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

[jonnybario]

Williams are obviously keen to put some laps in today after yesterday's rather embarrassing lack of running. Good to see Mr Maldonado get down to some competitive times very quickly.

 

[snowy]

Everybody back on track after Algeursuari brought out the first Red Flag of the day, apparently falling off piste.

 

[snowy]

1 M. Webber	Red Bull 	1:21.613 		14

2 F. Massa	Ferrari 	1:21.948 	+0.335 	19

3 J. Alguers'	Toro Rosso 	1:22.556 	+0.943 	10

4 P. Maldonado	Williams 	1:22.591 	+0.978 	14

5 S. Perez	Sauber 		1:22.755 	+1.142 	10

6 A. Sutil	Force India 	1:22.895 	+1.282 	14

7 J. Button	McLaren 	1:23.007 	+1.394 	15

8 J. Trulli	Team Lotus 	1:23.216 	+1.603 	16

9 V. Petrov	Renault 	1:26.261 	+4.648 	10

10 M.Schumacher	Mercedes 	1:28.027 	+6.414 	11

 

[Monzaman]

Anyone know when they will let Heidfeld loose in the Reault?

 

[sportsman]

Anyone know when they will let Heidfeld loose in the Reault?

Lotus Renault GP has revised its driver line-up for this week’s test session in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain.
Vitaly will drive the R31 on Thursday and Friday, as originally scheduled. For Saturday and Sunday, the team will give mileage to Bruno Senna and will also evaluate Nick Heidfeld, who is a potential replacement for Robert Kubica as a race driver. The exact running order for the weekend will be confirmed on Friday evening.

 

[FB]

Nice to see Maldonado has worked out which pedal is the throttle. Poor old Mercedes seem to be having a tough time still.

 

[snowy]

Θ.Driver	Team 		Best Lap 	Last lap 	Dif 	Laps 

1 F. Massa	Ferrari 	1:21.228 	1:22.210 		30

2 M. Schumacher	Mercedes 	1:21.408 	1:25.576 	+0.18 	23

3 M. Webber	Red Bull 	1:21.613 	1:24.682 	+0.385 	27

4 S. Perez	Sauber 		1:22.256 	1:23.391 	+1.028 	22

5 J. Alguers'	Toro Rosso 	1:22.556 	1:23.974 	+1.328 	10

6 P. Maldonado	Williams 	1:22.591 	1:25.404 	+1.363 	20

7 A. Sutil	Force India 	1:22.895 	1:25.756 	+1.667 	22

8 J. Button	McLaren 	1:23.007 	1:23.007 	+1.779 	15

9 J. Trulli	Team Lotus 	1:23.216 	1:26.781 	+1.988 	24

10 V. Petrov	Renault 	1:25.835 	1:25.835 	+4.607 	20

 

[snowy]

Michael Schumacher is in the process of blowing everyone into the weeds, having set the quickest time of the test so far (1m20.352s) he just casually proceeds to reel off the laps- 8 so far - showing that it isn't a glory run. The drop off in lap time is quite alarming though, so I'm guessing he is on the supersoft.

 

[snowy]

Schuey's last run:

24 	---- 	

25 	1:20.352 	-5.224

26 	1:21.360 	+1.008

27 	1:22.099 	+0.739

28 	1:22.662 	+0.563

29 	1:22.987 	+0.325

30 	1:23.836 	+0.849

31 	1:24.234 	+0.398

32 	1:24.237 	+0.003

33 	1:24.121 	-0.116

34 	1:24.662 	+0.541

35 	----

 

[snowy]

Massa's last run:

32 	---- 	

33 	1:20.413 	

34 	1:35.494 	+15.081

35 	1:21.318 	-14.176

36 	1:21.847 	+0.529

37 	1:21.927 	+0.08

38 	1:22.095 	+0.168

39 	1:22.406 	+0.311

40 	1:22.835 	+0.429

41 	----

 

[snowy]

Petrov in the gravel brings out the second red flag of the day.

 

[snowy]

Θ. Driver	Team 		Best Lap 	Last lap 	Diff 	Laps

1 M. Schumacher	Mercedes 	1:20.352 	1:24.662 		37

2 F. Massa	Ferrari 	1:20.413 	1:22.835 	+0.061 	41

3 M. Webber	Red Bull 	1:21.613 	1:25.809 	+1.261 	38

4 J. Button	McLaren 	1:21.614 	1:22.719 	+1.262 	21

5 S. Perez	Sauber 		1:22.256 	1:23.699 	+1.904 	31

6 J. Alguers'	Toro Rosso 	1:22.556 	1:23.974 	+2.204 	10

7 P. Maldonado	Williams 	1:22.591 	1:23.486 	+2.239 	31

8 A. Sutil	Force India 	1:22.895 	1:23.846 	+2.543 	30

9 J. Trulli	Team Lotus 	1:23.216 	1:24.477 	+2.864 	28

10 V. Petrov	Renault 	1:23.671 	1:24.090 	+3.319 	25

 

[Brogan]

Thanks for the running commentary snowy.

I just keep the Recent Activity page open and refresh it from time to time - it's as good as Twitter

http://cliptheapex.com/recent-activity/

 

[sportsman]

Good point about the tyres.But haven't Pirrelli done exactly what we asked for and they promised.We wanted tyres that would degrade to stop the drivers running the whole race on a single set of tyres.
If Schumacher is on the supersoft the teams face the choice of trying to qualify on pole on supersofts and then be forced to make a pit sop after a couple of laps as the tyres will have had it.They would then have to make at least two more stops for tyres as the option compound will not last the entire race distance.

 

[snowy]

With the tyres the knack is to control the drop off, any team or driver able to find the sweet spot on the softer compound could have a handy little advantage at a particular circuit. Now if they would just drop the two compound rule...

 

[snowy]

Schuey just completed a 19 lap run, starting in the 1m24s and ending in the high 1m26s.

 

[snowy]

Θ. Driver	Team 		Best Lap 	Last lap 	Diff 	Laps

1 M. Schumacher	Mercedes 	1:20.352 	1:27.683 		58

2 F. Massa	Ferrari 	1:20.413 	1:22.896 	+0.061 	60

3 M. Webber	Red Bull 	1:21.613 	1:24.291 	+1.261 	56

4 J. Button	McLaren 	1:21.614 	1:23.290 	+1.262 	28

5 S. Perez	Sauber 		1:21.857 	1:23.678 	+1.505 	48

6 J. Alguers'	Toro Rosso 	1:22.019 	1:22.393 	+1.667 	17

7 A. Sutil	Force India 	1:22.445 	1:24.474 	+2.093 	42

8 P. Maldonado	Williams 	1:22.591 	1:23.486 	+2.239 	31

9 V. Petrov	Renault 	1:23.041 	1:25.591 	+2.689 	33

10 J. Trulli	Team Lotus 	1:23.216 	1:24.434 	+2.864 	40

11 T. Glock	Virgin		1:25.086 	1:26.030 	+4.734 	15

 

[snowy]

Perez is off and has damaged his front end.

 

[Chad Stewarthill]

Perez is off and has damaged his front end.

But is the car alright?

 

[snowy]

Darned if I know!

They're particularly tardy at Jerez taking at least 25 minutes to recover every vehicle that has been off or broken down during this test.

I'm going to write to my MP!