2018 pre-season testing thread

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max_speed wrote:
09 Mar 2018, 17:46
GoranF1 wrote:
09 Mar 2018, 17:30
Alosno doing race sim...not to bad if it is stint 1

 1:25.1, 1:24.3, 1:24.5, 1:23.9, 1:24.5, 1:24.1, 1:23.7, 1:23.8, 1:23.9, 1:23.8 y 1:23.6. #F1 #F1Testing
i have a feeling mclaren will spring a surprise this season. if not in first half then for sure in 2nd
That would be nice, bringing some more competition to the grid.

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ollandos wrote:
09 Mar 2018, 17:54
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dans79 wrote:
09 Mar 2018, 17:56
ollandos wrote:
09 Mar 2018, 17:54
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Alonso had a problem in 2nd stint of race sim, has gone very slow in box...but is now back out on medium
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TheGkbrk wrote:
09 Mar 2018, 17:57
dans79 wrote:
09 Mar 2018, 17:56
ollandos wrote:
09 Mar 2018, 17:54
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What's the source of this information?
https://twitter.com/MSM_Christian/statu ... 3687656448
That would make a M-HS difference of around 2.5s. So theoretical Bottas lap time of 1m16.441 using his Medium tyres times as a baseline. I'm not sure I buy that.
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TheGkbrk wrote:
09 Mar 2018, 17:57
dans79 wrote:
09 Mar 2018, 17:56
ollandos wrote:
09 Mar 2018, 17:54
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biggest pre season disappointment for me would be to not see "Kubica" racing. i hope williams learns a hard lesson. midfields teams have improve so their so called "mercedes" engine is as big advantage as it was in 2017. Stroll is a joke. kubica is like Alonso, a better race driver than an outright qualifier. williams is in for a tough haul this year.

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dans79 wrote:
09 Mar 2018, 17:50
Phil wrote:
09 Mar 2018, 17:17
So maybe i should reword my post into not saying fuel comparable but lap comparable. If Ferrari think thes need 10kgs more fuel in total, so be it. Across the stint, we can still compare them as bith cars set out to do representative race sims. Unless you are saying that Ferrari purposely overfilled their car with too much fuel, though what would the point of that be? They’d simply be falsifying their tire wear etc.


I'd add that while Vettel's last stint was compromised because it was longer, it's not as bad and unrepresentative as some would like to claim it is. It was the last stint and the car was substantially lighter.

As a a side note:
I don't know why some people are getting so bent out of shape because of comparisons, its like they think we should do nothing because we don't know all 10 billion variables...........
Speculating and analyzing time and making comparisons is not useless, I don't think. At the same time, one should keep in mind that although you can paint a general picture, you can't pin exactly where the pace is for everyone. If this isn't your first F1 testing you should know by now a lot of times teams that look good(long runs, headline grabbing times, etc) turn up mediocre during the season, and teams that look lost can spring surprises. Last year Ferrari seemed like the fastest car during testing, only for them to only be faster on a few specific tracks.

You can notice trends, and general performance, but you can't pick out any details, because obviously there's too many variables. Not to say it's a pointless exercise, just keep a level head when doing this, and realize you have just as much chance of being wrong as you have of being right.
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Restomaniac wrote:
09 Mar 2018, 18:01
That would make a M-HS difference of around 2.5s. So theoretical Bottas lap time of 1m16.441 using his Medium tyres times as a baseline. I'm not sure I buy that.
It's with the realm of reasonable, now if any car actually has the power and DF to do it is another matter.
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Restomaniac wrote:
09 Mar 2018, 18:01
TheGkbrk wrote:
09 Mar 2018, 17:57
dans79 wrote:
09 Mar 2018, 17:56


What's the source of this information?
https://twitter.com/MSM_Christian/statu ... 3687656448
That would make a M-HS difference of around 2.5s. So theoretical Bottas lap time of 1m16.441 using his Medium tyres times as a baseline. I'm not sure I buy that.
That actually sounds about right to me.
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Also agree, these deltas seem reasonable. With those times, fastest Kimi could go in theory is 1:16.9-1:17.0 on HS, based on his SS time today. Seb gets another 2-3 tenths, so it's 1:16.6-1:16.8 for him.

Ric just set 1:18.3 on SS, so it's the same ball park as Ferrari. Although, to me it seems Merc is particularly good on Mediums in these tests.

And another thing, all this would mean putting Haas on Top3 level. So, yeah, happy days :lol:
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Got another video done to show you the strange noise again - only coming from Force India and happens on full or partial throttle

Almost like a wheel bearing is gone. Trackside it’s really loud

Fan zone
https://youtu.be/_2mtD0JXbhI&dummy=1

Turn 4

https://youtu.be/VTEbL9jwBnw&dummy=1


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In the trackside livestream from a few minutes ago, looks like Alonso suffered a loss of power but managed to get it going again. Time in the video is 8:23.


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DIRECT: 16:59 This has been Alonso's round with means before being forced to visit the box for some slight problem: 23.1 - 22.6 - 22.5 - 22.2 - 21.1 - 22.4 -22.5 - 22.8 - Box. https://t.co/omKIXIieNj
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