2013 Testing - Barcelona 1: 19 - 22 Feb

[CjC]

Webber race sim is looking bloody good...

Red Bull look the team to beat at the moment me thinks

Huh, why? Grosjean is currently lapping faster and also on a long race simulation.

What? laptimes on a cold Spanish afternoon with an actual unknow level of fuel?

For me it's to do with drivers reaction, even if they say the don't know what other teams are doing, they do, they know where they are. It's most likely a top 3 of red bull, mclaren and lotus, redbull the team to beat and mclaren 3rd. It's just my opinion

[Ferraripilot]

Merc, Lotus, RB all looking decent on tires today.


Any idea what tires Nico was running earlier for his banger lap? I believe they were used mediums but not sure.......

[Blackout]

Fuel level is known in this case...

[andrewf1]

Webber race sim is looking bloody good...

what makes you say that?

The lap times...

1:30.979 1:31.282 1:31.334 1:31.632 1:31.881 1:32.188 IN OUT 1:28.457 1:28.853 1:30.561 1:30.594 1:30.942 1:31.252 1:31.072 1:31.347 1:31.696 1:31.749 IN OUT 1:29.679 1:29.586 1:29.642 1:30.050 1:30.843 1:31.086 1:31.037 1:31.347 1:31.471 1:31.774...

To be able to de 1:28.4 with about 60 laps remaining in a race simulation looks very fast. And the drop is not a disaster.

he had to pit after 6 laps, did 2 laps of 1:28 on new tires and then went on about 2-3 seconds slower for the remainder of the stint.
i somehow fail to see how that's spectacular but i might be wrong.

Grosjean did exactly the same, 1:28 after the first 6 lap stint and then a drop-off

[khaliweed]

More sporadic laptimes from the Mercedes

77 1:29.571
79 1:27.163 -2.408
80 1:27.568 +0.405
81 1:27.678 +0.11
82 1:28.362 +0.684
83 1:28.681 +0.319
84 1:29.461 +0.78
85 1:28.863 -0.598
86 1:28.416 -0.447
87 1:28.330 -0.086
88 1:28.553 +0.223
89 1:29.049 +0.496

yes, so this rightly prooves what Pirelli said. #Interesting

[Shakeman]

Unusual last stint from Rosberg... gradually getting quicker?

He has done that type of stint again.

I wonder if they're seeing how much is taken out the tyres with a few hot laps to simulate an overtake or a push on in pace?

[SchumiSutil]

he had to pit after 6 laps, did 2 laps of 1:28 on new tires and then went on about 2-3 seconds slower for the remainder of the stint.
i somehow fail to see how that's spectacular but i might be wrong.

Grosjean did exactly the same, 1:28 after the first 6 lap stint and then a drop-off

Looking more closely at Grosjean, yes it is pretty similar...
It is clearly faster than Maldonado this morning, but again track conditions...

[JimClarkFan]

No word on Macca? I assume Button is in place of Perez today.

Merc, Lotus, RB, Fer and Macca all look very close in my opinion. Lotus look great on the long run, very consistent, low tyre deg, don't think they are out and out fastest but could be very close over race distance.

[gray41]

Another stop for Grosjean.

[Blackout]

I think it's obvious Rosberg is not doing a full race simulation (unlike RG, MW,PM)

[Pedal to the Metal]

Rosberg times were very good indeed,but the Lotus looks quite quick also

[JimClarkFan]

Unusual last stint from Rosberg... gradually getting quicker?

He has done that type of stint again.

I wonder if they're seeing how much is taken out the tyres with a few hot laps to simulate an overtake or a push on in pace?

I think merc are testing how going out fast each lap is performing vs pacing yourself over the lap. To me it seems as if they are looking to see if going 'slower' over each lap averages out as going faster.

[GrizzleBoy]

Grosjean on his last stint that consists of five laps, does ~ 1:28.5s for the first four laps, then takes a second out of himself for a ~ 1:27.5s and pits.

[SchumiSutil]

Another stop for Grosjean.

Seemingly useless, just for five laps...

[Mika1]

Much better tyre management by Mercedes AMG, Aldo Costa's hand?