Pre-Season Barcelona Test 25-28 Feb 2010

My pleasure Bro. :D

Yesterday Fernando's race simulation was possibly 15-17 laps on the softer compound followed by 43+ on the harder ending with mid to high 1m24s. Today Lewis did 20 laps on the harder compound followed by 20 laps and 22 laps on the softer compound ending with laps in the low 1m23s and high 22s.

So in a race a two McLarens with soft tyres could be hunting two Ferrari's with hard tyres at a rate of 1.5-2 seconds a lap. Throw two Red Bulls and two Merc's into the mix and the prospect is absolutely mouthwatering :popcorn:

Track position is going to be so important this year, as overtaking is still going to be nigh on impossible at most circuits. So qualifying well on the harder compound is going to be crucial and the McLaren might well have an edge there as historically it has been able to get heat into the tyre a lot quicker than most.

Ferrari may have been testing out, soft qualifying, short soft stint, long hard middle and a quick soft at the end and that may well suit a lot of circuits but it's not going to suit all of them...
 
Thanks so much for this snowy, much appreciated.

Hopefully the teams will have come to different conclusions about strategy and we'll see some more varied racing. It looks (well, it appears) very close indeed.
 
It's a shame that the silly "one of each type of tyre" rule remains in force this season.

Thanks for the updates Snowy. :thumbsup:

2 weeks still seems like it's going to be a long time.
 
Yeah, thanks for all the info snowy! The Beeb could do with your online services! Hopefully you don't abandon us though because this is some really great stuff :D
 
I'd just like to echo everyone's sentiments and thank you Snowy!
All the stats on the pre-season testing gives a lot of interesting info on the up coming season! :thumbsup:
It'll be really interesting to see how it all stacks up, come the start of the season... :popcorn:
 
Thanks for your herculean efforts, Snowy.

Now that testing is over, I must confess that I don't see how the tail-enders, the new teams in particular, can hope to move up the order with the testing ban. I think that the new teams should have their testing limits raised or eliminated entirely so that they can hopefully overcome the established teams head start.
 
siffert_fan said:
Now that testing is over, I must confess that I don't see how the tail-enders, the new teams in particular, can hope to move up the order with the testing ban. I think that the new teams should have their testing limits raised or eliminated entirely so that they can hopefully overcome the established teams head start.
I think I made a similar point a while ago.

It seems unfair that the new teams have only a few days of testing under their belts and yet the established teams have years of data, not to mention all the data from last season which will be invaluable considering the design rules haven't changed that much.
 
Thanks amigos :D

Comparing Lewis and Jenson's race simulations should explode the myth that Lewis is too hard on his tyres and that Jenson will have an advantage over a race distance. Conditions were different for them with a less than ideal drying/green circuit for Jenson and a dry, nicely rubbered in circuit for Lewis. Nevertheless the only place where Lewis' pace appears to fall off is actually due to getting stuck behind Michael Schumacher mid way through his final stint.

HAMILTON  		BUTTON

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01:26.062 01:29.181
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01:25.975 01:29.026
01:25.871 01:30.928
01:25.958 01:32.543
01:25.877 01:29.683
01:25.675 01:28.073
01:25.458 01:27.314
01:25.545 01:27.422
01:25.554 01:27.606
01:25.220 01:27.501
01:28.679 01:27.708
01:25.279 01:28.179
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01:24.384 01:26.623
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01:23.663 01:25.899
01:23.361 01:25.653
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01:22.793 01:24.147
01:23.111 01:25.351
01:24.531 01:24.108
01:25.119 01:23.891
01:24.941 01:23.903
01:25.182 01:23.935
01:24.252 01:23.840
01:23.585 01:24.200
01:23.398 01:24.950
01:23.182 01:25.118
01:23.038 01:25.136
01:23.320 01:25.112
01:23.606
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Ted Kravitz contends that the Ferrari and Red Bull are the strongest cars on the form shown at Catalunya, with McLaren and Mercedes slightly behind. Here is his assessment of the McLaren post Barcelona testing, citing tyre wear as a particular problem for the McLaren:

McLaren engineers have been investing a lot of time in tyre management - a key component this year as most races will be done on a one-stop strategy following the banning of in-race refuelling.

