Barcelona Testing 2019 (Circuit de Catalunya)

Toro Rosso newcomer Albon goes out of the track. Red Flag!

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Baptism of fire for Alex Albon, drops it in the kitty litter on the first lap ,in an F1 car .This is a massive ask for him ,the other new kids on the block have done a fair bit of F1 driving previously.

 

Leclerc's running!

 

Giovanazzi's the fastest so far. 1.23 lap.

 

Leclerc has not made a fast lap yet. 1.42 best.

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Another link if anyone out there...https://www.autosport.com/f1/live/2853865/barcelona-f1-test-day-two-2019

 

Leclerc breaks 1.20. Goes 1.19.42.

 

This is amazing with only Lewis and Kevin Mag in the same team as last year.

Leclerc already within 1 sec of Vettel's blistering pace yesterday .on C2 against Vettels C3 .After just 22 laps.

 

Not that the times really matter, but didn't Vettel lift off coming out of the last corner yesterday on that lap?

 

Leclerc further improves. 1.19.17 from harder C2 tyres.

 

Why oh why have they given Alex Jacques a commentary seat here....the hate I have for that guy is unbelievable. He talks at normal volume one second, then very softly...then shouting into mic for no reason whatsoever all in the space of 1 sentence!

 

Leclerc's gone even faster with the same C2 tyres. 1.18.98. Remember Vettel's fastest was on C3 tyres. Within striking dstance now.

 

Poor Seb. He has to worry about Ham, Max and now his own teammate.

 

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Ricciardo's DRS falls off and the car came inches from the wall. Very lucky not to have crashed it properly!

 

He'd be an idiot not to be if honest.

 

Lewis getting serious now..

 

ahh no info on that one.

 

I'm pretty sure he did. He was about to obliterate his time but lifted off...

 

Leclerc within .1 now ..with average first sector ..hold on tight here we gooooo

 

Very encouraging performance from SF so far, fast and , you know, competent ...
I'm not backing one of our drivers against the other, I just want a red front row and victory in Australia.
We can take it from there.

 

Leclerc's struggling with C3 tyres. Not improving.

 

Timesheet at 11.14am: 1) Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, 1:18.257, 58 laps; 2) Antonio Giovinazzi, Alfa Romeo, 1:19.312, 50 laps; 3) Daniel Ricciardo, Renault, 1:19.886, 27 laps; 4) Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 1:19.928, 50 laps; 5) Lando Norris, McLaren, 1:19.994, 35 laps; 6) Kevin Magnussen, Haas, 1:20.070, 14 laps; 7) Alex Albon, Toro Rosso, 1:20.232, 32 laps; 8) Lance Stroll, Racing Point, 1:20.433, 33 laps; 9) Pierre Gasly, Red Bull, 1:20.581, 53 laps

 

Apparently Red Bull/Mercedes are a little bit afraid of Ferrari's and Saubers wing concept (obviously less afraid of Sauber)...IF Ferrari has it right, it could be an advantage like the double diffuser in 2009...sure teams can build a similar style wing but it's unlikely to work as well as Ferrari's who surely would have the rest of the car around the wing.

 

Toto also afraid of something else...

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/feb/18/toto-wolff-no-deal-brexit-nightmare-f1-teams-uk