Hockenheim testing

[gjalie]

testtimes Update: 12:29

1. L. Hamilton McLaren MP4-23 1:15.550 36 pit
2. N. Rosberg Williams FW30 1:16.099 +0.549 35 pit
3. A. Sutil Force India VJM-01 1:16.516 +0.966 43 pit
4. N. Heidfeld BMW Sauber F1.08 1:16.593 +1.043 30 pit
5. N. Piquet Jr. Renault R28 1:16.856 +1.306 43 pit
6. K. Räikkönen Ferrari F2008 1:16.970 +1.420 17 pit
7. S. Bourdais Toro Rosso STR3 1:17.135 +1.585 43 pit
8. D. Coulthard Red Bull Racing RB4 1:17.361 +1.811 25 pit
9. K. Kobayashi Toyota TF108 1:18.118 +2.568 29 pit
10. A. Wurz Honda RA108 1:18.798 +3.248 29 pit

[Ranger]

I think they should ban in-season on tracks that are in the GP calendar... it often makes the races a tad boring if you don't add rain.

Even Belgium last year was boring!

[Storm]

I agree with Malllen...you should not even be able to test on tracks which host GPs let alone just 2 weeks before the actual race!

[cosmicpanda]

I've often wondered if it was that which always makes Monza boring.

[Knock-on]

Well, Lewis tested with the new fin.

Wonder if they use it in the race.

[wedge]

I've often wondered if it was that which always makes Monza boring.

No. More than anything that's down to car performance differentials. It was the same with the old Hockenheim, huge car spread after 10 laps.

Anyway, Monza is once a year and therefore they have to test a low-downforce package. I'm not sure Paul Ricard has that sort of configuration.

Well, Lewis tested with the new fin.

Wonder if they use it in the race.

Are those things outlawed next year?

[gjalie]

Update: 18:14

1. L. Hamilton McLaren MP4-23 1:15.483 75 pit
2. K. Räikkönen Ferrari F2008 1:15.803 +0.320 63 pit
3. N. Rosberg Williams FW30 1:16.099 +0.616 87 pit
4. A. Sutil Force India VJM-01 1:16.516 +1.033 97 pit
5. S. Bourdais Toro Rosso STR3 1:16.533 +1.050 113 pit
6. K. Kobayashi Toyota TF108 1:16.570 +1.087 65 pit
7. N. Heidfeld BMW Sauber F1.08 1:16.593 +1.110 59 pit
8. N. Piquet Jr. Renault R28 1:16.856 +1.373 111 pit
9. D. Coulthard Red Bull Racing RB4 1:17.351 +1.868 67 pit
10. A. Wurz Honda RA108 1:17.825 +2.342 89 pit

[truefan72]

Well, Lewis tested with the new fin.

Wonder if they use it in the race.

i am not really sure what to think of the fin from a performance aspect.

Although it is ugly, that has no validity in a discussion of its practicality.

Renault and RBR seemed to have gained a bit of an advantage out of them but they seem to suffer in the wets or with windy conditions. I'd say keep testing them, but continue to race without them, until it is absolutely certain that they can give the cars a significant advantage over their closest rivals.

[SGWilko]

i am not really sure what to think of the fin from a performance aspect.

Cast your mind back to 1995. Which team used a car with an engine cover that had an anvil fin on it?

[aryan]

I've often wondered if it was that which always makes Monza boring.

That is certainly what makes Barecelona ususally a borefest.