Valencia testing times February 1, 2011 - official thread

First! FORZA FERRARI AND MS!

 

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I don't think we'll see anything remotely interesting until the final testing session. Even then many teams will be sandbagging. Qualifying is in a few weeks.......

 

Well, the teams will only be testing one car each? Which means the drivers gotta share cars?

 

Gotta respectfully disagree there. They don't have the time anymore to play those games.

They may run underweight at times to try and psyche the others, but even that is getting to be a waste of time as they're so sensitive that the all important data acquisition wouldn't be accurate.

Cheers,
Ian

 

That's right.

Latest: Fernando Alonso (1:15.371), The Hulk (1:15.615), McLaren's Gary Paffett (1:16.256), Kobayashi (1:16.354), D'Ambrosio (1:17.991) and Toro Rosso's Jaime Alguersuari (1:18.260)

 

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Alonso quickest by nearly a second!

 

Here we go... not even two hours into the season and irrational exuberance has taken hold.

A) It's ONLY testing... We don't know what, or why.

2) If anyone is going to waste precious track time foolishly wanking-about it's Captain Eyebrows there.

 

If you aren't interested in testing then find another thread.

The fastest time set in Valencia last year was a 1:11.470 set on the final day by Alonso. The Force India's are already in the 1:13's so we may see last year's times beaten. (No exclamations as I don't want to offend with my exuberence)

 

We've got a long way to get before we see competitive times out there. Hulk is on top but it's still not close to what they were doing last year

 

+1 Domencalli said the same thing. For the first tests they are focusing on reliability and not speed for now(Ferrari). He said the final test will be much more indicative of performance between the teams.

 

The only way to sandbag that I see is that a team will concentrate on a chosen sector of the track at a time. But even then if someone clever can string the best sector times together they will still see the real potential of a car.

 

Didn't take the haters long!

 

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Coureur Team Wagen Tijd Verschil #
1. Vettel Red Bull Racing RB7 1:13.769 56 pit
2. Hulkenberg Force India VJM-03 1:13.938 + 0.169 71 pit
3. Alonso Ferrari F150 1:14.718 + 0.949 66 pit
4. Paffett McLaren MP4-25 1:15.350 + 1.581 67 pit
5. Kobayashi Sauber C30 1:15.831 + 2.062 42 pit
6. D'Ambrosio Virgin Racing MVR-02 1:16.398 + 2.629 49 pit
7. Barrichello Williams FW33 1:17.335 + 3.566 35 pit
8. Petrov Lotus Renault GP R31 1:17.424 + 3.655 14 pit
9. Alguersuari Toro Rosso STR6 1:18.260 + 4.491 8 pit
10. Karthikeyan HRT F1 Team F111 1:18.650 + 4.881 34 pit
11. Rosberg Mercedes GP W02 1:19.930 + 6.161 9 pit
12. Schumacher Mercedes GP W02 geen tijd 0 pit
13. di Resta Force India VJM-03 geen tijd 0 pit
14. geen tijd

 

Domenicali is right on point with this. Right now they are looking at kers, wings, etc. If memory serves me I think sauber last year had some great testing times early and we all saw what happened during the season.

 

MB is out due to a hydraulics issue after 9 laps.

from Rosberg:


1559: And here's more from Rosberg on the adjustable rear wing, which can be activated by the driver when he is within a second of the car in front. He did manage to try it in his brief spell on the track and says it will take getting used to. "You push the button and it lowers at the back, so you feel the car gets lighter, and then you release the button again before braking," he said. "But you think 'Jeez, what if it hasn't gone back to its original position,' because if it doesn't you are off in a big way. It's going to take some adjusting. Because it moves we don't know how quick it resets itself once you release the button again. It could be too late and it's not properly attached, so it's still a bit of a concern."


1448: Nico Rosberg only completed nine laps in that new Mercedes of his his, with the car suffering a hydraulics problem, but the German says it is a big improvement from the 2010 version. "It was good. I just felt at home straight away," he said. "I felt like at one with the car, it didn't feel like a different car that I don't know. It felt very nice. That's a very important thing straight away. I think it's just a better car in general. The whole car is just a big step forward for us. With the aerodynamics there's still a lot to come so in the next few weeks I think we will make quite a lot of progress still."

 

The williams car has one tiny back end, and it's contoured and smoothed very well like the Red Bull
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I'd love to see Williams be towards the front again. Unfortunately, their driver lineup leaves a little to be desired even if the car was up to snuff...

 

Hamilton in the McLaren, fastest by far !!!

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Huh? I don't think he even drove today!.....

final times from day one:

Pos Driver Car Time Gap Laps
1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault* 1m13.769s 93
2. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m13.938s + 0.169s 71
3. Gary Paffett McLaren-Mercedes 1m14.292s + 0.523s 91
4. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m14.461s + 0.692s 28
5. Fernando Alonso Ferrari* 1m14.553s + 0.784s 97
6. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari* 1m15.621s + 1.852s 68
7. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1m16.003s + 2.234s 71
8. Vitaly Petrov Renault* 1m16.351s + 2.582s 28
9. Michael Schumacher Mercedes* 1m16.450s + 2.681s 15
10. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari* 1m17.214s + 3.445s 19
11. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth* 1m17.335s + 3.566s 77
12. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m18.020s + 4.251s 45
13. Nico Rosberg Mercedes* 1m19.930s + 6.161s 9

The asterisks are for 2011 cars btw. All others are 2010 models....

 

Cool vid of Saubers rear wing doing it's thing:

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Nice!......

Cheers,
Ian

 

Awesome clip mate! The rear wings reminds me of the SLR