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    Day 2--> tomorrow
     
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    Vettel today

    Vettel: Ferrari would have been worse off in Spain with normal F1 tyres via @crash_net

    After completing a back-to-back comparison with the regular tread tyres during the first in-season test day in Barcelona on Tuesday, Vettel said he thinks he would have struggled even more had the changes not been made for the race.

    Vettel: I think it’s pretty straightforward. Normally you don’t get the chance to revisit these kind of decisions that are made (tyres change), but I think we did now with the day that we had today,

    "I think the result is that if we had the normal tyres on Sunday, we would have probably been even worse off.

    "I think it was the correct call, and it was our fault not to have the same tyre wear or life as other people."

    Vettel completed more than 130 laps en route to P3 during Tuesday's test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, with the Ferrari driver relishing the chance to try and find a solution for its difficulties at the last race.

    "It’s good to have the test to be able to compare and I think we have some ideas. Now it’s up to us to turn those ideas into reality," Vettel said.

    "It was good in terms of timing, coming from a poor weekend for us. We were not quick enough and more than not being quick enough we were struggling to make the tyres last. These things have a link.

    "So it was good to have a possibility to revisit it, and now it’s up to us to take action."

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    Vettel: Obviously it looked like from the outside they [Mercedes] had a stronger weekend, without any big issues, but we need to look at ourselves, focus on our car and our problems, so we'll be stronger again.

    Vettel: Test proves issues are with Ferrari not tyres

    Sebastian Vettel: Test proves Ferrari's problems in Spain were not due to tyres

    BARCELONA, Spain -- After doing back to back tests in Barcelona on Tuesday, Sebastian Vettel says Pirelli was right to bring thinner tread tyres to the Spanish Grand Prix last weekend.

    After Mercedes outpaced Ferrari throughout the race weekend in Spain there were suggestions that Pirelli's decision to bring thinner tread tyres gave a benefit to Mercedes. The decision was based examples of overheating and blistering at the same circuit during pre-season testing, which was partly due to a lack of wear on the new, smooth track surface, which was relaid over the winter.

    The more rubber on the tyre, the more heat it retains -- and without the normal level of wear the surface of the tyre was getting so hot through Barcelona's high-speed corners that it started to blister. In agreement with the FIA, a decision was made to reduce the thickness of the tyres by 0.4mm for the Spanish, French and British Grands Prix in an attempt to avoid a repeat in the races.

    As part of Ferrari's investigations into its lack of race pace on Tuesday, Vettel tested standard tread versions of the soft and medium compounds as well as thin tread tyres in a back to back comparisons. The thick tread tyres came back with obvious signs of overheating and Vettel admitted after the session that they would have exacerbated Ferrari's issues if they had been used on Sunday.

    http://kwese.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/23512229/sebastian-vettel-test-proves-ferrari-problems-spain-were-not-due-tyres
     
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    One more thing to add...

    Btw Vettel said that the car was exactly the same like on Sunday. No changes or updates.....
     
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    Best way to do it rather than doing rush reactions over it. Now they can figure what went really wrong. I heard that the DF of the car wasn't that much higher for the SF71H over the SF70H cause they were concerntrating on reducing drag. Maybe that's what's causing problems? Still I think this track maybe the outline. Melbourne was due to bad set up maybe Spain also.
     
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    Does testing count against allocations if they break something? On one hand testing is critical but at the same time they putting a lot of milage on the PU and gearbox. Ultimately is it worth the risk of grid penalties? How does that all work in testing?
     
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    If it's anything like Barcelona testing in the beginning of the year.....they can change as many components as possible....1 per day if they wanted to.... and it will NOT count towards the component allocation allotment.
     
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    So, Seb’s best time of 1’17”659 was set in the afternoon on Soft compound tyres, of the type used at the start of the season and not in last weekend’s GP.

     
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    One Hundred Laps completed by the Alfa Romeo - Sauber.
     
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    FIRST RED FLAG

    Kevin Magnussen parked between Turns 3 and 4.
     
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    SECOND RED FLAG

    Lando Norris stopped at Turn 3 in the McLaren.
     
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    Maybe he can outdo Lettuce by crashing when he’s not even moving.
     

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