2022 Winter Testing Part 1: Barcelona 23 - 25th February

[AeroDynamic]

[Mansell89]

That Red Bull and Max 1.19.7 on a C3 just one tenth behind Russell on a C4 looks a bit impressive (on face value) doesn’t it?

[AeroDynamic]

That Red Bull and Max 1.19.7 on a C3 just one tenth behind Russell on a C4 looks a bit impressive (on face value) doesn’t it?

probably. But hard to read into without knowing what run items the teams are doing on those laps, fuel loads etc

[SiLo]

That Red Bull and Max 1.19.7 on a C3 just one tenth behind Russell on a C4 looks a bit impressive (on face value) doesn’t it?

probably. But hard to read into without knowing what run items the teams are doing on those laps, fuel loads etc

It would almost be better to just not have live timing at all. Then we wouldn't get so much speculation about teams being fast or not. I find the most useful insights come from people at the track who are able to watch the cars instead of a timesheet.

[AeroDynamic]

That Red Bull and Max 1.19.7 on a C3 just one tenth behind Russell on a C4 looks a bit impressive (on face value) doesn’t it?

probably. But hard to read into without knowing what run items the teams are doing on those laps, fuel loads etc

It would almost be better to just not have live timing at all. Then we wouldn't get so much speculation about teams being fast or not. I find the most useful insights come from people at the track who are able to watch the cars instead of a timesheet.

I'd be bothered more by not knowing anything with timesheets in testing than by baseless speculation which is at least stimulating and easy to ignore with personal discretion though.

[Tzk]

That Red Bull and Max 1.19.7 on a C3 just one tenth behind Russell on a C4 looks a bit impressive (on face value) doesn’t it?

Nah... You can safely assume that neither run was flat out. There's a lot of sandbagging going on. We don't know downforce levels, fuel load and engine mode. I'd also expect that the teams aren't going for laptimes at all.

[JordanMugen]

It would almost be better to just not have live timing at all. Then we wouldn't get so much speculation about teams being fast or not.

When a team, e.g., Brawn-Mercedes, have comfortably topped testing, it has usually proven to be true, hasn't it?

It is therefore, for now, perhaps not unreasonable to draw the conclusion that McLaren, Ferrari, Mercedes and Red Bull may be fairly competitive, and so far it doesn't seem that HAAS, Alfa Romeo, Aston Martin or Alpine have produced a dominant car (even if they may very promptly join the "fairly competitive" groupt).

[Ryar]

It would almost be better to just not have live timing at all. Then we wouldn't get so much speculation about teams being fast or not.

When a team, e.g., Brawn-Mercedes, have comfortably topped testing, it has usually proven to be true, hasn't it?

It is therefore, for now, perhaps not unreasonable to draw the conclusion that McLaren, Ferrari, Mercedes and Red Bull may be fairly competitive, and so far it doesn't seem that HAAS, Alfa Romeo, Aston Martin or Alpine have produced a dominant car (even if they may very promptly join the "fairly competitive" groupt).

Having whatever information we get, is always good to just have some mental gymnastics to find out what is going. What else we here for. Usually, we get a broad idea of where things stand. We can then correlate with what the team personell are saying, their body language and opinions we hear from people at the venue, would all form a rough picture of the competitive landscape. That's all part of eagerly waiting for this period to start. Fairly seasoned folks here know the usual caveats and how to mix it to get an idea.

[AeroDynamic]

as was highlighted before, its hard to know what to read into these.

@ChrisMedland
George Russell with the fastest time of the test so far as he posts a 1:19.233
Russell was on the C5 tyre, straight back into the pits

[Schippke]

Tell you what, the teams must all want to support Ferrari this year... with the amount of Red Flags being shown today!

[yelistener]

Looks like Russell's 1:19.233 will be this year's fastest lap in Spain testing.
Fastest lap in 2020 winter testing is Bottas' 1:15.732, with a slower T10.

[LM10]

How long until the track dries out? Might not take long as it's already dry enough for Inters.

[JPBD1990]

Gary Anderson seems like a dullard.

He said this on therace’s live blog:

“ Ferrari has also added two small cooling ducts just below and behind the Shell logo. Inside of there, it must be struggling with something getting a little too hot.”

The hole he is referring to behind the Shell logo is where they plug in a cable (talked about in B Sport’s YouTube video). It’s also accompanied by a picture of the old floor and the new floor, and he’s suggesting they added this ‘duct’ when changing to the new floor, but it’s actually the old one.

In short, guy has no idea and he’s lost all remaining credibility in my opinion.

[LM10]

Gary Anderson seems like a dullard.

He said this on therace’s live blog:

“ Ferrari has also added two small cooling ducts just below and behind the Shell logo. Inside of there, it must be struggling with something getting a little too hot.”

The hole he is referring to behind the Shell logo is where they plug in a cable (talked about in B Sport’s YouTube video). It’s also accompanied by a picture of the old floor and the new floor, and he’s suggesting they added this ‘duct’ when changing to the new floor, but it’s actually the old one.

In short, guy has no idea and he’s lost all remaining credibility in my opinion.

Gary Anderson is shockingly clueless. Embarrassing he's functioning as an expert.

[DChemTech]

How long until the track dries out? Might not take long as it's already dry enough for Inters.

*track wetted to test wet tires*

everyone: ah damn now we need to wait for it to dry up