Pirelli Start First Rain Test @ Abu Dhabi Under Lights

[gridwalker]

So, the first wet weather Pirelli test is happening tonight, under the Abu Dhabi floodlights ...

http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/38355.html

Does anyone know where I might be able to source pictures of this in the near future? I'd love to see the rooster tails of spray illuminated by floodlights

[gridwalker]

Oops ... wrong thread ... is there a thread for the 2011 Pirelli tests?

[raymondu999]

I suppose if the thread title was changed to Pirelli testing (mods?) it would be just fine to post here. I guess Formula1.com would post it. They even posted Wroom photos etc

[ESPImperium]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88959

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6IdM99D ... r_embedded[/youtube]

[Holm86]

Nice video ....

[astracrazy]

why go thru that trouble with that truck when i thought portimao has sprinklers (or something along them lines) to do that?

[Richard]

Here's a nonsense quote from Pedro...

"This will be the first time I have run in a full wet test at night, probably nobody has done this before," he said. "We did a sample run yesterday with the lights at about 50 per cent and the visibility was actually better than when it rains in daytime.

errr... pedro... not having a car throwing up spray in front of you probably made a difference. Not having any actual rain in the air might have helped too.

[astracrazy]

lol and he wonders why his not in f1 with that sort of feedback

[Richard]

To be fair to Pedro, it could have been a straight answer to a silly PR question: "How did the wet night test visibility compare with daytime rain?" Then his answer makes sense.

[Pandamasque]

Is that TF109?

[Morteza]

Is that TF109?

Yes that's a TF109 apart from the fact that it has no livery and only got some Pirelli badges.

[mith]

Is that TF109?

Yup.

[Edit]: I was beaten to the answer, while I was reading the thread

[MclarenFan1991]

so um why are they doing this night test? is just to test visibility, i dont see what the tyres have to do with it

[Mystery Steve]

Cooler track temps maybe? So the water would evaporate slower than it would in the midday heat.

[feynman]

so um why are they doing this night test? is just to test visibility, i dont see what the tyres have to do with it

They're testing in the desert, as it's still winter.
All that sunshine is good till you want to test wets, so wait till it's on the other side, soak the track and switch on the lights.


Zoomed, cropped and sharpened screengrab of the driver eval sheets briefly seen in one of the Pirelli YouTube videos.


(Based on an idea nicked from a @JHopePhoto tweet to @scarbs, but snagged from the 480P version).