F1 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread

[Capharol]

and already the MCLaren standing still …… *Irony On* they have such a great engine in the back *Irony Off*

Sainz: "lost drive"

[F1NAC]

Jesus Christ Sky... Why is everything about how Ferrari will prioritize Vettel, like Mercedes won't push Hamilton... FFS

Needless to say that commentary from morning session was way better

[Mansell89]

Great job by Sky to almost completely mute the sounds of the cars so all we hear is this non-stop nonsense commentary. Great start.

Have they got Crofty on talking absolute nonsense in his infuriating childlike ways again?

That man single-handedly drags down SkyF1 coverage. He’d be fine as a presenter of the show- just not commentary!

[Mansell89]

Great job by Sky to almost completely mute the sounds of the cars so all we hear is this non-stop nonsense commentary. Great start.

Switch to FX. Sound is good.

What’s FX Gandharva?

[sn809]

and already the MCLaren standing still …… *Irony On* they have such a great engine in the back *Irony Off*

Sainz: "lost drive"

Why are you laughing baroney LOL> HAHAHAHAHAH.

[F1NAC]

Great job by Sky to almost completely mute the sounds of the cars so all we hear is this non-stop nonsense commentary. Great start.

Switch to FX. Sound is good.

What’s FX Gandharva?

No Commentary, only natural sound

[gandharva]

Great job by Sky to almost completely mute the sounds of the cars so all we hear is this non-stop nonsense commentary. Great start.

Switch to FX. Sound is good.

What’s FX Gandharva?

The second sound channel in F1TV. Bottom right corner. No commentary, just engine sound!

[Henne]

So that means it will effectively leave their base at Grove on Wednessday morning, meaning it will still need to travel all the way to Barcelona and then be assembled?

That car will not be driving Wednessday either I am afraid.

22h drive from Grove to Barcelona... Unless they airlift the first parts to Barcelona and then get the truck with more goodies the day after?

They must've had a big issue to mess this up since Testing is so limited these days.

[Sierra117]

Great job by Sky to almost completely mute the sounds of the cars so all we hear is this non-stop nonsense commentary. Great start.

Have they got Crofty on talking absolute nonsense in his infuriating childlike ways again?

That man single-handedly drags down SkyF1 coverage. He’d be fine as a presenter of the show- just not commentary!

I'm usually okay with anybody commenting as long as there is a balance. Usually they're paired in such a way. And it's best when there's di Resta or Anthony commenting. But right now it's Crofty AND Karun and, no offence meant, but most of what they have been talking about is driving me up the wall so I'm muting it from time to time. And I can STILL tolerate it because I usually just focus on the car sounds instead, but as I originally whinged, they've turned down the sound all the way down.

[turbof1]

So that means it will effectively leave their base at Grove on Wednessday morning, meaning it will still need to travel all the way to Barcelona and then be assembled?

That car will not be driving Wednessday either I am afraid.

22h drive from Grove to Barcelona... Unless they airlift the first parts to Barcelona and then get the truck with more goodies the day after?

They must've had a big issue to mess this up since Testing is so limited these days.

From what I read, they will airlift the whole deal to Barcelona. Still, that's atleast a few hours from the base in Grove to the track in Barcelona.

[Just_a_fan]

22h drive from Grove to Barcelona... Unless they airlift the first parts to Barcelona and then get the truck with more goodies the day after?

They must've had a big issue to mess this up since Testing is so limited these days.

Easy to do with two drivers taking turns at the wheel.

It could, conceivably, be delivered to track in "ready to go" form just needing fuel and oil etc to be added.

[turbof1]

22h drive from Grove to Barcelona... Unless they airlift the first parts to Barcelona and then get the truck with more goodies the day after?

They must've had a big issue to mess this up since Testing is so limited these days.

Easy to do with two drivers taking turns at the wheel.

It could, conceivably, be delivered to track in "ready to go" form just needing fuel and oil etc to be added.

They could take risks, but normally for air transport they dissassemble the car to minimize things breaking. However, if they take the risk, do note assembling at the factory will just as well take time.

If I have to guess, something went wrong with the chassis or gearbox. Any part can fail in manufacturing, but few parts cause such a delay.

[FrukostScones]

Read somewhere that Renault DRS is not complete hence they can't open it and lose 8 tenth a lap.

Have you seen images with DRS opened on the Renault ?

RIC is not using it atm.

[Mandrake]

Switch to FX. Sound is good.

What’s FX Gandharva?

The second sound channel in F1TV. Bottom right corner. No commentary, just engine sound!

Switching from English to FX does not have any effect right now.....or are interviews always pushed through?

[Henne]

They could take risks, but normally for air transport they dissassemble the car to minimize things breaking. However, if they take the risk, do note assembling at the factory will just as well take time.

If I have to guess, something went wrong with the chassis or gearbox. Any part can fail in manufacturing, but few parts cause such a delay.

I would reckon Gearbox since they don't use this from Mercedes and Chassis should been done already since they probably already did impact tests with FIA?