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

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Θ. 	Driver		Team 		Best Lap 	Last lap 	Diff 	Laps

1 	V. Petrov	Renault 	1:23.474 	1:23.898 		87

2 	N. Rosberg	Mercedes 	1:23.752 	1:24.891 	+0.278 	83

3 	L. Hamilton	McLaren 	1:23.858 	1:29.164 	+0.384 	78

4 	M. Webber	Red Bull 	1:24.995 	1:30.752 	+1.521 	133

5 	P. Maldonado	Williams 	1:25.584 	1:27.304 	+2.11 	51

6 	A. Sutil	Force India 	1:25.720 	1:33.107 	+2.246 	98

7 	S. Buemi	Toro Rosso 	1:26.155 	1:28.907 	+2.681 	31

8 	J. Trulli	Team Lotus 	1:26.339 	1:26.450 	+2.865 	39

9 	F. Massa	Ferrari 	1:26.508 	1:27.665 	+3.034 	114

10 	T. Glock	Virgin 		1:27.371 	1:29.148 	+3.897 	90

11 	S. Perez	Sauber 		1:27.628 	1:28.487 	+4.154 	104

12 	G. Mondini	HRT 		1:28.178 	1:36.659 	+4.704 	32

13 	D. Ricciardo	Toro Rosso 	1:28.329 	1:29.238 	+4.855 	42

14 	N. Karthikeyan	HRT 		1:30.722 	1:37.501 	+7.248 	32

 

[snowy]

Lewis is on a long run starting in the mid 1:29s.

He has now broken the record for the most laps completed by a MP4-26 on a single day!

 

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Nico Rosberg has gone even quicker with a 1:23.168 lap, which if memory serves is the quickest lap of Barcelona testing so far.

 

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Lewis has completed 15 laps of an 18 lap run going from mid 29s to mid 32s....

Though he has just thrown in a 1:44 and a 1:51!!!

 

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End of Day Three

Θ. 	Driver		Team 		Best Lap 	Last lap 	Diff 	Laps

1 	N. Rosberg	Mercedes 	1:23.168 	1:29.677 		92

2 	V. Petrov	Renault 	1:23.463 	1:25.311 	+0.295 	93

3 	L. Hamilton	McLaren 	1:23.858 	1:34.345 	+0.69 	93

4 	P. Maldonado	Williams 	1:24.815 	1:27.223 	+1.647 	60

5 	M. Webber	Red Bull 	1:24.995 	1:31.573 	+1.827 	139

6 	J. Trulli	Team Lotus 	1:25.454 	1:30.074 	+2.286 	48

7 	S. Perez	Sauber 		1:25.557 	1:25.557 	+2.389 	115

8 	A. Sutil	Force India 	1:25.720 	1:36.252 	+2.552 	102

9 	S. Buemi	Toro Rosso 	1:26.155 	1:28.907 	+2.987 	31

10 	F. Massa	Ferrari 	1:26.508 	1:28.140 	+3.34 	123

11 	T. Glock	Virgin 		1:26.598 	1:28.371 	+3.43 	97

12 	G. Mondini	HRT 		1:28.178 	1:29.400 	+5.01 	39

13 	D. Ricciardo	Toro Rosso 	1:28.329 	1:29.238 	+5.161 	42

14 	N. Karthikeyan	HRT 		1:30.722 	1:37.501 	+7.554 	32

 

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Race Simulations (first 51 laps because Schuey's was abandoned and Sebastian's was interupted):

[b]Schumacher	Vettel		Rosberg		Webber[/b]

