Full lap times data: 2011 young drivers test day one

39 comments on “Full lap times data: 2011 young drivers test day one”

1. 

   Electrolite
   16th November 2010, 22:55

   That’s pretty impressive of him. Sure he was in the RB6, but the cars are always a lot closer to it than that!
   1. 

      Hairs (@hairs)
      17th November 2010, 0:28

      The RB6 in the hands of the fastest drivers was regularly 1.0 > 0.6 seconds ahead of the field.

      The only reason that Ferrari and McLaren were able to get close to it at times is because of the quality of the drivers.

      Most particularly, the RB6 has a massive mechanical grip, stability, and downforce advantage over the other cars taking part in the test, all of which have a much more important advantage to rookie and untested drivers than it does to someone like Alonso or Hamilton.

      So well done Ricciardo, but no I’m not all that blown away. Make them all swap cars and then see how they do.
      1. 

         DK
         17th November 2010, 1:17

         You make a very good point. I bet if they all had a crack in the RB6 there would be little in it. Couple of tenths maybe. Goodjob anyway.
         1. 

            sato113 (@sato113)
            17th November 2010, 1:55

            i’d like to see hamilton in an RB6. especially up against vettel.
            even kubica or alonso in the red bull… mmm
            1. 

               Monad
               17th November 2010, 15:51

               I believe that both Hamilton and Alonso would have kicked Vettel’s ass if they where in the RB6. I don’t mean they would have destroyed him or anything but he would have to forget the few tenths of advantage he had over his teammate. He would have been the one looking for them at least half the times.
               As for race day. Well there they would have really kicked his ass.
               They are currently the two strongest drivers.
               Unfortunately we know that no team can have both of them. It’s just too much for the universe to allow. Can’t have two kings running the same kingdom.
            2. 

               PT
               17th November 2010, 18:31

               Very exciting prospect indeed. If only Alonso had somehow managed to get himself into Red Bull instead of this strategy bungling Ferrari red mist…

               Alonso and the best of Newey’s talent – delicious, barring the engine failures.
      2. 

         RSWF1
         17th November 2010, 2:41

         we saw in quali for the race that there were tenths between the macca red bull and ferrari cars in the hands of there race drivers…why any different in young drivers, sure daniel will have spent a lot of time in the red bull simulator, but so will the other drivers in their respective cars! Daniel looks a very promising young driver for red bull.
         1. 

            Macca
            17th November 2010, 6:11

            To put it context, Ricciardo time would have been good enough for 3rd on the grid in the Saturdays qualiy.

            On a side not, if this is the next generation of F1 drivers, then we are in for a cracking decade or so of F1.
            1. 

               BBT
               17th November 2010, 7:25

               No he wouldn’t (or a least there is no way you can know or say that) as if quali was yesterday whos to say the top 10 wouldn’t of all be in the 1:38s
      3. 

         Oliver
         17th November 2010, 7:30

         I quite agree.
         I doubt he will be that much faster than these other drivers if they were in identical cars.
         We can’t say the other drivers lack the talent.
         Even if we know he, Ricciardo, has more familiarity with his car than most of the other testers, that alone can’t explain the disparity in the lap times.
         Button, Hamilton and Alonso, were doing wonders in those cars trying to keep up with the Redbulls.
2. 

   F1iLike
   16th November 2010, 23:45

   You must have spent quite some time to figure out that chart with the lap rankings ;D Thanks for that!
3. 

   US_Peter (@us_peter)
   16th November 2010, 23:53

   Looks like “The Chosen One” did pretty well also. Surprised Di Resta wasn’t faster in the speed trap. That’s the one place the Force Indias were usually pretty strong this year.
   1. 

      BasCB
      17th November 2010, 9:12

      they were probably experimenting a bit with different settings of the wings.
4. 

   RSWF1
   17th November 2010, 0:33

   give it another year and lets see how vettel likes being the old team mate getting smashed by the young aussie! :)
   1. 

      Lachie
      17th November 2010, 7:33

      Oh please please please please. Let’s have Webber take ’11 then pass the torch. Australia is closer to Austria than Germany anyway ;)
5. 

   Tiago
   17th November 2010, 1:12

   i’m pretty impressed with my fellow countryman Felix in the Force India, great showing
   1. 

      manB
      17th November 2010, 5:01

      That is true buddy. Being FI fan even i am surprised to see he was quicker than Liuzzi’s lap in qualifying.

      Some people may say rubber laid on track, but first time in f1 car, with this lap time shows he is quick enough.
      1. 

