Pre-Season 2016 Car Launches and Testing.

[snowy]

Test 2 Day 1 10.00am
Rosberg (M) 26.1 33.4 26.4 27.4 27.5 27.7 27.7 28.7 29.1 28.9 28.5 29.1 28.5 28.1 29.1 28.6

 

[snowy]

10:35am

P Driver_____Team________Time_____Laps

1 Räikkönen__Ferrari_____1:24.907 20

2 Verstappen_Toro Rosso__1:25.356 30

3 Rosberg____Mercedes____1:25.449 57

4 Bottas_____Williams____1:25.682 29

5 Hülkenberg_Force India_1:25.954 25

6 Kvyat______Red Bull____1:26.227 17

7 Gutiérrez__Haas________1:26.661 21

8 Alonso_____McLaren_____1:26.971 21

9 Magnussen__Renault_____1:27.688 27

10 Nasr______Sauber______1:28.676 22

11 Haryanto__Manor_______________ 1

 

[snowy]

Bottas (M) OUT 1:25.9 1:26.1 1:27.3 1:27.1 1:27.3 1:27.6 1:27.4 1:27.7

 

[snowy]

10:57 New fastest lap of the day from Rosberg in the Mercedes - 1m24.329s, still on mediums.

 

[snowy]

Magnussen (M) OUT 1:27.0 1:27.2 1:27.6 1:28.0 1:28.4 1:28.5 1:28.7 1:28.4 1:28.5

 

[snowy]

11:13 The first Mercedes lap on softs is a 1m23.022s for Rosberg.

 

[justsaying]

Brilliant......Lewis just needs a 1m23.021.......simples....

 

[Greenlantern101]

What was the fastest time from the first test?

 

[snowy]

P Driver_____Team_______Time_____Laps
1 Rosberg____Mercedes__1:23.022__82
2 Räikkönen__Ferrari_____1:24.836__42
3 Alonso_____McLaren____1:25.252__51
4 Bottas______Williams____1:25.255__58
5 Verstappen_Toro Rosso__1:25.356__59
6 Hülkenberg_Force India__1:25.954__50
7 Kvyat______Red Bull____1:26.227__22
8 Gutiérrez___Haas_______1:26.661__23
9 Nasr_______Sauber_____1:26.923__42
10 Magnussen_Renault____1:26.981__54
11 Haryanto__Manor_______________2

 

[Grizzly]

"1. Nico Rosberg 1:23.022 82 laps

2. Kimi Raikkonen 1:24.836 42 laps

3. Fernando Alonso 1:25.252....."

Kewee, take a screen dump of this and pin it to your wall!!

 

[snowy]

What was the fastest time from the first test?

Day 2
Vettel Ferrari ultrasoft 1:22.810
Perez Force India supersoft 1:23.650
Day 3
Hulkenberg Force India Supersoft 1:23.110
Day 4
Raikkonen Ferrari Ultrasoft 1:23.477
Kvyat Red Bull Ultrasoft 1:24.293

 

[olegg]

Hamilton arrived to test

 

[snowy]

Hulkenberg (M) OUT 1:29.3 1:29.4 1:29.2 1:29.3 1:29.5 1:29.7 1:29.6 1:30.1 1:29.9
Verstappen (M) OUT 1:29.1 1:28.8 1:29.6 1:29.8 1:29.8 1:30.0 1:40.0 1:30.1 1:30.2 RED FLAG
Bottas (M) OUT 1:28.3 1:28.4 1:28.9 1:28.7 1:29.1 1:29.5 1:29.7 1:29.9 1:29.9 IN

 

[snowy]

Verstappen (M) 1:29.1 1:29.4 1:29.7 1:29.6 1:29.6 1:30.1 1:30.2 1:31.5 1:30.6 1:30.7 1:30.6 1:31.0 1:31.0 1:31.3 1:31.1 1:32.6

 

[snowy]

