2011 F1 testing day 10: Barcelona

46 comments on “2011 F1 testing day 10: Barcelona”

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   Master firelee (@master-firelee)
   20th February 2011, 0:11

   Umm keith you might want to change the driver for the virgin i dont think its jarno trulli
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      Hare (@hare)
      20th February 2011, 0:34

      Yeah.. he’s gonna be busy driving for Lotus and for Virgin on the same day :P They probably have him making the tea as well in both camps ;)
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         US_Peter (@us_peter)
         20th February 2011, 3:34

         … and wrenching on the cars. Pit stop: 1) pull into spot 2) jack front end up 3) jack rear 4) remove all 4 wheels 5) place new wheels 6) drop rear 7) drop front 8) check to see if nose needs to be replaced 9) move lollipop 10) get back in car 11) buckle seatbelt and go! Jarno’s gonna have a hard time making a sub 4 second pitstop.
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            US_Peter (@us_peter)
            20th February 2011, 19:15

            Weird, my 8 with ) turned into sunglasses…
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               BasCB (@bascb)
               21st February 2011, 10:54

               Lol, keep smiling sunshine!
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   Prisoner Monkeys (@prisoner-monkeys)
   20th February 2011, 0:17

   Wow, the best time (o far) is three seconds off Hamilton’s 2010 lap …
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      Merk
      20th February 2011, 1:01

      That is pretty significant, how much time does the extra 20kg over last year add? (probably not as much as taking away the double diffuser.
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         Himmat S.
         20th February 2011, 3:11

         But hey, Lotus are only 1.4 seconds of their fastest time. And that too without Kovy getting a quick run!
3. 

   mingmong
   20th February 2011, 8:25

   Go webber
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      Fixy (@)
      20th February 2011, 11:16

      Go Massa
4. 

   Damon
   20th February 2011, 9:36

   It must be wet because they are all lapping in the 1.40’s
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      George M
      20th February 2011, 10:26

      It is wet, they’re running on inters
5. 

   Lemon (@lemon)
   20th February 2011, 11:18

   BBC F1 pit-lane reporter Ted Kravitz: “More bad news for McLaren. The car has an as-yet-unspecified technical problem. A hydraulics failure deprived Jenson Button of a lot of running yesterday and now it’s Lewis Hamilton’s turn to suffer lost track time through unreliability. It’s going to take at least a couple of hours to fix; the team hope to have the car running after lunch.”

   Wow, so its slow and un-reliable. I think I give up on Mclaren and F1, they just disappoint and depress me year after year!
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      Smithy
      20th February 2011, 11:38

      Considering that Hamilton won the 2008 championship – they still disappoint you year after year?
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         Lemon (@lemon)
         20th February 2011, 12:18

         well obviously im just being negative to accentuate the fact that getting it wrong three years in a row is unacceptable from a supposedly ‘top’ team. It realy does make me question whether they actually know what they’re doing, they come across like a bunch of amateurs!! To me it seems completely ridiculous that they could not realise this was a poor aerodynamical chassis at an early stage.With all their resources and what not!
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            Solo (@solo)
            20th February 2011, 13:39

            Having reliability problems doesn’t mean the chassis is poor aerodynamically.
            Yes the little running is a problem and might resold on them starting behind a few teams but that doesn’t mean it will be the fault of the initial design.
            They could be a second slower than Ferrari in the first race not because their original design was worse than Ferrari’s but because they didn’t test it well enough to get it running properly and develop it.
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            Robbie
            20th February 2011, 14:12

            I’m sorry but how on earth are you qualified to make a comment like that?

            Formula 1 is the pinnacle of motorsport, the devil is in the detail, tiny changes make all the difference.
            Mclaren are an unbelievably experienced team, to state ‘they come across like a bunch of amateurs’ is frankly ridiculous.
            I completed a degree in motosport engineering and gained significant experience in building single seat racers, i count myself to have a pretty good knowledge, yet i still marvel at the technical know how in these teams, before you go shooting your mouth off again i suggest you think again as to what the reply would be if you said that to an engineer who works at Mclaren.
6. 

