2010 F1 testing live: 26th February

February 26, 2010 at 7:40 am by Keith Collantine

Lewis Hamilton in action today

It’s day two at Barcelona and Fernando Alonso is among the drivers finishing off their planned test programmes ahead of the first race of 2010.

Join us and follow testing as it happens below.

Times from today’s test

Driver	Car	Best time	Laps	Difference
Nico Hülkenberg	Williams-Cosworth FW32	80.614	99	0
Fernando Alonso	Ferrari F10	80.637	134	0.023
Pedro de la Rosa	BMW Sauber-Ferrari C29	80.973	114	0.359
Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes VJM03	81.056	90	0.442
Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault RB6	81.258	125	0.644
Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari STR5	81.571	104	0.957
Michael Schumacher	Mercedes W01	81.689	85	1.075
Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes MP4-25	82.152	93	1.538
Robert Kubica	Renault R30	84.912	53	4.298
Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Cosworth T127	85.524	70	4.91
Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth VR-01	85.942	52	5.328

Testing notes

Mark Webber was fastest of all yesterday but expect the times to get faster over today, tomorrow and Sunday as more rubber goes down on the track.

McLaren ran a set of sensors on the rear of Jenson Button’s car early in the session but the team suffered a blow when the car came to a stop late in the session.

But they were far from the only team to suffer problems. Fernando Alonso lost a lot of running after an electrical problem (he also tried a shark fin wing on the Ferrari F10) and Virgin’s test efforts suffered another setback after Lucas di Grassi crashed.

Several drivers are expected to make their last appearances in testing today before the Bahrain Grand Prix, including Alonso, Nico Hülkenberg, Pedro de la Rosa, Vitantonio Liuzzi and Jaime Alguersuari.

Today’s testing line-up

McLaren MP4-25 – Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes W01 – Michael Schumacher
Red Bull RB6 – Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari F10 – Fernando Alonso
Williams FW32 – Nico Hülkenberg
BMW Sauber C29 – Pedro de la Rosa
Renault R30 – Robert Kubica
Force India VJM03 – Vitantonio Liuzzi
Toro Rosso STR5 – Jaime Alguersuari
Virgin VR-01 – Timo Glock
Lotus T127 – Jarno Trulli

The track: Circuit de Catalunya

The final test of 2010 is being held at the Circuit de Catalunya, where the teams will return later this year for the Spanish Grand Prix.

Rubens Barrichello set the fastest time during last year’s Spanish Grand Prix race weekend with a 1’19.954 in Q2. The fastest lap of the race itself was also set by Barrichello, a 1’22.762,

For further comparison, Valentino Rossi lapped the track in a 2008-specification Ferrari on GP2 slick tyres in a time of 1’21.900 earlier this year.

Live Tweets and times

Check out MSFree.gr for live times from the track during the test.

Here’s the latest Tweets from people at the track (plus me):

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101 comments on 2010 F1 testing live: 26th February

MoskiSan said on 26th February 2010, 10:03

Hi Costas your site looks really great, it would be awesome if you could set an english version, which seems hard enough, but maybe a lite version with timings, news or f1 goodies.
Thank you so much!

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MacLeod said on 26th February 2010, 10:14

why are the twitterscomments not on this page but one the yesterday page?

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Edu said on 26th February 2010, 10:21

Liuzzi now 1m21.056, just three tenths off Alonso. I think the track is with more rubber

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BBT said on 26th February 2010, 10:58

I was just going to say why are Mclaren doing so little running and then out pops Hamilton

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- jonni said on 26th February 2010, 11:13
  
  i think beacause yesterday was button’s day so now they’re trying to fit best set also for lewis
  
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spanish senora said on 26th February 2010, 11:23

Can’t seem to access msfree page. Is there anywhere else to see live timings?

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- David B said on 26th February 2010, 11:28
  
  http://live.autosport.com/commentary.php/id/183
  
  This is good.
  
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  - spanish senora said on 26th February 2010, 11:43
    
    Thanks, David.
    
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  - damjan006 said on 26th February 2010, 12:10
    
    Thank you very much David, god bless you ¡!
    
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- costas (msfree) said on 26th February 2010, 11:36
  
  Yeap…. We receiving a nice DOS attack… sorry for the problems guys
  
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  - Mike said on 26th February 2010, 17:37
    
    really? bugger, …
    
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BBQ2 said on 26th February 2010, 11:33

The fact that Ferrari tested the “shark fin” yesterday, shows they are not yet satisfied with their base car.

Sometimes you develop in the wrong direction just as BGP did last year :-(

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- Calum said on 26th February 2010, 12:11
  
  It’s like building an upside down pyramid, you can go on building thinking you are doing fine then suddenly the pyramid falls because you have done too much!!
  
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  - Peter said on 26th February 2010, 12:46
    
    If you build a pyramid it doesnt really matter when it falls over :-).
    
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    - LewisC said on 26th February 2010, 13:00
      
      Yes it does… a pyramid has a square bottom.
      
      You’re thinking of a tetrahedron ;)
      
      (Sorry for the pedantry!)
      
