On the back of his first pole position last weekend, Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas topped the second day of in-season testing at Sakhir. The Finn ejoyed a trouble-free day and completed a massive 143 laps.
Maybe Williams are the test mule carsupermarine wrote:At some point the highest engine modes will have to be tried in testing. There's no point turning up in Aussie and simply hoping for the best.
Perhaps the Williams is a better car than people assume. Maybe they have made great strides with their suspension that aren't obvious from just looking at the thing. It can't all be engine-dependent because the Findia hasn't done much yet.
It all doesn't mean anything...Big Mangalhit wrote:on f1today it appears that massa did the lap in US in autosport on softs. Anyway the speed trap for Massa just skyrocketed to 290km/h, the best so far in testing. maybe merc PU is giving full beans finally? (just turn it to 11 while still doing sustainable program or is that the quali mode rests to be seen)
That seems to be a big of a theme.Sevach wrote:Bottas made no improvement on US, 19.355 vs his 19.310 on SS.
As I had mentioned in an earlier post, Mercedes need not have to go on the limit. They haven't done it in past winter tests and have no reason to do it. Customer cars do that for PU performance purpose.Restomaniac wrote:Maybe Williams are the test mule carsupermarine wrote:At some point the highest engine modes will have to be tried in testing. There's no point turning up in Aussie and simply hoping for the best.
Perhaps the Williams is a better car than people assume. Maybe they have made great strides with their suspension that aren't obvious from just looking at the thing. It can't all be engine-dependent because the Findia hasn't done much yet.
This season they might see more action, they'll be in Melbourne for starters.Anthropolyte wrote:I suspect US tyres are not suited to this track... they'll probably come more into play on tight, twisty circuits such as Monaco.
According to the guy from Autosport you often see a really good S1 but not an overall improvement.Restomaniac wrote:That seems to be a big of a theme.Sevach wrote:Bottas made no improvement on US, 19.355 vs his 19.310 on SS.
So that's a yes theGPR-A wrote:As I had mentioned in an earlier post, Mercedes need not have to go on the limit. They haven't done it in past winter tests and have no reason to do it. Customer cars do that for PU performance purpose.Restomaniac wrote:Maybe Williams are the test mule carsupermarine wrote:At some point the highest engine modes will have to be tried in testing. There's no point turning up in Aussie and simply hoping for the best.
Perhaps the Williams is a better car than people assume. Maybe they have made great strides with their suspension that aren't obvious from just looking at the thing. It can't all be engine-dependent because the Findia hasn't done much yet.
=D> Fair enough.Sevach wrote:This season they might see more action, they'll be in Melbourne for starters.Anthropolyte wrote:I suspect US tyres are not suited to this track... they'll probably come more into play on tight, twisty circuits such as Monaco.According to the guy from Autosport you often see a really good S1 but not an overall improvement.Restomaniac wrote:That seems to be a big of a theme.Sevach wrote:Bottas made no improvement on US, 19.355 vs his 19.310 on SS.
I think it would be crazy not to try. Surely any team would want to make sure all their system work before the first race.GPR-A wrote:As I had mentioned in an earlier post, Mercedes need not have to go on the limit. They haven't done it in past winter tests and have no reason to do it. Customer cars do that for PU performance purpose.Restomaniac wrote:Maybe Williams are the test mule carsupermarine wrote:At some point the highest engine modes will have to be tried in testing. There's no point turning up in Aussie and simply hoping for the best.
Perhaps the Williams is a better car than people assume. Maybe they have made great strides with their suspension that aren't obvious from just looking at the thing. It can't all be engine-dependent because the Findia hasn't done much yet.
Bottas used UltraSoft, but did the same as few minutes ago: record in middle sector and slowed down in S1 and S312:34 Bottas ha montato le UltraSoft, ma ha ripetuto quanto fatto pochi minuti fa: ha fatto il record nel settore centrale della pista, per poi andare decisamente più piano nel primo e nel terzo.
