2018 pre-season testing thread

[Juzh]

Max speeds (start/finish line) were entered once and then not updated for most of the session. I'd wait for amus to post a photo of timing screens or something simmilar, which they usually do.

They were updating. I saw RAI, RIC, HAR, and STR update several times

I saw no change over the last hour when fast laps were being set. Unless they were really not improving on those laps.

[marmer]

Will be good to see if anyone can do 7 races on the same engine over testing. If I was a team boss I would certainly want to try. Teams basically can manage 2 full races a day in distance allowing for some stopping.
If they went for it they might get it done in 3 days
4 full days on same engine will give the qualification and practice levels of running on same engine as well

[1158]

I saw no change over the last hour when fast laps were being set. Unless they were really not improving on those laps.

Yeah the bulk of the updates happened during the first 2 hours, but I know for a fact the ones I listed updated several times. Only 1 I saw change in the final hour was RIC who jumped from 273 to 277. Maybe they only update them occasionally.

[1158]

I really hope Renault are this competitive (team and PU). Would be great to have more action up front, but I fear Merc is just toying with everyone

[Sieper]

Well, McLaren is a bit. I am with Craig Scarborough, I think the whole suspension broke before the wheel and nut let loose. If you watch the vid closely you do see the whole top arm collapsing(with the wheel still at the correct angle). McLaren has a really complicated curve to their rear suspension upper arm. Possibly The twisting and turning under real testing conditions were too much. Likely they will now have fitted a stronger design. I am curious to see a pic of the post lunch rear suspension.

[TwanV]

Well, McLaren is a bit. I am with Craig Scarborough, I think the whole suspension broke before the wheel and nut let loose. If you watch the vid closely you do see the whole top arm collapsing(with the wheel still at the correct angle). McLaren has a really complicated curve to their rear suspension upper arm. Possibly The twisting and turning under real testing conditions were too much. Likely they will now have fitted a stronger design. I am curious to see a pic of the post lunch rear suspension.

a bit far fetched perhaps, but maybe the Renault has a bit more torque than what they have experienced the last three seasons?

[turbof1]

According to Zak Brown, it is an easy fix:

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mcla ... n-1009085/

Brown did not go into detail on the problem that caused Alonso's off, describing it as a "wheel-nut issue" with an "easy fix", and said the disruption was no cause for alarm.

Doesn't sound like a suspension malfunction.

[Sieper]

Not so much the torgue, they have tried a real innovative upper wishbone (really curved) also the pullrod passes quite close to it. so it might have hit under loads of that twisty section. To me the small vid was really triggering.

I would love to see some pics of the current rear suspension.

I don't trust these kind of comments. Would you expect Brown to say "yeah we really misjudged the rear suspension and it caused a total failure". Not so much, just say a wheelnut let loose.

[f1316]

You’d think , with rain-a-coming, they’d all be out straight away... but no :/

[HPD]

According to Zak Brown, it is an easy fix:

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mcla ... n-1009085/

Brown did not go into detail on the problem that caused Alonso's off, describing it as a "wheel-nut issue" with an "easy fix", and said the disruption was no cause for alarm.

Doesn't sound like a suspension malfunction.

I would not trust much in the words of a marketing man..
In the same way I hope that Mclaren will recover soon from this delay.

[bauc]

30 min into 2nd part of the day, nobody running.....what a fiasko

[the EDGE]

Is there an F1 staff strike on this afternoon we don't know about?

[turbof1]

According to Zak Brown, it is an easy fix:

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mcla ... n-1009085/

Brown did not go into detail on the problem that caused Alonso's off, describing it as a "wheel-nut issue" with an "easy fix", and said the disruption was no cause for alarm.

Doesn't sound like a suspension malfunction.

I would not trust much in the words of a marketing man..
In the same way I hope that Mclaren will recover soon from this delay.

I do trust Zak not to tell things that come to bite him later on. We shall see; if the suspension has issues don't expect them to come back out today.

[the EDGE]

and we have a McLaren on track... but for how long?

[Anthropolyte]

Gary Anderson complaining over on Autosport -

...the one concern is that from what we have seen so far the tyres seem to be lasting a long time, especially considering this is, or at least was, considered a bit of a tyre killer.

I fail to see how tyres lasting a decent amount of time is considered a negative.