2022 Winter Testing Part 2: Bahrain International Circuit 10-12th March

[NicoS]

Perez on long run.

out
42.659
42.765
42.703
42.528
42.469
45.109 in
2:01.211 (C2)
39.895
40.194
40.369
40.465
40.808
41.301
41.300
41.202
41.328
40.922
41.599
41.578
42.027
41.866
41.933
44.767 in
2:01.104 (C1)
39.494
39.714
39.488
39.238
39.936
40.596
42.621
41.029
40.624
40.557
40.439
in

Finally some data. Thank you!
Fan talk starting to get a bit monotonous.

[Sevach]

It seems like Pirelli spread out the tires more this time, the C2 seem to lack a lot of grip compared to C3.

[Hoffman900]

Mountain US time, so just catching things now.

These cars do look lazy in the slow stuff and damn are they stiffly sprung. Even here they look like they’re driving on a wash board.

[dren]

Is there a difference between the C2 and C2 experimental? Or is that one in the same?

Perez is averaging 0.146s deg on the C2 and 0.095 on the C1 per lap.

[JPower]

That Turn 9/10 complex has been giving Norris and Stroll fits.

[silver]

4 different stints for Russell.

Stint του Russell (C3) #W13

outlap
1: 35.941
inlap
outlap
1: 39.208
1: 39.353
1: 39.542
1: 39.564
1: 39.859
1: 39.774
1: 39.876
1: 39.921
1: 39.975
inlap

Stint του Russell (C3) #W13

outlap
2: 00.137
1: 36.030
inlap
outlap
1: 39.338
1: 39.861
1: 40.215
1: 40.248
1: 40.871
1: 41.175
1: 41.059
1: 40.852
1: 40.938
inlap


Stint του Russell (C3) #W13

outlap
1: 36.553
inlap
outlap
1: 39.423
1: 39.567
1: 39.886
1: 39.998
1: 40.392
1: 40.641
1: 46.346
1: 41.031
1: 41.383
inlap

Stint του Russell (C3) #W13

outlap
1: 41.693
1: 42.544
1: 42.221
1: 43.043
1: 42.568
1: 42.454
inlap

[SmallSoldier]

Alonso and Stroll actually racing in testing… That was interesting… If they would have touched though! A bit childish from both of them

[RZS10]

Is there a difference between the C2 and C2 experimental? Or is that one in the same?

afaik it's the same construction but from a different factory

[NathanOlder]

Red Flag for Perez, all he had to do was use the brake pedal and he wouldnt have been stuck in the gravel

[NathanOlder]

And now the session wont be resumed. Shame, as the last 10 mins are normally interesting.

[hollus]

Are the gear ratios the teams run in pre-season testing required to be the same as the one they will use during the season? I was under an impression that it's possible to use a completely different gear ratio in testing

No, Gear ratios will be fixed in Q for the first race. Until then they are free to change them.

[Sieper]

Red Flag for Perez, all he had to do was use the brake pedal and he wouldnt have been stuck in the gravel

Indeed. I can’t believe it. Unless there was a technical issue this was absurdly bad.

[Artur Craft]

All the cars look horrible to drive though to varying degrees, understeer in slow corners, oversteer on corner exit.

Yup. Pretty much all cars look slow, dull and lazy, especially from the onboard shots.

The visual of the cars is great but the porpoising thing and their lack of speed is letting me down a bit today, after watching the last 2 hours of the test.

Btw, George just bought a parcel of land, just before the back straight.

It's been suggested that Haas will be allowed to run on Sunday to make up for time lost in delivering the cars.

That would be great for them and Mick but I don´t see it happening, tbh. But Haas´/Dallara´s car seems rubbish, regardless.

If anybody missed watching anything today, don´t feel bad about it. Once you get to see the onboards, you won´t sustain the same excitement anymore

[SmallSoldier]

Fernando and Lance “racing” for a couple corners:

[Oehrly]

Hi everybody, here's all lap times of today's test:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing

(Note that I have this data be generated fully automatically. I currently don't have much time and I haven't done any manual validation. So if you spot any inconsistencies, please report them.)

For reference, all lap times of last year's Bahrain test:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing

Edit: feel free to share these