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I think in the past teams have been allowed to skip a day in a test and use that day somewhere else, but I think it would take agreement from all teams.
"...and there, very much in flames, is Jacques Laffite's Ligier. That's obviously a turbo blaze, and of course, Laffite will be able to see that conflagration in his mirrors... he is coolly parking the car somewhere safe."Murray Walker, San Marino 1985
beelsebob wrote:Can't go testing if you don't have an engine.
You can't build a 2014 chassis for a crash test if you don't have an engine.
"...and there, very much in flames, is Jacques Laffite's Ligier. That's obviously a turbo blaze, and of course, Laffite will be able to see that conflagration in his mirrors... he is coolly parking the car somewhere safe."Murray Walker, San Marino 1985
"Explain the ending to F1 in football terms"
"Hamilton was beating Verstappen 7-0, then the ref decided F%$& rules, next goal wins
while also sending off 4 Hamilton players to make it more interesting"
the EDGE wrote:Is there anything stopping them from missing the test and holding a private session a week later
I seem to remember that happening last year but I've forgotten who it was
Mercedes skipped one day of the Jerez test in 2012, running the W02 for 3 of the 4 days, that allowed them to have a one day private test with the W03.
Obviously Lotus are not going to do that, but if a team wanted to show up to Jerez with the previous year's car just for the sake of not missing a test (apart from the fact that the data gathered would be pretty much irrelevant), it would be considered illegal to run another car than the others?
Looking at the bright side of skipping testing (if there is one this year), I feel there are a lot of funny-as-hell tweets on the way from Lotus when they will se others' cars.
"...and there, very much in flames, is Jacques Laffite's Ligier. That's obviously a turbo blaze, and of course, Laffite will be able to see that conflagration in his mirrors... he is coolly parking the car somewhere safe."Murray Walker, San Marino 1985
stefan_ wrote:Obviously Lotus are not going to do that, but if a team wanted to show up to Jerez with the previous year's car just for the sake of not missing a test (apart from the fact that the data gathered would be pretty much irrelevant), it would be considered illegal to run another car than the others?
As long as it meets the 2014 F1 safety regulations you can test a milk float in preseason testing.
