On the final day of winter testing at Jerez de la Frontera, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was the fastest man on track despite spending quite some time in the garage due to car problems. The Spaniard was followed by Toro Rosso's Jean-Eric Vergne and Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel.
Yep. =D>sriraj1031 wrote:Di Resta Force India 1m19.772s
thats very close to the best time today, very good for Force India
Just out and back in 6 or even 7 times now!
Ah, OK. What is the new reg for 1st gear?italian wrote:Ferrari is doing some practice starts. Maybe due the new reg for the 1st gear.
yeah during the start they have to reach 100kph before changing gearslebesset wrote:100kph in first gear ?
Yeah, the new pirelli's are sticky!GotNoClueAboutF1Tech wrote:So, can we read ANYTHING from this day of tests so far?
Not from the times but we can conclude a few things:GotNoClueAboutF1Tech wrote:So, can we read ANYTHING from this day of tests so far?
Why?Federico wrote:yeah during the start they have to reach 100kph before changing gearslebesset wrote:100kph in first gear ?
Regs say so.Alexgtt wrote:Why?Federico wrote:yeah during the start they have to reach 100kph before changing gearslebesset wrote:100kph in first gear ?
Well yes, that was made clear. But what is the reasoning behind it? Not a rule for the sake of it surely?beelsebob wrote:Because that's what the rules say.
For decreasing the speed at start before the 1st corner, I suppose. This is one of the thousands of question I'd like to ask to FIA.Alexgtt wrote:Why?Federico wrote:yeah during the start they have to reach 100kph before changing gearslebesset wrote:100kph in first gear ?
Probably teams were using clever clutch action during upshift as some sort of launch control.Alexgtt wrote:Well yes, that was made clear. But what is the reasoning behind it? Not a rule for the sake of it surely?
