Test 2 Barcelona

AUTOSPORT Live: Test day one - F1 Barcelona second 2015 test

 

I think the Ferrari improved a lot. Kimi is only 2 seconds of last years pole time having only just got into the car in cold conditions and a very green track (both contributing to less grip).

 

Button sets an identical time to Kimi. +0.000

 

McLaren right in the thick of things today. Ferrari continuing to lead the time sheets early on.

 

Turns out to be a computer mistake, Button was 6 tenths slower.

 

LH out with the flu

 

Fluwis Hamilton

 

Mclaren won't run til Saturday due to problems. I'm shocked at how ill-prepared they are, although I wouldn't bet against them in the long run. I would have thought they would have thrown the engine in a mule and done laps in japan to avoid these teething problems-perhaps the thin rear end is causing problems ...

 

Very few cars are running today.

 

McLaren will run again on Friday - but with the risk of a repeat blow up to today. Revised parts not available till Saturday. They will probably find other ways to blow up regardless...

 

Kimi goes faster than last years pole

 

Lewis Hamilton is in NYC as reported by the NYpost

 

Raikkonen running faster than the pole lap from last year's GP, clocking 1:25.167 (pole was 1:25.232). It's only winter testing, but it seems like Ferrari has something to work with. Both Ferrari and Sauber consistently are at the top of the time sheets during winter testing, so I would assume the engine is more powerful.

Mercedes being at the bottom tells me they aren't too concerned. Them banging out 191 laps (so far) to Ferrari's 115 gives an indication where their focus is.

 

That quickly? He ran 11 laps and then stopped driving around 1:00a PST...no way he could be in NYC (I would think).

 

What he said.

McLaren are switching Button out tomorrow and bringing in Alonso for driving duties, even though Alonso was scheduled for Sat-Sun.
They want to be fair to both, so they switched days.

Just from the runs so far, sounds like McHonda are doing much better, albeit with some reliability issues. Button had several purple sectors and was behind Raikkonen on the charts before his run came to a halt. Can't wait to see/hear videos of the MP4/30 on youtube. It's gotta be running smoother and sounding better now compared to Jerez.

 

McLaren has time to get it together. They were looking good befor the engine went ka-put.

 

He might have been in NYC earlier in week as they did not give a day for his visit but said he snuck out of a club with some blonde

 

Sounds like he might have caught a slight case of the cooties! lol

 

I know it's just testing but it is clear that Ferrari has a good car. Alonso has to be on suicide watch.

 

Maldonado pips Kimi's best time, but he was on softs whereas Kimi was on mediums.

 

After this weekend, we'll def have a better idea where McHonda is at. Their pace this morning was leaps better than Jerez.


It's funny to see Pascal Wehrlein's name twice on the board.
Even funnier to see he was faster in the Force India! lol

 

What happened to Nasr & Wolff? did she rear-end the guy?

 

Blonde left club at same time*

 

Good chance 'blonde' passed LH his flu bug. Incubation period etc.

 

I wonder if some of the improvement is because Ferrari no longer have to accommodate Alonso's preferred driving style.

I've read many times he likes a car setup with quite a lot of understeer built in. This seems the opposite of most drivers and having Kimi and Vettel with styles that are more similar to each other is bound to benefit Ferrari.