01:30.456	01:29.759	01:32.431	01:30.497

01:30.657	01:30.102	01:32.329	01:29.774

01:31.326	01:30.361	01:31.943	01:29.875

01:31.206	01:30.477	01:32.480	01:30.196

01:31.526	01:30.892	01:32.236	01:31.404

01:31.998	01:30.878	01:32.218	01:32.058

01:32.517	01:31.381	01:32.119	01:32.025

01:33.481	01:31.650	01:32.256	01:32.473

01:33.516	01:32.145	01:34.230	01:33.268

01:33.564	01:32.564	01:32.745	01:27.457

01:33.685	01:29.846	01:33.837	01:27.993

01:33.803	01:29.248	01:30.151	01:28.969

01:34.814	01:29.228	01:30.453	01:29.834

01:31.264	01:29.420	01:30.855	01:30.212

01:31.982	01:29.970	01:30.967	01:30.879

01:32.432	01:30.257	01:31.767	01:31.176

01:32.227	01:29.913	01:31.370	01:31.369

01:31.331	01:30.171	01:31.609	01:31.957

01:31.714	01:30.425	01:32.072	01:32.406

01:31.782	01:30.419	01:32.394	01:32.636

01:31.785	01:30.754	01:32.632	01:33.251

01:31.764	01:31.059	01:32.486	01:33.639

01:32.312	01:31.423	01:32.673	01:29.941

01:32.524	01:32.146	01:33.511	01:29.678

01:32.361	01:28.403	01:33.530	01:29.853

01:32.878	01:28.405	01:30.941	01:30.345

01:33.076	01:28.747	01:30.935	01:30.818

01:29.095	01:28.624	01:31.253	01:30.246

01:29.803	01:29.113	01:31.216	01:30.864

01:30.247	01:30.071	01:30.851	01:30.431

01:30.220	01:29.235	01:30.980	01:30.600

01:30.629	01:29.848	01:31.188	01:30.770

01:30.268	01:28.122	01:31.315	01:30.613

01:30.150	01:27.575	01:33.799	01:32.648

01:31.079	01:27.913	01:31.512	01:31.842

01:30.578	01:28.019	01:31.678	01:31.337

01:31.077	01:27.972	01:32.693	01:31.140

01:30.650	01:28.011	01:32.246	01:32.396

01:30.426	01:28.005	01:32.170	01:32.545

01:30.473	01:28.671	01:32.869	01:32.364

01:30.937	01:28.948	01:32.875	01:33.610

01:31.015	01:28.480	01:33.537	01:33.249

01:31.870	01:28.840	01:35.080	01:24.995

01:27.569	01:29.088	01:28.219	01:28.324

01:28.356	01:28.879	01:28.658	01:29.115

01:28.644	01:29.803	01:28.990	01:28.402

01:28.706	01:29.113	01:30.178	01:28.341

01:28.400	01:29.693	01:30.228	01:28.375

01:28.435	01:30.492	01:30.047	01:29.036

[b]1:14:30.608	1:13:14.558	1:14:58.752	1:14:05.22[/b]6

 

[snowy]

Sebastian Vettel's simulation had a series interruptions so it is probably wise to take that total time with a pinch of salt. However you can see that his pace was very steady and rapid compared to Schuey and Nico. Even compared to his teammate he was far less erratic.

If Red Bull were running supersoft/medium and Mercedes, soft/hard, then there is nothing in it. And Mercedes needn't worry, as the consensus is that there is one second between the compounds.

 

[sportsman]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/89588 Formula 1 teams will meet tomorrow night to make a final decision on whether the final pre-season test in Bahrain will go ahead, AUTOSPORT can reveal.
The Barcelona test concludes on Monday and sources indicate that it is impossible to delay making a call any longer because of the problems that could arise from uncertainty over whether to go to Bahrain or remain in Spain.

