2017 F1 general testing thread

[davidfroshanzen]

Longest Mclaren stint - 11 laps that's not good at all

Lap time please....

[dans79]

16:23 The Ferrari has stopped just before the chicane, and Raikkonen is out of the car.

https://images.scribblelive.com/2017/3/ ... ed_800.jpg

The Ferrari went past our own Scott Mitchell "sounding sick", then it "conked out" and locked the rears in old penultimate corner, spinning Raikkonen around.

My guess would be they have been setting their fast laps using/testing a new qualifying mode. It's the one thing they have lacked the last 2 years that would allow them to really fight for poles and thus wins.

[Xero]

Another red flag, Sainz in the Toro Rosso has stopped on the start/finish straight.

[ollandos]

http://prntscr.com/eiblxq

glory times

[ncassi22]

Alonso just did 286.4 km/h.... Did they cut back on some wing?

[hemichromis]

Looks like they are going for faster laps now. Now is the best time to find problems, end of test and two weeks to fix it.

[PhillipM]

Kimi's car with the sudden rear brake snatching again, that looks like an accident waiting to happen if it doesn't get sorted.

[Silent Storm]

Alonso just did 286.4 km/h.... Did they cut back on some wing?

Slipstream, as he was behind Stroll.

[Xero]

Alonso just did 286.4 km/h.... Did they cut back on some wing?

He slip-streamed Stroll in the Williams.

[ripper]

Motorsport Italian live says that RAI problem was electrical and could go back in before the end

[Xero]

Motorsport Italian live says that RAI problem was electrical and could go back in before the end

Could very well be, sounded similiar to Vandoorne's electrical stoppage yesterday, which too sounded deceivingly mechanical.

[Mr.G]

16:23 The Ferrari has stopped just before the chicane, and Raikkonen is out of the car.

https://images.scribblelive.com/2017/3/ ... ed_800.jpg

The Ferrari went past our own Scott Mitchell "sounding sick", then it "conked out" and locked the rears in old penultimate corner, spinning Raikkonen around.

Assuming it's the last day of testing and they done it all with one engine, they probably wanted to kill him on track to find some limits...

[ripper]

RAI is back in with mediums

[Silent Storm]

In order to reply to myself, here are the stint times reported by A-M-u-S ticker on Raikkoennen:

Stint 1 (SS)
1:24.5 - 1:24.7 - 1:25.0 - 1:26.9 - 1:25.4 - 1:25.5 - 1:25.6 - 1:25.5 - 1:25.5 - 1:25.9 - 1:26.0 - 1:26.1 - 1:25.7 - 1:25.9 - 1:26.6

Stint 2 (S)
1:25.9 - 1:24.1 - 1:24.8 - 1:24.7 - 1:24.7 - 1:24.6 - 1:25.0 - 1:24.7 - 1:24.7 - 1:24.1 - 1:25.0 - 1:24.8 - 1:24.7 - 1:24.5 - 1:24.3 - 1:24.1

Stind 3 (M)
-- unknown - terminated by self caused Red flagged.

To compare it with Redbull
Verstappen Soft stint - 1:24.7, 1:24.9, 1:25.6, 1:25.2, 1:25.4, 1:25.5, 1:25.4, 1:25.9, 1:25.6 and 1:25.7.

Kimi did a couple of laps on Medium before the rear lockup.
Raikkonen Medium Stint - 1:24.0, 1:24.5, 1:23.6, 1:24.1, 1:24.0, 1:24.0, 1:24.1, 1:23.7, 1:23.9 and 1:23.8.

Kimi's Medium spin wasn't self caused, according to Motorsport it was a electrical issue. Probably MGU-K.

[f1316]

Funny how it always happens to Kimi though...