F1 2020 Pre-Season Testing Thread

[Just_a_fan]

The FIA should wander down and tell them to move. Want to test? Do it in accordance with the requirement for open garages. Either that or shut the doors, stop testing and go home. Their choice.

[Capharol]

afternoon session live stream

[outsid3r]

Last sector <unreadable: unchanting?> compared to last year

I think its: Last sector overheating compared to last year

Last year not enough temperature ad this year overheating maybe?

[djones]

Solid start from Mercedes.

W11 in 1st and W10 in 2nd.

[Jambier]

Solid start from Mercedes.

W11 in 1st and W10 in 2nd.

Finally, this is the big news from this testing: Racing Point / Future Aston Martin is now the B team of Mercedes.
It also means that Perez can fear for its future, as Russell should be on this team for 2021

[LM10]

Last sector <unreadable: unchanting?> compared to last year

I think its: Last sector overheating compared to last year

Last year not enough temperature ad this year overheating maybe?

As these are notes he's made based on his feeling in the car, it would not be him writing that the tyres were overheating, would it? That would be the job of the engineers having insight into data.

[Jambier]

Imagine if the W10 RP is in front of Ferrari or Red Bull at Melbourne...

[mwillems]

You can't judge much from this week, wait until the 2nd test.

Of course you can. If in day 1 of testing a car is already faster than in their party mode in qualifying last year, you can tell for sure that they've improved massively.
It's not a surprise Racing Point W10 is much faster than Racing Point RP19, but it's nice to see the Williams being significantly faster (6 tenths) than it's predecessor in qualifying last year.

Not if conditions are much faster than they were in qualifying last season.

Conditions aside, they will be running very slow, testing the car, without an optimal setup and without optimal tyres.

So yes, the car is faster, without a doubt.

[FittingMechanics]

Wow, Palmer really has a good eye.

[djones]

Imagine if the W10 RP is in front of Ferrari or Red Bull at Melbourne...

If the drivers were of equal quality (they are not, unfortunately) then I don't think it would be too far fetched. In the final races after the rule clarifications on the fuel sensor, look how far behind Ferrari were in races, it was considerable.

[Giblet]

Keep in mind folks everyone has an upgraded power unit that should give a little more thrust around the track for everyone. I have a feeling that Ferrari found less power, since they had more.

[waynes]

David Crofts pronunciation of Giovinazzi is beginning to wind me up.

[FittingMechanics]

If the drivers were of equal quality (they are not, unfortunately) then I don't think it would be too far fetched. In the final races after the rule clarifications on the fuel sensor, look how far behind Ferrari were in races, it was considerable.

I doubt it, especially if Mercedes didn't give them the specs. Racing Point needs to design their own suspension, cooling, need to understand the setup and develop the aero during the year. All of this is quite hard to do if you don't know everything you need to know about the aero you are running.

Racing Point could however use this as a simple base for the season and focus on 2021. It will work fine and it was a low effort copy/paste job which will save resources for the next year.

[bosyber]

Racing point did use the 2019 Merc. suspension and gearbox - see AMuS article about their car (today I think), but that article also mentions they did not just copy, they had to understand the concept, which reads to me as they got to see Merc.'s homework and ponder it.

[FittingMechanics]

Racing point did use the 2019 Merc. suspension and gearbox - see AMuS article about their car (today I think), but that article also mentions they did not just copy, they had to understand the concept, which reads to me as they got to see Merc.'s homework and ponder it.

In that case it will be a fun year . I expect a lot of complaining from some teams.