Carlos Sainz Jnr, Renault, Circuit de Catalunya, 2018

2018 F1 pre-season testing day five in pictures

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The second pre-season F1 test of 2018 has begun at the Circuit de Catalunya.

Pictures from the track will be added here throughout the day.

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11 comments on “2018 F1 pre-season testing day five in pictures”

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    Webbo (@webbo82)
    6th March 2018, 9:29

    The Sauber and Williams are way too similar from the front for TV and in mirrors. I hope one of them paints the halo.

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      Phylyp (@phylyp)
      6th March 2018, 10:54

      +1 to this. And with the relative movements that many fans expect this year, they’re probably going to be running quite close during races as well.

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      Trayambak Chakravarty (@major-dev)
      7th March 2018, 16:26

      I still like to believe Sauber has a surprise livery in store for the Australian GP and they’re just not telling anyone.

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    John H (@john-h)
    6th March 2018, 10:15

    Cars are too long. Pointy and nimble cars please soon. As for Halo, I have to admit I’m not as offended visually as I thought I would be… I just await a car flipping and losing its front suspension.

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      John H (@john-h)
      6th March 2018, 10:21

      Sorry, correction with the front suspension. The extraction test was conducted with survival cell only. Anyway, I’m coming around to the halo.

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      Jere (@jerejj)
      6th March 2018, 11:36

      @john-h I don’t find them too long, in fact, I don’t really even notice the difference in height between the cars of the current aero regs and the cars of the previous aero regs.

      1. RB14
        6th March 2018, 12:20

        @jerejj LENGTH not height! These cars are far too long, completely agree with you @john-h

        The longer cars undid a lot of the good work aesthetically that the wider cars brought.

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          Jimmi Cynic (@jimmi-cynic)
          6th March 2018, 20:51

          +3694 cm!

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        Jere (@jerejj)
        6th March 2018, 19:24

        @RB14 Yes, length, of course. What a typo by me, LOL.

  3. Blazzz
    6th March 2018, 11:39

    Just thought I would share live coverage of the test.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrUZqb8f-P0

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      Jimmi Cynic (@jimmi-cynic)
      6th March 2018, 20:52

      No longer available….

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