Pre-Season Barcelona Test - 8th to 12th March

[teabagyokel]

22nd May. Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.
Spanish Grand Prix

Commentry:
Martin Brundle: I think something's wrong with Massa, he's pitting. Ted Kravitz, can you see anything?
Ted Kravitz: Yes, Martin, Ferrari tell me that Felipe is having his scheduled rest and he'll complete the race later.
David Coulthard: Well, that puts Alonso ahead of him then...

 

[snowy]

 

[snowy]

Webber		Massa		Massa

20th Feb	20th Feb	10th  Mar

---- 		---- 		---- 

01:30.497	01:31.409	03:08.579

01:29.774	01:31.021	01:29.398

01:29.875	01:31.654	01:29.017

01:30.196	01:31.407	01:29.911

01:31.404	01:31.550	01:29.508

01:32.058	01:32.125	01:29.978

01:32.025	01:32.141	01:31.196

01:32.473	01:31.583	01:30.549

01:33.268	01:37.390	01:30.830

----		01:32.492	---- 

----		01:32.521	---- 

01:27.457	01:32.624	01:29.131

01:27.993	01:32.800	01:29.161

01:28.969	01:32.990	01:29.375

01:29.834	01:33.893	01:29.817

01:30.212	01:33.967	01:30.112

01:30.879	01:34.406	01:29.786

01:31.176	---- 		01:30.637

01:31.369	---- 		01:29.711

01:31.957	01:29.289	01:30.674

01:32.406	01:28.639	01:31.181

01:32.636	01:33.876	01:31.267

01:33.251	01:29.749	01:31.555

01:33.639	01:30.024	01:32.254

----		01:30.092	01:32.634

----		01:30.018	---- 

01:29.941	01:29.991	---- 

01:29.678	01:30.178	01:29.337

01:29.853	01:30.287	01:29.157

01:30.345	01:30.345	01:28.988

01:30.818	01:30.758	01:29.318

01:30.246	01:31.459	01:29.468

01:30.864	01:31.874	01:29.551

01:30.431	01:32.471	01:29.751

01:30.600	---- 		01:30.173

01:30.770	---- 		01:30.689

01:30.613	01:28.227	01:30.935

01:32.648	01:36.578	---- 

01:31.842	01:27.835	----  

01:31.337	01:28.118	01:28.748

01:31.140	01:28.302	01:28.828

01:32.396	01:28.702	01:29.093

01:32.545	01:29.071	01:28.392

01:32.364	01:28.947	01:29.867

01:33.610	01:28.981	01:29.269

01:33.249	01:29.302	01:30.242

----		01:29.288	01:29.514

----		01:29.495	01:29.733

01:24.995	01:29.966	01:29.915

01:28.324	01:30.148	01:30.322

01:29.115	---- 		01:30.996

01:28.402	---- 		---- 

01:28.341	01:31.551	----  

01:28.375	01:26.508	01:26.898

01:29.036	01:26.990	01:27.197

01:28.564	01:31.452	01:27.319

01:29.046	01:27.358	01:27.516

01:29.465	01:27.465	01:27.726

01:28.664	01:27.665	01:29.559

01:29.138	01:28.348	01:28.322

01:32.022	01:28.473	01:28.641

01:29.261	01:28.962	01:28.764

01:30.155	01:32.195	01:29.660

01:29.862	01:28.080	01:29.784

01:30.341	01:28.140	01:30.163

01:30.752	---- 		01:30.952

----				---- 

1:29:01.744	1:28:47.702	1:28:15.014

With a lap taken off the beginning of Felipe's and the end of Mark's we could see Ferrari having plenty of time for that extra pitstop...

