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

[Chasz]

lol yeah that smiley is way OTT, and go Rubens Whooo!

 

[sportsman]

Difficult to make a lot of sense of these times. Generally looks like second lap is faster then sharp drop and the fairly stable with a few tenths on each following lap and then start get a bit faster.
Hmm.

 

[Chasz]

Do you know when HRT are going to be testing their 2011 car? I remember... after all that head bashing

 

[snowy]

1 	R. Barrichello	Williams 	1:24.264 	1:26.041 		42

2 	F. Alonso	Ferrari 	1:25.247 	1:26.367 	+0.983 	25

3 	J. Alguersuari	Toro Rosso 	1:25.259 	1:26.641 	+0.995 	25

4 	P. di Resta	Force India 	1:25.859 	1:28.539 	+1.595 	26

5 	S. Vettel	Red Bull 	1:26.158 	1:26.805 	+1.894 	18

6 	N. Rosberg	Mercedes 	1:28.001 	1:29.172 	+3.737 	40

7 	V. Petrov	Renault 	1:28.027 	1:28.767 	+3.763 	22

8 	H. Kovalainen	Lotus 		1:28.028 	1:28.028 	+3.764 	13

9 	V. Liuzzi	HRT 		1:30.192 	1:30.192 	+5.928 	20

10 	K. Kobayashi	Sauber 		1:30.849 	1:34.858 	+6.585 	19

11 	T. Glock	Virgin 		1:44.923 	1:44.923 	+20.659 14

 

[sportsman]

Do you know when HRT are going to be testing their 2011 car? I remember... after all that head bashing

They intended to run their 2011 car at Bahrain test

 

[snowy]

Apparently the track is falling to bits...

 

[sportsman]

Reports of a piece of detached kerbing on the circuit at Turn 2.
The session has been stopped due to debris on the track

Kerbs breaking up apprently

 

[snowy]

"There's nothing wrong at McLaren even though Jenson Button has only done seven laps so far on Saturday. They are just between their set programmes. The early part of the morning was spent doing aero-mapping, where Button had to drive at constant speed down the straight with the moveable rear wing closed. McLaren mechanics are now working on the car's set-up in the garage. They are planning a lot of laps this afternoon. We will see if it's just a series of long runs or a full race simulation."

 

[snowy]

The Williams of Rubens Barrichello has been running so well in Jerez and now here that there have been accusations that they are running underweight!

His stints here this morning are the benchmark:

33     1:24.264     -3.627			46	01:24.126	-1.55

34     1:24.624     +0.36			47	01:24.857	0.731

35     1:25.336     +0.712			48	01:25.284	0.427

36     1:26.067     +0.731			49	01:25.603	0.319

37     1:26.241     +0.174			50	01:26.229	0.626

38     1:26.073     -0.168			51	01:26.978	0.749

39     1:25.706     -0.367			52	01:27.086	0.108

40     1:25.688     -0.018			53	01:27.832	0.746

41     1:25.870     +0.182			54	01:27.998	0.166

42     1:26.041     +0.171			55	01:28.951	0.953

43     1:25.676     -0.365			56	---- 	

Comparing the two seems to suggest that these are soft and supersoft stints!

 

[sportsman]

F1

It was ever thus.Brawn ring any bells

 

[sportsman]

Lotus have a problem holding their water.

So do I after a few beers

 

[snowy]

Too much information!

I've got to go shopping, hold the fort.

 

[sportsman]

Red Bull seem to be trying some qualifying runs. Vettel in a two lap series of runs.

Vettel raises the bar with a 1m23.315s, a tenth quicker than his last benchmark.

 

[snowy]

Θ. 	Driver		Team 		Best Lap 	Last lap 	Diff	Laps

1 	S. Vettel	Red Bull 	1:23.315 	1:23.315 		39

2 	R. Barrichello	Williams 	1:24.042 	1:28.724 	+0.727 	66

3 	N. Rosberg	Mercedes 	1:24.730 	1:24.730 	+1.415 	61

4 	P. di Resta	Force India 	1:25.194 	1:33.329 	+1.879 	52

5 	F. Alonso	Ferrari 	1:25.247 	1:27.628 	+1.932 	43

6 	J. Alguersuari	Toro Rosso 	1:25.259 	1:35.532 	+1.944 	59

7 	H. Kovalainen	Lotus 		1:26.421 	1:29.059 	+3.106 	25

8 	V. Petrov	Renault 	1:26.884 	1:28.559 	+3.569 	61

9 	J. Button	McLaren 	1:27.027 	1:28.237 	+3.712 	15

10 	V. Liuzzi	HRT 		1:28.580 	1:30.101 	+5.265 	45

11 	K. Kobayashi	Sauber 		1:29.498 	1:30.954 	+6.183 	61

12 	T. Glock	Virgin 		1:41.670 	1:45.792 	+18.355 24

They are now having their lunch and will be back just as I go for mine.

Damn these Europeans!

 

[Chasz]

lol, i'm just having lunch early

 

[Brogan]

Damn these Europeans!

Last time I checked, we (here in the UK) are also Europeans

 

[snowy]

Take that back!

 

[Brogan]

Non!

 

[snowy]

Rubens Barrichello

Run 4		Run 5		Run 6

01:24.264	01:24.126	01:24.042

01:24.624	01:24.857	01:25.638

01:25.336	01:25.284	01:26.208

01:26.067	01:25.603	01:26.911

01:26.241	01:26.229	01:27.399

01:26.073	01:26.978	01:27.695

01:25.706	01:27.086	01:28.204

01:25.688	01:27.832	01:28.724

01:25.870	01:27.998	----

01:26.041	01:28.951	

01:25.676	---- 	

Is Rubens demystifying the compounds or compounding the problem?

 

[sportsman]

Hmm I am in Europe.Its 15.05 here.