Pre-Season JEREZ TEST 10th-14th Feb 2011

[snowy]

True, maybe we will see McL do a bit more running, but last year they hardly did much testing in comparison to the other teams. Surely, though, they must get out and do a few long runs before Bahrain just to see how they perform...

Not according to my records. There were two or three days where Lewis did on average 20 fewer laps than those posted by the highest. But the McLaren MP4-25 was pretty reliable and completed lots of laps from day one of 2010 testing.

 

[snowy]

Lewis is back on track!!!

He's back in the pits...

He's back on track...

He's back in the pits!

 

[sportsman]

Ye, I'm impressed with Heidfield's time. He's already half a second quicker than Petrov yesterday, although of course we have no idea what testing regimes they are on, but then again I suppose he has something to prove!

Heidfields programme for today.

http://www.lotusrenaultgp.com/spip.php?rubrique64 Nick's programme will involve short to medium runs for balance work. For the afternoon it's longs runs followed by starts and procedures.

 

[sportsman]

Lewis is back on track!!!

He's back in the pits...

He's back on track...

He's back in the pits!

In out in out shake it all about

 

[snowy]

He's back out again...

 

[sportsman]

Christ snowy I wish he would make up his mind.

 

[snowy]

Lewis does a 1:21.584 followed by a 1:28.869 and a 1:22.573 and pits for lunch.

 

[snowy]

You can always tell when it's lunch time because everyone logs on to http://www.msfree.gr/ and they crash with

Too many connections

 

[snowy]

Θ.Driver	Team 		Best Lap 	Last lap 	Diff	Laps

1 F. Alonso	Ferrari 	1:20.493 	1:21.754 		49

2 M. Schumacher	Mercedes 	1:21.054 	1:21.775 	+0.561 	39

3 K. Kobayashi	Sauber 		1:21.242 	1:24.702 	+0.749 	40

4 S. Vettel	Red Bull 	1:21.574 	1:24.050 	+1.081 	61

5 L. Hamilton	McLaren 	1:21.584 	1:22.573 	+1.091 	21

6 S. Buemi	Toro Rosso 	1:21.790 	1:22.527 	+1.297 	53

7 N. Heidfeld	Renault 	1:21.849 	1:24.668 	+1.356 	26

8 H. Kovalainen	Lotus 		1:22.793 	1:28.606 	+2.3 	37

9 P. di Resta	Force India 	1:22.945 	1:24.699 	+2.452 	46

10 R. Barrich'	Williams 	1:23.063 	1:23.190 	+2.57 	27

11 D'Ambrosio	Virgin 		1:25.471 	1:32.551 	+4.978 	45

 

[snowy]

Schuey has done 14 laps so far on his latest run, he started with mid 26s and is now mid 28s.
15th lap completes the run...

 

[teabagyokel]

On Sauber, they were stunningly fast in testing last year and then hardly finished a race in the first third of the season. Then cameth Kobayashi!

 

[snowy]

Θ.Driver	Team 		Best Lap 	Last lap 	Diff	Laps

1 F. Alonso	Ferrari 	1:20.493 	1:25.873 		94

2 N. Heidfeld	Renault 	1:20.942 	1:20.942 	+0.449 	58

3 M. Schumacher	Mercedes 	1:21.054 	1:26.712 	+0.561 	85

4 K. Kobayashi	Sauber 		1:21.242 	1:25.080 	+0.749 	59

5 S. Vettel	Red Bull 	1:21.574 	1:28.748 	+1.081 	65

6 L. Hamilton	McLaren 	1:21.584 	1:22.573 	+1.091 	22

7 S. Buemi	Toro Rosso 	1:21.681 	1:23.906 	+1.188 	72

8 R. Barrich'	Williams 	1:22.227 	1:24.855 	+1.734 	65

9 H. Kovalainen	Lotus 		1:22.793 	1:27.124 	+2.3 	40

10 P. di Resta	Force India 	1:22.945 	1:26.092 	+2.452 	51

11 D'Ambrosio	Virgin 		1:25.471 	1:27.235 	+4.978 	72

 

[snowy]

Nick Heidfeld is doing Bruno Senna no favours whatsoever. His times are fast, consistent and making the Lotus Renault look like the class of the field when it comes to tyre preservation.

 

[snowy]

Heidfeld goes quickest, with a 1:20.361s lap.

 

[sportsman]

That is an impressive effort for his first time in the car.
I wonder if Lotus Renault will put in a couple of qualfying simulation runs the end of the day.

 

[snowy]

Θ.Driver	Team 		Best Lap 	Last lap 	Diff	Laps

1 N. Heidfeld	Renault 	1:20.361 	1:23.115 		72

2 F. Alonso	Ferrari 	1:20.493 	1:27.423 	+0.132 	104

3 M. Schumacher	Mercedes 	1:21.054 	1:27.728 	+0.693 	89

4 L. Hamilton	McLaren 	1:21.099 	1:21.099 	+0.738 	28

5 K. Kobayashi	Sauber 		1:21.242 	1:27.516 	+0.881 	79

6 S. Vettel	Red Bull 	1:21.574 	1:23.450 	+1.213 	82

7 S. Buemi	Toro Rosso 	1:21.681 	1:27.511 	+1.32 	79

8 Barrichello	Williams 	1:22.227 	1:27.436 	+1.866 	71

9 H. Kovalainen	Lotus 		1:22.793 	1:25.928 	+2.432 	50

10 P. di Resta	Force India 	1:22.945 	1:32.625 	+2.584 	56

11 D'Ambrosio	Virgin 		1:25.471 	1:27.235 	+5.11 	72

 

[sportsman]

With the best will in the world Senna will have a hell of job to match that.

 

[snowy]

Paul di Resta is in the gravel bringing out the 3rd red flag of the day.

 

[Monzaman]

Quick Nick...great job.

 

[tooncheese]

I expect it is low fuel runs of Nick, as there is no other way to compare him and senna or grosjean or whoever id driving tomorrow.