One hour before the FP1, cheers from the TV tech room, I shall be analyzing and commenting Abu Dhabi this weekend on the national F1 TV show.
Looks like Ferrari have broken the curfew last night, so let's see what that means.
Agreed, breaking curfew on Thursday night is very strange. Either that new parts came in earlier than schedule or something wrong with the car that was found out a little too late.stefan_ wrote:No punishment - it is the first time (out of four allowed) they do it this season. Interesting timing though.
According to some people the parts came late night from Milan. Wings passed scrutineering.kebab wrote:Agreed, breaking curfew on Thursday night is very strange. Either that new parts came in earlier than schedule or something wrong with the car that was found out a little too late.stefan_ wrote:No punishment - it is the first time (out of four allowed) they do it this season. Interesting timing though.
You would therefore hope that with the amount of testing, their ultimate pace is still not clear. I think even a neutral would like to see Alonso a bit closer to the pace.Scuderia Ferrari: FP2 work was a bit different from the usual Friday as we focused more on aero comparison on Fernando's car, sacrifying a bit the long run.
KERS problem affects Webber in practice wrote:
As fluid leaked from the underside of his Red Bull, Mark Webber lost the final ten minutes of practice at Yas Marina on Friday. Since the session has finished under lights, the issue has been diagnosed as yet another KERS problem for the Australian. “We had a KERS issue, which wasn’t the same as last week,” Webber emphasised. “It never helps to miss some running on the track during practice, but it’s not a big deal. The track will move around a little bit from where it is now, but not a huge amount; it’s in pretty good shape straightaway. We’ll get it fixed tonight and come back tomorrow.”
It's a repeat of how they performed in Hungary and Singapore - that car has rubbish slow speed traction.banibhusan wrote:By looking at the S3 times of Alonso in both FP1 and FP2, he is losing around .5s and .6s respectively and that's a massive time loss.