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

[snowy]

Fastest lap times at the end of day 4:

Θ. 	Driver		Team 		Best Lap 	Last lap 	Diff	Laps

1 	M. Schumacher	Mercedes 	1:21.249 	1:32.584 		67

2 	F. Alonso	Ferrari 	1:21.614 	1:26.303 	+0.365 	141

3 	N. Rosberg	Mercedes 	1:21.788 	1:21.987 	+0.539 	22

4 	N. Heidfeld	Renault 	1:22.073 	1:30.647 	+0.824 	67

5 	R. Barrichello	Williams 	1:22.233 	1:28.094 	+0.984 	89

6 	K. Kobayashi	Sauber 		1:22.315 	1:27.848 	+1.066 	98

7 	J. Alguersuari	Toro Rosso 	1:22.675 	1:28.968 	+1.426 	72

8 	S. Vettel	Red Bull 	1:22.933 	1:29.956 	+1.684 	64

9 	H. Kovalainen	Lotus 		1:23.437 	1:34.026 	+2.188 	138

10 	P. di Resta	Force India 	1:23.653 	1:23.653 	+2.404 	42

11 	A. Sutil	Force India 	1:23.921 	1:25.512 	+2.672 	26

12 	P. Maldonado	Williams 	1:24.108 	1:26.175 	+2.859 	11

13 	J. Button	McLaren 	1:25.837 	1:27.925 	+4.588 	57

14 	J. D'Ambrosio	Virgin 		1:27.375 	1:28.062 	+6.126 	46

 

[snowy]

	Team		Driver	Time	Laps	Time Of Day

1	Mercedes GP	MSC	81.249	67	3/11/2011 3:07:26 PM

2	Ferrari		ALO	81.614	141	3/11/2011 12:28:20 PM

3	Mercedes GP	ROS	81.788	22	3/11/2011 4:27:40 PM

4	Renault		HEI	82.073	67	3/11/2011 12:09:07 PM

5	Williams	BAR	82.233	89	3/11/2011 10:46:43 AM

6	Sauber		KOB	82.315	98	3/11/2011 12:30:49 PM

7	Toro Rosso	ALG	82.675	72	3/11/2011 12:38:16 PM

8	Red Bull	VET	82.933	64	3/11/2011 4:09:02 PM

9	Lotus		KOV	83.437	138	3/11/2011 11:35:29 AM

10	Force India	RES	83.653	42	3/11/2011 4:57:07 PM

11	Force India	SUT	83.921	26	3/11/2011 11:33:00 AM

12	Williams	MAL	84.108	11	3/11/2011 4:48:46 PM

13	McLaren		BUT	85.837	57	3/11/2011 12:05:03 PM

 

[sportsman]

Great job again snowy.

 

[Jen]

"Our Snowy" - one in a million. Thank you

 

[teabagyokel]

So back tomorrow; with so few teams, maybe we should start mentioning McLaren again!

And HRT!

 

[Chad Stewarthill]

So back tomorrow; with so few teams, maybe we should start mentioning McLaren again!

And HRT!

Ha! I wonder which of the two will complete the most laps?

 

[snowy]

The rain will make any running they do totally meaningless.

 

[teabagyokel]

The rain will make any running they do totally meaningless.

An intercepted e-mail reaches TBY towers

From: c.horner@ rbr.com

To: stef@ scuderiaferrari.it, martin@ mclaren.co.uk, rb54@ merc.de, patrickhead@ williams.org​

Cc: seb@ rbr.com, aussiegrit@ rbr.com​

Subject: Ha Ha Ha​

​

Message: Dear Stefano, Martin, Ross and Partick,​

​

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha; its going to rain!!!​

​

Your friend,​

Christian H.

PS: Ha ha ha

*Not real e-mail adresses, as far as I know!

 

[Pyrope]

Send message to the owners and apologise?

 

[teabagyokel]

Send message to the owners and apologise?

Don't need to, just added a space in the messages. I doubt they're real e-mail adresses, if they are I wholeheartedly apologise!

 

[Galahad]

Fantastic work as ever snowy.

You're entitled to a lie down in a darkened room for a bit!

So - there are definitely some important pointers here. Unfortunately we don't know which bits are relevant and which aren't!

It looks like Mercedes might have 'done a BMW'* though, doesn't it?

*in 2008 the car was dire throughout pre-season testing, until an upgrade package for the final test transformed the car and turned it into a championship challenger*

*ish

 

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[snowy]

Ferrari ran four stops for both Felipe and Fenando's race simulations yesterday and today. They seem pretty convinced that four stops is the way to go, even though they have consistently shown far less tyre degradation than any other team, including Red Bull.

