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

[MV8]

As it could be expected Ferrari dealing with some aero instabilities due to the new shapes, Red Bull looking dominant and expecting some new parts for Round 1 they seem to have it really under control...

Is there confirmation they're awaiting more parts?

I think not, my statement was more about my feelings on RB development and focus due to how last season finished, reading my post it could generate confusion, my bad on that.

[langedweil]

Max did 157 laps in one day. 850km driven

Merc & Williams are close enough in total laps ..

01. 157 laps : Red Bull
02. 152 laps : Mercedes
03. 149 laps : Williams
04. 138 laps : Alfa Romeo
05. 136 laps : Ferrari
06. 131 laps : Alpha Tauri
07. 113 laps : Alpine
08. 108 laps : Haas
09. 100 laps : Aston Martin
10. 92 laps : McLaren

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Max did 157 laps in one day. 850km driven

Merc & Williams are close enough in total laps ..

01. 157 laps : Red Bull
02. 152 laps : Mercedes
03. 149 laps : Williams
04. 138 laps : Alfa Romeo
05. 136 laps : Ferrari
06. 131 laps : Alpha Tauri
07. 113 laps : Alpine
08. 108 laps : Haas
09. 100 laps : Aston Martin
10. 92 laps : McLaren

True I was more thinking about how Max's neck would feel. Not sure many drivers have driven f1 car for that long in a day?

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Which one?

https://postimages.org/

Not sure But I believe he did a C3 (medium - yellow line & text) run then a C2 (medium - no yellow line) run and now a C1 (hard) run

I second that and I think he just did a 2 stop race sim having a C3-C2-C1 tyre strategy

Does this match up with what you recorded/saw? I found this on reddit.. so not sure of validity

[LM10]

Apparently Ferrari are going to dismantle the floor for some reason. Maybe damage

Any confirmation on that? Did it happen? Where did you read it?

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Apparently Ferrari are going to dismantle the floor for some reason. Maybe damage

Any confirmation on that? Did it happen? Where did you read it?

Sky Italy said it on their feed. It didn't happen - they were just being sensationalist about ferrari as per

[JPower]

I’m not taking much from the Alonso lap.

Leclerc has another moment in the T5-7 complex. Wouldn’t surprise me to see them bolt on the higher DF wing tomorrow.

Do you know how many times Leclerc has had an issue there? Sainz struggled there all morning

I know. Its not an indictment on Leclerc so calm down. They both looked shaky there and their S2 times were proof of that. Let’s see what tomorrow holds.

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I’m not taking much from the Alonso lap.

Leclerc has another moment in the T5-7 complex. Wouldn’t surprise me to see them bolt on the higher DF wing tomorrow.

Do you know how many times Leclerc has had an issue there? Sainz struggled there all morning

I know. Its not an indictment on Leclerc so calm down. They both looked shaky there and their S2 times were proof of that. Let’s see what tomorrow holds.

Oh I meant "do you know how many times Leclerc has had an issue there" as a legitimate question not in a snarky way at all: like did you happen to see / know if he did it multiple times? I just wanted to know

[kediown]

Do you know how many times Leclerc has had an issue there? Sainz struggled there all morning

I know. Its not an indictment on Leclerc so calm down. They both looked shaky there and their S2 times were proof of that. Let’s see what tomorrow holds.

Oh I meant "do you know how many times Leclerc has had an issue there" as a legitimate question not in a snarky way at all: like did you happen to see / know if he did it multiple times? I just wanted to know

I've counted 4 times on the live feed, he didn't go off track like Sainz though. Managed to hold the car and back-off

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Credit to u/btrams on Reddit

Morning session:





Afternoon session:

[TotoWolf]

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Is it true that Ferrari porpoising was because they produced too much downforce ? It explains why they had less RW load

[Vanja #66]

Is it true that Ferrari porpoising was because they produced too much downforce ? It explains why they had less RW load

"Too much" downforce, too low ride height, too soft suspension, too "poor" overall setup, list goes on... Ferrari had the most violent bouncing in Barca test a few times last year, so today's bouncing is almost a joke in comparisson.

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An American using the term 'mega', amazing

No Merc drivers or Alonso in this

[PlatinumZealot]

RedBull looking extremely strong. Might as well we wait till 2024.