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Yeah, Neway wants to perfect the aero of the car. They did the same last year (skipping the initial test) and look how strong they were.
Even though Ferrari is strong in testing, I personally wouldn't be too worried about them because after they tried to Italianize the team after 2006, they started to fall apart and screw up A LOT in the past 3 years.
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Ezekiel 25:17. The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you.
And Italianizing the team has been their undoing... they have been making amature mistakes in the pitlane.
I think Ferrari rejected that rumor (about F10b) already; but Ferrari still feels wrong about the whole diffuser saga, so they may not have built the new diffuser at the limit (within the rules) like some other teams (like Mclaren which claims that they interpreted the rules on the aggressive side) did.
__________________ 08 CBR600RR 03 IS300
Ezekiel 25:17. The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you.
Was following via Twitter on the testing last night but fell asleep before Schumacher went onto track @ 4:30am.
Looks like Schumacher hasn't lost his pace after being absent But like they all say, testing means nothing since I'm sure some teams are planning to sandbag it or run some funky shit before Bahrain
The Renault Livery is pretty nice, BMW-Sauber doesn't seem to have ANY major sponsors, sorta like the 2009/10 Brawn GP Car. The Ferrari livery with the White is starting to grow on me as I'm sure the McLaren will as well.
I feel bad for Peter Sauber, he didn't want to let the team he created die so he had to re-buy the other 80% stake BMW had on the team. I hope they get some major sponsors on the car.
Provisional Day 1 Results:
Provisional times
01. F Massa Ferrari 1:12.574 102 laps
02. P de las Rosa BMW Sauber 1:12.784 74 laps
03. M Schumacher Mercedes GP 1:12.947 40 laps
04. N Rosberg Mercedes GP 1:13.543 39 laps
05. G Paffett McLaren-Mercedes 1:13.846 86 laps
06. R Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:14.449 75 laps
07. S Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:14.762 18 laps
08. R Kubica Renault 1:15.000 69 laps
DAY 2 IS COMING UP FOR JENSON BUTTON + LEWIS HAMILTON AND FERNANDO ALONSO!!
Brawn admits Mercedes are off the pace
Wednesday 3rd February 2010
Ross Brawn has admitted his Mercedes team have "got a bit of work to do" in order to catch McLaren and Ferrari while Michael Schumacher says he does not expect to challenge for early-season race wins.
Though wary of drawing firm conclusions from the opening three days of winter testing, Brawn all-but conceded that his team are lagging behind the pace-setters despite Schumacher's return.
"It's always very difficult to judge. On full tanks on Tuesday we didn't look too bad but we're a little bit off on pace and [there are problems with] the handling and balance of the car which we can fix for Jerez. We know what the problem is," Brawn told the BBC.
"Of course the other teams will be progressing as well so we are reasonable, not as quick as Ferrari and Lewis looked quick yesterday. So it looks like we've got a bit of work to do.
"We are cracking exhausts and are having to change those every 150-200km. It's a problem we can fix but here it's difficult.
"We've got a handling imbalance because we are all learning about these tyres here and we've seen straight away some things we want done on the tyres which we'll have done by Jerez."
Schumacher's running on Wednesday was brought to a premature conclusion due to a hydraulic fault. The German finished the day a second down on Fernando Alonso.
Speaking to Autosport, Schumacher, making his comeback after three years of inactivity, offered a more positive assessment of the team's position - though he also accepted that Ferrari are currently out in front and it may be a while before Mercedes close the gap.
"The car is running very smoothly, very nicely. I'm very positive," he reported. "I'm thinking we will be competitive, but whether this is a winning car straightaway or not, that's another story. For me that's not so important - it's a long season. We need to be there and taking points from the beginning.
"I wouldn't expect to be winning right from the beginning. It wasn't something that I was aiming for and expecting to be the case. But we need to be strong enough on development."
But Schumacher was also able to report that, on a personal level, his comeback had gone smoothly.
"Actually it's been much easier than I anticipated," he announced. "I thought it would need a bit more time but it went pretty quickly. I'm really happy."
It's soooooo nice to see Lotus back in F1!!! They've been missed!!
BTW, anyone know of a reliable website to buy F1 tickets from? I want to get Shanghai tix but they're all sold out (at least the affordable tickets are) from the official website
Jenson Button's 1:18.871 proved to be unbeatable on the final - and very productive - day of testing at Jerez.
With the sun beating down on the track and little sign of the rain that dominated proceedings at the start of the week, Saturday's action got underway with Kamui Kobayashi the first to take the P1 slot.
