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The first winter test session at Bahrain allowed teams to get some valuable tyre data from the new 2014 range of Pirelli tyres. A number of teams were able to complete race simulations, as well as qualifying and pit stop practice, assessing every aspect of tyre usage.
Not seeing it I'm afraid. Marussia is unreliable and the Caterham too conservative to be competitive.JimClarkFan wrote:What about the smaller teams, do we still expect to see Caterham and Marussia at the back of the field. I really want to see these guys move up.
Autosprint has just reported that also today at least in the finishline (not the top speed spot) ferrari was the fastest carBlackout wrote:Same question.
And a comment that the Renault teams might find discomforting...Rosberg accepted that some of Mercedes' pace advantage was down to the fact that the team ran its car lighter on fuel than anyone else has so far in pre-season.
"It's too early to say exactly where we were because I'm sure the other guys didn't take out as much fuel as we did," he said. "So we have to be very careful.
"We were doing qualifying practice, which explains the gaps and it's impossible to know exactly what other people were doing."
http://www.racer.com/index.php/latest-s ... -fuel-pace"We've discovered a lot of issues which you only learn if you push the car to the limit, so these were important discoveries to reduce the amount of issues to be able to finish in Australia."
Interesting.Pup wrote:Rosberg on his fast laps...
And a comment that the Renault teams might find discomforting...Rosberg accepted that some of Mercedes' pace advantage was down to the fact that the team ran its car lighter on fuel than anyone else has so far in pre-season.
"It's too early to say exactly where we were because I'm sure the other guys didn't take out as much fuel as we did," he said. "So we have to be very careful.
"We were doing qualifying practice, which explains the gaps and it's impossible to know exactly what other people were doing."
http://www.racer.com/index.php/latest-s ... -fuel-pace"We've discovered a lot of issues which you only learn if you push the car to the limit, so these were important discoveries to reduce the amount of issues to be able to finish in Australia."
vid not workingmotobaleno wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtHDxhWxqq0
the 3 engines sound massively different. ferrari has definitely some trick when downshifting and merc...dunno... anyone hear something going on in middle and exit of the corner? ...but really I don't know
just tested: it works. at least to meJimClarkFan wrote:vid not workingmotobaleno wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtHDxhWxqq0
the 3 engines sound massively different. ferrari has definitely some trick when downshifting and merc...dunno... anyone hear something going on in middle and exit of the corner? ...but really I don't know
Absolutely. Not the times are the problem, the distance is the problem.vtr wrote:Yes. Also back then they could actually, you know, run the car. Their problems were mainly tire degradation. They ended the 2013 preseason testing having run 11,8% less than the Mercedes.Juzh wrote: RB also seriously sandbagged in 2010 and 11 in pre season. Were they behind in melbourne in those years? They weren't. They also weren't behind in 2013 on pace, just on tire conservation.
5-6s off the pace though is definitely not sandbagging.
On the 2 tests so far, they have run 76.4% less than Mercedes (4.3 times less!). Not the same situation. I am sure Red Bull themselves know they are in much bigger trouble than they were last year.
yes, works now, error messages earlier, thanksmotobaleno wrote:just tested: it works. at least to meJimClarkFan wrote:vid not workingmotobaleno wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtHDxhWxqq0
the 3 engines sound massively different. ferrari has definitely some trick when downshifting and merc...dunno... anyone hear something going on in middle and exit of the corner? ...but really I don't know
Wow, I close my eyes and hear Group C cars!motobaleno wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtHDxhWxqq0
the 3 engines sound massively different. ferrari has definitely some trick when downshifting and merc...dunno... anyone hear something going on in middle and exit of the corner? ...but really I don't know
I like it. Will be interesting to find out if there will be differences between the teams with the same engines as well.motobaleno wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtHDxhWxqq0
the 3 engines sound massively different. ferrari has definitely some trick when downshifting and merc...dunno... anyone hear something going on in middle and exit of the corner? ...but really I don't know