2013 Testing - Jerez 5-8 Feb

[lotus7]

10:02 Glenn Freeman has the latest on Mercedes's earlier stoppage - it was caused by an electrical failure, and the smoke was caused by the bodywork getting warm when the car stopped

via Autosport

IM(not so)HO, that is not bodywork getting warm or burning , that is oil

[vowdy]

Does anyone know what the fastest lap time was on the first day of the Jerez test in 2012 ?

Link to the autosport live commentary of LAST year. http://live.autosport.com/commentary.php/id/435
According to that, it was Raikkonen for Lotus with 1m19.670s followed by Di Resta for Force India with 1m19.772s

[stefan_]

Does anyone know what the fastest lap time was on the first day of the Jerez test in 2012 ?

Kimi Raikkonen 1:19.670

Sauber F1 Team ‏@OfficialSF1Team

So far, Nico Hulkenberg completed 26 laps. The Sauber C-32 is running without any problems.

[DAMNINice]

AMUS:

11:54 Wir haben von Mercedes gerade noch einmal die Information bekommen, dass es sich bei der zuvor erwähnten Flamme an Rosbergs Heck nur um unverbranntes Benzin handelte, das sich entzündete. Es kann also vielleicht doch schneller weitergehen als befürchtet.


- so due to Mercedes the flame was just unburned fuel.

[GrizzleBoy]

RIcciardo goes fastest with a 1:20.547 on the hard tyre.

[aleks_ader]

@mcl fuel pump failure, they will be still some time into the garage to repair that...

Bv. does anybody have more precise data which fuel pump?

[PlatinumZealot]

The Caterham and Marussia are still 4 seconds off the pace!!
Might as well they just call it quits!

[zoro_f1]

good lap times from maldonado... a constant 1:26

[GrizzleBoy]

Di Resta goes fastest with a 1:20.3.

Temps have double since morning.

[f1316]

BBC F1 technical analyst Gary Anderson in Jerez
"I've had my first look in the flesh at the new Ferrari this morning and I have to say it does look like quite a nice car. It's very tidy, with lots of good-looking stuff on it. And good impressions of the McLaren continue, too. Some bits were missing at the launch last week, such as the turning vanes under the car; they've all been added now and all look effective. Those are the two cars that stand out for me at the moment. With the Red Bull, I have to say it's hard to tell any differences between it and last year's car at the moment, apart from the step on the nose and a little duct they have running through it from bottom to top. I'm not seeing a lot of stuff that looks like a big step forward, but I am on the Ferrari and the McLaren. I am told, though, there is a big rear bodywork update coming for the final test - but I haven't had that confirmed yet."

[zoro_f1]

[stefan_]

Day 1 2012: Kimi Raikkonen 1:19.670

Day 1 2013 (lunch time): Romain Grosjean 1:19:796

[Javert]

Fuel pump shouldn't be SO a issue to be hours to repair .......

Something other? Exhaust?

[McMrocks]

Is the Williams the old car just with a vanity panel?

[stefan_]

Yes, and testing some new parts.