F1 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread

[Jester Maroc]

Answering my own question
https://twitter.com/adamcooperF1/status ... 5097751552

[Vasconia]

after all that's happened to Honda I find it really difficult for another manufacturer to want to join, even with the reduced complexity from 2021 onwards.

Agree, but it was even more difficult before. When Honda joined there was huge develpment restrictions with the token system.

I said it at the moment I knew Honda would join F1, they were really brave... or really stupid, depending on their results, wich have been very very poor

But I still applaud their effort, in his position I would have never assumed such a high risk

I still think that the most underwhelming performance has been made by Renault. They were from the begining but still they are cleary behind Mercedes and Ferrari, and the Italians didnt´have either a good start in 2014.

Honda did many mistakes like investing less that what they should have done, among others.

[etusch]

Suprised with how well planted and balaned the Haas is going through the corner. Renault should be worried.

Renault have two quality drivers as opposed to a pair of clowns, so I wouldn't be too concerned if I were them.

Last year's drivers were bad?

[Sevach]

https://www.autobild.de/artikel/formel- ... 29053.html

According to this article, the Red Bull camp estimates that, over a single lap, Merc is currently down 0.5 sec/lap to Ferrari for 2 reasons: 1) Ferrari's FW design and 2) the Ferrari's ability to squat its rear end down on the straights to lower drag.

Article also raves about how stable the Ferrari is under late braking and the driveability of the PU/powertrain.

Don't know how reliable Autobild is.

On the other hand, we have other paddock gossip indicating that Ferrari's looking a bit off when it comes to tire management and pace over a longer stint.

What in the world is going on lol.

These are new rules, by next week everything could be different.

Particularly what to do with the wings seems wide open, whenever teams bring their updated packages, be it at the next text or Melbourne can change things night and day.

[etusch]

after all that's happened to Honda I find it really difficult for another manufacturer to want to join, even with the reduced complexity from 2021 onwards.

Agree, but it was even more difficult before. When Honda joined there was huge develpment restrictions with the token system.

I said it at the moment I knew Honda would join F1, they were really brave... or really stupid, depending on their results, wich have been very very poor

But I still applaud their effort, in his position I would have never assumed such a high risk

I think they decided it because of Technology of this engine formula. They have confidence in their ability of producing high performance engine. If they had a better collaborative partnership, they could close gap sooner.

[djos]

Suprised with how well planted and balaned the Haas is going through the corner. Renault should be worried.

Renault have two quality drivers as opposed to a pair of clowns, so I wouldn't be too concerned if I were them.

Last year's drivers were bad?

I meant the Haas drivers are clowns.

[zibby43]

These are new rules, by next week everything could be different.

Particularly what to do with the wings seems wide open, whenever teams bring their updated packages, be it at the next text or Melbourne can change things night and day.

Excellent point.

[Ground Effect]

Does anybody know, or have info on long runs by Red Bull? I can't seem to find any details on that...

[Morteza]

Renault confirms it will not be running with DRS this morning after the failure Ricciardo suffered yesterday:

"Nico is behind the wheel this morning and will work on a programme aimed at shorter based runs assessing the softer compounds on the Pirelli range. We will not run with DRS this morning."

[Jester Maroc]

Does anybody know, or have info on long runs by Red Bull? I can't seem to find any details on that...

This was compiled on a Spanish site:
Day 1 https://soymotor.com/articulos/analisis ... sta-960475
Morning (only some of the laps, I don't know why they cut out the first few hours)

Afternoon


Day 2 https://soymotor.com/articulos/analisis ... ase-960530
Morning

Afternoon

[Jester Maroc]

Verstappen on track. Hamilton probably won't use these considering he's vegan...

[TimmTurbo]

AMuS Ticker just put in a post referring to the noticeable tire degradation of Leclerc`s long run yesterday. They were talking to a different team about that. The guy stated that they have whitnessed that Leclerc`s tires were already 8 laps old and was already suffering from graining

[Bill_Kar]

On this specific point I think Merc, and RB, opted for the better solution. I still think this Ferrari/Alfa solution is not the right solution

Why Do you think so?

[jumpingfish]

AMuS Ticker just put in a post referring to the noticeable tire degradation of Leclerc`s long run yesterday. They were talking to a different team about that. The guy stated that they have whitnessed that Leclerc`s tires were already 8 laps old and was already suffering from graining

As I understood with translation: AmuS wrote - tires were used much, so after additional 8 laps they were granulated a lot

[Jambier]

Renault confirms it will not be running with DRS this morning after the failure Ricciardo suffered yesterday:

"Nico is behind the wheel this morning and will work on a programme aimed at shorter based runs assessing the softer compounds on the Pirelli range. We will not run with DRS this morning."

But have they since day 1?
On day 1 DRS was not ready, they don't use it.
On day 2 it broke when they tried to use it.

Now they won't use it again: Very difficult to read Renault's times then