Dario Resta
Podium Finisher
On first inspection, this year's front wings should be particularly efficient at dicing any stray wildlife into bite sized chunks.......
Pre-Season 2016 Car Launches and Testing.
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Mmmmm shreaded beef.
That is an amazing disparity in lap numbers between the Mercs and everyone else. I somehow suspect the Ferrari isn't really half a second quicker. I'm looking forward to Teds note book tonight.
soccerman17
Race Winner
Red Bull's lettering makes it look like their car already has.
Anyways these cars look incredible.
Manor improved in the afternoon which is great to see. I know he had some issues with the car, and it's day one, but I still have a gut feeling that Palmer will have a really tough year.
I think Team Renault might be a bit worried already. It might be testing but "welcome back to F1 your bottom of the time sheets" is not good PR.
I wonder if they're regretting not sticking an interim name on the car until they catch back up.
I wonder if they're regretting not sticking an interim name on the car until they catch back up.
And I bet that Red Bull stuck in a lap with the car running on a sniff of an oily rag just to put the wind up their 'not' engine partners a little.
I also Don't believe Mclaren have progressed that far other than the car runs now. I certainly Don't think it looks like they'll be doing anything else but looking at the back end of the points. I'm sure Ron and Honda will spin it differently though.
I'm going to keep a close eye on Fernando Alonso's media statements over the next few days though.
I'm going to keep a close eye on Fernando Alonso's media statements over the next few days though.
Il_leone
World Champion
Button's lap was done on the soft tyre whereas the cars in front were done on the medium tyre so add another second to the time then Mclaren Honda are still way behind
Still they have a new engine next week as well as they've managed to pump in more laps which is important mileage knowledge for now
I think Alonso will want to show off to the local press tomorrow
Still they have a new engine next week as well as they've managed to pump in more laps which is important mileage knowledge for now
I think Alonso will want to show off to the local press tomorrow
Spinodontosaurus
Points Scorer
McLaren were one of only 3 teams to run the soft tyre. If we assume the soft is worth a second over the medium that drops them to roughly the level of Sauber.
Dario Resta
Podium Finisher
Aren't they the new, less complex, money saving, overtake promoting and less sensitive front wings?
No? OK then.
No? OK then.
I also see, after getting a little bit more hopeful about Manor, they set their best time on softs and so finish the day behind Haas.
Can you imagine if there were no aero regs, the entire car would look like that front wing.
And why does the mclaren have a massive plook on its nose?
And why does the mclaren have a massive plook on its nose?
F1Brits_90
World Champion
interesting 1st day Vettel having the fastest time to beat Lewis Hamilton by over half a second on the same medium tyres. Which bodes well for a title battle obviously we don't know fuel loads but is better than 2015 because I think vettel topped timesheets but was on softs & mercedes on hards which looking at the 1st day they will have to beat Mercedes on pace after an amazing 155 laps straight out of the box, Red bull are looking good & they could perform better than they expected as i think they could be top 3.
But despite jensons positivity. It seems early warning bells are ringing af mclaren because as eric Boullier said during the lunch break to Rachel brookes that their performance was not good enough & after the year of pain that this was minimum he could expect, ted kravitz mentioned speed traps are up but only slightly & with manor improving, theres big chance could be last thats unthinkable can you imagine if Ferrari started qualifying last
But despite jensons positivity. It seems early warning bells are ringing af mclaren because as eric Boullier said during the lunch break to Rachel brookes that their performance was not good enough & after the year of pain that this was minimum he could expect, ted kravitz mentioned speed traps are up but only slightly & with manor improving, theres big chance could be last thats unthinkable can you imagine if Ferrari started qualifying last
soccerman17
Race Winner
Sensor-containing bubble used for testing
Now that is a complex barge board.
It's a good job they passed a regulation a few years ago banning all those flappy bits on cars and making the aero a lot simpler.
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