Comments on: Live from Jerez

By: Zen

Zen — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:19:18 +0000

PIctures and interviews, Lap times are not truly reflective as we do not know what fuel loads they are carying and I doubt any team will give an honest reply at this time

By: Zen

Zen — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:13:39 +0000

Whilst its good toget an idea of how the season is going to look,its not really a true picture as we dont have any idea of fuel loads etc. And lets face it they are all playing it close to thier chest so as not to give any competative advantage.
This year we have the extra’s to factor in thinner front tyres, no refuelling.
I think a few interviews and some spectacular pics of the new cars and livery would be more appreciated.

By: JV

JV — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:54:53 +0000

Keith if you can come up with any videos of testing. That will be really good.

By: footfarmer

footfarmer — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:09:21 +0000

driver comments are usually about as genuinely informative as an ex prime minster at a public enquiry..
“..yeah um we’re um pleased with progress so far. The uh car feels very positive and er we’re looking forward to the exciting series.. “

By: Becken

Becken — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:27:23 +0000

So, to help me decide how to prioritise my time at the track, I�d like to know what you�re interested in seeing from the tests. Lap times? Lots of pictures? Interviews with drivers and team members?

Rubens Barrichello said that we will se a clear picture of who is really competitive in this test session at Jerez, so LAP TIMES is VERY important for us right now!

By: ap

ap — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:58:38 +0000

how about if you could just get some pics from the bits of an f1 car we dont usually see…cockpit, steering wheels, footwell/pedals, seats, head restraints.

I would enjoy that more than
“1. *Stint Lengths of drivers*, whether driver was consistently lowering his times or was being erratic. (This info is generally hard to get from elsewhere)

2. The fastest lap of every stint, and in which lap of the stint was it set in. And also, at what time of the day was it set in. I find it weird that no one seems to think this is important! This info was nowhere to see during the Valencia test.”

As if the teams are going to go, by the way Keith we only put in 3laps of go juice into that last run….
if there was a roll eyes icon the above post would get it..!

By: ElChiva

ElChiva — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:38:50 +0000

forgot to add live coverage is not sexy, as it means laptimes mostly, the nitty gritty is how they achieved those times, tyres, track condition, stint duration… Casual fans want the former, hardcore fans the latter.

Have fun.

By: ElChiva

ElChiva — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:31:11 +0000

spreadsheet of all teams including laptime, number of laps per stint (untill refuelling, not until drive through the pit lane) and tyres they were using. Icing on the cake would be pics of the rear tyres at the end of each stint, track condition would be helpful too as rain might appear.

Tall order I know. But that would be all the info we fans need to go into a week of isolation crunching numbers to our hearts content. Forget about pics ( well maybe one of the RB6 diffuser) and interviews, a hundred websites will have these by 2 pm.

PS: indulge in local seafood, fresh fish and local wine

By: Scribe

Scribe — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:57:28 +0000

I’m deffinatley going to whish for pictures. A good clear one of the McLaren and Sauber diffusers. And for that matter the Williams and the Mercedes. Hell even the Ferrari and the Force India if you feel like it.

If it rains maybe a few pictures of the rain trails created by the car. At the beggining of last year, especially in china the cars produced huge swirling vortexes behind them, I’d like to see if the diffusers have impacted on that because I didn’t exactly look out for it in Brazil.

By: Growler

Growler — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:20:48 +0000

As other have said, lap-tims can be found elsewhere so don’t bother too much with them, unless you get any additional information which makes it wrth while (i.e if you know a fast time was set on a 3 lap stint or whatever).

I’d be interested in how the experience differs being an accredited media person, how the teams / other journo’ treat you – are they glad to see a new face d eager to help, or mistrusting of an “outsider” trying to enter their ranks.