F1 2020 Pre-Season Testing Thread

[Xero]

Anyone saw the onboards from lando ?, what is he doing with the extra turning in the corners, even sky doesnt know what it is

It was pretty obvious they were testing setup with the suspension, scrubbing the front quickly to see how it reacts to the changes. Very normal, surprised the Sky boys didn't understand that, especially when 2 of them are drivers.

[FrukostScones]

Anyone saw the onboards from lando ?, what is he doing with the extra turning in the corners, even sky doesnt know what it is

It was pretty obvious they were testing setup with the suspension, scrubbing the front quickly to see how it reacts to the changes. Very normal, surprised the Sky boys didn't understand that, especially when 2 of them are drivers.

it looked like he was killing the tyres for fun.

[Sierra117]

Ocon: *talks about important, REALLY interesting things about his contract and how Mercedes' role plays in managing his career

Producers in commentators' ears: no this is not important, ask him about how the cars feel now

/facepalm

[waynes]

I've had to mute it while Lazenby is in there.

[Jambier]

Mercedes with the PU problems.

Lost 2 in the Williams, a breakdown which cost Bottas running in the first week, and again today which then overlapped into Hamilton’s run and then it goes again not much later.

Yes. This PU seems dominating but not reliable. At least when they will be 20 sec ahead in Melbourne we still can have some suspens

[Giblet]

We can't know with Williams if the issues is the PU itself, or how to do with how it is installed and run (rads, exhaust, maps, fuel system, etc). Teams have to run the engines Mercedes brung.

[DChemTech]

This season is done. Merc quite far ahead and RBR is distant second. Ferrari is almost a no show. Alpha, Alfa, Haas and Renault are all pissed off with the Mercedes W10 in the Pink. Good show from Williams and McLaren so far.

Ferrari and RBR to introduce a B-spec car next week. We're not even close to being done.

Have we seen the B-spec cars yet?

I guess RB is showing it today

[Vasconia]

Hopefully we get some sort of race dim from Ferrari in this session. Would be nice to have some comparable data.

Vettel is doing some nice runs with the C2 tyre if I am not wrong(don´t have the oficial app so who knows). He has done 115 laps so far.

[JPBD1990]

Anyone got lap times for Vet’s race sim? I think it’s the first actual one Ferrari have attempted, so might give us the closest thing to an actual comparison so far...

[Morteza]

Anyone got lap times for Vet’s race sim? I think it’s the first actual one Ferrari have attempted, so might give us the closest thing to an actual comparison so far...

[JPBD1990]

Thanks!

But yikerinos... looks slow

[caesar1]

The conditions are very different today from last week they are windier and slower, so you have to take that into account when looking at the times.

[MtthsMlw]

Commentary saying Ferrari and RP are similiar in the race sim.
Avg. traffic laps deleted.
1st stint:
Ferrari 24.09 - C2 - 20 laps
RP 24.74 - C3 - 16 laps

2nd stint:
Ferrari 22.97 - C2 - 16 laps
RP 23.81 - C2 - 22 laps

3rd stint:
Ferrari 22.32 - C2 - 25 laps
RP 22.49 - C2 - 20 laps

[DChemTech]

Commentary saying Ferrari and RP are similiar in the race sim.
Avg. traffic laps deleted.
1st stint:
Ferrari 24.09 - C2 - 20 laps
RP 24.74 - C3 - 16 laps

2nd stint:
Ferrari 22.97 - C2 - 16 laps
RP 23.81 - C2 - 22 laps

3rd stint:
Ferrari 22.32 - C2 - 25 laps
RP 22.49 - C2 - 20 laps

That's a broad definition of similar...
Ferrari is nearly a second/lap faster overall.

[JPBD1990]

Commentary saying Ferrari and RP are similiar in the race sim.
Avg. traffic laps deleted.
1st stint:
Ferrari 24.09 - C2 - 20 laps
RP 24.74 - C3 - 16 laps

2nd stint:
Ferrari 22.97 - C2 - 16 laps
RP 23.81 - C2 - 22 laps

3rd stint:
Ferrari 22.32 - C2 - 25 laps
RP 22.49 - C2 - 20 laps

Do you have comparisons (averages) with Mercedes/redbull race sims from previous days? I’ve scrolled back and done some crude math, and it appears Ferrari are much slower. I think average first stint from both merc and RB was in the 23’s