F1 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread

[yener]

Based on those 2 crashes he is getting close to the terrible status. The first crash was his fault, and no he f#### up again. If its not his mistake i will take my words back. But i think Gasly is terrible right now.

[turbof1]

Getting that chassis fixed will be a challenge.

He was on a race sim, he shouldn't have been pushing that hard so I'm going to assume reliability issue but we'll see. Young guns tend to be reckless.

We shouldn't draw conclusion neither just yet. The crash looks strange.

[GPR-A]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D0f80bcXQAEHTur.jpg

Yeah rear wing looks to be on the roll hoop, so scratch the rear wing got pulled off theory.

Maybe he got hit in the rim by a foreign object! Was there a Mercedes behind him?

"M" has fitted some secret weapons on that Merc, which can shoot an invisible bullet to kill the car ahead.

[Sieper]

Yeah rear wing looks to be on the roll hoop, so scratch the rear wing got pulled off theory.

Maybe he got hit in the rim by a foreign object! Was there a Mercedes behind him?

"M" has fitted some secret weapons on that Merc, which can shoot an invisible bullet to kill the car ahead.

Deatthrack!!! I LOVED that game.

[MtthsMlw]

BOT 1st stint (C3) 1:22.8 1:23.2 1:23.4 1:23.1 1:23.2 1:23.4 1:23.8 1:23.8 1:23.7 1:24.0 1:24.1 1:24.3 1:24.1 1:24.2 1:24.0 1:23.9 1:24.1

LEC 1st stint (C2) 1:22.7 1:22.6 1:22.5 1:23.0 1:23.1 1:23.2 1:23.3 1:23.3 1:23.4 1:23.6 1:23.4 1:23.6 1:23.7 1:23.4 1:23.5 1:23.7 1:23.7

[TwanV]

He lost control before entrance of T9 judging from the tiremarks: https://twitter.com/JJ1410/status/1101128780632997888

[Sieper]

oompf, if that is driver error there that car is not on rails, Gasly isn't exactly a terrible driver.

I am not fully convinced by Gasly (yet). Also last year in the Toro there were some weird spins on occasion. But lets first wait to see what happened before we condemn (any further) ).

[Capharol]

Bottas 1. Stint C2


Bottas 2. Stint C2


Bottas 3. Stint C2

[equaliser]

I think there is a shot of Ericsson near Gasly before that crash - that's what Grosjean was saying anyway

[Big Mangalhit]

BOT 1st stint (C3) 1:22.8 1:23.2 1:23.4 1:23.1 1:23.2 1:23.4 1:23.8 1:23.8 1:23.7 1:24.0 1:24.1 1:24.3 1:24.1 1:24.2 1:24.0 1:23.9 1:24.1

LEC 1st stint (C2) 1:22.7 1:22.6 1:22.5 1:23.0 1:23.1 1:23.2 1:23.3 1:23.3 1:23.4 1:23.6 1:23.4 1:23.6 1:23.7 1:23.4 1:23.5 1:23.7 1:23.7

LEC stint is clearly faster but C2 tyres probably means it s not a first stint simulation since teams tend to start on softer tyres. So maybe less fuel

[GPR-A]

BOT 1st stint (C3) 1:22.8 1:23.2 1:23.4 1:23.1 1:23.2 1:23.4 1:23.8 1:23.8 1:23.7 1:24.0 1:24.1 1:24.3 1:24.1 1:24.2 1:24.0 1:23.9 1:24.1

LEC 1st stint (C2) 1:22.7 1:22.6 1:22.5 1:23.0 1:23.1 1:23.2 1:23.3 1:23.3 1:23.4 1:23.6 1:23.4 1:23.6 1:23.7 1:23.4 1:23.5 1:23.7 1:23.7

LEC stint is clearly faster but C2 tyres probably means it s not a first stint simulation since teams tend to start on softer tyres. So maybe less fuel

As much as I have observed over the days, C2 is more reliable and has much less degradation pattern and C3 is degrading much faster. That is the case across the cars, including Ferrari and Mercedes.

[LM10]

BOT 1st stint (C3) 1:22.8 1:23.2 1:23.4 1:23.1 1:23.2 1:23.4 1:23.8 1:23.8 1:23.7 1:24.0 1:24.1 1:24.3 1:24.1 1:24.2 1:24.0 1:23.9 1:24.1

LEC 1st stint (C2) 1:22.7 1:22.6 1:22.5 1:23.0 1:23.1 1:23.2 1:23.3 1:23.3 1:23.4 1:23.6 1:23.4 1:23.6 1:23.7 1:23.4 1:23.5 1:23.7 1:23.7

LEC stint is clearly faster but C2 tyres probably means it s not a first stint simulation since teams tend to start on softer tyres. So maybe less fuel

It was his first stint, he started it on C2.

[FittingMechanics]

https://twitter.com/crosaleny/status/11 ... 9903216640

Few pics (blurry) from the moment of the crash, looks like heavy oversteer (he's going sideways/backwards)

[Big Mangalhit]

BOT 1st stint (C3) 1:22.8 1:23.2 1:23.4 1:23.1 1:23.2 1:23.4 1:23.8 1:23.8 1:23.7 1:24.0 1:24.1 1:24.3 1:24.1 1:24.2 1:24.0 1:23.9 1:24.1

LEC 1st stint (C2) 1:22.7 1:22.6 1:22.5 1:23.0 1:23.1 1:23.2 1:23.3 1:23.3 1:23.4 1:23.6 1:23.4 1:23.6 1:23.7 1:23.4 1:23.5 1:23.7 1:23.7

LEC stint is clearly faster but C2 tyres probably means it s not a first stint simulation since teams tend to start on softer tyres. So maybe less fuel

It was his first stint, he started it on C2.

I mean sure, but maybe he started his first sting with only 2/3 of the tank full to simulate second stint whilst Bottas could be starting with full tank to simulate first stint. This would also aggravate the faster degradation of the C3 tyres which already have a fast deg as pointed by GPR-A

[Seanspeed]

BOT 1st stint (C3) 1:22.8 1:23.2 1:23.4 1:23.1 1:23.2 1:23.4 1:23.8 1:23.8 1:23.7 1:24.0 1:24.1 1:24.3 1:24.1 1:24.2 1:24.0 1:23.9 1:24.1

LEC 1st stint (C2) 1:22.7 1:22.6 1:22.5 1:23.0 1:23.1 1:23.2 1:23.3 1:23.3 1:23.4 1:23.6 1:23.4 1:23.6 1:23.7 1:23.4 1:23.5 1:23.7 1:23.7

Finally, something interesting with the times to look at!

Assuming Bottas is actually on C2's as claimed elsewhere, that would *still* put the Ferrari at about 3-4 tenths faster. Obviously they can do be doing different tire management testing, but that's still....interesting. Nobody could match Mercedes' race sim pace last year in testing on these mediums, though conditions were different.

Still wouldn't go concluding anything by this, but it's probably the closest we've got so far in terms of a meaningful apples to apples comparison.