Today's BBC report on testing

Mclaren need help....RB is solid so far

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/9420293.stm

 

RB is just stupid fast. Pretty slow from Ferrari today, wonder what they were testing.

 

Lets hope gently wearing in the new package and parts. Luca Di says not to worry about this weeks test times. I hope he is right as the Bulls look very very strong. Australia cannot get here fast enough!!

 

It's like I said on another thread, I expect Red Bull to be way faster than anybody else, but that's because they have to be. The fact that Alonso took it down to the last race with the F10 (and some dumb mistakes, Spa...) shows how poorly Red Bull was being run last year.

 

I dont think Red Bull will be as mistake prone this year, Vettel has surely matured and the team now has a dual championship under its belt, and Newey seems to be able to do no wrong lately with his designs.

 

I agree I think they will have learned, but because they are so strong in their philosophy of no team orders (or will they be now that they aren't "illegal") I wonder how much nonsense will happen again. Webber isn't going to be giving an inch, and neither will Vettel. I just hope Ferrari can compete, it looks like there is a definite 1-2. What teams will be fighting for #3 may actually be what's worth watching this year

 

Are you forgetting all the reliability issues Vettel had last year? He lost 40 points that I can think of offhand (and Alonso gained 12 points from those failures).

Red Bull is only behind Ferrari in number of miles complete IIRC so it looks like they've taken that issue seriously.

 

Ferrari also had a couple failures so the effect wouldn't quite be 40 points in that regard