theory that he's got basketballs is better.

[Kester]

I did not say that F1 cars don't work the same way. Of course, they run an internal combustion engine, have a four wheels, a steering wheel, and so on and so forth.

Hence it wouldn't be too far fetched for someone to think an F1 car uses fans for cooling.

Regardless this is getting a little off topic, has Ferrari released any details as to why Massa was in the pits for almost the entire morning?

[Metar]

The mechanic on the left of the photo is touching the car without any gloves. He's got basketballs.

Or rubber shoes

Or it's a Williams and it doesn't have Battery-stored KERS?

(either that, or I just missed the joke by miles)

[kilcoo316]

Or it's a Williams and it doesn't have Battery-stored KERS?

(either that, or I just missed the joke by miles)

Nah, yer spot on.

[jddh1]

The mechanic on the left of the photo is touching the car without any gloves. He's got basketballs.

Or rubber shoes

Or it's a Williams and it doesn't have Battery-stored KERS?

(either that, or I just missed the joke by miles)

No joke. I genuinely thought he'd get shocked, without thinking about what you just mentioned.

[Keir]

Times at 13.14

1. F. Massa Ferrari F60 1:20.168 21 pit
2. J. Button Brawn GP BGP 001 1:20.313 +0.145 86 pit
3. F. Alonso Renault R29 1:20.863 +0.695 64 pit
4. T. Glock Toyota TF109 1:21.046 +0.878 69 pit
5. S. Vettel Red Bull Racing RB5 1:21.165 +0.997 49 pit
6. R. Kubica BMW Sauber F1.09 1:21.201 +1.033 52 pit
7. N. Rosberg Williams FW31 1:21.482 +1.314 30 pit
8. G. Fisichella Force India VJM-02 1:21.545 +1.377 51 pit
9. S. Buemi Toro Rosso STR4 1:21.569 +1.401 59 pit
10. L. Hamilton McLaren MP4-24 1:21.657 +1.489 49 pit

Hamilton one and a half seconds off the pace and slowest of all.

[Tbox]

Well, at least Lewis seems to have a better grip of the car than Heikki (upgrades notwithstanding). Perhaps because he tends to like the rear end to be a bit slippery? In fact, have McLaren gone a bit too far in trying to provide what he wants?


I'd really like to compare times over runs, rather than rely on the "toptimes" provided by F1Today.nl and directo.thef1.es et al. Is there a place you can get hold of these online? Or has everyone who has posted a series of times actually been at the test?

[hulmerist]

mclaren and brawngp are gonna compete for best recovery of 2009

brawngp by a few furlongs at the moment, i think we can assume mclaren will be midfield in melbourne

[Roger the knife]

Button WOW !!!

1º 16 Jenson Button Brawn GP 00:01'19''992 90
.2º 2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 00:01'20''168 00:00'00''176 26
.3º 5 Fernando Alonso Renault 00:01'20''863 00:00'00''871 61
.4º 12 Timo Glock Toyota 00:01'21''046 00:00'01''054 58
.5º 15 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 00:01'21''165 00:00'01''173 43
.6º 4 Robert Kubica BMW-Sauber 00:01'21''201 00:00'01''209 57
.7º 7 Nico Rosberg Williams 00:01'21''482 00:00'01''490 30
.8º 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 00:01'21''572 00:00'01''580 43
.9º 22 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 00:01'21''657 00:00'01''665 46
.10º 15 Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso 00:01'21''919 00:00'01''927 50

[mattclinch]

Button WOW !!!

1º 16 Jenson Button Brawn GP 00:01'19''992 90

according to http://www.f1today.nl it's a 1:19.127 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.f1today.nl/live-update/2009/ ... catalunya/

[Roger the knife]

hmmm... this hasn't appeared on http://directo.thef1.es/tests/ yet, and this is normally about as live as you can get, Dutch typo poss??, or Spanish siesta

[mattclinch]

he's only dont 90 laps there though, f1today.nl clocks him at 93, and i've always found that one to be quicker at updating.