2014 Pre-Season Testing

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Originally Posted by Mia 01

I think most of the competititon this year will be an endurance and fuel saving racing. Therefore, its hard to tell the ranking.

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You could be right Mia. :(

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Originally Posted by steveaki13

Absolutely. Felipe Baby has always had the talent to ruin Lewis's Race. :D All the way back to Fuji 07 or 08 was it at the chicane.

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It was 2008. The Boss was also penalized in that race for running Kimi off the track at the first corner :dork:

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Originally Posted by Tazio

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Originally Posted by steveaki13

Absolutely. Felipe Baby has always had the talent to ruin Lewis's Race. :D All the way back to Fuji 07 or 08 was it at the chicane.

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It was 2008. The Boss was also penalized in that race for running Kimi off the track at the first corner :dork:

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Of course it was. 07 was V wet. :vampire:

Lewis really had a :skull: Race that day.

Last four days of testing, with Caterham, Marussia, and the two Red Bull squads seemingly having a long way to come before they're where they want to be.

Today's drivers:
Red Bull - Daniel Ricciardo
Mercedes - Nico Rosberg
Ferrari - Kimi Raikkonen
Lotus - Pastor Maldonado
McLaren - Kevin Magnussen
Force India - Sergio Perez
Sauber - Adrian Sutil
Williams - Valtteri Bottas
Toro Rosso - Daniil Kvyat
Caterham - Kamui Kobayashi
Marussia - Max Chilton

Marussia seem to be capable of setting some reasonable times when their car is running.

All cars seem to be running more reliably now but still all Mercedes at the front. Either Ferrari are yet to show their hand or they have a problem...

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Originally Posted by RS

Marussia seem to be capable of setting some reasonable times when their car is running.

All cars seem to be running more reliably now but still all Mercedes at the front. Either Ferrari are yet to show their hand or they have a problem...

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I wouldn't write them off yet mate. Although they had some unexplained issues that limited running today, only FI and Williams have posted faster times(with 1/2 hour to go). These times really don't mean anything. Perhaps Ferrari are a little on the back foot but I think they will have a good challenger for Oz. My guess is not quite as good as the Mercedes works team however.

I guess Vettel is starting to get a little Angryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy ;)

http://www.f1today.net/en/news/red-bull ... s-anything

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Originally Posted by Tazio

I wouldn't write them off yet mate. Although they had some unexplained issues that limited running today, only FI and Williams have posted faster times(with 1/2 hour to go). These times really don't mean anything. Perhaps Ferrari are a little on the back foot but I think they will have a good challenger for Oz. My guess is not quite as good as the Mercedes works team however.

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I agree, I think Ferrari are looking decent. Right now I would put them alongside McLaren as the 2nd and 3rd teams. But the Mercedes team have a clear margin over all of them.

Lap totals by engine manufacturer on the first day of the final test:

Mercedes: 431 (4 cars)
Ferrari: 187 (3 cars)
Renault: 144 (4 cars)

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Originally Posted by AndyL

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Originally Posted by Tazio

I wouldn't write them off yet mate. Although they had some unexplained issues that limited running today, only FI and Williams have posted faster times(with 1/2 hour to go). These times really don't mean anything. Perhaps Ferrari are a little on the back foot but I think they will have a good challenger for Oz. My guess is not quite as good as the Mercedes works team however.

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I agree, I think Ferrari are looking decent. Right now I would put them alongside McLaren as the 2nd and 3rd teams. But the Mercedes team have a clear margin over all of them.

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Ferrari had enough running time to try out at least one of it's aero upgrades:

http://img2.auto-motor-und-sport.de/Kim ... 758182.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/OKjDc06.jpg