2013 F1 testing day 1 in pictures

28 comments on “2013 F1 testing day 1 in pictures”

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   Suave (@suave)
   5th February 2013, 14:34

   What kind of tires is the McLaren on? Super Softs? I thought Pirelli was not bringing the Super Softs to this test. Unless those are some sort of filming/demo run tires.
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      Chris (@tophercheese21)
      5th February 2013, 15:21

      I think it’s just the angle of the sun reflecting off the tyres. They should be the hard – orange – compound.
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      Chris (@tophercheese21)
      5th February 2013, 15:22

      Although, the shot of the rear end, the tyres do look really quite red. So I dunno what’s going on there.
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      BBQ2
      5th February 2013, 15:24

      No filming mate! They are on a hard-day-work!! The tyres btw, are hard (orange). I bet if there should be a race where sS and hard are offered, you will not be alone in your question.
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         BBQ2
         5th February 2013, 16:15

         Correction: It was Super Soft:
         Here is the evidence: http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/bilder/fotogalerie-f1-test-jerez-tag-1-neue-autos-erstmals-auf-der-strecke-6586383.html?fotoshow_item=21#fotoshow_item=18
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            JamieFranklinF1 (@jamiefranklinf1)
            5th February 2013, 22:40

            Though it looks like it in the picture, the super soft tyres weren’t taken to Jerez, so it was the hard compound tyre, just in a weird light that makes it look red.
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               Suave (@suave)
               6th February 2013, 0:32

               You guys are probably right, they could have just been the hard tires. But the reason I brought it up is that in all the pictures I’ve seen from testing today (not just on this website) the branding looks red to me. With all the other cars though the hard branding actually looks orange, it’s just the McLaren.
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   just.daz (@nemo87)
   5th February 2013, 14:35

   love that shot of the Caterham.. keep em coming Keith, thanks!
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   Master firelee (@master-firelee)
   5th February 2013, 14:36

   I thought Hulkenberg left force India? ;)
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      BBQ2
      5th February 2013, 15:26

      He did. And what makes you think he did not?
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         Master firelee (@master-firelee)
         5th February 2013, 19:28

         Because the description said “Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, Jerez, 2013” I was just pointing out a mistake.
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   @jennacorrales
   5th February 2013, 15:04

   Nico Hulkenberg is Sauber now :) These are really great shots, wish I could be there too!
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   Bryan
   5th February 2013, 15:09

   It’s great to see the cars in action again. I have missed them!
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   Deepak (@ideepak)
   5th February 2013, 15:17

   Is it just me or that nose one of the Sauber or “Force India” is crooked ? It looks slanted to the right.
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      matt90 (@matt90)
      5th February 2013, 15:47

      Looks like it’s just a shadow which makes it look like that.
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   I Love the Pope
   5th February 2013, 15:21

   We need some yellow cars again.
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   Paulocreed (@paulocreed)
   5th February 2013, 15:37

   Why does Hulkenburg’s Force India got the Sauber livery on it?
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   Nick Jarvis (@)
   5th February 2013, 15:40

   why does webber have a ‘2’ on his car? i thought alonso came 2nd
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      Kodongo (@kodongo)
      5th February 2013, 15:55

      Winning constructor gets 1-2; Second place constructor gets 3-4 et cetera (excluding number 13 becuase F1 is apparently triskadekaphobic).
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         ChrisB
         5th February 2013, 17:36

         Not quite correct – the winning driver gets No 1 not the winning constructor
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      Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
      5th February 2013, 15:57

      @nickj95gb – The drivers’ champion brings with him wherever he goes the no.1 and likewise his teammate carries the no.2 I believe, or if (as was the case in ’93) the champion retires the winning constructor gets the no.2 and the no.1 is left without a driver to use it.
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         Ilanin (@ilanin)
         5th February 2013, 16:27

         ’93 and ’94. Damon Hill surely must have been the only person to race in consecutive seasons with a number 0 on his car.
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    cubejam (@cubejam)
    5th February 2013, 17:42

    You can see the vanity panel coming loose on the Toro Rosso.
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    xivizmath (@xivizmath)
    5th February 2013, 19:32

    That Marussia engine cover.
    I wanna do lewd things to this piece of engineering art.
    I mean, it’s such a pretty part.
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    Force Maikel (@force-maikel)
    5th February 2013, 20:45

    @Keith-Collantine Will you also be uploading official pictures released by the teams in the coming days?
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    James Eden (@jameseden)
    5th February 2013, 21:22

    What’s the sword shaped thing on top of the T-Bar? Is it some sort of camera (thermal perhaps?)
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       Arijit (@arijitmaniac)
       6th February 2013, 5:08

       Its a pitot tube I believe. Like the ones found on aircraft.
       Guess the teams use these to measure the airspeed over the car.
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    MagillaGorilla (@magillagorilla)
    5th February 2013, 21:47

    What’s the point of running flo-vis on the tbar? I mean unless lotus are going to come out with a radical new tbar…

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