2015 F1 Pre Season Testing Thread

[AndyL]

Another innovation from Red Bull:



Their car cover now has a sheet under the car, to stop the rest of the pitlane seeing the floor of the car when it's craned off the recovery truck.

[Doc Austin]

Well, that didn't work.

[Doc Austin]

Here's today's times. I know it is just testing, but Ferrari sure looks good.

1	7	Kimi Raikkonen	Scuderia Ferrari	1:20.841	105
2	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:22.019	111
3	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG	1:22.172	116
4	33	Max Verstappen	STR-Renault	1:22.553	97
5	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:23.116	73
6	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Mercedes	1:23.802	53
7	26	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	1:23.975	63
8	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	1:27.660	35

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/je...-lead-the-pack

[steveaki13]

Here's today's times. I know it is just testing, but Ferrari sure looks good.

1	7	Kimi Raikkonen	Scuderia Ferrari	1:20.841	105
2	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:22.019	111
3	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG	1:22.172	116
4	33	Max Verstappen	STR-Renault	1:22.553	97
5	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:23.116	73
6	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Mercedes	1:23.802	53
7	26	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	1:23.975	63
8	22	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	1:27.660	35

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/je...-lead-the-pack

If Ferrari are as fast as appears, Fernando will kick himself in the air.

[jens]

If Ferrari are as fast as appears, Fernando will kick himself in the air.

Just like Maldonado did, when he realized, how Williams and Lotus were going in the 2014 winter testing.

Some people are prone to making wrong career decisions... But what can you do. Emotions can get very high in this game of high stakes. Alonso got very frustrated at Ferrari and couldn't stay longer with a straight face. But he must have known McLaren-Honda package would not guarantee him anything. More like even a longer shot at the top.

[Doc Austin]

Maybe Jenson is kicking himself for nor retiring.

[anfield5]

Times from this test are really not relevant to anything.

Sure it is really encouraging for the Ferrari powered teams to be running at the front, but what is more encouraging for them is the number of laps they have managed to complete.

Second and third tests will be more telling re where teams are truly at for the start of the season.

McLaren will be slightly disappointed with the laps they have done, but they have said all along that the first test was little more than a shakedown session for them. IF they are still struggling to get laps in in a few weeks time, then they, Honda and their drivers will start to get a bit edgy.

[driveace]

Did the Mcs not run at Silverstone like Mercedes did before going out to Jerez ?
I honestly think 1.20s are not the true pace of the Mercedes ,when they throw the sand bags out they will do 1.18s

[anfield5]

Ferrari have even stated that the other teams are masking their true performance.

You can understand why Force India decided to save some coin by missing this test

[Doc Austin]

As of two days ago, Autoweek was claiming that Force India did not even have their tubs yet.

http://autoweek.com/article/formula-...ncial-collapse