Pre-Season BARCELONA TEST 18th-21st Feb 2011

[snowy]

For one glorious moment the McLaren was atop the leader board. 'tis now just a dim and distant memory....

 

[snowy]

Is English you're third or fourth language Sportsman?

You should cut yourself some slack.

 

[snowy]

Lewis is back out and going after the quick Ricciardo's 1:29 and Sergio's 1:32

 

[snowy]

Lewis very nearly trumps Daniel's 1:29.102 with a 1:29.116!

 

[sportsman]

I am English.English or Cornish is my native tongue.I can speak several other East European languages as well.

 

[snowy]

Narain Karthikeyan does a 1:31.143 in an HRT!

 

[snowy]

I am English.English or Cornish is my native tongue.I can speak several other East European languages as well.

My Bad.

There's no excuse then!

 

[snowy]

Both Danial and Lewis plunge into the 1:28s.

 

[snowy]

1:28.329 for Dan and 1:28.573 for Lewis

 

[snowy]

Θ. 	Driver		Team 		Best Lap 	Last lap 	Diff 	Laps

1 	D. Ricciardo	Toro Rosso 	1:28.329 	1:29.238 		42

2 	L. Hamilton McLaren 		1:28.573 	1:28.683 	+0.244 	39

3 	A. Sutil	Force India 	1:29.229 	1:29.229 	+0.9 	52

4 	S. Perez Sauber 		1:30.374 	1:30.374 	+2.045 	41

5 	V. Petrov	Renault 	1:30.588 	1:30.888 	+2.259 	34

6 	N. Karthikeyan	HRT 		1:30.722 	1:31.122 	+2.393 	30

7 	T. Glock	Virgin 		1:31.436 	1:35.330 	+3.107 	52

8 	M. Webber	Red Bull 	1:32.538 	1:36.149 	+4.209 	60

9 	F. Massa	Ferrari 	1:35.212 	1:35.212 	+6.883 	41

10 	P. Maldonado	Williams 	1:43.121 	1:47.422 	+14.792 11

11 	N. Rosberg	Mercedes 	1:43.268 	1:43.564 	+14.939 31

12 	J. Trulli	Team Lotus 	1:43.860 	1:43.860 	+15.531 24

 

[sportsman]

Most of the teams are on slicks now.Massa's on inters.Now Webber on slicks should get in the mix

 

[snowy]

Lewis does a 1:28.053 to go top.

 

[snowy]

Θ. 	Driver		Team 		Best Lap 	Last lap 	Diff 	Laps

1 	L. Hamilton	McLaren 	1:28.053 	1:28.053 		40

2 	D. Ricciardo	Toro Rosso 	1:28.329 	1:29.238 	+0.276 	42

3 	A. Sutil	Force India 	1:28.942 	1:28.942 	+0.889 	54

4 	V. Petrov	Renault 	1:29.784 	1:29.784 	+1.731 	36

5 	S. Perez	Sauber 		1:30.374 	1:30.374 	+2.321 	41

6 	N. Karthikeyan	HRT 		1:30.722 	1:37.501 	+2.669 	31

7 	M. Webber	Red Bull 	1:30.937 	1:31.533 	+2.884 	62

8 	T. Glock	Virgin 		1:31.436 	1:42.328 	+3.383 	54

9 	F. Massa	Ferrari 	1:35.212 	1:35.212 	+7.159 	41

10 	P. Maldonado	Williams 	1:43.121 	1:47.422 	+15.068 11

11 	N. Rosberg	Mercedes 	1:43.268 	1:43.564 	+15.215 31

12 	J. Trulli	Team Lotus 	1:43.860 	1:43.860 	+15.807 24

 

[sportsman]

Thanks snowy.Lunchtime now.Not much will happen for next hour or so.

 

[snowy]

After that little flurry of activity Lewis just hangs on to P1! He may just hold that place while everyone takes lunch! That would be a whole hour of reflected glory for me to bask in.

 

[teabagyokel]

He is the 2008, 2009 and (I think) 2010 Driver of the Season on this here website, so reflected glory for all!

 

[Chasz]

Go Lewis, woot woot!

 

[sportsman]

Should get going again in a few mins.Still not very warm at 12C and humidity is 82%.
At least we should have a dry track this afternoon.

 

[gethinceri]

Any drivers commenting on the performance of the wets/inters from this morning?

 

[sportsman]

Hamilton clocks a 1m27.436s on the second lap of his run to further extend his advantage at the top of the times.