2011 Testing - Barcelona 18th - 21st Feb

[StrFerrari4Ever]

Massa goes top on a 1:22.625.

[Blackout]

Heidfeld's race simulation

41 1:33.107 +0.269
42 1:29.988 -3.119
43 1:29.710 -0.278
44 1:30.080 +0.37
45 1:30.155 +0.075
46 1:29.953 -0.202
47 1:30.572 +0.619
48 1:31.855 +1.283
49 1:30.746 -1.109
50 1:30.925 +0.179
51 1:30.888 -0.037
52 1:30.995 +0.107
53 1:31.834 +0.839
54 1:32.186 +0.352
55 1:35.036 +2.85
56 1:33.311 -1.725
57 1:33.209 -0.102
58 1:33.741 +0.532

61 1:28.907 -4.834
62 1:28.364 -0.543
63 1:28.613 +0.249
64 1:29.180 +0.567
65 1:29.272 +0.092
66 1:29.858 +0.586
67 1:29.436 -0.422
68 1:29.323 -0.113
69 1:29.992 +0.669
70 1:29.501 -0.491
71 1:29.823 +0.322
72 1:30.076 +0.253
73 1:29.997 -0.079
74 1:29.980 -0.017
75 1:30.531 +0.551
76 1:30.689 +0.158
77 1:31.002 +0.313
78 1:31.552 +0.55
79 1:32.168 +0.616

82 1:27.861 -4.307
83 1:27.822 -0.039
84 1:27.625 -0.197
85 1:27.680 +0.055
Red flag

[Mysticf1]

Martin Brundle via twitter

Mercedes has poor traction, McLaren looks shocking as if on cold tyres, Red Bull+Ferrari+Renault Lotus Lada+Williams all pounding round

[Florio]

"Mercedes has poor traction, McLaren looks shocking as if on cold tyres, Red Bull+Ferrari+Renault Lotus Lada+Williams all pounding round"

Uh Oh.

[csponton]

Felipe Massa
http://spontoncristiano.wordpress.com/

1 —-
2
3 1:29.542 -30.458
4 1:28.600 -0.942
5 1:28.117 -0.483
6 1:28.758 +0.641
7 1:28.279 -0.479
8 1:28.337 +0.058
9 1:28.450 +0.113
10 1:28.919 +0.469
11 1:29.812 +0.893
12 —-
13 1:29.812
14 —-
15 1:29.812
16 —-
17 1:29.812
18 —-
19 1:26.281
20 1:26.364 +0.083
21 1:26.418 +0.054
22 1:26.564 +0.146
23 —-
24 1:26.564
25 1:25.676 -0.888
26 1:26.063 +0.387
27 1:26.163 +0.1
28 —-
29 1:26.163
30 1:27.607 +1.444
31 1:27.766 +0.159
32 1:27.733 -0.033
33 1:27.849 +0.116
34 1:27.623 -0.226
35 1:27.733 +0.11
36 1:28.026 +0.293
37 1:28.624 +0.598
38 1:28.246 -0.378
39 1:28.573 +0.327
40 —-
41 1:28.573
42 1:27.333 -1.24
43 1:28.225 +0.892
44 1:27.924 -0.301
45 1:27.847 -0.077
46 1:28.010 +0.163
47 1:28.911 +0.901
48 1:30.569 +1.658
49 1:28.817 -1.752
50 1:29.745 +0.928
51 1:29.681 -0.064
52 —-
53 1:29.681
54 1:24.929 -4.752
55 —-
56 1:24.929
57 1:25.936 +1.007
58 1:26.286 +0.35
59 1:26.302 +0.016
60 1:26.858 +0.556
61 1:27.385 +0.527
62 1:27.350 -0.035
63 1:27.311 -0.039
64 1:28.038 +0.727
65 1:27.952 -0.086
66 —-
67 1:27.952
68 1:28.578 +0.626
69 1:29.095 +0.517
70 1:29.516 +0.421
71 1:29.371 -0.145
72 1:29.667 +0.296
73 1:29.714 +0.047
74 1:29.801 +0.087
83 1:31.585 +1.784
84 —-
85 1:28.732
86 1:29.302 +0.57
87 1:29.486 +0.184
88 1:30.106 +0.62
89 1:30.477 +0.371
90 1:30.616 +0.139
91 1:30.911 +0.295
92 1:31.061 +0.15
93 1:31.597 +0.536
94 —-
95 1:31.597
96 —-
97 1:31.597
98 1:25.470 -6.127
99 1:25.796 +0.326
100 1:25.517 -0.279
101 1:25.860 +0.343
102 1:26.010 +0.15
103 —-
104 1:26.010
105 1:23.531 -2.479
106 —-
107 1:23.531
108 1:23.881 +0.35
109 1:32.615 +8.734
110 1:24.389 -8.226
111 1:24.828 +0.439
112 —-
113 1:24.828
114 1:22.625 -2.203
115 1:39.481 +16.856
116 —-
117 1:39.481
118 —-
119 1:39.481
120 —-
121 1:39.481