 

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Webber		Massa

01:29.774	01:31.409

01:29.875	01:31.021

01:30.196	01:31.654

01:31.404	01:31.407

01:32.058	01:31.550

01:32.025	01:32.125

01:32.473	01:32.141

01:33.268	01:31.583

00:00.000	01:37.390

00:00.000	01:32.492

01:27.457	01:32.521

01:27.993	01:32.624

01:28.969	01:32.800

01:29.834	01:32.990

01:30.212	01:33.893

01:30.879	01:33.967

01:31.176	01:34.406

01:31.369	00:00.000

01:31.957	00:00.000

01:32.406	01:29.289

01:32.636	01:28.639

01:33.251	01:33.876

01:33.639	01:29.749

00:00.000	01:30.024

00:00.000	01:30.092

01:29.941	01:30.018

01:29.678	01:29.991

01:29.853	01:30.178

01:30.345	01:30.287

01:30.818	01:30.345

01:30.246	01:30.758

01:30.864	01:31.459

01:30.431	01:31.874

01:30.600	01:32.471

01:30.770	00:00.000

01:30.613	00:00.000

01:32.648	01:28.227

01:31.842	01:36.578

01:31.337	01:27.835

01:31.140	01:28.118

01:32.396	01:28.302

01:32.545	01:28.702

01:32.364	01:29.071

01:33.610	01:28.947

01:33.249	01:28.981

00:00.000	01:29.302

00:00.000	01:29.288

01:24.995	01:29.495

01:28.324	01:29.966

01:29.115	01:30.148

01:28.402	00:00.000

01:28.341	00:00.000

01:28.375	01:31.551

01:29.036	01:26.508

01:28.564	01:26.990

01:29.046	01:31.452

01:29.465	01:27.358

01:28.664	01:27.465

01:29.138	01:27.665

01:32.022	01:28.348

01:29.261	01:28.473

01:30.155	01:28.962

01:29.862	01:32.195

01:30.341	01:28.080

01:30.752	01:28.140

00:00.000	00:00.000

1:29:01.999	1:29:01.170

 

[snowy]

Felipe Massa was also doing a race simulation! I'm pretty sure it wasn't common knowledge at the time...

1hr29.01.999 vs 1hr29.01.170!

How random is that!?

Massa wins by a hairline crack on the nose cone of his Ferrari!

 

[Chasz]

wow, thanks for pulling that out - so Ferrar > Red Bull.... (jokes)

 

[KekeTheKing]

How do we explain Webber's fastest lap?

It was 3.5 seconds faster than any other lap in that 18 lap run, and 2.5 seconds faster than his second fastest lap, which came on the first lap of a 13 lap stint earlier in the day.

 

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DAY 4 Barcelona Testing

[FONT=Verdana]

1.	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	

2.	Jarno Trulli		Lotus F1	 	

3.	Adrian Sutil		Force India	 	

4.	Micheal Schumacher	Mercedes GP		 	

5.	Nick Heidfeld		Lotus Renault GP	 	

6.	Sebastien Buemi		Toro Rosso	 	

7.	Sergio Perez		Sauber		

8.	Felipe Massa		Ferrari	 	

9.	Lewis Hamilton		McLaren 	

10.	Mark Webber		Red Bull 	

11.	Vitaly Petrov		Lotus  	

12.	Jerome D'Ambrosio 	Virgin Racing	[/FONT]

 

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Lewis Hamilton is the first to do a timed lap, a 1:27.561, Mark Webber follows with a 1:39.620.

 

[snowy]

Both Lewis and Mark pit the track falls silent again...

 

[sportsman]

Morning snowy.The track should be quicker today.It should have some rubber on it.
Todays weather forecast. Sunny with a few clouds
09:00 48°F 8°C
10:00 51°F 10°C
11:00 53°F 11°C
12:00 55°F 12°C
13:00 57°F 13°C
14:00 58°F 14°C
15:00 57°F 13°C
16:00 57°F 13°C

 

[snowy]

Trulli, Perez, Schumacher, D'Ambrosio and Massa are now on track.

 

[Chad Stewarthill]

Morning snowy, sportsman.

Snowy, has Petrov jumped ship?

 

[snowy]

Good morning Sportsman

 

[snowy]

Morning Chad

No, he drives for Lotus Renault