F1 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread

[FrukostScones]

Rumor: testing is over for RB.

Looking at that rear end im not entirely surprised.

https://tweakimg.net/g/forum/templates/ ... wH5T5.jpeg

They are already assembling tomorrows car (left the new one , right the remains of Gasly's car) pic and text from trackside fellow enthousiast.

good to hear

[MtthsMlw]

Avg laptimes from BOT and LEC race sims:
BOT
1st Stint (C3) 1.23.81
2nd Stint (C2) 1.22.64
3rd Stint (C2) 1.21.26

LEC
1st Stint (C2) 1.23.45
2nd Stint (C2) 1.22.19
3rd Stint (C2) 1.21.37

Laps in traffic excluded.

[RZS10]

Rumor: testing is over for RB.

Nope, that's the pitstop apperatusses that they are packing up, tomorrow there will not be any pitstop practicing anymore.

yeah, and no tyre changing during the race sim also , because they will be none. ; ) Let's see, I said RUmor.

I guess that rumour is based on the fact that RBR was seen partially disassembling their pit wall stand (removing the seats, according to AMuS)

[KiLLu12258]

motorsport-total wrote mercedes is ahead of ferrari at the race sim, i dont understand how they get to that result??

[Sieper]

Nope, that's the pitstop apperatusses that they are packing up, tomorrow there will not be any pitstop practicing anymore.

yeah, and no tyre changing during the race sim also , because they will be none. ; ) Let's see, I said RUmor.

I guess that rumour is based on the fact that RBR was seen partially disassembling their pit wall stand (removing the seats, according to AMuS)

It might be, that other car might be the dummy RB14 pitstop practice car that they have onsite. that would suck.

[MtthsMlw]

Leclerc pushed too hard at the beginning of his third stint which hurt him at the end.

[RZS10]

Did you guys saw that ? : https://twitter.com/redbullracing/statu ... 7966876672

If true, the Bottas's stints are more impressive than we think

I think they're being funny.

Probably, yes.

The C1 would not have the line markings, yet the tyres in the picture clearly have them and it doesn't look like they're being washed off so they are C2s

[djones]

Well if nothing else, Mercedes are certainly putting in the laps.

Up to 171 already I think today.

[dans79]

I'm not sure what they are doing, but Merc still isn't showing their true pace even in their race sims.

The first and second stints only showed about ~1 second of degradation when you ignore the outliers. The last stint is really weird as is gets substantially faster towards the end.

[sAx]

Did you guys saw that ? : https://twitter.com/redbullracing/statu ... 7966876672

If true, the Bottas's stints are more impressive than we think

If what they are suggesting is correct, then some of the MB tyre corrected times are plain wrong!

[dren]

Hard to compare the opening stints since they are on different tires. The Merc is more comparable to a race sim since they use both tires and start with the softer tire. Ferrari has a better 2nd stint and Merc has a slightly better 3rd, although it does look like Leclerc might have used more of his tires early.

[Big Mangalhit]

Did you guys saw that ? : https://twitter.com/redbullracing/statu ... 7966876672

If true, the Bottas's stints are more impressive than we think

If what they are suggesting is correct, then some of the MB tyre corrected times are plain wrong!

It is a joke. Also nobody wants to do a sim on the useless C1.

[Big Mangalhit]

Hard to compare the opening stints since they are on different tires. The Merc is more comparable to a race sim since they use both tires and start with the softer tire. Ferrari has a better 2nd stint and Merc has a slightly better 3rd, although it does look like Leclerc might have used more of his tires early.

Yeah I remember last year the teams did the opposite with Merc having the three M stints and ferrari said this way would be faster to do the race but it is obviously not allowed. This year they swapped. Let's see if tomorrow they do a more realistic one.

[Morteza]

yeah, and no tyre changing during the race sim also , because they will be none. ; ) Let's see, I said RUmor.

I guess that rumour is based on the fact that RBR was seen partially disassembling their pit wall stand (removing the seats, according to AMuS)

It might be, that other car might be the dummy RB14 pitstop practice car that they have onsite. that would suck.

19:55 A few eagle eyes here may have spotted Red Bull dismantling its pitwall in the last hour following Gasly's heavy crash.

I've spoken to the team who inform me it was "always dismantling it today as we don’t need it for tomorrow. We’re not going home."

The equipment is headed back to the factory for practice on Monday.

[dren]

Gasly doesn't look as good on the C3 during his 1st stint as Bottas.

Gasly
(C3)
23.471
23.766
23.613
24.015
24.098
23.874
24.141
24.447
24.894
25.007
25.193
25.479
box
(C2)
22.752
22.906
crash