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

[snowy]

Into every test a little rain must fall...

 

[snowy]

I know why the McLaren looks slow.

It's the beards! - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/9396283.stm

Beards are suicide in F1. Has there ever been a successful bearded F1 driver ever? I think not!

 

[sportsman]

I assume that its started raining snowy.So that is effectively the end of any realistic new times.

 

[snowy]

Rubens has stopped out on track...

How many red flags does that make today?... Just four!

 

[Speshal]

Beards are suicide in F1. Has there ever been a successful bearded F1 driver ever? I think not!

I think you may be correct, best I could think of is the tasche and sideburns combo. That and looking like Dick Dastardly.

 

[snowy]

Apparently not raining particularly hard of for very long.

Testing continues, and Vettel is doing his usual 1m23's.

 

[Chasz]

Glad to see Button putting some more laps on the board

 

[Chasz]

Paul di Resta... another red flag - car failure at t6

 

[snowy]

Dry sack! How many times have I heard that this week?!!

Paul di Resta is in the gravel at turn 6 - Dry Sack.

And irony of ironies it is now raining quite hard...

This could be the end of the show.

 

[sportsman]

Looks pretty much like it.There's only ten minutes left I understand.Is that correct.

 

[snowy]

Rubens, Nico, Fernando and Seb Buemi are out on wet tyres.

 

[snowy]

Times at end of day four:

 .	Driver		Team 		Best Lap 	Last lap 	Diff 	Laps

1 	R. Barrichello	Williams 	1:19.832 	1:43.391 		103

2 	K. Kobayashi	Sauber 		1:20.601 	1:26.982 	+0.769 	86

3 	F. Alonso	Ferrari 	1:21.074 	1:36.964 	+1.242 	115

4 	S. Buemi	Toro Rosso 	1:21.213 	1:45.767 	+1.381 	90

5 	B. Senna	Renault 	1:21.400 	1:23.171 	+1.568 	68

6 	H. Kovalainen	Lotus 		1:21.632 	1:21.632 	+1.8 	43

7 	N. Rosberg	Mercedes 	1:22.103 	1:43.058 	+2.271 	45

8 	S. Vettel	Red Bull 	1:22.222 	1:23.117 	+2.39 	90

9 	J. Button	McLaren 	1:22.278 	1:29.743 	+2.446 	70

10 	J. D'Ambrosio	Virgin 		1:22.985 	1:28.240 	+3.153 	45

11 	P. di Resta	Force India 	1:23.111 	1:25.032 	+3.279 	99

 

[snowy]

That's all folks.

Don't forget we're back on track in Catalunya on 18th.

 

[tooncheese]

This was di Resta's latest issue

Problem for Paul was suspected front suspension failure. Total mileage more than 1,000km - good debut and got a strong direction for Barca

Thanks again for the updates Snowy

 

[sportsman]

Leils paldeus snowy.Viss labu.

 

[snowy]

Mans prieks, tas ir jautri.

My pleasure, it has been fun.

 

[Chasz]

Thanks snowy, I'll be back on the 18th!

 

[teabagyokel]

On McLaren, they're less than a tenth behind RBR today, no need to panic yet. I don't believe for a second STR are ahead of RBR anyway!

 

[fat jez]

It's all a huge guessing game at this stage as to who is sandbagging and who has shown real pace. Witness Sauber last season, who looked to be very competitive and then disappeared almost without trace. Then of course you can compare that with Brawn, who everybody thought were doing runs on fumes, only to be stunned by their genuine pace when the season started.

 

[Monzaman]

The fact that the RBR's and Mclaren's are so close in times (between their respective drivers) suggests perhaps there is some rev limiting going on?