Lewis doing another race simulation complete with botched pitstops!
Hamilton (S) OUT 1:30.0 1:30.0 1:30.1 1:30.3 1:30.7 1:31.9 1:32.8
Hamilton (M) 1:33.7 1:29.0 1:29.4 1:30.1 1:29.6 1:30.5 1:29.5 1:29.6 1:29.7 1:29.8 1:29.3 1:29.8 1:29.6 1:30.1 1:30.0 1:29.9 1:29.8 1:30.1 1:30.4
Hamilton (M) 1:28.7 1:28.2 1:28.3 1:29.5 1:28.9 1:28.7 1:30.0 1:30.4 1:28.3 1:28.5 1:28.8 1:29.5 1:29.4 1:29.5 1:31.2
Hamilton (M) 1:27.0 1:27.2 1:27.2 1:27.1 1:27.1 1:27.2 1:27.2 1:270 1:27.4 1:27.2 1:27.5 1:27.4 1:27.4 1:27.4 1:27.6 1:27.4 1:27.5 1:27.8 1:28.4 1:28.8

 

[snowy]

Nasr (M) 1:27.2 1:29.2 1:28.4 1:28.5 1:28.9 1:29.3 1:29.1 1:29.3 1:29.3

 

[snowy]

Magnussen (M) 1:27.4 1:28.3 1:28.0 1:28.1 1:28.4 1:28.6 1:28.7 1:28.6

 

[cider_and_toast]

Hamilton's last stint looks a lot more like the sort of run you would expect from the tyres. A very consistent set of laps.

 

[olegg]

I have compared the today race simulation and the lap times of race in Barcelona 2015
(w/o in/out pits) for Hamilton:
01.03.2016 – 10.05.2015

01:30,0 - 01:32,8
01:30,0 - 01:32,3
01:30,1 - 01:32,3
01:30,3 - 01:32,5
01:30,7 - 01:32,5
01:31,9 - 01:32,3
01:32,8 - 01:32,5
01:33,7 - 01:32,4
01:29,0 - 01:32,0
01:29,4 - 01:32,3
01:30,1 - 01:32,5
01:29,6 - 01:31,0
01:30,5 - 01:31,1
01:29,5 - 01:31,2
01:29,6 - 01:32,0
01:29,7 - 01:31,3
01:29,8 - 01:31,5
01:29,3 - 01:31,8
01:29,8 - 01:31,5
01:29,6 - 01:31,8
01:30,1 - 01:31,7
01:30,0 - 01:32,0
01:29,9 - 01:32,1
01:29,8 - 01:31,8
01:30,1 - 01:32,1
01:30,4 - 01:32,2
01:28,7 - 01:32,7
01:28,2 - 01:32,7
01:28,3 - 01:29,9
01:29,5 - 01:30,2
01:28,9 - 01:30,3
01:28,7 - 01:30,5
01:30,0 - 01:31,2
01:30,4 - 01:31,7
01:28,3 - 01:31,5
01:28,5 - 01:31,0
01:28,8 - 01:31,0
01:29,5 - 01:30,4
01:29,4 - 01:31,3
01:29,5 - 01:30,5
01:31,2 - 01:29,9
01:27,0 - 01:30,0
01:27,2 - 01:30,0
01:27,2 - 01:30,8
01:27,1 - 01:31,1
01:27,1 - 01:28,4
01:27,2 - 01:28,3
01:27,2 - 01:28,7
01:27,0 - 01:28,7
01:27,4 - 01:28,8
01:27,2 - 01:28,9
01:27,5 - 01:28,6
01:27,4 - 01:29,7
01:27,4 - 01:30,2
01:27,4 - 01:30,5
01:27,6 - 01:31,1
01:27,4 - 01:31,0
01:27,5 - 01:31,4
01:27,8 - 01:32,5
Total:
01:27:35 - 01:29:35
Difference was change of tyres:
2015: M - M - H - M
2016: S - M - M - M

 

[Kewee]

Il_leone
RasputinLives

That shitty McLaren/Honda looks a little faster doesn't it. There's a whole lot more to come yet too.
There goes my optimism again.