2018 pre-season testing thread

[bauc]

Clouds / sun
Air temperature: 12℃
Track temperature: 26℃

Weather is getting better

[mclaren111]

Autosport

13:06 The sun is starting to creep out from behind the clouds now. Track temperature is up to 20C, while ambient temperature is a scorching (by recent standards) 11.5C.

[NathanOlder]

apparently slicks will be used very soon

[Squid]

Red Bull are now doing regular laps, so only Force India still stuck in the garage. Not good...

Bottas is on mediums now!

[Juzh]

To put into perspective just how laughable 2014 cars were: Verstappen (and gasly in TR honda of all cars) on inters on a cold wet track is only 2s off pole position.

[bauc]

SLICKS, YEAH !!!=D>

[NathanOlder]

No lunch break today then ?

If not and the track being good to be out on, I wonder if Merc will try and get Lewis out there ? wasting valuable time changing seat/peddles ect

[Thunder]

Nope, was announced early this morning.
[media]https://twitter.com/Circuitcat_eng/stat ... 04993?s=19[/media]

[Gerhardsa]

Nope. Apparently they will be going until 6pm to make up some lost time from yesterday

[TheGkbrk]

No lunch break today then ?

Nope. Track is active until the end.

[NathanOlder]

Thanks guys, missed that info this morning.

[TheGkbrk]

Mclaren using hyper softs again

edit: quickest

[DiogoBrand]

I just wonder why McLaren doesn't seem to be using the harder compounds as everyone else. Doing similar times using three compounds softer can be deceiving.

[Still an Iceman]

Well all time set during this week and next week are deceiving. We see what we want to see during these tests.
Ie : McLaren is looking for sponsors, or Mercedes is sandbaging, or Ferrari is great etc.

[max_speed]

I just wonder why McLaren doesn't seem to be using the harder compounds as everyone else. Doing similar times using three compounds softer can be deceiving.

may be they don't want to show their hands yet (assuming they have something to show off).