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

[Sevach]

That LEC lap was great.

Yeah, car still didn't look agile though. Much settled.

Maybe it has half a tank of fuel, that tends to make cars look heavier to turn.

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311 only in speedtrap



Williams have retained their slippery car it seems

[Sevach]

311 only in speedtrap

https://i.imgur.com/2hII22p.png

Williams have retained their slippery car it seems

https://i.imgur.com/2BstXix.png

Only in the first qualy session we will see the real picture, doing qualy runs on conservative engine settings is a good way to hide your true form(which is useless but the big teams still do it).

[organic]

runs so far. FIlled in box is fresh tyre

[hollus]

I have added this to the Opening Post, so it will be easy to find.

Hi everybody, it's time for timing data.
Due to popular request, here is the link to the apparently "traditional" Google Sheet with all timing data for the whole day.
(Not sure if anybody else makes these as well by now)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing

Please do a bit of a sanity check when using the data. I'm a bit short on time and just quickly tried to bend my upload script into submission, persuaded google to use the correct data types and hope everything is good now.

Day 2 and Day 3 will be added to the currently empty worksheets.

The sheets for 2023 and 2022 are linked in the document as well, if you want to compare.

It should be possible to properly filter and sort all columns by drivers, lap times and so on.

And if you want, you might of course add the link to the opening post so it doesn't get lost as easily.

[CaribouBread]

311 only in speedtrap

https://i.imgur.com/2hII22p.png

Ted was talking about stronger headwinds right before the runs so it could just be that? Yesterday's top end was 314ish too so not much of a difference there.

[organic]

311 only in speedtrap

https://i.imgur.com/2hII22p.png

Ted was talking about stronger headwinds right before the runs so it could just be that? Yesterday's top end was 314ish too so not much of a difference there.

So far Gasly and Sargeant have both hit 315. Sargeant consistently hitting 313-315 on old tyre soft runs
Engine modes will be hiding a lot though yes

[CaribouBread]

Lewis back on track with a skinnier wing, but still an old one iirc.

[F1NAC]

Merc low on ride height, hitting the bottom between T2,T3

[GrizzleBoy]

Merc low on ride height, hitting the bottom between T2,T3

Bottomed out and lost grip through the fast corners in the back part of the circuit too.

[SirBastianVettel]

I think Lewis made the right call.

[CaribouBread]

No idea what they've changed since yesterday but the rear is not happy on that merc anymore.

[Luscion]

its only an hour and a half into an 8hr session guys, his first time driving a brand new concept,most likely just setup changes needed

[FittingMechanics]

No idea what they've changed since yesterday but the rear is not happy on that merc anymore.

It is a skinnier rear wing.

[CaribouBread]

No idea what they've changed since yesterday but the rear is not happy on that merc anymore.

It is a skinnier rear wing.

Pretty sure that last lap was on the same downforce wing as one that was run yesterday.