Testing in Spain ,

[driveace]

Testing in Spain this week! When and where ,and near me in Valencia ?

[Mark]

It's at the Valencia circuit - http://maps.google.com/maps?q=39.485...,0.041628&z=15
No idea if it is open to the public.

[rbatista82]

First photos from Valência
http://www.supermotores.net/sm/fotos.asp?id=216

[Zico]

I know they dont mean much but..

Vettel (1:13.769) tops the times then, with Hulkenberg (1:13.938) and Gary Paffett (1:14.292) third in the 2010 McLaren. Encouraging. Di Resta (1:14.461) Alonso (1:14.553) , Kobayashi (1:15.621) with Virgin Racing's Jerome D'Ambrosio (1:16.003)

Petrov (1:16.351), Schumacher (1:16.450), Barrichello (1:17.335), Alguersuari (1:17.774), Karthikeyan (1:18.020) and Rosberg (1:19.930).

[52Paddy]

http://www.forumula1.net/2011/f1/f1-...at-we-learned/

There's another link for the times. Indeed, they don't mean much but I wonder what was up with Mercedes.

[DazzlaF1]

http://www.forumula1.net/2011/f1/f1-...at-we-learned/

There's another link for the times. Indeed, they don't mean much but I wonder what was up with Mercedes.

More than that, what's up with Virgin, d'Ambrosio just over 2 seconds off the pace in last years car (albeit with some 2011 parts), it certainly bodes well for them

[Bruce D]

Yeah but someone on BBC's live text pointed out today that last years lap times were in the 1:11s so today wasn't very fast. Still that would make them about 3 to 4sec off the pace, which is still an improvement. Also Mercedes had a hydraulic leak when Rosberg was driving.

What interested me was that Hulkenberg was running about 0.5sec quicker than Alonso and Vettel earlier and setting that time on runs of about 10 laps or so, it was only later in the day that Vettel set his quick time, so although Autosport are claiming that his long run pace was a second slower, it's not too bad for the Force India.

As for the Williams, well the car looks ugly IMO and at no point today did it set anywhere near a decent lap time, apparently delayed by KERS problems.

I'm interested to see where Team Lotus are from tomorrow.

[driveace]

Usually open to the public,in previous years,in fact the last 6 years I have been there.It is normally e3 but may now be e5.Value for money

[Tazio]

Fernando Alonso was critical of Pirelli's tyres after the first real test day of the 2011 season on Tuesday.

"They degrade quite a lot, especially the rears, and the lap times are not consistent," the Spaniard, whose F150 Ferrari was almost a second off the pace of the chart-topping new Red Bull, said at Valencia.

Alonso is also quoted by Germany's Auto Motor und Sport as saying exploring the car's setup was difficult because there are not enough sets of Pirelli tyres at the test.

http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=399046

Full lap times as of 3pm local time, on the second day of the three-day test at Circuit Ricardo Tormo near Valencia in Spain.

1. Fernando Alonso Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 13.307s

2. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m 13.614s

3. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m 13.844s*

4. Robert Kubica Lotus Renault GP-Renault 1m 14.412s

5. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m 14.701s*

6. Nico Rosberg Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 15.383s

7. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m 15.408s*

8. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1m 16.023s

9. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m 16.198s

10. Jaime Alguersuari Scuderia Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 16.474s

11. Narain Karthikeyan Hispania-Cosworth 1m 17.823s*

12. Sebastien Buemi Scuderia Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 19.459s

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/020220...s-day-3pm.html

[52Paddy]

Good work from Paul di Resta again