2018 pre-season testing thread

[the EDGE]

Interesting Vandoorne has the quickest time today but is 10k down on top speed

Not that surprising. He was on Hypers, so all the time was gained on the turns.

mclaren doing glory runs a la sauber in an effort to attract new sponsers?

No - all teams will be able to go at least 2, maybe 3 seconds faster than they currently are at present. If he was trying to 'do a glory run to attract sponsors' he would be doing it a lot quicker than that

but seriously, do you really think a sponsors going to say... wow, you went fastest on day 4 of testing... here's £50,000,000

[cplchanb]

Yes, because that is more important then proper testing....

well they said it before.... the ambient and track temps are so cold that many parameters tested today wont correlate to typical running conditions anyways....

[ivanlesk]

So, everybody is doing glory runs?

[F1NAC]

Hamilton 19.3 on mediums .....

[1158]

Hamilton 19.3 on mediums .....

glory run








Wow a negative rating from someone who can't take a joke. Get over yourself.

[turbof1]

While it may seem medium is a slower tyre, I heard a comment that this tyre actually warms up better in these conditions.

[1158]

While it may seem medium is a slower tyre, I heard a comment that this tyre actually warms up better in these conditions.

Wasn't the soft the easiest tyre to switch on last year (in general)? Would make sense the medium is that way this year.

[F1NAC]

well well who would have thought...STR has the most laps with over 110

[1158]

well well who would have thought...STR has the most laps with over 110

McLaren combined is 135

Sauber combined is 116

[dans79]

Hamilton 19.3 on mediums .....

what was the stint length?

[McMika98]

Isnt the Medium last years Soft, as every compound is one grade softer. Which is probably why most are using mediums as they can compare against.

[dren]

Hamilton 19.3 on mediums .....

what was the stint length?

159 laps, did it on the last lap.

[tinvek]

Hamilton 19.3 on mediums .....

what was the stint length!

no point asking unless you know how much fuel he had on board and what engine mode etc, might have been a light tank run with engine turned down or could have been full tank on qualifying power or anything in between on either of those ranges, just because he pitted doesn't tell us anything

[F1NAC]

Hamilton 19.3 on mediums .....

what was the stint length?

he was around 10 mins on track cca?

[dans79]

no point asking unless you know how much fuel he had on board and what engine mode etc,

nonsense you can draw some meaningful data if you know how many laps he's done before or after.