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

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Θ. 	Driver		Team 		Best Lap 	Last lap 	Diff 	Laps

1 	S. Perez	Sauber 		1:26.914 	1:28.229 		12

2 	L. Hamilton	McLaren 	1:27.561 	1:29.312 	+0.647 	16

3 	A. Sutil	Force India 	1:27.618 	1:28.421 	+0.704 	12

4 	M. Schumacher	Mercedes 	1:27.924 	1:29.050 	+1.01 	11

5 	F. Massa	Ferrari 	1:28.117 	1:29.812 	+1.203 	15

6 	S. Buemi	Toro Rosso 	1:28.342 	1:28.342 	+1.428 	8

7 	J. Trulli	Team Lotus 	1:29.992 	1:33.567 	+3.078 	13

8 	J. D'Ambrosio	Virgin 		1:35.265 	1:35.386 	+8.351 	14

9 	M. Webber	Red Bull 	1:39.620 	1:39.620 	+12.706 4

 

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Now Buemi is top with a 1:26.241s lap.

And Jarno is in the gravel at Campsa.

 

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Apparently he has smashed his car to bits but is out of the car and OK.

 

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Lewis and Sergio take to the track as soon as it goes green.

 

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D'Ambrosio, Buemi and Massa also on track now.

Lewis lapping in the 1m30s, Sergio in the 1:28s.

 

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You'll be glad to know I am still quicker than twitter.

 

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D'Ambrosio pits and on twitter he hasn't even left the pit lane!

 

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Felipe goes P2 with a 1:26.281. Lewis pits having done 7 laps.

 

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D'Ambrosio broke down at the pit lane exit bringing out the 2nd red flag of the day...

...track is now green and Sergio Sebastien is the first to carry on.

 

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Θ. 	Driver		Team 		Best Lap 	Last lap 	Diff 	Laps

1 	S. Buemi	Toro Rosso 	1:23.806 	1:25.223 		21

2 	A. Sutil	Force India 	1:24.693 	1:24.693 	+0.887 	22

3 	F. Massa	Ferrari 	1:25.676 	1:26.163 	+1.87 	28

4 	M. Webber	Red Bull 	1:25.792 	1:27.360 	+1.986 	12

5 	S. Perez	Sauber 		1:26.914 	1:29.909 	+3.108 	24

6 	L. Hamilton	McLaren 	1:27.561 	1:32.258 	+3.755 	26

7 	M. Schumacher	Mercedes 	1:27.924 	1:28.778 	+4.118 	18

8 	J. Trulli	Team Lotus 	1:29.992 	1:30.146 	+6.186 	18

9 	J. D'Ambrosio	Virgin 		1:31.713 	1:31.713 	+7.907 	27

Buemi's 1:23.806 was set during a 5 lap stint.

 

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Another source of Live Timing! Mercedes website. Why did no one tell me about this?

http://www.mercedes-gp.com/en/#/s/iframe/16/live-timing

1 Toro Rosso	BUE	83.806	20	2/21/2011 11:00:17 AM

2 Force India	SUT	84.693	20	2/21/2011 11:09:40 AM

3 Ferrari	MAS	85.676	24	2/21/2011 11:03:58 AM

4 Red Bull	WEB	85.792	10	2/21/2011 11:07:38 AM

5 Sauber	PEZ	86.914	20	2/21/2011 10:06:00 AM

6 Mercedes GP	MSC	88.326	16	2/21/2011 9:38:23 AM

7 McLaren	HAM	89.075	22	2/21/2011 9:46:38 AM

8 Lotus		TRU	90.146	14	2/21/2011 10:16:33 AM

9 Virgin	DAM	91.713	23	2/21/2011 10:50:24 AM

10 Renault	HEI	103.508	2	2/21/2011 9:55:27 AM

11 Williams	MAL	110.697	5	2/21/2011 10:58:06 AM

 

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They give the time of day which is of course very useful indeed at the end of the day...

 

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Lewis has completed 32 laps already today, which is a record for the MP4-26 in a morning session.

 

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Lewis has completed an 18 lap run:

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00:00.000
01:30.894
01:30.670
01:31.400
01:31.172
01:31.047
01:31.257
01:30.933
01:31.343
01:31.127
01:31.432
01:31.484
01:31.858
01:32.675
01:34.066
01:33.114
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Felipe completes a shorter 13 lap run:

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00:00.000
01:27.607
01:27.766
01:27.733
01:27.849
01:27.623
01:27.733
01:28.026
01:28.624
01:28.246
01:28.573
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Mark Webber goes quickest with a 1:23.442.

 

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Mark pits after adding just one more lap a 1:24.314.

 

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McLaren at last managing some longer runs!

 

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Lewis, Felipe and Pastor hit the track.

Joined by Schuey and Sebastien.

 

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The Lotus Renault is still conspicuous by its absence from the timing screens...