F1 2010: Testing sessions thread

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Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1

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.

The real evidence comes at the first race :s mokin:

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Absolutely, although if it is genuine pace, then Sauber have every reason to be a bit excited

What makes me cautious about Ferrari, is that they looked like a frontrunner during the whole winter last year only to narrowly make it into Q3 in the opening races.

Sauber? Well, their pace certainly doesn't surprise me, explained in the launch thread (BMW-Sauber was pretty good in late-09 and current car has been developed with decent funds so far), but there is a slight unclear question in the air - considering that they have no sponsors, are they trying to "do a Prost" and attract some? Then again last year the same was thought about Brawn, but they were for real. So the real outcome remains to be seen.

But I think I'm going to wait until the end of that 3-day testing programme and some insider information/comments about the whole situation before giving a judgement on the general pecking order.

P.S. It looks like Schumacher is the Real Six-Tenths-Man. :D He has already improved the time just as much after taking over from Rosberg. :p :

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Originally Posted by DazzlaF1

Absolutely, although if it is genuine pace, then Sauber have every reason to be a bit excited

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And Renault must be horrified!! They might be as slow as the car looks! :)

Here is a short video with a bit of the new Mercedes in the hands of Michael.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bJ0I-5Ea-Q :)

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Originally Posted by maximilian

And Renault must be horrified!! They might be as slow as the car looks! :)

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I dont know, with the car looking "bland" they may have improvments to it already in the pipeline and also there is the possibility of Kubica tesing running the car on full tanks.

Like Arrows said, the first factor of where everyone is at will be Bahrain on March 14th

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4z2Vx6hniw

Take a look at the BMW Sauber.

It seems as it is the fastest car of them all.

Well done! Fast out of the box.

The MacLaren was late in the session once again painted in flow wiz.
Not a good sign, not at all!

Great first test, makes me anxious for the next one. I'm happy for Felipe, Perdo and Michael, disappointed that Jenson wasn't driving today, though.

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Originally Posted by Mia 01

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4z2Vx6hniw

Take a look at the BMW Sauber.

It seems as it is the fastest car of them all.

Well done! Fast out of the box.

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Hmmm... If the car is the real deal, I would slightly feel sorry for one thing! Trulli has said that he had negotiations with Sauber, but those ended pretty quickly after Peter asked for outlooks of bringing sponsorship. Shame about Jarno missing out a good car just because he isn't a paydriver. I suspect this is also why Heidfeld fell out of contention pretty quickly.

so where can I see the testing online, I missed it today
PM me if it is an issue for the mods

James Allen speculates, that the weak teams will drive with lesser fuel which will translate to -1,5 secs of pace. Check his blog, it is interesting.