2011 F1 testing day 9: Barcelona

39 comments on “2011 F1 testing day 9: Barcelona”

1. 

   Icemangrins
   19th February 2011, 0:08

   I will be glad if Nico Rosberg manages to get more mileage atleast this time. By the way, Vettel clocked the fastest lap though he managed only 30+ laps…. whats up with that?
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      BasCB (@bascb)
      19th February 2011, 22:24

      Rosberg managed that today, over 130 laps!
2. 

   qazuhb
   19th February 2011, 0:19

   car and driver the f1.com (despite its name an Spanish site) does a live coverage of the tests.
   1. 

      Dan
      19th February 2011, 15:40

      Super! Thanks
3. 

   US_Peter (@us_peter)
   19th February 2011, 0:38

   Are Torro Rosso just pulling a Sauber and running no fuel in these tests, or are they the dark horse of 2011 that’ll be nipping at the heals of the big teams? I know it’s just testing and nothing should be gleaned from any of the numbers, but they’ve been nowhere near the slowest in any of the tests so far.
4. 

   Hare
   19th February 2011, 0:41

   Come on HRT! Be good this year!! COME ON!
   1. 

      Fixy (@)
      19th February 2011, 11:06

      If they do, I bet it’s Liuzzi’s merit :P
      1. 

         Sush Meerkat
         19th February 2011, 12:56

         If they do, I bet it’s Liuzzi’s merit

         Is that so Fixy?
         *rips off Fixy’s helmet*
         HAHA! You can’t fool me JOE SAWARD!
         1. 

            Dan Newton
            19th February 2011, 14:04

            I see what you’re doing there lol
5. 

   Diogo
   19th February 2011, 1:01

   Please fix the driver’s name on image caption. Correct: Narain Karthikeyan
   1. 

      Cacarella (@cacarella)
      19th February 2011, 1:50

      who?
6. 

   ajokay (@)
   19th February 2011, 8:45

   According to Autosport, Ricardo Teixeira will also be driving the Lotus this afternoon:

   http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/89562
   1. 

      Prisoner Monkeys (@prisoner-monkeys)
      19th February 2011, 9:09

      I find that a little fishy. Teixeria is a knwn pay driver, and is considered to be of fairly low quality. Meanwhile, Tony Fernandes is asking for $60 million dollars from Proton to settle the Lotus-Lotus naming dispute.

      Could Team Lotus be in some kind of financial trouble?
      1. 

         bosyber (@bosyber)
         19th February 2011, 9:21

         Oh, come on, that $60 million is enough to cover losing the FOM money thanks to begin 10th, and sponsors being around due to the Lotus name. Even Group Lotus admits it, while still claiming it is outrageous someone would want to cover all the costs. They are just claiming that Fernandes should only get what it cost him to get the Team Lotus name, and give the name to him, that is what the difference in money is about. Personally, that means they are treating him as an intermediary in getting the name, as they have failed to acquire it for 10 years. He should be rewarded at least a big commission on it, frankly, for solving that problem for them!
         But that bit doesn’t say much about the finances of the team.

         But Teixeria is indeed a pay driver, and it is possible that the whole Lotus vs. Lotus thing is affecting the teams ability to attract sponsors.
   2. 

      BasCB (@bascb)
      19th February 2011, 22:25

      He’ll be driving tomorrow.
7. 

   Derek
   19th February 2011, 9:32

   McLaren have not been out yet????
   1. 

      BBT (@bbt)
      19th February 2011, 10:44

      7 untimed laps
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         Derek
         19th February 2011, 11:02

         Yeh, it’s not looking good!
         1. 

            BBT (@bbt)
            19th February 2011, 11:30

            Still not out, anyone know what the problem is?
8. 

   BBT (@bbt)
   19th February 2011, 11:31

   Vettel 1:23.4
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   BBT (@bbt)
   19th February 2011, 11:39

   Vettel now over a second quicker than yesterday
10. 

    JUGNU
    19th February 2011, 11:48

    What’s wrong with Mclaren?
    They are big enough team to be running out of spares all the time.
    I hope they are purposely doing less running and are hiding some innovation which they don’t want others to see during the tests and therefore less time to copy.
    1. 

       Lee
       19th February 2011, 11:58

       Sorry to be stupid, where are you getting this info from?
       1. 

          Lee
          19th February 2011, 11:59

          i mean the times, not the hope that Mclaren are hiding an innovation!
       2. 

          BBT
          19th February 2011, 12:00

          http://www.msfree.gr/includes/livelaps.php?name=Button

          Change the name= to the surname of the driver testing.
          1. 

             Lee
             19th February 2011, 12:03

             Ta very much
    2. 

       BBT
       19th February 2011, 11:59

       Back out on track now, not sure why no running for half a day.
       1. 

          VXR
          19th February 2011, 12:01

          An hydraulics issue.
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             BBT
             19th February 2011, 12:03

             Thanks……..
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    BBT
    19th February 2011, 12:03

    RBR doing short runs.
12. 

    BBT
    19th February 2011, 12:05

    and Alonso up to 43 laps completed. The Ferrari look kind on its tyres again this year.
    1. 

       VXR
       19th February 2011, 12:28

       Only hearing good things about Ferrari and Red Bull at present.
       1. 

          BBT
          19th February 2011, 13:40

          At least Williams, Merc and Mclaren are now in the 1:24’s… but how close is this compared with their ultimate pace?, not close I hope.
          1. 

             VXR
             19th February 2011, 15:18

             Vettel just did a run on full tanks (race simulation) that had his times going from the 1.29’s into the 1.32’s. He then pitted after 15 laps. He then did similar times and pitted after a further 15 laps. He was on a 60 lap race simulation. Make of that info what you will.

             Also bear in mind that last seasons Spanish pole position time was under 1.20!
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                VXR
                19th February 2011, 15:23

                Rosberg is doing similar times on his race simulation.
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                BBT
                19th February 2011, 15:30

                and similar times to Buttons although his seem to be 12 – 15 lap stints.
13. 

    BS
    19th February 2011, 14:58

    I know it’s only testing, blablabla, but if you weren’t interested in speculation you wouldn’t be here. :)

    Anybody else starting to get the hunch Red Bull’s lead at the start of this season might be even bigger than last year?

    They started using the pull-rod suspension in 2009. They were the only team without a double decker diffuser who could keep up the the Brawn. None of the other teams caught up with either the Red Bull or the three double decker diffuser teams until everybody started integrating it. I was always surprised so few other teams opted for a similar suspension, this year in particular.

    Just looking at the back of the RB7 seems to generate downforce.
    1. 

       BBT
       19th February 2011, 15:33

       Well a bit of a relief that RBR are only *wide eyes* doing 1:30s on full tanks. Vettel now seems to be down to 1:28’s though, I take it that is after a stop for fresh rubber.
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          VXR
          19th February 2011, 15:43

          Yes, Vettel has pitted again, and remember that he and Rosberg started out on full tanks (Vettel at about 2.30 local time with a few minutes break for a red flag). So we know what sort of fuel level they were on for each of their stops.

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