2018 in-season testing thread

[roon]

Spotted near the Williams garage:

[LM10]

So Russell has set the new unofficial track record now. Interesting that Kimi's best time is basically the same as his team mate yesterday. Did Ferrari drive to a delta or is it just a coincidence?

Or maybe they both got very close to the limit

I don’t think that Giovanizzi or Russel are faster drivers than Kimi.

[Just_a_fan]

So Russell has set the new unofficial track record now. Interesting that Kimi's best time is basically the same as his team mate yesterday. Did Ferrari drive to a delta or is it just a coincidence?

Or maybe they both got very close to the limit

Yes, that would be the coincidence.

[roon]

[senja]

So Russell has set the new unofficial track record now. Interesting that Kimi's best time is basically the same as his team mate yesterday. Did Ferrari drive to a delta or is it just a coincidence?

Or maybe they both got very close to the limit

What limit? They have 1:16.1 on FP3. If qualy was on dry track, they would go faster than this testing times on ultrasoft. I don't know if this information is true, but i read on this site that Kimi set time of 1:15.8 on soft...
https://www.f1technical.net/news/21766

[Just_a_fan]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DjhpZmjX4AE_G0N.jpg

I didn't know Benetton were back in F1...

[Jester Maroc]

Spotted near the Williams garage:

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/60/69/97/6069 ... -bmw-m.jpg

https://cdn.bringatrailer.com/wp-conten ... x450-1.jpg

Next level joke! I like it! The colour powder effect on the FW does look cool, I wonder how much the other teams can learn about the aerodynamic characteristics of their car by looking at the same picture?

[NYGIANTS]

has the williams and force drivers said anything about following another car in front and how it feels, or where they never close to another car to feel the difference?

[JordanMugen]

Ideally, FIA should do more to help on the mechanical side and there is nothing we have really seen on that front.

What more can they do? They already have enormous tyres, wider especially front and even slightly wider in the rear than they were in the 1980's.

Are you suggesting a rule to require the teams to run a more optimal suspension geometry, instead of geometries compromised for aerodynamics (as they currently run)?

[JordanMugen]

For instance if a driver was turning into a right hander, the left side wing would increase by 3 degrees from the base value, and its this base value the driver could change.

They already allowed cockpit adjustable front wings in 2009, but then dropped the rule as nobody was using it IIRC.

[nevill3]

Stroll has been confirmed as a test driver in the upcoming tests for Force India

[Morteza]

[PhillipM]

Are you suggesting a rule to require the teams to run a more optimal suspension geometry, instead of geometries compromised for aerodynamics (as they currently run)?

Stop banning interlinked suspensions, cut back on the aero allowances, give Michelin the tyre tender too so we have a tyre war.

[LM10]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DtBEYglVAAAzVbg.jpg

Is there any chance we can see which tyres were used in the whole testing by the teams?

[marmer]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DtBEYglVAAAzVbg.jpg

Kubica faster than Russell on the same compound sounds promising