Raikkonen heads day one of test as Kubica makes Williams debut

36 comments on “Raikkonen heads day one of test as Kubica makes Williams debut”

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   KnGS (@)
   28th November 2017, 14:31

   Can we know the tyre compounds used by the drivers for their best laps?
   1. 

      KnGS (@)
      28th November 2017, 14:32

      @keithcollantine
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      Joao (@johnmilk)
      28th November 2017, 14:41

      They are testing the 2018’s tyres, even though we might see the colour on those, I don’t think it will mean much
   3. 

      montreal95 (@montreal95)
      28th November 2017, 15:21

      @hanswesterbeek @jureo Autosport said they were on different programs.
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         montreal95 (@montreal95)
         28th November 2017, 15:23

         @montreal95 Wrong place. Wish there was an option of deleting/editing
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      bob80
      28th November 2017, 19:00

      All used hyper-soft apart from Kubica who was on softs.
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         stefano (@alfa145)
         28th November 2017, 21:35

         source?
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   Hans (@hanswesterbeek)
   28th November 2017, 14:45

   Well over 1.5 sec difference between Kubica and Stroll. I really hope that Stroll was working on his qualifying performance while Kubica was focusing on long-run fitness.

   The problem with Kubica is that everybody wants him to be at least as fast as he was before his accident. So badly.
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      Hans (@hanswesterbeek)
      28th November 2017, 14:48

      For comfort (?): A 1’41.296 would have been the 3rd fastest lap of the 2017 Abu Dhabi GP. (But that was on different tyres, a presume.)
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         Hans (@hanswesterbeek)
         28th November 2017, 14:48

         (I presume.)
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         Trent19
         28th November 2017, 15:13

         I read on another website, that his fastest lap was set on a set of “soft” tires.
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      NewVerstappenFan (@jureo)
      28th November 2017, 14:54

      But 1.5 s behind Stroll looks super bad. Probably he did a race simulation? I wish I saw the report Lowe will get in the evening.
      1. 

         Roth Man (@rdotquestionmark)
         28th November 2017, 14:58

         I believe Robert was doing heavy fuel runs to acclimatise the car. He will be doing performance runs tomorrow. I would also suspect the reason they sent Lance out for that lap time is so they have a benchmark to compare Robert against tomorrow.
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            Hans (@hanswesterbeek)
            28th November 2017, 15:28

            Thanks, makes sense.
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            sethje (@seth-space)
            28th November 2017, 18:53

            Gee… Stroll as a benchmark..
            1. 

               Hans (@hanswesterbeek)
               28th November 2017, 19:33

               There is a Dutch saying, which goes something like: “hunger makes raw beans taste sweetly”. Just saying.
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               Todfod (@todfod)
               29th November 2017, 6:42

               Well.. you can’t ask for a better driver on the grid to be setting the benchmark.
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         johny5
         28th November 2017, 16:23

         @jureo “Robert Kubica rolls with the full fuel tank to get used to the FW40, confirms Paddy Lowe to the journalist Darshan Choklani. It’s about getting confidence in the car.”
   3. 

      DonSmee (@david-beau)
      29th November 2017, 2:25

      Everybody except Pappa Stroll!
      1. 

         Martijn (@)
         29th November 2017, 7:13

         And me.. sympathetic man and story but for me no need to be in F1 at all..
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   nickfrog (@nickfrog)
   28th November 2017, 15:15

   @rdotquestionmark

   Cheers for that insight. That would make a lot of sense – they’re testing his resilience first and then his pace, it all sounds rational.
   1. 

      Dulin
      28th November 2017, 15:23

      Exactly as it is!
   2. 

      Roth Man (@rdotquestionmark)
      28th November 2017, 15:46

      👍
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   Dulin
   28th November 2017, 15:25

   #Kimi7 and @ScuderiaFerrari confirmed as the fastest (1:37.768) with new Pink #Hypersoft. All drivers today except Robert Kubica set their best time with Hypersoft tyres! (2/3)
   #AbuDhabiTest #F1Testing #Fit4F1
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   Pero (@peronakov)
   28th November 2017, 20:36

   What engine McLarens were using?
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      Iosif (@afonic)
      28th November 2017, 21:47

      Honda. You can just switch an engine, major changes are required to the chassis, gearbox etc.
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         Iosif (@afonic)
         28th November 2017, 21:47

         you can’t*
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            Albion (@albzejn)
            28th November 2017, 22:55

            They did it in 2014, they used Honda PU but only managed one installation lap or two
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               Todfod (@todfod)
               29th November 2017, 6:43

               To be perfectly fair they put in a Honda engine in 2015 and only managed a lap or two on the 1st couple of days
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   Sers (@sergya)
   28th November 2017, 21:34

   Kubica to get used to the track and to the car … Tomorrow Sirotkin … Compare …
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   StephenH
   28th November 2017, 21:59

   How come Mc’Laren are still running with the Honda in this test now that they’ve parted ways ?? Thought this would have been them bolt the Renault power unit in the back for first time. (Same applies to Toro Rosso and Renault).
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      stefano (@alfa145)
      28th November 2017, 23:14

      It takes a bit more time than an overnight to do that, fella
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   stefano (@alfa145)
   28th November 2017, 23:13

   My educated guess is that they went on with the same setup of the weekend for Kubica in order to evaluate his own performance, and instead applied the new testing setup to Stroll only to the evaluate the car and/or tires
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   Pinak Ghosh (@pinakghosh)
   29th November 2017, 3:31

   Mercedes has built a bulletproof engine and power unit.
10. 

    MG1982 (@mg1982)
    29th November 2017, 7:24

    This Raikkonen guy… soooo fast! Too bad the season ended already…
11. 

    Ray
    29th November 2017, 8:55

    Green tail light = No superlicense
    Red tail light = Superlicense

    …Guess who drove out of the Box with a RED tail light

    https://twitter.com/RobVanGameren/status/935478533266268160

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