Pre-Season Testing starts soon

[RasputinLives]

Williams aren't allowed to set faster times that the Merc A team. Bottas will be ordered to slow down and crawl the last sector

 

[KekeTheKing]

I hear some cars are turning up in Spain today for some good old fashioned testing. Let the games begin!

 

[snowy]

Weird sounds from the McLaren Honda:

 

[RasputinLives]

Sounds like a seals mating call. Is it an issue or just the way it sounds? Got no access to laptimes so no idea if they're quick or what.

 

[Dash Racing]

Sounds like a seals mating call. Is it an issue or just the way it sounds? Got no access to laptimes so no idea if they're quick or what.

My gut feeling is that it might be a little of both. It sounds old school, but also like it's not firing evenly? Is it possible to run modern F1 cars on variable cylinder numbers?

 

[FB]

I think the crappy microphone might also be having and effect.

 

[snowy]

Rosberg's lap times from long run: out lap, 1:24.662, 1:24.774, 1:24.857, 1:25.032, 1:25.238, 1:25.471, 1:25.811, 1:25.568, 1:25.484, 1:25.863, 1:25.998, 1:26.512, 1:26.966, 1:26.308, 1:26.028, 1:26.326, 1:26.612, 1:26.409, 1:26.410, 1:26.607, 1:26.455, 1:26.385, 1:26.434, 1:26.270, 1:26.338, 1:26.499, 1:27.037, in lap.

Gregory Demoen (https://twitter.com/GregF1i)

 

[KekeTheKing]

I'm rooting for Nico full stop this year!

Long live the reign of the Silver Arrow!

 

[FB]

Has someone hacked your account KekeTheKing

 

[snowy]

Sky F1 Blog, Rosberg's latest lap times :
1:25.291; 1:25.775; 1:25.352; 1:25.389; 1:25.197; 1:25.370; 1:25.562

 

[KekeTheKing]

Maybe I'm just get carried away FB. Start of F1 and Super Bowl Sunday. It is a good day.

Stay tuned tomorrow!

 

[rufus_mcdufus]

Rosberg 1.5 secs (fastest time 1m23.106s) ahead of second place Ricciardo. This is a bit ominous.

 

[rufus_mcdufus]

Rosberg 102 laps so far compared with STR 33 and much less for everyone else.

 

[rufus_mcdufus]

I spoke to soon - Seb's ahead!

1 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1m22.958s
2 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m23.106s +0.148
3 Valtteri Bottas Williams 1m23.906s +0.948
4 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 1m24.641s +1.683
5 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 1m24.804s +1.846
6 Carlos Sainz Jr Toro Rosso 1m25.327s +2.369
7 Fernando Alonso McLaren 1m40.738s +17.780

 

[FB]

Glory run! A driver as poor as Vettel could never set a time that fast, it must have just been running on fumes

 

[cider_and_toast]

^

 

[Hamberg]

It's the car FB

 

[cider_and_toast]

Maybe he forgot where he was and got into an RBR by mistake?

 

[RasputinLives]

Reports are that when he came back into the pits the Ferrari red paintwork had started to come off and a silver one could be seen underneath.

If Vettel is in the running for the title this year I think their are going to be a lot of people in the media (and on Clip The Apex) going "but....but....but...".

(Can't see it happening though).

 

[snowy]

Rosberg completed a run of 39 laps on the hard tire.
ut lap, 1:25.133, 1:23.953, 1:24.530, 1:24.582, 1:24.652, 1:24:583, 1:24.856, 1:25.022, 1:24.659, 1:25.185, 1:24.862, 1:25.116, 1:25.066, 1:25.146, 1:25.291, 1:25.775, 1:25.352, 1:25.389, 1:25.197, 1:25.370, 1:25.562, 1:25.777, 1:26.474, 1:26.282, 1:25.994, 1:26.146, 1:26.161, 1:26.258, 1:25.977, 1:26.426, 1:26.803, 1:26.802, 1:26.782, 1:27.038, 1:28.434, 1:27.580, 1:27.426, 1:27.543, in lap