3rd Pre-Season Test @ Barcelona (18th, 19th, 20th, 21st February)

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Originally Posted by Sonic

That's pretty much hit the nail on the head Zico. McLaren are still running back to back tests on their fancy exhaust; Mercedes keep telling us they don't have their 2011 spec car; Red Bull and Ferarri have had some technical issues. In short no one is any the wiser now than we were two weeks ago. We probably won't know for sure until they line up in Bahrain or Oz (which ever comes first) who's got the package.

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I'll agree with that, with Red Bull probably holding a little extra back, and McLaren still finding it's way.

Wet track this morning, first real taste of Perelli intermediates.

Is it a waste though? The last couple of years we've had plenty of wet races, and at the moment nobody really knows how the new tyres will cope or how the aero will react. Today could actually be very valuable.

From Tabatha Valls (Virgin PR):

#F1 results after 2 and a half hours... http://twitpic.com/41t2cl

Red flags for Pastor, then Perez, and now for Massa. Slippery out there.

Another spin from Massa brings out red flag.

McLaren sidelined by another technical issue, Button lost time yesterday and now Hamilton stuck in the garage.

Mike Gascoyne:

Too wet for dry tyres and getting too dry for any meannful work on the the inters. hopefully will dry up for the afternoon

Toro Rosso's time yesterday wasn't on a qualifying lap. They are looking at a good season.

From Tabatha Valls again:

Results, end of day 3 in Barcelona... #F1 http://twitpic.com/41weo6

Link to times as text:
http://www.manipef1.com/testing/days/2011/brc20feb/