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      - Calum said on 26th February 2010, 13:42
        
        Read again, “upside down pyramid”, that will get top heavy and fall.
        
        For an upside down pyramid your square bottom is the square top!! ;)
- damjan006 said on 26th February 2010, 12:33
  
  I don’t think that testing new components means that they are in trouble. I personally think that meclaren are in troubles because they are testing the same components with all those aero devices on it exactly like last year. I hope I am wrong because I am JB`s fan.
  
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Pablo said on 26th February 2010, 11:57

I Maybe jumping the gun here with this one, as i know everyone is saying you cant take anything from the times.

But Virgin Racing i think nearly every session has been quicker than Lotus!? Not bad.

I think there car is one of the best looking on the grid also, and no offense, i like lotus cars but this F1 car looks very boxy.

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- verstappen said on 26th February 2010, 20:34
  
  That’s Gascoyne, he did the same when he started at Toyota. Apparantly to get a ‘baseline’, calibrate everything around that and then improve.
  
  Before we could see the result he was gone…
  
  Now Im wondering if he did the same at Renault?
  
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matt88 said on 26th February 2010, 12:13

Is still Ferrari using the shark fin today?

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Nathan Turner said on 26th February 2010, 12:22

ferrari now using shark fin :P wonder what took them?

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- Derek said on 26th February 2010, 12:45
  
  Just copying McLaren!
  
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  - Nathan Turner said on 26th February 2010, 13:42
    
    copying mclaren! red bull used it first in 2008 pre season, lool and ferrari used it in hungary 08 mclaren have never used it before 2010 launch.
    
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  - Vince said on 26th February 2010, 14:33
    
    How does Mclaren get credit for the shark fin!?!?!
    
    Did they use it all of last year when Renault did?
    Did they develop it the way Redbull did?
    Hilarious!
    
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    - Nathan Turner said on 26th February 2010, 17:57
      
      i know :P red bull get all the credit for this
      
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    - Mike said on 26th February 2010, 18:10
      
      I think he’s suggesting that Ferrari are doing because McLaren are, not that McLaren pioneered it..
      
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wasiF1 said on 26th February 2010, 12:38

Have a delicious lunch Keith.

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Tombong said on 26th February 2010, 12:38

The only teams that aren’t using the shark fin is Mercedes and the new teams.

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KMal said on 26th February 2010, 12:38

P Pilotes Equipes Temps Ecarts Trs
1 F.Alonso Ferrari 1.20.637 +-.— 60
2 P.De La Rosa Sauber 1.20.973 +-.— 46
3 V.Liuzzi Force India 1.21.056 +-.— 23
4 S.Vettel Red Bull 1.21.258 +-.— 55
5 J.Alguersuari Toro Rosso 1.21.571 +-.— 36
6 M.Schumacher Mercedes 1.21.689 +-.— 45
7 L.Hamilton McLaren 1.22.152 +-.— 39
8 N.Hulkenberg Williams 1.23.513 +-.— 82
9 R.Kubica Renault 1.24.912 +-.— 44
10 T.Glock Virgin 1.26.622 +-.— 18
11 J.Trulli Lotus 1.26.677 +-.— 40

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Abuelo Paul said on 26th February 2010, 12:41

Please, can someone on site at Barcelona give the management a swift kick up the B*tt and get them to re-activate the webcams. Why would ya advertise, install, and run 2 webcams then deliberatley redirect them to the home page when we want to use them.
Or is it another commercial rights issue?
I for one would love to be able to see the cars on the pit lane.

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- Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) said on 26th February 2010, 15:33
  
  It will definitely be a broadcasting rights matter. Only official F1 broadcasters are allowed to film at tests, and if they choose not to then there won’t be any footage.
  
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LewisC said on 26th February 2010, 13:02

http://twitter.com/clubforce/status/9676197865

Force India about to start a full race simulation – this should give some great stats on the fuel usage as the laptimes come down, if they’re running at ‘proper speed’…

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wasiF1 said on 26th February 2010, 13:06

Lap count
Alonso 60
De la Rosa 46
Liuzzi 26
Vettel 55
Alguersuari 36
Schumacher 45
Hamilton 39
Hulkenberg 82
Kubica 44
Glock 18
Trulli 40

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- wasiF1 said on 26th February 2010, 13:09
  
  Lap time before lunch time
  
  1 Alonso Ferrari 1m20.637s
  2 De la Rosa Sauber 1m20.973s +0.336
  3 Liuzzi Force India 1m21.056s +0.419
  4 Vettel Red Bull 1m21.455s +0.818
  5 Alguersuari Toro Rosso 1m21.571s +0.934
  6 Schumacher Mercedes 1m21.689s +1.052
  7 Hamilton McLaren 1m22.152s +1.515
  8 Hulkenberg Williams 1m23.513s +2.876
  9 Kubica Renault 1m24.912s +4.275
  10 Glock Virgin 1m26.622s +5.985
  11 Trulli Lotus 1m26.941s +6.304
  
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