2013 Testing - Jerez 5-8 Feb

[munudeges]

For me it's the team which has coloured that tire

I don't think that's beyond the realms of possibility. I just found the whole episode a bit Machiavellian to be honest. Teams don't put out press releases for nothing. They have whole teams dedicated to them, in fact.

[Vasconia]

Nico, Michael not fast drivers...

I think he wanted to say aggressive instead of fast.

Actually MIchael was aggresive in his driving style, in his gold era one of his charactheristcs was to brake later than anyone else and also he was tremendously fast in the corners.

Anyway, another mechanical failure in a Mercedes car, sadly nothing new, Schumi surely knows a little bit about this.

[FrukostScones]

there is an agreement between the teams to use DRS only on the main straight.

sauce: AMUS

[iotar__]

I see Hamilton is already putting the car where it doesn't belong (barriers)

From times that mean nothing I'm deducting and hoping for a very close season.

[Pandabeer]

It's the end of the second Jerez test for Mercedes GP according to auto-motor-und-sport.de

[Trocola]

For me it's the team which has coloured that tire

I don't think that's beyond the realms of possibility. I just found the whole episode a bit Machiavellian to be honest. Teams don't put out press releases for nothing. They have whole teams dedicated to them, in fact.

Pirelli confirms Jenson's lap was on hard rubber:

"We had some questions on the supersoft. Pirelli chose 20 sets of tyres per team (all the same), none of which [were] super-softs. Each team could then chose a further 15 sets, some of which may have been super-softs but that's not for us to comment. All clear now?

"Fastest time yesterday was set by Jenson Button on the new orange hard compound. Jenson's time was 1m18.861s. Fastest time last year on day one was 1m19.670s, set on a medium.

"So the first tendancy shows that this year's hard compound is faster than last year's medium - that's what we wanted to achieve."

Source: autosport live testing from today, wendesday

[Mestrades]

#F1 Bad news for Mercedes. 2nd testing day in #Jerez is over. They have to replace the brake lines. AMuS live: http://ticker.auto-motor-und-sport.de/

[bucker]

Bad news for Mercedes. 2nd testing day in Jerez is over. They have to replace the brake lines.

[GrizzleBoy]

Bad news for Mercedes. 2nd testing day in Jerez is over. They have to replace the brake lines.

Source?

[dren]

12:23 Confused about tyre choices for the first test? Pirelli, as ever, is happy to explain:

"We had some questions on the supersoft. Pirelli chose 20 sets of tyres per team (all the same), none of which [were] super-softs. Each team could then chose a further 15 sets, some of which may have been super-softs but that's not for us to comment. All clear now?

"Fastest time yesterday was set by Jenson Button on the new orange hard compound. Jenson's time was 1m18.861s. Fastest time last year on day one was 1m19.670s, set on a medium.

"So the first tendancy shows that this year's hard compound is faster than last year's medium - that's what we wanted to achieve."

[gray41]

How long do break lines take to replace?

Does it mean stripping the whole car down?

[DAMNINice]

Bad news for Mercedes. 2nd testing day in Jerez is over. They have to replace the brake lines.

Source?

13:30 Schlechte Nachrichten für alle Mercedes-Fans. Auch der zweite Testtag wurde für beendet erklärt. Die Bremsleitungen im Heck müssen neu verlegt werden. Das ist in der Kürze der Zeit nicht zu schaffen.



Not only bad news because of "replacing" the brake lines..

correct translation is that they have to replace and reroute the rear brake lines.

How can something like that happen??

[DAMNINice]

How long do break lines take to replace?

Does it mean stripping the whole car down?

As I mentioned in the testing Thread..

the text from AMUS is:

13:30 Schlechte Nachrichten für alle Mercedes-Fans. Auch der zweite Testtag wurde für beendet erklärt. Die Bremsleitungen im Heck müssen neu verlegt werden. Das ist in der Kürze der Zeit nicht zu schaffen.


It sounds more like there is not ionly the need to replace them but also to reroute them.

[GrizzleBoy]

Hm, that's not just a repair job.

That's literally designing and building the car in the garage.

[AMG.Tzan]

Well that shows that Mercedes is trying new things this year! But 1.19.5 and hasn't even completed 15 laps shows good pace really! Toto Wolff: "Lewis drove in his first lap with new tires from the medium as a time of 1.19,5 minutes. Least we now know that our car is competitive."