F1 2010: Testing sessions thread

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Originally Posted by tamburello

That still won't tell you who is actually fastest.

Mclaren and Ferrari and Red Bull have topped the times, but it is really the long-distance runs that would give a better indication of competitiveness.

In that department, it has been reported that Ferrari are looking very strong. Something Button concurs with.

Apparently, some Mclaren fans on here don't believe him, as they are better qualified.

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Well, we have an indication of race competitiveness from the long runs.

What we don't know of course, and is the subject of much debate, is out and out qualifying pace - for which you need a car that heats its tyres well.

Of course, a car that heats the tyres well, has the tendency to bugger them over a race stint.

What you need, is a happy medium.

Where are you moored today Tamb, Serpentine?

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Originally Posted by F1boat

I disagree vehemently. Michael has faced Ayrton, Alain, Nige, Damon, the impossibly fast Mika Hakkinen, the crazy Montoya, his own brother, who was no slouch, Kimi... he has no reason the fear a bunch of kids ;) Although I do admit that Alonso and Lewis are formidable rivals.

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add vettlel, massa, webber, button, and his own teammate rosberg to that list.

I think Schumi faces some stiff competition and even more some other cars that seem equally as good and potentially better than his own. But yeah, he has faced some really good competition in the past, Add Damon, Villeneuve, JPM, Hakkinnen, Alonso, Berger, Prost, etc

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Originally Posted by Kevincal

Ok, I apologise but I have not been keeping up with F1. :) Could someone break down the testing times and list whos been fastest to slowest? :)

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my friend, there are 30 pages to read ;)

get a good glass of wine and get caught up...or forget about everything so far and look at Barcelona this week as really the only true testing sessions with meaningful comparisons and analysis to be made

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Originally Posted by truefan72

add vettlel, massa, webber, button, and his own teammate rosberg to that list.

I think Schumi faces some stiff competition and even more some other cars that seem equally as good and potentially better than his own. But yeah, he has faced some really good competition in the past, Add Damon, Villeneuve, JPM, Hakkinnen, Alonso, Berger, Prost, etc

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My point is that I agree with him when he said that the era now is undoubtedly tough, but tougher than before - no? Maybe if he wasn't there with his dominant Ferrari Rubens and Montoya would have been champions, for example.

F1 2010 Pre-Season Testing, Barcelona: 25th February

Lineup:
McLaren – Jenson Button
Mercedes– Nico Rosberg
Red Bull – Mark Webber
Ferrari – Fernando Alonso
Williams – Nico Hülkenberg
BMW Sauber– Pedro de la Rosa
Renault– Vitaly Petrov
Force India– Vitantonio Liuzzi
Toro Rosso – Jaime Alguersuari
Virgin – TBA
Lotus – Fairuz Fauzy

Full up today then as all the Spaniards go to watch their idol Alonso,I also believe MS will have a hard year this year as the cars are more equal,and the yougsters will not be afraid of giving him a hard time.He needs to be as good as Hamilton ,Vettel ,Alonso,and maybe Rosberg

At least it's sunny and dry today, so we should get some proper running in.

Pretty uneventful so far: Fauzy and Alonso have both caused red flags, the former with hydraulic pressure problems, other than that nothing to write home about.

Lunch break. Times so far:


1 Webber Red Bull 1m21.487s
2 Rosberg Mercedes 1m22.514s +1.027
3 Hulkenberg Williams 1m22.684s +1.197
4 de la Rosa Sauber 1m23.321s +1.834
5 Alonso Ferrari 1m24.580s +3.093
6 Button McLaren 1m24.582s +3.095
7 Alguersuari Toro Rosso 1m24.869s +3.382
8 Liuzzi Force India 1m25.303s +3.816
9 Petrov Renault 1m26.208s +4.721
10 Di Grassi Virgin 1m27.057s +5.570
11 Fauzy Lotus 1m29.795s +8.308

No more running for di Grassi after he damaged his Virgin just before lunch and caused another red flag.

Alonso's earlier stoppage was down to an electrical failure, according to to @InsideFerrari.

Interesting. Nobody at the track has reported that, and blown engines are usually (but I accept not always) pretty obvious.