 

[snowy]

Θ. 	Driver		Team 		Best Lap 	Last lap 	Diff	Laps

1 	S. Perez	Sauber 		1:21.761 	1:30.733 		93

2 	F. Massa	Ferrari 	1:22.092 	1:30.952 	+0.331 	131

3 	M. Webber	Red Bull 	1:22.466 	1:29.784 	+0.705 	97

4 	R. Barrichello	Williams 	1:22.637 	1:28.604 	+0.876 	105

5 	M. Schumacher	Mercedes 	1:22.892 	1:27.856 	+1.131 	88

6 	N. Heidfeld	Renault 	1:23.541 	1:23.541 	+1.78 	32

7 	H. Kovalainen	Lotus 		1:23.990 	1:29.437 	+2.229 	39

8 	V. Petrov	Renault 	1:24.233 	1:26.768 	+2.472 	24

9 	A. Sutil	Force India 	1:24.334 	1:27.582 	+2.573 	108

10 	J. Alguersuari	Toro Rosso 	1:24.779 	1:28.373 	+3.018 	107

11 	J. D'Ambrosio	Virgin 		1:27.336 	1:29.344 	+5.575 	96

12 	J. Trulli	Team Lotus 	1:34.485 	1:34.485 	+12.72 	6

 

[snowy]

	Sauber		PEZ	81.761	95	3/10/2011 12:30:13 PM

2	Ferrari		MAS	82.092	132	3/10/2011 12:30:00 PM

3	Red Bull	WEB	82.466	97	3/10/2011 11:32:06 AM

4	Williams	BAR	82.637	105	3/10/2011 12:36:49 PM

5	Mercedes GP	MSC	82.892	89	3/10/2011 3:04:26 PM

6	Renault		HEI	83.541	32	3/10/2011 4:55:26 PM

7	Lotus		KOV	83.99	40	3/10/2011 4:05:39 PM

8	Renault		PET	84.233	24	3/10/2011 11:54:58 AM

9	Force India	SUT	84.334	108	3/10/2011 10:57:05 AM

10	Toro Rosso	ALG	84.779	107	3/10/2011 10:33:44 AM

11	Lotus		TRU	94.485	6	3/10/2011 9:35:19 AM

 

[snowy]

That's a wrap.

 

[sportsman]

Your "the man" snowy.Great job.

 

[teabagyokel]

And tomorrow we can resume our favourite pastime of McLaren-worrying, as well as a side-order of HRT-laughing and Greek timing data bemoaning!

 

[Grizzly]

Great to follow your updates Snowy thanks!

 

[Enja]

Great job Snowy! Will be interesting to see what McLaren do tomorrow.

 

[MCLS]

As a McLaren fan, 2009 seems very similar at the moment

 

[Enja]

As a McLaren fan, 2009 seems very similar at the moment

I don't think it's as bad as that. It's certainly not what we expected though. Although as a Lewis fan I'd like to see him have a dominant car, there's something very enjoyable about watching him wring the neck of something that isn't perfect. I think the 26 is at a similar level to the 25 although Lewis actually has said he feels it has lost downforce to last year. I think they would be in dire straights if Renault had made a serious move forward (I don't see it yet) or if Mercedes had (again, I see no indication that they have, if anything, they've moved backwards).

I never like to read too much into testing but having a wild stab at it, I see the pecking order like this

Red Bull
Ferrari
Williams
Renault
McLaren
Mercedes
Sauber/Toro Rosso
Lotus
Force India
Virgin
A Dacia Sandero
That zimmerframe Red Bull gave to Bernie last year
Hispania

 

[MCLS]

I think they would be in dire straights if Renault had made a serious move forward (I don't see it yet)

I think half of Renault/Lotus' performances has been lost with the injury to Kubica. No offense to Heidfeld but i dont think he has the raw talent that Kubica has. Kubica i think would have won races this year, not convinced by Heidfelds ability to do that but we'll see

 

[snowy]

I found a link over at F1Technical.net for another site that gives "Live Lap Timing" And it does it in a rather interesting (if slightly inaccessible) way. It's very visual.

