Pre-Season 2012 Testing: Jerez

[RasputinLives]

Seem to recall that many people said that about Brawn in 2009 testing.

Really? I thought everyone was well aware before Brawn even started testing that the car was going to blow the others away due to the bending in the rules. We'd already been told how fast it was with a Honda engine in it

 

[sobriety]

The red bull reminds me of one of these:

 

[MCLS]

Sauber tried that trick in 2010 though, swings and roundabuts

 

[Brogan]

Toro Rosso update (via email):

Daniel Ricciardo: “It was really nice to be back in the cockpit for the first time since the Brazilian Grand Prix in November and being the first person to drive the STR7 was a little bonus. It was great to experience taking a completely new car out of the garage. We had a very productive morning, doing over 40 laps and we made good progress with our programme. Then in the afternoon, we did a couple of longer runs, but had to cut it short, although we only lost an hour. I was using the Medium tyre on that last run, having used Hard tyres for the rest of the day. So, overall, a good start and I’m looking forward to another productive day tomorrow, because this car is very enjoyable to drive. It was a good feeling going fast again. It’s too early to give a true assessment of the car, but out of the box this morning, it seemed balanced and quite stable. It gave me a good feeling when I put the power down.”

Franz Tost: “We completed 57 laps today, so we are quite pleased with the first outing of the new car which seems to have a good base from which we can move forward. Daniel felt confident in the car and we ran trouble free until we lost some oil pressure, at which point the engine protector did its job and stopped the car. We are now investigating this loss of oil pressure, but we are confident we can have another good day tomorrow. As the failure happened at four o’clock, we only lost one hour’s track time which we expect to make up for tomorrow. The car looks nice but the important thing is that it should be fast. My first impression, having enjoyed the rare experience of going out onto the track to watch it in action through some corners this morning, is that the basis of the car is quite good and healthy."


Rights-free images are available at www.tororosso.com/media
Rights-free footage is available at www.redbullcontentpool.com

 

[snowy]

Really? I thought everyone was well aware before Brawn even started testing that the car was going to blow the others away due to the bending in the rules. We'd already been told how fast it was with a Honda engine in it

I wasn't.

 

[RasputinLives]

I'm pretty sure it was common knowledge and talked about before they even got the car on the track - they weren't even at the first test.

I could be wrong of course.

Its still doesn't take away from the fact that I think Kimi being at the top of the times today is a PR stunt from Lotus

 

[MCLS]

Honda didn't obviously know that well enough then..... But thats a topic for another thread, I think it's pretty certain that it's a Lotus PR stunt, but only time will tell

 

[tranquility2k9]

For those interested, I've found some nice close up images of some of the car rears!

McLaren:-

http://www.formula1.com/wi/sutton/2011/dms1207fe93.jpg

http://twitpic.com/8gwi80/full

http://motorsport.nextgen-auto.com/gallery/pictures/2012/f1/test-jerez-07fev/128.jpg


Red Bull:-

http://www.formula1.com/wi/sutton/2011/ded1207fe88.jpg

http://i40.tinypic.com/2q9x4ax.png

http://i39.tinypic.com/nnjx91.png

http://i44.tinypic.com/ngvek3.png


Ferrari:-

http://www.formula1.com/wi/sutton/2011/dms1207fe89.jpg

https://twitter.com/#!/Diosfenix/status/166925398112878593/photo/1/large

 

[snowy]

Kimi Raikkonen

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75 ----

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[snowy]

Nico Rosberg

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[snowy]

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[/quote]

 

[RasputinLives]

and Kimi gets his headline!
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97392

 

[snowy]

Paul Di Resta

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101 	---- 



[/quote]

 

[snowy]

Jenson Button

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62 	---- 	

[/quote]

 

[snowy]

Mark Webber

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54 	---- 	

63 	1:21.733 	

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[snowy]

Pastor Maldonado

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[/quote]

 

[snowy]

Heikki Kovalainen	

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72 	1:26.711 	+1.065



[/quote]

 

[snowy]

Pedro Del la Rosa

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44 	---- 	

72 	1:26.711 



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[snowy]

Daniel Ricciardo

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57 	---- 		



[/quote]

 

[snowy]

Kamui Kobayashi

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77 	1:27.377 	+0.01

81 	1:28.607 	+1.23

82 	---- 	

83 	1:26.135 	

84 	1:32.381 	+6.246

85 	1:26.035 	-6.346

86 	1:26.128 	+0.093

87 	1:25.754 	-0.374

88 	1:26.189 	+0.435

89 	1:26.257 	+0.068

90 	1:26.463 	+0.206

91 	1:26.289 	-0.174

92 	1:26.492 	+0.203

93 	1:26.724 	+0.232

94 	1:28.005 	+1.281

95 	1:27.511 	-0.494

96 	1:28.471 	+0.96

97 	---- 	

98 	1:28.471 	

99 	1:25.637 	-2.834

100 	1:26.065 	+0.428

101 	1:25.625 	-0.44

102 	1:25.830 	+0.205

103 	1:25.963 	+0.133

104 	---- 	

105 	1:25.963 	

106 	---- 

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