F1 2019 Pre-Season Testing Thread

[Jambier]

Surprised to see both Renault's bottom of the list

Yep

It will be a very hard battle again to finish P4, with Alfa, Haas, Racing point and McLaren to beat at least
No really what the objective is supposed to be

But I think Renault still got many updates in the pocket

[Brake Horse Power]

Unverified but this is apparently from Williams employees:

Overall morale in the team is "low af". "We're being worked like dogs, treated like ---, and HR is a --- joke"
"We're often wondering who's in charge around here"

Wow.. I am not surprised because them being too late says a lot. This kind of morale is killing for proper results

[Morteza]

[Schuttelberg]

Followed the test extensively. The sandbags on the Mercedes are humongous.

[dans79]

Did Mercedes do the fastest C2 times?

[Just_a_fan]

Followed the test extensively. The sandbags on the Mercedes are humongous.

Red bull too, I'd guess.

[FrukostScones]

Did Mercedes do the fastest C2 times?

no.

VET did a 1:19.137 on C2.

[FMP]

What’s the Pirelli guide for time delta between C-2, C-3, C-4 tyres guys?

It's testing, so we don't have any idea of tge delta yet. And I would wait until the end of next week to dare saying anything about that.

[Jambier]

Ferrari will be the benchmark this winter.

Curious to see if Mercedes will try to beat Ferrari's laptimes.

Good day for McLaren, it's a pleasure to see them that way after years of struggling

[r101]

Surprised to see both Renault's bottom of the list

Yep

It will be a very hard battle again to finish P4, with Alfa, Haas, Racing point and McLaren to beat at least
No really what the objective is supposed to be

But I think Renault still got many updates in the pocket

I was looking at the live stream and wondered why Renault drivers never opened their DRS. Then I saw 15-20kph difference on all 3 top speed measurement points between Sainz and both Renault drivers. They are still not full on it.

[LM10]

Followed the test extensively. The sandbags on the Mercedes are humongous.

They had a different programme as well as all other teams. I’m not sure sandbagging is the correct definition. Mercedes understeered quite often, would indicate fuel runs.

Teams are able to analyze everything per GPS anyway, aren’t they? So, what’s the benefit in sandbagging? You’ll just minimize your potential programme. Teams just look (or should look) at themselves.

[Alexf1]

Are the full day end of main straight speed trap figures available?

[discojesus100]

Renault ran without the DRS in use, which explains their pace.

[dans79]

Followed the test extensively. The sandbags on the Mercedes are humongous.

Teams are able to analyze everything per GPS anyway, aren’t they? So, what’s the benefit in sandbagging? You’ll just minimize your potential programme. Teams just look (or should look) at themselves.

They can use GPS, and audio processing, but they need known good data points to base that off of, and they won't get that till a few races into the season.


I was asleep during the morning session, but from what I could tell from Hamilton's afternoon runs it looks Mercedes where doing heavy fuel testing, and tire temperature range testing.

[timekiller001]

Surprised to see both Renault's bottom of the list

Yep

It will be a very hard battle again to finish P4, with Alfa, Haas, Racing point and McLaren to beat at least
No really what the objective is supposed to be

But I think Renault still got many updates in the pocket

I was looking at the live stream and wondered why Renault drivers never opened their DRS. Then I saw 15-20kph difference on all 3 top speed measurement points between Sainz and both Renault drivers. They are still not full on it.

At Auto Motor und Sport (Germany) they wrote that the Renault is missing the new DRS mechanism, so no DRS today