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

[snowy]

Nick's lap times stack up very nicely with those of Mark and Felipe if he is where I think he is.

 

[Chad Stewarthill]

5Live says the Bahrain test has been cancelled.

No kidding.

There are also claims that the GP itself has been postponed as well (see my posts on the 'would you race in Bahrain?' thread).

 

[Enja]

That Gulf News one sounded a bit sketchy though when I read it last night. Even though it was AP who you'd usually expect better from. Still, it's a definite sign that the grumbles are there all right..

 

[snowy]

Part of Nick Heidfeld's aborted race simulation


Laps 1-14 no data
----
01:29.988
01:29.710
01:30.080
01:30.155
01:29.953
01:30.572
01:31.855
01:30.746
01:30.925
01:30.888
01:30.995
01:31.834
01:32.186
01:35.036
01:33.311
01:33.209
01:33.741
----PIT
01:33.741
01:28.907
01:28.364
01:28.613
01:29.180
01:29.272
01:29.858
01:29.436
01:29.323
01:29.992
01:29.501
01:29.823
01:30.076
01:29.997
01:29.980
01:30.531
01:30.689
01:31.002
01:31.552
01:32.168
----PIT
01:32.168
01:27.861
01:27.822
01:27.625
01:27.680
Simulation abandoned due to Maldonardo Red flag

 

[sportsman]

Nick looks as though he's on the pace.

 

[teabagyokel]

He looks Quick.

 

[snowy]

This stint is looking particularly good.

 

[snowy]

1 	M. Webber	Red Bull 	1:23.442 	1:32.344 		59

2 	S. Buemi	Toro Rosso 	1:23.550 	1:26.582 	+0.108 	74

3 	P. Maldonado	Williams 	1:24.057 	1:28.174 	+0.615 	106

4 	A. Sutil	Force India 	1:24.226 	1:28.202 	+0.784 	50

5 	F. Massa	Ferrari 	1:24.929 	1:26.010 	+1.487 	103

6 	L. Hamilton	McLaren 	1:25.094 	1:33.896 	+1.652 	90

7 	N. Heidfeld	Renault 	1:26.203 	1:31.552 	+2.761 	78

8 	S. Perez	Sauber 		1:26.914 	1:29.261 	+3.472 	53

9 	M. Schumacher	Mercedes 	1:27.079 	1:28.635 	+3.637 	101

10 	J. D'Ambrosio	Virgin 		1:29.692 	1:29.692 	+6.25 	37

11 	J. Trulli	Team Lotus 	1:29.992 		

 

[snowy]

Nick is on his final stint and lapping in the 1:27s very competitive times compared to Mark and Felipe's race simulations from yesterday. It is absolutely tragic that I haven't got data for his first stint.

 

[snowy]

Massa goes P2 with a 1:23.531.

Red flag!

 

[sportsman]

Don't tell me he's spun again.

 

[snowy]

Pastor you $%£*&?@!!

 

[snowy]

	Team		Driver	Time	Laps	Time Of Day

1	Red Bull	WEB	83.442	55	2/21/2011 11:56:29 AM

2	Ferrari		MAS	83.531	102	2/21/2011 4:09:13 PM

3	Toro Rosso	BUE	83.55	81	2/21/2011 11:23:39 AM

4	Williams	MAL	84.057	113	2/21/2011 12:31:38 PM

5	Force India	SUT	84.226	48	2/21/2011 11:26:26 AM

6	McLaren		HAM	85.094	91	2/21/2011 12:51:08 PM

7	Renault		HEI	86.203	86	2/21/2011 12:49:17 PM

8	Sauber		PEZ	86.835	54	2/21/2011 4:05:39 PM

9	Mercedes GP	MSC	87.079	102	2/21/2011 11:40:57 AM

10	Virgin		DAM	89.692	33	2/21/2011 3:54:58 PM

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

 

[Chad Stewarthill]

Keep yer' 'air on snowy! Autosport are saying that he was at the end of his stint and that he may have run the Williams dry.

 

[snowy]

Some cars are back on track... Notably, quick Nick is not amongst them...

 

[snowy]

Interrupting race simulations is a crime punishable by death!

 

[snowy]

Still no sign of the Lotus Renault. Is he going to complete his race sim or do they think they have enough data to call it a day?

Possibly go on to do something completely different...

And now for something...

 

[fat jez]

when you say Lotus Renault, which team are you referring to? The Black and Gold one (ex Renault) or the green and yellow one (the Malaysian team).

I can see the timings still have Renault and Lotus listed separately, but otherwise I'm confused (not that it takes much).

 

[snowy]

Finally AutosportLive say something about the Renault race simulation:
I am officially much quicker than twitter, if a little one track minded.

 

[snowy]

Lotus Renault GP I think Renault call themselves and Lotus now call themselves Team Lotus.