orce India will join Red Bull Racing in missing the first of the pre-season Formula 1 tests that takes place at Valencia next month.The Silverstone-based outfit will not run its new car, the VJM3, until the Jerez test that begins on February 10.
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orce India will join Red Bull Racing in missing the first of the pre-season Formula 1 tests that takes place at Valencia next month.The Silverstone-based outfit will not run its new car, the VJM3, until the Jerez test that begins on February 10.
That's another downer. But you should make a habit of posting the source of your info each time please :)Quote:
Originally Posted by f1indiablog
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Originally Posted by 52Paddy
Thumbs up! I respect people who can admit that they were wrong!Quote:
Originally Posted by Saint Devote
Well, not much left until the first testing day. Time to have a bit of a warm up before it :) Often it is said that "tests count for nothing and especially the first few days are meaningless", but IMO it's completely opposite. I recommend to take a very serious note of what is going on on the first few test days. The experience from the past says that top cars are fast straight out of the box - they are fundamentally balanced and have a nice platform for further developments. Those, who are struggling, may try all kinds of bits and later on may even become competitive, but by then it would be too late to fight for the crowns. Excuses like "it's only testing and they will eventually come good", do not matter much. The brightest memories from the 2009 winter tests are the debuts of Red Bull and Brawn, who stunned the F1 community already with their very first laps. Who will shine in 2010? :s mokin:
Red Bull was a bit late in pre-2009 too, revealing their car before mid-February, so I don't think there is much to worry. I remember a priceless picture from Day1 of Red Bull's testing at Jerez, when McLaren engineers were taking a very close and anxious look at RB5, who was waiting for a green light. :p : Of course back then most people were saying "nah McLaren is sandbagging and Red Bull is showboating, the season will show, who is the real top team, etc, etc..." :p : But in retrospect it can be said that the picture was very telling about the real situation.Quote:
Originally Posted by F1boat
It's very hard to guess who's going to be good and who's not. There are no tell-tale signs really. All three cars that have been launched so far (Ferrari, McLaren, Mercedes) look more than decent and up to the challenge but looks aren't everything. I guess Ferrari will have stepped up their game from last year's disappointment. McLaren the same - though they did start coming good in the second part of 2009. Mercedes have Ross Brawn on board and, now that Brawn has more investment behind him, I expect him to be as threatening as he was during the first half of last year. As for the others, well we have nothing other than last year's form to go on. Red Bull will be the obvious ones to keep an eye on. After that, we'll have to just see who pulls what out of the bag.
How many teams are confirmed to make the first test anyway?
Am I the only one who thinks that teams should be allowed three tests each, regardless of when they start testing? It just seems really harsh to the teams missing test sessions that they wouldn't be able to make those up elsewhere at another later date after getting their car put together. Why mandate the tests? As long as they get the equal number of "days" on approved tracks, wouldn't that make more sense? Some of the late arrivals will have a real struggle on their hands, which could have easily been avoided, giving them a fair shot at testing their car and getting some miles in. Wouldn't be too much to ask, IMO...
Anyone know a site where I can see streaming video or live timing?