F1 2016 pre-season testing

[damager21]

This was FIRST DAY at Barcelona test last year.

1. Romain Grosjean France Lotus-Mercedes 111 laps 1m 24.067s
2. Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes-Mercedes 129 laps 1m 24.321s
3. Daniil Kvyat Russia Red Bull-Renault 102 laps 1m 24.941s
4. Felipe Nasr Brazil Sauber-Ferrari 73 laps 1m 24.956s
5. Valtteri Bottas Finland Williams-Mercedes 127 laps 1m 25.345s
6. Carlos Sainz Spain Toro Rosso-Renault 88 laps 1m 25.604s
7. Sebastian Vettel Germany Ferrari-Ferrari 74 laps 1m 26.312s
8. Nico Hulkenberg Germany Force India-Mercedes 36 laps 1m 26.591s *
9. Fernando Alonso Spain McLaren-Honda 20 laps 1m 27.956

Jenson has bettered Alonso already, 22 laps so far with a best time of 1m27.691s

[bauc]

@Damager,

You are mixing Barcelona test day 1 with Jerez test day 1.
On the first day of 2015 testing, Alonso did only 6 laps

Rosberg - 157 laps
Ericsson - 73 laps
Bottas - 73 laps
Vettel - 60 laps
Sainz - 46 laps
Ricciardo - 35 laps
Alonso - 6 laps

[Vasconia]

1º 05 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1'24"939 36
2º 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1'25"409 +00"470 55
3º 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams 1'26"091 +01"152 35
4º 03 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 1'26"704 +01"765 20
5º 55 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso 1'27"180 +02"241 35
6º 22 Jenson Button McLaren 1'27"691 +02"752 27
7º 09 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 1'28"165 +03"226 30
8º 08 Romain Grosjean Haas 1'28"399 +03"460 11
9º 34 Alfonso Celis Force India 1'29"668 +04"729 17
10º 30 Jolyon Palmer Renault 1'31"351 +06"412 15
11º 94 Pascal Wehrlein Manor 1'35"637 +10"698 04

At least McLaren is doing some laps! Ferrari looks great!

[LookBackTime]

12:28

Initial impressions of the new Ferrari from trackside are quite positive. Vettel was on the medium tyre and not exactly going all out, but the car looked fast, stable and transitioned well from turn 2 to the entry of turn 3 with Vettel able to take a nice tight line. The McLaren looks similar but a bit more on the edge through 2. The Toro Rosso also looks strong but with a wider angle of attack at 3. The Haas looked solid in the laps it did. Similar to the old Sauber but with more flexibility on the line Grosjean could take into 3. At least before the front wing fell off!
Ben Anderson

[KingHamilton01]

wow McLaren on 34 Laps! this is a much better start!

[LookBackTime]

[Morteza]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cb0UDzJVAAAbLTa.jpg:large

Apparently they did more laps

[Mansell89]

34 laps before lunch for McLaren is a really important start for them. Clearly the Ferrari and Mercedes have head starts with reliability and out of the box pace, but Hondas reliability and dats gathering is massive, so a positive start but with plenty more hurdles and learns to come.

[bauc]

34 laps before lunch for McLaren is a really important start for them. Clearly the Ferrari and Mercedes have head starts with reliability and out of the box pace, but Hondas reliability and dats gathering is massive, so a positive start but with plenty more hurdles and learns to come.

Jenson is already faster than his quali lap at Barcelona last year (1:27.854) Light at the end of the tunnel?

[mikeerfol]

34 laps before lunch for McLaren is a really important start for them. Clearly the Ferrari and Mercedes have head starts with reliability and out of the box pace, but Hondas reliability and dats gathering is massive, so a positive start but with plenty more hurdles and learns to come.

Jenson is already faster than his quali lap at Barcelona last year (1:27.854) Light at the end of the tunnel?

That lap was on mediums as well?

[turbof1]

A big thanks guys for keeping lap times and lap counts where they belong: here in this testing topic. Topic relevancy exists in 2016!

[bauc]

34 laps before lunch for McLaren is a really important start for them. Clearly the Ferrari and Mercedes have head starts with reliability and out of the box pace, but Hondas reliability and dats gathering is massive, so a positive start but with plenty more hurdles and learns to come.

Jenson is already faster than his quali lap at Barcelona last year (1:27.854) Light at the end of the tunnel?

That lap was on mediums as well?

Not sure, I think soft

[damager21]

34 laps before lunch for McLaren is a really important start for them. Clearly the Ferrari and Mercedes have head starts with reliability and out of the box pace, but Hondas reliability and dats gathering is massive, so a positive start but with plenty more hurdles and learns to come.

I see a possibility of Honda running on medium performance mode to extract more information about chassis and engine. They will gradually turn up the power during course of this week as they unearth and resolve potential issues

[mikeerfol]

Jenson is already faster than his quali lap at Barcelona last year (1:27.854) Light at the end of the tunnel?

That lap was on mediums as well?

Not sure, I think soft

I just checked, it was mediums and hards for that race.

[ripper]

Jenson is already faster than his quali lap at Barcelona last year (1:27.854) Light at the end of the tunnel?

That lap was on mediums as well?

Not sure, I think soft

Barcelona 2015 gp had Hard and Medium tyre choice