2015 F1 testing thread

I might be wrong but there seems to be something weird about the rear suspensions on that Red Bull

http://m.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/117535

 

Well looks like another Mercedes dominated year again, with Rosberg racking up 76+ laps already, and fastest lap of 1m23.106s.

Next best car/driver, Red Bull / Ricciardo +1.535 slower.

McHonda / Alonso trailing by 17+ seconds.

 

Vettel 1.22.99
Correction now 1.22.95

 

Impressive Ferrari/Vettel top Mercedes/Rosberg!

Williams/Bottas doing good too, within a second of both Ferrari and Mercedes.

Cmon McHonda, get it together!!

 

Good to see Vettel and Ferrari on top again. Just the pre-season tests, but for now a good indicator to Scuderia

 

Mind you last year Raikkonen finished top on day 1 and we know what happened in 2014.

 

Sauber third!

Yeah.

Testing/schmesting. Never mind.

 

Haha it's testing. We need some racing before people start going crazy.

 

times so far

1 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1m22.958s
2 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m23.106s +0.148
3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 1m23.338s +0.380
4 Valtteri Bottas Williams 1m23.906s +0.948
5 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 1m24.804s +1.846
6 Carlos Sainz Jr Toro Rosso 1m25.327s +2.369
7 Fernando Alonso McLaren 1m40.738s +17.780

 

Mclaren Honda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhrOh8XachE&x-yt-ts=1422579428&x-yt-cl=85114404

 

Everyone will have shorter noses if they pass crash tests. Mclaren, Ferrari, Red Bull are all shooting for it

 

Word is Mercedes are out there with the 2014 power unit

 

That can't be right!

According to the experts on here who have looked at the launch pictures of the 2015 Ferrari, it's a useless pile of junk with baggy bodywork and completely non functioning front suspension that's going to struggle to keep up with the safety car let alone it's rival race cars!

 

Already quicker than 2014's quickest Jerez lap.

I'm hearing the Ferrari looks good and that Vettel appears much more comfortable. Nice front end too

 

just tweeted, Red Bull's new nose just passed crash tests and will be at Jerez tomorrow

 

True, but we have to be positive

 

lap count as of 2:30

Rosberg (Mercedes) 136
Bottas (Williams) 51
Sainz (Toro Rosso) 41
Ericsson (Sauber) 40
Ricciardo (Red Bull) 34
Vettel (Ferrari) 31
Alonso (McLaren) 6

 

Lots of misfiring from Mclaren Honda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-ts=1422579428&v=lpHwEFGlMQI&x-yt-cl=85114404

 

14:55 Vettel lowers the benchmark for the day. He's gone even quicker out front, getting down to a 1m22.690s in the Ferrari. Medium compounds

 

What happened to Sainz? Crash or blow up?

 

Something happened in the middle sector, there was smoke is all I know.

 

What is all that misfiring in the Honda?

 

@McLarenF1: Ron Dennis: "Our 2015 livery will change, but I'm not going to say when..."

good. now they need to fix that misfiring.