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

[Juzh]

AS per Mario from pirelli difference between C2 and C3 is 1.2s, and difference between C2 and new C1 is 0.5s.

1.2s is a lot.

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AS per Mario from pirelli difference between C2 and C3 is 1.2s, and difference between C2 and new C1 is 0.5s.

1.2s is a lot.

Yes.. He said that is when you push for peak performance though rather than manage a race stint. I think maybe S-H-H will be favoured given how quick the C1 is

[kediown]

Perez with C4 goes first by 1:30.616 now

[chrisc90]

And Perez does a 1:30.616 on the harder C4 tyre.

[motobaleno]

according to sky perez was on C5
thy are now double checking with mario isola

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Tyres seem to hold on well for the rb

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according to sky perez was on C5
thy are now double checking with mario isola

It was c4. It's very easy to tell the tyres apart visually and I've rewound on f1tv to double check

[De Jokke]

ham's lap set with 314 kph, on c5, perez 322kph on c4 apparently.
I hope they can remove the barn door

[101FlyingDutchman]

Props to AT. That car with TSU genuinely looks fast on the C5s. He did a 32.7 in quali last year and now on a 31.2. Probably not like for like tyres wise but decent improvement

[AMG.Tzan]

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Judging by sector times, Merc on C5 and Ferrari on C4, Ferrari had less fuel and Merc turned up the engine more

I cannot understand how with this high downforce rear wing Mercedes is so close to a low downforce Ferrari on the straights (Sectors 1,3) and yet so far away in the tight sector 2! The exact opposite thing should be happening…

Which for me translates to: A lower downforce rear wing for Mercedes will make it even worse!

fuel/engine modes can confuse it. Ferrari on their fast laps seem to be doing quite a lot less km/h than they can

True…this is what I’m reading around at twitter! Ferrari is using less fuel…Mercedes higher engine mode!

Qualifying runs look close though Mercedes is using C5 tires! Commentators are saying that C4 to C5 isn’t that big of a difference which may be true since Lewis is losing in the last sector which is basically a stop-go corner and 2 straights!

One more thing I noticed was the top speed on the back straight! 295 km/h for both Hamilton and Perez so apparently the difference is on that last corner which is all about traction I think!

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Props to AT. That car with TSU genuinely looks fast on the C5s. He did a 32.7 in quali last year and now on a 31.2. Probably not like for like tyres wise but decent improvement

Says C4 for that laptime on the pillar

[Sevach]

Perez with C4 goes first by 1:30.616 now

Something to keep in mind is that the track becomes a lot faster after the sun goes away.

[BlueCheetah66]

Which tyres are going to be used at the actual Bahrain GP?

[Sevach]

Which tyres are going to be used at the actual Bahrain GP?

C3 as soft.

C1-2-3.

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Which tyres are going to be used at the actual Bahrain GP?

C1, C2, C3. C4/C5 aren't going to be used next week

It's why there's been so much performance running on C3