2018 pre-season testing thread

[GhostF1]

Well then... The bants have started.

https://twitter.com/ToroRosso/status/97 ... 06560?s=19

[GPR-A duplicate2]

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TOP SPEEDS
Just a short explanation about the top speeds in our Live Update. We use the speeds the driver have when they cross the start/finish line. Those speeds are lower than at the end of the main straight, but the speeds from the speed trap don't show in the media centre in Barcelona.

[Morteza]

Vettel's stint on medium tires (he also set the fastest time on his last lap)

out
1:22.5
1:21.2
1:21.4
1:23.9
1:23.5
1:21.1
1:22.0
1:21.7
1:21.0
1:21.2
1:21.5
1:20.9
1:20.7
1:20.396
drive-through

[Restomaniac]

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/d6 ... 2fa71a.png

Someone can read from amus how many laps that tires had done ?

Not sure. However it's been reported that Bottas keeps going through the pits where he has been where spinning the rears everytime.

[dren]

Well then... The bants have started.

https://twitter.com/ToroRosso/status/97 ... 06560?s=19

That's perfect!

[Morteza]

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/d6 ... 2fa71a.png

Someone can read from amus how many laps that tires had done ?

Not sure. However it's been reported that Bottas keeps going through the pits where he has been where spinning the rears everytime.

It's the soft tire (I asked Tobias Gruner why it looks white, and he said they have brightened up the photo which resulted in this )
According to @F1debrief he did two 10-lap stints on soft tire (I don't know if he changed the tires or not)

[Restomaniac]

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/d6 ... 2fa71a.png

Someone can read from amus how many laps that tires had done ?

Not sure. However it's been reported that Bottas keeps going through the pits where he has been where spinning the rears everytime.

It's the soft tire (I asked Tobias Gruner why it looks white, and he said they have brightened up the photo which resulted in this )
According to @F1debrief he did two 10-lap stints on soft tire (I don't know if he changed the tires or not)

Ah ok. I just find him lighting up the tyres everytime he does a pit drive through strange. Not better way to ruin a set than that.

[the EDGE]

My God it’s hard being a McLaren fan

[Thunder]

Didn't the Renault Works Team have to change the Battery last week too?

[Restomaniac]

Didn't the Renault Works Team have to change the Battery last week too?

You could be right there. Achilles heel?

[iotar__]

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/d6 ... 2fa71a.png

Someone can read from amus how many laps that tires had done ?

Not sure. However it's been reported that Bottas keeps going through the pits where he has been where spinning the rears everytime.

Usual runs are ~ 10 to teens (softer harder) (total 50-64), times go down (quicker), assumption: they change tyres. Who cares amyway? There's fuel and set up, pushing, checking limits etc.

Amus Smedley "Nach unseren Eindrücken und Berechnungen liegen wir im guten Mittelfeld. Hinter Renault, aber dafür vor Force India und McLaren. HaasF1 sehe ich in etwa auf unserem Niveau."

Google auto translation "After our impressions and calculations, we are in good midfield, behind Renault, but ahead of Force India and McLaren, and I see HaasF1 at about our level."

No TR? Fair to assume it's close and bigger teams have bigger margins for improvements. Lack of running matters but in both directions: lost time you can't get back and different stages of programs.

[Jolle]

Didn't the Renault Works Team have to change the Battery last week too?

You could be right there. Achilles heel?

Bigger chance they ffed up installation (sensors, or whatever) because they or other renault teams didn't have such a quick failure. Any overheating would have been noticeable last week.

[CriXus]

Sebastian Vettel's long run on Medium tires.

1:22.5
1:21.2
1:21.4
1:23.9
1:23.5
1:21.1
1:22.0
1:21.7
1:21.0
1:21.2
1:21.5
1:20.9
1:20.7
1:20.3

[bauc]

My God it’s hard being a McLaren fan

It is, it always have been, I'm a long long time fan (since 1997) and I've seen a lot.

[Vasconia]

Didn't the Renault Works Team have to change the Battery last week too?

You could be right there. Achilles heel?

Theoretically Renault had focused on realiability..