   BasCB (@bascb)
   20th February 2011, 11:53

   This is a pretty cool live timing tool. Shows graphically who is on track and running where”
   http://f1tests.mine.nu/2011_1eng.php
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      Dianna
      20th February 2011, 12:38

      Good link thanks :)
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   Damon
   20th February 2011, 12:04

   Hamilton goes quickest
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      SPIDERmaN (@spiderman)
      20th February 2011, 12:11

      Seems like Hamilton is getting the mclaren 2011 challenger to work at last…he has just topped the timings from the morning sessions while on slicks..
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         BBT
         20th February 2011, 12:15

         Really nothing to talk about on a drying track
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         Dianna
         20th February 2011, 12:41

         Look at Rosberg :(,awful slow laps. Lets hope Michael will be better tomorrow,as Nico seems not to be getting on with the new Mercedes at all.
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            VXR
            20th February 2011, 12:50

            It’s just testing. Maybe he has a tank full of fuel?

            Too much emphasis on here placed on doing the fastest times. It means nothing in testing.
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            BBT
            20th February 2011, 13:43

            I’m not sure either of them are.
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               VXR
               20th February 2011, 13:49

               It is possible to deduce something meaningful from runs done over a distance, particularly if it is a race simulation.
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               BBT
               20th February 2011, 13:50

               I meant drivers getting on with the Merc
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   VXR
   20th February 2011, 13:31

   Most impressive car to me so far, in testing, has been the Torro Rosso! Very consistent fast runs.
9. 

   BBT
   20th February 2011, 14:35

   Hamilton 3rd fastest of the test. 1:23.9
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      Derek
      20th February 2011, 14:39

      Yes, and the conditions are not as good as yesterday. Any rubber build up was washed away overnight with rain.
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      SPIDERmaN (@spiderman)
      20th February 2011, 14:40

      Lookes like Hamilton has woken the mclaren 2011 challenger up from the worrying slumber last few days…he is soon bettering Vettels best test timey esterday at this rate …
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         VXR
         20th February 2011, 14:51

         More interesting, and of more significance, is Webber’s race simulation run.
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            SPIDERmaN (@spiderman)
            20th February 2011, 14:54

            why?i think we already know the redbull pace is unmatched so far …but mclaren have been in the woods until today?
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               VXR
               20th February 2011, 14:56

               What fuel is Hamilton carrying onboard? What tyres does he have on?
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         VXR
         20th February 2011, 14:55

         He’s only doing 5 lap runs.
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            BBT
            20th February 2011, 14:58

            No, only 3 laps runs for his two 1:23 laps
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               VXR
               20th February 2011, 15:01

               Which is why fast times are meaningless. It’s what you do over a number of laps that matters, and currently only Button has been doing around 15 lap runs for McLaren.
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            SPIDERmaN (@spiderman)
            20th February 2011, 15:03

            by the way can anyone tell me how they arrange to test each car for each driver? do they use one car as a bench mark to test each day or does each driver use the car he will eventuaslly drive in the main races to test? what i want to know is that is for instance the car Hamilton or weber are driving today the same cars Button and Vettel used in yesterdays test?
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            BBT
            20th February 2011, 15:09

            Totally agree VXR. I tend not to taken any notice of any times in less than a 10 lap run. I reckon the top three team can all do a 1:22.x anyway.
            I’m under the impression Hamilton is on the softs and not super softs.
10. 

    BasCB (@bascb)
    20th February 2011, 15:12

    Looks like we are still not seeing much in the range of competative driving. Those few faster laps were not really fast, and the fastest lap quite a while back now.
11. 

    BBT
    20th February 2011, 15:18

    Hamilton

    66 — 1:29.325 — +5.467
    67 — 1:30.118 — +0.793
    68 — 1:28.938 — -1.18
    69 — 1:30.097 — +1.159
    70 — 1:30.591 — +0.494
    71 — 1:30.657 — +0.066
    72 — 1:31.422 — +0.765
    73 — 1:32.587 — +1.165
    74 — 1:34.494 — +1.907

    Ouch, have those tyres gone off?
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       BBT
       20th February 2011, 15:18

       No surprise, he pits.
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          VXR
          20th February 2011, 16:18

          That should have been an 18 lap run!
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    BBT
    20th February 2011, 15:20

    Webber

    115 — 1:24.995 — -8.254
    116 — 1:28.324 — +3.329
    117 — 1:29.115 — +0.791
    118 — 1:28.402 — -0.713
    119 — 1:28.341 — -0.061
    120 — 1:28.375 — +0.034
    121 — 1:29.036 — +0.661
    122 — 1:28.564 — -0.472
    123 — 1:29.046 — +0.482

    That looks nice.
    1. 

       Ivan Vinitskyy
       20th February 2011, 15:56

       how did he do 24.9 on the same run where average was 28.5?
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          VXR
          20th February 2011, 16:14

          Tyre degrades heavily after first lap.

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