http://f1tests.mine.nu/2011_1.php

That's how I was able to fill in the blanks on Felipe Massa and Adrian Sutil's race simulations:
http://cliptheapex.com/threads/barcelona-test-8th-to-12th-march.2263/page-15#post-37770
http://cliptheapex.com/threads/barcelona-test-8th-to-12th-march.2263/page-15#post-37764

 

[snowy]

Jerome D'Ambrosio Race Simulation:

31	---- 

32	1:35.991

33	1:35.116

34	1:34.346

35 	1:34.255 	

36 	1:34.492 	+0.237

37 	1:34.735 	+0.243

38 	1:34.639 	-0.096

39 	1:35.319 	+0.68

40 	1:35.627 	+0.308

41 	1:36.578 	+0.951

42 	1:36.430 	-0.148

43 	1:38.290 	+1.86

44 	1:39.383 	+1.093

45 	1:38.847 	-0.536

46 	---- 	

47 	1:38.847 	

48 	1:33.474 	-5.373

49 	1:33.305 	-0.169

50 	1:33.478 	+0.173

51 	1:33.151 	-0.327

52 	1:35.049 	+1.898

53 	1:33.859 	-1.19

54 	1:33.700 	-0.159

55 	1:33.870 	+0.17

56 	1:35.012 	+1.142

57 	1:34.929 	-0.083

58 	1:35.038 	+0.109

59 	1:36.131 	+1.093

60 	---- 	

61 	1:36.131 	

62 	1:33.523 	-2.608

63 	1:32.379 	-1.144

64 	1:32.792 	+0.413

65 	1:34.295 	+1.503

66 	1:33.239 	-1.056

67 	1:32.943 	-0.296

68 	1:33.285 	+0.342

69 	1:32.951 	-0.334

70 	1:33.303 	+0.352

71 	1:33.771 	+0.468

72 	---- 	

73 	1:33.771 	

74 	1:31.008 	-2.763

75 	1:31.630 	+0.622

76 	1:32.400 	+0.77

77 	1:32.162 	-0.238

78 	1:32.163 	+0.001

79 	1:32.599 	+0.436

80 	1:34.134 	+1.535

81 	1:34.258 	+0.124

82 	1:33.556 	-0.702

83 	1:34.346 	+0.79

84 	1:34.634 	+0.288

85 	1:35.650 	+1.016

86 	1:38.793 	+3.143

87 	---- 	

88 	1:38.793 	

89 	---- 	

90 	1:30.578 	

91 	1:28.374 	-2.204

92 	1:28.884 	+0.51

93 	1:28.620 	-0.264

94 	1:29.700 	+1.08

95 	1:29.344 	-0.356

96 	---- 	

 

[Enja]

I think half of Renault/Lotus' performances has been lost with the injury to Kubica. No offense to Heidfeld but i dont think he has the raw talent that Kubica has. Kubica i think would have won races this year, not convinced by Heidfelds ability to do that but we'll see

Agreed, unscientifically, they're losing ~0.3s a lap with Heidfeld rather than Kubica.

I really like Heidfeld and have him in my top 10 current drivers, but Kubica is something else - I'd take him over anyone bar Alonso and Hamilton.

 

[snowy]

Watching "The Flying Lap" today, Patrick Head has both Toro Rosso and Sauber ahead of McLaren! He said he had heard Jenson saying he would be happy with being third fastest team at Melbourne and Patrick thought that was very optimistic indeed!

 

[Enja]

But the last one was on 2nd March?

http://smibs.tv/the-flying-lap

 

[snowy]

It was live today, a special Williams retrospective episode!

Perhaps they take a day or two to get the recorded download posted.

 

[Chad Stewarthill]

I think half of Renault/Lotus' performances has been lost with the injury to Kubica. No offense to Heidfeld but i dont think he has the raw talent that Kubica has. Kubica i think would have won races this year, not convinced by Heidfelds ability to do that but we'll see

Oh dear, here we go a gain with the urban myth about Kubica's talent. If he was that good he would have been snatched by a better team by now. Heidfeld beat him in two of the three seasons they were teammates.