F1 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread

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Mansell89 wrote:
Mon Feb 18, 2019 11:38 am
Do we know what tyres Carlos Sainz posted his quickest time on?
Autosport Live reports he set his fastest time on C3 tires
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Speed trap figures at the end of the main straight:

Verstappen 320km/h
Perez 319km/h
Sainz 318km/h
Raikkonen 318km/h
Vettel 314km/h
Grosjean 307km/h

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34 Laps so far this morning second only to Vettel on 38!

Speed trap times...
Verstappen 320km/h
Perez 319km/h
Sainz 318km/h
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why are those shitty t-wings coat hangers back?
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Autosport:
12:47 Speed trap figures at the end of the main straight:

Verstappen 320km/h
Perez 319km/h
Sainz 318km/h
Raikkonen 318km/h
Vettel 314km/h
Grosjean 307km/h

Yep, that really is a Red Bull-Honda at the top of the charts so far.
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FrukostScones wrote:
Mon Feb 18, 2019 11:54 am
why are those shitty t-wings coat hangers back?
They were never really gone. Last year they already had lower T-wings, and with the reduction of rear downforce this year they are trying to recuperate whatever they can. T-wings are kind of low fruit really given their low aspect ratio.
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mclaren111 wrote:
Mon Feb 18, 2019 11:56 am
12:47 Speed trap figures at the end of the main straight:

Verstappen 320km/h
Perez 319km/h
Sainz 318km/h
Raikkonen 318km/h
Vettel 314km/h
Grosjean 307km/h

Yep, that really is a Red Bull-Honda at the top of the charts so far.
Sainz hasn't posted a hotlap recently but it's consistently the fastest in the speed traps. Aero tests going on currently.

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Is there a complete top speed list?

Mercedes not even making the top list shows they are not even close to winding out yet.
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rb running very little aoa so no surprise

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VET back on C3
manages a some better sector(s)? ... hypothetical best lap of him now: 1.18.274
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Took me a while to figure out that C2 is harder than C3!

For anyone else as slow as me:
C3 = what was called soft
C2 = what was called medium

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DRS open! That gap though :wtf:
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Interesting strategy by Ferrari? I wonder what they’re testing, considering usually times like these come in the afternoon, or even towards the end of the first test. It’s very strange for them to be so far in front...

Either they’re doing the standard systems tests and when they turn the wick up they’ll be in the 1:15’s, or they’re chasing speed very early...?

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Do you have any knowledge about Toro Rosso

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I find it impressive that there really aren't many reliability issues thus far. Nothing can be said about relative performance, however the grid seems to have closed up. A 3.5 second difference is basically the difference between high and low fuel running.
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