2018 pre-season testing thread

[DVB]

1m19.404s. by Hamilton on the mediums (unmarked tyre)

10:11 Here's some information on those unmarked tyres Hamilton used to good effect, with help from our friends at Pirelli:

They’re medium compound tyres. There are two F1 factories, in Turkey and Romania. The Romania one is used at the moment, but there’s the production line in Turkey as well. So those are medium tyres produced in Turkey, as opposed to Romania.

Hamilton is running them to benchmark against the Romania ones - but they’re meant to be identical in every way. The same thing was done at the test last year. It's quite a common occurence.

[Restomaniac]

Hamilton fastest so far with a 1m19.1

Scratch that it's now a 1m18.9

[Phlumbert]

1.18.945 now.

[Ishwar030]

Lewis - 1:18:317

[Restomaniac]

Lewis - 1:18:317

Somewhat worrying as it's on the Mediums too.

[FrukostScones]

Lewis - 1:18:317

Somewhat worrying as it's on the Mediums too.

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[TankMarvin]

Lewis - 1:18:317

Somewhat worrying as it's on the Mediums too.

unmarked tyres

Which are mediums from a different factory

[FrukostScones]

Somewhat worrying as it's on the Mediums too.

unmarked tyres

Which are mediums from a different factory

sauce?

[Gerhardsa]

sauce?

Tomato

[Phlumbert]

Lewis - 1:18:317

Somewhat worrying as it's on the Mediums too.

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From Autosport:

Here's some information on those unmarked tyres Hamilton used to good effect, with help from our friends at Pirelli:

They’re medium compound tyres. There are two F1 factories, in Turkey and Romania. The Romania one is used at the moment, but there’s the production line in Turkey as well. So those are medium tyres produced in Turkey, as opposed to Romania.

Hamilton is running them to benchmark against the Romania ones - but they’re meant to be identical in every way. The same thing was done at the test last year. It's quite a common occurence.

[Ishwar030]

unmarked tyres

Which are mediums from a different factory

sauce?

from Sky Sports F1

Medium size updates for Mercedes

The rather ominous-sounding news for the rest of the field is that Hamilton's benchmark from half an hour or so ago is now being officially listed as being set on the medium tyres.

The explanation from Pirelli for why they were actually unmarked involves the group having two bases, one in Romania and Turkey, but the important thing to stress is that Mercedes are out in front on the mediums. Ouch?

[Restomaniac]

Lewis - 1:18:317

Somewhat worrying as it's on the Mediums too.

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Pirelli have cleared that up.
They are Mediums. They are just test Mediums made in Turkey and not Mediums made in Romania. But they are exactly the same compound and build type.

[Thunder]

Aaaand deleted for Track Limits.

[F1Fan2018]

Anyone know what stint that was from Hamilton?

[Restomaniac]

Well thankfully his 1m18.3 has been wiped for track limits.