Fantastic effort by Kamui today. By all accounts he set that lap at the end of the day having not done a low fuel run in the morning when the track conditions were at their best - so 3rd fastest is brilliant! Go Kobay! :D
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Fantastic effort by Kamui today. By all accounts he set that lap at the end of the day having not done a low fuel run in the morning when the track conditions were at their best - so 3rd fastest is brilliant! Go Kobay! :D
I've been following all the live testing updates on the Autosport website, which has been good, but I'm still none the wiser as to what all these erratic times are suggesting with regard to likely competitiveness in race conditions.
Is there anyone on here who knows what they're talking about who is able to make sense of everything that has been going on in testing and make a half-decent prediction for the racing season?
I'm particularly interested in Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button, Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso. Also I'm interested in the likely race performance of the Lotus.
:)
OVERALL TIMES FROM 3rd TEST AT JEREZ (Not including test/reserve drivers)
* Best times set in wet weather
1. Jenson Button - McLaren .................... 1m 18.871
2. Robert Kubica - Renault .................... + 0.243
3. Kamui Kobayashi - Sauber ................ + 0.317
4. Mark Webber - Red Bull ................ + 0.428
5. Vitantonio Liuzzi - Force India ................ + 0.779
6. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes ................ + 1.190
7. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari ................ + 1.244
8. Jaime Alguersuari - Toro Rosso ................ + 2.182
9. Niko Hulkenberg - Williams ................ + 2.561
10. Michael Schumacher - Mercedes ................ + 2.566
11. Adrian Sutil - Force India ................ + 3.068
12. Timo Glock - Virgin ................ + 3.562
13. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull ................ + 3.722
14. Lewis Hamilton - McLaren ................ + 4.146
15. Felipe Massa - Ferrari ................ + 4.333
16. Sebastien Buemi - Toro Rosso ................ + 4.451
17. Pedro de la Rosa - Sauber ................ + 4.496
18. Jarno Trulli - Lotus ................ + 4.599
19. Lucas di Grassi - Virgin ................ + 4.633
20. Heikki Kovalainen - Lotus ................ + 4.650
21. Vitaly Petrov - Renault ................ + 7.366 *
22. Rubens Barrichello - Williams ................ + 8.274 *
There is one thing though im fairly sure of.Quote:
Originally Posted by Triumph
Either Mercedes are sandbagging or they clearly have some issues with their car. Both Rosberg and Schumacher have done 377 laps between them over the 4 days (which will likely have included low fuel runs) and they still did not get to within a second of the fastest time set by Jenson Button.
I was wondering about Mercedes. It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if they have something up their sleeve.
I'm gonna come off the fence and predict that the car is flawed at the moment. Jenson commented that he tracked the Merc of Schu for several laps and he described the car as "twitchy" and mentioned that it kept "locking its rears". Brawn mentioned a balance issue at the first test and perhaps that remains unsolved.Quote:
Originally Posted by DazzlaF1
As for the question of where everyone stands Triumph; if the drivers don't know, what hope have we got. The only thing that everyone seems to agree on is that the F10 is monster fast.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81623Quote:
Originally Posted by Sonic
Alonso today said the F10 is the best car he's ever had and that Ferrari have had no reason to show their hand which he thinks both McLaren and Mercedes GP have done.
Everyone in the paddock is very concerned over the consistency and speed on long runs of the F10.
Interesting views. I wonder how the Ferrari will fare in the reliability department though. That would have a bearing on a season's performance.
Both Stefano Domenicali and Luca Di Montezemolo have both publicly stated prior to Alonso letting the cat out of the bag that the F10 was supremely reliable and that every failure during testing they had indications it would happen. Some think some of the Ferrari stoppages were due to testing how little fuel the car could run on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Triumph
Either way Ferrari thinks the F10 is more reliable than it's performance. While things change fast in F1 the F10 looks like a solid package. It's not the kind of car rivals want to see Alonso in. That's for sure.
That should make for an interesting battle with McLaren then! Amongst other things I'm looking forward to another good battle between Lewis and Fernando.
:)