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

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Sainz putting the hammer down

[Vanja #66]

Sainz got 1s faster than Leclerc over the winter

[Xyz22]

Sainz putting the hammer down

Track is improving a lot, let's also see if Sainz will do a mini run like Max did after the push lap

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Sainz putting the hammer down

Track is improving a lot, let's also see if Sainz will do a mini run like Max did after the push lap

Yeah Max just did a 1.33.4 on a hard tyre. Track is getting quicker

[CouncilorIrissa]

Sainz did 32.5-cooldown-32.8.
Sniff your h(c)opium while you can.

UPD: and a 33.3

[Xyz22]

Sainz did 32.5-cooldown-32.8.
Sniff your h(c)opium while you can.

UPD: and a 33.3

So 3 push laps.

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Norris flying now. Some hope for the season?

[mendis]

Norris flying now. Some hope for the season?

If he can do a stint on C1 like Max is doing, clocking mid to low 1.35.xxx.

outlap
1: 33.450
2: 26.951
1: 33.871
1: 50.679 inlap
2: 35.725 outlap
1: 36.137
1: 35.696
1: 35.612
1: 35.685
1: 35.614
1: 35.366
1: 35.169
inlap

Track Temp - 37C. Air Temp - 24C.

[Cs98]

Norris flying now. Some hope for the season?

What is hopeful is comparing some of these times to RB19 a year ago. Ferrari and McL are going well faster than RB19 did on day 1 in 23.

[CouncilorIrissa]

Sainz did 32.5-cooldown-32.8.
Sniff your h(c)opium while you can.

UPD: and a 33.3

So 3 push laps.

And then some.

[Xyz22]

Norris flying now. Some hope for the season?

If he can do a stint on C1 like Max is doing, clocking mid to low 1.35.xxx.

outlap
1: 33.450
2: 26.951
1: 33.871
1: 50.679 inlap
2: 35.725 outlap
1: 36.137
1: 35.696
1: 35.612
1: 35.685
1: 35.614
1: 35.366
1: 35.169
inlap

Track Temp - 37C. Air Temp - 24C.

No one outside Tsunoda and Piastri did similar runs to Max in terms of length (i.e. 1-2 push laps + 5-6 mini run with no DRS)

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Sainz did 32.5-cooldown-32.8.
Sniff your h(c)opium while you can.

UPD: and a 33.3

So 3 push laps.

And then some.

that's 3 push laps.. slow laps over 2mins long are not really relevant

[Cs98]

Norris flying now. Some hope for the season?

If he can do a stint on C1 like Max is doing, clocking mid to low 1.35.xxx.

outlap
1: 33.450
2: 26.951
1: 33.871
1: 50.679 inlap
2: 35.725 outlap
1: 36.137
1: 35.696
1: 35.612
1: 35.685
1: 35.614
1: 35.366
1: 35.169
inlap

Track Temp - 37C. Air Temp - 24C.

No wonder the deg is so good, temperatures are like Antarctica.

[Paa]

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.

I find those interesting. It is not to compare to other teams, but still you can see the consistency from those or tyre degradation.

[CouncilorIrissa]

So 3 push laps.

And then some.

that's 3 push laps.. slow laps over 2mins long are not really relevant

6 push laps. It's the continuation of the stint. (technically not, but he used the same compound)

the first three: