2023 Pre-Season Testing - Bahrain International Circuit, Feb 23 - 25

[cplchanb]

What happed to Aston?

Apparently the floor was damaged by the jack.... the Alonso curse has jumped to AM

[JPower]

The Ferrari looks very tricky to drive. Leclerc had a big twitch coming out of the esses.

[organic]

The Ferrari looks very tricky to drive. Leclerc had a big twitch coming out of the esses.

Yes a lock-up on the same lap. Sainz had at least 4 moments in the morning. I expect it's just setup

[Spoutnik]

The RB is demoniac, so stable, and very nice top speed as always

[organic]

The RB is demoniac, so stable, and very nice top speed as always

Seems quite loose to me. Wouldn't say it's stable. I predict Checo having a tough time

[Spoutnik]

The RB is demoniac, so stable, and very nice top speed as always

Seems quite loose to me. Wouldn't say it's stable. I predict Checo having a tough time

The front end is quite good for Max' driving style from the onboard it looks, for a first day, but for Checo...

[organic]

Very aggressive bouncing for Leclerc down the straight, and his laptimes don't look like it's just full load of fuel behaviour.

Looks just like porpoising to me

[101FlyingDutchman]

KMAG and NdV posting very similar lap times on a race run seemingly on same age tyre. Seems they’re going to be close this season

[vanburin]

Very aggressive bouncing for Leclerc down the straight, and his laptimes don't look like it's just full load of fuel behaviour.

Looks just like porpoising to me

Agreed, that Ferrari looks extremely violent at times down the straights. Seems to be consistent on any stretch of straight on the track right now.

[GoranF1]

Is Fast!

[De Jokke]

Is Fast!

how can you tell?

[Cassius]

The RB is demoniac, so stable, and very nice top speed as always

Seems quite loose to me. Wouldn't say it's stable. I predict Checo having a tough time

The front end is quite good for Max' driving style from the onboard it looks, for a first day, but for Checo...

I agree, in the 1.32.8 lap it looked quite twitchy (with 2 snaps), something we haven't seen last year. Could still be testing different setups, but if this is the new behaviour it doesn't bode well for Checo.

[organic]

Seems quite loose to me. Wouldn't say it's stable. I predict Checo having a tough time

The front end is quite good for Max' driving style from the onboard it looks, for a first day, but for Checo...

I agree, in the 1.32.8 lap it looked quite twitchy (with 2 snaps), something we haven't seen last year. Could still be testing different setups, but if this is the new behaviour it doesn't bode well for Checo.

Isola explained with the aerodynamic reg change to the floor & the stronger front tyres (and throw in the teams dropping weight) he expected most drivers would feel the cars to be oversteery

[langedweil]

https://i.imgur.com/RxNq5bZ.png
Found on twitter. Seems to agree with what AMuS reported & has Merc on there. 321 for Russell

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I need a bit of fiddling while have to deliver @work, but it's pretty nice.

https://multiviewer.app/

[f1rules]

So its amateur hour again at our precious team