Success in the first few races will come from being easy on the tyres and keeping them in good shape. In short, McLaren are not where they want to be yet, but they're close and they believe they'll get there.

Compare Lewis's first stint of 22 laps on the harder compound and his second stint of 22 laps on what I believe to be the soft, with Michael's two stints 14 and 15 laps on the soft. It seems clear to me that the Mercedes and the McLaren are poles apart in performance and management of tyres.

If McLaren are struggling with tyre wear why have they not done - as Ferrari has - any runs of 30+ laps? Surely if McLaren are struggling in that area they need to test in that area. Whilst Ferrari have regularly put in 40+ laps in a stint the most laps completed by a McLaren in one stint in Jerez and Barcelona has been 25.

Fenderman tells me that the teams enjoy taking Ted into their confidence and keeping him informed, because he believes everything they tell him! I am beginning to believe this is the case since clearly Lewis's race simulation was substantially quicker than Michael's and as - if not more - consistent than Ferrari's efforts in Barcelona.

I stand to be erected. :whistle:
 
Yeah, I just read that myself snowy but I think it looks as though Macca are going to adopt 2 stop strategies to minimise tyre degradation and with their single lap pace are hoping to get as many poles as possible (I know, you want pole every time) so they can scamper away on the quicker softs and not get caught behind those on the 'slower' tyre.

Two weeks really can't come soon enough so I better keep myself busy!
 
I suspect Lewis set his quick qualifying lap time on the harder compound and set off on his simulation with that tyre. Whereas Michael set his quick time on the softer compound. It isn't known what the Ferrari and Red Bull were using for their qualifying type runs yesterday, however Ferrari's race sims have usually started with a short stint on the softer compound followed by a very long stint on the harder.

If Ferrari are very easy on their tyre then it is fair to assume that they will more often than not be forced to qualify on the softer compound.

Lewis's lap times in his middle stint were too quick to have been using the harder compound but there was no sign of excessive wear - in fact the complete opposite appeared to be the case.
 
Some lap charts posted by Pup and Antitomm at F1Technical.net clearly showing Lewis's simulation standing out from others by Sebastian, Felipe, Jenson and Fernando.

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Some people (Ted Kravitz) have been stressing that we still don't know what amount of fuel the cars have been testing with. However I fail to see the logic of conducting a race simulation with anything more or less than a full tank at the start, a half empty one in the middle and an empty one at the end.... :crazy:
 
Excellent stuff snowy.

I was planning to do some spreadsheets and charts myself but didn't have time so glad someone else has done it.
 
Qualifying simulations

Lewis		Mark		Felipe:		Sebastian	Micheal:	Rubens:		Kamui:		Adrian:		Alonso	
(Day2)
01:20.660 01:20.496 01:21.345 1:21.951 01:21.318 01:21.441 01:22.412 01:21.514 01:21.127
01:20.653 01:20.669 01:21.304 1:21.713 01:21.039 01:26.458 01:21.954 01:21.471 01:20.738
01:26.604 01:20.797 01:21.384 1:22.072 01:21.299 01:21.601 01:21.305 01:20.792
01:20.592 01:21.475 1:21.660 01:21.180 01:22.150
01:20.920 01:22.091 01:21.229 01:21.533 01:20.801
01:24.451 01:20.891 1:20.821 01:21.339 01:20.910 01:22.312
01:21.469 01:20.834 1:20.667 01:20.835 01:20.986 01:21.220 01:21.038
01:30.535 1:20.917 01:20.804 01:20.925 01:20.896
01:20.472 01:20.567 1:20.842 01:21.199 01:23.104
01:20.539 01:20.745 01:20.917 01:21.203 01:21.014
01:24.292 01:20.772 01:20.870 01:21.219
01:23.800 01:20.611
01:20.818 01:20.620 01:20.876
01:24.276
01:21.050

01:20.637
01:20.658
01:21.678



Nico Rosberg

01:21.330
01:21.193

01:21.260
01:20.891

01:20.824
01:20.686
 
Now that list really throws up some questions.

The Force India 2 tenths quicker than Alonso in Qually trim? :thinking:

Scumacher's Merc only 1 tenth quicker than former team mate Rubens' Williams?

Lewis and Mark seperated by less than 3 hundreds of a second?

:dunno: Who knows.
 
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