As pre-season winter testing has come to an end, McLaren looks back on a troubled 12 days, admitting the team will face a difficult start to the season.
That's thoroughly impressive!turbof1 wrote:100 laps for Rosberg with I believe still 3 hours to go. The sum of all the other's their laps comes at 119.
He's still going by the way. 150 laps for Rosberg on day 1?
Source:https://twitter.com/GregF1iRosberg: Out lap, 1:25.133, 1:23.953, 1:24.530, 1:24.582, 1:24.652, 1:24:583, 1:24.856, 1:25.022, 1:24.659, 1:25.185, 1:24.862, 1:25.116, 1:25.066, 1:25.146, 1:25.291, 1:25.775, 1:25.352, 1:25.389, 1:25.197, 1:25.370, 1:25.562, 1:25.777, 1:26.474, 1:26.282, 1:25.994, 1:26.146, 1:26.161, 1:26.258, 1:25.977, 1:26.426, 1:26.803, 1:26.802, 1:26.782, 1:27.038, 1:28.434, 1:27.580, 1:27.426, 1:27.543, in lap
and VET on unmarked tyres... (AMUS)turbof1 wrote:Vettel sets the fastest time, Autosport suggests he's on a low fuel run. It was a 3 lap run.
Rosberg set his laptime in the morning, in a 11 lap run. The difference is around 1.5 tenths of a second.
Concerning Vettel, it was a 3 laps run with soft tyres according to f1-direct...turbof1 wrote:Vettel sets the fastest time, Autosport suggests he's on a low fuel run. It was a 3 lap run.
Rosberg set his laptime in the morning, in a 11 lap run. The difference is around 1.5 tenths of a second.
Well, even if it is on a short run, his time has come HALF WAY INTO THE FIRST DAY. Last year, on day 3 (day 4 it rained), Fernando set their best time of FIRST WINTER TEST, a 01:25.495, where Kimi set a 01:27.104 on first day. Looking at those statistics, its not bad for Ferrari. With a great deal of change in design philosophy, I am sure there is more to come through further learning.krizalid1001 wrote:Concerning Vettel, it was a 3 laps run with soft tyres according to f1-direct...turbof1 wrote:Vettel sets the fastest time, Autosport suggests he's on a low fuel run. It was a 3 lap run.
Rosberg set his laptime in the morning, in a 11 lap run. The difference is around 1.5 tenths of a second.
Who said Alonso left Ferrari and not vice-versa?FrukostScones wrote:even though it sounds trollish as hell, I think ALO certainly made a mistake leaving Ferrari... at least regarding 2015.
35/1 VET WDC somewhere... O.o
This is a shakedown test, they'll be putting the power unit through various tests to compare data gathered on the dyno's, they'll also be checking how the power unit works with McLaren's electronics and also gathering other data. It's a bit much to expect McLaren Honda to roll out of the garage and run the power unit at full tilt. They've got many things to do, but so far they've done quite well compared to what Red Bull managed last year. Slow and steady is the way McLaren Honda will likely go in this test, ramping things up later on. Don't forget this is probably not the definitive Honda Power Unit, they could still make subtle changes before the FIA deadline. Anyway they are bound to have teething problems on day 1 of testing with the MP4-30 and Honda Power Unit getting it's first proper running.enri_the_red wrote:I agree with you, misfire means less power from the ICE and a serious strain on the components, but what is the efficiency of the gas generating cylinder+turbine+mguH+mguK? isn't a turbine more efficient than a reciprocating engine?ollandos wrote:enri_the_red wrote:about the "misfires" of the Honda engine:
is it possible that they use a late ignition timing in a cylinder in order to use that cylinder only as a gas-generator to feed the turbine with less-exhausted gases?
no way ...miss fire mean that less power ...and broked turbo......exhaust ....very soon ......
Maybe mine was just a silly idea, but I was just trying to extract something meaningful from those runs