         BasCB
         17th November 2010, 9:14

         Looks like he is really pushing to get the most out of the car. Sure, you cannot really compare the times with saturday, as the track is a lot more rubbered in, but pretty good non the less.
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   jsw11984 (@jarred-walmsley)
   17th November 2010, 1:27

   Anyone else find it funny how an HRT beat a Ferrari and Ferrari have been complaning about how slow the new teams are?
   1. 

      Eggry (@eggry)
      17th November 2010, 1:39

      Ferrari, Williams, Mercedes all 3 teams didn’t pure young drivers test. They used thes days for car development. so they usually didn’t take real flying lap, but collected some data.
   2. 

      zecks
      17th November 2010, 14:10

      and also a mightly performance by Maldonado to do 108 laps in a HRT!
7. 

   Hamish
   17th November 2010, 1:38

   I have the feeling Brendan Hartley will be walking around for the next couple days absolutely gutted
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      Stephen Jones (@aus_steve)
      17th November 2010, 5:00

      yeah. but i don’t think his career is over, he’ll be back.
      plus F1 needs another kiwi
      1. 

         Hamish
         17th November 2010, 9:53

         I certainly hope so. Its just a shame as most teams either have a young driver recruitment systme already implemented or a pay driver.
8. 

   Raymond
   17th November 2010, 2:27

   Wow. If that were qualifying Ricciardo would have been third… ahead of Button, Fernando, and Webber. Amazing.
   1. 

      BBT
      17th November 2010, 7:26

      NO! (rolls eyes again and again)
   2. 

      matt88 (@matt88)
      17th November 2010, 8:10

      isn’t he helped by higher rubber levels and clean track?
      1. 

         BasCB
         17th November 2010, 9:14

         Most certainly he is helped by that.
   3. 

      Anthony
      17th November 2010, 13:34

      track is 1.1 – 1.4 seconds faster
9. 

   Ng
   17th November 2010, 2:49

   Track conditions is greatly diff from sat. The track rubbered in by the 1000 of laps by the cars over weekend of f1 and gp2
10. 

    kateafan
    17th November 2010, 6:41

    Yes of course Ricciardo has the fastest car so he’s expected to set the fastest times, but he still has to got out and do it.
    da Costa is impressive getting more that di Resta of the FI he’s been driving all year and keep and eye on Vergne who’s impressing in the less quick Toro Rosso.
    1. 

       Seedy001
       17th November 2010, 9:42

       Your Force India driver comparison must be corrected. As Keith said:

       Like many of the drivers he ran a short stint late in the session when the Yas Marina track was at its best.

       And:
       
       Paul di Resta (Force India) and Rio Haryanto (Virgin) had their running confined to the morning as they were sharing their cars with other drivers.

       And from Autosport:

       Force India reserve Paul di Resta, who ran first thing in the morning to create a baseline for da Costa to work from. However, he did not do a comparable run.

       And:

       Force India tester Paul di Resta, who was concentrating on setting benchmark times for team newcomer Antonio Felix da Costa on a heavier fuel load.

       So to conclude, better track conditions and low fuel for da Costa whilst di Resta di just a handful of laps in the morning to set the thing up for him – his high fuel load no doubt contributing to the 6-odd kph speed trap difference and perhaps the engine was on lower revs too… Only the team will know just how good da Costa was I can’t honestly judge that but I hope that helps you!
11. 

    Shomir
    17th November 2010, 6:57

    just putting this out, but maldonaldo doesnt seem to bad on that HRT
12. 

    Andrew g
    17th November 2010, 8:10

    Nice! Another Aussie on the way to beat the English! Said in jest of course. With all the comments saying Ricardo is awesome or not, it’s impossible to tell till his first f1 race.
13. 

    Dextrous
    17th November 2010, 9:57

    Looking at the Lap times these guys are almost similar to the Team Drivers ….. young blood makes a lot of difference for sure ………..
14. 

    earlrue
    17th November 2010, 10:10

    The real thrill will beginn when race crew and drivers will test the new Pirelli tyres the next days.
15. 

    CC
    17th November 2010, 12:26

    Where did you manage to get all the laptime data from,

    Karun Chandhok tweeted he thinks track will be 1.1 to 1.4 secs quicker for YDT.
16. 

    BBT
    17th November 2010, 12:47

    Quicker still today… Daniel Ricciardo within 0.2 of Vettels pole.. but means little.
17. 

    Sonya
    17th November 2010, 15:06

    Hey :) Is it alright that I go sort of away from the topic? I’m trying to read the blog on my new iPhone although it doesn’t show correctly (some of the areas are pretty much missing), do you have any suggestions? Should I try and find an upgrade for my software or something? Thanks! Sonya x :)

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