F1 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread

[Morteza]

[Schuttelberg]

Ted Kravitz.

He's not anywhere to be seen. Rumours are that Sky have sacked him.

I don't think they have. He is just on holiday I bet.

That’d break my heart. His notebooks are usually terrible, but it gives me some f1 related content when I’m fired up after practice/qualifying/race. I hope they don’t try to do the same show with Herbert... uuuugggghhhh

I like Ted's Notes......say it ain't so!!

Considering how heavily biased both C4 and Sky feeds are, my favourites have always been Brundle, Kravitz and Chandok. Last three years I've been cursed with having to tolerate that Ben Edwards. Really hope we get the Sky feed in India.

[Sierra117]

Man if Ted is gone I don't know what I'll do. He always has a more technical focus and his humour is much more tasteful relatively speaking. Ted's Notebook is the perfect end of every session and gives out valuable information. I neither want it gone, nor him being replaced.

Anyway, somewhat off-topic, but does anybody know how it works for someone who wishes to photograph the cars on circuit? Are you allowed to move around the circuit with a regular seat-pass you buy? If I can go to Melbourne I'd rather move around the track and photograph, as I usually like to do when covering an event, rather than just sit in one corner. From the limited reading online it seems to be a pretty secluded arrangement that I haven't fully grasped. The post earlier with the link to that giant photo archive from testing reminded me to ask.

[hollus]

A lot of posts about "I am clever but you are not" are being removed from this thread. No personal attacks, thanks. The golden rule of attack the post, not the poster applies.

[GPR-A]

All you Mercedes and Red bull fans, kiss good bye to 2019 and look forward to 2020. Renault is the contender for the championship along with Ferrari.

[marmer]

All you Mercedes and Red bull fans, kiss good bye to 2019 and look forward to 2020. Renault is the contender for the championship along with Ferrari.

https://i.imgur.com/sKyu1kF_d.jpg?maxwi ... ity=medium

Good old Gary Anderson making it up as he goes along.

[Ground Effect]

All you Mercedes and Red bull fans, kiss good bye to 2019 and look forward to 2020. Renault is the contender for the championship along with Ferrari.

https://i.imgur.com/sKyu1kF_d.jpg?maxwi ... ity=medium

Good old Gary Anderson making it up as he goes along.

Gary Anderson is a hack....

[HJKM]

All you Mercedes and Red bull fans, kiss good bye to 2019 and look forward to 2020. Renault is the contender for the championship along with Ferrari.

https://i.imgur.com/sKyu1kF_d.jpg?maxwi ... ity=medium

Mark Hughes sees it a bit different after the first week of testing..
https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/opin ... -f1-test-1

[McMika98]

https://twitter.com/karunchandhok/statu ... 55618?s=19

This looks about right in terms of the pexking order. Laptimes will prolly be in the 15s by end of next week.

[Capharol]

All you Mercedes and Red bull fans, kiss good bye to 2019 and look forward to 2020. Renault is the contender for the championship along with Ferrari.

https://i.imgur.com/sKyu1kF_d.jpg?maxwi ... ity=medium

Gary Anderson makes the (F1) World, like he sees him to be

[Mansell89]

Man if Ted is gone I don't know what I'll do. He always has a more technical focus and his humour is much more tasteful relatively speaking. Ted's Notebook is the perfect end of every session and gives out valuable information. I neither want it gone, nor him being replaced.

Anyway, somewhat off-topic, but does anybody know how it works for someone who wishes to photograph the cars on circuit? Are you allowed to move around the circuit with a regular seat-pass you buy? If I can go to Melbourne I'd rather move around the track and photograph, as I usually like to do when covering an event, rather than just sit in one corner. From the limited reading online it seems to be a pretty secluded arrangement that I haven't fully grasped. The post earlier with the link to that giant photo archive from testing reminded me to ask.

How can a multi billion company manage to sack Ted Kravitz (solid on F1 knowledge) before they sack David Croft (“Crofty”- who is like a clueless school child next to Brundle every week)?

I did think it odd he wasn’t on the testing coverage this year and Chanhok seems to be doing all the analysis.

[FrukostScones]

Motorsport.it
Mercedes just testing things...
https://translate.google.com/translate? ... 4342684%2F

[Neno]

All you Mercedes and Red bull fans, kiss good bye to 2019 and look forward to 2020. Renault is the contender for the championship along with Ferrari.

https://i.imgur.com/sKyu1kF_d.jpg?maxwi ... ity=medium

It would be damn funny if he was actually right. (He isnt)

[Tzk]

Well... Even Pirelli pointed out that especially the C5 tire literally dies on a single lap of barca. So the suggested laptime difference between C4/C5 and maybe even C3/C4 doesn't apply to a full extent. That said, i think you can't calculate effective laptimes just yet. Also every team is currently crusing and/or sandbagging.

[Big Tea]

All you Mercedes and Red bull fans, kiss good bye to 2019 and look forward to 2020. Renault is the contender for the championship along with Ferrari.

https://i.imgur.com/sKyu1kF_d.jpg?maxwi ... ity=medium

Good old Gary Anderson making it up as he goes along.

Gary Anderson is a hack....

We spell it with a P where I come from