F1 2016 pre-season testing

[Juzh]

https://twitter.com/YUKIOSEKImaddog/sta ... 0755445760
http://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/35663546

More nonsense figures

[Alexitation]

Alexitation:

The circuit of Catalunya is 4,6 kms long, that gives them 30 lap if I'm correct.

I get 22 ???

32 if you consider the bonus 50km for the second chassis

[Juzh]

Compared to last year"s Spanish GP qualifying, the Renault has the same Mercedes powered Lotus top speed
And Red Bull has its the same top speed too.

Has the Renault lost DF compared to the Merc E23? I dont think so. The RB12 has definitely more DF than the Renault but that doesnt explain the 10kmh difference. IMO
So the Renault might have a more powerful engine... or these numbers are no where near the truth (regarding RBR)...
FELIPE MASSA 334,2
2 8 ROMAIN GROSJEAN 333,5
3 13 PASTOR MALDONADO 332,8
4 9 MARCUS ERICSSON 332,4
5 7 KIMI RÄIKKONEN 331,6
6 77 VALTTERI BOTTAS 331,2
7 11 SERGIO PÉREZ 331,1
8 6 NICO ROSBERG 330,8
9 44 LEWIS HAMILTON 330,1
10 27 NICO HÜLKENBERG 330,1
11 12 FELIPE NASR 329,3
12 5 SEBASTIAN VETTEL 329,2
13 14 FERNANDO ALONSO 326,9
14 22 JENSON BUTTON 325,8
15 26 DANIIL KVYAT 322,3
16 3 DANIEL RICCIARDO 320,4
17 33 MAX VERSTAPPEN 320,3
18 28 WILL STEVENS 320,0
19 55 CARLOS SAINZ JR 319,5
20 98 ROBERTO MERHI 317,9

Useless to compare anything. Slipstream, drs, engine settings. Rosberg was ~10 kmh quicker than hamilton in the same car. That alone should be enough to end any speculation.

[ripper]

Ferrari has a lot of work to do on realiability side if they want to try to fight for the championship.

They have time to fix those problems, the important fact here is if the car is faster than last years design. Because they need to improves, Mercedes has done it.

Yeah, sure. Both drivers said that this car is a step forward and that's good, the package is totally new so I guess they still have to figure out how to extract best performance from it.

Motorsport.it says that radiator change was already planned as they tested a different specification, but the problem occoured in the third day postphoned it.

Leo Turrini on his blog says that Mercedes cars with current configuration have a litte fast degradation, but it's nothing worrying.

[Andres125sx]

Alonso refused to leave the garage so he is now secretly being carried away

http://i66.tinypic.com/24dmpeg.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CcEbrlqWoAQIHCf.jpg

[max_speed]

i think tomorrow they might push car to limit . end of 2 day of filming to find wht blows when pushed to limit

[djos]

Brilliant!

[f1316]

I re-iterate, Mercedes will have increased the gap to Ferrari this season. Innovations in aerodynamics (serated barge boards, new type of S-duct), suspension (left right interconnected) and power unit (continuation of split turbo). Ferrari and the rest of the grid are in for a shock in Australia qualifying.

Not sure how you know this; the new parts look impressive but there's really no firm data to suggest they even work as intended, let alone provide a big lap time improvement.

Here's something from the bbc that seems less sensational and hence, imo, closer to the truth:

"Ferrari, BBC Sport understands, feel they have definitely closed in on Mercedes - not to the extent of catching them, perhaps, but their information at this stage is that the gap is smaller than it was."

[WaikeCU]

That's the thing I think as well. We hear a lot about S-duct, about how innovative it is and how much more performance it offers, but to be honest, I think it's overrated. It maybe gives a big upside in performance, but I think it takes a lot of time to produce the numbers the teams are expecting of it. Perhaps that's also the reason why Mercedes have tried to experiment with it when the championship is already in the bag. I think it's something you shouldn't put on the car during the season unless you have really have the data and numbers telling you otherwise. If you start experimenting with it on a FP of a weekend, you would lose vital time when it doesn't produce the expected result.

[Dann]

As one commented, due to their superb reliability, Merc cars are good enough to participate in LeMans race

[Gaz.]

As one commented, due to their superb reliability, Merc cars are good enough to participate in LeMans race

It would be interesting if the ACO would let them enter under Garage 56 rules, just to see how they'd fare. The biggest question for fans of both WEC & F1 would be their tyre choice & refueling- run in true F1 configuration with Pirelli and in-garage refueling or allow them the LMP1 tyre restriction , Michelin tyres and alter the car for fast pit lane refueling.

Either way I'm sure it would be more interesting than Baku.

[Bonker T]

Would love to see this

[mclaren111]

Any news / pictures from today's filming day ??

[dot235]

Seems like Sky made the pre-season testing videos available worldwide without restrictions, including Ted's notebooks.

http://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/f1

[sasa.nikolic]

As one commented, due to their superb reliability, Merc cars are good enough to participate in LeMans race

Yes, so far it seems that the least reliable item in w07 is driver ... 3 x WC and runner up...