2024 Pre-Season Testing - Bahrain International Circuit, Feb 21 - 23

[bagajohny]

You have 9 cars in a track that jumping and locking all over the place and 1 car that behaves like it has active suspension and is on rails... i dont know but this is really bad for everyone else except RB fans offcourse. Yes in some tracks that are smooth, the others will be near RB but its obvious that RB is again from another planet.
We expected that yes... but not at this level imo.

P.S. I dont care of the lap times in the test at all.. i just watch how its car behaves and how much the driver tries to drive them.

I agree with your observations. I don't have much hopes for this season.

[bagajohny]

The Merc seems like it is porpoising.

I observed it too, even at the beginning of testing. Some people denied saying its just bumps. But glad to know someone else thinks the same.

[LM10]

Posting various stints every 5 minutes when it’s clear that teams do completely different things (simply testing) does not make sense. If any, stints can only be compared when they’re a part of a race sim done in similar track conditions.

[FittingMechanics]

Did anyone figure out how to open up live timing in MultiViewer? I can watch F1TV but I don't see any options to add timing?

[SirBastianVettel]

I agree with your observations. I don't have much hopes for this season.

It was fun while it lasted, at least we had a good couple of hours.

[AMG.Tzan]

At least Mercedes was always sandbagging in testing, letting everyone have a laugh or a hope that they’re going to win! Red Bull doesn’t even do that…

[CaribouBread]

Sainz not enjoying these tyres.

[Xyz22]

For now all cars look absolutely garbage compared to the RB which was the case last year as well.

[chrisc90]

McLaren very low at the end of the straight. Scraping along

[cplchanb]

Well that's what you get when you give a team a 15 year head start literally... newey was heavily involved with the Gran Turismo X2010/2014 unlimited aero f1 cars. He knew years ago what works and what doesn't. The current rules et fell right on his lap from the get go

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Ferrari on performance runs

[Vanja #66]

Just out of curiosity, did anyone bother looking at sector times of fastest laps of this morning?

[Xyz22]

Just out of curiosity, did anyone bother looking at sector times of fastest laps of this morning?

Yeah, Verstappen is miles faster in the middle sector.

[CouncilorIrissa]

Just out of curiosity, did anyone bother looking at sector times of fastest laps of this morning?

Yeah, Verstappen is miles faster in the middle sector.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GG2zfw-WwAA ... =4096x4096

I think LEC aborted his quick lap in S2 due to a lock-up, could've been a few tenths closer.
Still, the fact there was a lockup in the first place shows the enormous gap between RB and the rest.

[djones]

At least Mercedes was always sandbagging in testing, letting everyone have a laugh or a hope that they’re going to win! Red Bull doesn’t even do that…

The problem is they likely are sandbaggin! They are just that much faster than the rest.

No surprise given they are the only team that spent more than allowed and also use the second team they uniquely own to support their development.

At least we all had a bit of fun over the last few months imagining that it might be anything other than a Redbull white wash this year.