The driver line-up for the second F1 test of 2015 has been confirmed.
Nine teams will participate in the four-day test which starts tomorrow at the Circuit de Catalunya. Force India will make their first appearance at a test this year, but will be using their 2014 VJM07 chassis.
The remaining teams will continue work with their 2015 cars. Most will use their race drivers, however three test drivers will also have their first runs of the year: Jolyon Palmer, Pascal Wehrlein and Susie Wolff.
Air temperatures are expected to peak at up to 15C during the test. Dry conditions are forecast except on Saturday, when there is a reasonablechance of light rain throughout the day.
Team | Car | Thursday 19th | Friday 20th | Saturday 21st | Sunday 22nd | ||||
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Mercedes | W06 | Lewis Hamilton | Nico Rosberg | Lewis Hamilton | Nico Rosberg | ||||
Red Bull | RB11 | Daniel Ricciardo | Daniel Ricciardo | Daniil Kvyat | Daniil Kvyat | ||||
Williams | FW37 | Susie Wolff | Felipe Massa | Valtteri Bottas | Felipe Massa/Valtteri Bottas | ||||
Ferrari | SF15-T | Kimi Raikkonen | Kimi Raikkonen | Sebastian Vettel | Sebastian Vettel | ||||
McLaren | MP4-30 | Jenson Button | Fernando Alonso | Jenson Button | Fernando Alonso | ||||
Force India | VJM07 | Pascal Wehrlein | Sergio Perez | Pascal Wehrlein | Nico Hulkenberg | ||||
Toro Rosso | STR10 | Max Verstappen | Carlos Sainz Jnr | Max Verstappen | Carlos Sainz Jnr | ||||
Lotus | E23 | Pastor Maldonado | Jolyon Palmer | Pastor Maldonado | Romain Grosjean | ||||
Manor (Marussia) | Not present | ||||||||
Sauber | C34 | Felipe Nasr | Marcus Ericsson | Marcus Ericsson | Felipe Nasr | ||||
Caterham | Not present |
Race driver test mileages so far in 2015
Driver | Total laps | Total distance (km) |
Nico Rosberg | 308 | 1,363.824 |
Lewis Hamilton | 208 | 921.024 |
Kimi Raikkonen | 200 | 885.600 |
Felipe Nasr | 197 | 872.316 |
Marcus Ericsson | 185 | 819.180 |
Carlos Sainz Jnr | 183 | 810.324 |
Max Verstappen | 170 | 752.760 |
Sebastian Vettel | 149 | 659.772 |
Felipe Massa | 144 | 637.632 |
Pastor Maldonado | 137 | 606.636 |
Valtteri Bottas | 134 | 593.352 |
Daniel Ricciardo | 84 | 371.952 |
Daniil Kvyat | 82 | 363.096 |
Romain Grosjean | 53 | 234.684 |
Jenson Button | 41 | 181.548 |
Fernando Alonso | 38 | 168.264 |
Nico Hulkenberg | 0 | 0 |
Sergio Perez | 0 | 0 |
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OmarR-Pepper (@)
18th February 2015, 13:02
What is the possible reason for Force India (besides money I mean) to test a car which has already served for a whole season? What can they learn from it?
timi (@timi)
18th February 2015, 13:08
@omarr-pepper An awful lot considering the aero regulations have barely changed. Other than a lower nose I believe they’re almost exactly the same as 2014. Additionally, they may run their 2015 engine in their 2014 car.. there is a hell of a lot they can learn by running their 2014 car, and I was actually surprised they didn’t bother to do so at the first test.
Strontium (@strontium)
18th February 2015, 13:24
@omarr-pepper They can stick new parts on it, but also they can give their drivers more experience and practice.
ColdFly F1 (@)
18th February 2015, 13:53
by putting Pascal Weihrlein in the car!
(@strontium)
ColdFly F1 (@)
18th February 2015, 13:54
*Wehrlein
Strontium (@strontium)
18th February 2015, 14:57
@coldfly well that’s the money bit :D
Blackmamba (@blackmamba)
18th February 2015, 15:13
I would have thought they learned all that they could on the 2014 car last year, and if they didn’t, well, then that boat has sailed. They would benefit more from testing this year’s upgraded aero package and PU. And this smoke screen about tyre evaluation is so pathetic because nothing is constant from last year.
faulty (@faulty)
18th February 2015, 19:53
Anyone with real world and computer simulation correlations here?
Could it be that they can use it as data gathering in order to have sufficient parameters which to test against whatever the Cologne wind tunnel might be giving them? They’ve pretty much defaulted on the first flyaway races, and their season effectively begins in the Spanish GP.
Could they have designed their season plan with on aggresive aero developments for the European season?
I know, lots of unknowns.
kpcart
18th February 2015, 15:39
i feel force india is on the way out at the end of this year, running last years car in this test is to keep investors happy for a while longer more then anything – so that they dont fold at the start of the season, testing tomorrow wont make any different to their 2015 season. but who knows, maybe their 2015 design will be a fluke and produce good enough results to keep the team going for another year, making some investors a profit and making it look like f1 is a real sport as it has just enough teams.
Polo (@polo)
18th February 2015, 16:12
Apparently their focus will be on the new tyres.
“The team says its primary focus will be on evaluation of the 2015-spec Pirelli tyres with last year’s car”
Nickpkr251
18th February 2015, 22:34
Probably learn that PU’s cost is way lower than expected, but also they found a huge loop hole and do not want anyone to see it until is too late !
Retired (@jeff1s)
18th February 2015, 13:09
Williams made a correction to their driver’s line-up, Felipe Massa will drive day 2 and Valtteri Bottas day 3.
Mashiat2 (@mashiat2)
18th February 2015, 13:28
So does this mean that in the last test Alonso will run the first two days and Button the last two?
Strontium (@strontium)
18th February 2015, 14:59
@mashiat2 No not necessarily
Mark
18th February 2015, 15:17
It looks like someone doesn’t know differences between KM & M, if Rosberg did each lap 4428km x 308 laps all of that with one engine – reliability, is great this season.
Sam Fraser (@samf94)
18th February 2015, 16:08
Looks like you are the one who’s wrong
Polo (@polo)
18th February 2015, 16:18
It says 1,363.824 km – as in 1363km, note the decimal point – not 1,363,824 km.
So each lap was 4.428 km, not 4428 km.
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
18th February 2015, 19:08
F1 Fanatic is written in British English, in which commas are commonly used to denote multiples of a thousand and full stops are used as decimal points.
SauberS1 (@saubers1)
18th February 2015, 22:05
Force India’s test will not too useful.