Webber		Massa		Massa		Alonso

20th Feb	20th Feb	10th  Mar	11th Mar

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

01:30.497	01:31.409	03:08.579	01:29.630

01:29.774	01:31.021	01:29.398	01:29.322

01:29.875	01:31.654	01:29.017	01:29.339

01:30.196	01:31.407	01:29.911	01:29.675

01:31.404	01:31.550	01:29.508	01:29.591

01:32.058	01:32.125	01:29.978	01:30.117

01:32.025	01:32.141	01:31.196	01:30.020

01:32.473	01:31.583	01:30.549	01:30.462

01:33.268	01:37.390	01:30.830	----

----		01:32.492	---- 		----

----		01:32.521	---- 		01:28.849

01:27.457	01:32.624	01:29.131	01:28.950

01:27.993	01:32.800	01:29.161	01:28.653

01:28.969	01:32.990	01:29.375	01:29.051

01:29.834	01:33.893	01:29.817	01:29.307

01:30.212	01:33.967	01:30.112	01:30.796

01:30.879	01:34.406	01:29.786	01:29.559

01:31.176	---- 		01:30.637	01:30.026

01:31.369	---- 		01:29.711	01:30.386

01:31.957	01:29.289	01:30.674	01:30.102

01:32.406	01:28.639	01:31.181	01:30.767

01:32.636	01:33.876	01:31.267	01:30.743

01:33.251	01:29.749	01:31.555	01:30.920

01:33.639	01:30.024	01:32.254	----

----		01:30.092	01:32.634	----

----		01:30.018	---- 		01:27.255

01:29.941	01:29.991	---- 		01:28.427

01:29.678	01:30.178	01:29.337	01:27.470

01:29.853	01:30.287	01:29.157	01:28.143

01:30.345	01:30.345	01:28.988	01:30.392

01:30.818	01:30.758	01:29.318	01:27.907

01:30.246	01:31.459	01:29.468	01:28.110

01:30.864	01:31.874	01:29.551	01:28.005

01:30.431	01:32.471	01:29.751	01:28.441

01:30.600	---- 		01:30.173	01:28.676

01:30.770	---- 		01:30.689	01:28.796

01:30.613	01:28.227	01:30.935	01:29.163	Massa		Alonso

01:32.648	01:36.578	----  		----		49:34.447	49:07.050

01:31.842	01:27.835	----  		---- 		Fernando has a 27" lead by

01:31.337	01:28.118	01:28.748	01:27.320	2nd round of stops!

01:31.140	01:28.302	01:28.828	01:27.477

01:32.396	01:28.702	01:29.093	01:49.591

01:32.545	01:29.071	01:28.392	01:56.505

01:32.364	01:28.947	01:29.867	01:27.617

01:33.610	01:28.981	01:29.269	01:27.205

01:33.249	01:29.302	01:30.242	01:27.623

----		01:29.288	01:29.514	01:27.674

----		01:29.495	01:29.733	01:27.897

01:24.995	01:29.966	01:29.915	01:28.030

01:28.324	01:30.148	01:30.322	----

01:29.115	---- 		01:30.996	----

01:28.402	---- 		---- 		01:25.510

01:28.341	01:31.551	----  		01:25.958

01:28.375	01:26.508	01:26.898	[color=red]Red Flag[/color]

01:29.036	01:26.990	01:27.197	01:25.958

01:28.564	01:31.452	01:27.319	01:26.716

01:29.046	01:27.358	01:27.516	01:26.151

01:29.465	01:27.465	01:27.726	01:26.094

01:28.664	01:27.665	01:29.559	01:26.450

01:29.138	01:28.348	01:28.322	01:26.761

01:32.022	01:28.473	01:28.641	01:26.961

01:29.261	01:28.962	01:28.764	01:26.915

01:30.155	01:32.195	01:29.660	01:27.186

01:29.862	01:28.080	01:29.784	----

01:30.341	01:28.140	01:30.163

01:30.752	---- 		01:30.952

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[snowy]

Day 5 Barcelona Test

It is raining heavily as predicted.

I can understand Ferrari, Mercedes and Williams decision to start a day later, as it was taken some time before the final test of 2011 was due to start. But McLaren's decision, taken late in the day to forego Thursday is unforgivable! They didn't even consider the weather forecast. :

 

[snowy]

Due to run today:

Rubens Barrichello
Lewis Hamilton
Fernando Alonso
Michael Schumacher!!!
Nico Rosberg

 

[snowy]

Michael Schumacher is the first to complete an installation lap.

The McLaren team (who should be ashamed of themselves) are setting out cones in their pit so Lewis will know where to stop...

 

[Chad Stewarthill]

It is raining heavily as predicted.

I can understand Ferrari, Mercedes and Williams decision to start a day later, as it was taken some time before the final test of 2011 was due to start. But McLaren's decision, taken late in the day to forego Thursday is unforgivable! They didn't even consider the weather forecast. :

Still, Fernando v Rubens v Nico v Lewis in the wet could still make for an interesting comparison, I suppose.

 

[Chad Stewarthill]

Due to run today:

Rubens Barrichello
Lewis Hamilton
Fernando Alonso
Nico Rosberg

But then:

Michael Schumacher is the first to complete an installation lap.

Am I missing something? Didn't Herr Rainmeister have most of the running yesterday as well? Is this another example of the team showing who they really favour?

 

[snowy]

Hehehe, Nico got one hour in the car yesterday, so if Schuey gets any more than that we will know exactly which way the wind is blowing in that regard.

 

[snowy]

Pastor Maldonado brings the williams out.

Pastor Maldonado!?

They're toying with us.