Here are the testing times from todays first test in Jerez Jerez - 01/03/2009 1 . S. Vettel - Red Bull Renault RB5 - 1:19.055 (+ 0.000 ) - 87 laps 2 . F. Massa - Ferrari F60 - 1:20.330 (+ 1.275 ) - 63 laps 3 . K. Kobayashi - Toyota TF109 - 1:20.699 (+ 1.644 ) - 79 laps 4 . N. Rosberg - Williams Toyota FW31 - 1:21.171 (+ 2.116 ) - 71 laps 5 . R. Kubica - BMW Sauber F1.09 - 1:21.292 (+ 2.237 ) - 47 laps 6 . G. Fisichella - Force India Mercedes VJM02 - 1:21.584 (+ 2.529 ) - 31 laps 7 . P. de la Rosa - McLaren Mercedes MP4-24 - 1:21.831 (+ 2.776 ) - 94 laps 8 . N. Piquet - Renault R29 - 1:22.011 (+ 2.956 ) - 52 laps.
Unfortunately in the wrong car. We need him ASAP!! Anyway, Massa doesn't seem slow either. Does anybody know more about the testing circumstances?
Today was the first of five days of testing this week for Scuderia Ferrari, working at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit in southern Spain. The weather conditions shifted from cloudy to overcast, with a few drops of rain in the afternoon and bursts of sunshine at the end of the day. Felipe Massa gave the Ferrari F60 its debut at this track. The Brazilian driver worked on finding the best set-up on the car and on reliability testing. By the end of the day, Massa had covered 63 laps, the quickest in a time of 1.20.330, whihc represented the second-fastest run of the day. The work schedule was interrupted by several red flag stoppages, including a long break shortly after midday following an off-track excursion, although the car was not damaged. Testing at this track continues tomorrow, again with Massa on track. D.B. © CAPSIS International
Poor weather hindered Formula One testing once again this year, as rain hit the second day of work at the Jerez circuit. The rain began to fall very early on and the asphalt was never dry enough to use slick tyres so teams were forced to make the best of the situation. Timo Glock emerged as the quickest driver in the conditions, posting a best time of 1:30.979 after 89 laps of the Spanish track. Glock took over from teammate Kamui Kobayashi at the wheel of the Toyota TF109, the German happy with his day's work despite the poor weather. "It tends to be difficult to carry out meaningful testing when there is so much rain," said Glock. "The conditions made things tricky again today but at least it stayed consistently wet so we were able to go through some work on set-up and tyres. "It also gave me a chance to get used to pushing the TF109 in these conditions and we put more mileage on the car. It felt good again, just like in Portugal last month, so I'm happy with the day." BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica was second quickest as he worked on set-up options for the F1.09, his day being interrupted by a false electrical alarm that forced him to stop the car on track. Williams's Nico Rosberg posted the third fastest time in the FW31, with Giancarlo Fisichella showing promising pace in the new Force India-Mercedes car, the Italian setting the fourth quickest time of the day despite covering just 54 laps. Yesterday's pace-setter Sebastian Vettel had a more low-key session today in the Red Bull, finishing as fifth fastest ahead of Heikki Kovalainen in the McLaren. Nelson Piquet was again slowest in the Renault, the Brazilian finishing over two seconds of Glock's pace. "The wet weather today meant we had to change our programme and simply worked on getting miles on the car and using the wet weather tyres," said Piquet. "Because it continued raining throughout the day, the track conditions remained pretty consistent and so we were still able to learn some interesting things about the car." The Ferrari team were also present at the track but decided not to run. Today's times: Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Glock Toyota (B) 1:30.979 89 2. Kubica BMW-Sauber (B) 1:31.327 70 3. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:31.451 114 4. Fisichella Force India-Mercedes (B 1:31.547 54 5. Vettel Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:32.220 102 6. Kovalainen McLaren-Merced (B) 1:33.371 91 7. Piquet Renault (B) 1:33.476 66 All Timing Unofficial Source http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73511
I wonder why??? With Massa at the helm they could have gathered valuable data on how the new car reacts during a pirouette.
So now what? I'm curious to ear why nothing happened today.. That's a new car ,you need data even on wet track !
Something did happen today. Info about todays test at Jerez. http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?id=45197 http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?id=45195
Test day 1 under normal conditions: Vettel is fastest and beats Massa by over 1 second! Test day 2 in the rain: Glock is the rainmaster, but has an off.
Jerez - 03/03/2009 1 . T. Glock - Toyota TF109 - 1:19.814 (+ 0.000 ) - 142 laps 2 . F. Massa - Ferrari F60 - 1:20.238 (+ 0.424 ) - 135 laps 3 . F. Alonso - Renault R29 - 1:20.296 (+ 0.482 ) - 152 laps 4 . H. Kovalainen - McLaren Mercedes MP4-24 - 1:20.535 (+ 0.721 ) - 85 laps 5 . A. Sutil - Force India Mercedes VJM02 - 1:20.621 (+ 0.807 ) - 63 laps 6 . M. Webber - Red Bull Renault RB5 - 1:21.021 (+ 1.207 ) - 98 laps 7 . R. Kubica - BMW Sauber F1.09 - 1:21.069 (+ 1.255 ) - 98 laps 8 . N. Rosberg - Williams Toyota FW31 - 1:21.412 (+ 1.598 ) - 125 laps.
Today marked the third day of testing for most of the Formula One teams at Jerez. Ferrari returned to the track for the second time in three days having sat out the Monday running as they were scheduled to run the 2010 specification Bridgestone tyres but was unable to do so in the wet conditions. Felipe Massa today worked on set-up and reliability of the F60 over long runs, both in the wet and in the dry. Despite an off track excursion in the morning, the Brazilian completed a total of 135 laps, the quickest in a time of 1.20.238s, second fastest on the day. Kimi Raikkonen takes over the Ferrari test programme on Wednesday. E.A. © CAPSIS International
Kimi Raikkonen was back behind the wheel of the Ferrari F60 this morning, on the fourth and penultimate day of testing for Scuderia Ferrari and seven other teams gathered at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit in southern Spain. In the morning the sky was grey, but the track remained dry; as foreseen the rain started falling just before 1pm. Fortunately Raikkonen had the opportunity to drive several kilometres with the tyres suited for a dry track. 71 laps were accomplished before the lunch break, including a fastest lap of 1:20.250 which set him as today's second fastest driver, 0.305 seconds off Fernando Alonso's Renault. Later on Raikkonen worked on endurance with several long stints; overall 105 laps were completed today. The Finn's first impressions of the car's behaviour were positive indeed, although there is still a lot of work to do before the start of the season begins in a few weeks. Jerez - 04/03/2009 1 . F. Alonso - Renault R29 - 1:19.945 (+ 0.000 ) - 130 laps 2 . K. Raikkonen - Ferrari F60 - 1:20.250 (+ 0.305 ) - 105 laps 3 . N. Heidfeld - BMW Sauber F1.09 - 1:20.520 (+ 0.575 ) - 99 laps 4 . J. Trulli - Toyota TF109 - 1:20.540 (+ 0.595 ) - 131 laps 5 . M. Webber - Red Bull Renault RB5 - 1:20.894 (+ 0.949 ) - 107 laps 6 . K. Nakajima - Williams Toyota FW31 - 1:20.948 (+ 1.003 ) - 83 laps 7 . L. Hamilton - McLaren Mercedes MP4-24 - 1:21.302 (+ 1.357 ) - 70 laps 8 . A. Sutil - Force India Mercedes VJM02 - 1:21.411 (+ 1.466 ) - 79 laps D.B. © CAPSIS International
