Alonso says Ferrari have improved tyre warm-up with F2012
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Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, Jerez, 2012
In the round-up: Fernando Alonso says the new Ferrari is able to warm its tyres up more quickly than its predecessor.
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Alonso sees early signs of Ferrari tyre warm-up breakthrough (James Allen)
“I think we’ve managed to get more out of the tyres right from the first lap, which is something we weren’t able to do last year. What definitely needs improving is the aerodynamics and the reliability.”
Lotus ‘will bring best out of Raikkonen’ (Autosport)
Eric Boullier: “We tried to handle his personality and make sure that we don’t bother him too much with too many intrusions, and he’s a real racer. This team is full of proper racing people and he has fitted very well because we speak the same language.”
Alan Permane: “Everyone is straight back to working hard in preparation for the next test” (Lotus)
“The first as we’ve mentioned before is the reliability of the car, which has been very impressive so far. Although we had a few niggling issues there was nothing that stopped us running for a significant length of time. The second is the way the car responds to set-up changes. The E20 is clearly a nice package.”
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Comment of the day
GeeMac hopes HRT are on the verge of a breakthrough:
I’ve got a real soft spot for HRT. It has been years since we have had a team that seems to be desperate to hang on to its place on the grid, to hang on to its right to compete. In the current F1 world where major motor manufacturers come and go on the whim of their boards, it is truly refreshing.
They do seem to finally be going about things the right way. They’ve finally managed to get everyone under one roof and they’ve managed to bag a solid driver in Pedro de la Rosa. His experience in top level F1 car development will no doubt help push the team forward. I know their new car didn’t fail the crash tests by much, but I really wish they had. I liked the string of positive stories that were coming out of the team and it seemed like everyone was starting to get off their backs at last.
GeeMac
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AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner) said on 14th February 2012, 13:43
Another thing about HRT, on top of @GeeMac ‘s COTD, HRT are the only one of the 2010 debut teams that have retained the same name. That’s not a dig at Caterham or Marussia, but it is an example of how seriously they’re taking things.
GeeMac (@geemac) said on 14th February 2012, 14:03
Is that true though? Didn’t HRT “change” their official name from “Hispania Racing Team” to “HRT F1 Team”?
They did also technically start life as Campos Meta 1… ;)
topdowntoedown (@topdowntoedown) said on 14th February 2012, 14:23
Or how they’ve failed to sell the team to anyone.
AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner) said on 14th February 2012, 23:40
@topdowntoedown Probably not, but that’s no bad thing, especially if you’ve beaten your nearest competitor two.seasons running.
topdowntoedown (@topdowntoedown) said on 14th February 2012, 13:55
Saw this earlier elsewhere:
“Roses are red
Violets are blue
To Felipe from Nando
I’m faster than you.”
Happy Valentine’s, F1 lovers. :)
Denzel Brown (@lewiswdc11) said on 14th February 2012, 13:55
This will help Ferrari massively in quali but in the race I would rather have these warm up problem as it can extend the life of the tyres.
Infected Crayons said on 14th February 2012, 15:07
Meanwhile, in Bahrain
Infected Crayons said on 14th February 2012, 15:11
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17025148
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jon93 (@jonferrari93) said on 14th February 2012, 17:44
i hope they give red bull a good run for their money