However, minutes later the Sauber driver also became the first to bring out the red flags as his C29 ground to a halt right after the chicane.
Once the action was back up and running, Renault's Robert Kubica stormed into the lead with a 1:19.114, the fastest time set at Jerez this year, at least up until Button put in two short three-lap stints.
The first saw the reigning F1 Champ move up to second place behind the Pole while his second stint had him taking the P1 slot with an impressive 1:18.871. That was 0.243s quicker than Kubica's previous best.
Button's attack on the timesheets, though, was brought to a halt when Mark Webber stopped out on track near Turn 4, the second red flag of the day.
Although Red Bull struggled to identify the problem, the team opted changed Webber's Renault engine as a "precautionary" measure.
An impressive four-and-a-half hours of uninterrupted running followed Webber's incident during which many of the drivers concentrating on race simulations and pit stop practices.
Nico Rosberg's Mercedes GP W01 proved to be solid pace over a long distance as the German covered a 19 lap stint with a consistent pace in the mid 1:21s.
Jarno Trulli, on his first outing as a Lotus driver, put in just over 20 laps with an average pace in the 1:26s. "Jarno with no problems. Sticking with long runs to get mileage on the car," reported tech boss Mike Gascoyne.
"First long run pace was good but Jarno reported big rear drop off over last 5 laps. Need to protect the rear tyres more."
Button was charging around in the high 1:22s during his longer runs, matched by Fernando Alonso, who did 30 laps with an average time in the early 1:22s.
However, the action came to a halt when Nico Hulkenberg, who had completed a massive 137 laps at that point, stopped out on the start/finish straight.
The final hour of testing for the week saw Timo Glock improve his best to a 1:22.433. The German, though, managed the fewest laps of all the drivers due to a hydraulic problem that left him stranded in the pits.
And although some of the drivers ventured out for a late dash, only Rosberg was able to beat his previous best while any last minute attempts were brought to a halt by the day's fourth and final red flag, which belonged to Glock.
Unofficial Times
1. J. Button McLaren MP4-25 1:18.871 108 laps
2. R. Kubica Renault R30 1:19.114 +0.243 117 laps
3. K. Kobayashi Sauber C29 1:19.188 +0.317 117 laps
4. V. Liuzzi Force India VJM-03 1:19.650 +0.779 80 laps
5. N. Rosberg Mercedes GP W01 1:20.061 +1.190 130 laps
6. F. Alonso Ferrari F10 1:20.436 +1.565 137 laps
7. J. Alguersuari Toro Rosso STR5 1:21.053 +2.182 139 laps
8. M. Webber Red Bull Racing RB6 1:21.194 +2.323 87 laps
9. N. Hülkenberg Williams FW32 1:21.919 +3.048 137 laps
10. T. Glock Virgin Racing VR-01 1:22.433 +3.562 27 laps
11. J. Trulli Lotus F1 T127 1:23.470 +4.599 141 laps
I was just on the Formula 1 site, and they have comparisons between the 2009/2010 cars due to rule changes. The fuel tanks now hold 235L!
I don't know about you, but if I were a driver I would be a little uneasy about having 235L of fuel behind my back... Fuck that's a lot of fuel. Imagine the size of the fireball should it ever ignite in a crash.
And the lack of overtaking this coming year compared to last year...
__________________ 08 CBR600RR 03 IS300
Ezekiel 25:17. The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you.
I was just on the Formula 1 site, and they have comparisons between the 2009/2010 cars due to rule changes. The fuel tanks now hold 235L!
I don't know about you, but if I were a driver I would be a little uneasy about having 235L of fuel behind my back... Fuck that's a lot of fuel. Imagine the size of the fireball should it ever ignite in a crash.
wouldn't you think the engineers have a better idea than you?
I was just on the Formula 1 site, and they have comparisons between the 2009/2010 cars due to rule changes. The fuel tanks now hold 235L!
I don't know about you, but if I were a driver I would be a little uneasy about having 235L of fuel behind my back... Fuck that's a lot of fuel. Imagine the size of the fireball should it ever ignite in a crash.
My, my, how soon we forget....prior to 1994, F1 cars were not permitted to re-fuel, and there were no big fireballs between Gerhard Berger's crash at Imola in 1989 to Jos Verstappen's mishap in the pitlane. On the bright side, you won't get fires like the one that engulfed Jos Verstappen at the German GP in 1994.
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