Pre-Season Testing Has Started

[RasputinLives]

.....as the actress said to the bishop.

 

[Dartman]

Alonso will run.

In which direction?

 

[Jen]

Don't be silly, Nando will be on the grid and pointing in the right direction.

Faith in a driver?

 

[sushifiesta]

Updated tables now testing has finished:

Sorted by fastest time in Barcelona testing 2015:

Sorted by difference between 2015 testing time and 2014 qualifying time:

EDIT: I missed Toro Rosso's fastest time, now updated.

 

[olegg]

Total results of last Barcelona test for teams:

N – Team – Engine – Laps – km
1 – Sauber – Ferrari – 545 – 2537
2 – Ferrari – Ferrari – 488 – 2272
3 – Toro Rosso – Renault – 432 – 2011
4 – Williams – Mercedes – 384 – 1788
5 – Mercedes – Mercedes – 378 – 1760
6 – Lotus – Mercedes – 367 – 1708
7 – Force India – Mercedes – 365 – 1699
8 – Red Bull – Renault – 359 – 1671
9 – McLaren – Honda – 177 – 824

 

[olegg]

Total results of last Barcelona test for engines:

N – Engine – Laps – km
1 – Mercedes – 1494 – 6955
2 – Ferrari – 1033 – 4809
3 – Renault – 791 – 3682
4 – Honda – 177 – 824

 

[olegg]

Total results of last Barcelona test for drivers:

N – Driver – Team – Engine – Time – Tyre – Laps – km
1 – Rosberg – Mercedes – Mercedes – 01:22,792 – Soft – 254 – 1182
2 – Hamilton – Mercedes – Mercedes – 01:23,022 – Soft – 124 – 577
3 – Bottas – Williams – Mercedes – 01:23,063 – SSoft – 179 – 833
4 – Massa – Williams – Mercedes – 01:23,262 – SSoft – 205 – 954
5 – Raikkonen – Ferrari – Ferrari – 01:23,276 – SSoft – 216 – 1005
6 – Vettel – Ferrari – Ferrari – 01:23,469 – SSoft – 272 – 1266
7 – Nasr – Sauber – Ferrari – 01:24,023 – SSoft – 300 – 1397
8 – Sainz – Toro Rosso – Renault – 01:24,191 – SSoft – 218 – 1015
9 – Grosjean – Lotus – Mercedes – 01:24,200 – SSoft – 191 – 889
10 – Ericsson– Sauber – Ferrari – 01:24,276 – SSoft – 245 – 1140
11 – Verstappen– Toro Rosso – Renault – 01:24,527 – SSoft – 214 – 996
12 – Ricciardo– Red Bull – Renault – 01:24,638 – Soft – 200 – 931
13 – Hulkenberg – Force India – Mercedes – 01:24,939 – SSoft – 235 – 1094
14 – Perez – Force India – Mercedes – 01:25,113 – SSoft – 130 – 605
15 – Magnussen – McLaren – Honda – 01:25,225 – Soft – 39 – 182
16 – Button – McLaren – Honda – 01:25,327 – SSoft – 138 – 642
17 – Kvyat – Red Bull – Renault – 01:25,947 – Medium – 159 – 740
18 – Maldonado – Lotus – Mercedes – 01:26,705 – Soft – 176 – 819

 

[cider_and_toast]

McLarens troubles we know about but those stats don't make great reading for Red Bull either.

It's going to be a long two weeks. I'd better pop over to the chat room and take the white sheets off of the furniture and spruce the place up.

So much to do..... So little time.

 

[Mephistopheles]

Maybe the Honda engine is designed to run at full chat and McLaren have made a boo boo by not turning the engine right up and it is the running it at lower power that has caused all the problems, personally I think they had nothing to lose by saying fuck it crank it up and lets see what happens....

 

[sushifiesta]

My little look at how testing went for all the teams:
Pre-season testing championship 2015

 

[chris1981]

So KMag went faster than Button - and with slower tyres....

 

[Mephistopheles]

And?

 

[olegg]

Total results of pre-season testing 2015 for teams:
N – Team – Engine – Laps – km
1 – Mercedes – 1340 – 6121
2 – Sauber – 1244 – 5704
3 – Toro Rosso – 1205 – 5529
4 – Ferrari – 1179 – 5410
5 – Williams – 1069 – 4913
6 – Red Bull – 942 – 4348
7 – Lotus – 918 – 4230
8 – Force India – 749 – 3487
9 – McLaren – 380 – 1751

 

[olegg]

Total results of pre-season testing 2015 for engines:
N – Engine – Laps – km
1 – Mercedes – 4076 – 18741
2 – Ferrari – 2423 – 11114
3 – Renault – 2147 – 9877
4 – Honda – 380 – 1751

 

[siffert_fan]

I still find the entire notion of tokens to be absurd. It virtually guarantees that any advantage enjoyed by a team at the beginning of a season will remain unchanged throughout the entire course of the year. Honda will, in all probability, be tail-end-Charlie all season long, with zero prospect of closing the gap.

How entertaining will that be to watch?

 

[FB]

How entertaining will that be to watch?

Very?

 

[Mephistopheles]

Well yes it would depend on your point of view...

 

[siffert_fan]

I watch auto racing to see drivers and teams all vying for victory. Monopolies bore me.

I thought 2002 was boring, as was last year. I just hope that this year is more competitive.

 

[Mephistopheles]

In response to the thread title.

Testing Has Finished.