F1 2010: Testing sessions thread

I hope Kubica's season goes better than testing.

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Interesting test. So far, so good for Ferrari. It seems that Merc tried full tanks today. But tomorrow will be even more interesting with Jenson, Michael and Fernando.

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Originally Posted by gloomyDAY

Yeah, and a winner.

Solution: gtfo.

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Nige was a great overtaker, or at least a brave one, though.

Well, second day of testing is over.

As much as I have read, Massa was doing lap-times as high as 1:16's at one time (presumably with a heavy tank), so 1:11,7 has been probably done on quite a light fuel load. Sauber well on the picture as well and McLaren was more impressive than yesterday. Rosberg was doing 1:16's with full tanks too. So at the top it's still open, but based on two days Renault (looked like Rob did a quali-sim at the end), Williams and especially STR may be behind others. Then again expecting them to fight it out for the top spots would have sounded too optimistic anyway.

One more thing - regarding Ferrari's performance vs others. Considering that their car is evolutionary and has had longer development time, I think other cars - which are more radical - may have a steeper development curve and more untapped potential, which may be why Ferrari has initially looked so impressive compared to the rest. Just my guesses.

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Originally Posted by Pulidor

AFAIK, DLR is not bringing any sponsor to the team (actually, Sauber is still sponsorless).Thus, he can't be considered a pay driver. He himself jokingly stated on several media sources (I heard him on two national radios) that he wishes he could be a pay driver to help the team economically, but that's not the case.

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Isn't DLR bringing 1M $ from Universia with him?

Apparnetly PDLR has that yes but that's very little in the grand scheme.

Overall test times after day 2 at Valencia

1. Felipe Massa - Ferrari ........ 1m 11.722
2. Kamui Kobayashi - Sauber ........ + 0.334
3. Lewis Hamilton - McLaren ........ + 0.534
4. Robert Kubica - Renault ........ + 0.704
5. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes ........ + 1.177
6. Rubens Barrichello - Williams ........ + 1.655
7. Pedro de la Rosa - Sauber ........ + 2.032
8. Sebastien Buemi - Toro Rosso ........ + 2.101
9. Michael Schumacher - Mercedes ........ + 2.225
10. Gary Paffett - McLaren ........ + 3.124

Looks like Kubica did a much better job with the Renault today, maybe they were doing full tank runs yesterday

I tried googling this but to no avail. What is the 'flow wiz' livery relating to McLaren? :confused:

Hope Sauber keep up this form throughout February's tests :D

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Originally Posted by jens

Williams and especially STR may be behind others

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Williams are dialling in a brand new engine of course, so they may not have that running at full power yet. It would be interesting to see some top speed figures.

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Originally Posted by AndyL

Williams are dialling in a brand new engine of course, so they may not have that running at full power yet. It would be interesting to see some top speed figures.

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Let's hope you're right, but I fear Cosworth will let them down. "Brand new engine"? Is it really? I thought it was based on a unit from 2006.

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Originally Posted by DexDexter

Let's hope you're right, but I fear Cosworth will let them down. "Brand new engine"? Is it really? I thought it was based on a unit from 2006.

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I think i heard Cosworth say it is an upgraded version of the 2006 spec engine modified to meet the current engine reg's.

So it should still churn out some decent bhp and with the rev limit, the multiple blow ups we saw from it in 2006 should be less of a problem now. But i agree with AndyL, Williams I think are still getting used to the engine which you'd expect after using Toyota powerplants for the last 3 years.