Rain hit the third day of testing in Barcelona.
See below for pictures of the cars testing in the rain at the Circuit de Catalunya.
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Images ?? Ferrari spa/Ercole Colombo, Force India F1 Team, Team Lotus 2011, Sauber F1 Team
Paxjes
20th February 2011, 17:00
nice ones but all the photos are marked as Bahrain 2011
BasCB (@bascb)
20th February 2011, 18:27
Shows where Keiths thoughts have been at today!
Oli
20th February 2011, 17:05
McLaren? seems to be the only car camera shy!
Fixy (@)
20th February 2011, 17:23
McLaren comes always last.
Mike
20th February 2011, 21:59
(posh British voice) Why sir, this is an indication of anti-British and anti-Mclaren favouritism. I’d wager…….
Wait a minute…..
Fixy (@)
21st February 2011, 15:37
My objective was to hide a double-sense. :P
Anonymous
20th February 2011, 17:09
Wow!! The Team Lotus pics are amazing!!
Love the green “Pirelli” which sort-off matches the car
UKfanatic (@)
20th February 2011, 17:58
the best pics yet nice technique just art
Younger Hamilton
20th February 2011, 17:39
Why is Ferrari always at the top,Why is that even necessary?
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
20th February 2011, 17:46
You’re complaining about the order the pictures are in? Does it really matter?
Deurmat
20th February 2011, 17:49
people are hard too please keith : ) haha
Sangeen Khan
20th February 2011, 18:52
His nick would explain that..
karan01 (@karan01)
21st February 2011, 0:14
I want a refund. Oh wait…
Fixy (@)
21st February 2011, 15:38
At least make it clear when you add pictures where you put them, because putting them random and mixing them with previous ones makes it difficult to identify them. Maybe you could group them by team, then by driver.
Fixy (@)
21st February 2011, 15:39
Yes.
AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
20th February 2011, 20:21
May have been out first and uploaded to the site in that way?
Sangeen Khan
20th February 2011, 18:55
I must admit.The renault livery is growing on me.At the launch i thought it was the worst looking of all but pictures like https://www.racefans.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/petr_rena_barc_2011-31.jpg are making me change my mind.Also,it looks one of the most menacing cars from the front https://www.racefans.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/petr_rena_barc_2011-11.jpg..
George (@george)
20th February 2011, 19:57
I love the tread pattern on the intermediates, hope they keep the green for full wets too, makes it easy to distinguish
just.daz (@nemo87)
20th February 2011, 20:54
is it just me or does anyone else think the lotus would look so much better if the colour scheme was reversed.. e.g the black was gold and the gold was black..?!
no..?
just.daz (@nemo87)
20th February 2011, 20:55
lotus Renault*
Fixy (@)
21st February 2011, 15:40
No.
Darren
20th February 2011, 23:01
Word on the street Ricciardo was putting in some impressive times in changeable conditions (just shy if Hamilton) before he handed over the car to Buemi who set his times in the dry…he never fails to impress.
Del Boy
21st February 2011, 1:11
Just returned to UK tonight from Barcalona spent 3 days testing fantastic. The McLaren wasn’t camera shy it spent most of the day in its warm garage. while we all froze until the sun came out about 2.30pm I thought McLaren did about 45 laps, where Autosport got 93 laps from I can’t understand, I must have drunk a sleeping draft. Not surprised at Rosberg’s times the Mercedes sounds incredible braking for turns a combination of KERS and blown diffuser I suspect. The Lotus sounds very loud everywhere very cool.
BasCB (@bascb)
21st February 2011, 7:36
Great to hear about it. How does going to the tests compare to a GP weekend for seeing the cars?
I really get the impression, those cars sound quit differently this year. Did you get a clue of weather Rosberg was pushing it more than say Webber or Massa?
DelBoy
21st February 2011, 12:17
It’s my fifth year of testing somewhere (not always Spain.) The last 3 years have been difficult to judge actual car speed as most F1 Journalists will tell you different fuel loads, tyres etc. You also never know what the team is testing. Average times mean little as drivers on long runs will slow down to allow faster drivers past and lose 3-4 seconds on that lap. The cars always sound very different as they cough, splutter and pop all the time which TV seems to smooth out or miss. Unless you are enjoying corporate hospitallity you don’t get times so I take a stop watch, which is a little inaccurate although I measured Lewis’ fast lap yesterday just before lunch and knew it was quick. your quesion of who was pushing. In the words of Brundle I’d like to believe these guys are born racers and push all the time. However, I’m sure engineers want a steady pace when testing so they can tell if the tweaks/changes are working. of course it’s a fine line between spinning and on the limit. Testing is sort of cheap for 15 euros yesterday I sat in Tribuna A which is the start finish line Grandstand to sit here on race day is 450 euros!
Hope that is useful
BasCB (@bascb)
21st February 2011, 12:29
Yep, that is usefull, thanks! A shame the weather is not that great, but it sounds like a great means to get close to the cars on a budget!
kostas
2nd March 2011, 7:49
i like very much ferrari but i like and the other teams like sauber and put on the pictures and an picture of fernando alonso