2010 Winter Testing

[toshinden]

gosh!! he made me worried

His first run was in the rain.

As well as fuel loads, we don't know which tyres they are using, or how old they are. I guess they'll to run a couple of sets to end of life to predict the drop off point.

yes richard, but the thing that make me worried is more about the time he spend in the pit while everyone is putting miles on their car ... setup problem maybe?

[djos]

looks like its webber again. no details tho they say something mechanical. in spanish.

No, Webber was just the last one on track b4 the red flag came out.

[WhiteBlue]

Circuit status: Air temperature: 14 ° C
Track temperature: 13 ° C
Test times Updated: 12:20
driver team Drive time difference #
1. S. Buemi Toro Rosso STR5 1:20.504 38 pit
2. J. Button McLaren MP4-25 1:21.528 +1,024 22
3. M. Schumacher Mercedes GP W01 1:21.907 +1,403 55
4. R. Kubica Renault R30 1:22.129 +1,625 37 pit
5. M. Webber Red Bull Racing RB6 1:23.164 +2,660 55
6. F. Alonso Ferrari F10 1:23.265 +2,761 53
7. K. Kobayashi Sauber C29 1:23.739 +3,235 30 pit
8. V. Liuzzi Force India VJM-03 1:24.120 +3,616 21 pit
9. T. Glock Virgin Racing VR-01 1:29.964 +9,460 11 pit

warming up a little bit, but very cold compared with Valencia last week.

German site criticizes the Bridgestone inters. They loose grip in 2-3 laps at Jerez which is a track hard with tyres.

[Mr Alcatraz]

Today is all about collecting dry weather data (considering the weather forcast).
We will probably see some low fuel numbers near the end of the session!

[toshinden]

[horse]

I bet Wirth's CFD didn't predict that!



That's a missing front wing and a bent sidepod deflector thingy. Did he crash, or has it just fallen off?

EDIT: I assume the front wing took out the side pod thingy on it's way off the car.

[WhiteBlue]

The clouds are gathering again. It may rain in the afternoon

Circuit status: Air temperature: 17 ° C
Track temperature: 27 ° C
Test times Updated: 12:49
driver team Drive time difference #
1. S. Buemi Toro Rosso STR5 1:20.504 48
2. J. Button McLaren MP4-25 1:21.528 +1,024 24 pit
3. N. Hülkenberg Williams FW32 1:21.690 +1,186 14
4. M. Schumacher Mercedes GP W01 1:21.907 +1,403 60 pit
5. R. Kubica Renault R30 1:22.129 +1,625 37 pit
6. F. Alonso Ferrari F10 1:22.564 +2,060 72
7. V. Liuzzi Force India VJM-03 1:23.004 +2,500 31
8. M. Webber Red Bull Racing RB6 1:23.164 +2,660 60 pit
9. K. Kobayashi Sauber C29 1:23.190 +2,686 39
10. T. Glock Virgin Racing VR-01 1:29.964 +9,460 11 pit

This could be the best track status for the day

[Mr Alcatraz]

The clouds are gathering again. It may rain in the afternoon

Circuit status: Air temperature: 17 ° C
Track temperature: 27 ° C
Test times Updated: 12:49
driver team Drive time difference #
1. S. Buemi Toro Rosso STR5 1:20.504 48
2. J. Button McLaren MP4-25 1:21.528 +1,024 24 pit
3. N. Hülkenberg Williams FW32 1:21.690 +1,186 14
4. M. Schumacher Mercedes GP W01 1:21.907 +1,403 60 pit
5. R. Kubica Renault R30 1:22.129 +1,625 37 pit
6. F. Alonso Ferrari F10 1:22.564 +2,060 72
7. V. Liuzzi Force India VJM-03 1:23.004 +2,500 31
8. M. Webber Red Bull Racing RB6 1:23.164 +2,660 60 pit
9. K. Kobayashi Sauber C29 1:23.190 +2,686 39
10. T. Glock Virgin Racing VR-01 1:29.964 +9,460 11 pit

This could be the best track status for the day

Once again Ferrari are out in front with lap numbers
Good showing by Mercedes in this arena
Also Red Bull (they really need it)!

[vall]

Alonso's first stop must have been to change the soft tires for the hard, but what is clear is that the latter have worked very well, with low degradation because the final laps of the champion has been excellent since been lowered to his best day.

Google tramslation from Spanish, not bad

[Sawtooth-spike]

12:20 Virgin says it will be unable to run anymore today

Taken from autosport.

Not good, but at least they are there.

[horse]

"This morning we experienced a front wing mounting problem which caused the wing to come off the car at the beginning of a run," said Virgin technical director Nick Wirth in a team statement.

"Unfortunately, we're missing one or two spare parts which will hopefully arrive this evening, so we won't be able to run for the rest of the day."

[vall]

12:20 Virgin says it will be unable to run anymore today

Taken from autosport.

Not good, but at least they are there.

yeah,

12:25 Virgin's Nick Wirth says he has been very encouraged by the early performance of the car despite the lack of running. Story on AUTOSPORT soon

12:21 The team had a problem with the front wing mounting. The issue has been identified, but it is missing spare parts so it will be unable to return to the track today

The front wing is that one part that is most likely to get damaged, e.g. if you go off track! I am quite surprised that will not have THAT spare part

[Mr Alcatraz]

12:00 Alonso completes his long run - over 40 laps - with a best time of 1:21.928. He is fifth fastest

Ya' awl boys from the Anglo-Mafia may be in a heap O' trouble

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT4gcxFS ... re=related[/youtube]

[marcush.]

cocerning the times of Virgin ,considering the very limited running they had ,they seem to be not too far off the pace for novices ..
As can be seen by their example ,we get a taste of what to expect from the other outfits ,not even ready to get some mileage under their belts...

[Richard]

"This morning we experienced a front wing mounting problem which caused the wing to come off the car at the beginning of a run," said Virgin technical director Nick Wirth in a team statement.

"Unfortunately, we're missing one or two spare parts which will hopefully arrive this evening, so we won't be able to run for the rest of the day."

Phew! That's why these new teams need more testing than the established teams. Imagine if Campos or USFI turn up at Bahrain and this sort of thing happens in a race? Please note that is did say "imagine" !!

As for spare parts, I guess they might have an exact replacement there. However, because it fell off, they might need to make & install an alternative design with more secure fixings, hence the call to the factory.