F1 2010: Testing sessions thread

From Motorsport.com news:
Mad Max's own reaction [to Demented di Montezemolo's comments] was predictable, telling a select few British press men last week that Ferrari is like "a frumpy old woman at a dance who sees a couple of pretty young girls come in and they resent it".

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Of course Ferrari's CEO will be resentful - exactly how will he go about explaining to the FIAT board the amounts of money the Scuderia "requires" to go racing, if the object of his affection, Virgin-Cosworth [what a great name - so F1] as well as Lotus-Cosworth goes well in 2010?

The clock is ticking Luca - better read up on Guy Edwards' little book of excuses!

A red flag with 14 minutes to go! Who'll provide the now-traditional red flag in the dying moments of the final session?!

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Originally Posted by Dave Brockman

A red flag with 14 minutes to go! Who'll provide the now-traditional red flag in the dying moments of the final session?!

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Kovalainen stopped out on circuit

...and predictably, the sessions has been stopped with 2 minutes to go

That was the earlier one - now there's been yet another with just seconds to go and predictably the session's been ended!

That's it for 2010 testing.


1 Hamilton McLaren 1m20.472s
2 Webber Red Bull 1m20.496s +0.024
3 Massa Ferrari 1m20.539s +0.067
4 Sutil Force India 1m20.611s +0.139
5 Vettel Red Bull 1m20.667s +0.195
6 Schumacher Mercedes 1m20.745s +0.273
7 Barrichello Williams 1m20.870s +0.398
8 Kobayashi Sauber 1m20.911s +0.439
9 Buemi Toro Rosso 1m22.135s +1.663
10 Kubica Renault 1m23.175s +2.703
11 Kovalainen Lotus 1m25.251s +4.779
12 Di Grassi Virgin 1m26.160s +5.688

Its going to be a close first race.

13 days to go!

I am sure Vitaly Petrov IS pleased with how the Catalunya testing went - he was quicker than Robert Kubica.

Mclaren drivers - Button at Jerez and Hamilton at Catlunya - were quickest overall.

Vettel and Webber - essentially equal. Same for Rosberg and Schumacher, Massa and Alonso.

It's hard to tell who is going to be cream of the crop when the season starts. There are so many possibilities from Ferrari, McLaren, Sauber, Red Bull and Mercedes with possible surprises from Williams, Force India and Toro Rosso. On the other hand, I do expect Lotus and Virgin to be at the back of the pack for the initial few races at least and Renault just ahead of them.

I have a hunch that this will be one epic season - I just hope we're not disappointed in Bahrain. *crosses fingers*

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Originally Posted by 52Paddy

It's hard to tell who is going to be cream of the crop when the season starts. There are so many possibilities from Ferrari, McLaren, Sauber, Red Bull and Mercedes with possible surprises from Williams, Force India and Toro Rosso. On the other hand, I do expect Lotus and Virgin to be at the back of the pack for the initial few races at least and Renault just ahead of them.

I have a hunch that this will be one epic season - I just hope we're not disappointed in Bahrain. *crosses fingers*

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me too.

i can't recall a time in all my years of F1 watching that I was this unsure of how the first races let alone the season is going to unfold. It is less about surprises than about, everyone genuinely being really good, drivers cars etc. I got this weird feeling of pure uncertainty, nervous anticipation and giddiness. It's like going backstage to the dressing rooms at the miss universe contest, yeah there are one of two women that you really like but the bevy of beauties provides a sensory overload. That's how I feel about F1 2010. So many stories, so many subplots, so many good drivers and so many good cars.

I don´t know if I have said this before here, but this is the best pre-season I´ve ever seen, and 2010 will be a great one!