F1 testing in Spain

Friday morning times :

1. Jean-Eric Vergne (Fra/Toro Rosso) 1'23.126 (31 giri)
2. Fernando Alonso (Spa/Ferrari) 1'23.447 (35)
3. Romain Grosjean (Fra/Lotus-Renault) 1'23.528 (34)
4. Sebastian Vettel (Ger/Red Bull-Renault) 1'23.536 (38)
5. Heikko Kovalainen (Fin/Caterham-Renault) 1'23.828 (34)
6. Nico Hulkenberg (Ger/Force India-Mercedes)1'23.893 (33)
7. Lewis Hamilton (Gbr/McLaren-Mercedes) 1'24.111 (30)
8. Michael Schumacher (Ger/Mercedes-AMG) 1:24.663 (19)
9. Pastor Maldonado (Ven/Williams-Renault) 1'25.801 (20)
10. Kamui Kobayashi (Gia/Sauber) 1'26.111 (35)

source :gazzetta.it :p :

Final Day 2 standings

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Pos  Driver        Team            Time                Laps
 1.  Grosjean      Lotus          1m22.614s          123
 2.  Vergne        Toro Rosso      1m23.126s  +0.512  31
 3.  Vettel        Red Bull        1m23.361s  +0.747  85
 4.  Alonso        Ferrari        1m23.447s  +0.833  124
 5.  Kovalainen    Caterham        1m23.828s  +1.214  104
 6.  Kobayashi      Sauber          1m23.836s  +1.222  77
 7.  Hulkenberg    Force India    1m23.893s  +1.279  33
 8.  Schumacher    Mercedes        1m23.978s  +1.364  79
 9.  Hamilton      McLaren        1m24.111s  +1.497  65
10.  Senna          Williams        1m24.925s  +2.311  48
11.  Maldonado      Williams        1m25.801s  +3.187  20

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Source, Autosport

It´s looking good for Lotus for the moment!

Go Kimi!

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Originally Posted by N4D13

At this time, it looks that the new Ferrari is eating its tyres up in no time. The tyre drop-off is looking rather high - but then again, this is the first time they're trying to do long-ish runs. Perhaps they'll manage to treat their tyres better, although it looks that the new car is pretty much the opposite of last year's when it comes to tyre usage.

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In their race sim's that almost ran concurrently, Fry confirmed that Alonso used a combination of worn and new tires, as opposed to Grosjean who used all new sets.

Lotus is still surprisingly competitive. Their race pace today was really impressive. I'm sure they'll qualify in the top 10 in Australia.

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Originally Posted by DexDexter

Lotus is still surprisingly competitive. Their race pace today was really impressive. I'm sure they'll qualify in the top 10 in Australia.

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They do indeed. I hope they don't stop developement as early in this season as thy did last year. That would piss Kimi off. ;)

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Originally Posted by Mr Alcatraz

In their race sim's that almost ran concurrently, Fry confirmed that Alonso used a combination of worn and new tires, as opposed to Grosjean who used all new sets.

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Thanks for that. Still, their tyre usage isn't looking really great.

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Originally Posted by Mr Alcatraz

They do indeed. I hope they don't stop developement as early in this season as thy did last year. That would piss Kimi off. ;)

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My prediction is that the Lotus car regulary will top both Ferraris, one MacLaren and perhaops even one RedBull. And, that Kimi will be above Alonso in the standings when the season is over.

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Originally Posted by Mia 01

Kimi will be above Alonso in the standings when the season is over.

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Would you put money on that?... I wouldnt.

I would love t see the reverse on last year's championship. Those who are first in testing would be last and those who are slow in testing would be instead first.