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F1 Fanatic live: F1 testing day 13, Circuit de Catalunya
Drivers
The following drivers will be participating in today’s test:
Team | Car | Wednesday 9th |
Red Bull | RB7 | Sebastian Vettel |
McLaren | MP4-26 | Lewis Hamilton |
Ferrari | 150?é?? Italia | Felipe Massa |
Mercedes | W02 | Nico Rosberg |
Renault | R31 | Vitaly Petrov |
Williams | FW33 | Pastor Maldonado |
Force India | VJM04 | Paul di Resta |
Sauber | C30 | Kamui Kobayashi |
Toro Rosso | STR6 | Sebastien Buemi |
Lotus | T128 | Jarno Trulli |
HRT | TBC | TBC |
Virgin | MVR-02 | Jerome d’Ambrosio |
Best times at Barcelona this year
Team | Driver | Time | Gap | |
1 | Red Bull | Mark Webber | 1’22.544 | |
2 | Ferrari | Felipe Massa | 1’22.625 | 0.081 |
3 | McLaren | Jenson Button | 1’22.910 | 0.366 |
4 | Renault | Vitaly Petrov | 1’22.937 | 0.393 |
5 | Mercedes | Nico Rosberg | 1’23.168 | 0.624 |
6 | Toro Rosso | Jaime Alguersuari | 1’23.519 | 0.975 |
7 | Williams | Rubens Barrichello | 1’24.008 | 1.464 |
8 | Sauber | Sergio Perez | 1’24.117 | 1.573 |
9 | Force India | Adrian Sutil | 1’24.177 | 1.633 |
10 | Lotus | Davide Valsecchi | 1’25.406 | 2.862 |
11 | Virgin | Jerome d’Ambrosio | 1’26.501 | 3.957 |
12 | HRT | Vitantonio Liuzzi | 1’27.044 | 4.500 |
2010 best times
These are the best times for each team from last year’s pre-season test at the Circuit de Catalunya:
Driver | Car | Best time |
Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes MP4-25 | 1’20.472 |
Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault RB6 | 1’20.496 |
Felipe Massa | Ferrari F10 | 1’20.539 |
Nico H?â??lkenberg | Williams-Cosworth FW32 | 1’20.614 |
Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes VJM03 | 1’20.667 |
Nico Rosberg | Mercedes W01 | 1’20.686 |
Kamui Kobayashi | BMW Sauber-Ferrari C29 | 1’20.911 |
Sebastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari STR5 | 1’21.413 |
Vitaly Petrov | Renault R30 | 1’22.523 |
Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Cosworth T127 | 1’25.059 |
Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth VR-01 | 1’25.942 |
Circuit
Today’s test is at the Circuit de Catalunya in Spain:
Direction: Clockwise
Length: 4.655km
Fastest lap (all-time): 1’18.483 (Fernando Alonso, Renault, 2008)
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F1 Fanatic live: F1 testing day 13, Circuit de Catalunya
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ledzep4pm
9th March 2011, 8:07
It seems Mclaren have a BIG update coming. Using the first two days to allow JB and LH to test the new front wing. Then using the third day to do lots of work on the car to get it into its newd specification then allowing JB and LH to run that. Its the only reason I can see them to do what they are doig.
OEL
9th March 2011, 8:16
Ont sure it’s a big update, but it seems like there should be at least something new on the car on Friday.
ledzep4pm
9th March 2011, 8:49
I would expect it to be larger rather than a minor update, as they want both drivers to run it and take the day to swop to it. I would expect the front wing to remain, possibly mod to rear wing and then final exhuast configuration as well as minor tweaks to internals and sidepods/ engine cover
OEL
9th March 2011, 13:34
Yeah, it’s probably larger than minor, and it may well be a big update considering their earlier issues. But I think it’s also a possibility they are saving the big one for Melbourne, and just try to get as many parts of it as possible to the test before Friday.
Stephen Jones (@aus_steve)
9th March 2011, 8:16
just something i noticed.. when the Live system pauses (due to inactivity), there’s no way to un-pause it without refreshing the whole page
BasCB (@bascb)
9th March 2011, 8:20
does it pause? I think I did not notice that.
invoke (@invoke)
9th March 2011, 10:56
The live system should not pause due to inactivity, what happens is when you hover your mouse over the comments section it will pause temporarily until you move your mouse away from the area. This gives you the chance to type a reply without the text box being shoved down the page and possibly out of view while you are typing. Could you check this again for me Steve and let me know if that is in fact what is happening?
Rahul
9th March 2011, 8:30
This website is translating from french to English
http://f1indiablog.in/2011/03/2011-f1-pre-season-testing-barcelona-live/
Seedy001
9th March 2011, 8:39
“bear with us” [roar] =)
Nicholas (@nicholas)
9th March 2011, 10:44
Keith, I’ve got some compatibility problems with the live app. The ‘live comments’ section just doesn’t show up in my Firefox 3.6.15. It’s hidden under the ‘Page layout’ bar while the twitter feed is working well. The app works great on my Chrome although sometimes the hyperlinks in tweets overlap the live comments.
Nice work Jamie and Keith. I look forward to using this in the real races.
Damon
9th March 2011, 10:54
Can somebody plz post the link for the live greek website as I can’t see times on my iphone
BBT
9th March 2011, 11:07
Jez, just seen Vettels time
Fixy (@)
9th March 2011, 11:09
Bad, bad error. Ford won’t be too happy about this :D
150° Italia
JUGNU
9th March 2011, 11:33
Bad News coming from Mclaren
11:25 Bad news for McLaren fans, Hamilton has another problem. This time it’s an exhaust failure.
11:25 He’s been back in the pits for the last 15 minutes while the team works on the problem, which happened early in a race simulation.
And also this
http://www.planet-f1.com/news/3213/6803342/Brundle-McLaren-s-MP4-26-Is-A-Mess-
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
9th March 2011, 11:38
The original source of that story is here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/9418556.stm
Shimks
9th March 2011, 11:38
Any sign of HRT?
Prisoner Monkeys (@prisoner-monkeys)
9th March 2011, 13:01
Tonio Liuzzi confirmed at Hispania.