[Pedro]

Barcelona testing - summary

Fastest lap times


Distances (number of laps and km)





After Barcelona (sum of all three pre-season test so far)


EDIT: (Hispania Racing excluded - 2011 cars only)

Source: www.f1news.cz
http://f1news.autoroad.cz/novinky/37027 ... dalenosti/

[FrukostScones]

found on f1zone.net:

Cars at Montmelo (Circuit de Catalunya):

1. Ferrari - The car looks very good on track and produces very consistent laps

2. Red Bull - Not as impressive as expected - unsettled through turns 2-3. Last stint of race simulation on sunday MW sandbagged- braking 30 meters early into turn one.

3. Toro Rosso - This car was a surprise ; looked very good both in the fast corners and the slow ones.

4 Williams - Looks very good in the fast corners and seems to have excellent traction.

5 Renault - Looks good but sometimes inconsistent in the fast corners (especially through the kink into back straight).

6 McLaren - Do not look good either in the fast or the slow corners - very unsettled rear through turns 2-3.

7 Sauber + FI - Looked OK.

9 Mercedes - Do not look good - rosbergs fast one on sunday probably with qualy mapping-engine sounded very different.

10 Lotus - Looked OK- close to midfield this year?

11 Virgin - Car looked very unsettled and difficult to handle.

12 HRT - On track it did not look terrible compared to the others - but 2010 car probably with DDD.

[JohnsonsEvilTwin]

9 Mercedes - Do not look good - rosbergs fast one on sunday probably with qualy mapping-engine sounded very different.

How does a qualy mapped engine work when revs are limited to 18k?
They were trying different mappings to see what got the best out of their exhaust blown diffuser.

fact is Mercedes have the second fastest time of the test, and Schumacher showed vast improvements in the teams long runs with a consistent 16 lap stint that Auto Motor und Sport are saying was as good as anything produced by teams other than Ferrari or Red bull.

[Ferraripilot]

9 Mercedes - Do not look good - rosbergs fast one on sunday probably with qualy mapping-engine sounded very different.

How does a qualy mapped engine work when revs are limited to 18k?
They were trying different mappings to see what got the best out of their exhaust blown diffuser.

fact is Mercedes have the second fastest time of the test, and Schumacher showed vast improvements in the teams long runs with a consistent 16 lap stint that Auto Motor und Sport are saying was as good as anything produced by teams other than Ferrari or Red bull.

+1 the last day Schu had some very nice consistent long runs. Much much better.

[speedsense]

Maybe we should start charting how fast the tires degrade on each car. The car that degrades the tires the least or has the slowest degrade rate, may end up as the car in front at the checker. Having the fastest one lap, may not not mean anything anymore.IMHO

[nacho]

I read from TS that Red Bull is easiest on its tyres.

[Ciro Pabón]

Evident, speedsense.

Wow, watching the times of the race simulation (thanks, Blackout) I find incredible how those tyres degrade. No gains from fuel usage, but an almost constant increase in lap times.



Notice how when tyres are changed (lap 60, I assume) the difference is 2 seconds (because of the fuel load being less) between the start of the data in lap 41 and lap 61 (lap time goes from 1:30 to 1:28). This means that fuel usage gives you 1 tenth of a second per lap (you have gained 2 seconds in 20 laps), but you are actually losing around 2 tenths or a bit more per lap, watching the "slope" of the points, always increasing in time (5 seconds in the second stint of 20 laps, 4.5 seconds in the first one). So, degrading of tyres is roughly 0.3 seconds per lap (in this simulation, in this circuit, in this car, with this driver).

That, or I am reading in this graph things that doesn't exist. Anyway, I would start to forget about late braking or late apex this year, if I were driving...

"Smooth" Schumacher has a chance... I would have never, ever, figured out that the guy could pull this one! Didn't Pirelli suited the tyre to his "style"? I guess mods will be busy this year, btw, if all I read in this graph becomes true. How will Alonso manage the "problem" he seems to have? Again, I might be reading too much, but that's what you pay me for...

[Richard]

Wow! That might mean a return to different strategies rather than the current "follow my leader" when everyone pits together.

[Tim.Wright]

Ciro,

That graph looks like there is a quadratic or exponential drop off in performance. One they go off, they really go off (lap 53, 76)

Tim

[djos]

Sounds to me like the achieve the desired 2 pit-stops per race outcome then!