2021 Pre-season testing. Bahrain 12-14 March

[Shrieker]

The Aston looks black, in all but the close up shots. Essentially the same as the Mercedes. That's gonna cause a lot of confusion for the viewers at times.

[j2004p]

The Aston looks black, in all but the close up shots. Essentially the same as the Mercedes. That's gonna cause a lot of confusion for the viewers at times.

I remember Jaguar had the exact same issue when they first tested the R1, they ended up changing from 'British Racing Green' to 'Jaguar Racing Green' which was a lot brighter.

[mkay]

40 minutes in and no sign of Bottas yet. Either Mercedes has got something up their sleeves and does not want to show their hands too early, or they have some serious issues.

[F1Krof]

40 minutes in and no sign of Bottas yet. Either Mercedes has got something up their sleeves and does not want to show their hands too early, or they have some serious issues.

It's more the latter I believe.

[mkay]

40 minutes in and no sign of Bottas yet. Either Mercedes has got something up their sleeves and does not want to show their hands too early, or they have some serious issues.

It's more the latter I believe.

BOT finally out one hour in. What a waste of time by Merc. Teams are doing race runs and Merc is still playing with flow viz.

[mzso]

40 minutes in and no sign of Bottas yet. Either Mercedes has got something up their sleeves and does not want to show their hands too early, or they have some serious issues.

It's more the latter I believe.

Was the freestreams-live1.com website killed? Any other decent place to watch?

[F1Fan2018]

40 minutes in and no sign of Bottas yet. Either Mercedes has got something up their sleeves and does not want to show their hands too early, or they have some serious issues.

It's more the latter I believe.

BOT finally out one hour in. What a waste of time by Merc. Teams are doing race runs and Merc is still playing with flow viz.

This is testing, dont look to much into what they are doing, they put flow viz on all different times.

[LM10]

40 minutes in and no sign of Bottas yet. Either Mercedes has got something up their sleeves and does not want to show their hands too early, or they have some serious issues.

It's more the latter I believe.

BOT finally out one hour in. What a waste of time by Merc. Teams are doing race runs and Merc is still playing with flow viz.

They were not drinking coffee behind closed doors in that hour. Obviously they were changing or fixing something.

[McL-H]

The Aston looks black, in all but the close up shots. Essentially the same as the Mercedes. That's gonna cause a lot of confusion for the viewers at times.

I remember Jaguar had the exact same issue when they first tested the R1, they ended up changing from 'British Racing Green' to 'Jaguar Racing Green' which was a lot brighter.

I think they should have went with a matte scheme. It would look more green.

[McL-H]

Are there any long run comparisons?

[FrukostScones]

The Aston looks black, in all but the close up shots. Essentially the same as the Mercedes. That's gonna cause a lot of confusion for the viewers at times.

I remember Jaguar had the exact same issue when they first tested the R1, they ended up changing from 'British Racing Green' to 'Jaguar Racing Green' which was a lot brighter.

And I wondered why the 2017 Ferrari was bright orange at Montmelo. Because the color is optimized for TV, doh .

"the car looks like it drove through a puddle of oil" someone else on another forums said about the Aston Martin.

They need to make the green brighter. This is not acceptable, I just mistook it for the Mercedes.

[f1316]

Leclerc’s long runs not looking especially impressive, but his comments about correlation being good may mean we shouldn’t read too much into that just yet: https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/lecle ... s/5711006/

Also encouraging for the Ferrari PU that Giovanazzi just hit the highest end of straight speed of the session.

[Wouter]

Auch Gasly und Leclerc haben ihre zweiten Rennabschnitte abgeschlossen. Gasly machte dabei auf den harten Reifen eine bessere Figur als der Ferrari-Pilot mit den Medium-Sohlen. Vergleichen Sie mal. Hier ist Gasly: 1.37,004 min - 1.37,37,336 min - 1.37,195 min - 1.37,085 min - 1.37,115 min - 1.38,042 min - 1.37,817 min - 1.37,639 min - 1.37,391 min - 1.37,542 min - 1.37,377 min - 1.37,428 min 1.37,717 min - 1.38,717 min - Box. Leclercs zweiter Turn dauerte nur 10 Runden: 1.37,470 min - 1.37,392 min - 1.37,614 min - 1.38,035 min - 1.37,814 min - 1.37,927 min - 1.38,274 min - 1.37,946 min - 1.38,181 min - 1.38,604 min - Box.

Gasly and Leclerc have also completed their second stages of the race. Gasly cut a better figure on the hard tires than the Ferrari driver with the medium soles. Compare times. Here is Gasly: 1.37.004 min - 1.37.37.336 min - 1.37.195 min - 1.37.085 min - 1.37.115 min - 1.38.042 min - 1.37.817 min - 1.37.639 min - 1.37.391 min - 1.37 , 542 min - 1.37.377 min - 1.37.428 min 1.37.717 min - 1.38.717 min - Box. Leclerc's second turn lasted only 10 rounds: 1.37.470 min - 1.37.392 min - 1.37.614 min - 1.38.035 min - 1.37.814 min - 1.37.927 min - 1.38.274 min - 1.37.946 min - 1.38, 181 min - 1.38.604 min - box.

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[HPD]

Sergio Perez #RaceSim #RB16B

1st Stint
outlap (C2)
36.367
37.376
37.329
37.999
38.074
37.596
37.618
38.114
38.529
38.877
38.692
38.355
38.032
38.406
39.536
38.755
38.718
38.024
41.577 inlap

2nd Stint
58.736 box (C3)
36.467
36.707
36.704
36.810
36.759
36.951
36.867
37.058
36.711
36.540
36.786
36.678
36.498
36.786
37.156
38.214 inlap

3rd Stint
55.017 box (C2)
34.717
34.901
36.145
35.045
35.207
34.818
34.878
in

Laps: 46
GP Distance: 57 Laps

[nzjrs]

Argh I confuse Aston Martin with mercedes on the frontal TV shots about 70% of the time