And already quicker than Rosberg!!! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by henners88
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And already quicker than Rosberg!!! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by henners88
Barrichello ran out of gas. :laugh:
I think he would be the first of many this season! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by gloomyDAY
I didn't know that Button was testing today. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by henners88
Position Number Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1º 7 Felipe Massa Ferrari 00:01'12''574 101
.2º 26 Pedro De la Rosa Sauber 00:01'12''784 00:00'00''210 74
.3º 3 Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 00:01'12''947 00:00'00''373 40
.4º 4 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 00:01'13''543 00:00'00''969 39
.5º 28 Gary Paffet McLaren 00:01'13''846 00:00'01''272 86
.6º 9 Rubens Barrichello Williams 00:01'14''449 00:00'01''875 75
.7º 16 Sebastian Buemi Toro Rosso 00:01'14''762 00:00'02''188 18
.8º 11 Robert Kubica Renault 00:01'15''000 00:00'02''426 69
Positive surprises:
-DLR: although they were probably running very low fuel to attract sponsors, they were consistent the whole day, with Pedro being the fastest driver for a loooong time, till the final 5 minutes rush.
-MSC: although he is who he is, and the track was faster in the afternoon, it is good to see him back in good shape, beating ROS.
Not surprises:
-McLaren: ok, 1 second off the pace, but we all know BUT and HAM are a lot faster than Paffet. Not worried about McLaren.
Negative surprises:
-We don't know about Renault, but we are certain that Williams was running on veeery light fuel loads (apparently Rubens stopped his car in the middle of the track with an empty fuel tank), and they were still 2 seconds off the pace in a "70seconds circuit". That's a lot IMO. 2 seconds difference here is 3 seconds and a half in Bahrain (now a "100seconds circuit")
- Poor reliability in the STR, with BUE only being able to put just a few laps due to a broken gearbox.
And please... don't start with the old "test times are not important" cliche, cause after Brawn last year it was clearly demonstrated that they do matter indeed, in 90% of the cases.
And please, don't start with the old "test times are not important" cliche, cause after Brawn last year it was clearly demonstrated that they matter indeed, in 90% of the cases.
Hmm, maybe Sauber are going to "do a Brawn" this year.
I can imagine Kubica is not a happy boy after today....
Test times are certainly important, it's just that we don't know the kind of fuel loads each team was running, and the kind of program they were working on. That makes it difficult to judge ultimate pace.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pulidor
The real evidence comes at the first race :s mokin:
True but I think Pulidor is correct in some of his assumptions....Williams clearly ran light, were off the pace and car look unbalanced. STR had poor reliability.
Mac ran consistently in hands of Paffet but as said he's no Lewis or Jenson.