On the final day of testing at the Bahrain International Circuit, Ferrari's Felipe Massa was the fastest man on track. The Brazilian was faster than BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld and Toyota's Timo Glock.
Is that burned or running rich? Maybe they are mapping the engine, although I'm sure they'd have done that on a bench already.djos wrote:Btw, Nando has managed a 1:19.846 comfortably faster than any other '09 car at Jerez - so I guess Renault found some speed after all!
They might want to do something about this, tho: [-X
That looks like burnt surface paint to me, nothing major but you'd think they would use more unpainted carbon in that area to hide it better?Henning wrote:Is that burned or running rich? Maybe they are mapping the engine, although I'm sure they'd have done that on a bench already.
well TR wont get their STR4 until just before the last test so they are using the time to learn about the slicks and make sure the engines are going to last under the new rules.vyselegend wrote:Why? It's changing the livery a little bit, so it can only be good!
I can understand that indeed... But at this rate, they'll soon be out of testing mileage...djos wrote:Simple, they are doing engine reliability testing for ferrari - the engines have to do 3 weekends each now.
With two seconds of advantage over the closest rivals, I would not call it "realistic"djos wrote:Apparently they are running simulated '09 Downforce levels to make it realistic.
Can't see why not.ISLAMATRON wrote:big question is... are they legal?... anyone got any insight into that?
, and the traductions from babelfish are so cahotic that I don't understand them anyway -i.e: traductions from danish KERS-->CHERRY, etc. This morning according to the traduction of F1today's live page, "Nakajima was drunk behind the wheel") 
gotta love the spanish enthusiasm with Alonso...Alonso hace un estratosférico 1:19:956!!! Lo ha vuelto a hacer!!! ¡1:19:846!
DAMN!!!Diesel wrote:
Macca now running inboard "fairings" as well, soon they'll just box the wheels in completely
3.11.2 With the exception of the air ducts described in Article 11.4, in side view, there must be no bodywork in the area formed by two vertical lines, one 325mm behind the front wheel centre line, one 450mm ahead of the front wheel centre line, one diagonal line intersecting the vertical lines at 100mm and 200mm above the reference plane respectively, and one horizontal line on the reference plane.Diesel wrote:
Macca now running inboard "fairings" as well, soon they'll just box the wheels in completely
He seems to be starting with some fuel load. At the end of the day we'll see how they are. I hope they start to pull themselves up again.vyselegend wrote:Oh! Installation laps & pit training all day?! Strange but why not. (though I remember from the "The Factory" TV program that the team have a dedicated chassis for pit work simulation at Grove, so they don't need to loose official testing time with that...)
Thank you for the clue!
EDIT: ok, just as we are discussing the team is begining serious work, first recorded time of the day for Nico 1:21.368. One hour remaining...
This is blatantly false.ISLAMATRON wrote:Yes some of the racists wore gorilla suits with signs that said "Hamilton's Family" and threw bananas at the track.
how so? Were the news articles and pictures I saw also false?Miguel wrote:This is blatantly false.ISLAMATRON wrote:Yes some of the racists wore gorilla suits with signs that said "Hamilton's Family" and threw bananas at the track.
